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436,246 | 9,938,570 | 55,819 | 7 | Cabinet of Caligari | Driving through a tunnel into the great unknown of " freedom " , with her shoes off no less , Jane ( Glynis Johns ) faces quite a predicament with her car's tire blows out . After a mile or so trek down the lonesome , uninhabited road leading to the gate of a mansion , Jane believes she's found help when the resident's... |
436,233 | 9,938,570 | 643,108 | 7 | Jenifer | Dario Argento's " Jenifer " is almost like a Lovecraftian porn . It's so outrageous and disgusting . . it's one heck of a wild ride , that's for sure . The mini-film is about a cop ( Steven Weber ) who stops a crazed man from taking a hatchet to this bound young woman . This woman ( played under revolting make-up by th... |
436,705 | 9,938,570 | 90,859 | 7 | This is where the law stops . . and I start | Marion Cobretti ( Sly Stallone playing the hero with a raspy , low-toned voice making him evoke quiet anger ) is an officer of the elite Zombie squad ( although , we never see an official group of members who also participate on this squad ) . . those who handle the cases no one else wants to touch . He's called to pro... |
436,815 | 9,938,570 | 90,848 | 7 | Clan of the Cave Bear | Ayla , a Cro-Magnon ( Daryl Hannah ) tries her damnedest to become a part of the Neanderthal " Clan of the Cave Bear " tribe , but is met with constant resistance because many are secretly afraid of her . The film clearly dictates that Ayla is superior in many ways to the Neanderthals for she can indeed depend on her o... |
436,265 | 9,938,570 | 467,506 | 7 | The Heirloom | James ( Jason Chang ) an architect , inherits a massive mansion with a disturbing family history . His stage-star fiancé Yo ( the stunning beauty Terri Kwan ) was planning to go abroad but decides to remain and live with James . Soon their friends , who visit them in the creepy abode , fall prey to supernatural terror ... |
435,889 | 9,938,570 | 68,833 | 7 | Last House on the Left | Two teenage gals , newly friends , are on their way to a rock concert when they desire to score some reefer and wind up in the throes of terror when the supplier , Junior ( Marc Sheffler ) is actually the junkie son of an recently escaped psycho from prison , Krug ( David Hess ) who are holing up in a shoddy apartment ... |
436,444 | 9,938,570 | 114,367 | 7 | Screamers | On a planet named Sirius 6b , a civil war between two factions has broken out over a mineral energy source called Berynium which was once a unified state . Earth supplies the planet with soldiers of the Alliance to battle those who dub themselves the NEBs . The Alliance were in trouble of losing to the NEBs until the c... |
435,917 | 9,938,570 | 368,909 | 8 | Ong-Bak : Thai Warrior | I've seen the future of martial arts and it is Tony Jaa . He stars as Ting , a young man studying to be a monk for his village of Nong Pradu when a young thug named Don ( Wannakit Sirioput ) steals the head of their deity , Ong-Bak , hoping it will cash in with his crooked boss back in Bangkok . There , he'll encounter... |
436,507 | 9,938,570 | 88,000 | 8 | Revenge of the Nerds | Watching NERDS again just proved that despite it's lovingly exploitive attitude , the jokes ( albeit perhaps dated after 20 years ) reflecting the on-going nerd culture as computers were becoming the key for the success of very intelligent people who dress and act a bit different are what make it so appealing . I think... |
435,826 | 9,938,570 | 73,820 | 8 | Trilogy of Terror | Director Dan Curtis , along with writers Nolan and Matheson , craft three tales all starring Karen Black as the leading female character of each one . The first tale concerns a polite , well mannered , soft-spoken , nerdy seemingly naive ( . . and too trusting ) school teacher who is blackmailed by a student who drugge... |
435,964 | 9,938,570 | 70,423 | 8 | The Freakmaker | A university professor by day , mad scientist by night , Dr . Nolter ( Donald Pleasence exuding a quiet mania , portraying his character as someone completely convinced that his work is for the betterment of mankind despite how diabolical his methods are ) , respected by his peers , creates hybrid plant-humans in a goa... |
435,818 | 9,938,570 | 68,284 | 8 | Blacula | Count Dracula bites a Nigerian prince , Mamuwalde ( William Marshall ) just for the sheer pleasure of it , entombing him in a secret chamber along with his wife Luva ( Vonetta McGee ) in his Transylvanian castle . Centuries later , two homosexual interior decorators ( haha ) purchase the castle and it's contents , ship... |
435,821 | 9,938,570 | 59,297 | 8 | I Saw What You Did | The universe of William Castle . . a Rockwellian innocence threatened by evil . That's the case in " I Saw What You Did " about three girls who prank call folks , chosen at random from a phone book , unfortunately hand-picking a middle-aged psychopath who likes to stick a knife in women's bellies . Libby ( Andi Garrett... |
436,810 | 9,938,570 | 384,537 | 8 | Silent Hill | Sharon ( Jodelle Ferland ) is the adopted child of Christopher and Rose Da Silva ( Sean Bean & Radha Mitchell ) . Sharon sleepwalks , and during her " away period " speaks of a town called Silent Hill . Rose , against her husband's wishes , decides to find Silent Hill and possibly awaken memories Sharon might have of t... |
436,356 | 9,938,570 | 80,354 | 8 | Alligator | Scientific hormone testing to enlarge animals so that the world can reap the benefits of a wider food market , leads to the massive size of an alligator resting in the Chicago sewers ready to munch on anyone who dares venture into his lair . A pet store operator / veterinarian brings a major scientific company abandone... |
436,831 | 9,938,570 | 88,024 | 8 | The Scarecrow reviews " Runaway " | In the future , robotics has become an important part of society fulfilling roles once operated by humans . Housekeeping robots , agricultural robots , etc . Well , robotics has become such an important aspect in life that a special crimes division is specially directed at " robot crimes " . . such as malfunctions amon... |
436,320 | 9,938,570 | 68,232 | 8 | Return of the Evil Dead | The dreaded Templar knights rise from their graves , on their undead horseback , during the night of a festival commemorating their execution at the hands of the villagers of Bouzano , as present-day citizens dance , drink , be merry & watch an amazing fireworks display , thanks in part to the local village idiot Murdo... |
435,801 | 9,938,570 | 97,557 | 8 | I , Madman | Librarian book-worm ( Jenny Wright ) , who enjoys reading horror stories which she invests all of herself into , finds that a sadistic alchemist , from a " non-fiction " book titled " I Madman " has emerged from the literary page believing she is Anna , his muse for whom he wishes to please with the " perfect face . " ... |
435,987 | 9,938,570 | 41,796 | 8 | The Black Book | Maximilian Robespierre ( Richard Basehart , quite fiendish ) wishes to become dictator over France , but this is feared by many of the underground resistance for he rules with a torturous iron fist whose methods of eliminating humans without much justice given to victims . He has the ability to work over a crowd with h... |
435,940 | 9,938,570 | 41,776 | 8 | Queen of Spades | A Captain of the Russian army , with little money , becomes mad for the secret of three cards which could yield a fortune . That Captain , Suvorin ( Anton Walbrook , who is mesmerizing ) reads about Countess Ranevskaya ( Edith Evans ) who , facing public scrutiny after she commits adultery with a thief who desires mone... |
436,485 | 9,938,570 | 808,276 | 8 | Cold Prey | Geniuinely terrifying nail-biting slasher which is so competently made using suspense instead of sheer gore , despite the formulaic trappings often associated within the popular sub-genre . The key is the setting and the killer . The setting , an abandoned ski-lodge isolated in the middle of Norwegian snowy mountains ,... |
436,733 | 9,938,570 | 110,620 | 8 | Nadja | Low-key , off-beat , somber , existential , avant-garde modern retelling ( partially ) of Dracula's Daughter has the exotic beauty of Elina Löwensohn put to good use as the Romanian Count's predatory vampire daughter , Nadja , roaming New York City for fresh victims , finding a potential love interest in melancholy Luc... |
436,003 | 9,938,570 | 78,087 | 8 | The Scarecrow reviews " Piranha " | I want anyone reading this to know that my review is full of spoilers for to explain my opinions on why Dante's film so good depends on many plot points being exploited to make my point . One of the most important aspects of the film that I feel made Dante's film better than many of the horror pictures that would splat... |
436,468 | 9,938,570 | 782,399 | 8 | Family | Harold ( George Wendt , just simply perfectly cast ) , despite that kind , gentle exterior , is not the suburban neighbor he might seem to be . Nope , he actually is quite loony and has an entire family ( . . almost ) of skeletons in a room upstairs . He sees them , however , as real , breathing , talking people conver... |
436,681 | 9,938,570 | 68,290 | 8 | Blood from the Mummy's Tomb | Egyptian priests , threatened by the power and proposed evil of Queen Tera ( Valerie Leon ) , kill her and entomb her corpse ( . . after extracting a hand which held a red-emerald ring on one finger ) , but meet tragic ends for doing so . Despite being entombed , however , Tera is able to summon archaeologists to her p... |
436,268 | 9,938,570 | 210,302 | 8 | Gemini | Class warfare I felt was at the heart of this thriller from acclaimed cult director Shinya Tsukamoto regarding unstable Sutekichi ( Masahiro Motoki ) with a scar on his leg ( . . who was abandoned by his parents , found floating across a river and brought up by a theatrical troupe performer , living as a thief in the s... |
436,063 | 9,938,570 | 32,635 | 8 | The Invisible Man Returns | Geoffrey Radcliffe ( Vincent Price ) has been framed by Richard Cobb ( Cedric Hardwicke ) for a murder he didn't commit - - the murder of his brother Michael over a business worth substantial wealth . Escaping from death row thanks to the experimental invisibility formula created by the Claude Rains ' Griffin from the ... |
435,757 | 9,938,570 | 56,565 | 8 | The Tell-Tale Heart | A pitiable , terribly timid librarian , Edgar Marsh ( Lawrence Payne , who is superb ) , falls head over heels for a new neighbor , a flower sales-girl who lives across the street . This lovely creature is Betty Clare ( Adrienne Corri ) and she agrees to date Edgar out of sympathy for his pathetic nature , but soon is ... |
436,860 | 9,938,570 | 493,464 | 8 | Wanted | Weavers were founded to keep the world in order without chaos enlisting assassins to eliminate those whose fates are decided when their names turn up in a code through woven fabric . This started in a monastery , and has since blossomed into a secret society called The Fraternity with the ones assigned to kill their ta... |
436,261 | 9,938,570 | 405,061 | 8 | The Eye 2 | Through the act of attempted suicide which almost kills her ( the taking of a large number of pills , after spending all her cash on clothes , due to depression after a bad relationship is called quits ) , Joey ( the superb Qi Shu in an understated , subdued performance ) gains the sixth sense and sees ghostly appariti... |
436,524 | 9,938,570 | 87,909 | 8 | Phenomena | You get your money's worth with this journey into the bizarre world of Dario Argento . You get a heroic chimp who uses a razor to avenge the murder of her beloved owner , a girl with a telepathic ability to communicate and control insects ( . . who also assist in helping her find clues in the search for a killer ) , an... |
436,136 | 9,938,570 | 90,094 | 8 | The Stuff | Larry Cohen , that independent genre renegade whose films often look as if they were thrown together with adhesive tape , returns to spoof The Blob and commercial marketing with this often witty and goofy tale about an alien goo that has bubbled from the center of the Earth , discovered by an industrial worker and manu... |
436,397 | 9,938,570 | 45,699 | 8 | Donovan's Brain | Scientists Dr . Patrick Cory ( Lew Ayres ) and partner alcoholic Dr . Frank Schratt ( Gene Evans ) have successfully removed a living brain and have kept it from dying within a tank using an oscilloscope to measure the current and gain response to any reactions that might occur . Schratt tries to talk sense into Cory ,... |
436,673 | 9,938,570 | 441,909 | 8 | Volver | Raimunda ( Penélope Cruz ) has a difficult series of complications plaguing her life . A dead beat husband who doesn't exactly go out of his way looking for work . He's not really her daughter Sole's ( Lola Dueñas ) father ( . . that is complicated , and , as typical of director Almodóvar , is a shocking revelation ) ,... |
436,505 | 9,938,570 | 37,101 | 8 | Murder , My Sweet | A jade necklace , a brute wishing to find a dame he loved from eight years back waiting patiently to being let out of prison , and a young woman wishing for the end of her father's marriage to a much younger woman are just the start of Marlowe's problems as he sinks into an abyss of untrustworthy characters in this mar... |
436,168 | 9,938,570 | 91,209 | 8 | The Hitcher | Taut , tight , tense terror tale about young Jim Halsey ( C Thomas Howell ) driving a car from a company in Chicago across country to San Diego to it's owner when he has to misfortune of picking up psychotic hitchhiker John Rider ( a quietly menacing Rutger Hauer ) . Able to push Ryder from his car , Jim believes he's ... |
436,387 | 9,938,570 | 70,622 | 8 | Sssssss | Doc Stoner ( Strother Martin , who most know as the warden in COOL HAND Luke who utters the famous line , " What we got here is a failure to communicate . " ) who has grown quite mad over the years , injects an innocent , kind-hearted college student , David ( Dirk Benedict ; Face of A-TEAM fame ) with an inoculation t... |
436,331 | 9,938,570 | 63,056 | 8 | Hell in the Pacific | An American pilot , Lee Marvin , is stranded on a deserted island with enemy Japanese officer Toshirô Mifune . If they are to escape this island , they'll have to put their differences and feelings aside . The film shows their rocky relationship and language barriers . The film's strength ( besides Conrad Hall's visual... |
436,929 | 9,938,570 | 52,655 | 8 | Bucket of Blood | Poor simpleminded waiter , Walter Paisley ( perfectly brought to the screen by vet Dick Miller ) just wants to fit in with the self-important Beatnik " artists " at the Yellow Door coffeehouse . He's the object of jokes and ridicule as Walter amiably converses with them while his employer Leonard ( Antony Carbone ) jus... |
436,104 | 9,938,570 | 43,778 | 8 | The Man from Planet X | A dying planet , turning to ice , is coming towards Earth at a steady pace ( thanks to " scientific degravitation " which was used to deviate the alien planet from it's natural orbit ) and Professor Elliot ( Raymond Bond ) informs a reporter pal , John Lawrence ( Robert Clarke ) of it's existence . Setting his lab in a... |
436,287 | 9,938,570 | 54,777 | 8 | Curse of the Werewolf | A child is born with a curse after his mute mother , a young servant woman of the cruel Marques Siniestro ( Anthony Dawson ) who was thrown in a dungeon because she wouldn't put out and subsequently raped by a crazed beggar who had resided in that chamber for quite a long time . The mute murders Marques once she is rel... |
436,346 | 9,938,570 | 37,168 | 8 | The Pearl of Death | This time a sought after Borgia Pearl is the object of desire , worth snapping the lumbar vertebrae of many unfortunate victims ' backs at the hands of the sinister Creeper ( Rondo Hatton ) , working for a lecherous thief , the devilish , elusive Giles Conover ( Miles Mander ) . Sherlock Holmes and Dr . Watson are out ... |
436,353 | 9,938,570 | 72,354 | 8 | Vampyres | Two female bloodsuckers , seen murdered by a mysterious figure in black whose identity is never explained at the opening of the film , seduce travelers on a road that passes near their abode-of-the-moment , a decadent castle , isolated from the outside world thanks to a heavy presence of green ( trees and bushes ) rest... |
436,765 | 9,938,570 | 126,004 | 8 | The Iron Rose | A young couple meet at a wedding party and decide to try a date . It starts out as frolicking on the grounds of an old train station as flirting commences . They decide to have a small picnic inside a cemetery and are so drawn to each other sexually , that the couple will seek out a warm spot to make love . . that bein... |
436,863 | 9,938,570 | 32,818 | 8 | The Mummy's Hand | Anhotep ( George Zucco ) is commissioned by the dying High Priest of Karnak ( Eduardo Ciannelli ) to protect the secret tomb of Ananka from " unbelievers " who'd dare defile / desecrate her tomb , removing it's treasures . Anhotep is given instructions by the High Priest to use Kharis ( Tom Tyler ) , an undead Egyptian... |
436,477 | 9,938,570 | 418,778 | 8 | Infection | An understaffed , over-worked hospital crew faces the daunting task of trying to give their patients proper care due to the fact that resources such as supplies and hired help are lacking . Even worse is the fact that the staff must turn down any new incoming patients because of their problems . Due to criminal neglige... |
436,437 | 9,938,570 | 80,057 | 8 | Zombi 2 | Lucio Fulci's sequel to Argento's European cut of Romero's Dawn of the Dead , Zombi , has a journalist , Peter West ( Ian McCulloch ) , assigned to fish out clues regarding a sail boat that was discovered floating with a zombie inside , and the daughter of a missing doctor , Anne ( Tisa Farrow ) hitching a ride on the ... |
436,438 | 9,938,570 | 103,251 | 8 | White Palace | While I don't believe the end result for a second , this film will do whatever it takes to make us believe the relationship between 44 year old Nora Baker and 27 year old Max Baron can work . The age-gap isn't as difficult to accept as their ethnic and financial differences . Baron is a wealthy , successful Jewish busi... |
436,330 | 9,938,570 | 256,009 | 8 | The Devil's Backbone | The lives of boys during a tumultuous time in their country of Spain during a civil war at a little schoolhouse miles away from any form of civilization are effected by Jacinto ( Eduardo Noriega ) who desires gold bars hidden in a safe within a kitchen . Jacinto , sometime in his life , lost any humanity as this obsess... |
436,846 | 9,938,570 | 206,154 | 8 | Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay | A philosophy student , Françoise ( the simply gorgeous Mireille Saunin ) on a holiday trip with best friend and fellow student Anna ( Michéle Perello ) , who has a desire towards being a professional comic-book artist , pass through a sleepy village , getting creeped out not only by locals within a rickety tavern , but... |
436,523 | 9,938,570 | 66,380 | 8 | Vampyros lesbos | The Queen of the Night will bear you up on her dark wings . I guess you can look at " Vampyros lesbos " as director Jesús Franco's 70's modern variation on Bram Stoker's Dracula using Soledad Miranda as the seductive female lesbian vampire who took lessons from her master ( . . that being Count Dracula ) in capturing... |
436,830 | 9,938,570 | 116,365 | 8 | The Scarecrow reviews " The Frighteners " | Frank Bannister ( Michael J . Fox . . great as always ) has a good thing going with his partnership with two ghosts as they con poor innocents to " exorcise " and replenish homes of ghoulish forces . What Frank doesn't see coming is a grim reaper type taking should from humans . He can see what victims will be chosen n... |
436,148 | 9,938,570 | 78,077 | 8 | The Grapes of Death | A grape harvest festival , located in a wine region of France , yields an infected village . . those who drank wine made from a nearby vineyard , whose grapes were sprayed with a created pesticide , are infected with flesh-eating sores which ooze puss and blood , rotting their brains causing homicidal mania to the poin... |
436,827 | 9,938,570 | 283,693 | 8 | Zero Woman : Red Handcuffs | After she kills an American diplomat known for leaving dead women after rounds of sadistic sex , undercover cop Zero ( Miki Sugimoto ) is thrown in the pen to rot ( . . she is attacked by female prisoners during the credits ! ) . When a public political figure's daughter is raped and kidnapped by a group of hoods , Zer... |
436,129 | 9,938,570 | 76,127 | 8 | Haunts | Herb Freed ( Graduation Day ; Beyond Evil ) directs this psychological melodrama ( . . with elements of a slasher ) regarding the effects on a small town , and especially troubled Ingrid ( May Britt ) , as a sexual predator stalks vulnerable women at night with a pair of scissors after raping them . Ingrid is haunted b... |
436,928 | 9,938,570 | 120,660 | 8 | Enemy of the State | A labour lawyer , Robert Dean ( Will Smith ) is embroiled in a controversial NSA cover-up when a former college pal from Georgetown ( Jason Lee ) leaves a recording of the murder of a Congressman ( Jason Robards ) at the hands of Thomas Reynolds ( Jon Voight ) the head of NSA because he opposed a Security act being pas... |
435,993 | 9,938,570 | 483,607 | 8 | Doomsday | The Reaper virus devastated a portion of Scotland with England building a steel , reinforced barrier splitting apart Great Britain . With signs of the Reaper virus reawakening in London , and the photographic evidence of those who have survived on the opposite side , quarantined away from " civilization " , the British... |
435,945 | 9,938,570 | 68,361 | 8 | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Will six examples of wealth and manners ever be able to friggin ' eat ? ! Off of this idea alone , Luis Buñuel has a field day exposing and exploiting these characters in various ways while also having them awake from nightmarish situations which open them up like wounds . Such as how the three males of the group deal ... |
435,874 | 9,938,570 | 68,471 | 8 | Delirium | Psychosexual madness from director Renato Polselli regarding a psychotic impotent psychiatrist and his equally nutty wife who obsessively loves him to the point that she allows him to nearly strangle her to death ! Mickey Hargitay stars as Herbert Lyutak who preys on young women , his demented eyes crawling up their le... |
436,230 | 9,938,570 | 403,358 | 8 | Night watch | This curse placed on a specific woman has caused a group of " people " known as The Others to split into two separate factions : The Force of Light and Darkness . During a bloody battle , the leaders on both sides declared a truce which has remained for hundreds of years . There's " policing " of this truce with both f... |
435,794 | 9,938,570 | 382,810 | 8 | Little Fish | Tracy ( Cate Blanchett , brilliant as ever ) has been sober from a nasty heroin habit ( among other drugs ) introduced to her by mum's ex-beau , a once prominent soccer star , Lionel ( Hugo Weaving , who gives a haunting powerful performance ) . The film takes up after being sober for a while and working at a video ren... |
436,950 | 9,938,570 | 1,139,797 | 8 | Let the Right One In | I often read how the horror genre has no hope and that it's practically dead or on life-support , then a movie like LET THE RIGHT ONE IN comes along and dispels such nonsense . It has the traditional vampire traits we're accustomed to , yet is presented in an unconventional , low-key way that's refreshing and spellbind... |
435,682 | 9,938,570 | 65,491 | 8 | Mark of the Devil | Herbert Lom is truly terrifying as hypocritical witch-finder Lord Cumberland who secretly rapes and humiliates women ( . . this is only shown once , but elaborated on by a local witch-finder he murders when his impotency is thrown in his face , damaging his ego ) , although he isn't quite adequate enough to finish his ... |
436,450 | 9,938,570 | 99,052 | 8 | Arachnophobia | Spielbergian flick that'll make your skin crawl . Not for those who get the creeps from the appearance of spiders , they are shot in practically every way imaginable by director Frank Marshall and his cunning cinematographer Mikael Salomon ( . . and I just LOVE the aerial camera-work shot from above ) . . they utilize ... |
435,785 | 9,938,570 | 264,508 | 8 | Dagon . . one of the best of the decade | This might be a bit of a stretch , but I thought this was one heck of a wild ride . . in typically bizarre Stuart Gordon fashion . The brief synopsis goes like this , poor Paul Marsh ( Ezra Godden , those who have seen Gordon's Masters of Horror , " Dreams in the Witch-House " might recognize that he wears the same swe... |
435,894 | 9,938,570 | 66,518 | 8 | The Vampire Lovers | Vampire Carmilla ( Ingrid Pitt ) , fulfills her duties for the Karnstein family by pursuing fresh female victims , intruding their dreams at night , draining their blood . Her first victim is the niece of General von Spielsdorf ( Peter Cushing , in a limited role ) whose set to marry fiancé Carl ( Jon Finch ) . There's... |
435,670 | 9,938,570 | 93,677 | 8 | Opera | A young theater actress reluctantly accepts her first major part in a staged play as Lady Macbeth thanks to the mishap of the production's diva falling in front of a moving car . A success winning her accolades , Betty ( Christina Marsillach ) finds instead horror as the one responsible for getting her to this point te... |
435,888 | 9,938,570 | 464,141 | 8 | The Orphanage | Laura's ( Belén Rueda ) beloved HIV positive adopted son , Simón ( Roger Príncep ) disappears and if she wishes to find him , will have to play a game with the ghosts of children she once knew as a little orphan girl , the victims of a secret tragedy . While those around her consider Laura's quest for the location of h... |
436,800 | 9,938,570 | 45,161 | 8 | The Sniper | Eddie Miller ( Arthur Franz ) is a deeply disturbed man , whose psychiatrist was away for two weeks , can not control the urges pulsating inside him . After a self-inflicted hand burn on a stove eye , Eddie is the ultimate example of a cry for help . He himself wishes to be locked away before the drive to kill is reali... |
436,816 | 9,938,570 | 89,470 | 8 | The Scarecrow reviews " The Legend of Billie Jean " | Many might use labels describing this movie as " hokey " or " preposterous " or " manipulative " , but one thing I believe is achieved in this little cult fave is Helen Slater's terrific performance as the female heroine who gets her revenge against scumbag Pyatt ( Richard Bradford ) . It's interesting that this film w... |
436,527 | 9,938,570 | 113,361 | 8 | Huntress : Spirit of the Night | Tara ( Jenna Bodnar ) returns to Breckin , Northern Wales where she was born to attend her father's funeral . She was sent to America , because of her father's fear that a savage beast plaguing the surroundings of the area would harm her . Actually , thanks to a diary containing her father's recorded thoughts and newsp... |
436,841 | 9,938,570 | 65,569 | 8 | Count Dracula | Franco's take on the Bram Stoker novel with Christopher Lee again portraying Count Dracula , except this production ( . . a meager one at best with Franco admitting in a recent interview that he had to front his own financing to finish the film ! ) is completely sub-dued from the acting to the presentation . Director J... |
435,820 | 9,938,570 | 53,085 | 8 | The Mummy | An archaeological dig unearths the ancient Egyptian burial tomb of High Preistess Princess Ananka . Inside a secret burial chamber is the mummified corpse of Kharis ( Christopher Lee ) imprisoned for blaspheming the laws of their god in his attempts to bring Ananka back from the dead using the sacred Scroll of Life , b... |
436,150 | 9,938,570 | 70,013 | 8 | Demoniacs | Four pirates ( . . labeled " wreckers " for they draw ships with light crashing into the shore to pillage them ) ruthlessly rape and assault two blond young women as they walk to shore , appearing from the darkness in nothing but gowns . Soon the Captain ( John Rico ) , already insane , is haunted by ghostly apparition... |
435,978 | 9,938,570 | 449,059 | 8 | Little Miss Sunshine | A family riddled with problems ( each with their own little failures ) will go through hell or high water to get little Olive ( Abigail Breslin , who is absolutely delightful ) to a Beauty Pageant in California . The main problem is the yellow VW van they have to constantly push to jump-start , but also battling life's... |
436,422 | 9,938,570 | 24,360 | 8 | Murders in the Zoo | Startlingly violent , potent shocker for a 30's film stars Lionel Atwill ( doing what he does so well , portraying diabolical scientists with evil intent ) as an insanely jealous , very wealthy , big game hunter . . and animal scientist / zoologist . . Eric Gorman , who supplies zoo's with wild life he finds on safari ... |
436,529 | 9,938,570 | 111,149 | 8 | It's not a story , Alex . It's a corpse | Three flatmates offer a room to a dangerous thief who has ran off with a pair of gangsters ' loot . When they find this guy ( whose name is Hugo , claiming to be a writer ) dead from , I'm guessing , overdose , they chop up his body and bury it so they can share the money . Juliet ( Kerry Fox ) is a doctor whose uses h... |
436,510 | 9,938,570 | 165,854 | 8 | The Limey | Definitive star vehicle for Terrence Stamp ( . . it seems he was born to play this role ) as a British " criminal man " , Wilson , who wishes to uncover the truth behind his daughter's death . Peter Fonda , a beleaguered rock'n'roll producer , Terry Valentine , is Stamp's target . Barry Newman ( . . of VANISING POINT f... |
436,012 | 9,938,570 | 113,241 | 8 | Habit | Sam ( Larry Fessenden , who also wrote , directed , & edited this feature ) is an alcoholic manager of a café , coming off a relationship that is lingering awkwardly , meets an alluring mysterious woman named Anna ( Meredith Snaider ) at a friend's Halloween party . They later meet for a series of passionate sexual enc... |
435,843 | 9,938,570 | 47,209 | 8 | Man in the Attic | Essentially an American re-working of John Brahm's masterpiece , THE LODGER ( . . itself a reworking of Hitchcock's silent ) , director Hugo Fregonese's MAN IN THE ATTIC is still a commendable , atmospheric take on the notorious Jack the Ripper with Jack Palance taking a crack at the infamous White Chapel serial killer... |
435,941 | 9,938,570 | 70,078 | 8 | From Beyond the Grave | Four tales of terror revolving around an antique store owned by the grim-looking Peter Cushing where various characters secure objects without paying the correct price with possible doom awaiting them . The first shopper , Edward Charlton ( David Warner ) is a smug , narcissistic know-it-all who procures a creepy mirro... |
436,744 | 9,938,570 | 843,302 | 8 | Retribution | A beleaguered detective , working a homicide case whose crime scene was disturbed by a flood which derived from an earthquake , is haunted by a mysterious lady in red , who might just be a victim he possibly murdered . . he can not remember ever doing such a thing , which makes her creepy visits to him even more bewild... |
436,888 | 9,938,570 | 716,941 | 8 | Family Reunion | Robert Perry ( Stephen McHattie ) has a major problem on his hands . . his son Bobby ( Daniel Terrence Kelly ) is a werewolf who turns at the fullness of the moon and has escaped numerous times from his room killing innocents in the night . On the run and sweating out Bobby's lycanthrope tendencies , Robert must also d... |
436,688 | 9,938,570 | 420,087 | 8 | A Prairie Home Companion | A tender Altman etches a wonderful portrait of unique , lovable characters performed by a great cast in a film about a long-running radio program performing one last show before getting the Axe . Garrison Keillor scripts the film , but it's obvious that the film is still a continuing mold in the Altman tradition as the... |
436,548 | 9,938,570 | 58,700 | 8 | Last Man on Earth | Quite entertaining little modestly budgeted post-apocalyptic horror flick starring Vincent Price as a lonely , beleaguered man fighting an everyday struggle with a world of vampires . Through moments of backstory ( Richard Matheson , unhappy with the final product from a screenplay , used a different name in the title ... |
436,343 | 9,938,570 | 71,840 | 8 | Almost Human | Sensational Poliziotteschi from Umberto Lenzi , set in Milan ( Italy ) stars Tomas Milian , in a terrific ( . . and terrifying ) performance as a sadistic homicidal thug who is the mastermind behind the kidnapping of a politician's daughter for a major ransom . His scheme seems to be going without a hitch , but his psy... |
436,013 | 9,938,570 | 37,635 | 8 | Dead of Night | A man is invited to a country house where a collection of people swap creepy stories from their past . That man is Walter Craig ( Mervyn Johns ) who has been having a bad recurring nightmare about this very day and the faces of those people in the house are fresh in his mind . During the film , he tries to dispel that ... |
436,814 | 9,938,570 | 24,188 | 8 | Island of Lost Souls | Edward Parker is an unfortunate victim of being trapped on Dr . Moreau's island of monsters . Moreau wishes to create human life from animal and needs to prove he's successful by seeing if his panther , now a woman , can feel human and connect with Parker . Parker , however , notices that Lota has claws where finger na... |
435,827 | 9,938,570 | 57,197 | 8 | Jason and the Argonauts | Jason and his assembled crew of warriors and boatmen , in their ship Argo , guided by the statue of goddess Hera , face perilous danger and creatures of various kinds while seeking the golden fleece , often tested by the almighty Zeus and his gods looking down from the heavens . Escapist fare of the highest order with ... |
436,141 | 9,938,570 | 89,153 | 8 | Flesh + Blood | King George has betrayed Martin and his men once they help him take a castle and it's treasured supply of gold . Captain Hawkwood threatens to kill them with canon fire if they do not vacate the premises without their weapons or the spoils they were to inherit . The Cardinal , who is indeed quite mad after seeing too m... |
436,522 | 9,938,570 | 64,789 | 8 | Venus in Furs | Jesús Franco fans consider " Venus in Furs " his grand achievement . It concerns the surreal odyssey of a jazz trumpeter who falls in love with the seductive spirit of a murdered young woman , Wanda ( Maria Rohm ) at the hands of three bourgeoisie types , Ahmed ( Klaus Kinski ) , Kapp ( Dennis Price ) , and Olga ( Marg... |
436,026 | 9,938,570 | 65,856 | 8 | House of Dark Shadows | Dan Curtis , not as bound by restrictions regarding censorship and budget , brings the recurring storyline of centuries-old vampire Barnabas Collins and the tragic consequences of his presence and predatory behavior from the television soap opera to the big screen and shows that he has an eye for atmosphere , menace an... |
435,924 | 9,938,570 | 58,567 | 8 | Blood and Black Lace | Models employed at a fashion shop are being offed one by one as a killer , donning black hat , gloves , and coat ( while also covering the face with a stocking ) searches for a diary of the first victim Isabella . That diary is of interest to most of the cast which paints the idea in our heads that any number of people... |
436,970 | 9,938,570 | 40,979 | 8 | Drunken Angel | Akira Kurowsawa is not known for his subtlety . . of all his films I've seen , it's clear his goal is to overpower you . And , that is the case for DRUNKEN ANGEL , a somber , tragic tale of a Yakuza gangster , Matsunaga ( Toshirô Mifune ) , with tuberculosis , whose territory ( . . and moll ) in Tokyo is being taken ri... |
436,918 | 9,938,570 | 64,888 | 8 | The House That Screamed | Thriller set in a girl's boarding school for those females whose behavior is deemed as questionable and troublesome with Lilli Palmer as the " den-mother " Madame Fourneau , who runs the joint with a " firm hand . " Under her is " lieutenant " Desprez ( Cándida Losada ) who is sexually infatuated with a new arrival , T... |
436,357 | 9,938,570 | 100,581 | 8 | The Sect | An evil , Devil-worshipping sect , led by their enigmatic leader Moebius Kelly ( Herbert Lom ) have dastardly plans for Mirian ( Kelly Curtis ) and it concerns unleashing evil on the world through a sordid type of birth . That's the best I can do to explain this baffling supernatural , surreal religious horror outing f... |
436,784 | 9,938,570 | 71,877 | 8 | Murder on the Orient Express | Samuel Ratchett ( Richard Windmark ) asks Poirot ( Albert Finney , having a field day as the sleuth ) to be his bodyguard after receiving several death threats . He is later found dead and Poirot discovers quite a secret . . Ratchett is indeed a notorious gangster Cassetti , the mastermind behind a kidnapping gone awry... |
436,897 | 9,938,570 | 57,295 | 8 | Matango : Attack of the Mushroom People | Now this was quite a pleasant surprise . If you read the title , " Matango : Attack of the Mushroom People " , the idea of a film legitimately creeping you out with it's " under the skin " effectiveness probably wasn't as expected as a cheesy monster movie . This film's premise is simple . . a group of Japanese friends... |
436,975 | 9,938,570 | 65,932 | 8 | Blind Woman's Curse | Akemi Tachibana ( Meiko Kaji ) attempts to the keep the wishes of her slain father by not allowing her clan to continue the blood shed that is known to occur when rival Yakuza families desire total control . That becomes impossible when rival godfather Dobashi ( Toru Abe ) uses a traitor amongst the Tachibana clan , Ta... |
435,828 | 9,938,570 | 120,176 | 8 | The Spanish Prisoner | The con is on in typical , slick , entertainingly complex Mametian fashion as gullible , very naive , but kindhearted Joseph Ross ( Campbell Scott ) , who has designed a certain process for a hi-tech company ( Mamet doesn't elaborate on any of this since this is merely a toy to use for the con-game plot ) which someone... |
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