P.O.E. Pieces of Eldritch (P.O.E. 3)

Poetry of Eerie features 13 Poe-inspired short segments directed by a cadre of international filmmakers, filmed under tight constraints, offering abstract, atmospheric takes on the macabre.

Project of Evil shifts toward a more experimental and visceral tone, with stories such as “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” re-imagined with a modern grindhouse sensibility.

The Black Cat intensifies the series’ horror bent: this chapter zeroes in on the violent, disturbing aspects of Poe’s “The Black Cat,” interpreted by three directors with a more graphic, visceral approach than prior entries.

Between Bresso, Sesto San Giovanni and Milan, we immerse ourselves in the lives of Vash and Felce, who together make music, do heroin and share everything. Their reality is sometimes brutal, often comical, tragic and romantic.

A journey by car to the sea among four strangers, all under 40, all HIV positive, to discover their lives and tell with their faces and hearts uncovered what it means to have HIV today, in an age that sees it possible to live with the virus and lead normal lives but which still sees infected people victims of an enormous social stigma.

The world of videogames in Italy told through the personal stories of those who create them, those who play them at a professional level, and those who talk about them on streaming platforms.

A man, heavily addicted to Krokodil (a powerful synthetic drug with devastating effects), suddenly finds himself alone in a post-nuclear city, which in appearance is very similar to Chernobyl. Reality and hallucinations begin to mix as the physical decay of man proceeds hand in hand with the internal one.

A pair of twisted tales from two filmmakers that are quickly emerging as the next generation of Italian Horror directors. Episode One: Celeste and her husband rent a country house for the holidays. An earthquake recently destroyed part of the small town, and the house seems to have been recently renovated ... but with much haste. Often alone in the house, Celeste begins to experience horrible visions that seem to emerge from the cracks in the walls. As her mind begins to slip away,she continues to see and hear things that can't be explained, especially to her skeptical husband. Episode Two: Yuri and Max have been friends for a lifetime, spending their evenings drinking and discussing their lives. But this particular evening will be their last.

Carter, an art conservator, arrives in Italy to restore a fresco in an old church. He discovers that the strange locals are hiding something and a mystery relating to a nearby lake that legend says was created by a meteor.

For this anthology movie, producers Vestra Pictures assigned international directors with a phobia and set them to work making a horror short about it.

Four experimental short movies, based on the following Poe tales and poems, are told: “Alone”, “Song”, “The Black Cat”, “William Wilson” and “Ligeia” (which is combined with another Poe tale, “Morella”). Each sequence is introduced by the sensual and international PornStar Roberta Gemma, who also appears (as a 3D generated character) in the last segment.

Horror anthology movie about the stories of Edgar Allan Poe.