When Dr. Benson's experiments in suspended animation result in a man's death, he is forced to flee San Francisco with the police in hot pursuit. He boards a luxury liner to Australia but a shipwreck lands him and a handful of survivors on a remote tropical island. The island natives are NOT very welcoming until Dr. Benson demonstrates his godlike powers by reviving the comatose wife of the island chief. Now worshipped as a deity, the doctor's ego rages out of control as he begins to focus on...

John Barrymore stars as a sadistic impresario who will stop at nothing to achieve his ambitions in this wild and wicked pre-Code drama directed by Oscar winner Michael Curtiz (Casablanca, 1943). Crippled in mind and body, half-crazed puppeteer Ivan Tsarakov (Barrymore) fulfills his dream of becoming a ballet dancer through Fedor Ivanoff (Donald Cook), whom he trains to become the world's greatest danseur. Jealous of his pupil's success and fearing love will thwart Fedor's career, Tsarakov has...

When Dr. Morris experiments with a poisonous gas first used by the ancient Mayans in their sacrificial rites, he discovers that it produces a "death in life" state in the subject. It also has severe, irreversible side effects of advanced decomposition that can only be temporarily halted by a potent mixture of herbs and fresh human hearts. Guess who can't wait to test it on his unsuspecting lab assistant Ted? Grave-robbing, corpse desecration, murder and total madness follow. Despite the grisly...

A mad scientist changes his simple-minded handyman into a werewolf in order to prove his supposedly crazy scientific theories - and exact revenge.

Prolific B-movie master Sam Newfield (The Terror of Tiny Town, Dead Men Walk) helmed this tale of a scientist who turns his simple-minded handyman into a raving wolf creature. Why would he do such a thing? To turn the beast on his enemies, of course. Horror icons George Zucco and Glenn Strange star, along with Johnny Downs, Anne Nagel, and Mae Busch. It's yet another low budget gem from Hollywood's Poverty Row. Enjoy!

The Jazz Age has struck hard in the Herrington mansion. Three o'clock every afternoon is "starting time" when about a hundred of scion Jack's Herrington's closest friends descend upon the estate and the bootleg gin, debauchery and casual sex flow in abundance until the following morning. Jack's wastrel life is disturbed when Cathleen Gillis returns home from college and he falls hard for the beautiful working-class girl. He is faced with a impossible choice - give up booze and parties or lose...

The Madness of Max tells the inside story on the making of arguably the most influential movie of the past 30 years. With over 40 cast-and-crew interviews, hundreds of behind-the-scenes photographs and rarely-seen film footage of the shoot, this is without a doubt the last word on Mad Max (1979). Interviews include George Miller, Byron Kennedy, Mel Gibson, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Roger Ward, Joanne Samuel, David Eggby, Jon Dowding and many more. From the producers to the bike designers...

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.

Few stories have been able to entertain usas much as "The Wizard of Oz," by L. Frank Baum. Fourteen books writtenmore than 100 years ago, have thrilledgenerations. Most people are not awarethat Baum himself, produced several motionpictures himself, during the silent age. Join us for five silent classics, filmedfrom 1910 to 1925, presenting a differentview of OZ than many might be used to. The 1925 film features a young OliverHardy as the Tin Man.

One night while guarding the family wheat field, Ivan catches a beautiful flying horse. The magical animal provides Ivan with a team of horses

A princess who has been kidnapped and who is about to be fed to a dragon is championed by a brave son of a sorceress with the help of magic knights . It is all complicated by seven curses which have to be overcome.

Alpha Video Retrograde is an ever-growing collection of specially-selected films from our vast library on DVD, now in collectible retro-style packaging inspired by VHS cover art from that format's heyday! Every Alpha Video Retrograde title also includes a free collectible postcard.Driven by vengeance, an evil sorcerer (Basil Rathbone) kidnaps a princess vowing to feed the girl to a hideous fire-breathing dragon. The desperate king enlists the bravest knights in the land to free his daughter,...

In The Magical Pyramid, a teenage girl discovers a secret enchanted world and tries to lose her virginity there, amongst a coven of evil witches. In Ballerina Massacre, young, tormented dancers snap and go on a ruthless and erotic killing spree.

The Magnificent Dead takes place in the 1870's in the small Texas town of Rosewood where local rancher Jared Hamilton and his men have declared war on the town, using fear and death to prevent a new railroad line from coming through. Guided by a priest, Father Julian the desperate town leaders decide to hire a group of six gunmen to help clean up the town. These gunmen are legendary, as they are afflicted with Leprosy and fight with reckless abandon and ruthlessness, for they have nothing to...

While her husband is serving in the military during World War II, a young wife starts her own advertising business. She's a success, but a hitch develops when her husband returns and expects her to become a housewife again. Director Albert Rogell(In Old Oklahoma, Hit Parade of 1943) spins an amusing tale that was quite timely in its day, with help from a strong cast that includes Lynne Roberts, Warren Douglas, and Gerald Mohr, plus cinematography by Hollywood ace John Alton.

A dancer-turned-impresario, returns to his native Hungary after 20 years. He finds that the Communist regime that expelled him is gone, but his brother hasn't changed. He still works with the same cash-strapped dance company they started together and is married to his former sweetheart. The two men's rivalry is triggered with a challenge to revive their last success together, a dance on the ballad "The Maiden Danced to Death".

Can a penniless perfume magnate (Barbra Streisand) find happiness managing the career of a has-been prizefighter (Ryan O'Neal)? This screwball comedy answers that question...pow! right to the kisser! The two stars reignite their What's Up, Doc? chemistry seven years later, trading the script's verbal punches with the panache of the great '30s and '40s romantic duos. Director Howard Zieff (Private Benjamin, My Girl) sets them sparring all over Los Angeles, including two boxing landmarks, the...

Forged from simple raw materials, the gun is so durable it can last 100 years. It has few moving parts, but its design requires complex engineering. Its purpose is basic - and it performs it well as one of the most powerful destructive devices ever invented. Here is how it works.

Disgraced London doctor David Yorke is drinking himself into oblivion in a South Seas bar when he is called to the bedside of socialite Diana St. Claire who has been badly injured in a riding mishap. Smitten by Diana's beauty and kindness, David swears off the bottle, as he nurses her back to health. He returns to London, where he rises to prominence once again. Here he crosses paths with his beloved Diana, and is shocked to find her married to wealthy Gordon St. Claire, a notorious womanizer....

Claude Raintree, played by Ron Masak, creates toys and gives them to the local orphanage. Unfortunately some of these "creations" do more than they were designed to do. Hysterical neighbors and law enforcement can't control him and even the spy from a big city toy manufacturer gets caught up in a web of ultrasonic, over-the-top harebrained adventure. Along the way Claude tries to save his farm and the orphanage from foreclosure, marry his sweetheart of 12-years, Millie Swickle, and adopt an...

When Roder riders are being picked off one by one by a venomous snakebite, it is up tp John Weston to figure out who is killing the rodeo riders for prize money.

WHIRLING ROPES AND SNARLING GUNS IN THE GALLOPING GRIP OF A GLAMOROUS DRAMA! John Wayne stars as John Weston, a man hired to investigate shady doings at a local rodeo. It seems all the riders who are on the verge of winning end up dead. Along with Wayne, this tale of action on the range also stars the usual Lone Star Picture stock company, including Gabby Hayes and Yakima Canutt!

A squad of futuristic soldiers wakes up, somehow knowing they need to break into an enemy base. Their mission is so secret that they have been hypnotically programmed with their instructions and will only recall each step of their undertaking when they hear a pre-arranged cue. Although their plans seem infallible, gradually paranoia begins to overtake them. This short, well-made Brit TV feature keeps you guessing. PLUS: FREEDOM 2000 (1974) Richard Carlson, Ross Martin, Janet Waldo, Vic Perrin....

A young man's love for a woman becomes a life sentence. The harrowing, bizarre love affair between Edward Broder (Neil Patrick Harris) and Krista Herman (Anne Archer) begins when Edward, an 18-year old student, and Krista, a stunning married woman in her mid 30s, meet outside her husband's garment factory in 1910. The attraction is just as instantaneous as it is dangerous as her husband, Joe (Len Cariou), is a powerful businessman and she is a doting mother of a son the same age as Edward....