The Midnight Parasites

Jan 1, 1972

0h 10m

★ 6.4

Overview

A night when parasites of various green forms devour humans. A cruel food chain that never ceases, and an eternal repetition of life and death. A grotesque and strange parable drawn by Yoji Kuri. Isao Tomita's synthesizer music echoes quietly and eerily.

Genres

Animation

Horror

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Master Szeto is back and, with his mostly fearless crew in tow, he traipses across Asia in search of the supernatural. What he finds will either amuse or insult you, or perhaps both. But will it entertain you? That indeed is a mystery for us all. To find out how this reviewer fared, read on…if you dare.

4.9

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A chain-smoking woman has an encounter with a vampire.

2.0

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A man is haunted successively by seven women who have lost their keys. He reacts to the request that he be allowed to use the toilet with increasing helplessness and despair, which is discharged in violence.

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10.0

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3.7

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After a catastrophic global war, a young filmmaker awakens in the carnage and seeks refuge in the only other survivor: an eccentric, ideologically opposed figure of the United States military. Together, they brave the toxic landscape in search of safety... and answers.

7.0

Poppety in the Fall

Oct 10, 2012

In this animated short, a terrible curse deprives Balthasar's kingdom of its stories. Taking the unicorn's horn back into The Belly of the Earth is the solution. Poppety will lead an expedition, by chance uncovering a hitherto closely guarded family secret.

10.0

Death, Music, Catharsis (She Dreamt She Was a Bulldozer, She Dreamt She Was Alone in an Empty Field)

Jan 19, 2021

Music leads us through death. An existential odyssey.

8.0

Stains

Aug 9, 2024

As Erin packs her old life into boxes, she overhears a violent attack in the apartment above that derails her night.

5.1

The Necktie

Aug 28, 2008

A solitary man works in a tall office building. The only moment in his drab life that's out of the ordinary each year seems to be opening the birthday card and gift from his mother. Usually it's a tie, but one year it's an accordion. It goes into the closet with his many ties. A year or two later, he discovers what happens to the papers he processes every day. His discovery sends him first to the building's top floor, then to his closet.

6.8

Coyote

Apr 3, 2010

A distraught squatter tries to cope with his werewolf nature through drugs and music.

6.5

Haze

Apr 28, 2005

A man awakes to find himself trapped in a dirty, confined crawlspace. He barely has enough room to move. He also has no memory of why he's there, or why he's bleeding from a stomach wound. Apparently drugged, he occasionally 'zones out' of his surroundings as he tries to edge towards his way to freedom. But the more he explores, the more pain he has to endure, and the more frightening his predicament becomes.

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3.5

A Softer Touch

Jan 1, 2009

Theo and Jacob were just after a good night of Drugs, Alcohol and perhaps some lovin. They ended up with much more than they anticipated. This short film was actually filmed in 2005 but has just got a release though imdb and youtube.

5.8

Xtro

Dec 6, 1982

Tony's father Sam, abducted by aliens three years earlier, returns to earth and seeks out his wife and son, but Rachel has since been living with Joe and the reunion is awkward. Joe doesn't trust Sam, and Rachel can't quite decide what her feelings are for her two men. Sam is not the same as when he left, and he begins affecting Tony in frightening ways.

0.0

Can you see the sound

May 25, 2021

An absurd dystopia featuring our senses. About sound, sight and wagging tongues.

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0.0

Mycelium

May 23, 2022

An ant colony finds that the strange new food source they've discovered may be something more of a curse than a boon.

0.0

Helaman's Stripling Warriors

Jan 1, 1990

The people of Ammon, a group of Lamanites, take an oath to never kill again. They rear their children with great faith. One day the wicked Ammoron threatens the peace. 2,000 young men, not bound by the covenant of their parents, are led by Helaman to defend their people. Despite their youth and inexperience these stripling warriors bravely fight because they trust their mothers’ promise that they will not be harmed.

0.0

Wasterville

Invalid Date

A struggling drug addict is plunged into a tortured netherworld, where he must defend his spirit from a ravenous horde of soul-addicted junkies.

0.0

The Hare

Jan 1, 1976

A short Estonian animation about a rabbit who creates a mechanical being that struggles to navigate a frantic, pop-art world.

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