Posts Tagged ‘beheading’

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Sean Connery | Michael Caine | Christopher Plummer | Saeed Jaffrey | Doghmi Larbi | Jack May | Karroom Ben Bouih | Mohammad Shamsi | Albert Moses | Paul Antrim | Graham Acres | The Blue Dancers of Goulamine | Shakira Caine | Gurmuks Singh | Kimat Singh
Directors: John Huston
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” The Man Who Would Be King” is about two ambitious ex-soldiers stationed in India who set out to become the rulers of an entire country. After finishing their tour of duty in India, Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnehan have decided that India is “too small for the likes of them,” so they decide to bribe a local ruler and extort money from him, in order to buy twenty Martini rifles, which they will use to take over villages in Kafristan. They face many challenges and perils along the way, including difficult terrain, hostile natives, freezing temperatures, and an avalanche high in the mountains. They eventually come to a small village, Urheb, where they meet Ootah and Billy Fish, an Indian who speaks English; he then becomes their translator. They then train the natives of this village to use the rifles, and soon conquer village after village. During a battle, Daniel is struck by an arrow that seemingly sticks out of his chest. The ignorant natives believe that he must be a God for not having died, and fall down and begin worshiping him. Daniel and Peachy decide that it would be easier for a “God ” to take over the country, so they pretend that Daniel is a god, the son of Alexander the Great who has returned after 2200 years to again rule Kafristan. The entire country celebrated the return of their new ruler, the Son of Segunda (”Alexander”). As a token of their admiration, the holiest of holy men gives Daniel all of the gold and riches left by Alexander in 328 B.C. It is enough to make them the richest men in the world . . . All goes well until Daniel’s ego and greed gets the best of him. He asks Peachy to bow when he walks in front of him. He later tells Peachy that he has decided to stay, and now believes that he is the son of Alexander ( ‘in spirit, anyways”), and that to fulfill his destiny, he will marry Roxanne, like his “father” Alexander did before him. The Kafiri’s believe that a mortal cannot marry a God, but Daniel goes ahead anyway. Peachy was set to leave with his share of the treasure, but Daniel convinced him to stay ” for old time’s sake” for the wedding. At the ceremony, Roxanne, believing that she would soon die, bites Daniel, drawing blood. The entire crowd realizes that since Danny is bleeding, that he is a man, not a God, and that he has been deceiving them the entire time. Peachy grabs Daniel and they run off with their twenty soldiers, shooting at the crowd of monks who set out to kill them. They are eventually captured, and Daniel is forced to walk out on a rope bridge. The monks cut the ropes, and Daniel bravely falls to his death. Peachy is later crucified; when they come to see him the next day, he is still alive, and they say that it is a miracle that he lived and they cut him down. He eventually climbs down into the valley and retrieves Danny’s head, still wearing the crown. He brings it back to Rudyard Kipling, a writer for the Northern Star, as proof that Daniel accomplished his goal, and became the King of Kafristan. Themes developed in the story: 1. ambition 2. friendship 3. taking risks 4. perseverance (not giving up) 5. power 6. honor and dignity

The Omen (1976)

Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Leo McKern | Gregory Peck | Lee Remick | David Warner | Billy Whitelaw | Harvey Stevens | Patrick Troughton | Martin Benson | Robert Rietty | Tommy Duggan | John Stride | Anthony Nicholls | Holly Palance | Roy Boyd | Freda Dowie | Sheila Raynor
Directors: Richard Donner
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Robert and Katherine Thorn seem to have it all. He is the US Ambassador to Italy and they want for nothing in their lives, except one thing: they do not have children. When Katharine has a stillborn child, Robert is approached by a priest at the hospital who suggest that he take a healthy newborn whose mother has just died in childbirth. Without telling his wife he agrees to to so but after relocating to London, strange events - and the ominous warnings of a priest - lead him to believe that the child he took from that Italian hospital is evil incarnate.

Fido (2006)

Friday, April 11th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Canada
Actors: Billy Connolly | Jan Skorzewski | Carrie-Anne Moss | Dylan Baker | Kevin Tyell | K'Sun Ray | Henry Czerny | Tim Blake Nelson | Sonja Bennett | Jennifer Clement | Raphael Kepinski | Aaron Brown | Brandon Olds | Alexia Fast | Bernard Cuffling
Directors: Andrew Currie
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Timmy Robinson’s best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when FIDO eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups, “FIDO” will rip your heart out.

30 Days of Night (2007)

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: New Zealand | USA
Actors: Josh Hartnett | Danny Huston | Melissa George | Ben Foster | Mark Boone Junior | Mark Rendall | Amber Sainsbury | Manu Bennett | Megan Franich | Joel Tobeck | Elizabeth Hawthorne | Nathaniel Lees | Craig Hall | Chic Littlewood | Peter Feeney
Directors: David Slade
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This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town’s husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.

War (2007)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jet Li | Jason Statham | John Lone | Devon Aoki | Luis Guzmán | Saul Rubinek | Ryo Ishibashi | Sung Kang | Mathew St. Patrick | Nadine Velazquez | Andrea Roth | Kenneth Choi | Mark Cheng | Kane Kosugi | Kennedy Montano
Directors: Philip G. Atwell
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After his partner Tom Wynne (Terry Chen) and family are killed apparently by the infamous and elusive assassin Rogue (Jet Li), FBI agent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) becomes obsessed with revenge as his world unravels into a vortex of guilt and betrayal. Rogue eventually resurfaces to settle a score of his own, setting off a bloody crime war between Asian mob rivals Chang (John Lone) of the Triad’s and Yakuza boss Shiro (Ryo Ishibashi). When Jack and Rogue finally come face to face, the ultimate truth of their pasts will be revealed.

The Woods Have Eyes (2007)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Genres: Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Frank Adonis | Joseph Anthony | Ron Arabia | Michael Bolten | Michael Christeas | A.J. Diaferio | Adam Dunnells | Holly Farmer | Cody Greer | Garrett Harrison | Hardeen H. Houdini | Ray Iglesias | Taylor Jeffers | Gregory Jones
Directors: Anthony Indelicato
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It all starts out a quiet summer day at a campground in Upstate New York. Families have gathered in the sullen isolation to enjoy the lazy summer days. Carmine, the oldest camper in the group, leads this year’s adventure into the woods. A group of teens follow. This summer is not the same as the last as the group decides to cross the forbidden river that leads off camp property. Joe, the local among the group, is determined to make a prank of the outing and take the vulnerable city kids to the infamous Cappy’s cabin. Cappy, a campfire tale of a backwoods hunter is more than legend. The children come upon a clearing in the woods. It is the cabin. Joe peers in through a dirty window, nothing. He looks further into the deepness of the dark room. A dead girl lies outstretched on the floor as Clem, one of Cappy’s sons cries over her body. The chase begins. If the children want to survive this summer in the woods, they will need to come up with a plan.

The Tooth Fairy (2006)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Carrie Fleming | Nicole Muñoz | Jianna Ballard | Jesse Hutch | Peter New | Ben Cotton
Directors: Chuck Bowman
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When 12-year-old Pamela (Munoz) goes on vacation with her family (West, Munro) to a bed and breakfast, the girl who lives next door tells her the “true story” of the Tooth Fairy: Many years earlier, the evil Tooth Fairy slaughtered a countless number of children to take their teeth, and now she has returned to kill Pamela and anyone else who gets in her way.

Way of the Vampire (2005)

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Rhett Giles | Paul Logan | Andreas Beckett | Denise Boutte | Brent Falco | Alix Henning | Anthony Turk
Directors: Sarah Nean Bruce | Eduardo Durao
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This cheerfully low-budget riff on the Dracula story from directors Sarah Nean Bruce and Eduardo Durao follows Van Helsing, the immortal vampire hunter, as he battles the evil dead throughout the centuries. Asylum Pictures favorite Rhett Giles stars, alongside Paul Logan, Denise Boutte, Brent Falco, and Anthony Turk.

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Johnny Depp | Christina Ricci | Miranda Richardson | Michael Gambon | Casper Van Dien | Jeffrey Jones | Christopher Lee | Richard Griffiths | Ian McDiarmid | Michael Gough | Marc Pickering | Lisa Marie | Steven Waddington | Christopher Walken | Claire Skinner
Directors: Tim Burton
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The classic story of “The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow” is brought to life by the gothic film maker Tim Burton. Johnny Depp plays Ichabod Crane, and to win the heart of Katrina Van Tassel (Christina Ricci) he will have to brave the nearby woods, even though several decapitated bodies have been found. And then the legend of the axe wielding headless horsemen come together to make this movie.

Sin City (2005)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jessica Alba | Devon Aoki | Alexis Bledel | Powers Boothe | Jude Ciccolella | Jeffrey J. Dashnaw | Rosario Dawson | Jesse De Luna | Benicio Del Toro | Jason Douglas | Michael Clarke Duncan | Tommy Flanagan | Christina Frankenfield | Rick Gomez | Carla Gugino
Directors: Quentin Tarantino | Robert Rodriguez | Frank Miller
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“Sin City” is Four stories inter-weaved telling tales of corruption in Basin City. The First Story (The Customer is always right)is short, and is based on the depression of women that they need to pay a man to feel loved when they commit suicide. The Next Story is Part 1 of “That Yellow Bastard” starring Bruce Willis as a cop who needs to save a young girl from being raped. The Third Story (The Hard Goodbye) features Mickey Rourke and his revenge on a heartless killer who murdered his one-night stand. The fourth story (The Big, Fat Kill) stars Clive Owen as a man who must dispatch of a cop’s body, but it will be a tough ride to do it. Following that are two conclusions to Sin City, the ending of “That Yellow Bastard” which is set 8 years later, and a short story that ends Sin City.