Fairuza Balk

In a big abandoned house on a barren hill lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is afraid of something too, something that comes every night. Can brave Otilla save them both? Steeped in shadows and threaded with subtle wit, The Skull is as empowering as it is mysterious and foreboding.

In the aftermath of the tragic and mysterious death of her 22-year old son, August, Anna Ellison arrives alone and out of place in the city where he died. The police, concluding that it was suicide, offer little solace. Anna takes up in August's old apartment, trying to make sense of the loss of her only child and as an estranged mother must confront her own hidden guilt.

The six Herdman kids lie, steal, smoke cigars (even the girls) and then become involved in the community Christmas pageant.

No matter how hard she tries to master potions and flying, Mildred is still the worst student at Miss Cackle's International Academy for Witches.

Dorothy, back in Kansas, can't stop thinking about Oz. She believes that her friends have sent her a key. Auntie Em, worried for Dorothy's health, takes her to a famous doctor who works miracles with electricity. Dorothy escapes from the mental hospital. When she awakes, she and a chicken named Billina find themselves in Oz. Dorothy tries to find her old friends in the Emerald City, but learns that they have all been transformed by the Nome King....

When a powerful mob boss gives ex-gangster Jimmy the Saint one last job, it's an offer he can't refuse. All Jimmy and his partners had to do was intimidate their target. But when the job goes awry resulting in a fatal accident, they are marked for death, leaving Jimmy just 48 hours to put things right for his buddies and the woman of his dreams.

It's the opportunity of a lifetime when teenage reporter William Miller lands an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine. Despite the objections of his protective mother, William hits the road with an up-and-coming rock band and finds there's a lot more to write home about than the music.

After being rescued and brought to an island, a man discovers that its inhabitants are experimental animals being turned into strange-looking humans, all of it the work of a visionary doctor.