Newlyweds Webster and Jackie Frye (James Dunn and Florence Rice) arrive at an old country house for their honeymoon. They are horrified to discover a dead body. When the corpse disappears, a bumbling team of policemen confine them there for the night, along with the next-of-kin who've arrived to claim it. Unbeknownst to any of them, a gang of jewel thieves are hot on the trail of a fortune in diamonds which is also hidden in the house. Writer Morey Amsterdam keeps the pace swift and the...
Bill Temple sets up a printing press in town determined to publish a paper that will expose crime boss Jim Blane and send him to the gallows. Blane sends a hired gunman to shoot down his nemesis, but it is Temple who survives the ensuing gunfight. When the town is emptied by the news of a gold rush, Blane seizes the opportunity to rob the bank and flee for the border, knowing that Bill Temple will be hot on his trail.Hollywood stunt man Bill Cody landed his first starring role in Dangerous...
In 1973 Peter Sellers, one of the biggest comedy actors at the time, embarked on a pirate comedy for Columbia Pictures. He lost confidence with the film immediately and tried to sabotage it, firing the producers before turning on his friend (and the film's young director), Peter Medak. Despite an illustrious career and the passing of 43 years since the unraveling of the production, Medak is still reeling from the disastrous experience and healing from the wounds inflicted by Peter Sellers and...
Escaped convict Jim Bullard returns to the Arizona ranch stolen from him by Hank Rascob, boss of a trigger-happy gang of thieves and rustlers. Operating from a secret cave hideout, Bullard tracks down and kills the Rascobs one by one, marking each corpse with an Ace of Spades. The outlaws suspect newly appointed deputy sheriff Dave Danford, never imagining that Jim Bullard is their true tormentor.In The Ghost Rider, Rex Lease is joined by a strong supporting cast. Silent-screen star Franklyn...
"A movie you may never have heard of but, after seeing it, one you will never forget." - The Bioscope The Ghost That Never Returns is an outstanding Soviet film by Abram Room, the director of Bed and Sofa (also available via Flicker Alley MOD). Released to little notice in 1930, it joins other very late silents to show the screen still developing high eloquence after the first talkies stopped silent cinema dead in its tracks. The story takes place at a South American oilfield where Jose Real...
As Jamie, a young lobsterman, rehabilitates his girlfriend after an accident on his boat, his life begins to fall apart. Not only are his lobster traps sabotaged, prompting a turf war on the water, but he is also falling in love with a new girl.
John Miljan, June Collyer, Spencer Charters. A group of actors find peril on a stormy night in an old dark house. A ghostly spectre is seen. Murder follows! Plenty of shudders.
In a small 1800s Massachusetts town, a student of theology becomes fascinated with a dilapidated old country mansion. He soon learns the place is haunted by the ghost of a beautiful young woman, whose father was responsible for her death. An arrangement has been made, though, between the ghost and the father whereby he is banned from the house in return for a ghost royalty, paid to him four times a year. This wonderful B&W gothic Euro-chiller is largely overlooked by horror film historians. It...
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square is a British comedy film starring Robert Morley and Felix Aylmer. The film was inspired by the enduring reputation of the property at 50 Berkeley Square as 'the most haunted house in London'. At a court in the afterlife a pair of disgraced 18th century soldiers are sentenced to haunt a mansion. Their sentences will be deemed complete only when the house has received royal visitors. Over the next two centuries, the ghosts try and fail to lure royalty to the...
A classic Japanese horror movie. The conniving mother of a Samurai warrior convinces her son to do away with his wife. He poisons her and kills her "supposed" lover. But the two come back from the grave and haunt him, seeking revenge. The scene where the dead rise from the swamp is amazing. And when the ghosts materialize, no samurai sword can fend them off. Chilling is an understatement. The climactic graveyard sequence is unforgettable. Wow. Creepy B&W cinematography. In Japanese with...
An enormous lizard frightens a Texas community and a daring teenager steps in to wipe out the creature.
A giant lizard terrorizes a rural Texas community with a heroic teenager attempting to destroy the creature.
Only Hell could breed such an enormous beast. Only God could destroy it! Well, if not God, how about a heroic hot-rodding teenager? That's the idea behind this independent slime fest from the same film company that produced another low budget "classic," The Killer Shrews. Both were directed by Ray Kellogg, a special effects specialist and second unit director who would eventually work on some of Hollywood's biggest pictures, including Cleopatra and The Green Berets. In 1959, though, it was all...
The Giant Gila Monster - Digitally Remastered. As seen on Mystery Science Theatre 3000! A couple of teenagers are reported missing in a small Texas town and it is thought they eloped. Sheriff Jeff turns to his friend, Clarence Winstead, a garage mechanic and leader of a hot-rod gang for help. A series of tragic motor accidents occurs and it becomes apparent that a GIANT GILA MONSTER is roaming the area and depleting the town of its citizens and passer-throughs, including two hot-rodding...
What started out as a documentary about homeless Vietnam War veteran and decorated hero turned into something much more complex when Richard Flaherty was killed in a suspicious hit-and-run accident. Dubbed by his peers "The Giant Killer," Flaherty was only 4' 9", the littlest person to serve in the US military. Rising to the rank of Special Forces Green Beret Captain and awarded the Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts for his 2 tours of Vietnam. However, his post-war life was...
A Persian horde is poised on the plains of Marathon, set to massacre the population of Athens. Led by the bloodthirsty dictator Darius, the invading army outnumbers the defenders six to one. Despite these insurmountable odds, Athenian champion Philippides refuses to abandon hope. Embarking on an arduous journey to Sparta, the hero tries to enlist the help of the neighboring army before taking to the battlefield to defend his people. Betrayal, cunning and bloodshed mark the final epic clash as...
The Giant of Metropolis (1961, 90 Minutes): Atlantis - 20,000 BC - From his secret laboratories in the capital city of Metropolis, Yoter governs the scientifically advanced people of the island continent with an iron fist. The Atlanteans are a dying race, unable to reproduce. In defiance of God and Nature, they have begun cruel and dangerous experiments to abnormally prolong life. A young warrior named Obro travels to Atlantis to assassinate Yoter and free the world of tyranny. The cunning...
In 1250 BC, Zeus's wrath descends upon the Kingdom of Thessaly, bringing on hoards of cruel, barbarian invaders from the East and violent volcanic eruptions from the surrounding mountainsides. Lava overflows the land and scorches the fields, leaving the populace starving and fearful. To abate Zeus's ire, Jason, legendary hero-leader of Thessaly, quests for the Golden Fleece. As he seeks this token of the divinely favored, Jason leaves the conniving Adrasto to rule in his absence. However,...
Oscar -nominee*and Golden Globe Winner** Cate Blanchett leads an incredible all-star cast including Aca my Award -winner*** Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry), Keanu Reeves (The Matrix), Katie Holmes (Wonder Boys), Giovanni Ribisi (Saving Private Ryan), and Oscar -nominee**** Greg Kinnear (As Good As It Gets) in this stylishly filmed mystery that's as eerie as a backwoods swamp with a dark secret beneath its even darker surface. Widow and mother of three, Annie Wilson (Blanchett), makes her living...
Highly diverse, yet incredibly compact, Maine's Acadia National Park has entranced generations of visitors with its rocky shorelines, deep forests and soaring mountains. Acadia is truly a place that gives back many gifts to those lucky enough to see it firsthand. Hosted by former NBC News correspondent and A&E "Biography" host Jack Perkins, this classic documentary celebrates the private philanthropy that created Acadia, and the continuing generosity of those who have cared for it throughout...
Christmas time at the home of George and Denise but all is not well - George is worried about a friend while Denise frets over the Christmas concert at their church. Solutions come to the fore on a Silent Night, when everyone is reminded of The Gift of Christmas.
A woman (Lauren Bacall) who learns that she doesn't have long to live decides to adopt a young girl so her husband (Robert Stack) will never be lonely. But will the child with the active imagination win over the scientifically minded man?
THE GIFTED tells the emotional story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family seeks help from an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive. Set within the "X-Men" universe, the series stars Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, Natalie Alyn Lind and Percy Hynes White as the STRUCKER family. Also featured in the series are Sean Teale as ECLIPSE/ MARCOS...
Produced in association with Marvel Television, and set in the "X-Men" universe, family adventure series The Gifted's first season ended with the Mutant HQ Atlanta Station under attack and ultimately destroyed. With things coming to a breaking point, two mutant factions formed, alliances shifted and relationships were put to the test. Sentinel Services, though weakened by the destruction of the Hound Program and departure of agent Jace Turner, is still hunting mutants. Season Two picks up six...