Mulan. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1695 book, Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties
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Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties
Zhu Renhuo, 1695
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Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook, 1998

In Imperial China, Hua Mulan is an adventurous and active girl, to the disappointment of her parents, who hopes that one day she will be wed to a good husband. As a young woman, Mulan is forced to meet with a matchmaker to demonstrate her fitness as a future wife. Mulan, flustered, attempts to pour tea in front of the matchmaker, but a spider causes a panic that destroys the kettle, and the matchmaker calls her a disgrace in front of her family.


Books of Blood. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 1984 book, The Book of Blood
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The Book of Blood
Clive Barker, 1984
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Brannon Braga, 2020

The film tells three stories: Jenna, about a college student suffering from mental illness. Unhappy at home, she decides to run away after becoming noncompliant with her medication. Miles, where Mary is approached by a psychic named Simon, who claims that he is communicating with her dead son Miles. And Bennett: Bennett and Steve travel to an abandoned town where both men experience inexplicable and supernatural phenomena.


Books of Blood. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 1985 book, On Jerusalem Street (A Postscript)
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On Jerusalem Street (A Postscript)
Clive Barker, 1985
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Brannon Braga, 2020

The film tells three stories: Jenna, about a college student suffering from mental illness. Unhappy at home, she decides to run away after becoming noncompliant with her medication. Miles, where Mary is approached by a psychic named Simon, who claims that he is communicating with her dead son Miles. And Bennett: Bennett and Steve travel to an abandoned town where both men experience inexplicable and supernatural phenomena.