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Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea
1h 29m
Movie 2024

Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea

A tyrannical landlady in Hemet, California lords it over her tenants, pitting them against each other in a web of paranoia spun for deadly results.

Cinderella's Revenge
1h 25m
Movie 2024

Cinderella's Revenge

Cinderella finds freedom from her wicked stepmother with the help of her fairy godmother. Only this time, they unleash a plan of bloody vengeance.

HOLGER
0h 48m
Movie 2024

HOLGER

Described as 'a fairytale with its roots in the worlds of dadaism and surrealism'.

Beyond Ghatanothoa
0h 16m
Movie 2025

Beyond Ghatanothoa

Leaving their sick village on a mission of aid, two Xelphins: the brave Kia and her anxious brother Tiyog must navigate the forest without disturbing their mountain god Ghatanothoa and the vicious creatures of darkness. But what are Kia's true intentions once they cross Beyond Ghatanothoa?

Machines For Living In
0h 5m
Movie 2025

Machines For Living In

An LSD-laced Internet ritual leads a young person into contact with a mysterious digital entity.

To Kill a Wolf
1h 32m
Movie 2024

To Kill a Wolf

In a modern re-imagining of Little Red Riding Hood, a social pariah discovers a teenage runaway in the Oregon Wilderness and does his best to help her find a way home - a troubling exploration of trauma and redemption.

Mirror Mirror
0h 4m
Movie 2024

Mirror Mirror

Entrapped by a fractured mental state, A heartbroken young woman is greeted by the presence of something sinister in her mirror. Encased desires and the sickly sweetness of apples are enough to unearth her.

Darker
0h 16m
Movie 2022

Darker

Rhena's father tells a story about Atlas, a forest entity that whispers stories of the dead to its trees. That same night he disappears into this forest. Rhena does everything she can to get her father back.

Elmer's Ville
0h 55m
Movie 2021

Elmer's Ville

Three teenage friends decide to skip school and head down into the forest. But when they encounter a mysterious beast trying to attack them, an enchanted fairy takes them to her haven town, Elmer's Ville. Even with the fairy's help, little did they know that the fairies have other plans in mind.

A Cold Dinner
0h 1m
Movie 2020

A Cold Dinner

A cold dinner is a dish with bad news. Today it will be more disgusting and destructive than yesterday; and tomorrow will not come at all.

La Belle Dame Sans Merci
0h 16m
Movie 2025

La Belle Dame Sans Merci

Inspired by the Poem by John Keats, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" follows the accounts of a dying man (Morgan Holgate) who encountered a mysterious woman (Maribel James-Corral) in the woods. When she goes missing, he must search for answers as to why, as he gradually grows weaker.

Lavenza
0h 11m
Movie 2024

Lavenza

When Lavenza, a 19th-century noblewoman, overhears her husband complaining about her looks, she turns herself into his ideal wife by thrifting the body parts from all the women he desires.

It's Okay to Not Be Okay
1h 17m
TV Show 2020

It's Okay to Not Be Okay

Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected – a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t believe in them.

Bullfrogs
0h 5m
Movie 2019

Bullfrogs

A nameless scavenger finds a body in the swamp. Moss is set on fire. The horror of being alive leads to a loving embrace. We might be seeing the beginning of a new life or perhaps a nightmare that endlessly repeats itself. Starring Paul Soileau (aka Christeene, Rebecca Havemeyer) & Llywyn Máire. This dark fairy tale was filmed in glorious 16mm, in the late 1990s, and then remastered, with an original score by Curtis Heath, in 2019.

Trapped!
0h 30m
TV Show 2007

Trapped!

Six children begin their journey at the top of a gothic fairytale tower. They work together as a team to complete the challenges, but to escape each floor they must uncover the saboteur among them.

Spite Your Face
0h 37m
Movie 2017

Spite Your Face

Simultaneously sumptuous and gorgeous, garish and grim, this is a re-working of Pinocchio for the neo-liberal era. Rachel Maclean’s dark fairytale, which represented Scotland at the Venice Biennale 2017, depicts a brash and baroque binary world of poverty and riches where the prospect of easy wealth tempts even good boys like Pic into bad ways. But if everyone believes the lie, what’s the problem?

Red
0h 14m
Movie 2013

Red

It's been twenty years since the horrible events that happened to Little Red Riding Hood, but she still fears that the past may come back to haunt her.

The Dying Eye
1h 37m
Movie 2013

The Dying Eye

Robert spends his nights hunting people for execution with his anarchic gang. But when he falls in love with one of his victims, he sees a new life open up. Can he escape from his life as a trained killer in time to save her?

Red Rose
0h 13m
Movie 2013

Red Rose

Inspired by the classic fairy tale. While taking a shortcut on the way to her grandmother's house Rose has a shocking encounter with a mugger. Her bag is snatched and a stranger comes to her rescue. Rose is grateful for his timely help, but beware the friendly wolf for there lurks danger.

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