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Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Ancient cultures all had their own belief systems, which reflected their connection with the natural world. This episode examines the ways in which ancient societies appeased gods and nature to protect themselves from calamities such as famine, disease and war. Explores animism among peoples such as the Celts, human sacrifice in Carthage and the Aztec empire, and prostitution in Mesopotamia. Discusses the Great Flood story told in many cultures.
2) Dagon
Publisher
Studio Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Tells the chilling tale of a fishing village tempted by greed, who evolve into freakish half-human creatures and must sacrifice outsiders to an ancient, monstrous god of the sea.
4) The dead one
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Trapped in purgatory between this world and the next, 21-year-old Diego wanders the streets of L.A. in search of a human sacrifice for the vicious Aztec gods that control his soul. However, the sacrifice they want is Maria, his girlfriend.
5) Apocalypto
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Mayan
Description
As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw is a young man who is captured for sacrifice, but flees to avoid his fate. He is taken on a perilous journey to a world that is ruled by fear and oppression, where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Follows the follies of a stressed-out guy in a dead-end job who is told he has a terminal "brain cloud." A zany jillionaire then makes him an offer that gives him a fleeting taste of the good life. In exchange, he must journey to a Pacific Island and leap into a volcano. Is Joe doomed to be the last of the red-hot lovers? Not if the forces of imagination, romantic comedy, and the charm of Ryan in 3 roles as the women in Joe's life have their way.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Indiana Jones, his sidekick Short Round, and nightclub singer Willie Scott go from high-flying action above the Himalayas to a nail-biting runaway mine car chase and finally a spine-tingling escape from a fortress-like mine in India while on the trail of a sacred stone.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Devils of darkness: While on holiday in rural Brittany, Paul and Karin meet the mysterious Arman, a seemingly suave and sophisticated French aristocrat. When two of his friends die mysteriously and Karin is suddenly kidnapped, it's up to Paul to expose Arman for who he really is -- Count Sinistre, the vampire leader of a satanic cult that specializes in human sacrifices.
Witchcraft: Horror icon Lon Chaney Jr. conjures up unspeakable evil as Morgan...
11) Iphigeneia
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Greek
Description
Commander Agamemnon stands ready to launch his infamous thousand ships to retrieve the beautiful Helen of Troy. As the wind refuses to blow, a priest condemns him for sacrilege, and the powerful general is pressured to sacrific his daughter to save the states. Threatened and tormented, Agamemnon is faced with sending his child like a lamb to the slaugher and betraying his wife.
12) The Wicker man
Publisher
Canal+ Image UK Ltd
Pub. Date
[1974]
Language
English
Description
When a young girl mysteriously disappears, Police Sergeant Howie travels to a remote Scottish island to investigate. But this pastoral community, led by the strange Lord Summerisle, is not what it seems as the devout Christian detective soon uncovers a secret society of wanton lust and pagan blasphemy. Can Howie now stop the cult's ultimate sacrificebefore he himself comes face-to-face with the horror of the Wicker Man?
13) The wicker tree
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When two young missionaries head to Scotland, they are initially charmed by the locals in the town of Tressock, and agree to become the local Queen of the May and Laddie for the annual town festival. But the couple is not prepared for the frightening consequences of their decision, and the very disturbing secrets they are about to discover about Tressock's seemingly friendly townspeople.
