Paul is agonising over his interpretation of 'Uncle Vanya' and, paralysed by anxiety, stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to alleviate suffering by extracting souls. He enlists their services—only to discover that his soul is the shape and size of a chickpea.

Doctor Faustus

1967

English

5.4

♡ 6

9%

33%

based on play or musical

Richard Burton Director

Richard Burton as Doctor Faustus

Richard Durden as Evil Angel / Knight

Elizabeth Taylor as Helen

Maria Aitken as Sloth

Faustus is a scholar at the University of Wittenberg when he earns his doctorate degree. His insatiable appetite for knowledge and power leads him to employ necromancy to conjure Mephistopheles out of hell. He bargains away his soul to Lucifer in exchange for living 24 years during which Mephistopheles will be his slave. Faustus signs the pact in his own blood and Mephistopheles reveals the works of the devil to Faustus.

Rosemary's Baby

1968

English

8.0

♡ 122

97%

87%

Action

based on novel or book

husband wife relationship

new york city

satanism

soul selling

Roman Polanski Director

Hope Summers as Mrs. Gilmore

Walter Baldwin as Mr. Wees

Sharon Tate as Party Guest

Jean Inness as Sister Agnes

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

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