Short Film

In "The Dunwich Horror" (1928), Wilbur Whateley, the son of a deformed albino mother and an unknown father, matures at an abnormal rate, reaching manhood within a decade. All the while, his sorcerer grandfather indoctrinates him into certain dark rituals and the study of witchcraft. "The Thing at the Doorstep" was written five years later. Confessing to the killing of his friend Edward Derby, Daniel Upton hopes his account will prove he is not a murderer.

M. R. James was one of the finest English-language ghostwriters ever published. These short stories are not only classics of their genre, but are outstanding examples of beautifully paced, understated terror and sociological horror, reaching to the dark expanse of the unconscious mind.

Maui's rich history and culture are the foundation of these new, original short stories by Maui's award-winning author/playwright. Under Maui Skies, and Other Stories presents seven Maui tales in different genres set in a variety of Maui locales ranging in time from pre-contact Hawai`i to the 1960s. In "The Cave of Whispering Spirits", a couple and family face the wrath of the goddess of fire, Pele, in the last eruption of Haleakala.

Negli ultimi anni abbiamo assistito all'ascesa irresistibile delle serie TV, un genere tradizionalmente considerato di serie B che oggi raggiunge spesso il prestigio e la considerazione che tradizionalmente venivano riservati al cinema. E non c'è sa stupirsi se le trame e le riprese sono sempre più curate, e gli attori migliori fanno a gara per partecipare a questi format televisivi.

"War Machine" è un film statunitense girato nel 2015, acquistato da Netflix per distribuirlo a partire da fine maggio 2017. Il regista australiano David Michôd ha scritto la storia e diretto le riprese. A fornire lo spunto è stato un libro-inchiesta del giornalista Michael Hastings, "The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan", pubblicato nel 2012.

Wilkie Collins was an early master of the mystery and detective story and the first English novelist to write in this genre. "Blow Up with the Brig" is a short story written in 1859, just a year before he wrote his famous novel The Woman in White.