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The Cat and the Canary (1927)

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Twenty years after the death of eccentric millionaire Cyrus West, his relatives gather in his...

Silent film Silent movie John Willard Black comedy Old dark house

Red Before Black by Cannibal Corpse

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Many words come to mind when you hear the name Cannibal Corpse, but one truly defines the soon-to-be...

Metal death metal

The Blackest Time: A Novel of Florence during the Black Plague

Ken Tentarelli

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It's Europe in the 1300s, and Gino, a young man living in rural Italy, leaves behind the familiarity...

Historical Fiction Medieval Italian Historical Fiction Plague Black Death

The Stolen White Elephant

Mark Twain

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'PALE TERROR GOES BEFORE HIM, DEATH AND DEVASTATION FOLLOW!' From the father of American literature,...

Katherine

Anya Seton

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Katherine is an epic novel of a love affair that changed history—that of Katherine Swynford and...

J.A. Bayona recommended The Executioner (1970) in Movies (curated)

The Executioner (1970)

1970 | Action, Mystery

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"I wanted to mention a Spanish film because I’m Spanish. Criterion just released — I think this week — they just released The Executioner. Not many people know that film but it’s been considered the best Spanish movie ever. It’s black and white, it was made in 1963, and it’s a black comedy about the death penalty. It’s about this guy who falls in love with the daughter of an executioner and how, somehow — we find one thing: that he’s becoming more into the position of the father of his girlfriend, and eventually he becomes an executioner. That was shown during the Franco regime under a cruel, ferocious censorship regime. It’s as funny as depressing. It’s a very unique film, and it’s considered probably one of the more important Spanish films ever."

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