Rehash of classic Agatha Christie story about 10 people who believe they have won a trip to go on an African safari, but are soon killed off one by one by an unknown murderer. Read More »
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Dr. Crippen (1963) Robert Lynn, Donald Pleasence, Samantha Eggar, Coral Browne
A dramatization of Britain’s notorious Crippen murder case. American-born Hawley Harvey Crippen (nicknamed “Peter”), a mild-mannered Read More »
Halloween (1978) John Carpenter, Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran
The year is 1963, the night: Halloween. Police are called to 43 Lampkin Ln. only to discover that 15 year old Judith Myers has been stabbed to death, by her 6 year-old brother, Michael. Read More »
Halloween II (1981) Rick Rosenthal, Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers
In a continuation of the plot of Halloween, Michael Myers shows off his indestructability by resuming his murder spree despite being gunned down with six bullets in the original movie. Read More »
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960) John Gilling, Peter Cushing, June Laverick, Donald Pleasence, Crime, Drama, Horror
In 1828 Scotland, Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Knox does medical research on cadavers he buys from murderers Burke and Hare, without questioning the unethical procurement methods. Read More »
House of the Damned (1974) Gonzalo Suárez, Carmen Sevilla, Donald Pleasence, Michael Dunn, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Four villains seek to wrest from a mute girl the secret location of a prehistoric gold statuette discovered by her father. Read More »
Hell is a City (1960) Val Guest, Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Donald Pleasence, Crime, Thriller
Committed but seen-it-all police inspector Martineau rightly guesses that after a violent jailbreak a local criminal will head home to Manchester to pick up the spoils from his last job. Read More »
Death Line (1972) Gary Sherman, Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, David Ladd, Horror
There’s something pretty grisly going on under London in the Tube tunnels between Holborn and Russell Square. Read More »
Warrior Of The Lost World (1983) David Worth, Robert Ginty, Persis Khambatta, Donald Pleasence, Sci-Fi, Action
The Rider is traveling through a post-apocalyptic world on his technically advanced motorcycle and his loyal computer Einstein. Read More »
Manuela (1957) Guy Hamilton, Trevor Howard, Leslie Weston, Donald Pleasence, Drama
James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship due to leave South America for Britain Read More »
The Shakedown (1960) John Lemont, Terence Morgan, Hazel Court, Donald Pleasence, Crime, Drama
After being released from prison, Augie Cortona sets up a blackmail operation, fronted by a model agency. Read More »
Good Luck Miss Wyckoff (1979) Marvin J. Chomsky, Anne Heywood, Donald Pleasence, Robert Vaughn, Drama
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and an young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.
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Tales That Witness Madness (1973) Freddie Francis, Jack Hawkins, Donald Pleasence, Kim Novak, Horror
Dr Tremayne is an enigmatic Psychiatrist running a Futuristic asylum housing four very special cases. Read More »
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) Dwight H. Little, Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, Horror, Thriller
It’s October 30, 1988 and Michael Myers has been in a coma since his pursuit of Laurie Strode, 10 years ago, was finally stopped (events of H1 and H2). However when he is transfered from Richmond Mental Institute to Smith’s Grove he awakes when he hears that he has a niece in Haddonfield and after killing the transfer crew he escapes. In Haddonfield, the niece, Jamie, has been adopted by the Carruthers family but keeps having nightmares about Michael (but she doesn’t know who he is). On Halloween night, Jamie goes out trick and treating, little knowing that her murdering Uncle is following her and her step-sister Rachel. Rushing to her aid is Dr. Loomis and with the help of Sheriff Meeker starts to search the town for Michael and to find Jamie to protect her. But can anything stop Michael this time?
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Halloween 5 (1989) Dominique Othenin-Girard, Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Horror, Thriller
It’s one year later after the events of Halloween 4. Michael survives the shootings and on October 31st he returns with a vengeance. Lurking and stalking, Jamie, Rachel, and Rachel’s friends, Michael forms a plan to lure Jamie out of the children’s hospital where events lead up to the confrontation at the Myers house. Halloween 5 is a dark, thrill ride that will scare the heck out of you!
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