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The Theatre Bizarre (2012)
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.
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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.
Rating:R
Genre:Horror
Directed By:Tom Savini, David Gregory, Douglas Buck, Richard Stanley, Buddy Giovinazzo, Karim Hussain, Jeremy Kasten
Written By:John Esposito, Scarlett Amaris, Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, Karim Hussain, Richard Stanley, David Gregory, Emiliano Ranzani, Zach Chassler
In Theaters:1/26/2012
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Runtime:114 minutes
Studio:Quota Productions, Severin Films
Cast
Tom Savini, David Gregory, Douglas Buck, Richard Stanley, Buddy Giovinazzo, Karim Hussain, Jeremy Kasten
Director
Udo Kier
Peg Poett
Virginia Newcomb
Enola Penny
Amanda Marquardt
Squalid Woman
Amelia M. Gotham
Gypsy
Catriona MacColl
Mere Antoinette
Shane Woodward
Martin
Victoria Maurette
Karina
André Hennicke
Axel
Suzan Anbeh
Mo
Harvey Friedman
George
Debbie Rochon
Carla
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