Strange stories by francis

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poster Story of a Cloistered Nun
Story of a Cloistered Nun
(2.8/5)
97mn - Drama
Refusing an arranged marriage, young aristocrat Carmela is sent to a convent. Her arrival intensifies the power struggle between the debauched nun Elizabeth and the stern Mother Superior, as both are smit…
poster Unusual Cooking
Unusual Cooking
3mn - Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A chef comes into the kitchen and throws a lot of rags on the floor: he then casts a spell over them, and immediately they take the form of human beings, and dance a wild saraband around the place. After …
poster The Black Raven
The Black Raven
(2.8/5)
61mn - Mystery
One dark and stormy night, an escaped convict, an embezzler, a runaway daughter, her intended and her father, and a gangster take refuge in a remote inn called "The Black Raven" after the nickname of a s…
poster An Unseen Enemy
An Unseen Enemy
16mn - Drama
The physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. But it is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores…
poster A Nightmare
A Nightmare
1mn - Horror
A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.
poster Mabel's Strange Predicament
Mabel's Strange Predicament
11mn - Comedy
A tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and, upstairs, causes some misunderstandings between Mabel, two hotel guests across the hall from her room, and Mabel's visiting sweetheart.
poster One Dark Night
One Dark Night
(2.8/5)
89mn - Horror
A strange man named Karl Rhamarevich dies shortly after discovering a way to become even more powerful in death through telekinesis. On the night of his burial in a crypt, Julie is to spend the night ther…
poster The Phantom Athlete
The Phantom Athlete
89mn - Adventure
In a plot similar to, but predating, the later Superman stories, a young girl, Jenny, is involved in several dangerous adventures as a result of her possession of a valuable jewel. Each time she is saved …
poster The New Lord of the Village
The New Lord of the Village
(2.7/5)
2mn - Fantasy
There's a scene in a village, then there's a scene out in the wilderness with what appear to be gods, and a giant crab, and a giant frog... then there's another scene in the village... and that's it.
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 Whys and Otherwise
Whys and Otherwise
(3/5)
7mn - Animation
Felix the Cat comes home late after a night of drunken revelry at a nightclub. He tells his rolling pin-wielding wife three ludicrous tales to explain himself.
poster Glen or Glenda
Glen or Glenda
65mn - Drama
A psychiatrist tells two stories: one of a trans woman, the other of a pseudohermaphrodite.
poster The Stranger Came Home
The Stranger Came Home
(2.9/5)
80mn - Drama
Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty faces after his unexpected return…
poster Wandering Papas
Wandering Papas
20mn - Comedy
A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into cont…
poster Wild Oranges
Wild Oranges
(3.4/5)
88mn - Drama, Romance
Millie Stope lives with her grandfather on a remote island. Man-child Nicholas, a fugitive from justice, also lives there and is terrorizing them - and he's interested in Millie. One day widower John Wool…
poster The Mad Doctor
The Mad Doctor
(3.8/5)
7mn - Animation, Comedy, Horror
A dark and stormy night. Pluto is spirited away to the spooky lair of an evil genius for a mad transplant scheme to put his head on the body of a chicken. Mickey gives chase, but find himself threatened s…
poster The Symbol of the Unconquered
The Symbol of the Unconquered
59mn - Drama
Eve Mason, a white-passing black woman, moves to a remote cottage she inherited from her late father. She makes the acquaintance of her neighbor, a dashing black settler named Hugh Van Allen, and quickly …
poster Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
(3.8/5)
Nonemn - Mystery, Drama
When a rare Pennsylvania flintlock pistol is discovered at the scene of a gruesome murder in an English manor surrounded by a moat, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to Sussex to investigate the d…
poster Captain Grogg and Other Strange Creatures
Captain Grogg and Other Strange Creatures
(2.8/5)
7mn - Animation
Grogg and Kalle interacts with several animals including a kangaraoo and an ostrich among others.
poster The Man with the Rubber Head
The Man with the Rubber Head
3mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.
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