Tag: based on novel or book

  • Firefox

    The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called ‘Firefox’. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.

  • The Plague Dogs

    Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, struggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They are pursued by search parties and then the military after rumors spread that they could be carrying the bubonic plague.

  • White Dog

    A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that’s been raised to kill black people.

  • The Man in My Basement

    Down on his luck, Charles Blakey agrees to rent his basement to a mysterious stranger, unaware he may be letting in a force much darker than he imagined.

  • The Dead Zone

    Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee’s home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone…

  • Howling II: Stirba – Werewolf Bitch

    When a young journalist dies in violent circumstances, her brother soon learns, by way of the mysterious Stefan Crosscoe, that his sister has succumbed to the werewolf curse.

  • Woman in the Dunes

    A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and made to live with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.

  • The Seven Relics of ill Omen

    Adapted from the novel The Seven Relics of ill Omen by Weiyu. In ancient times, a mysterious substance descended upon Fengzi Ridge. Capable of parasitic invasion, it twists the human heart and lures its host into evil. Now, these relics of ill omen have reemerged, unleashing a series of bizarre and gruesome murders. Five ordinary…

  • Twenty-Four Eyes

    TV adaptation of the novel “Twenty-Four Eyes”, combining animation with a few live-action scenes.

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Mortal Fight

    After upsetting the criminal underground in ‘the Master Blackmailer’ case, Sherlock Holmes has to face his archenemy: Prof. Moriarty.

  • Hopscotch

    When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency’s covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book…

  • Babylon XX

    The new reality changes the usual life in the village of Babylon. Attempts to communize the small town are met with resistance from the rich people living in the town. The Red Army finally puts down the resistance. Amidst the resistance philosopher Fabian returns to Babylon and tries to prevent bloodshed, but he meets a…

  • Men Don’t Cry

    The holidays began and Pepík Janousek is playing with his friend Hadraba, whose nickname is Sun. Sun has to baby-sit his small brother in a pram and envies Pepík his nice adoptive parents because his own father beats him often. Pepík is happy – he will have soon the same surname Marek as his father…

  • The Bear Storm

    An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura’s original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the Taishō era. About 15 families who moved in search of agricultural land to the land of the pioneers in Hokkaido led a peaceful life. One day, one of the pioneers, Mikio Shimakawa’s wife Yura, and her child Taichi are attacked…

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Hunting the Tiger

    Dr. Watson executes Sherlock Holmes’ will, who faced death after exposing Moriarty and his gang in the previous episode.

  • Four Seasons: Natsuko

    A young woman breaks off her long-term relationship with her boyfriend to move to Tokyo in search of new experiences.

  • Petrovka Street, Number 38

    According to the story of the same name by Yulian Semyonov. Employees of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department – Colonel Alexei Pavlovich Sadchikov, Major Vladislav Nikolaevich Kostenko and Senior Lieutenant Valentin Roslyakov are investigating the impudent robberies carried out by a group wearing dark glasses criminals. The City Savings Bank was robbed. The investigation of…

  • Čas pracuje pro vraha

    Vera, wife of the plumber Simandl (Josef Somr), is found murdered in the cinema next to the IDOC (Information and Documentation) agency where she worked. Police captain Marha (Frantisek Nemec), who is leading the investigation, is informed by Simandl that on the day of the murder Vera promised to bring home fifty thousand crowns to…

  • Writhing Tongue

    Masako, a five-year-old girl living, gets a scratch on her finger. After that, she suffered horrible spasms. The doctor checks on her and arrives at the conclusion that she has tetanus. Her parents have to bear the sufferings of their child. The once peaceful family has changed completely.

  • The Trouble with Miss Switch

    When Rupert and his friend Amelia find the new substitute teacher doing odd things, they discover that she is actually a witch with a magical talking cat who sought them out in order to stop an evil coven of witches from destroying her.

  • Cordélia

    In a little village at the end of the 1890’s, a young woman offends all the ‘right-thinking’ villagers by allowing men in her house in the absence of her husband. When he is found dead, all of the suspicion is directed towards the liberal woman. She is judged more for her morality then for the…