No matter how hard former detective Samovarov tries to devote himself to his beloved work—restoration—avoid meeting his former colleagues, and never have anything to do with the criminal world again, he will still have to help people and fight evil. Fate catches up with him in the form of Nastya Porubleva, a naive but determined young woman. And perhaps our detective will soon become a romantic as well.
Freaky Stories is a Canadian television series, which was originally broadcast by YTV in English and Canal Famille in French. It is an animated show about urban legends hosted by two animatronic puppets, Larry de Bug, a cockroach, and his gooey sidekick, Maurice the maggot in Ted's Diner - a 1940's era diner setting staffed by Rosie the waitress.
The series, described as "a Twilight Zone for kids", centers on the kind of myths and legends that are told as scary campfire or bedtime stories. Every episode always starts with and finishes with the phrase: "This is a true story, and it happened to a friend of a friend of mine." and by the words of Larry, "Just because they never happened, doesn't mean they ain't true." Animation styles and musical scoring varied within each half-hour episode, incorporating 20 different looks in the first season alone. The short stories and changing styles were specifically designed to keep viewers' attention span.
In the 1970s, the people of Amaragiri are devastated by a plague that causes memory loss. A detective, Rama Krishna, arrives to investigate the case. Will he find the cause or fall prey to the curse?
Dude depicts the life of a detective, scrambling to hunt down the answers behind a baffling case. It reels him into twisted relationships filled with perplexing events.
One day, a beautiful woman named Aki dies mysteriously. Sakura appears in front of popular novel writer Mizorogi and introduces herself as Aki’s twin sister. In fact, Mizorogi stole Aki’s novel "Utsubora." Sakura, who has Aki’s original manuscript of "Utsubora," makes some suggestions to Mizorogi.
The Dossiers of Inspector Lavardin is a French television series in four 90-minute episodes, created by Dominique Roulet and Claude Chabrol and broadcast between September 15, 1988 and February 1, 1990 on TF1. It follows the two films Chicken in Vinegar and Inspector Lavardin directed by Claude Chabrol and already featuring Jean Poiret in the role of Lavardin.
This short series depicts the investigations of Inspector Lavardin, a tongue-in-cheek policeman known for his bad manners.
In the lawless island of Chedadiya, the ruthless Sohrab is in pursuit of absolute power. But Rustom, a stranger who has arrived there by a stroke of luck, seems to be in his way. How will this disastrous conflict culminate, and will Chedadiya ever escape the cycle of violence?
The drama revolves around two police academy students with vastly different identities and four lost youths.
Su Ming and Gu Jun are classmates in the police academy. After graduation, the two begin a different path of life and love. However, one day, Su Ming was suddenly terminated from his job and disappeared. Gu Jun initially thought their difference is only due to the disparity in their social class. However, after investigation, Gu Jun discovers Su Ming's secret.
An ambitious professor of psychiatry, Viktor Meshchersky, conducts a dangerous psychological experiment in which, under false pretenses, he locks victims and their abusers in the basement, hiding his true goals. The subsequent investigation will reveal the real motives of the professor, and will tie together the confusing stories of all participants in the cruel experiment.
When a group of teenagers are trapped in a lodge by a mask wearing madman, they realise their only chance at escape might be a quiet eight year old girl from another dimension with a dark and troubled past.
A group of university students find themselves the target of a curse killing them one by one in a manner related to their zodiac sign. Their quest to rescue themselves take them to the origin of this curse: Ancient Egypt.
A collection of short movie compilation directed by Rizal Mantovani. In 9 episodes, MALAPATAKA tells the tales of the danger lurking for people who belittled the mystical beliefs in society.
Cláudia Toledo, a former sex symbol and a struggling actress, sees a chance to transform her life when a wealthy businessman proposes to her. What initially seemed like a dream marriage quickly unravels into a deceptive scheme, as Cláudia discovers the union is a sham to maintain appearances. She ends up falling for Tomás, a seductive construction worker, who convinces Cláudia to plot a murder to inherit her husband's fortune.
Horror Theater Unbalance is a 1973 Japanese Anthology television series created by Tsuburaya and Fuji TV to air on the Fuji TV network on Monday Nights for 13 episodes.
Originally started in production in 1969, it was shelved and took years for its airing debut to begin its broadcast, before production was eventually completed at the end of 1972. It was then aired on Fuji TV in 1973.