For this gangster from the stars, Earth is the hunting ground of his dreams. Thirsty of power, he commits misdeed after misdeed and defies powerless human police officers, who do not realise that some curse is going to afflict the Earth… They can only report a strange (and contagious?) madness that recently affects some peaceful… Continue reading THE HIDDEN
Genre: Science-Fiction
MAKING MR RIGHT
THE RUNNING MAN
The Future: where megalopolises and media rule; a swarming humanity is moving in a concrete universe with disproportionate buildings: the darkest poverty stands alongside the dirtiest richness. Only one passion brings all those men together (?) for a few hours par week: The Running Man, a broadcast game show. There are giant screens in every… Continue reading THE RUNNING MAN
A TASTE FOR FEAR
Obsession: A Taste for Fear takes place a couple of years in the future and deals with photography. Images rule, they control everything, from fashion to human behaviours. A former model, Diane Thornton, reigns on this photographic world: to take pictures, she uses a computer-connected camera. During her last shots, she went very far to… Continue reading A TASTE FOR FEAR
DISTANT LIGHTS
“Young Giuliano lost his mother. Yet he says that he saw her in a park near the house he is living in with his father and maternal grandmother. And his mother effectively comes back; at first, in her own body, but then with someone else’s face. Soon, other “dead people” will tend to reappear too,… Continue reading DISTANT LIGHTS
MAN FACING SOUTHEAST
One day, the man facing southeast somehow ends up from somewhere in a psychiatric hospital. He says that his name is RANTES and that he comes from another planet. Doctor Denis, chief of the psychiatric unit, is used to seeing lots of aliens, spirits and ghosts haunting the corridors of the clinic. At first, he… Continue reading MAN FACING SOUTHEAST
OPERATION DEAD END
In a remote house on a deserted island, three people – two men and a woman – participate as volunteers in a 70-day scientific experiment. They know that the air on the island is infected and that it could kill them. They are watched through video cameras and microphones permanently. The light and temperature in… Continue reading OPERATION DEAD END
BEFORE I DIE FOREVER
THE MAN WHO THOUGHT LIFE
Steinmetz is an incredible being with superpowers. He can think things and make them real with his mind. His greatest ambition is to recreate life, to create a human being. This is why he is going to meet with Max Holst, a brain surgeon, who can help him succeed by means of a tricky surgery.… Continue reading THE MAN WHO THOUGHT LIFE
THE REDEEMER
In the 30s, a young failed novelist is kicked out of his house. It’s the Great Depression: unemployment and the plague are spreading in the city. Well, the Great Depression is spreading across Europe too. The young man meets a former friend who will suggest that he take up residence in an abandoned bank, but… Continue reading THE REDEEMER