folklore movies

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006)

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Perlman, Ron | Blair, Selma | Jones, Doug | Gilpin, Peri | Baker, Dee Bradley | Ferguson, Keith | Hagiwara, Michael | Kusatsu, Clyde | LaMarr, Phil | Nakauchi, Paul | Sie, James | Whitfield, Mitchell | Del Mundo, Liza | Guest, Kim Mai | Kim, Yuriana
Directors: Stones, Tad
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A university professor reads a forbidden scroll and becomes possessed by the twin demons of Thunder and Lightning. The demons want to come to the human world to awaken their brothers, the dragons. Hellboy and company travel to Japan to investigate where Hellboy finds the Sword of Storms which transports him to a world of Japanese folklore.

Candyman (1992)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Madsen, Virginia | Todd, Tony | Berkeley, Xander | Lemmons, Kasi | Williams, Vanessa | Guy, DeJuan | Lowery, Carolyn | Alston, Barbara | Grant, Sarina C. | Culkin, Michael | DeSantis, Stanley | Elliott, Marianna | Raimi, Ted | Pavia, Ria | Daniels, Mark
Directors: Rose, Bernard
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Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) is writing a paper on urban legends when she hears about the Candyman (Tony Todd), who was once an ex-slave-turned-artist name Daniel Robitaille, who had an affair his client’s daughter. Robitaille’s right hand was sawn off, he was covered in honey, and stung to death by bees. If anyone says the word “Candyman” five times in a mirror, he’ll appear behind that person, a bloody hook as a replacement for his hand, and kill him. A series of unsolved murders is happening in the Cabrini Green projects and Helen is using this to help with her paper. The residents say the Candyman is to blame, but Helen doesn’t believe it. Until she meets the man with a hook for a hand. Now, he’s begun to murder her friends and no one believes her. Can Helen clear her name and stop the Canydman from killing anyone else?

Last Sin Eater, The (2007)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Fletcher, Louise | Thomas, Henry | Liberato, Liana | Fulton, Soren | Buckley, A.J. | Finlay-McLennan, Stewart | Wingfield, Peter | Lackey, Elizabeth | Rose, Thea | Myers, Kim | Fitzpatrick, Gabrielle | Wildman, Valerie | Decker, Anne Cullimore | Flynn, Michael | Jepson, Molly
Directors: Landon Jr., Michael
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In 1850s Appalachia, 10-year-old CADI FORBES feels responsible for her little sister’s death, so she searches out the one man she feels can take away her sin — The Sin Eater. But in her quest for redemption, Cadi uncovers a dark secret that threatens to divide her family and community.

Mulan (1998)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Ferrer, Miguel | Fierstein, Harvey | Shen, Freda Foh | Foray, June | Hong, James | Margolyes, Miriam | Morita, Pat | Murphy, Eddie | Nixon, Marni | Oh, Soon-Tek | Osmond, Donny | Salonga, Lea | Shigeta, James | Takei, George | Tondo, Jerry
Directors: Bancroft, Tony | Cook, Barry
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Mulan is a girl, the only child of her honored family. When the Huns invade China, one man from every family is called to arms. Mulan’s father, who has an old wound and cannot walk properly, decides to fight for his country and the honor of his family though it is clear that he will not survive an enemy encounter. Mulan, who just got rejected by the matchmaker because she had set her on fire, decides to prove that she is worth something and steals away to fit her father’s place in the Chinese army. She prays to her family’s ancestors for protection and luck before leaving as a man in her father’s armor with her family’s horse. The ancestors awake and decide to send Mushu, a little dishonored dragon to aid Mulan in her quest. Weeks later, Mulan and the other troopers have survived the training camp and are on the way north to stop the huns. After being spotted and pursued by the enemies, an impass situation in the mountains forces Mulan to come up with an idea. But then, her real gender will no longer be a secret. She decides to risk everything in order to save China.

Mulan (1998)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Ferrer, Miguel | Fierstein, Harvey | Shen, Freda Foh | Foray, June | Hong, James | Margolyes, Miriam | Morita, Pat | Murphy, Eddie | Nixon, Marni | Oh, Soon-Tek | Osmond, Donny | Salonga, Lea | Shigeta, James | Takei, George | Tondo, Jerry
Directors: Bancroft, Tony | Cook, Barry
Download: DVD DivX PDA 

Mulan is a girl, the only child of her honored family. When the Huns invade China, one man from every family is called to arms. Mulan’s father, who has an old wound and cannot walk properly, decides to fight for his country and the honor of his family though it is clear that he will not survive an enemy encounter. Mulan, who just got rejected by the matchmaker because she had set her on fire, decides to prove that she is worth something and steals away to fit her father’s place in the Chinese army. She prays to her family’s ancestors for protection and luck before leaving as a man in her father’s armor with her family’s horse. The ancestors awake and decide to send Mushu, a little dishonored dragon to aid Mulan in her quest. Weeks later, Mulan and the other troopers have survived the training camp and are on the way north to stop the huns. After being spotted and pursued by the enemies, an impass situation in the mountains forces Mulan to come up with an idea. But then, her real gender will no longer be a secret. She decides to risk everything in order to save China.