Cast a giant shadow

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poster The Chinese Shadows
The Chinese Shadows
3mn - Comedy, Animation
At the beginning of this film two women come onstage dressed in Oriental fashion. They present a shadow play theatre.
poster The Dark Mist
The Dark Mist
101mn - Action, Adventure, Fantasy
With the future of the world hanging in the balance, one fearless hero's quest to solve "The Riddle of the Chosen". As the Lord Protector makes his way through a land of magic and mystery, his allies grow…
poster Jack the Giant Killer
Jack the Giant Killer
7mn - Animation
Jack is trying to impress Susie with his ambition to visit the Land of the Giants. She watches as he demonstrates the strength with which he will conquer the giant. Then we see the cat and dog loading up …
poster The Haunted Castle
The Haunted Castle
(3.4/5)
3mn - Fantasy, Horror
In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of interloping cavaliers.
poster An Impossible Balancing Feat
An Impossible Balancing Feat
1mn - Comedy
A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.
poster Cyclops
Cyclops
94mn - Short, Action, Fantasy
The corrupt Emperor Tiberius forces his bravest general Marcus to capture a terrifying cyclops that has been devastating the Roman countryside. When the monster is brought to Rome's gladiatorial arena, Ma…
poster Jupiter's Thunderballs
Jupiter's Thunderballs
3mn - Comedy, Fantasy
With godly entrapments, Zeus appears on the horizon, engages Hermes as an audience, and tries to throw some thunderbolts. They fizzle. Hephaestus tries to make some repairs but succeeds only in heating th…
poster The Clown and His Donkey
The Clown and His Donkey
3mn - Animation, Comedy
A pioneering effort in bringing shadow puppetry to the cinema.
poster The Pillar of Fire
The Pillar of Fire
1mn - Fantasy
A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the pot. After the devil works the fire with bellows, an an…
poster Shadows
Shadows
(3.1/5)
68mn - Drama
Yen Sin, a humble Chinese, is washed ashore after a storm and finds himself an outsider in the deeply Christian fishing community of Urkey. Yen Sin elects to stay, despite his status as a despised 'heathe…
poster The Red Spectre
The Red Spectre
(3.3/5)
8mn - Fantasy
A demonic magician attempts to perform his act in a strange grotto, but is confronted by a Good Spirit who opposes him.
poster Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
3mn - Comedy
A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol in front of himself, and a dog leaps out from …
poster The Dwarf and the Giant
The Dwarf and the Giant
1mn - Fantasy, Comedy
A magician explores two halves of his self: The Dwarf and the Giant.
poster Dragon Crusaders
Dragon Crusaders
90mn - Fantasy, Action, Sci-Fi
A group of fugitive Knights Templar attack a pirate ship only to be cursed to transform into hideous gargoyle monsters whenever darkness falls. To break the deadly curse and prevent the world's destructio…
poster The Firefall
The Firefall
3mn - Fantasy
A magic show.
poster Dragon
Dragon
84mn - Fantasy
Princess Vanir must traverse the haunted Forest of Sidhe to save her kingdom from an invading army of dark elves. Accompanied by warriors Cador and Artemir, she confronts not only the elven forces but als…
poster The Magic Book
The Magic Book
(3.1/5)
3mn - Fantasy
Characters from a large magic book come to life.
poster Faust in the Underworld
Faust in the Underworld
7mn - Fantasy
The German legend of a scholar's unholy pact with the Devil would have been very familiar to most moviegoers (at least European ones), so Georges Méliès' early cinematic treatment likely got away with sim…
poster The Infernal Cauldron
The Infernal Cauldron
(3.3/5)
2mn - Fantasy, Horror
A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.
poster The Curse of Lilith Ratchet
The Curse of Lilith Ratchet
105mn - Horror
Alice and her best friend Lauren inadvertently set a hellish curse in motion after surprisingly acquiring a mysterious shrunken head. Wanting to know more about their fiendish find, they pay a visit to a …
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