John Wayne was still a few years from major stardom when he appeared as John Mason, a man seeking revenge for his father's murder. Marion Burns stars as Alice, Mason's love interest, while Reed Howes stars as Mason's friend and rival for Alice's affection. When Mason finally tracks down the man responsible for his father's death, will Ben help, or stand in his way? Produced by Lone Star Pictures, the group behind many of Wayne's early films, The Dawn Rider is a stirring yarn about the price of...
These vintage government films try to convince the average citizen that nuclear war is no big deal. After you get over that pesky radiation sickness, you'll be back to work in no time, at least until the next major nuclear exchange. THE DAY CALLED 'X' (1955): Glenn Ford hosts this chilling vision of what could happen on the day the bomb falls...The Day Called 'X'! For this Civil Defense documentary, 10,000 people in Portland, Oregon ("more or less the size of Hiroshima", according to Ford)...
In The Day It Came To Earth (1979) a glowing meteor falls into a secluded pond into which Mafia hitmen have dumped the body of one of their victims. In Tender Dracula (1974), two writers and their girlfriends visit the castle of an actor who specializes in playing vampire roles.
BACK ON DVD! Nathanael West's novel about Hollywood decadence in the late '30s is a brilliant piece of filmmaking. A deeply insightful work that is powerful in its presentation, staggering in its vision. Director John Schlesinger is masterful in creating a world of platinum blondes, cockfights, glamour and broken dreams. And throughout, he plays on the edge of sexual and physical danger which finally erupts in the shocking climax. Oscar nominations went to Burgess Meredith and cinematographer...
The history-making launch of the first man into space takes an unexpected turn when Astronaut McLaren (Paul Hubschmid) is forced to eject from his ship, leaving the rocket on an uncontrolled journey into the cosmos. Soon there are mysterious occurrences on Earth, including a disturbing bright sphere surrounded by a halo in the sky. The renegade rocket has generated a cataclysmic chain reaction. A vast field of meteorites is hurtling on a collision course with Earth, causing tidal waves and...
The passing of time does not diminish the childhood connection of two friends, a young boy and a girl, who were bound by a promise. Life has been successful and full for both, yet neither gave up the search for the other. The father of the boy had abandoned him, putting him in a place to find a new home and hope. The girl experienced a natural disaster, which moved her and her family far away. Yet the bond between them wouldn't break as they realize the divine help they have in bringing their...
Jesse James has set upon the plains, robbing trains and filling the newspapers with his exploits. His ability to escape justice forces the government to offer a $50,000 reward for his capture and every sheriff and bounty hunter in the west is on his trail. Roy Rogers, skeptical of James' exploits - robbing Minnesota one day and Missouri the next - begins his own investigation of the facts. When a massive bank robbery is blamed on Jesse James, Roy and Gabby set out to find the crook and join...
Dariko, the only local television journalist in a small town in Georgia, strives from one report to the next to provide a pseudo-ethnographical portrait of a community and its traditions. Like Virgil with Dante, she leads director Salome Jashi through the Georgian "circles of hell" in a microscopic tragi-comedy that reveals a country in perpetual transition.
In The Dead Are Alive (1972), a photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead. In Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974), a cop chases two hippies suspected of a series of Manson family-like murders; unbeknownst to him, the real culprits are the living dead.
A young couple arrives at a mysterious old mansion. They are greeted by the mansion's only occupant, the housekeeper, who is dedicated to the dead mistress of the house. What does he know about the dark secrets held within the sinister walls? That night the couple is slain by a murdering ghost! Other guests that follow seem to be in line for the same, horrible fate. Subtitled in English. From 16mm.
Maya wakes up alive after committing suicide and strangely finds herself caught up in surreal circumstances where she meets a man claiming to be dead who takes her on a journey crossing lines between illusions and reality.
The Dead End Kids join the war effort in this feature-length version of the Universal serial Junior G-Men of the Air, never before available on DVD! The fiendish Black Dragon Society, led by the sinister Baron (perennial B-movie villain Lionel Atwill) plots to pave the way for an Axis invasion of the U.S.A. by destroying America's defenses. When their plans are discovered by the Dead End Kids, the gang is too suspicious of "the coppers" to ask for help. The FBI send in their Junior G-Men to...
The Dead End Kids smash a spy ring in this feature-length version of the Universal serial Junior G-Men, never before available on DVD! Billy, the leader of the Dead End Kids, learns that his scientist father has been captured by the "Order of the Flaming Torch." This group of fifth columnists plans to use America's biggest brains to destroy the country from within. When the saboteurs outwit the gang's street smarts, the kids have no choice but to ask the FBI for help. The feds send in their...
Hidden among the ominous shadows of the dark, narrow streets of London, a monstrous man with glazed white eyes waits for his next victim. An elderly gentleman stumbling through the fog crosses the creature's path and is carried off by the fiend. Later fished out of the Thames, the victim is the latest in a series of strange deaths in which wealthy foreigners are found drowned on foggy nights - all the owners of large insurance policies. Inspector Holt of Scotland Yard suspects the deaths are...
The Deadly Companions is a classic 1961 American Western starring Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Steve Cochran and Chill Wills. The movie is based on a novel of the same name and is the directorial debut of Sam Peckinpah. When her young son is killed in a bank robbery, a widowed dance hall hostess, Kit Tilden (Maureen O'Hara) is determined to bury her son by his father in Siringo which is now deserted and located in Apache territory. The ex-army sergeant who accidentally killed her son,...
A woman and an ex-army officer who killed her son travel through dangerous Indian territory to bury the child.
An unholy alliance! Marking the feature film debut of one of Hollywood's most influential and widely referenced auteur directors, Sam Peckinpah, The Deadly Companions centers on a redemptive journey to escort a funeral procession through dangerous Indian Territory. Featuring fine work from a top-notch cast that includes the inimitable Maureen O'Hara at the height of her illustrious career, Peckinpah's first foray into film provides a promising glance into the energetic and violent nature of...
It's man versus insect in The Deadly Mantis, a thrilling classic from the golden age of sci-fi cinema! When a giant, thousand-ton, carnivorous praying mantis is released from its million-year slumber in the frozen Arctic, a determined commander (Craig Stevens), a paleontologist (William Hopper) and a photojournalist (Alix Talton) work together to stop its terrible path of deadly destruction. As it walks, leaps and flies towards Washington DC, the fate of a nation rests on stopping the menacing...
Sheriff Kilpatrick makes sure his town lives by the rule of the law. "We must not allow guns to do our thinking for us," he decrees. But even a man as determined as Kilpatrick has his limits. When marauding outlaws kill his wife and son, he invokes a new rule: the rule of the gun. Richard Harris (A Man Called Horse, Unforgiven) portrays Kilpatrick, a deadly tracker seeking revenge. Kilpatrick is single-minded, unsparing and bullet-hard. Although his badge gives him no jurisdiction in Mexico,...
A mother fights to save her ailing daughter after a global pandemic worse than any seen before ravaged the planet, leaving resources so scarce you must pay for them with your life.
A leading man, who is a womanizer, is killed while shooting a film. Most of the women at the studio end up being suspects. When one is arrested, it is a writer that decides to demonstrate her innocence.
When an actor in a mystery film called The Death Kiss ends up killed during a drive-by shooting scene, the film's screenwriter Franklin Drew (David Manners) takes it upon himself to investigate. Among the suspects are an actress named Marcia Lane (Adrienne Ames), who is not only the dead actor's widow but also the screenwriter's lover, and Joseph Steiner, an arrogant studio executive played by Bela Lugosi. In this behind-the-scenes murder mystery, the film's director Edwin L. Martin reunites...
Holy Crap. Dick is dead. Died last night after band practice, and his bandmates, Zeke & Earl (Michael Abbott, Jr. & Andre Hyland), don't want anybody finding out how. That's too bad though, 'cause news travels fast in small town Alabama, and these guys suck at covering their tracks. The authorities haven't ID'd the body just yet, but Zeke's wife (Virginia Newcomb) and his daughter are suspicious already.