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Pedro Almodovar

Matador (1986)

Matador (1986)
Rating: ★★
Mar 6, 1999Sex and Death/Serial Killers/Black Comedy
Sex and Death/Serial Killers/Black Comedymatador-19861986Cheerfully outrageous early Pedro Almodovar black comedy where virginal Antonio Banderas confesses to a series of murders conducted by his death obsessed lawyer
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Assumpta Serna, Eusebio Poncela, Chus Lampreave, …
Category: Horror
6 March 19996 January 2025 by Roog

Volver (2006)

Volver (2006)
Rating: ★★★
Feb 11, 2007Drama/Mother's Ghost
Drama/Mother's Ghostvolver-20062006Pedro Almodovar film in which two daughters try to deal with their mother's seeming return from the dead
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Actors: Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Chus Lampreave, …
Category: Fantasy
11 February 200724 April 2023 by Roog

The Skin I Live In (2011)

The Skin I Live In (2011)
Rating: ★★★★
Oct 9, 2011Mad Surgeon and His Woman Prisoner
Mad Surgeon and His Woman Prisonerskin-i-live-in-20112011Pedro Almodovar's exquisitely lush homage to the mad surgeon fiilm Eyes Without a Face features a superb left field twist to become an extraordinary meditation on gender and identity
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Blanca Suarez, …
Category: Horror
9 October 20114 February 2020 by Roog

Recent Posts

  • Puppet Master 4 (1993)
  • House IV (1992)
  • Die Screaming Marianne (1971)
  • Tobor the Great (1954)
  • Freelance (2024)
  • Darkgame (2024)
  • Jules (2023)
  • Wicked: For Good (2025)
  • Please Don’t Feed the Children (2024)
  • Older Gods (2023)
  • H.P. Lovecraft’s Cool Air (2006)
  • Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
  • The Haunting of Morella (1990)
  • The Phantom of the Opera (1990)
  • The Mouse Trap (2024)
  • Mouse of Horrors (2025)
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2025)
  • Deathstalker (2025)
  • The Beast Within (2024)
  • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1943)
  • Night of the Seagulls (1975)
  • The Alpha Test (2020)
  • Hagen (2024)
  • The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025)
  • Keeper (2025)

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns

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