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Alchemy is a philosophical and protoscientific tradition practiced throughout Egypt and Eurasia which aimed to purify, mature, and perfect certain objects. Common aims were chrysopoeia, the transmutation of "base metals" (e.g., lead) into "noble" ones (particularly gold); the creation of an elixir of immortality; the creation of panaceas able to cure any disease; and the development of an alkahest, a universal solvent. The perfection of the human body and soul was thought to permit or result from the alchemical magnum opus and, in the Hellenistic and western tradition, the achievement of gnosis. In Europe, the creation of a philosopher's stone was variously connected with all of these projects.
In English, the term is often limited to descriptions of European alchemy, but similar practices existed in the Far East, the Indian subcontinent, and the Muslim world. In Europe, following the 12th-century Renaissance produced by the translation of Arabic works on science and the Recovery of Aristotle, alchemists played a significant role in early modern science (particularly chemistry and medicine). Islamic and European alchemists developed a structure of basic laboratory techniques, theory, terminology, and experimental method, some of which are still in use today. However, they continued antiquity's belief in four elements and guarded their work in secrecy including cyphers and cryptic symbolism. Their work was guided by Hermetic principles related to magic, mythology, and religion.
Actors: Richard Poche (director), Richard Poche (editor), Rachel Riley (actress), Vicky L. Neal (writer), Christina Johnson (actress), Halie Islava (actress), Kendall McCann (actress),
Genres: Horror, Short,Actors: Christopher L. Stone (composer), Reggie Bannister (actor), Don Coscarelli (producer), Samantha Phillips (actress), Don Coscarelli (director), Don Coscarelli (writer), Angus Scrimm (actor), John Davis Chandler (actor), Paul Bunnell (miscellaneous crew), Randi Feldman (miscellaneous crew), Norman Buckley (editor), Nadine Bass (miscellaneous crew), Victoria A. Zamora (miscellaneous crew), Fred Myrow (composer), Irene Roseen (actress),
Plot: The Tall Man, that imposing menace from Morningside Mortuary, is back and once again haunting the thoughts of the now-adult Mike and his friend, ex-Ice Cream vendor Reggie. The two continue their hunt for the mysterious figure and in his path of destruction encounter a variety of dangerous situations, friends and enemies. They also must contend with the resurrected dead plus a growing number of the infamous and deadly silver spheres which aid the Tall Man as he sets his sights on indoctrinating Mike and finishing the fight begun so many years ago.
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, alien, b-movie, black-comedy, bone-saw, corpse, cult-director, cult-film, decapitation, disembodied-handActors: Christopher L. Stone (composer), Kurt Woolner (miscellaneous crew), Reggie Bannister (actor), Daniel Wheatcroft (miscellaneous crew), James Le Gros (actor), Don Coscarelli (director), Samantha Phillips (actress), Don Coscarelli (writer), Angus Scrimm (actor), Phil Fondacaro (actor), Stacey Travis (actress), Peter Teschner (editor), Kenneth Tigar (actor), June Jordan (actress), Kevin King (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Mike is released from psychiatry, when he agrees with the doctors that the terrible happenings in his past were just in his imagination. But once he's free, he contacts Redge and they team up to hunt down and eliminate the "Tall Man", who plunders the graveyards and abducts the sleeping with help of his terrible gnomes. A beautiful strange girl starts to appear in Mike's dreams. He assumes she's in danger and needs their help - will they find her before the Tall Man can do her any harm?
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, alien, axe, baseball-bat, blood, blow-torch, bound-and-gagged, california, car-accident, car-troubleAs my demon shell subsides
Particles of Light previously confined by night
Escort me to the other side
Where warriors of Light unite
Cleansed from this disease called life
We dive in fire
Where our dreamworlds in wisphood arise
Invade, illuminate
Transcendental, we part with demise
Impurities purged from existence
We shine from beyond
Our virtue warms your soul
The alchemy of our presence profound
As their blackened hell abides
Gleams of life provide shelter for those maimed by night
Guide them to the other side
Unspill the martyrs' wine
Crippled souls, inhale our Light!
We dance, together we feast
And turn all our dreams into gold
We chant, as spirits fulfilled,