MOVIES & MANIA | Tag: Religion

Alice Sweet Alice – film, USA, 1976

Alice Sweet Alice will be released on Blu-ray by Arrow Video on August 6, 2019. The theatrical version of the American ‘giallo’-influenced film has been restored in 2K from the …

Satan aka The Devil – article

Satan (Hebrew: שָּׂטָן satan, meaning “adversary”; Arabic: شيطان shaitan, meaning “astray” or “distant”, sometimes “devil”) is a figure appearing in the ancient texts of the Abrahamic religions who brings evil …

José Mojica Marins aka Coffin Joe – actor and director

José Mojica Marins is a Brazilian film-maker, actor, composer, screenwriter, and television and media personality. Marins is most famous for his alter ego, Coffin Joe (translated from Zé do Caixão). Although Marins is …

The Entrance to Hell – mythical location

The entrance to Hell – or more accurately, entrances – has been designated at various locations on the surface of the Earth from ancient times right up to the present day. They have acquired …

H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos – article

Cthulhu is a fictional deity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft and first introduced in the short story “The Call of Cthulhu”, published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928. …

A Candle for the Devil – Spain, 1973

A Candle for the Devil – original title: Una vela para el diablo – is a 1973 Spanish horror feature film directed by Eugenio Martín (Death at the Deep End of the Swimming …

Dave Allen – comedian

David Tynan O’Mahony (6 July 1936 – 10 March 2005), better known as Dave Allen, was an Irish comedian and actor, perhaps best known for his 1970s BBC TV series, which …

The Mythical Demons of Hell: Who’s Who in Satan’s Underworld – article

From the earliest times, mythical demons have inhabited all superstitious faiths and religions but it was Christianity that really grasped the thorny nettle wholeheartedly, with various hellbent writers recording ever-more …

Baron Samedi, Haitian Loa and Voodoo – article

Baron Samedi (the slightly less impressive Baron Saturday, translated into English), and also Baron Samdi, Bawon Samedi, or Bawon Sanmdi, is one of the Loa of Haitian vodou, the spirits of the dead. Samedi is a Loa of the dead, along with …

Faces of Death II – shockumentary – USA, 1981

‘When make believe is just not enough!’ Faces of Death II aka Faces of Death Part II – is a 1981 American documentary (or shockumentary) film and the first sequel to …

Begotten – USA, 1990

Begotten is a 1990 American experimental horror feature film, written, produced and directed by E. Elias Merhige. The film deals with the story of Genesis, re-imagining it. Merhige revealed during …

Frailty – USA | Germany, 2001

‘No soul is safe’ Frailty is a 2001 American-German-Italian psychological horror feature film, directed by and starring Bill Paxton (his directorial debut), and co-starring Matthew McConaughey. The plot focuses on …

Martyrs – France, 2008

Martyrs is a 2008 French horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier. An American remake of the film was released in 2015. The film has been associated with the New …