Synopsis
As a sullen 10-year-old girl named Chihiro (Daveigh Chase) mopes in the backseat of her parents’ car, her mother (Lauren Holly) tries to cheer her up. “Quit whining. It’s fun to move to a new place. It’s an adventure.” Winding up through the hills, her father (Michael Chiklis) seems to get them […]
Entries Tagged as 'Beasts and monsters'
Spirited Away (2001)
September 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Alternate universe · Animation · Beasts and monsters · Coming of age · No opening credits
Dragonslayer (1981)
September 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Synopsis
A band of travelers arrives to see the sorcerer Ulrich (Ralph Richardson). Having received a vision of fire and terror and a great task needing to be done, the old magician summons his apprentice Galen (Peter Macnicol) to hear the pleas of the delegation led by a punchy boy named Valerian (Caitlin […]
Tags: Alternate universe · Beasts and monsters · Dreams and visions
Poltergeist (1982)
September 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Synopsis
Five year old Carol Anne Freeling (Heather O’Rourke) wakes in the middle of the night and wobbles downstairs, where the TV has been left on, transitioning to white noise. She talks to the static, waking the household. Life in the Southern California suburb of “Cuesta Verde” is otherwise uneventful: Steven (Craig T. […]
Tags: Bathtub scene · Beasts and monsters · Famous line · Father/son relationship · Mother/daughter relationship
28 Days Later (2002)
August 31st, 2008 · 3 Comments
Synopsis
Animal rights activists infiltrate the “Cambridge Primate Research Centre” to find a chimpanzee being monitored for its reaction to civil unrest on TV monitors. Ignoring warnings that the animals have been infected with “rage,” the activists unlock the cages. One of them is bitten. Going into convulsions and vomiting blood, she then […]
Tags: Beasts and monsters · Dreams and visions · End of the world · Military









