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The Devils (1971)

The Devils (1971)
Rating: ★★★★
May 9, 2001Historical Witch Persecution
Ken Russell makes an historical work about the Catholic Church's persecution of a supposed outbreak of possession at a convent in 17th Century France. As to be expected of Russell, this is shocking and outrageous. Oliver Reed gives one of his best performance
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Z.P.G. (Zero Population Growth) (1972)

Z.P.G. (Zero Population Growth) (1972)
Rating: ★★★
Dec 20, 2012Dystopian Future Where Childbirth is Outlawed
SF film set in a future that is so overpopulated that childbirth is treated as an executable crime. Although sometimes naive in its speculations, this creates a dystopian scenario that imaginatively turns many familiar aspects of the present on their head
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The Brood (1979)

The Brood (1979)
Rating: ★★★★
Nov 10, 2000Mutant Children/Radical Psychotherapy
One of David Cronenberg's great early films. Fueled by a messy divorce Cronenberg was going through, it is set around a radical psychological institute that encourages people to manifest their repressed angers through their bodies
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)
Rating: ★★★★
Jun 3, 1999World's Greatest Liar's Absurdist Adventures
Terry Gilliam's adaptation of the adventures of the world's greatest liar was another problem ridden Gilliam production that emerges as an absurd, colourful spectacle filled with a dizzying greatness of imagination
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The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)

The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
Rating: ★★
Sep 5, 2012Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation/Inquisition Horrors
Stuart Gordon's adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story gets full marks for being set during the Spanish Inquisition. On the other hand, Gordon's unserious splatter heavy approach and a campy performance from Lance Henriksen deflates the material
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