Elam was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of what is now Khuzestan and Ilam Province, as well as a small part of southern Iraq. The modern name Elam is a transcription from Biblical Hebrew, corresponding to the Sumerian elam(a), the Akkadian elamtu, and the Elamite haltamti. Elamite states were among the leading political forces of the ancient near east. In classical literature, Elam was more often referred to as Susiana, a name derived from its capital, Susa.
Situated just to the east of Mesopotamia, Elam was part of the early urbanization during the Chalcolithic period (Copper Age). The emergence of written records from around 3000 BC also parallels Mesopotamian history where writing was used slightly earlier. In the Old Elamite period (Middle Bronze Age), Elam consisted of kingdoms on the Iranian plateau, centered in Anshan, and from the mid-2nd millennium BC, it was centered in Susa in the Khuzestan lowlands. Its culture played a crucial role in the Gutian Empire, especially during the Achaemenid dynasty that succeeded it, when the Elamite language remained among those in official use. Elamite is generally treated as an isolate language.
In a movie theater Silence Is always Golden
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It is a time in the future. People are moving away from drought and poor economic conditions in the American southwest. A young woman (Tracy Graybill) and her teenage son (Christian Hasse) are stranded in a remote area of western Kansas without transportation, food or water. After walking aimlessly for several days, the two are taken in by an eccentric farmer, Elam (C.J. Johnson), who is living in isolation on his farm. After observing the farmer's bizarre behavior and spending a night at the farm, they come to realize things are not exactly what they seem. The two become concerned for their safety when they end up meeting Elam's friend Josh (Steve Matlock) who is helping Elam protect something at the farm from a roving band of gypsy-like people who are rarely seen or heard . Eventually there is a confrontation and they begin to unravel the farmer's secretive existence, his mysterious friends, and his closely guarded means of survival.
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Young Prince Arislan believes he is the rightful heir to the throne, but is he? The mysterious masked usurper claims that Arislan's father stole the crown from his father. Arislan must prove himself a worthy monarch, but his allies are failing him. Can he form an alliance with the young prince of a neighboring country? It requires a duel to the death with a great monster!
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A gold mining camp in the California foothills is besieged by a neighboring landowner intent on stealing their claims. A preacher rides into camp and uses all of his powers of persuasion to convince the landowner to give up his attacks on the miners.
Keywords: 15-year-old, 1880s, 19th-century, action-hero, anti-hero, attempted-rape, bank, beating, bible, bible-verse
Hell comes home
... and hell followed with him.
The Preacher: Nothing like a good piece of hickory.
Coy LaHood: Sacramento ain't worth moose piss.
Coy LaHood: Do you imbibe?::The Preacher: Only after nine in the morning.
[last lines]::Megan Wheeler: [her voice echoing through the mountains] Preacher? Preacher? We all love you Preacher... I love you!... Thank you! Good-bye!
The Preacher: Well, if you're waitin' for a woman to make up her mind, you may have a a long wait.
The Preacher: Meantime, why don't you put me to work?::Hull Barret: Oh no, I couldn't ask you to, uh... Well, I mean, ya know - maybe if there was somethin' spiritual.::The Preacher: Well, that Spirit ain't worth spit without a little exercise. Now you tell me where.
[Preacher has just hit Club in the groin with a sledgehammer - Josh LaHood looks at Club when he gets back up on his horse and they start to ride away]::Josh LaHood: You think you can make it?::Club: Ice!... Ice!
Teddy Conway: Where are you going Mr Hull?::Hull Barret: I'm going into town::Teddy Conway: Ain't that kinda dumb after what happened last time?
Eddie Conway: It was him. Him and his men. They shot him. Forever. The bullets kept hitting him. Forever.
Sarah Wheeler: Who are you? Who are you... really?::The Preacher: Well, it really doesn't matter, does it?
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Dr. Julian Blair is engaged in unconventional research on human brain waves when his wife is tragically killed in a freak auto accident. The grief-stricken scientist becomes obsessed with redirecting his work into making contact with the dead and is not deterred by dire warnings from his daughter, his research assistant, or his colleagues that he is delving into forbidden areas of knowledge. He moves his laboratory to an isolated New England mansion where he continues to try to reach out to his dead wife. He is aided by his mentally-challenged servant Karl and abetted by the obsessive Mrs. Walters, a phony medium, who seems to exert a sinister influence over him. When their overly curious housekeeper discovers the truth about their experiments, her death brings the local sheriff in to investigate.
Keywords: accidental-death, afterlife, assistant, based-on-novel, black-and-white, body-snatcher, brain, brain-damage, brain-waves, car-accident
KARLOFF TURNS KILLER IN A HORROR-CRAMMED THRILLER! (original 11x14 title card)
This mad wizard kills at will in Satan's service!
Dr. Julian Blair: Anne dear, your mother is not dead, not really. She's come back to me!
Dr. Van Den: I know one thing, Julian - there are things human beings have no right to know!
Anne Blair: My father had become a very strange man!
[last lines]::Anne Blair: They say my father's spirit must still lives in that house. I don't know. When he seemed to be so close to what he sought, something reached for him - a warning that human beings must not try to reach beyond death! I don't know. No one will ever know, and yet perhaps the time will come when the door to infinity will open... perhaps... perhaps...