On an archaeological dig in Asia, Dr. Roger Bentley finds a cuneiform tablet referring Read More »
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The Body Snatcher (1945) Robert Wise, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell
In Edinburgh in 1831, Dr. Wolfe MacFarlane runs a medical school where Donald Fettes is a student. Read More »
I Walked with a Zombie (1943) Jacques Tourneur, Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison
Young Canadian nurse Betsy comes to the West Indies to care for Jessica Read More »
Looking for His Murderer / Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht (1931) Robert Siodmak, Heinz Rühmann, Lien Deyers, Raimund Janitschek
A man in bad sorts hires a burglar to later kill him, then changes his mind when Read More »
Lord of the Flies (1963) Peter Brook, James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards
A group of young boys are stranded alone on an island. Left to fend for themselves Read More »
Hold That Ghost (1941) Arthur Lubin, Bud Abbott
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster’s will. Read More »
Mo’ Better Blues (1990) Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes
Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want Read More »
Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls (1973) Eddie Saeta, John Considine, Barry Coe, Cheryl Miller
John Considine plays the flamboyant Dr. Death, a thousand-year-old magician who has mastered Read More »
The Pirates of Blood River (1962) John Gilling, Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee
In a village of Huguenot refugees, Jonathon Standing is exiled by his father Read More »
The Assassination Bureau (1969) Basil Dearden, Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Sonya Winter Read More »