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Mario Bava (director)
Baron Blood (Uncut European Version) [DVD](1972) DVD
Plans to renovate a 16th-century European castle as a tourist resort hit a horrifying snag when two college students accidentally revive the castle's former owner, a depraved nobleman who uses restored torture instruments for his sadistic pleasures. Joseph Cotten, Elke Sommer and Massimo Girotti star in Mario Bava's gory frightfest. AKA: "Torture Chamber of Baron Blood." 100 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; photo gallery; poster gallery; biography; filmographies; theatrical trailer.
Lisa And The Devil [DVD](1972) DVD
Released in a re-shot, edited form in American theaters as 1975's "The House of Exorcism," this is the rarely-seen, uncut version of Mario Bava's chilling masterpiece of lust, murder and Satanic possession. Elke Sommer plays a woman driven by strange visions to a mansion inhabited by sadists, devil-worshippers, necrophiliacs...and lollipop-sucking butler Telly Savalas! With Alida Valli, Sylva Koscina. 95 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailer.
Black Sunday (Uncut European Version) [DVD](1960) DVD
The vampire fantasy from Mario Bava (his solo directorial debut) that made a horror goddess out of Barbara Steele. Condemned in the 1600s as a witch and gruesomely executed, Steele returns from the grave to massacre her family's survivors, including her look-alike descendant. With John Richardson, Ivo Garrani. AKA: "The Demon's Mask." 84 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; audio commentary; filmographies; biography; theatrical trailer; poster gallery; photo gallery.
Shock [DVD](1977) DVD
Released in America as "Beyond the Door II," Italian frightmaster Mario Bava's final feature follows a family whose young son seems to be able to talk to the dead. What will his "gift" reveal about the sinister truth behind his father's death, and what price will the boy's mother and her new husband pay? Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner star. 92 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; interview; TV spots; theatrical trailers; biographies.
Lisa And The Devil (1972)/The House Of Exorcism [DVD](1975) DVD
Hatchet For A Honeymoon [DVD](1972) DVD
They say wedding nights are tough, but it becomes downright deadly when a deranged dress designer begins hacking up young women in wedding gowns. Here comes the bride, all drenched in blood, in this matrimonial mayhem from director Mario Bava. Stephen Forsythe, Dagmar Lassander star. 93 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; biography; filmography; photo gallery; poster gallery.
Blood And Black Lace [DVD](1964) DVD
Disturbing thriller from Italian horror maestro Mario Bava set in a fashion house where gorgeous models are being killed by a masked murderer with metallic claws. Stylish shocker stars Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok and Thomas Reiner. 88 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono, Italian Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; interviews; theatrical trailers; photo gallery.
The Whip And The Body [DVD](1963) DVD
Creepy Gothic shocker from Mario Bava in which sadistic Christopher Lee, the son of a wealthy count, tortures Daliah Lavi, his brother's wife and father's mistress. After Lavi kills Lee, his ghostly presence returns to haunt her and administer whippings on a nightly basis. 90 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, Italian Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; photo gallery; theatrical trailers.
Twitch Of The Death Nerve (A Bay Of Blood) [DVD](1972) DVD
This shocker from Italian maestro Mario Bava was a major inspiration for "Friday the 13th" and other gore films. It traces the events following the supposed suicide of Countess Federica, the owner of a bayside estate. A group of people vie for the property as a series of ghastly murders occur. Claudine Auger ("Thunderball") stars. AKA: "Bay of Blood." 84 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailers; radio spots; biography; filmography; photo gallery; poster gallery.
Five Dolls For An August Moon [DVD](1970) DVD
Mario Bava's rarely seen shocker is an unofficial reworking of Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians," set on a Mediterranean Island where a wealthy businessman invites his bourgeois friends to witness the unveiling of a new formula created by a chemist acquaintance. Mysterious deals and sexual intrigue ensue, but when guests start turning up dead, there's no telling who's the murderer. Ira Furstenberg stars. 78 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: Italian Dolby Digital mono, English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; biography; photo gallery; poster gallery; filmographies; theatrical trailers.
Planet Of The Vampires [DVD](1965) DVD
Cult classic shocker from Mario Bava starring Barry Sullivan as the captain of a spaceship stranded on a strange planet possessed by disembodied aliens, who soon discovers that his crew is being turned into "space vampires." With Norma Bengell, Angel Aranda. AKA: "The Demon Planet." 86 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
Hercules In The Haunted World [DVD](1961) DVD
Reg Park returns as Herc, who doesn't shirk from the task of returning with the cure for his dying beloved...even if it means a descent into the bowels of Hell! And demon lord Christopher Lee is determined to see that he never resurfaces! Mario Bava directs. Original European version; 82 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, Italian Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; photo gallery; poster gallery; theatrical trailer.
William Castle (director)
I Saw What You Did [DVD](1965) DVD
To liven up a night of baby-sitting, teens Sarah Lane and Andi Garrett make prank phone calls, dialing up strangers and saying "I saw what you did and I know who you are!" Unluckily for them, one of their victims is John Ireland, who just finished killing his wife and is coming after them! Joan Crawford co-stars as Ireland's love-starved neighbor in this nail-biter from director William Castle. 82 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailer; biographies; more.
The Tingler [DVD](1959) DVD
Famous as the film in which producer/director William Castle wired theatre seats to give customers mild electric jolts at key points, this offbeat chiller stars Vincent Price as a doctor who discovers that intense fear causes an insect-like creature to grow inside a person's spine, and only screaming can kill it. His theory, however, really gets put to the test when a "tingler" runs amok in a movie theater! With Darryl Hickman, Philip Coolidge, Judith Evelyn. 81 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai; featurette; drive-in sequence; biographies; production notes; color-tinted scene.
House On Haunted Hill [DVD](1959) DVD
A sinister host offers a group of people $10,000 each if they'll spend the night in his macabre mansion, then does his best (or worst) to see that no one collects! Spook-filled shocker from the legendary William Castle stars Vincent Price, Richard Long, Carol Ohmart and Elisha Cook, Jr.; not in "Emergo." 75 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French; theatrical trailer.
13 Ghosts [DVD](1960) DVD
Campy horror gem from William Castle about a family that inherits a mansion complete with hot and cold running poltergeists, a spooky housekeeper and a missing treasure. Martin Milner, Rosemary DeCamp and Margaret Hamilton star. 84 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai; featurette; theatrical trailer; production notes.
Homicidal [DVD](1961) DVD
Offering his own unique spin on "Psycho," gimmick king William Castle added a "Fear Break" before the climax of this wild horror ride. A mysterious woman pays a hotel bellhop to marry her, then murders the justice of the peace. She flees to a sinister mansion where she begins a deadly campaign against the residents in order to gain a family inheritance. Lurid, gender-bending shocker stars Jean Arless (aka actress Joan Marshall), Glenn Corbett and Patricia Breslin. 87 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English, French; featurette; theatrical trailers.
Mr. Sardonicus [DVD](1961) DVD
William Castle's shudder-inducing chiller tells of a greedy 19th-century count whose face froze in a grotesque grimace after he defiled his father's grave to retrieve a winning lottery ticket. After trying a number of methods to rid his face of the sinister smile, he coerces his wife's former lover--a neurosurgeon--into helping. Castle's "Punishment Poll" gimmick of thumbs up/thumbs down cards put Sardonicus' fate in the audience's hands. Guy Rolfe, Audrey Dalton, Ronald Lewis and Oscar Homolka star. 93 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French; "making of" documentary; theatrical trailers.
Strait-Jacket [DVD](1964) DVD
After 20 years in the booby hatch, Joan Crawford, convicted for the axe murders of her husband and his lover, finds peace at her daughter's home. But once dead bodies start popping up, she's convinced she's given decapitation another crack. Classic William Castle shocker, written by Robert Bloch ("Psycho"), reassures "It's only a movie...It's only a movie." 89 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish; "making of" documentary; screen tests for axe and Joan Crawford make-up and wardrobe; theatrical trailers.
Roger Corman (director)
The Terror [DVD](1963) DVD
When "The Raven" finished shooting three days early, a thrifty Roger Corman used the cast and sets for this surprisingly effective chiller. Jack Nicholson plays a lieutenant in Napoleon's army who is haunted by a mysterious woman in mad baron Boris Karloff's sinister castle. With Sandra Knight and the great Dick Miller. 79 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; theatrical trailer; scene access.
Little Shop Of Horrors [DVD](1960) DVD
Roger Corman's shot-on-pennies quickie horror spoof became a cult classic and inspired a stage musical. Flower shop nebbish Jonathan Haze's bloodthirsty plant makes him a celebrity, as long as he supplies it with fresh victims. With Jackie Joseph, Dick Miller, Mel Welles and a young Jack Nicholson as a masochistic dental patient. 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.
The Intruder (Shame) [DVD](1962) DVD
William Shatner turns in a solid performance in this dramatic portrayal of racism in the early `60s South. A member of a white supremacist group arrives in a small town provoking citizens in a calculated campaign against court-ordered school integration. Directed by Roger Corman; co-stars Frank Maxwell and Beverly Lunsford. AKA: "I Hate Your Guts." 83 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; interviews; theatrical trailers; biographies.
A Bucket Of Blood (1959)/The Giant Gila Monster [DVD](1959) DVD
Outrageous B-film cult classic from the Corman studio that blends beatniks, murder, and the art world. Busboy Dick Miller becomes a celebrity when he accidentally kills people, covers them with clay, and displays them in bohemian coffee-houses. With Anthony Carbone, Barboura Morris; it took them all of five days to film! Then, youthful hipsters in northern Texas defend the drag races and sock hops of the Panhandle from a giant heel of a Gila monster. Lethal lizard action by the co-director of "The Green Berets," Ray Kellog, and starring Don Sullivan and Shug Fisher. 140 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital; theatrical trailers; more.
Wasp Woman (1959)/Attack Of The Giant Leeches [DVD](1959) DVD
Cosmetics producer Susan Cabot thinks she's discovered a new age-retarding cream, but learns that the ``wasp enzymes'' in the formula turn her into an insect-headed monster at night! Horrific (dare we say it?) ``B''-movie from Roger Corman co-stars Michael Marks, Barboura Morris. Then, a dismal Southern swamp is home for these bloodsucking behemoths who joyfully drain the poor white trash who live there. Charlie Allnut's least favorite film. Bruno Ve Sota, Ken Clark and Yvette Vickers star in this Roger and Gene Corman production. 128 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital; theatrical trailers; more.
"X"--The Man With X-Ray Eyes [DVD](1963) DVD
Classic "B" sci-fi drama from Roger Corman stars Ray Milland as a scientist who invents a serum that replaces those X-ray specs in the comics books and experiments on himself...only to find that too much vision is a dangerous thing. "If thine eye offend thee..." With Diana Van Der Lis, Don Rickles and the great Dick Miller. 79 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; audio commentary by Corman; theatrical prologue; theatrical trailer.
The Creature From The Haunted Sea [DVD](1961) DVD
Who but director Roger Corman could offer up a slice of terror that combines fugitive American gangsters in the Caribbean, an undersea monster and a Castro-like dictator? Half-horror/half-spoof stars Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland and Beach Dickerson. 114 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; scene access. Plays All Regions.
The Masque Of The Red Death (1964)/The Premature Burial [DVD](1962) DVD
Double feature of Roger Corman-directed Poe shockers opens with Vincent Price as the amoral medieval Prince Prospero, who holds an elegant ball for his sadistic friends while a plague ravages the land, but is shocked to find an uninvited guest...Death. With Hazel Court, Jane Asher. Next, Ray Milland is the man whose fear of being buried alive becomes a horrifying reality. Hazel Court, Alan Napier co-star. 170 min. total. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; interviews; theatrical trailers.
Attack Of The Crab Monsters [DVD](1957) DVD
Roger Corman's sci-fi favorite tells of a group of scientists studying the effects of atomic radiation on a Pacific island. Eventually, they encounter monstrous crustaceans with the ability to communicate using the voices of their human victims. Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Mel Welles, Russell Johnson and Ed Nelson star. 66 min. Soundtrack: English; photo gallery; theatrical trailer; scene access.
Ski Troop Attack [DVD](1960) DVD
Produced and directed by Roger Corman, this effective wartime thriller makes good use of amazing action sequences depicting a ragtag band of soldiers who are assigned the impossible task of infiltrating Nazi territory to destroy a vital railway bridge. Stars Michael Forest and Richard Sinatra. 63 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo. Plays All Regions.
The Last Woman On Earth [DVD](1960) DVD
On a boat in the Caribbean following WWIII, a gangster and lawyer fight to decide who'll get to repopulate the planet with the titular female, the mobster's moll. Offbeat Roger Corman sci-fi drama puts screenwriter Robert Towne (``Chinatown'') in front of the camera using the name "Edward Wain." 64 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
She Gods Of Shark Reef [DVD](1956) DVD
Pearl-diving beauties inhabit a deserted tropical island. Two brothers, one good and one bad, disrupt their adventures in paradise. Say "aloha" for action, sensuality and sharks. Don Durant and Bill Cord star in this Roger Corman extravaganza. 63 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
The Tomb Of Ligeia (1965)/An Evening Of Edgar Allan Poe [DVD](1970) DVD
Newlywed Elizabeth Shepherd detects something strange about new husband Vincent Price's nocturnal habits: It seems he likes to snuggle with his late first wife, who was her exact double. Roger Corman directs this filming of Poe's thriller; scripted by Robert Towne ("Chinatown"). Then, Price shines in a one-man stageshow as he recites four classic Poe stories: "The Telltale Heart," "The Sphinx," "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Pit and the Pendulum. " 135 min. total. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; interviews; theatrical trailer.
The Haunted Palace (1963)/The Tower Of London [DVD](1962) DVD
Vincent Price turns in a classic creepy performance as the heir to a New England mansion who begins carrying out his evil ancestor's plans of practicing human sacrifices and creating a race of horrifying mutants. Debra Paget and Lon Chaney, Jr. also star. Then, Price stars as power-hungry King Richard III, who let nothing--not even murder--stand between him and the throne of England. With Michael Pate, Joan Freeman. 167 min. total. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; interviews; theatrical trailers.
The Wasp Woman [DVD](1959) DVD
Cosmetics producer Susan Cabot thinks she's discovered a new age-retarding cream, but learns that the ``wasp enzymes'' in the formula turn her into an insect-headed monster at night! Horrific (dare we say it?) ``B''-movie from Roger Corman co-stars Michael Marks, Barboura Morris. 73 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
Herschell Gordon Lewis (director)
Blood Feast [DVD](1963) DVD
The first "splatter film" from gore auteur Herschell Gordon Lewis. An ancient Egyptian cult that thrived on human sacrifices is resurrected in a modern metropolis, under the guise of...a catering service! The unprecedented display of slashing, murder and dismemberment stars Mal Arnold, Connie Mason. 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; audio commentary by Lewis; art gallery; outtakes; theatrical trailer; bonus short "Carving Magic."
Two Thousand Maniacs [DVD](1964) DVD
What do you get when you mix "The Beverly Hillbillies" with "Brigadoon" and toss in oodles of blood, gore and violence? You get H.G. Lewis' tale of townsfolk massacred during the Civil War who come back to life to torture unwary Yankee tourists. Playboy centerfold Connie Mason stars. Y'all come back now, y'hear? 75 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; audio commentary by Lewis; outtakes; art gallery; theatrical trailer.
Color Me Blood Red [DVD](1965) DVD
H.G. Lewis' look at the art world follows a struggling painter who cannot complete his latest work until after killing his girlfriend and finding just the right shade of red. He becomes a hit, but must maintain a steady supply of the special pigment. "They say Gauguin was obnoxious, too!" Don Joseph stars. 78 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; audio commentary by Lewis; outtakes; art gallery; theatrical trailer.
The Wizard Of Gore [DVD](1970) DVD
Illusion defies reality (or does it?) when Montag the Magician performs his amazing tricks of mutilation on female volunteers from the audience...but will a nosy local TV personality bring the curtain down on his all-too-real act? All of the gore and horror effects that H.G. Lewis fans have come to expect, plus a wild "zen" ending. With Ray Sager. 95 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; audio commentary by Lewis; art gallery; theatrical trailer.
Blood Feast 2: All You Can Eat [DVD](2002) DVD
Nearly 40 years after his crimson-stained creation launched the "splatter film" genre, B-movie legend Herschell Gordon Lewis returns with a shock-filled sequel. Faud Ramses III, grandson of the original cannibalistic caterer, follows in his grandpappy's gruesome footsteps, chopping up beautiful women in bizarre cult sacrifices. J.P. Delahoussaye, Toni Wynne, Christy Brown star; look for John Waters in a cameo as a clergyman. Uncut, unrated version. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English; audio commentary by Lewis.
Bela Lugosi (star)
White Zombie [DVD](1932) DVD
An overlooked but impressively moody early horror film set on a Haitian plantation whose workers are members of that most elite of clubs, the "living dead." Bela Lugosi stars as the leader of the zombies; with Madge Bellamy, Robert Frazer. 73 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
The Death Kiss [DVD](1932) DVD
A movie studio is shrouded in mystery when its top star is murdered on the set, and everyone is a suspect. Bela Lugosi plays a temperamental actor who's the most likely suspect, alongside "Dracula" co-stars Edward Van Sloan, David Manners. 75 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo. Plays All Regions.
The Human Monster (1939)/Mystery Liner [DVD](1934) DVD
Moody thriller, based on an Edgar Wallace story, stars Bela Lugosi as the diabolical Dr. Orloff, who takes in blind vagrants and then tortures and kills them for the insurance money. With Greta Gynt, Hugh Williams. AKA: "Dark Eyes of London." "Dead Eyes of London." Then, deranged captain Noah Beery, Sr. and watchman George "Gabby" Hayes are just two of the suspicious seafarers in this well-made Monogram suspenser, as spies resort to murder to stop an inventor from testing his ship-controlling device. With Ralph Lewis, Astrid Allwyn. 137 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.
The Return Of Chandu [DVD](1934) DVD
You'll lose yourself in Bela Lugosi's hypnotic gaze when he stars as that mystic do-gooder, Chandu the Magician (although, in the 1932 film of the same name, he played Chandu's enemy, Roxor). In this exciting serial, Lugosi uses his powers to rescue a kidnapped woman from a black magic cult on the island of Lemuria. Maria Alba, Dean Benton also star. 12 chapters; 208 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; scene access. Plays All Regions.
Phantom Ship [DVD](1935) DVD
This suspense thriller, based on an actual event, concerns the Mary Celeste, a ship found in the middle of the ocean in 1872 at full sail, but without a single person on board and no clue as to the crew's whereabouts! Bela Lugosi plays a mad seaman seeking revenge against those who wronged him; Shirley Grey and Arthur Margaretson co-star. AKA: "The Mystery of the Mary Celeste." 62 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Postal Inspector [DVD](1936) DVD
Ricardo Cortez stars as the hero of one of the government's unsung branches, hot on the trail of mail thief Bela Lugosi. Unusual crime thriller features a look at quack medical projects actually sold through the mail and newsreel footage of '30s floods in the eastern U.S. With Patricia Ellis, Hattie McDaniel. 60 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; theatrical trailers; scene access.
The Corpse Vanishes (1942)/Devil Bat [DVD](1941) DVD
Bela Lugosi is great in this horror tale of a sinister mad scientist who kidnaps and murders brides in order to rejuvenate his aging wife. With Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin. Then, kindly country doctor Bela Lugosi is not suspected to be the crazy fiend who trains his bats to attack anyone wearing a certain perfume. Also starring Dave O'Brien, of "Reefer Madness" fame. AKA: "Killer Bat." 133 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Invisible Ghost [DVD](1941) DVD
Bela Lugosi stars as a doctor unnerved by the apparent reappearance of his late wife. What follows is a web of deception, murder and terror. Betty Compson, Peggy Ann Young and Clarence Muse co-star. 64 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Spooks Run Wild [DVD](1941) DVD
The East Side Kids (Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and crew) are on their way to summer camp when one of them is shot and they end up in a creepy castle. The owner is Bela Lugosi who the Kids think is a real bloodsucker. When Gorcey is given a drug that appears to have turned him into a zombie, things gets scarier--and funnier! With Angelo Rossitto, Dennis Moore and Dorothy Short. 63 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Plays All Regions.
Invisible Ghost [DVD](1941) DVD
Bela Lugosi stars as a doctor unnerved by the apparent reappearance of his late wife. What follows is a web of deception, murder and terror. Betty Compson, Peggy Ann Young and Clarence Muse co-star. 64 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
Black Dragons [DVD](1942) DVD
Bela Lugosi and Clayton (``The Lone Ranger'') Moore star in this exciting war-time tale about Japanese espionage in America and the ringleader, a Nazi doctor. 60 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
The Ape Man [DVD](1943) DVD
Bela Lugosi is the doctor monkeying around with the forces of Nature, only to turn into a rampaging man-beast in this low-budget shocker from William "One Shot" Beaudine ("Billy the Kid vs. Dracula"). 64 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo. Plays All Regions.
Return Of The Vampire [DVD](1943) DVD
Bloodsucker Bela Lugosi is on the prowl in war-torn London, starting his own bloody blitzkrieg in this effective low-budget chiller that also stars Nina Foch and Matt Willis as Lugosi's werewolf henchman. 69 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital; Subtitles: English, French, Japanese, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
The Gorilla (1939)/Nabonga [DVD](1944) DVD
Haunted house hi-jinx with the Ritz Brothers as bumbling private eyes investigating a series of murders. Their main suspect...a gorilla? Patsy Kelly helps with the laughs; Lionel Atwill and Bela Lugosi supply the chills. Then, a gorilla named Nabonga warms up to a teenage girl whose plane, which was also carrying a bundle of embezzled cash, crash lands in the Belgian Congo. Years later, Buster Crabbe sets out after the girl and must do battle with villains after the lost booty. With Julie London. 141 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.
One Body Too Many [DVD](1944) DVD
Insurance salesman Jack Haley must guard the body of a deceased millionaire until his will is read, but the corpse vanishes--and other bodies start taking its place--in this creepy mystery/comedy. Bela Lugosi plays a sinister butler; with Jean Parker, Lyle Talbot. 75 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono.
Scared To Death [DVD](1947) DVD
A mad hypnotist, his dwarf sidekick, and a dead woman who relates the eerie circumstances that led to her demise all make for an eerie tale of horror. Bela Lugosi, George Zucco, Joyce Compton, Angelo Rossitto star; Lugosi's only color film. 67 min.Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
My Son, The Vampire [DVD](1951) DVD
The last entry in Britain's "Old Mother Riley" comedy series features Bela Lugosi as a coffin-sleeping scientist who just needs fuel for his robot, then look out, London! Arthur Lucan reprises his role as boisterous Irish charwoman Riley. AKA: "Mother Riley Meets the Vampire," "Vampire Over London." 74 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Glen Or Glenda? (IChanged My Sex) [DVD](1952) DVD
Writer/director Ed Wood pseudonymously starred in this transvestite/sex-change docudrama that was his most autobiographical film. Will Glen's fiancee let him wear her angora sweater? Hear scientist-narrator Bela Lugosi warn viewers to "bevare of the big green dragon that sits on your doorstep," see daffy dream sequences, and learn the inner turmoil of men who wear "pink satin undies." With Dolores Fuller, Lyle Talbot. AKA: "I Led Two Lives." 67 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla [DVD](1952) DVD
What could possibly top a title like that? Mad scientist Bela needs human subjects he can turn into apes, when who should turn up at his jungle lab but Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo, two Martin and Lewis clones whose act was the subject of several lawsuits. Reportedly filmed in two weeks for $20,000...and it shows! AKA: "The Boys from Brooklyn." 72 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
Plan 9 From Outer Space [DVD](1958) DVD
Recognized on six continents as "the worst film ever made," this sci-fi travesty from Ed Wood features anti-nuclear aliens whose ships look like paper plates, Tor Johnson and Vampira as zombie slaves, Bela Lugosi in two minutes of stock footage (a stand-in with a cape took his place), and narration by famed psychic Criswell. "Can you prove it didn't happen?" 78 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; featurette.
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1958)/The Ed Wood Story [DVD](1992) DVD
Recognized on six continents as ``the worst film ever made,'' this sci-fi travesty from Ed Wood features anti-nuclear aliens whose ships look like paper plates, Tor Johnson and Vampira as zombie slaves, Bela Lugosi in two minutes of stock footage (a stand-in with a cape took his place), and narration by famed psychic Criswell. "Can you prove it didn't happen?" Plus, take a behind-the-schlock with this retrospective that tells the story of the man whose complete cinematic incompetence turned him into a legend. Includes interviews with Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Vampira, Bela Lugosi and Mrs. Wood herself, Dolores Fuller. 120 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English; theatrical trailers.
Barbara Steele (star)
Black Sunday (Unedited Version)(1960) VHS
The vampire fantasy from Mario Bava (his solo directorial debut) that made a horror goddess out of Barbara Steele. Condemned in the 1600s as a witch and gruesomely executed, Steele returns from the grave to massacre her family's survivors, including her look-alike descendant. With John Richardson, Ivo Garrani. AKA: "The Demon's Mask." 84 min. Uncut, European edition; 87 min.
Black Sunday (Uncut European Version) [DVD](1960) DVD
The vampire fantasy from Mario Bava (his solo directorial debut) that made a horror goddess out of Barbara Steele. Condemned in the 1600s as a witch and gruesomely executed, Steele returns from the grave to massacre her family's survivors, including her look-alike descendant. With John Richardson, Ivo Garrani. AKA: "The Demon's Mask." 84 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; audio commentary; filmographies; biography; theatrical trailer; poster gallery; photo gallery.
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock(1962) VHS
Bizarre Gothic horror about a necrophiliac doctor who accidentally kills his wife during a ``funeral game,'' then remarries to bring her back from the grave with his new wife's blood. Robert Flemyng, Barbara Steele star. 76 min.
Castle Of Terror (Castle Of Blood)(1964) VHS
Classic creeper from Antonio Margheriti ("Yor: The Hunter from the Future") detailing the horrific adventures of a British journalist who bets a visiting Edgar Allan Poe that he can stay in a haunted mansion overnight. Little does the journalist realize the terrors he's about to encounter. Barbara Steele, Georges Riviere star. AKA: "La Danza Macabra," "Long Night of Terror," "Tombs of Horror," "Tombs of Terror." 85 min.
Castle Of Terror (Castle Of Blood) [DVD](1964) DVD
Classic creeper from Antonio Margheriti ("Yor: The Hunter from the Future") detailing the horrific adventures of a British journalist who bets a visiting Edgar Allan Poe that he can stay in a haunted mansion overnight. Little does the journalist realize the terrors he's about to encounter. Barbara Steele, Georges Riviere star. AKA: "La Danza Macabra," "Long Night of Terror," "Tombs of Horror," "Tombs of Terror." 85 min.
The Ghost(1965) VHS
A woman murders her husband with dreams of owning his fortune in jewels, but when his spectre returns from the grave it's clear he's out for revenge...or is he? Bizarre chiller with British scream queen Barbara Steele, Peter Baldwin. 96 min. Dubbed in English.
The Ghost [DVD](1965) DVD
A woman murders her husband with dreams of owning his fortune in jewels, but when his spectre returns from the grave it's clear he's out for revenge...or is he? Bizarre chiller with British scream queen Barbara Steele, Peter Baldwin. 96 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono (dubbed); theatrical trailers; scene access.
Nightmare Castle [DVD](1965) DVD
Atmospheric European horror film about a doctor experimenting with the regeneration of human blood through electrical impulses. Barbara Steele stars in a dual role. 82 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; theatrical trailer; scene access.
Nightmare Castle(1966) VHS
Atmospheric European horror film about a doctor experimenting with the regeneration of human blood through electrical impulses. Barbara Steele stars in a dual role. 90 min.
The She-Beast(1966) VHS
The gorgeous Barbara Steele is the beast, a British tourist in Transylvania possessed by a witch. Ian Ogilvy and Mel Welles co-star in this spookfest, which also contains a bizarre anti-Communist sub-plot. 88 min.
The She-Beast [DVD](1966) DVD
The gorgeous Barbara Steele is the beast, a British tourist in Transylvania possessed by a witch. Ian Ogilvy and Mel Welles co-star in this spookfest, which also contains a bizarre anti-Communist sub-plot. 88 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; theatrical trailers; scene access. Plays All Regions.
