Dr James Xavier develops a serum to expand human eyesight beyond its normal range. When his funding gets cut, he decides to test his product himself and boy does it work! He sees through clothes; then walls; then flesh and bone. Finally, his vision starts unravelling reality itself.
In the distant sounding year of 2000, American democracy has all but collapsed and the Transcontinental Road Race has taken its place. Masked celebrity drivers race coast to coast, upping their score with every pedestrian they kill. Bonus points for kids and old people!
After the loss of her father, 10-year-old Risa discovers that an out-of-service phone booth allows her to speak with the dead. Each deceased caller has a story. They strike a deal: if Risa can help them resolve their unfinished business, they’ll put her dad on the line.
Spain, 1944. 10-year-old Ofelia and her mother move to northern Spain to join Ofelia’s new stepfather Captain Vidal. Vidal, a falangist Captain in the Armed Police Corps, is hunting down anti-fascist fighters. Soon, Ofelia starts escaping her harsh reality in a self-imagined fairytale world.
On the Day of the Dead, poor woodcutter Macario, weary of his miserable existence in Colonial Mexico, decides to stop eating until he can have an entire turkey for himself. His wife steals one, and Macario is challenged by the Devil, God and Death to share his meal.
On the run from the armed conflict in Colombia, Nuria (12), Fabio (9) and their mother Amparo arrive on a small island in the middle of Amazonia. Out of the blue, their lost father reappears and they discover the island is inhabited by ghosts.
In sixteenth-century Japan, rebel lord Murashige Araki is trapped inside his besieged castle when mysterious crimes start tearing his court apart from within. With Nobunaga Oda’s forces coming closer, Murashige turns to imprisoned strategist Kanbei Kuroda, leading to an unlikely alliance. Can they expose the traitor before everything goes down?
After being attacked by a psycho, detective Takakura moves to a quiet town and starts lecturing criminal psychology at the university. But he can’t forget the thrill of the chase, so when former colleague Nogami asks him to reopen an old case, he jumps right in.
Casey, a lonely teenager with an absent father, takes part in the online World’s Fair Challenge. For this strange occult game, she engages in fantasy roleplay while documenting the physical and psychological changes she experiences. But during this alienating process, she starts to lose touch with herself.
When cable TV executive Max Renn (James Woods) stumbles across a secret pirate station broadcasting snuff films, he becomes obsessed with this violent world of sex and torture. Controlled by a brain tumour and unable to distinguish fiction from reality, both his body and his behaviour start transforming horribly.
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