A house, we do not know if it is still inhabited, if we are witnessing a departure or a return. A man’s voice tells, names the objects, the places. Unbelievable childhood memories. A boy, alone, waits in the hall.
Thirteen-year-old Sam Cleary (Javon “Wanna” Walton) suspects that his mysterious and reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith (Sylvester Stallone) is actually a legend hiding in plain sight. Twenty years ago, Granite City’s super-powered vigilante, Samaritan, was reported dead after a fiery warehouse battle with his rival, Nemesis. Most believe Samaritan perished in the fire, but some in the city, like Sam, have hope that he is still alive. With crime on the rise and the city on the brink of chaos, Sam makes it his mission to coax his neighbor out of hiding to save the city from ruin.
Into the Forest 2016
Dans la forêt (original title)
1h 43m | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 15 February 2017 (France)
Storyline:
Young brothers Tom and Benjamin travel to Sweden to spend their vacation with their estranged father, who they have barely seen since their parents divorced. Tom, the younger of the two, has a premonition that something bad will happen. Their strange and solitary father, who is unable to sleep, insists that Tom, like him, has a gift for feeling things which aren’t quite normal. Tom’s frightening visions set the stage for the bizarre and terrifying events to follow, when the three head to a house in a vast remote forest.
Are You Afraid of the Dark? S03 e01-e02 (2022)
The Tale of Room 13 | Episode aired Jul 30, 2022 | TV-PG | 45m Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
Storyline:
After checking into a hotel on a resort island, four best friends get more than they bargained for and encounter genuine terror locked away in one of the rooms.
Village of Dreams 1996
Eno nakano bokuno mura (original title)
1h 52m | Drama, Family, Fantasy | 13 July 1996 (Japan)
Storyline:
Tells of the childhood of nine-year-old twins in a rural village in Japan after World War 2. Includes the boys’ relationships with their schoolteacher mother, civil servant father, elderly landlord, a rough new boy at the school, and three mysterious spirits in the form of old women.
Le p’tit curieux 2004
1h 37m | Drama | 28 April 2004 (France)
Storyline:
He is free. It is eye, ear, nose. It is astonishment, interrogation. He is – Clément, a 9 year old boy. Who will he be tomorrow? What will he do? How happy are we? He wants to know, he wants to understand. So he spies. Camera in hand, wide open mirrors, he roams the streets of his small provincial town, follows “grown-ups”, studies them. He is curious, Clément, detective of happiness. What adventure awaits him around the corner? Who has the answer? “Monsieur Dubois”, the bookseller who loves Oscar Wilde? “Dame Poulet” who greedily embraces her. “The police inspector”, an officer of curiosity who dies behind the closed shutters and knows “the lives of people”? “The concierge”, the “speaker” pipelette? “Sandra”, the optician who is eyeing existence through her window. “Astrid”, his girlfriend, with a pest look? Or Mommy who cries every night for Papa’s departure? Who has the answer? He does not know . He will find an answer, not the one he wanted – Then he will grow.
The Flying Carpet 1957
Starik Khottabych (original title)
1h 26m | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 12 July 1957 (Soviet Union)
Storyline:
A boy named Volka discovers an ancient vessel on the bottom of a river. When he opens it, a genie emerges from there. He calls himself Hassan Abdurrahman ibn Khottab, or in Russian style Khottabych. Grateful Khottabych is ready to fulfill any of Volka’s wishes. But it appears that Volka should use the powers of the genie carefully, for they can have undesirable results.