Horror and Hamsters

Hellarious

September 2019 •English

Introducing Hellarious: a once-in-a-lifetime feature collection that brings together seven of the most legendary horror comedy shorts ever made. The stories, from some of the world’s best genre filmmakers, feature a hilarious menagerie of zombie wives, amateur satanists, reverse werewolves, cannibal lunch ladies and more -- along with gust-busting gags, gross-outs and gore. Included in Hellarious: Lunch Ladies by Clarissa Jacobson and J.M. Logan, Horrific by Robert Boocheck (ABCs of Death 2), Death Metal by Chris McInroy, Born Again and ‘Til Death by Jason Tostevin and Randall Greenland, Killer Kart by James Feeney, and Bitten by Sarah K. Reimers.

Praxis Dr. Hasenbein

January 1997 •German

Before WWII: Dr. Hasenbein lives with his son Peter in a small town. Aunt Uschi's orphanage houses many children and a hamster. When the hamster falls ill, Dr. Hasenbein is given something to do. The tailor, Mr. Voss, is also treated by Dr. Hasenbein: for tendinitis. During the war, Dr. Hasenbein has to go away. When he comes back after 30 years, everything has changed...

Haunted Universities 3

May 2024 •Thai

Vindictive spirits, lurking dangers and a peculiar shrine terrorize unsuspecting students who tangle with the supernatural in this horror anthology.

Tetsudon: Fool Wars -Battlefront Japan-

February 2016 •Japanese

Second film in the Tetsuson anthology series comprised of 22 shorts.

History of the World: Part I

June 1981 •English

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

Potulné pohádkové divadlo I.

January 1975 •Czech

Imelda

May 2014 •French

A year after the death of his paternal grandmother at the age of 101, filmmaker Martin Villeneuve brings her back to life using a special talent.

Tokyo!

August 2008 •Japanese

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.

Worst Laid Plans

December 2022 •English

Three tales of vacation-themed horror adapted from the bestselling book by Grindhouse Press.

New York Stories

March 1989 •English

Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Life Without Zoë" (Francis Ford Coppola), a precocious 12-year-old navigates privilege and loneliness in a Manhattan hotel. And in "Oedipus Wrecks" (Woody Allen), a man’s domineering mother literally becomes a looming presence over New York.

Midnight Zone

April 1997 •

This film is put together by three city ghost stories that occurred after midnight. The first story describes a loud mouth slacker cop encounters after being ordered to guard a murder scene alone. The second has a couple accidentally hit someone while driving but could not find the victim's body. The third is about a bad son who is afraid his late mother would return for revenge, so he would rather spend nights playing mah jong with friends and wouldn't dare to go home, unfortunately things in this world have a way to go the opposite way......

The Peeper, the Model and the Hypnotist

March 1972 •Chinese

An anthology of tales from Hong Kong.

Leporelo aneb Patero obrázků z pera Jaroslava Haška

January 1974 •Czech

Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video 3

September 2003 •Japanese

Really scary! Can you face the truths shown by the cameras? The fear grows! Earthbound spirits, vengeful spirits, floating spirits, guardian spirits.... It's full of mysterious images that cannot be explained by science!

Scary True Stories: Night 15

September 2009 •Japanese

Cat's Eye

April 1985 •English

Three short stories linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next, in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's forced by his lover's husband onto a building's hazardous ledge. Finally, Amanda is threatened by an evil gnome who throws suspicion on the family cat.

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

December 2019 •English

Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over the past thirty years. The participating filmmakers have each created a short film for the project, all shot on iPhones.

Kin chan no Cinema Jack

May 1993 •

Kin chan no Cinema Jack is an anthology film starring Yuen Biao and produced by Jackie Chan

Creature of Comfort

January 1968 •English

A series of vignettes are tied together by a story involving a carnivorous entity which masquerades as a bedcover. The creature absorbs evil and greedy people into its body, but leaves the innocent unharmed.

Marital Jokes

September 1989 •Bulgarian

Six stories about the modern Bulgarian family.