Dans l’Angleterre Victorienne, Mortimer Granville, jeune et séduisant médecin entre au service du Dr. Dalrymple, spécialiste de l’hystérie féminine. Le traitement préconisé est simple mais d’une redoutable efficacité : donner du plaisir pour soulager les troubles ! Le docteur Mortimer y met toute sa ferveur mais bientôt une vilaine crampe à la main l’empêche de pratiquer… Avec la complicité de son meilleur ami, un passionné de nouvelles technologies, il met au point un objet révolutionnaire : le premier vibromasseur….
When a beloved varsity quarterback disappears during the "Satanic Panic" of the late 1980s, a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts realize they can capitalize on the town’s sudden interest in the occult by building a reputation as a Satanic metal band, until a bizarre series of murders, kidnappings, and reported "supernatural activity" triggers a leather-studded witch hunt that leads directly back to them..
Une psychiatre et neurologue de talent enquête sur une mystérieuse épidémie..
Legendary actor Patrick McGoohan turns his famous character from THE PRISONER upside down as the psychiatrist in charge of an insane asylum. He has connected his inmates into a group mind where they share each other's psychoses, dreams and sexuality with all the scary and titillating implications imaginable! Like his highly acclaimed cult classic MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH, director Rene Daalders provocative excursion into sci fi-horror filmmaking looks at first glance like a classic grindhouse movie, but it is up to much more. In addition to its operatic mayhem, HYSTERIA is a mind-expanding reflection on individual vs. group consciousness, power, control, and freedom..
An American wakes up in an English hospital unable to remember anything of his life before a recent car accident. With only a photograph torn from a newspaper to guide him, and an unknown benefactor, he attempts to unravel what looks increasingly like a bizarre murder..
A Croatian soldier turned boxer is haunted by disturbing dreams of the Virgin Mary that lead him to post-911 America (Oakland) to fulfill a religious vision in this suspenseful and timely look at the violence underlying any form of fundamentalism. Made in the months following the 9/11 attacks, the film offers a warning to anyone who misreads religious texts as a means to profaning the holiness of life..
To celebrate their 10th-year high school reunion, a group of twenty-somethings throw an intimate house party to celebrate the event. However, when one of the group accidentally kills another with no explanation. As more brutalities occur, could this be the work of the individuals themselves or possessions by "The Walker"?.
An essay film about a woman who does not fulfill her supposed biological purpose, thus seeking to redefine herself through a journey through her doubts, aspirations and insecurities..
Nationwide panic spreads as a deadly fog rises. Hannele is safe in her car, but her friend is stuck outside. What will she do?.
1999 Sam Taylor-Wood video art piece featuring a dancer in agony.
A documentary following five actresses through Santa Catarina roads as they perform the play of the title..
A short, sharp, shock of a documentary detailing treatments for hysteria in Victorian Britain including clitoridectomy and genital massage. Not for the faint-hearted!.
An unstable community leads to accusations and panic..
Egyptian film directed by Adil Adib..
Tired of being dismissed, chronically ill and undiagnosed patient Cassandra takes matters into her own hands, murders most of her doctors, and blows up an insurance company. A dark comedy/medical revenge inspired by the writer/director's own battle with autoimmune disease & the US healthcare system. This short film was created during Covid-19 lockdown - mostly remotely - with backgrounds added in post..
Lorsqu’il arrive à l’asile de Stonehearst le docteur Edward Newgate est accueilli par le Directeur de l’établissement, le Dr Lamb et une envoûtante jeune femme : Eliza Graves. Edward montre beaucoup d’intérêt pour les méthodes de traitement modernes de Lamb, jusqu’à ce que de mystérieuses disparitions attirent son attention...Suivez Edward dans une passionnante enquête aux frontières de l'étrange..
After being assaulted in public, the budding love between Daja (21) and Robin (23) is put to a test as they are forced to confront their ideological differences while struggling to move on..
Hysteria explores issues surrounding women's emotions and sexuality, and their social manifestations..
After her boyfriend is brutally murdered, a teenager calls her friend out of fear the killer is still around. The police investigation intensifies as more bodies emerge, but the peculiarity is that the victims turn into a mysterious jelly..
