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Bride Of The Gorilla $19.95 Police Commissioner Taro (Lon Chaney) tells an nightmarish tale that unfolds at a rubber plantation on the banks of the Amazon River. Klaas Van Gelder (Paul Cavanagh) is murdered by his wife Dina�s (Barbara Payton) handsome lover Barney Chavez (Raymond Burr) . Dr. Viet (Tom Conway) , Van Gelder�s physician and also secret admirer of the ravishingly beautiful Dina, cannot prove foul play. But the heinous deed is witnessed by the witch Al Long (Gisela Werbiseck) who puts a jungle hex on Barney that begins to turn him into a monstrous, rampaging gorilla on the night of his wedding to Dina. Soon, Taro receives news from Mr. Van Heussen (Paul Maxey) that a murderous beast is on the loose on his plantation, approximately 40 kilometers away from the Van Gelder spread. Haunted by his dark secret, Barney first decides to sell the plantation to Van Heussen and leave the jungle with Dina, then changes his mind as the insidious curse takes stronger hold on him - now the jungle is home and hunting ground. Dr. Viet�s warnings to Dina that her new husband has been poisoned in some way cause her great alarm, as do the inexplicable changes of character she observes in Barney. He is like an animal now... As Dina�s nerves begin to give way, the plantation workers leave for fear of the monster that is prowling the jungle. Barney is beyond reason now, and takes to the jungle with Dina at his heels. The stage is set for a horrendous conclusion to this nightmare... |
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Daughter Of Horror $19.95 Nothing is known of the young woman (Adrienne Barrett) who wakes up in a cold sweat in her cheap hotel room. The dregs of her nightmare convey that she is being overwhelmed by a sense of impending doom. And indeed, Doom is constantly whispering in her ear - and ours - in the ominous Narrator�s voice (Ed McMahon) . A fluttering newspaper announces that a serial murderer is on the prowl. As she aimlessly walks the benighted streets she is picked up by a cheap solicitor of women who passes her on to the Lecher (Richard Barron) while an ever-vigilant detective - a look-alike of her murdered father (Ben Rosenman) looks on without comment. The Woman�s haunted past visits her again and again as the Narrator takes her back to the grisly scene of her parent�s violent death, and accusing silhouettes of her previous victims. Her terror is followed by the fury of degradation as the Lecher pays her scant heed in his sumptuous high-rise apartment, preferring an orgy of food instead. Does he know what he was playing with as he plunges to his death to the alley below? Will the mysterious detective finally catch up with her? Find out in this hair-raising tale of warped childhood come to murderous maturity in this fully restored classic feature film DVD. |
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Indestructible Man $19.95 Charles �Butcher� Benton (Lon Chaney Jr.), a convict who is executed in the gas chamber, is given a second lease on life when a scientist inadvertently brings him back to life. The resurrected Butcher leaves a trail of corpses behind him as he heads for Los Angeles in search of his old mates who had double-crossed him. Lieutenant Richard Chasen (Max Showalter) of the Los Angeles Police Department deduces that Paul Lowe (Ross Elliot), the Butcher�s lawyer, is the next on the hit list. The Butcher has to be stopped before he claims another life! |
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Last Woman On Earth $19.95 This 1960 science fiction movie was produced and directed by Roger Corman, a leading producer of low-budget science fiction movies in the late 50s and early 60s. It tells the story of how two men, survivors of a global holocaust, struggle for the attention of the only surviving woman. When gangster Harold Gern (Antony Carborne) takes his wife Evelyn (Betsy Jones Moreland) and lawyer Martin (Robert Towne) scuba diving, he doesn�t realize that the world will never be the same again. While they are underwater, the world is destroyed by a holocaust. A struggle for survival follows. Intense rivalry between the two men for the love of the only surviving woman leads to mistrust, jealousy and murder. |
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Night Of The Living Dead $19.95 This film is recognized as the forerunner of all horror movies and grossed an amazing $12 million by 1979.It opened the imagination of movie-goers to what zombies could do - smash skulls single-handedly against tomb stones, enter houses and devour human beings after killing and gutting them, gnawing on their victim's bones and even killing their mothers. Although the acting may be amateurish by today's standards, the originality of the plot and imaginative direction make the movie a must see for all those who can still sleep well after being in ghoulish company. Debutant George A. Romero, the director, has done an excellent job. Barbara's visit to her father's grave along with her brother turns into a nightmare when a zombie kills Johnny. Barbara panics and flees. She ends up in a safe house where Harry, his wife and daughter are already hiding from the mysterious ghouls. Confusion is compounded by panic as everybody tries to figure out the best route of escape. Ben's suggestion that they remain upstairs wins over proud Harry's plan to barricade themselves in the cellar. Despite Harry's stubborn streak, Ben and he have to work together. News of nearby shelters spurs Tom, his girlfriend and Ben to drive Ben's truck to a nearby gas pump. The couple never reaches it. Only Ben escapes. The ghouls eat Harry, a sinner. The same fate meets all the others - except Ben who manages to survive. Finally a group of men who subscribe to the adage kill the brain, you kill the ghoul arrive and shoot the ghouls. Unfortunately Bill loses his life as well. Romero's wonderful direction and the use of black and white photography have made the film a memorable one - but only for the stouthearted. |
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Phantom Ship $19.95 Denison Clift was a story writer, novelist and playwright before he entered the film industry in 1918. After writing the screenplay for William S. Hart�s Wolves of the Rail, he spent a period of time as a contract writer for Fox Studios and then got into direction himself. He made a mark with feature films like Demos (1921) and The Love of Mary, Queen of Scots (1923). PHANTOM SHIPThe Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935) was a daunting and hugely successful undertaking starring the famous Bela Lugosi, and earned him widespread recognition. He continued to work as a freelance screenwriter, this always having been his primary passion and forte. The American ship Mary Celeste� was found drifting in the middle of the Atlantic on December 5, 1872, abandoned and derelict. In this reconstruction from the records of the Attorney General at Gibraltar, the story starts at New York Harbor in 1872, where Captain Benjamin Briggs (Arthur Margetson) is hard pressed to find a crew for the �Mary Celeste�. The ship has a reputation for being jinxed. However, he intends to sail at all costs, for he intends to marry the exquisite Sarah Briggs (Shirley Grey) on high seas. Captain Morehead (Clifford McLaglen) has already asked for her hand, and is willing to make a considerable sacrifice for her, but he loses out to the headstrong Briggs. On the dock, the drunken, one-armed sailor Anton Lorenzen (Bela Lugosi) arrives at Simpson�s Bar, aged years beyond his time after a mishap at sea. When Capt. Briggs talks the local loan shark into shanghaiing a crew for him, he manages to lure Lorenzen into signing up with the promise of unlimited booze. But Capt. Briggs is still one man short, and approaches Morehead. Bent on revenge for being cheated out of his love, Morehead plants a saboteur on board. With an unwilling crew on board, the deck is set for disaster. On November 11, Captain Briggs sends a communique - the crew is mutinous, and weather conditions are deteriorating. An attempt has already been made on his life. While the Mary Celeste is beset by a terrible storm, Lorenzo kills a man who is molesting Sarah Briggs below deck and earns the captain�s eternal gratitude. However, the crew is slowly being decimated by a mysterious killer... What could have happened during the last hours of the Mary Celeste�s final voyage? What could explain the mysterious findings of the baffled boarding party that ultimately found her? |
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Terror In The Midnight Sun $19.95 This widely acclaimed thriller was Sweden's first foray into science fiction 'creature features'. Director Virgil Vogel, who later directed the popular The Streets of San Francisco and Centennial as well as the blockbuster TV serials Walker, Texas Ranger and Knight Rider has extended his talents to the limit in this classic feature film. It is notable that the theme of alien invasion fresh territory when this Terror in the Midnight Sun was made. The story and screenplay by Arthur C. Pierce is snappy and does not waste time or footage. An unidentified flying object, at first thought to be a meteor, lands in the mountains of North Sweden's Lapland sector. From the start, the circumstances are thought to be highly unusual and expert Dr. Vance Wilson (Robert Burton) is summoned to Stockholm to investigate. Assigned to assist him in unraveling the mystery is geologist and handsome heartbreaker Eric Engstroem (Stan Gester) . What started off as a routine investigation takes a sinister turn when multitudes of mountain animals are found indiscriminately butchered. Diane Wilson (Barbara Wilson) Dr. Wilson's precocious niece, makes herself part of the expedition and soon has Eric starting an investigation of a different sort. This leads to an interesting romantic tangent that displays both Sweden's breathtaking topography and the lovers' skiing skills to complete advantage. When the mysterious object is finally revealed as an alien spacecraft, a gargantuan monster is already wreaking havoc amongst the terrified Laps. Soon, Diane is also kidnapped by it, and Terror in the Midnight Sun quickly escalates to a hair-raising climax. |
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The Brain That Wouldn't Die $19.95 Joseph Green, originally of Baltimore, studied at the University of Maryland and joined the Army later on. He started his entertainment career as a television producer and eventually launched Joseph Green Productions for the distribution of foreign movies in the United States. He is best remembered for directing the 1959 horror cult classic The Brain That Wouldn�t Die, which was the forerunner of many similar feature films of that genre. In a surgical operating room, a clinically dead man is brought back to life after Dr. Bill Cortner (Jason Evers) employs a highly controversial procedure that entails stimulating the brain electrically. His father (Bruce Brighton) the surgeon in charge �does not approve of the method, but is proud of the results�. When the mildly manic Dr. Cortner talks of eventual transplantation of organs and body parts by employing a new chemical compound he has developed, his conservative father reacts with skepticism. But Dr. Cortner Sr. has to go up to Denver for a medical convention This leaves Bill and his beautiful fianc� Jan Compton (Virginia Leith) alone for a weekend at their country house in the hills, from where his assistant Kurt has sent news of dire developments. In his hurry to get there, Bill drives the car into a guardrail and Jan is horribly killed. Bill arrives at the brooding country house in a pathetic state. But his concern is not for himself - he has salvaged Jan�s head from the burning car wreckage and fully intends to �save� her. Kurt is aghast, but helpless against Dr. Bill Cortner�s forceful personality. A horrific experiment finally results in the dead Jan�s severed head coming back to an appalling semblance of life. Now, employing his new adrenal serum, he intends to attach the resuscitated head to another body and restore Jan to full human life. As he goes to procure this body, the ghastly result of a previous experiment stays locked up in a closet of this hell-begotten country house. As Jan regains full senses, she becomes aware of telepathic powers at her disposal, with which she communicates with the misshapen horror behind the closet door. When Bill returns with Dana (Adele Lamont) whose body he intends to join with for Jan�s head, all hell finally breaks loose... |
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The Gorilla $19.95 Initially a student of engineering, Allan Dwan gravitated to film making and placed an indelible stamp of genius there. The pioneer of the �dolly�shot made some groundbreaking movies in his time (A Girl of Yesterday, Robin Hood, The Iron Mask) , including a series of memorable Westerns. In The Gorilla, he merged his directorial talents with the comic genius of the famous Ritz Brothers. The result? A timeless, classic feature film that brilliantly combines elements of suspense and intrigue with side-splitting comedy. Horror maestro Bela Lugosi in an unusual role manages to come across as sinister and intensely funny at the same time! The Westchester Globe cries �murder�. The perpetrator is thought to be either a berserk gorilla, origin unknown, or someone disguised up as one. When rich financier Walter Stevens (Lionel Atwill) receives an unequivocal threat from the murderer, all hell breaks loose. His highly strung maid Kitty (Patsy Kelly) serves immediate notice, but too late... the game is afoot. Enter Stevens� beautiful niece Norma Denby (Anita Louise) and her intended husband Jack, as well as the bumbling detective trio Garrity, Harrigan and Mulligan the (Ritz Brothers) . The butler Peters looms ominously over the fracas as the buffoonish investigators tag one suspect after the other. To keep the suspense on constant trigger point, the murderer periodically announces imminent bloodshed over a rigged radio. Who is the murderer, and who are the mysterious characters that pop up from one hilarious scene to the other? Find out in this vintage movie classic. |
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The Mysterious Mr. Wong $19.95 A Wisconsin-born actor-turned-director, William Nigh was a specialist in directing action thrillers and mysteries. The Mystery of Mr. Wong, among his best feature films as director, is about a power-hungry Chinaman who is seeking to control a Chinese province by collecting twelve gold coins. In this vintage classic, Wong (Bela Lugosi), a greedy, power-hungry Chinese is after gold coins that are linked to the promise of great power. His henchmen go on a killing spree to collect the coins for their boss. Wong needs just one more coin to complete his tally of twelve when Jason Barton (Wallace Ford), a reporter for the local newspaper, is asked to cover the murders in Chinatown. Barton is hardly prepared for the mysteries that unfold in the ensuing few hours as he snoops around Chinatown with his girlfriend Peg (Arline Judge). |
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White Zombie $19.95 The term �zombie� only came into general use in 1929, after the publication of William B. Seabrook�s The Magic Island. In this book, Seabrook describes the first �zombie� he came across in this way The eyes were the worst. It was not my imagination. They were in truth like the eyes of a dead man, not blind, but staring, unfocused, unseeing. The whole face, for that matter, was bad enough. It was vacant, as if there was nothing behind it. It seemed not only expressionless, but incapable of expression. Madeleine (Madge Bellamy) and Neil Parker (John Harron) are in for a rude shock when they arrive at Charles Beaumont�s (Robert Frazer) Haitian mansion to celebrate their wedding. Beaumont, who is madly in love with Madeleine, asks �Murder� Legendre (Bela Lugosi) to use his magic to help him seduce the girl. Neil is horrified to discover that his fianc� has been turned into a zombie and is at his wits end to rescue his ladylove from the grips of lunacy and the wicked Legendre�s spell. |
