- published: 03 May 2015
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Insects (from Latin insectum, a calque of Greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections") are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax, and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae. They are among the most diverse groups of animals on the planet, including more than a million described species and representing more than half of all known living organisms. The number of extant species is estimated at between six and ten million, and potentially represent over 90% of the differing metazoan life forms on Earth. Insects may be found in nearly all environments, although only a small number of species occur in the oceans, a habitat dominated by another arthropod group, the crustaceans.
The life cycles of insects vary but most hatch from eggs. Insect growth is constrained by the inelastic exoskeleton and development involves a series of molts. The immature stages can differ from the adults in structure, habit and habitat and can include a passive pupal stage in those groups that undergo complete metamorphosis. Insects that undergo incomplete metamorphosis lack a pupal stage and adults develop through a series of nymphal stages. The higher level relationship of the hexapoda is unclear. Fossilized insects of enormous size have been found from the Paleozoic Era, including giant dragonflies with wingspans of 55 to 70 cm (22–28 in). The most diverse insect groups appear to have coevolved with flowering plants.
Actors: Marcy J. Savastano (actress), Carl Girard (actor), Liz Lehmann (director), Liz Lehmann (writer), Liz Lehmann (editor), Renell Edwards (actor), Thary Kok (actress), Krystal Brown (actress), Ivy Clark (actress), Kira Wallace (actress), Robert Harvey (actor), Mark Sullivan (actor), Jabari Postell (actor), Tim Pelote (actor), Kevin Harvey (actor),
Plot: A wannabe teenage band plan their first concert in an abandoned building which is scheduled for demolition. But on the night of the concert, the local drug lord shows up and the body count begins to rise on both sides - caused by the angry ghost who haunts the building.
Keywords: abandoned-building, african-american, band, drug-lord, ghost, humorous, lynching, supernatural, teenager, urbanActors: Chuck Daar (writer), Chuck Daar (editor), Chuck Daar (producer), Chuck Daar (actor), Chuck Daar (composer), Chuck Daar (director), Anthony Edward Valletta (actor),
Genres: Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Crispin Glover (director), Crispin Glover (writer), Crispin Glover (producer), Crispin Glover (producer), Bruce Glover (miscellaneous crew), Crispin Glover (editor), Cassian Elwes (producer), Fairuza Balk (actress), Crispin Glover (actor), Fairuza Balk (actress), Crispin Glover (actor), Fairuza Balk (actress), Matt Devlen (producer), Shawn Paper (miscellaneous crew), Shawn Paper (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Dave Gibson (producer), Ross Jennings (producer), Yvonne Mackay (director), Simon Reece (editor), Dave Fraser (composer), Bernard Kearns (actor), Jane Waddell (actress), Paul Jenden (actor), Paul Jenden (miscellaneous crew), Lee Hatherly (actress), Lucy McGrath (actress), Ingrid Prosser (actress), Paul Jenden (actor), David Compton (producer), Paul Farrell (actor),
Plot: In her bed on Christmas Eve, a little girl reads an illustrated storybook entitled "The Monster's Christmas" to her teddy bear, as something sneaks around in the trees outside her window. She hears a noise in the other room, and thinking that it's Father Christmas, she goes to investigate. Instead she finds one of the monsters from her book, who has come to find someone to help defeat an evil witch that has stolen the voices of all monsters; because they sang better at Christmas carols than she did. The little girl agrees to help, and armed with the contents of her Christmas stocking sets out on a surreal, imaginative, electronically sounded, novelly avant-garde, one-of-a-kind, brain-tickling, foam-monster populated outdoor fantasy adventure through smoky fields, magical forests, boiling, bubbling mud pools, volcanic landscapes and secret witch mountain cave lairs in this criminally obscure monster Christmas fantasy epic TV mini-movie toybox from New Zealand.
Keywords: anthropomorphic-mud, avant-garde, child-protagonist, christmas, christmas-carol, christmas-eve, christmas-stocking, creature-suit, electronic-score, experimental-film