A BANQUET is a Feast of Symbols in an Agonising Allegory

Ruth Paxton's A BANQUET is allegory and reality mixed together in a terrifying concoction about death, grief, and mental illness.

THE FURIES: Fairy Tales, Gore, and Greek Myth Transform the “Final Girl”

Tony D'Aquino's film cleverly uses fairy tale and Greek myth to turn a slasher flick's Final Girl into something bigger.

Mermaids and Other Myths: Curtis Harrington’s NIGHT TIDE

Curtis Harrington's NIGHT TIDE is a story of loneliness, psychological damage, and the terror of loving someone from a vastly different world.

The Kettering Incident – Episode 8: “The Homecoming”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W61YtXVyDQ Foxtel's The Kettering Incident Episode 8: "The Homecoming" Directed by Tony Krawitz Written by Victoria Madden * For a review of Episode 7, "Madness" - click here Dr. Anna Macy (Elizabeth Debicki) is now a patient. She recognises the world around her, but continues having visions of Mother Sullivan's Ridge, of Gillian Baxter in …

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Immortals a.k.a Greek Mythology on Steak and Eggs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSmJ5UXtUnk Immortals. 2011. Directed by Tarsem Singh. Screenplay by Charley & Vlas Parlapanides. Starring Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, John Hurt, Stephen Dorff, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans, Joseph Morgan, Anne Day-Jones, Greg Bryk, Alan Van Sprang, Peter Stebbings, Daniel Sharman, Isabel Lucas, Kellan Lutz, & Steve Byers. Relativity Media/Virgin Produced/Mark Canton Productions. Rated 18A. 110 minutes. …

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