Parable

Mar 31, 2020

1h 30m

★ 4.0

Overview

A teenage girl is consigned to gay conversion therapy camp supervised by a sinister, self-styled holy man, whose brutal methods unleash a vengeful demon hellbent on triggering a mass suicide.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Nagvlug Films

Parable Trailers

Cast

Kasper

Jay Hlatshwayo

Esther / Adra

Jane de Wet

Loyd

Danny Meaker

Lina

Carla Classen

Rev. Day

Michael Richard

Didi

Kertrice Maitisa

Julian

Thapelo Aphiri

Lourens

Tiaan Kelderman

Rachel

Edrien Erasmus

Herman

Jakkie Groenewald

Sara

Sibulele Gcilitshana

Journalist

Duan Wanty

Henri is a lonely, isolated young man who lets no one get close to him. He meets a street hustler and comes out of his shell, going 180 degrees into gay obsession. Though he has yet to physically approach the object of his affection, Henri builds up so much unrequited lust that it explodes with horrible results.

4.3

Sex of the Devil

Jan 26, 1971

After a relaxing anniversary cruise, Andrea and his wife Barbara are dropped off in Istanbul, Turkey. There, they meet Andrea’s reserved assistant Silvia and his Turkish colleague Omar, who hasn’t been back to his home country in fifteen years. Andrea’s secretary has arranged a luxurious seafront villa for them to stay in while they’re in the country. Upon arriving at the villa, Omar experiences an unsettling feeling of déjà vu, as though he has been in the house before, while the married couple can’t stop bickering. However, the vacation soon turns into a nightmare when mysterious and deadly events begin to unfold.

4.9

Obscene Desire

Dec 4, 1978

A young American woman moves to a large countryside villa with her newlywed Italian husband. Soon enough, strange and seemingly supernatural events begin to befall the property, as a black-gloved killer simultaneously picks up and murders prostitutes.

7.7

Onibaba

Nov 21, 1964

While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.

4.7

Slotherhouse

Aug 30, 2023

Emily Young, a senior, wants to be elected as her sorority's president. She adopts a cute sloth, thinking it can become the new mascot and help her win, until a string of fatalities implicate the sloth as the main suspect in the murders.

5.2

The VelociPastor

Sep 28, 2018

After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability to turn into a dinosaur. At first horrified by this new power, a prostitute convinces him to fight crime. And ninjas.

6.6

It Follows

Feb 4, 2015

A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.

5.8

Flesh for Frankenstein

Nov 30, 1973

Within the decadent walls of the Frankenstein mansion, the Baron and his depraved assistant Otto have discovered the means of creating new life. As the Baron's laboratory begins to fill up with stitched body parts, the Baroness dallies with the randy new manservant and soon the decadent, permissive household is consumed by an outrageous, bizarre and hilarious combination of death and dismemberment.

7.4

Jacob's Ladder

Nov 2, 1990

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.

2.3

Garden of Hedon

Dec 8, 2013

In Garden of Hedon, a man named Owen wakes up in a mansion where every hedonism is perpetually indulged. Every hedonism, including murder. With no memory of how he got there and no help from the residents of the house, Owen sets out to stop the murderer in whatever way he can.

6.5

The Neon Demon

May 31, 2016

When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.

3.8

Satan's School for Lust

Jan 31, 2002

Young, beautiful and naive Primula Cooper is sent to a secluded female-only private school while her father travels overseas. Diablo School For Girls is an ominous and isolated building that hides its many dark and kinky secrets from the outside world. Upon her arrival, Primula is greeted by Miss Beezle – the domineering headmistress of Diablo who has a sinister taste for the bodies and souls of blossoming young women – as well as Phoenix, a student hellion and over-sexed goth girl who becomes Primula’s all-too-willing roommate. As Primula tries to settle into her strange new environment, she begins having dreams of a devilish figure that can satisfy her deepest and hottest desires!

6.5

The Unholy 2

Mar 31, 2025

Ustadz Qodrat now embarks on the next journey to find his wife, Azizah and once again strike the revenge of evil powers.

2.0

Call of the Void

Apr 15, 2025

After the death of her brother, Moray tries to escape to a cabin in the woods when her retreat is derailed by a college band and their suspicious professor. They encounter a mysterious hum that once heard, there is no return.