Why Horror?

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984 · ★ 7.4

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

Portrait of an African Woman

1985

In this segment on immigrant cultures for the television program Mosaïque, a young Senegalese woman who cooks in a workers’ hostel dreams of traveling throughout France and getting to know her adopted country, taking issue with the cliché of the impoverished and helpless immigrant.

Señor Turista - Begegnungen am Tititacasee

1985

Documentary about how indigenous culture and the achievements of modern tourism intertwine.

The Story of the Weeping Camel

2004 · ★ 7.1

When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.

Hannibal Rising

2007 · ★ 6.3

The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill.

Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

2004 · ★ 6.8

Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better lives.

Full Metal Village

2007 · ★ 6.8

The film describes the microcosmos of the small village Wacken and shows the clash of the cultures, before and during the biggest heavy metal festival in Europe.

The Thing About Beecher's Gate

2018

By order of the sheriff, a freshly transferred deputy must spend the night in a remote shed with only a flashlight, a shotgun, and a promise that he's fulfilling the oldest tradition in Beecher's Gate.

School Number 3

2017 · ★ 9.5

In the familiar surroundings of their everyday lives, they talk about things that matter to them, about experiences that move them, about first love and loss, hopes and fears. 13 adolescents from a school in Donbass which was destroyed during the war in Ukraine, and subsequently rebuilt, share themselves in front of the camera. 13 lives inhabiting an intermediary space, both emotionally and socially.

John Ford & Monument Valley

2013 · ★ 1

John Wayne, Henry Fonda and James Stewart discuss working with John Ford

Spookers

2017 · ★ 6.4

Documentary from Kiwi filmmaker Florian Habicht on the most successful haunted attraction in the Southern Hemisphere, Auckland’s Spookers.

Jekyll

The only living descendant of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde makes a deal with the dark side.