The wife of a Greek shipping tycoon has a love affair with her stepson.
Three shocking tales of horror that take you beyond fear. 1 French Riviera. Four students make a documentary about paranormal phenomena in the mountains nearby. 2 A man arrive by night in a lonely abandoned Motel: The Innkeeper give to him a room even if they are not accepting guest. In the night the stranger hear a woman's steps and voices... and his skin start to change... 3 An old man committed suicide in front of her little grand daughter on the day of her birthday. Fifteen years later she...
A radio crooner and his hunchbacked accompanist (Ralph Forbes) become so famous for their daily broadcasts that gangsters try to muscle in on their lucrative career. But there is a dark secret behind each of the singer's programs and soon a cold-blooded murder stops the music. This absorbing, musical mystery is from an era when radio was king and superstars were heard --- but rarely seen.
Cowboy legend Hoot Gibson pretends to be a city slicker with two left feet to suss out who killed his father in this rare silent western comedy.
A monstrous, eight foot tall robot with a fearsome face and sharp, fang-like teeth emerges from a vault in the laboratory of the mad Dr. Alex Zorka. The insane scientist hopes to create an army of such monsters in his bid to conquer the world. He's also developed an invisibility ray, discovered a deadly new element from outer space and mastered the secret of suspended animation. The U.S. government would like to take control of Zorka's scientific breakthroughs, but the scientist is more...
The complete "The Phantom Creeps" serial on two DVDs.
A mysterious UFO crashes near Los Angeles and unleashes an invisible alien from an unknown planet. "The Phantom" goes on an unwitting rampage of death and destruction as it struggles for survival in a strange new world. A group of valiant scientists race against the clock to find the creature before further disaster ensues. This remarkably serious film noir documentary-styled science-fiction epic was directed by W. Lee Wilder (Billy's brother) who was also responsible for such similarly sober...
An alien-being lands in Santa Monica. Killing two people who attacked him due to the menacing appearance of his spacesuit, the creature takes it off while being pursued by government authorities, revealing himself to be invisible.
The film starts out with an unidentified object hurtling from Alaska to the California coast, where the object seems to disappear. Mobile communications folks are sent out to determine the source of interference suddenly wreaking havoc in the area, and these guys keep bumping into cops investigating murders and other acts of destruction. Soon, these different forces team up with an army man and a scientist, and everyone eventually comes to the amazing conclusion that the source of all the...
The Employees of an indoor amusement park face a nightmarish reality when a killer emerges, fixated on the park's fictional character. Amidst the carnival atmosphere, survival becomes a twisted game in this chilling tale of haunted pasts.
The lights of Broadway turn blood red when an actor is killed during a performance. Critic Tony Woolrich is in attendance reviewing the production but neglects to cover the more dramatic backstage story. Blasted by his editor for missing a great opportunity, Tony is determined to solve the mystery. The murder victim turns out to be the brother of famous actor Cecil Moore. A second murder follows, this time a former employee in Moore's theater company. Tony's investigation leads him to Moore's...
Keye Luke steps into the role of Mr. Wong, the celebrated detective. This time Wong is investigating the murder of a famous architect. This little pearl from Monogram Pictures, which also stars Grant Withers and Lotus Long, was directed by Phil Rosen, a well known director of the silent film era who later became known for directing many of Monogram's Charlie Chan movies. Also, keep an ear open for the musical score by five time Oscar nominee Edward Kay!
Who killed Jenny Wren? An added undercurrent of excitement accompanied this atmospheric mystery's arrival at movie houses. A multi-episode radio version had preceded the release of the film, and listeners were invited to vie for prizes by submitting their ideas on how the broadcast's cliffhanger ending should resolve. Would one of those submittals end up on the screen? Fans would have to see the movie to find out! Karen Morley portrays unfortunate Jenny, who plans to blackmail her rich and...
Worldwide Films was the biggest of the big, the grandest of the grand. But the era of dream factories has gone, replaced by the era of quick-bucks real estate. It's time to sell the studio, parcel by parcel. Not so fast, a mysterious someone says -- someone who has secretly lived amid the sets and soundstages for decades, someone who will kill to preserve his backlot home. The Phantom of Hollywood lures movie fans with its luminous cast and a remember-when nostalgia that includes clips from...
An escape artist (John Gilbert) attempts to clear his name after being convicted of murder in this imaginative mystery thriller based on the novel Cheri-Bibi et Cecily by Gaston Leroux (The Phantom of the Opera). When the father (C. Aubrey Smith) of the woman he loves (Leila Hyams) is murdered by the Marquis Du Touchais (Ian Keith), society magician Cheri-Bibi (Gilbert) is framed, convicted and sentenced to death. Escaping from his prison cell, Bibi confronts the ailing Marquis, who admits to...
A maniacal killer stalks the red light district of London in a deadly quest for vengeance. Inspector Patton of Scotland Yard searches for answers in the shadowy underworld of Soho sex clubs. What he uncovers is a conspiracy of murder, rape, white slavery and insurance fraud. One by one, more witnesses and suspects fall prey to the Phantom's blade. Adapted from a novel by Bryan Edgar Wallace, The Phantom Of Soho is a superbly acted and directed German "krimi" utilizing elements of the mystery...
One of the greatest horror thrillers of all time, this classic silent film features the original restored color sequence. The majestic Paris Opera House rises high above the catacombs, the long forgotten dungeons and torture chambers of the city of Paris. Lon Chaney gives his greatest performance as the Phantom, the vengeful composer who wears a mask to hide his hideous deformed face. His love for a young prima donna takes a sinister turn when he abducts her and carries her away to his lair in...
A ghostly phantom horseman terrifies a frontier town where a spunky city girl, Jeanne Moore (Beth Marion) has come to claim her inheritance. She soon teams up with two-fisted cowboy Jerry Lane (Tom Tyler) and unearths a secret treasure map that leads to a fortune in gold. The trail to the treasure twists unexpectedly as the duo is aided by a mysterious (but musical) cockney butler, Eddie. A sinister Mexican housekeeper, Perdita (Soldedad Jimenez from the 1930 The Cat Creeps) spies on their...
Fifteen years after the murder of his father, Jim Lester (Tom Tyler) has a chance run in with Francisco Cortez, the very man convicted of the crime. The escaped prisoner swears he's innocent, and claims that one of seven men in the town of Rawdon is really the trigger man. Cortez makes his way to the town to prove his innocence, and Lester follows closely on his heels, hoping to get to the bottom of the mystery. Upon his arrival in Rawdon, Jim is immediately thrust into the center of a dark...
Are we alone? Is anybody out there? Meet the scientists of SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, who monitor the radiowaves of deep space for signs of intelligent life. Discover why scientists agree that life as we know it can exist in many places throughout the universe. Hear incredible firsthand accounts of alien abductions -- and learn why SETI astronomers question these mysterious visitations from unearthly beings. National Geographic gives you an insightful look into the...
Ken Maynard was the roughest, toughest, straight-shootin'est picture-makin'est hombre who ever laid siege to Old Hollywood. Ken Mitchell (Maynard) inherits both the ranch and bad reputation of an uncle who had been suspected of provoking a disastrous outbreak of stampedes. The distrustful ranchers will have none of Ken's help, so he insinuates his way into a murderous outlaw gang. He learns that a big-shot cattleman named Collins is secretly the real culprit and suits himself up as the Phantom...
Secret service agent Tim Hayes (Tim McCoy) is called in to crack a ring of counterfeiters who have killed two federal men and kidnapped a treasury engraver to produce fake currency. Hayes tracks down the desperadoes and steals their horses and their phony money. Sharpe, the crooked leader of the gang, comes face to face with Hayes and is overcome with thoughts of revenge. Thinking quickly, Tim cons the outlaw into handing the bogus bills over to him for laundering. With millions at stake, the...
Cowboy hero Tim McCoy stars as Tim Hayes, a two-fisted G-Man working for the FBI on a counterfeit money case. The incredibly daring Hayes infiltrates a gang that has kidnapped a Treasury Department engraver. Under the direction of Poverty Row icon Sam Newfield, McCoy turns in another of his legendary slam-bang performances, making Phantom Ranger a perennial favorite of B-Western fans.
A stagecoach firm reels over the news of the third holdup attempt in two months, the last of which resulted in the murder of one of their best drivers. Glen Hayden (William Bishop, The Killer That Stalked New York), the man who prevented the most recent robbery, is hired by the firm to drive for them while investigating the murder. What he doesn't know is that a rival firm is responsible for the holdups, and that they have created an armored, driverless stagecoach to rob future deliveries and...