Sinister Cinema

Kortner is great as the Sultan Abdul Hamid, who rules precariously over the Turkish Empire. He lives in constant fear of assassination, but his chief of security (Asther) does a good job making his enemies "disappear." But he is swept off his feet when a beautiful British stage star comes into his life. Lots of action and intrigue in this well-made thriller that features Aster in a particularly menacing role. A great music score. From 35mm.

John Hackett, Conrad Parkham, Ana Corita. An incredibly rare ghost thriller. The lone survivor of a blown out WWII bunker at Corregidor returns to the Philippines twenty years later. There he finds himself haunted by the ghosts of his former battalion. Very eerie. 16mm.

Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Richard Haubler. A robbery involving gold and bank notes eventually leads to the black mail of government official. It all leads to a forsaken castle and nightclub room known as "number 13". 16mm.

Paul Naschy, Vic Winner, Ingrid Garbo. Four weary travelers unknowingly take shelter Dracula's castle. Look out! Considered by many to be Nashy's best horror film. This is the totally uncut American release version that you saw in theaters back in the 1970s. Nothing is missing. Print and color quality are beautiful. Color, from 16mm.

Eddie Constantine. In this French espionage thriller, Eddie again plays the role that made him a star, Lemmy Caution. Lots of two fisted action. From 16mm.

These are the only two surviving episodes of the famed British six-part mini-series. Professor Quatermass and his Experimental Rocket Group send a man into space. When the spacecraft returns to Earth they find, inexplicably, that only one of the crewmen is still on board. They can only wonder what has happened to the missing crewmen, because something "strange" has happened to the surviving astronaut. When the rocket is examined, it's found that something organic attached itself to the hull...

A teenage school girl is raped on her way home. Years later, she and her newlywed husband move into a new house in the country. They soon begin to realize the house is haunted by the ghost of a strange man. Yet, somehow she finds herself strangely drawn to the ghost, while depriving her husband of any semblance of a romantic sex life. When a paranormal expert is called in, it's discovered there's more to the ghost than first suspected. This made-for-TV British film is well-played and genuinely...

Tom Conway, Delphi Lawrence, Brian Worth, Michael Balfour. Conway, in one of his last starring roles, is an investigator on the trail of a priceless, recently stolen stamp. His top suspect is the nephew of a beautiful lady that he has the hots for. 16mm.

What you've got here is a pretty well-made Euro horror comedy. Yes, there are plenty of laughs in this film, but they are blended in with many scary moments, all of which are enhanced by the film's chillingly gothic B&W photography. The setting is a school for wayward girls. One of the professors who's a bit beastly in appearance, has discovered a method of transferring his personality into the body of another. His first guinea pig is a handsome young professor, who then sets his sites on the...

This forgotten British old dark house thriller would have been a perfect fit for one of the Forgotten Horrors books. The setting is a creepy mansion filled with secret passageways, trap doors, snake pits, sliding floors, and secret rooms. Pusey's uncle is the mansion's owner who is slain by a falling pillar, pushed over from above by an unknown killer. Inside the mansion gather a number of mysterious people: a sinister Oriental doctor and his servants, a bumbling yet sly butler, a secretive...