The Mark (2003)

Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database	10.25.08

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Italy, today. Mark Draveni, 19, disgustingly wealthy, is the charismatic leader of a teenager brotherhood, the Demons. The Demons are bloodthirsty and lethal, albeit quite outlandish. Among them there's a martial arts master (Berserk), a hip hop madman nicknamed Spike, the cooler-than-ice computer whiz called Conan, and the gorgeous ninja woman Kite. All of his sheer power, though, can't give Mark the strenght to face his lovely girlfriend Giulia, 18. Giulia's pregnant and resolute to keep the baby, a prospect that makes Mark to freak out. After the umpteenth furious fight with Giulia, Mark is seduced by a new schoolmate: the malicious blondie Serena Cursi. Serena is morbidly fascinating in her natural coldness. Mark and Serena have wild sex, but Serena soon vanishes. Sometime later, Mark meets Uncle J., former best friend of the Dravenis, just released out of prison. He desperately warns Mark against Serena and her unbreakable curse. It's an eerie circle of blood which dates back to the 80's, he says. The symbol of this curse is a black stigmata on the right hand of whomever becomes Serena's lover. Urban legend stuff? Maybe... and maybe not! As Uncle J. horribly dies and Serena begins stalking Giulia, Mark finds help from a shady reported, Enrico Artale, who's somehow connected to Serena... Title: Mark, The Release Date: November 12, 2003 Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Horror All Genres: Horror, Thriller Languages: English Country: Italy, Spain Colors: Color IMDB Rating: 2.3 Brimstone Pit Rating: 3.3 - (Rate This Horror Movie) Category: Horror Movies Starting With M MPAA Rating: VM18 Director(s): Mariano Equizzi Cast: Roberto Purvis ...Mark Draveni (as Robert Purvis) Alla Bulankina ...Serena Cursi Raquel Merono ...Kite yoon C. Joyce ...Berserk Milena Mancini ...Giulia Emiliano Rubbi ...Spike Rudolph Gentile ...Daniele Berti Patrik Pistolesi ...Carlo Capone Gianfranco Phino ...Luigi Morra John Armstead ...Uncle J. Andrea Materia ...The Demon Loredana Mazzella ...Serena's Ghost Giuseppe Pollicelli ...Night watchman Clive Riche ...Enrico Artale Alessandra Streignard ...Vivian Katherine Wilson ...Prof.ssa Entai Remaining Cast: Producer(s): David Mancori Maurizio Mattei Massimo Vigliar Writer(s): Andrea Materia Composer(s): Cesare Ranucci Rascel Movie Soundtrack(s): "The Right Hand" Movie Trivia: The screenwriter, Andrea Materia, is a long-time fan and historian of comic books, especially Japanese manga. So he filled the script with lots of manga references. Most of the Demons gang members, for example, are named after manga/anime characters. Kite takes her codename from the famed action/x-rated movie, Berserk from the namesake hero by Kentaro Miura, Conan spoofs "Meitantei Conan" by Gosho Aoyama and finally Spike is a homage to Spike Spiegel (the main character in Shinichiro Watanabe's "Cowboy Bebop"). IMDB Links: » User Comments at imdb.com » More information at imdb.com Seen it? Rate it Currently 3.31/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rating: 3.3 out of 10.0 - 52 votes cast total buy movie on dvd del.icio.us  |  digg  |  reddit Enter your zipcode for movie listings: » BACK TO HORROR MOVIES LIST