Sinister Cinema

Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Edmund Purdom, Amedeo Nazzari. Here is a quality sword and sandal epic with a great cast that has been overlooked for years. Crain plays the stunning Egyptian beauty, Nefertiti. Purdom desires her but is foiled at every turn by an evil high priest who twice imprisons him. She eventually marries the Pharaoh and after his death becomes the queen of all Egypt. The high priest then attempts a military takeover! Some good action scenes follow. Price is most convincing...

Gene Autry, Wheeler Oakman, Frankie Darro, Betsy King Ross, Smiley Burnette. This is the condensed feature version of The Phantom Empire serial, mastered from a nice, orginal 16mm print. Definitely worth having if you're not up to sitting through an entire 12 chapter serial.

Rik Van Nutter, Gilda Lousek, Andrea Aureli, Duilio Marzio. William of Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades to free the Saxons from bondage in twelfth-century England. He claims the hand of a beautiful maiden and rescues her from danger. Not bad. Good color, 16mm.

Peter Cushing, Tony Britton, Thorley Walters, Donald Pleasence, Ian Bannen. Cushing heads a research lab that has created a super virus that cures bubonic plague. The government sees it as a horrible germ-warfare weapon and forbids them to publish their work. Will they publish anyway or give it to another government? This great thriller keeps you guessing to the end. From 16mm.

Alan Steel. This rare, color Italian epic incorporates all the legends of Hercules, Samson, Maciste and Ursus. The climax features a battle royale. Color, from 16mm.

Joachim Hansen, Senta Berger, Peter Carsten. The chilling tale of a series of grisly murders at a famed English Hotel. A German production filmed in Great Britain. From 16mm.

Nick Stuart, Lucy Browne, Ray Lawrence. An Oriental maniac baffles police with murders and drug trafficking. A detective, called in to help, discovers a mystic cult and witnesses a white woman materializing from a stone idol! Secrets of Chinatown is filled with lurking Chinamen, secret panels, bizarre sets, etc. Cheap, but a Forgotten Horrors must. From 16mm.

Rossana Podesta, Philippe Leroy, Gaston Moschin. A great movie. The Professor Leroy and his men are captured by U.S. agents during an attempted train robbery. To avoid jail, they must kidnap a Latin dictator. The film is filled with cool sci-fi gadgets, including flying jetpacks. Austin Powers would love this fast moving, groovy sci-fi intrigue thriller. Podesta is a wow! From nice color 16mm print.

Lee Hollard, Kenneth Douglas, Lewis Galen, Bill Rogers, Lawrence Tobin, produced by K. Gordon Murray. A sleazy evangelist puts the move on a small town shanty tramp. She then makes a move on a local black kid, which eventually gets him killed after her drunken pappy walks in on them she starts crying rape when this happens!. The confrontation scene between her and her pappy after he learns it wasn't really rape is unforgettable. She eventually goes crawling back to the sleazy evangelist. The...

John Loder, Donald Wolfitt. A really well made British murder mystery from British Gaumont studios. Story opens with a dead body found in a trunk. Who's the cold-blooded killer? Definitely recommended for all mystery fans. 16mm.

Karin Dor, Siegfried Lowitz, Harald Leipnitz, Ilse Steppat. The setting is a girls' school where a hooded killer, "the Monk," lashes his victims to death with a whip. Scotland Yard tries to track him down, but more slayings occur before they can find the killer. One of the last black-and-white Wallace chillers. From a top 16mm print.

Fox - Tom Mix, Eva Novak, Sid Jordan, J. Farrell MacDonald, William Buckley, Adele Warner. This very top-notch western was shot on location in the Grand Canyon and features some fabulous cinematography. Tom is a tough cowboy undercover agent investigating the smuggling of Chinese laborers across the Mexican border. During his investigation, Tom comes upon a girl who has wandered away from her companions and become lost. He tries to help her but is captured by the smugglers! Little does he know...