Sinister Cinema

Lon Chaney, Edith Roberts, Jack Mulhall. An outstanding crime melodrama with Lon as a convict hiding out in Chinatown. He assumes the identity of a cripple in order to track down the businessman who framed him 15 years earlier. He discovers his daughter has fallen in love the businessman's son. Music score. From 16mm.

This is a grim, superbly made Euro-horror film, much in flashback. Garco's car breaks down as he's driving through the dark countryside. He seeks help from a strange family. Their father insists he spend the night. He soon learns they have a mysterious secret and live in fear of a horrid wurdulak, who wishes to kill them all and transform them into the same kind of horrible creature. This is one of those movies where you don't know which character to trust. There are some intense heart-staking...

An excellent example of the kind of gritty, seedy, sleazy, el-cheapo exploitation-crime films what were made in the early-to-mid '60s. The Seventh Commandment, Shanty Tramp, The Sadist, and Commonlaw Wife are other prime examples. Featured here is South American beauty Nelida Lobato in her only starring American movie role. In addition to the fact that she's drop-dead gorgeous, she probably has the most lustful countenance of any actress who ever stepped in front of a camera. Her demeanor...

The setting is in the distant future. All the physical needs of mankind are provided for by an all-present "Machine," which controls men's lives through a vast series of tunnels inside the Earth. Man's every need is provided; he has gained the ultimate Utopia. But what if one day the machine stopped? This remarkable short made-for-TV feature explores the shock that would fall upon the spoiled descendants of humankind, and the horrifying possibility of having to return to Earth's surface. Fine...

Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Wilfred Lawson, Stewart Granger. Calvert is the down-on-her-luck damsel in this polished Victorian melodrama. Mason is great as the dastardly fellow who kills her stepfather and gets away from it. He then has designs on her. Granger is so young the hero and Fanny’s love interest. From 16mm.

A real guilty pleasure a film so crappy that it's very enjoyable; and it's just filled with '70s drive-in schlock. There's a psycho-killer roaming the midway at Coney Island! The killer picks out his victims, then slays and dismembers them. It's not pretty. The local DA investigates, but in spite of the peril he still brings his fiancee to join him for some fun on the midway. We love this film. Watch for the crowd reactions to the first decapitation scene you'll howl. This can only be...

Karin Dor, Joachim Fuchsberger, Horst Frank. One of the most sought-after Edgar Wallace films. A mysterious master detective, whose face is never seen, tries to stop a massive plot against the free world.

Harry is a taxi driver who finds an odd contraption on the back seat of his cab that renders him invisible. He soon uses it to gain wealth and fame. Watch for the scene at the racetrack where Harry scores a fortune. His servant, though, has other ideas, stealing the device and robbing a major bank. The climactic chase seen is great fun, with a cool twist ending. Piel made three sci-fi films in the '30s. This was the first. With English subs. 35mm.

Marisa Mell, Richard Conte, Anthony Steffen. Almost a horror film. A femme fatale worms her way into the mansion of a millionaire played by Conte. After disposing of him, she goes after his son. An interesting Italian, gothic thriller with a twisted, sardonic ending. From a nice color 35mm print.

This two-disc set features all six episodes of the classic fantasy-horror mini-series. A young girl is stuck in her home due to an illness. To pass the time she draws pictures that, amazingly, come to life in her dreams. She draws a house, which then appears in her dreams. Then she draws a boy in the upper window, who also appears in her dreams. In short, she can influence her dreams by changing her drawings; but when she draws a number of boulders around the house, her dreams become...

Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton.. Ming goes to Mars! That's right, and Flash Gordon is there to stop his maniacal plans. Feature version of "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars." Great fun. 16mm

Klaus Kinski, Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum. Scotland Yard investigate a grisly series of murders being orchestrated by a master criminal known as "The Shark". From 16mm.