
Dolls(1986)
A precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock losers and a weak-kneed salesman inadvertently become the guests of two ghoulish senior citizens in their dark, haunted mansion.


“The extraordinary first film from the director of Shadow of the Vampire”
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
Brian Salzberg
God Killing Himself
Donna Dempsey
Mother Earth
Stephen Charles Barry
Son of Earth
Begotten is a fantasy, horror film released in 1991 exploring themes of nihilism, necrophilia, pregnancy, razor, gore, surrealism. Directed by E. Elias Merhige, it stars Brian Salzberg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry. Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
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