|
The Theatre Bizarre (2011) 4.8
Down a seedy city street in her neighborhood, young Enola Penny is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. One night, she sees that the front door is slightly ajar and ... See full summary » |
| 0Share... |
User Lists
Related lists from IMDb users
Share this Rating
Title: The Theatre Bizarre (2011)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
Learn more
People who liked this also liked...
Dying God
(2008)
Horror
Director:
Fabrice Lambot
Stars:
Luciana Aguirre,
Samuel Arena,
Louis Ballester
The Dead Matter
(2010)
Horror
Director:
Edward Douglas
Stars:
Andrew Divoff,
Jason Carter,
Tom Savini
The ABCs of Death
(2012)
Horror
Directors:
Kaare Andrews,
Angela Bettis, and 25 more credits »
Stars:
Ingrid Bolsø Berdal,
Kyra Zagorsky,
Iván González
Absentia
(2011)
Drama
|
Horror
|
Mystery
Director:
Mike Flanagan
Stars:
Katie Parker,
Courtney Bell,
Dave Levine
Grave Encounters
(2011)
Horror
Director:
The Vicious Brothers
Stars:
Ben Wilkinson,
Sean Rogerson,
Ashleigh Gryzko
Excision
(2012)
Comedy
|
Drama
|
Horror
Director:
Richard Bates Jr.
Stars:
AnnaLynne McCord,
Traci Lords,
Ariel Winter
Stake Land
(2010)
Drama
|
Horror
|
Sci-Fi
Director:
Jim Mickle
Stars:
Connor Paolo,
Gregory Jones,
Nick Damici
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
(2012)
Horror
|
Mystery
|
Thriller
Director:
Michael J. Bassett
Stars:
Adelaide Clemens,
Kit Harington,
Carrie-Anne Moss
Crime
|
Drama
|
Horror
Director:
Lucky McKee
Stars:
Pollyanna McIntosh,
Brandon Gerald Fuller,
Lauren Ashley Carter
The Evil Dead
(1981)
Horror
Director:
Sam Raimi
Stars:
Bruce Campbell,
Ellen Sandweiss,
Richard DeManincor
Halloween
(2007)
Horror
Director:
Rob Zombie
Stars:
Malcolm McDowell,
Scout Taylor-Compton,
Tyler Mane
Cabin Fever
(2002)
Horror
Director:
Eli Roth
Stars:
Rider Strong,
Jordan Ladd,
James DeBello
Edit
Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Udo Kier | ... |
Peg Poett (framing segments)
|
|
| Virginia Newcomb | ... |
Enola Penny (framing segments)
|
|
 |
Amanda Marquardt | ... |
Squalid Woman (framing segments)
|
| Amelia M. Gotham | ... |
Gypsy (framing segments)
(as Amelia Gotham)
|
|
| Jeremy Gladen | ... |
Naked Man (framing segments)
|
|
|
|
Liberty Larson | ... |
Little Girl (framing segments)
|
| Christopher Sachs | ... |
Groom (framing segments)
|
|
|
|
Nicole Fabbri | ... |
Bride (framing segments)
|
|
|
Catriona MacColl | ... |
Mere Antoinette (segment "The Mother Of Toads")
|
|
|
Shane Woodward | ... |
Martin (segment "The Mother Of Toads")
|
| Victoria Maurette | ... |
Karina (segment "The Mother Of Toads")
|
|
|
|
Lisa Belle | ... |
The Naked Witch (segment "The Mother Of Toads")
(as Lisa Crawford)
|
|
|
Amelie Salomon | ... |
The Monster (segment "The Mother Of Toads")
(as Amélie Salomon)
|
|
|
André Hennicke | ... |
Axel (segment "I Love You")
|
| Suzan Anbeh | ... |
Mo (segment "I Love You")
|
|
Edit
Plot Summary
|
Add Synopsis
Storyline
Down a seedy city street in her neighborhood, young Enola Penny is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. One night, she sees that the front door is slightly ajar and impulsively decides to sneak inside. But there in the dark, decrepit auditorium, a show unlike any other unfolds before her eyes. Its host is an eerie human puppet named Peg Poett who will introduce Penny to six tales of the bizarre: A couple traveling in a remote part of the French Pyrenees cross paths with a lustful witch; A paranoid lover faces the wrath of a partner who has been pushed to her limit; The Freudian dreams of an unfaithful husband blur the lines between fantasy and reality; The horrors of the real world are interpreted through the mind of a child; A woman addicted to other people's memories gets her fix through the vitreous fluid of her victims' eyeballs; And a perverse obsession with sweets turns sour for a couple in too deep. But as the stories unfold, something much stranger is ... Written by Anonymous
Genres:
HorrorParents Guide:
View content advisory »
Edit
See full technical specs »
Details
Release Date:
9 May 2012 (France) See more »Also Known As:
To theatro tou tromou See more »Company Credits
Show detailed
company contact information
on
IMDbPro »
This movie is really a very bizarre one, even in the context of bizarre / horror movies. It is no ordinary horror however - more or less it is unusually deep trip into the darkness. Forget "positive heroes running from demons or killers". This is way way darker and definitely not suitable for typical viewer.
The first story almost seems lame but the darkness increases from the this very point on. When it reaches "Vision Stains" you may be sure you are watching something so dark it may just come from Hell itself. Yet these stories are no gore flicks, they have their wicked souls, their own twisted logic. Some of them like the "Vision Stains" are really hard to watch.
I absolutely do love "The Accident". It is basically not a horror story, but more poem or "experience". It is very slow, gentle, almost tender story about the dying and the meaning of life and death. It is absolutely mesmerizing, brilliant example of storytelling mixed with great soundtrack and the editing. It is pure 10/10 and alone makes the whole movie worth watching. It does not fit here however - it is not dark, not twisted and in some ways almost zen-like positive. It is really beautiful.
I could not recommend this movie for everyone - the only really accessible story is "The Accident" which is the weakest in the terms of gore and the most powerful in the terms of philosophy. The other stories could be way too much disturbing for ordinary viewer - not because they are full of gore, but because of twisted and elaborated evil, abuse, loss, suffering and despair depicted here. It is very powerful and dark anthology, definitely no ordinary teenager slasher movie. No fun is here, no light at the end of the tunnel. You have to have right mood to watch this anthology or you will end up really depressed.