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Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

15 July 200214 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Arabian Nights Adventure

Director: Sam Wanamaker
Actors: Patrick Wayne, Jane Seymour, Taryn Power, Patrick Troughton, …
Category: Fantasy

Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (2000)

2 February 200214 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Arabian Nights Adventure/Animation

Director: Allan Jacobs, Evan Ricks
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Jennifer Hale, Leonard Nimoy, John Rhys-Davies
Category: Fantasy

Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)

19 June 200019 March 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Adult Fairy-Tale

Director: Michael Cohn
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Monica Keena, Sam Neill, Gill Bellows, …
Category: Fantasy

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1978)

3 September 202014 March 2024

Rating: ★★

Animation/Magician’s Apprentice

Director: Karel Zeman
Category: Fantasy

Sorceress (1995)

25 April 201824 September 2024

Rating: ★

Erotica/Suburban Witches

Director: Jim Wynorski
Actors: Linda Blair, Larry Poindexter, Julie Strain, Rochelle Swanson, …
Category: Fantasy

Spell (2020)

7 February 2023

Rating: 0­

Backwoods Voodoo

Director: Mark Tonderai
Actors: Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, Lorrain Burroughs, Kalifa Burton, …
Category: Horror

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

19 March 20229 October 2024

Rating: ★★½

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Jon Watts
Actors: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Stardust (2007)

23 September 200710 March 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Epic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Matthew Vaughn
Actors: Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, …
Category: Fantasy

Suitable Flesh (2023)

8 December 202324 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

H.P. Lovecraft Adaptation/Bodyswap Horror

Director: Joe Lynch
Actors: Heather Graham, Barbara Crampton, Judah Lewis, Johnathon Schaech, …
Category: Horror

Summer of Fear (1978)

10 August 202110 August 2021

Rating: ★

Witch Comes to Stay

Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, Jeremy Slate, Jeff East, …
Category: Horror

The Sword in the Stone (1963)

21 January 200115 March 2024

Rating: ★★

King Arthur’s Childhood/Disney Animation

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Actors: Rickie Sorenson, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews, Martha Wentworth, …
Category: Fantasy

Tamara (2005)

2 April 201323 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Bullied Teenage Girl Returns From the Dead

Director: Jeremy Haft
Actors: Jenna Dewan, Matthew Marsden, Katie Stuart
Category: Horror

Teen Witch (1989)

8 September 202123 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Teenage Witch Comedy

Director: Dorian Walker
Actors: Robyn Lively, Zelda Rubinstein, Dick Sargent, Shelley Berman, …
Category: Fantasy

The Toymaker (2017)

11 May 202311 May 2023

Rating: ★★

Toymaker Brings Dolls to Life

Director: Andrew Jones
Actors: Lee Bane, Erick Hayden, Jo Weil, Bodo Freisecke, …
Category: Horror

The Visitors (1993)

29 August 19992 September 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Time-Travel Comedy

Director: Jean-Marie Poire
Actors: Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Valerie Le Mercier, Christian Bujeau, …
Category: Fantasy

Warhunt (2022)

16 July 202316 July 2023

Rating: ★★

WWII Soldiers vs Supernatural

Director: Mauro Borrelli
Actors: Robert Knepper, Mickey Rourke, Jackson Rathbone, Frederick Wagner, …
Category: Horror

The Watch (2020)

3 September 202111 December 2023

Rating: ★

Terry Pratchett Adaptation

Director: Craig Viveiros, Brian Kelly, Emma Sullivan
Actors: Richard Dormer, Lara Rossi, Adam Hugill, Marama Corlett, …
Category: Fantasy

We Need to Do Something (2021)

18 February 202418 February 2024

Rating: ★★★

Family Trapped in a Bathroom During a Mysterious Catastrophe

Director: Sean King O’Grady
Actors: Sierra McCormick, Pat Healy, Vinessa Shaw, Lisette Alexis, …
Category: Horror

The Witches Hammer (2007)

24 April 20144 July 2025

Rating: ★★★

Vampire Assassin vs Witches

Director: James Eaves
Actors: Claudia Coulter, Stephanie Beacham, Jonathan Sidgwick
Category: Horror

The Witches of Oz (2011)

2 June 201426 February 2020

Rating: ★

Wizard of Oz Sequel/Modernisation

Director: Leigh Scott
Actors: Paulie Rojas, Eliza Swenson, Billy Boyd, Lance Henriksen, …
Category: Fantasy

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