All Films

The Gift of Amazing Grace

1986 • 60 min • United States of America

Teenage girl is frustrated about her lack of singing ability in her gospel singing family. She writes a song about her problem, and soon finds where her musical talent lies.

Scream Greats, Vol.2: Satanism and Witchcraft

1986 • 60 min • United States of America

Documentary tracks the rise of devil cults, witches and other elements of the "black arts."

Style

1986 • 57 min • Greece

Lampros is 28 years old, an assistant who wants to become an executive. Lately, he has directed some commercials. Katerina is cute, sensitive, sexy - not beautiful, but there's something in her..Mihalis comes from a good family. He is a bit older than the other two and he starts caring about his career. On the other hand, Katerina and Lampros prefer to see life as a fantasy.

Joshua and the Battle of Jericho

1986 • 30 min • United States of America

Learn the tale of Joshua's leadership and his determination to follow his God. Joshua leads the Hebrews through a battle with the Canaanites, who built a wall to prevent them from passing through to the Promised Land.

Wings Over Water

1986 • 59 min

Wings Over Water tells the fascinating story of naval aviation's critical role in making the U.S. a world power. Film highlights include archival footage of some of the most terrifying and intense airspace battles fought and the intriguing interviews of the veterans who took part in them. This is the story of naval aviation from its conception to the important role it played in battles fought, won, and lost, all the while examining American foreign policy, foreign relations, and long-simmering international conflict. An evocative, powerful, and informative documentary, Wings Over Water is the story behind the story: how and why America developed maritime aviation technology, what it meant to our past, and what it means to our future.

My Friend Liberty

1986 • 21 min • United States of America

Johnny awakens as his teacher talks about liberty, only to find that everything has turned to clay. A giant hand plucks Johnny from his seat. Liberty herself has stepped down from her pedestal to teach a youngster the meaning of liberty.

Are You My Mother?

1986 • 60 min • United States of America

Teenage girl is stunned to discover that her mother is not deceased, but mentally ill living in an institution.

La era del ñandú

1986 • 38 min • Argentina

A mockumentary about Doctor Kurz, the inventor of the BioK-2: a rejuvenating drug extracted from ñandús (rheas).

The Frog, the Dog, and the Devil

1986 • 8 min • New Zealand

The short tells the story of a drunkard going through alcohol withdrawal, as personified by the Devil. Director Bob Stenhouse takes what could be a dark subject and makes it a funny madcap romp.

Secrets of the Titanic

1986 • 51 min • United States of America

Dr. Robert Ballard of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and his research team become the first undersea explorers to locate, photograph, and explore the wreckage of the ill-fated HMS Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage 2 1/2 mile deep in the icy waters of the Atlantic in 1912, taking 1500 passengers and crew with it to a watery grave. Utilizing dazzling state-of-the art equipment and cutting edge expertise they record the decaying remains of the ocean liner once thought "unsinkable."

The Phantom of Regular Size

1986 • 18 min • Japan

A short film where Shinya Tsukamoto experimented with effects and ideas, which eventually resulted in the feature film Tetsuo: The Iron Man.

Who's Who

1986 • 53 min • United States of America

Produced for American Public Television, this documentary on the long-running Doctor Who television series features interviews with actors and actresses who played the traveling companions of the Time Lord hero and with three actors, Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison, and Colin Baker, who portrayed the title character, as well as footage of a U.S. fan convention where Tom Baker, appeared and answered questions. The fan backlash against the 1985-6 hiatus for the series and the finding of some previously lost Jon Pertwee era episodes are addressed, and this documentary closes with some on-the-street interviews with British viewers, who tell who their favorite Doctor is.

Ester - om John Bauers hustru

1986 • 57 min • Sweden

A biography of the famous Swedish artist John Bauer's wife Ester Ellqvist.

Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors

1986 • 60 min • United States of America

Actors, directors and special effects technicians are interviewed at a horror-film convention.

欲情させられた女

1986 • 60 min • Japan

Takashi is a typical mama's boy who has had everything he wanted since he was a child and excels in school. He even gets his mother to call prostitutes to satisfy his sexual desires, but one day he has a secret rendezvous with a woman from a phone club without telling his mother... This film depicts the anxiety, confusion, and unhappiness of children who become toys for adults, the immature adults, and the distortion of love.

Megumi Kiyosato: Wet Your Heart

1986 • 55 min • Japan

Megu comes from a planet in space. There is a legend from her home world if anyone mates with a virgin Earthling, they will gain eternal life. However, this is limited to sex with a man you love.

At Père Lachaise

1986 • 13 min

Père Lachaise cemetery reflects the socio-economic hierarchy of French society during the second half of the 19th century. The film pays homage to the Communards who were shot and whose simple commemorative gravestone contrasts with the insolence of the monuments of the great bourgeois families.

Let's Go Mets

1986 • 30 min • United States of America

Documentary cameras go behind-the-scenes for the making of the "Let's Go Mets" music video.

Scream Greats, Vol.1: Tom Savini, Master of Horror Effects

1986 • 60 min • United States of America

A documentary detailing the career of makeup artist Tom Savini, including clips from the various movies he's worked on.

Rainbow Brite: San Diego Zoo Adventure

1986 • 43 min

Pete & Tracy notice something strange is happening to all of the colors of the zoo animals; they try to enlist the help of Rainbow Brite, not knowing that it's all part of Murky Dismal's dastardly plot to lure and capture Rainbow Brite.

Murder by the Book

1986 • 51 min • United Kingdom

Agatha Christie’s agents propose that it’s time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-five years earlier, a novel in which she finally kills off her most famous creation. And it’s not an entirely sad occasion. “That wretched little man,” she says. “He’s always been so much trouble. How is it Miss Marple has never upset me at all, not ever?” That night, who should appear at her doorstep but the wretched little man himself, Hercule Poirot? The great fictional detective and his creator proceed to play a very Christie-like game of cat and mouse for the manuscript – and for their own lives.

Carlton Dekker

1986 • 7 min • France

Rickles... On the Loose

1986 • 60 min • United States of America

Special featuring Don Rickles in his live comedy act at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, mixed with footage of Rickles "on the loose" across the state of California.

Kansas City Blender Massacre

1986 • 26 min

Lost Todd Sheets short about a killer using a blender.