
A dramatization of Britain’s notorious Crippen murder case. American-born Hawley Harvey Crippen (nicknamed “Peter”), a mild-mannered Read More »
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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 »
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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Will Penny (1967) Tom Gries, Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett, Donald Pleasence, Romance, Western

Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated by a woman whose guide to Oregon has deserted her and her son. Too ashamed to kick mother and child out just as the bitter winter of the mountains sets in, he agrees to share the cabin until the spring thaw. But it isn’t just the snow that slowly thaws; the lonely man and woman soon forget their mutual hostility and start developing a deep love for one another.
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The Black Windmill (1974) Don Siegel, Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig

A British agent’s son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can’t even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.
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