"When I was at the hospital I saw a black figure. He took an old lady with him. The next morning, the old lady was dead. My room keeps changing suddenly into a different room. I even saw a person with the lower half of her body missing. When they rushed over, it was like an electric shock my whole body went numb. When I was little. Granny told me. I was not an ordinary child. God had given me some obstacles, so that I would grow up to be an extraordinary person. Now, I finally understand what it means. An extraordinary person can see things other people can't see feel pain other people won't feel. Maybe, I was never meant to see this world. I don't want to be confined in my own world anymore, terrified in bed every night then awakening to horrors every morning. I just want to be an ordinary person"
"The last bit of consciousness of a mortal carries over to the afterlife. That is, the very thought of a person in their final moment, would become the eternal consciousness of their soul. So, those who die a sudden death, would have no recollection of the instance of death. Their souls remain in this world, as if they're still alive. But there are others who refuse to leave intentionally, mostly because of unsettled problems in their lifetime. These souls can't be consoled if their problems persist. There is only one way to help them out, that is, to resolve what they left unresolved"
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original title·····見鬼 (Jiànguǐ)
language·········Cantonese·Thai·Mandarin·English
- All human beings have the innate ability to channel to every incarnation of existence. But as we age, this ability gradually fades away. This ability could be recalled under two conditions: The first is when you're on the verge of dying. The second is when you're giving birth. Both situations have happened to you.
- Is there anything I can do to exorcise these spirits? Or simply stop the channeling?
- All beings are equal no existence is inherently evil or virtuous. Humans and spirits share the universe all you can to do is to accept this reality.
"Beside every pregnant woman stands a spirit awaiting reincarnation. When the time comes, the spirit would move into the mother's womb to be born again as a new person. Our actions in this live determines how we would come back in the next life. Once reincarnated, our soul will be depleted of the memory of our previous life"
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original title·····見鬼2 (Jiànguǐ 2)
language·········Cantonese·Thai·English
"This book is about ten ways to see spirits. It comes from an ancient Thai legend. This is the real thing. The rituals are authentic. And I can tell you about two real life cases to back it up"
· Getting a corneal transplant from a person who can see spirits. [The Eye 1]
· Attempting suicide while pregnant. [The Eye 2]
· Playing Spirits in a Glass or Ouija game.
· Tapping chopsticks on a bowl and offering food at a road intersection at midnight.
· Playing hide and seek at midnight while carrying a black cat.
· Rubbing dirt from a grave on your eyes.
· Opening an umbrella under shelter at midnight.
· Combing hair at midnight in front of a mirror.
· Bending over to look back between your legs at midnight.
· Playing dead in a used funeral dress at midnight.
- So, if we follow the instructions, we'll get to see ghosts for sure?
- It depends. Different people have different chances of success.
- Why not try it out, then? We need a game to get through the night.
- Then listen carefully. Once the ritual has started, we can't quit playing, no matter what happens.
- I never thought things would turn out like this!
- Apart from our human world, there are numerous unknown dimensions. Always stay away from black magic. When things get out of hand, you won't be able to survive the consequences. It's obvious that he's cast a spell on all of you. This is a curse you can't overcome!
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original title·····見鬼10 (Jiànguǐ 10) / The Eye 10 / The Eye Infinity
languages········Cantonese·Thai·English
"I'm seeing things that aren't real. I'm seeing things that I shouldn't see. I'm dreaming things, I've never seen. This cornea transplant surgery was supposed to make me normal"
- There's no history of schizophrenia in my family. I've never suffered from any mental condition. So, for argument's sake let's just pretend I'm not crazy. There have been cases of transplant recipients who've actually showed characteristics of the donor.
- Right. Cellular Memory. But corneas aren't a major organ, it's like changing the windshield of a car.
- But there's still a chance isn't there? I need to find out who the donor was.
- It's a terrible thing to see the spiritual world, isn't it? The souls destined to repeat their death, everyday, unable to find peace. Anna was always alone. People around here, they were always afraid of her. She would sit in front of the person's house and she would just cry. And soon after somebody in that house, would die. I know that she wasn't doing these things. She wasn't bringing death to anyone. But she could just...
[This is thezoic charter 3703. If anyone receives this, I'm the only survivor of a long range exploratory mission. My ship was struck by an undocumented asteroid belt. We've crash landed on an uncharted celestial body. My ship has been severed in half. Confirmed nine escape pods have been destroyed and two are missing. The atmosphere is breathable. All passengers are dead. Send help]
[Charter 3703. The daughter of the ona family is alive. A child, maybe 9 years old and in good health. Her name is koa, from the upper territories, so we are unable to communicate. Her parents were passengers. Both deceased. I'm taking her to an escape vessel I've located some distance away. Send help]
"The asteroid that hit our ship. It was just a small part of a much bigger one. It's coming here"
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65 million years ago a visitor crash landed on earth.
- Oh. And then? Have you learned nothing? They will replace him before the body's cold. Hercules had his Hydra. You have The Table, except you'll run out of bullets before they run out of heads. Kill him, but do it the smart way. And get him to give you your freedom. Turn his rules and consequences against him.
[... For all you boppers out there in the City of Lights, for all you street people with an ear for the action, to all my loyal listeners who know the beat of the street tonight is your chance to make some beautiful music. I've been asked to relay a special request from a secret admirer. It seems there's a thorn in our little slice of paradise. A wicked man from the Big Apple is making a beeline to our sacred heart. We are putting the call out to deliver your hardest beats to this man in black. If you want the prize, you must finish before sunrise. This golden oldie, and I do mean golden hit, goes out to you, Mr. Wick. And remember, there is nowhere to run ...]
[... We interrupt this broadcast to bring you a special news bulletin. In one of the most daring and methodically executed holdups in criminal history a lone bandit wearing a rubber mask. Today took an estimated $2 million stuffed into a large duffel bag from the offices of the Lansdowne Racetrack. ...]
[... The robbery occurred during the running of the seventh race and was apparently timed to coincide with the shooting of Red Lightning just as the horse, valued at a quarter of a million dollars was leading the pack at the far turn. At this time the most baffling mystery that still plagues the authorities is just how the bandit managed to successfully get away from the track with the bulky duffel bag containing the money. A painstaking search of the track grounds is being conducted on the theory that the money may still be hidden there. ...]
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Directed by Stanley Kubrick (Spartacus 1960, Lolita 1962, Dr. Strangelove 1964, 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968, A Clockwork Orange 1971, The Shining 1980, Full Metal Jacket 1987, Eyes Wide Shut 1999)
"The festival has begun. She will be out hunting for the next four days. Our city is the only place in this world where no man steps out alone during these days of the festival. She abducts male, leaving only his clothes behind"**
- Many years ago there used to be a beautiful and attractive prostitute. Every male in the city would dream about her. Finally, she found a man who loved soul and not her body. True love. They both decided to get married. But the other people couldn't tolerate their joy. And before their wedding night, the jealous people murdered both of them. Since then she has been wandering in this city. Looking for her love, and complete her wedding night. And this can only happen when she will find her lost love again. ···The people of this city have a filthy mind. They used that Stree as long as they wanted. And then they got rid of her. And that man who gave her respect, they took him away as well. They will all die. Everyone. As long as there's even one male in this city, she won't rest. Just one. One man can douse this fire.
- Who is he? How does he look?
- Wheatish color, long nose. And treats himself like a king. Born in the arms of the oak tree. The prince of his family. Love reflects in his eyes. A true artist. He's the true protector of this city. A prostitute's son who's a bachelor.
- What do we know about the Stree? She can read. Have you ever heard about a ghost or spirit who can read?
- Meaning we're up against an educated witch. She is the new generation witch.
- Point no. 2. She comes every year during the festival, to abduct men. But if you write outside your house "O Stree, come back tomorrow". Then she reads it and thinks "Oh okay. Rest today, and I'll come back tomorrow".
- Meaning she listens. That means she is obedient.
- Point no. 3. She is very stupid. Next night she comes back again. Reads the same line again and thinks "Oh shit, now I'll have to come back tomorrow again. This is cheating." And she goes back home. Poor thing doesn't understand that these people are fooling her.
- She has a low IQ level.
- Exactly. And we're much smarter than her. And, if we get serious then we can easily get rid of this witch forever. But what are we going to do?
- Wedding night. According to Mr. Shashtri's book Stree wants her wedding night which was left incomplete. And if you're the protector of this city then you must fulfill her wish.
- Have you lost your mind? How can I do it with a witch? I am the protector, shouldn't I prepare for a battle or something.
- The battle begins after the wedding night.
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original title·····स्त्री
language·········Hindi
"I'm seeing things that aren't real. I'm seeing things that I shouldn't see. I'm dreaming things, I've never seen. This cornea transplant surgery was supposed to make me normal"
- There's no history of schizophrenia in my family. I've never suffered from any mental condition. So, for argument's sake let's just pretend I'm not crazy. There have been cases of transplant recipients who've actually showed characteristics of the donor.
- Right. Cellular Memory. But corneas aren't a major organ, it's like changing the windshield of a car.
- But there's still a chance isn't there? I need to find out who the donor was.
- It's a terrible thing to see the spiritual world, isn't it? The souls destined to repeat their death, everyday, unable to find peace. Anna was always alone. People around here, they were always afraid of her. She would sit in front of the person's house and she would just cry. And soon after somebody in that house, would die. I know that she wasn't doing these things. She wasn't bringing death to anyone. But she could just...
- Bandits and strange beings roam the streets of the capitol day and night. They're doing whatever they please. Genji is not the only warrior clan around. If this is too much for you to handle I'll dismiss you from the mission and appoint someone else.
- I'll have the bandits terminated and restore peace to the capitol city. Genji clan will either wipe out the strange elements that threat the capitol city or I will commit hara kiri.
- Shuten Doji of Mt. Oe whom we deem as our king is flanked by exceptional magicians named Ibaragi, Kido maru and Tsuchigumo who protect him. They're going to invade the capitol eventually. They'll conquer all of you and our king will reign as the Mikado. Your days are numbered now. Feel free to act powerful while you can.
- We will conquer Mt. Oe and snap off the heads of all you criminals.
- Once you set your foot on Mt. Oe they'll hang you upside down to be fed to the birds. Evidence speaks louder. Has anyone ever returned from Mt. Oe?
"He curses me and sees Kanpaku as his enemy. He is sworn to revenge. He's turned into an obsessed avenger. He is in Mt. Oe. He hid himself in the mountain and recruited bandits and magicians to vandalize the capitol. My husband is no longer the kind man I loved. He's Shuten Doji"
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original title·····大江山酒天童子 (Ōeyama Shuten Dōji)
language·········Japanese
directed by Tokuzō Tanaka (The New Tale of Zatoichi 1963)
- It's one of the little girls. She's obsessed with the idea that somebody's living upstairs.
- Ah, don't tell me. "Charlotte" again, right? Don't let it get to you. It's not the first time. Listen, I've been here for years, and there's always been some kid who's sworn they've seen "Charlotte". She's practically an urban legend.
- Life's nothing more than a journey between two worlds. Ours, the world of the living, and the world of those who have died. You see, these two worlds are separate. Those of us in this world cannot see the other, however much we may wish to. It's not for us, not yet. But there are some who, when they are drawing near to the other world, are able to glimpse things in it that have come close to this one. I'm afraid there is something in that hospital from the other world that, for some reason, has come close to ours. Something that doesn't accept or doesn't understand that it has died.
- Someone who's died in the hospital?
- No, it's not where they died. It's not even where they lived. It's much simpler than that. They simply stay near what they loved. That's what keeps them here.
- She was causing the girl's fractures so they wouldn't take her away. She's doing the same thing again. She's been here all these years because she needs the children.
- It started when they were being transferred.
- She won't let them leave.
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Directed by Jaume Balagueró (•REC series 2007/2009/2012/2014, Sleep Tight 2011)
- Would I go out with a guy whose father's a cop? Look, if you're such a novelty, what makes you so different?
- Well, I get more speeding tickets than anybody else in the county.
- Take me for a ride? Only if you're as fast as you say you are. I don't wanna ride in just any car. I wanna ride in that car.
[All units, this is Harry to all units. Be on the lookout for an orange two door sedan with a large number eight on the side. Now this is a competition stock car and it's very, very fast. You are to apprehend without aggressive action and that means no shooting, I repeat no shooting]
- Yapum! A virus from the depths of the jungle. If anyone tries to destroy the jungle the virus will get him. Then that person becomes a wolf. A shape shifting wolf. The jungle will always live in some part of the human mind. The virus unleashes that part. Then that person forgets all civilized behavior manners and inhibitions and turns into a wild beast. The virus is the chief of the jungle. It infects others and creates soldiers for itself. And when the time comes he chooses one among the soldiers to be the new guardian.
"I don't know what I do every night. One feels miserable even if a fly gets inside his nose. But a fully grown wolf has gotten into my body! It's as if my body is hijacked by a terrorist! We always joke about our pants ripping apart. My ass literally tears apart and a tail springs out! I sprout dagger like claws and fangs like Dracula! Then I wake up next morning all naked with blood on my body and a snake inside my pants! But one good thing came out of all this. My muscles are so ripped now.But my life is ruined! And one more thing, I can now understand animal language. I can understand animals easily but have no idea about myself... Where I went last night, or whom I ate!"
"You're a shape shifting wolf. Go within and bring out the wolf. You don't depend on the moon. Bring it from within. Remember what the Ojha had said? The jungle is still alive in some part of your brain. Unlock that. Awaken your primal instincts. Feel them. You and the jungle are one and the same. Become one with it. Realize it. Smell it. Wake up and smell the jungle. It's all inside you. This entire forest is yours. Draw strength from the jungle"
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original title·····भेड़िया
language·········Hindi
- You're told that the girl you were with last night was found in Benedict Canyon, murdered, dumped from a moving car. What's your reaction? Shock? Horror? Sympathy? No. Just petulance at being questioned, a couple of feeble jokes. It's puzzling, Mr. Steele.
- Well, I grant you the jokes could have been better, but I don't see why the rest should worry you. That is, unless you plan to arrest me for lack of emotion.
- On the night of the Atkinson murder, you came in here, looked at Dixon Steele and told us that you didn't know him. However, since then you and Mr. Steele have been inseparable.
- He's writing a script. I'm doing the typing. For the record, I am in love with Mr. Steele.
- Are you going to be married?
- If we do, I'll send you an invitation. After all, it was you who introduced us to each other.
- Why the defiant attitude? Aren't we on the same side in this matter? Doesn't it frighten you that there's a killer at large? He may be in your apartment house or next door. Certainly in your neighborhood. Mildred Atkinson wasn't killed for any understandable reason. She had no money, no enemies. It wasn't a sex murder. It was the act of a sick mind with an urge to destroy something young and lovely.
- I recognize your position, but you must also recognize mine. I love Dix. It upsets me terribly that you suspect him, even for a second.
- Not a second. For the last three weeks. He's our most logical suspect. Look at Mr. Steele's record fights, scandals, destruction. It all adds up to the same thing an erratic, violent man.
- "I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me" I want to put it in the script. I don't know quite where.
"This symbol was used in ceremonial sacrifice. As far back as 16th century Europe. The tines on the trident point left, signifying the left hand path of satanists. It was a sign of a sect of luciferians. Who took the fallen angel mythology literally. The crimes were meant to be against God, not men. But all I can give you right now is a time frame. All of the victims' bodies also had these symbols. Branded on them 'pascua negra' The translation would be 'Black Easter'. Whatever our man is up to will happen on Easter Eve"
"I thought The New Dawn was all bullshit at first, but I've seen it work. They can predict the future. About a year ago, they all started acting a lot weirder than usual. They started hunting down six year old kids. But they all had to be born on this certain date. They'd take each kid and put them through this test, and if they failed, they'd kill them. 'The slaughter of the innocents' they called it. Only Cody isn't like the other ones. She's the one they've been looking for all along"
- The devil's greatest achievement. Is that people don't believe he exists. Nowadays the concept of evil is politically incorrect. Only a secret inner circle practice traditional satanism. But Eric stark and other groups like his. Are spreading a powerful message "God does not really exist. Therefore, we can all make up our own rules". These visions that you've seen. Have all been seen by others throughout the centuries. Accounts of demonic attack are common in all cultures and religions. There's a spiritual battle going on in this world. We're all part of it every day of our lives. I believe that Cody will be an important part of this battle.
- What will Eric do with her?
- "All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me" Satan's temptation of Christ. He'll try to turn her to his side. If he can't, he'll destroy her. Get her back whatever way you can. There is hope. You must believe that. Not just for Cody. All of us are chosen by God, and all of us can stand against the darkness in his light.
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directed by Chuck Russell (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987, The Blob 1988, The Mask 1994, Eraser 1996, The Scorpion King 2002, I Am Wrath 2016)
"At first, I pushed the lever forward very slightly and the laboratory grew faint around me. I stopped. No change. Everything exactly as before. No! The clock said 6:31 when I started, and now it was 8:09? And the candle, shorter by inches. Yet by my watch, which was with me, only a few seconds had passed. It was disconcerting to see the sun arc in less than a minute. To see a snail race by. Flowers flinging wide their petals to embrace the day. The hours speeding across my sundial. Flowers closing their eyes for the night. It was wonderful! Changes that normally took hours took seconds. What if I went faster? It became intoxicating. I pushed the lever on toward even greater speed. I gained experience with it. I could stop for a day, an hour, or even a second to observe. Then go ahead a year or two. I was able to see the changing world in a series of glimpses. ··· Then the years rolled by, everything unfamiliar. ··· Then the centuries rolled by"
- Morlocks give us our food and clothes. We must obey. We mustn't be out in the dark. Where are you from?
- As a matter of fact, I'm from right here. That's where my house used to be many thousands of years ago. You see there? Up to those panels was my laboratory. Right there. That was my library. Where I once sat talking with friends about the time machine. You know, I'd hoped to learn such a great deal. I hoped to take back the knowledge and advancement man had made. Instead, I find vegetables. The human race reduced to living vegetables. The Morlocks. Who or what are they? Are they animals or people? Well, what about yourself? Don't your people ever speak of the past?
- There is no past.
- Well, do they ever wonder about the future?
- There is no future.
- The past, man's past is mainly a grim struggle for survival. But there have been moments, when a few voices have spoken up and these rare moments have made man's past a glorious thing. I refuse to believe it's dead and gone. We have had dark ages before. This is just another one. All it needs is someone to show you the way out. I'm only a tinkering mechanic, but I'm sure there must be that spark in one of you. If only I can kindle that spark my coming here will have meaning.
- It's the most ridiculous story I have ever heard. Preposterous! Truthfully, where have you been the past week?
- I can understand your doubt. Take it as a lie if you wish. I scarcely believe it myself, now that I'm back.
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based on the 1895 novel The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (read)
remake: The Time Machine 2002 (download)
- These robberies all bear your mark, but you claim to be innocent.
- I do more than claim. I insist. What I can't understand is how this thief could imitate me so perfectly. It has to be someone who knew every detail of my technique. He picks perfect victims with only the right stones. Goes up walls, over the roofs, down through the skylights, leaves no clue and then disappears in the night. If somebody caught this imitator, we'd all be off the hook, wouldn't we? There's only one answer, and I should have seen it sooner. I've got to catch this imitator myself.
- Did you see Francie? Did she tell you what happened?
- Yes. She's downstairs, searching my room.
- Well, that doesn't make sense. She said she knew where my jewelry was.
- Well, she was wrong. May I look into your bedroom?
- If you think it'll do any good. But don't you think we ought to call the police and the hotel manager? Why on earth did Francie suspect you, Mr. Burns, a simple woodcutter from Oregon?
- I'm anything but that, Mrs. Stevens. My real name is John Robie. I used to be a jewel thief several years ago. Somehow, I can't get worked up over it.
- He wasn't trying to rob it. He was trying to kill me. Because I was getting too close to the Cat.
- Well, then who killed him?
- If I ever find that out, I'll let you know.
- Let me do something to help you. Mr. Robie, I was wrong about you, I think. You might possibly be wrong about me. I'm in love with you.
- Well, that's a ridiculous thing to say. You know, to you, words are just playthings. I'll make you a sporting, exciting offer. Get me an invitation to the Sanford gala. I'll take you there. Oh, you probably wonder why I want to go? I thought you might like to see a real, live burglar in action.
- Look, I'm not the Man from Toronto, okay? I'm actually just an idiot from Yorktown.
- We're well aware. This phone was recovered on the scene from the man who led you into the cabin. Just before the attack, a text was sent to the former Venezuelan colonel Sebastián Marín. Last year he staged a coup to overthrow his own government. He was stopped by US Intelligence, but he escaped. He swore revenge on us ever since. Marín has been planning an attack. We can't find him. The Man from Toronto was our only way in. And now he believes that you are the Man from Toronto. Our only way to find him is if you continue to be the Man from Toronto.
- The guys at the cabin, they thought I was you. It's a mistake, man!
- You're the mistake. This is a full on pigfuck. ···We got an hour to get you ready.
- Get me ready for what?
- To be me.
- O the bleeding drops of red!
- That is not the Man from Toronto. He's obviously lying. His name is Teddy Jackson. That is the Man from Toronto. I've known him for decades.
- That is my driver, Wendell, who you've been speaking to on the phone for the last 20 years. Put the guns down. You're making him nervous. ···You know why you don't know me? Because you never met me. And that's intentional. Because that's how I do business. You think I'd wait till now to actually let you speak to me, let alone see me? To the real me? To the me I know I am right now in this moment, and not who you thought I was? I know who I am. And don't you tell me who I'm not. Because that's gonna confuse everybody. I saw this whole thing coming. You smell that? Because I do. It's people trying to play games with the Man from Toronto. You don't play with me! I do the playing!
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Directed by Patrick Hughes (The Expendables 3 2014, The Hitman's Bodyguard 2017, Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard 2021)
- First you find a little thread, little thread leads you to a string and the string leads you to a rope and from the rope you hang by the neck. What kind of a girl was she? I only ask because that reporter phoned up. He left two names. They both knew your Christina. They both died the same way she did. The way you almost died. What is it you're after?
- Something the girl knew about. Something very valuable.
- Is it worth Nick's life or Christina's or Raymondo's? or Kawolsky's or mine?
- Or Lily Carver's? Christina's roommate she's up in my apartment. They tried to get her last night.
- "They" A wonderful word. And who are "they"? They are the nameless ones who kill people for the great whatsit. Does it exist? Who cares? Everyone everywhere is so involved in a search for what?
- What did she mean? "Remember me"
- "Remember me when no more, day by day you tell me of our future that you planned: Only remember me; you'll understand. But if the darkness and corruption leave a vestige of the thoughts that once we had"
- "If the darkness and corruption leave a vestige of the thoughts that once we had" But if it's a thought, it's dead. Because she's dead. It's got to be a thing. Something small, something she could hide.
"Now listen, Mike. Listen carefully. I'm going to pronounce a few words. They're harmless words just a bunch of letters scrambled together. But their meaning is very important. Try to understand what they mean. Manhattan Protect. Los Alamos. Trinity"
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Directed by Robert Aldrich (The Longest Yard 1974)
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