S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2

A documentary exploring the global horror festival circuit and the community around it.

In 1992 The Johnsons was released in the Netherlands. A horror film where the cream of the crop of the Dutch film world had been working on. It was one of the biggest films of the year, won prizes at international film festivals, was released worldwide and even managed to acquire a cult status in the US. But few people know the history of the film and that it is actually a miracle that it has ever been made. The Johnsons was originally a collaborative effort of an American film writing duo. The script they wrote was a black comedy horror which can be best described as a mix of Deliverance meets Crocodile Dundee. The film never got off the ground. From there the script made its way to the Netherlands and into the hands of a Dutch production team. They saw something in the story, something that was unique for their country. They hired a director that had proved himself in making black comedy blockbusters. But it turned out he was impossible to work with. So much that he got fired three weeks before shooting the film. The project was shut down. There was no one to take over the job so the producers turned to an old friend, best known for documentaries and art-house dramas. He got carte blanche and rewrote the whole thing. The dark humor disappeared and in its place came an anthropological structure with a supernatural myth and an underlying coming of age story. Genre experts still find it the scariest and best horror film the Dutch soil has to offer, but many others still look down on it. Xangadix Lives. as a documentary doesn't only dives in the peculiar history of the Johnsons, but also shows that it is indeed an important film that has influenced and still influences people to this very day. Sometimes in the most unexpected places.

This horror documentary salutes the role of women in fright films, hosted by the Mistress of the Dark herself, Elvira.

Really scary! Can you face the truths shown by the cameras? 1. 'Shisha kara henkyaku sa reta video' An overdue rental video was returned by a family member. The borrower died suddenly. An incomprehensible image seems to be superimposed on the video.... 2. 'Kaji' A video of a fire in a neighborhood that killed four people. You can see the face of a man who is caught in the flames and distorts his face in agony.... 3. 'Yokushitsu ni ukabu kami' A home video of a parent and child taking a bath together. There's long hair in the bathtub. They said that other inexplicable phenomena were occurring in that room.... 4. 'Rusuden ni nokosa reta koe' There is a mysterious voice on an answering machine from a mother at home. You can hear an old man's voice behind her, but there was no one near her. Who in the world is the owner of this voice...? 5. 'Hatsuhinode' A video taken when the provider went to see the sunrise on New Year's Day with her friend and boyfriend. A person's face cuts through the beautiful landscape.... 6. 'Sakanatsuri' A video taken when the provider went fishing by a river. A white hand floats on the surface of the water behind the person who points the fish to the camera.... 7. 'Genzô sa reta 8mm film' An 8mm film taken when the provider's father went on a trip. He said that his father did not develop the film and sent it to a shrine for an exorcism. What was shown there...? 8. 'Yokushitsu kara nozoku kao' A video taken playfully with friends by the provider who purchased the video. A man's face looks like he's in pain through the gap in the bathroom door.... 9. 'Tanjôbi' A home video of a daughter's birthday. Mysterious figures appear in the darkness after the candles on the birthday cake were blown out.... 10. 'Dôbutsu rei' A video filmed of performing "Kokkuri-san" that was sealed by a university's occult research group. They said that when watching this video that the photographer has died, it smells like an animal odor.... The fear grows! Earthbound spirits, vengeful spirits, floating spirits, guardian spirits.... It's full of mysterious images that cannot be explained by science!

What is the Russian death? Author of the film walking at different cemeteries and search answer at this question.