Oubliette /

In an alternate reality, a young woman's forgotten trauma threatens to turn her surprise birthday party into a never-ending nightmare. To survive, she must confront the literal manifestation of her demons.

The Oubliette / 1914

Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris. En route to that city, Villon's heart is touched at sight of the eviction of an elderly couple from their poor home. Whereupon he empties his own and Colin's purse, pays the Beadle, and then resume their journey. Overcome with the pangs of hunger, they "lift " the purses of a couple of corpulent monks. For this breach of law both Villon and Colin are arrested and thrown into prison. This film and By the Sun's Rays are two of Chaney's earliest surviving films.

The Oubliette / 2022

sights and sounds by Max Hendrickson

The Dungeon / 1912

A newly married couple moves into a house. But the bride disappears.

Les Oubliettes / 2023

The Beast in the Cellar / 1970

Two spinsters have kept their mad brother locked up in their cellar for 30 years. Then he escapes ...