THE GREAT BRITISH GHOUL-O-RAMA
Alias
John Preston A man dreams that he's a murderer, only to find his
nightmares are coming true. Starring Christopher Lee, Alexander Knox, Betta
St. John, Peter Grant. Written by Paul Tabori; Directed by David
MacDonald. 1956.
Fire
Maidens OF Outer Space After landing on the 13th moon of
Jupiter, earth astronauts disembark from their ship to find a forested area
containing the last inhabitants of the lost civilization of Atlantis.
Starring Anthony Dexter, Paul Carpenter, Susan Shaw, Harry Fowler. Written
& Directed by Cy Roth. 1956.
CAT
GIRL A young woman inherits a family curse that turns her into a
murderous feline when she is angered. Starring Barbara Shelley, Robert
Ayres, Kay Callard, Ernest Milton. Written by Lou Rusoff; Directed by Alfred
Shaughnessy. 1957.
COSMIC
MONSTERS (aka The Strange World of
Planet X) A careless scientist accidentally blows open a hole in
the ionosphere, allowing giant insects to pour over the Earth. Starring
Forrest Tucker, Gaby André, Martin Benson, Alec Mango. Based on the novel
by René Ray. Written by Paul Ryder; Directed by Gilbert Gunn. 1957.
THE
MAN WITHOUT A BODY Dr. Karl Brussard, a
wealthy business man, discovers he has a brain tumor and seeks medical help.
He finds Dr. Philip Merritt, a scientist experimenting with transplanting
monkey heads onto different monkey bodies. Together, the two come up with a
bold plan: to transplant the head of the prophet Nostradamus onto Brussard's
body! Starring Robert Hutton, George Coulouris, Julia Arnall, Nadja Regin.
Written by William Grote; Directed by W. Lee Wilder, Charles Saunders. 1957.
The
Snorkel Jacques Duval devises a fiendishly clever method of
murdering his wife involving pills, gas and a snorkel. Unfortunately for
him, his stepdaughter is the suspicious type. Starring Peter van Eyck,
Betta St. John, Mandy Miller, Grégoire Aslan. Written by Antonio
Margheriti, Peter Myers, Jimmy Sangster; Directed by Guy Green. 1958.
JACK
THE RIPPER A serial killer is murdering
women in the Whitechapel district of turn-of-the-century London, and an
American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.
Starring Lee Patterson, Eddie Byrne, Betty McDowall, Ewen Solon. Written by
Peter Hammond, Colin Craig, Jimmy Sangster; Directed by Robert S. Baker,
Monty Berman. 1959.
THE
MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH Dr. Charles
Bonnet plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from
younger, healthier victims. While looking about 40, he's actually 104 years
old. But suspicions are forming, and his actions become more and more
desperate. Starring Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee, Arnold
Marlé. Based on the play "The Man in Half Moon Street" by Barré Lyndon.
Written by Jimmy Sangster; Directed by Terence Fisher. 1959.
Contains
original theatrical trailer.
THE
HAND In Burma during World War II, captured British soldiers who refuse
to talk have their right hands severed. Their captain is less patriotic.
Years later, in contemporary London, a series of amputation murders may
incriminate one of the former POWs. Starring Derek Bond, Ronald Leigh-Hunt,
Reed De Rouen, Ray Cooney. Written by Ray Cooney, Tony Hilton; Directed by
Henry Cass. 1960.
NEVER
TAKE CANDY FROM A STRANGER (aka NEVER TAKE SWEETS FROM A STRANGER)
When a Canadian town's newly-appointed school
principal discovers that his nine-year-old daughter and her 11-year-old
friend were made to dance nude before an old pedophile, he finds himself up
against a conspiracy of silence that may allow the perpetrator to continue
to prey on young children. Starring Gwen Watford, Patrick Allen, Felix
Aylmer, Niall MacGinnis. Based on the play "The Pony Cart" by Roger Emerson
Garris. Written by John Hunter; Directed by Cyril Frankel. 1960.
Ultra-rare
Columbia Pictures print that was not the one distributed in the U.S.
THE
STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY In 19th century
India, a murderous religious cult is way-laying travelers and stealing
goods. As the disappearances mount and trade becomes difficult, the British
East India Company is forced to act, giving the job to an upper-class
officer completely out of touch with the country. Starring Guy Rolfe, Jan
Holden, Andrew Cruickshank, George Pastell, Marie Devereux. Based on the
novel "The Deceivers" by John Masters. Written by David Zelag Goodman;
Directed by Terence Fisher. 1960.
Contains
original theatrical trailer.
SCREAM
OF FEAR (aka TASTE OF FEAR) After narrowly
surviving an accident in which she nearly drowned, the wheelchair-bound
Penny Appleby returns home to live with her widowed stepmother on the French
Riviera. She begins to question her sanity, however, after repeatedly seeing
her father's corpse around the estate. Starring Susan Strasberg, Ronald
Lewis, Ann Todd, Christopher Lee. Written by Jimmy Sangster; Directed by
Seth Holt. 1961.
SHADOW
OF THE CAT A black cat is the only witness
to the killing of its mistress by her husband and two servants. The cat
becomes a vengeful presence persecuting the murderers for their heinous act,
and eventually provoking their deaths. Starring Conrad Phillips, Barbara
Shelley, André Morell, Richard Warner. Written by George Baxt; Directed by
John Gilling. 1961.
THE
SNAKE WOMAN At the turn of the century,
Dr. Adderson gives repeated injections of snake venom to his wife, which
results in their newborn daughter becoming a cobra. Starring Susan Travers,
John McCarthy, Geoffrey Denton, Elsie Wagstaff. Written by Orville H.
Hampton; Directed by Sidney J. Furie. 1961.
STOP
ME BEFORE I KILL! (aka The Full
Treatment) Still recovering from serious head injuries
sustained in a car crash, racing driver Alan Colby and his wife Denise go on
holiday to the South of France. Once there, Alan is suddenly and
unexpectedly struck with a compulsion to strangle his wife. Upon returning
to London, Alan falls into a deep sleep and awakens to find that Denise has
disappeared--and all the evidence points to his having murdered her.
Starring Claude Dauphin, Diane Cilento, Ronald Lewis, Françoise Rosay.
Based on the novel "The Full Treatment" by Ronald Scott Thorn. Written
by Thorn, Val Guest; Directed by Guest. 1961.
TERROR
OF THE TONGS While in Hong Kong, a British
ship captain runs afoul of a secret society known as the Red Dragon Tong
when he tries to detain the killers of his daughter. Starring Geoffrey
Toone, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Monlaur, Brian Worth, Burt Kwouk, Milton
Reid. Written by Jimmy Sangster; Directed by Anthony Bushell. 1961.
BURN
WITCH BURN (aka NIGHT OF THE EAGLE) A skeptical college professor
discovers that his wife has been practicing magic and he forces her to
destroy all her charms and protective devices. He comes to find out that his
professional rivals are working magic against him, and her protections are
necessary to his career...and life. Starring Peter Wyngarde, Janet Blair,
Margaret Johnston, Anthony Nicholls. Based on the novel "Conjure Wife" by
Fritz Leiber. Written by Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson, George Baxt;
Directed by Sidney Hayers. 1962.
¤SPECIAL
EDITION: Features all the footage/titles from British and American cuts, as
well as the original Paul Frees "demonic incantation" introduction.
PRESENTED IN LETTERBOXED FORMAT
THE
Day of the Triffids An American
seaman is one of the few people on earth not blinded by a meteor shower.
The meteors also bring plant spores that grow into giant mobile carnivorous
plants which easily sting blind earthlings to death. The sailor rescues a
little girl and, with a Frenchwoman, they flee to Spain to elude the deadly
creatures. Starring Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey, Janette Scott, Kieron
Moore. Based on the novel by John Wyndham. Written by Philip Yordan;
Directed by Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis. 1962.
PRESENTED IN LETTERBOXED FORMAT.
Dr.
Crippen The real-life story of Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, who
was hanged in London in 1910 for poisoning his wife so he could be with his
young lover. But was he truly guilty of murder? Starring Donald Pleasence,
Coral Browne, Samantha Eggar, Donald Wolfit. Written by Leigh Vance;
Directed by Robert Lynn. 1962.
Contains
original theatrical trailer.
THE
HORROR OF IT ALL American salesman Jack
Robinson falls in love with Englishwoman Cynthia Marley and they visit her
family so he can ask for permission to marry her. Her clan prove to be
rather an eccentric lot: the sinister Reginald; Percival, an inventor who
has recently discovered electricity, the phonograph, and several other handy
items; Natalia, a macabre, vampire-like creature; Cornwallis, a hammy and
dapper ex-actor; Grandfather, who lies bedridden upstairs; and Muldoon, who
is kept locked up in the fear that he will harm someone. Starring Pat
Boone, Erica Rogers, Dennis Price, Andree Melly, Valentine Dyall. Written
by Ray Russell; Directed by Terence Fisher. 1963.
THE
MANIAC Geoff Farrell, a dissolute drifter
down on his luck, is stranded in a cheap Spanish bar. He gets involved in a
scheme to help the proprietor's estranged husband, now a homicidal maniac
confined in an institution, get out of the asylum so he can escape from the
country. Starring Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Gray, Donald Houston, Liliane
Brousse. Written by Jimmy Sangster; Directed by Michael Carreras. 1963.
The
Old Dark House Set in the title manse, this
chilling comedy chronicles the spooky exploits of a Yankee car salesman
working in London who sets out to deliver a car to a remote and very creepy
Welsh estate. Starring Tom Poston, Robert Morley, Janette Scott, Joyce
Grenfell. Based on the novel "Benighted" by J.B. Priestley. Written by
Robert Dillon; Directed by William Castle. 1963.
Unearthly
Stranger In the heart of London, a secret project is working on
space exploration as a technological out-of-body experience: projecting
one's mind to another planet and having it take on physical form. But when
scientists on the project begin mysteriously dying, it's discovered that
their wives have untraceable backgrounds. Starring John Neville, Gabriella
Licudi, Philip Stone, Patrick Newell, Jean Marsh. Written by Jeffrey Stone,
Rex Carlton; Directed by John Krish. 1963.
CURSE
OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB When European
Egyptologists Dubois, Giles and Bray discover the tomb of the Egyptian
prince Ra, American entrepreneur and investor Alexander King insists on
shipping the treasures and sarcophagus back to England for tour and display.
Once there, someone with murderous intent has discovered the means of waking
the centuries-dead prince. Starring Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, Fred
Clark, Jeanne Roland. Written & Directed by Michael Carreras. 1964.
Contains
original theatrical trailer.
THE
GORGON In 19th century middle-Europe,
villagers are literally becoming petrified. Although the authorities try to
hush up the matter, it is apparent that at the full moon the third Medusa
leaves her castle lair and anyone looking on her face is turned to stone.
When this fate befalls a visitor from Leipzig, experts from the university
arrive to try and combat the menace. Starring Christopher Lee, Peter
Cushing, Richard Pasco, Barbara Shelley.. Written by J. Llewellyn Devine,
John Gilling; Directed by Terence Fisher. 1964.
Contains
original theatrical trailer.
NIGHT
MUST FALL An aristocratic old lady employs
her maid's boyfriend as handyman to her country mansion, though he is
determined to seduce the lady's fragile daughter and is himself a psychotic
killer. Starring Albert Finney, Mona Washbourne, Susan Hampshire, Sheila
Hancock. Based on the play by Emlyn Williams. Written by Clive Exton;
Directed by Karel Reisz. 1964. PRESENTED
IN LETTERBOXED FORMAT
DR.
TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS Five strangers
board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to
read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns
to his ancestral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a seemingly
indestructible group of vines lay siege to a young family's house; a
musician gets involved with voodoo; an art critic is pursued by the
disembodied hand of an artist he mutilated; and a doctor discovers his new
wife is a vampire. Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Max Adrian,
Michael Gough, Neil McCallum, Ann Bell,
Jennifer Jayne, Bernard Lee, Roy
Castle, Donald Sutherland, Isla Blair. Written by Milton Subotsky; Directed
by Freddie Francis. 1965.
Presented in letterboxed format.
THE
FACE OF FU MANCHU
Grisly strangulations and a killer
spray made from Tibetan berries alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the
possibility that the fiendish Fu Manchu has cheated death and is back on the
scene. Starring Christopher Lee, Nigel Green, Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin
Dor, Tsai Chin. Based on the novel by Sax Rohmer. Written by Harry Alan
Towers; Directed by Don Sharp. 1965.
Contains
original theatrical trailer.
HYSTERIA
An American wakes up in an English hospital unable to remember anything of
his life before a recent car accident. With only a photograph torn from a
newspaper to guide him, and an unknown benefactor, he attempts to unravel
what looks increasingly like a bizarre murder. Starring Robert Webber,
Anthony Newlands, Jennifer Jayne, Maurice Denham. Written by Jimmy Sangster;
Directed by Freddie Francis. 1965.
INVASION
A man is struck by a car driving through an unusual fog. The victim is taken
by ambulance to a nearby hospital; on his trail are pair of females who
prove to be aliens called Lystrians, here to retrieve an escaped
extraterrestrial prisoner. The female aliens claim that they are
extraterrestrial police in search of an escaped male criminal, but the male
alien claims that he is a dissident on the run from a female-dominated
society. Starring Edward Judd, Yoko Tani, Valerie Gearon, Lyndon Brook,
Tsai Chin, Anthony Sharp. Written by Robert Holmes, Roger Marshall;
Directed by Alan Bridges. 1965.
The
Skull Mysterious powers and events commence with the uncovering
of the skull of the Marquis De Sade. Starring Peter Cushing, Patrick
Wymark, Christopher Lee, Jill Bennett, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee, Michael
Gough, George Coulouris. Based on the story "The Skull of the Marquis de
Sade" by Robert Bloch. Written by Milton Subotsky; Directed by Freddie
Francis. 1965.
A
Study in Terror Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson join the hunt for
the notorious serial killer Jack The Ripper. Starring John Neville, Donald
Houston, John Fraser, Anthony Quayle, Robert Morley, Adrienne Corri, Frank
Finlay, Judi Dench, Georgia Brown, Edina Ronay. Based on the stories by Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle. Written by Derek & Donald Ford; Directed by James
Hill. 1965.
THE
BEAST OF MOROCCO (aka THE HAND OF NIGHT) A
handsome tourist comes at night upon a lavish Moorish castle wherein he is
entertained by a mysterious wealthy woman. He departs and returns in the
morning to find the place has vanished. His inquiries only bring fear and
hostility from the local villagers, as he gradually finds himself lured into
a deadly and sinister mystery. Starring William Sylvester, Diane Clare,
Aliza Gur, Edward Underdown. Written by Bruce Stewart; Directed by Frederic
Goode. 1966.
The
Brides of Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu and
his army of henchmen are kidnapping the daughters of prominent scientists
and taking them to his remote island headquarters. Instead of asking for
ransom, Fu demands that the fathers help him to build a death ray, which he
intends to use to take over the world. But Fu Manchu's archenemy, Nayland
Smith of Scotland Yard, is determined not to let that happen. Starring
Christopher Lee, Douglas Wilmer, Heinz Drache, Marie Versini, Tsai Chin,
Rupert Davies, Burt Kwouk. Based on the stories by Sax Rohmer. Written by
Don Sharp, Harry Alan Towers; Directed by Sharp. 1966.
Contains original theatrical trailer.
THE
FROZEN DEAD A crazed scientist keeps the
heads of Nazi war criminals alive until he can find appropriate bodies on
which to attach them so he can revive the Third Reich. Starring Dana
Andrews, Anna Palk, Philip Gilbert, Kathleen Breck. Written & Directed by
Herbert J. Leder. 1966.
Island
of Terror A small island community
is overrun with creeping, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the
bones from living creatures. Starring Peter Cushing, Edward Judd, Carole
Gray, Eddie Byrne. Written by Edward Mann, Al Ramsen; Directed by Terence
Fisher. 1966.
IT!
Museum curator Arthur Pimm discovers how to activate a mysterious
pointy-headed statue identified by an American expert as the famous
16th-century Prague golem. The ineffectual Pimm, whose live-in companion is
the mummified body of his mother, becomes a megalomaniac, ordering the
creature to destroy Hammersmith bridge and then to abduct his girlfriend,
who has become more interested in the virile American expert. Starring Roddy
McDowall, Jill Haworth, Paul Maxwell, Aubrey Richards, Ian McCulloch.
Written & Directed by Herbert J. Leder. 1966.
One
Million Years B.C. Caveman Tumak is
banished from his savage tribe. He finds a brief home among a group of
gentle seacoast-dwelling cave people until he is banished from them as well.
One of their women, Loana, leaves with him, deciding to face the harsh
prehistoric world with its monsters and volcanoes as a couple. Starring
Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert, Robert Brown, Martine
Beswick. Based on the screenplay "One Million B.C." by George Baker.
Written by Michael Carreras; Directed by Don Chaffey. 1966.¤Includes
all 9 minutes of footage cut from the FOX Video/DVD releaseS.
PRESENTED IN LETTERBOXED FORMAT.
Contains original theatrical trailer.
THE
PSYCHOPATH Four men who were involved in
the investigation of a German millionaire at the end of WWII are found
murdered with tiny dolls left next to their corpses. Starring Patrick
Wymark, Margaret Johnston, John Standing, Alexander Knox, Thorley Walters.
Written by Robert Bloch; Directed by Freddie Francis. 1966.
THE
VULTURE A mad scientist turns himself into
a half-man, half-bird monster to avenge the death of his ancestor. Starring
Robert Hutton, Akim Tamiroff, Broderick Crawford, Diane Clare. Written &
Directed by Lawrence Huntington. 1966.
CORRUPTION
(aka CARNAGE) A surgeon discovers that he
can restore the beauty to his girlfriend's scarred face by murdering other
women and extracting fluids from their pituitary gland. However, the effects
only last for a short time, so he is forced to embark on a bloody killing
spree. Starring Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd, Noel Trevarthen, Kate O'Mara,
Vanessa Howard. Written by Derek & Donald Ford; Directed by Robert
Hartford-Davis. 1967. ¤Fully
restored with 4 minutes of controversial footage intact; from a Japanese
print, not the French one ("Laser Killer") everyone else offers.
THE
DEADLY BEES Pop singer Vicki Robbins
collapses from exhaustion and her physician prescribes a respite on Seagull
Island, which proves to be anything but restful when a mysterious swarm of
specially bred attack bees starts killing island residents. Starring Suzanna
Leigh, Guy Doleman, Frank Finlay, Michael Ripper. Based on the novel "A
Taste For Honey" by H.F. Heard. Written by Robert Bloch, Anthony Marriott;
Directed by Freddie Francis. 1967.
EYE
OF THE DEVIL (aka 13) Vineyard owner
Marquis Philippe de Montfaucon is called back to his castle because of
another dry season. He asks his wife and children to remain in London, but
they soon discover that Montfaucon's employees are following old pagan
rituals that call for the life of the Marquis himself to save the crops.
Starring Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Donald Pleasence, Edward Mulhare, Sharon
Tate, David Hemmings. Based on the novel "Day of the Arrow" by Philip
Loraine. Written by Robin Estridge, Dennis Murphy; Directed by J. Lee
Thompson. 1967.
NIGHT
OF THE BIG HEAT (aka ISLAND OF THE BURNING DAMNED)
Alien protoplasms, desperate for any heat source, take
over a British island and cause a winter heatwave so fierce that most of the
island's inhabitants are burned to death. Starring Christopher Lee, Patrick
Allen, Peter Cushing, Jane Merrow. Based on the novel by John Lymingtom.
Written by Ronald Liles, Jane & Pip Baker; Directed by Terence Fisher. 1967.
Original UK cinema version.
THE
PENTHOUSE Three sadists named 'Tom',
'Dick', and 'Harry' invade an apartment to terrorize the young couple in
residence. Starring Suzy Kendall, Terence Morgan, Tony Beckley, Norman
Rodway, Martine Beswick. Based on the play "The Meter Man" by Scott Forbes.
Written & Directed by Peter Collinson. 1967.
THE
PROJECTED MAN A scientist experimenting
with matter transmission by means of a laser beam decides to use himself as
a test specimen. But the process goes awry, and one side of his body becomes
hideously deformed and lethal to anyone with whom it comes into contact.
Starring Bryant Haliday, Mary Peach, Ronald Allen, Norman Wooland. Written
by Frank Quattrocchi, Peter Bryan, John Croydon; Directed by Ian Curteis.
1967.
PRESENTED IN LETTERBOXED FORMAT
THE
Shuttered Room
The return to her childhood home in New England stirs
memories of a repressed traumatic event for young Susannah, whose aunt keeps
a dreadful secret locked in a shuttered room upstairs. Starring Gig Young,
Carol Lynley, Oliver Reed, Flora Robson. Based on the story by August
Derleth and H.P. Lovecraft. Written by D.B. Ledrow, Nathaniel Tanchuck;
Directed by David Greene. 1967.
ORIGINAL THEATRICAL VERSION
THE
SORCERERS The great hypnotist Professor
Montserrat has developed a technique for controlling the minds, and sharing
the sensations, of his subjects. He and his wife Estelle test the technique
on Mike Roscoe, and enjoy 'being' the younger man. But Estelle soon grows to
love the power of controlling Roscoe, and forces the young man to greater
thrillseeking, even that of murder. Starring Boris Karloff, Catherine Lacey,
Ian Ogilvy, Elizabeth Ercy, Susan George. Based on the novel by John Burke.
Written by Tom Baker, Michael Reeves; Directed by Reeves. 1967.
Presented
in letterboxed format. Contains original theatrical trailer.
The
Vengeance of Fu Manchu In his remote Asian hideaway, the evil Fu
Manchu plots the death and discredit of his arch rival, Inspector Nayland
Smith of Scotland Yard, as the first step in his plan to become leader of
the world's most terrible criminals. Starring Christopher Lee, Douglas
Wilmer, Tsai Chin, Horst Frank, Maria Rohm, Burt Kwouk. Based on the
stories by Sax Rohmer. Written by Harry Alan Towers; Directed by Jeremy
Summers. 1967.
Contains original theatrical trailer.
BERSERK
Monica Rivers is the sexy owner of a small traveling circus. When the circus
becomes plagued by a spate of murders everyone's eyes turn to Monica, who
revels in the publicity. But is she the next victim or the perpetrator of
the crimes? Starring Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors, Michael Gough,
Judy Geeson, Robert Hardy, Geoffrey Keen, Milton Reid. Written by Herman
Cohen, Aben Kandel; Directed by Jim O'Connolly. 1968.
CURSE
OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR (aka THE CRIMSON CULT) When his brother disappears
in a small English village, an antiques dealer investigates and uncovers a
devil cult headed by the reincarnated witch Lavinia. Starring Boris Karloff,
Christopher Lee, Mark Eden, Barbara Steele, Michael Gough, Virginia
Wetherell, Rupert Davies. Based on the story "The Dreams in the Witch House"
by H.P. Lovecraft. Written by Mervyn Haisman, Gerry Levy, Henry Lincoln,
Jerry Sohl; Directed by Vernon Sewell. 1968.
¤Fully restored with all scenes of
nudity and S&M intact along with the original Peter Knight score (which was
replaced by a Kendall Schmidt keyboard score in the HBO video).
TWISTED
NERVE With a patronizing mother, an
abusive stepfather, and a mongoloid brother shut away in an institution,
young Martin frequently retreats into the alternate personality of six
year-old Georgie. He befriends pretty Susan, but friendship soon turns into
obsession and when Susan begins to distance herself, Martin/Georgie embarks
on a killing spree, with the object of his affections as the next target.
Starring Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Billie Whitelaw, Phyllis Calvert,
Frank Finlay, Barry Foster, Thorley Walters. Written by Roger Marshall, Roy
Boulting, Leo Marks; Directed by Boulting. 1968.
THE
CONQUEROR WORM (aka WITCHFINDER GENERAL) Puritan England is torn in civil
strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. In the
disarray, witch-hunter Matthew Hopkins gains local power by exploiting
village superstitions; touring the land, he wrenches confessions from
"witches" in order to line his pockets and gain sexual favors. Starring Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Hilary Dwyer,
Nicky Henson, Patrick Wymark, Wilfrid Brambell. Based on the novel by Ronald
Bassett. Written by Tom Baker, Louis M. Heyward, Michael Reeves; Directed by
Reeves. 1968.
¤U.S.
THEATRICAL VERSION WITH the original Paul Ferris score
(which was replaced by a Kendall Schmidt keyboard score in both the Orion
and MGM videos).
**Contains theatrical
trailers from both CONQUEROR WORM and WITCHFINDER GENERAL.
GIRLY
(aka MUMSY, NANNY, SONNY AND GIRLY) A
family living in a big old English manor kidnap and kill various "friends"
brought home to play with the "children": a teenage brother and sister who
act like kids and even sleep in adult-sized cribs. Things take a deadly
turn, however, with a new "friend" seduces the entire household, leading to
jealousy and murder. Starring Vanessa Howard, Michael Bryant, Ursula
Howells, Pat Heywood, Imogen Hassall. Based on the play "Happy Family" by
Maisie Mosco. Written by Brian Comport; Directed by Freddie Francis. 1969.
THE
HAUNTED HOUSE OF HORROR (aka HORROR HOUSE) Teenagers gathered in an old
English mansion must discover who among them is a diabolical killer.
Starring Frankie Avalon, Jill Haworth, Dennis Price, Mark Wynter, George
Sewell. Written by Michael Armstrong, Peter Marcus; Directed by Armstrong.
1969.
NIGHT
AFTER NIGHT AFTER NIGHT Inspector Bill
Rowan, a no-nonsense East End policeman, is given the task of finding the
killer of prostitutes in London's sleazy Soho district. After his wife is
murdered, Rowan seeks vengeance on a young punk he believes to be the
killer. All the while, a stern middle class barrister is lashing out
uncontrollably at swinging Sixties permissiveness. Starring Jack May,
Justine Lord, Gilbert Wynne, Linda Marlowe. Written by Dail Ambler; Directed
by Lindsay Shonteff. 1969.
Original UK cinema version.
THE
BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW (aka SATAN'S SKIN)
In early 19th century Cornwall an innocent plowboy unearths the remains of
Satan himself. Soon a teenage cult headed by an extraordinarily sexy young
girl begins a series of sacrifices to bring the devil back to life.
Starrring Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews, Tamara Ustinov,
Michele Dotrice, Milton Reid. Written by Piers Haggard, Robert
Wynne-Simmons; Directed by Haggard. 1970.
¤presented
uncut and in letterboxed format. Includes featurette and original
theatrical trailer.
CRESCENDO
American student Susan Roberts, doing her master's thesis on a French
composer, visits the dead man's villa where she encounters his widow,
invalid and heroin-addicted son, and the conniving maid who administers to
the son's needs. When the maid is murdered, Susan is drawn into a web of
deceit by the scheming widow who plans to make the girl part of a terrible
family secret. Starring Stefanie Powers, James Olson, Margaretta Scott, Jane
Lapotaire, Joss Ackland. Written by Jimmy Sangster, Alfred Shaughnessy;
Directed by Alan Gibson. 1970.
Presented in letterboxed format.
CRY
OF THE BANSHEE When a 16th century Irish magistrate fatally breaks up a
witch's coven, she places a curse upon his family involving a murderous
demon called a sidhee, embodied in a handsome stable boy. Starring Vincent
Price, Hilary Dwyer, Carl Rigg, Patrick Mower, Essy Persson, Elisabeth
Bergner, Sally Geeson, Hugh Griffith, Robert Hutton, Stephen Rea. Written by
Tim Kelly, Christopher Wicking; Directed by Gordon Hessler. 1970.
¤SPECIAL
EDITION: Composite which restores censored scenes to the US theatrical
print WITH THE LES BAXTER SCORE (MGM DVD is the british print with a
different score)
Deep
End A teenager's sexual awakening strikes tragic overtones when he
becomes obsessed with an older employee at a bathhouse. Starring Jane
Asher, John Moulder-Brown, Karl Michael Vogler, Christopher Sandford, Diana
Dors, Burt Kwouk. Written by Jerzy Gruza, Jerzy Skolimowski, Boleslaw
Sulik; Directed by Skolimowski. 1970.
PRESENTED IN LETTERBOXED FORMAT
FRAGMENT
OF FEAR A reformed drug addict travels to
Italy to find out who murdered his aunt. Starring David Hemmings, Gayle
Hunnicutt, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Flora Robson, Adolfo Celi, Daniel Massey.
Based on the novel by John Bingham. Written by Paul Dehn; Directed by
Richard C. Sarafian. 1970.
Tam
Lin (aka THE DEVIL'S WIDOW) Amid the dusk-to-dawn revelry at the
fabulous country estate of wealthy, sophisticated Michaela Cazaret, the
impulsive Tom Lynn discovers that being the life of the party could have
murderous consequences. Starring Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Richard Wattis,
Cyril Cusack, Stephanie Beacham, Joanna Lumley, Jenny Hanley, Madeline
Smith. Based on the poem "The Ballad of Tam Lin" by Robert Burns. Written
by William Spier; Directed by Roddy McDowall. 1970.
PRESENTED IN LETTERBOXED FORMAT
TWINSANITY
(aka GOODBYE GEMINI) Unnaturally close
twins Jacki and Julian become enmeshed in the swinging London scene, where
they encounter blackmail, madness and murder. Starring Judy Geeson, Martin
Potter, Michael Redgrave, Mike Pratt, Freddie Jones. Based on the novel "Ask
Agamemnon" by Jenni Hall. Written by Edmund Ward; Directed by Alan Gibson.
1970.
THE
VAMPIRE LOVERS A lesbian vampire preys upon the beautiful teen
daughters of several 19th-century Styrian noblemen. Starring Ingrid Pitt,
Kate O'Mara, Peter Cushing, Ferdy Mayne, Douglas Wilmer, Madeline Smith,
Dawn Addams, Jon Finch. Based on the story "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu.
Written by Harry Fine, Tudor Gates, Michael Style; Directed by Roy Ward
Baker. 1970. ¤SPECIAL
EDITION: Combines English and American versions, with different title
sequences, climaxes and end titles. Contains original theatrical trailer.
When
Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth A huge
chunk of space debris breaks away from the Sun and winds up in Earth orbit
as the Moon. The priests of a prehistoric tribe believe that Sanna is to
blame for this cosmic cataclysm and decide to sacrifice her. She flees her
people, the priests in hot pursuit, and she teams up with caveman Tara to
battle dinosaurs before a tidal wave, caused by the new gravitational pull
exerted by the moon, threatens devastating climate changes. Starring
Victoria Vetri, Robin Hawdon, Patrick Allen, Drewe Henley. Written by J.G.
Ballard, Val Guest; Directed by Guest. 1970.¤restores
vetri nude footage cut from the american release. Contains featurette, TV
SPOTS and original theatrical trailer.
10
Rillington Place In postwar London, a young couple and their
baby find a home in 10 Rillington Place, a little flat whose downstairs
neighbor, John Reginald Christie, has a history of killing women with gas
and having sex with their dead bodies. Based on a true story. Starring
Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt, Pat Heywood, André Morell,
Robert Hardy, Edward Woodward. Based on the book by Ludovic Kennedy.
Written by Clive Exton; Directed by Richard Fleischer. 1971.
Creatures
the World Forgot When the leader of
a cave-tribe dies, twin brothers battle each other for the coveted position
of chief and for the affections of a sexy cavewoman. Starring Julie Ege,
Tony Bonner, Robert John, Brian O'Shaughnessy. Written by Michael Carreras;
Directed by Don Chaffey. 1971.
CREEPERS
(aka ASSAULT, IN THE DEVIL'S GARDEN) At an
exclusive girls' school, one student is raped and another murdered while
walking in the nearby woods; with the help of a reporter, a young teacher
uses herself as bait to lure the fiend responsible. Starring Suzy Kendall,
Frank Finlay, Freddie Jones, James Laurenson, Lesley-Anne Down, Tony
Beckley, David Essex. Based on the novel "The Ravine" by Kendal Young.
Written by John Kruse; Directed by Sidney Hayers. 1971.
HANDS
OF THE RIPPER A follower of Freud attempts
to help the pretty teen daughter of Jack the Ripper, who is being driven by
her father's spirit to commit a rash of brutal murders. Starring Eric
Porter, Angharad Rees, Jane Merrow, Keith Bell, Dora Bryan. Written by
Edward Spencer Shew, L.W. Davidson; Directed by Peter Sasdy. 1971.
Original UK
cinema version.
THE
LEGEND OF SPIDER FOREST (aka VENOM) An
English tourist encounters the fabled Spider Goddess in the forests of
Bavaria. Starring Simon Brent, Sheila Allen, Neda Arneric, Sean Gerrad.
Written by Derek & Donald Ford, Stephen Collins, Christopher Wicking;
Directed by Peter Sykes. 1971.
Original UK
cinema version.
The
Night Digger (aka
The Road Builder) The dreary
existence of middle-aged spinster Maura Prince and her ailing, blind mother
takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of young handyman Billy Jarvis.
He seems too good to be true--and is, as several dead young girls can
attest. Starring Patricia Neal, Pamela Brown, Nicholas Clay, Jean
Anderson. Based on the novel "Nest in a Falling Tree" by Joy Cowley.
Written by Roald Dahl; Directed by Alastair Reid. 1971.
TWINS
OF EVIL A steely witch hunter finds
himself confronted with true evil when his gorgeous twin nieces become
involved with a corrupt descendant of vampiress Mircalla Karnstein. Starring
Peter Cushing, Dennis Price, Mary Collinson, Madeleine Collinson, Damien
Thomas, David Warbeck, Luan Peters. Based on the story "Carmilla" by
Sheridan Le Fanu. Written by Tudor Gates; Directed by John Hough. 1971.
Original UK cinema version. Contains original theatrical trailer.
DARK
PLACES A former asylum inmate inherits an
old mansion and after moving in is possessed by the ghost of the previous
owner. Starring Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Robert Hardy, Herbert Lom.
Written by Ed Brennan, Joseph Van Winkle; Directed by Don Sharp. 1972.
THE
DEVIL'S UNDEAD (aka NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT)
The strange deaths of the aged trustees of a Scottish orphanage are
investigated by a police inspector and a pathologist, whose work leads them
to uncover a bizarre soul-transplanting plot. Starring Christopher Lee,
Peter Cushing, Diana Dors, Georgia Brown, Michael Gambon. Based on the novel
"Nothing But the Night" by John Blackburn. Written by Brian Hayles; Directed
by Peter Sasdy. 1972.
DISCIPLE
OF DEATH During an engagement pact, a drop
of blood falls onto the grave of a suicide, reviving the occupant as a
bloodthirsty ghoul who cuts out the hearts of young girls who then become
ghouls themselves. Starring Mike Raven, Ronald Lacey, Stephen Bradley,
Marguerite Hardiman, Virginia Wetherell. Written by Tom Parkinson, Chuston
Fairman; Directed by Parkinson. 1972.
THE
MUTATIONS A mad British university
professor uses his students as unwitting guinea pigs in his experiments to
prove a link between the plant and animal species. Unfortunately, most of
the botched results end up on display in a carnival freakshow. Starring
Donald Pleasence, Tom Baker, Brad Harris, Julie Ege, Michael Dunn, Jill
Haworth. Written by Santos Alcocer, Robert D. Weinbach; Directed by Jack
Cardiff. 1972.
Original UK cinema version.
THE
PIED PIPER A mysterious rat catcher enters
the corrupt, seedy, rat-infested 14th-century town of Hamelin and offers to
remove the plague-carrying beasts, but for a price. When that price isn't
met, he takes the town's children instead. Starring Jack Wild, Donald
Pleasence, John Hurt, Donovan, Roy Kinnear, Diana Dors. Based on the fairy
tale by the Brothers Grimm and the poem by Robert Browning. Written by
Andrew Birkin, Jacques Demy, Mark Peploe; Directed by Demy. 1972.
TALES
FROM THE CRYPT Five people mysteriously
find their way to a crypt, where a hooded stranger takes them on a tour of
their sins. Stories revolve around a psycho Santa Claus, a hideously
deformed man who doesn't realize he's dead, a kindly old soul who rises from
the grave to take vengeance on his tormentor, a variation on "The Monkey's
Paw" and a sanitarium director's comeuppance for his cruelty. Starring Joan
Collins, Peter Cushing, Roy Dotrice, Richard Greene, Ian Hendry, Patrick
Magee, Ralph Richardson, Robert Hutton, Chloe Franks. Based on the E.C.
Comic Book and stories by Johnny Craig, Al Feldstein, William M. Gaines.
Written by Milton Subotsky; Directed by Freddie Francis. 1972.
Contains
the "intestine spilling" scene absent from all video/DVD prints.
VAMPIRE
CIRCUS A town in 19th Century Serbia
suffering from the plague is ecstatic when a circus breaks through the
quarantine to entertain the locals. But when villagers are found drained of
blood, a horrible curse from the past begins to make itself manifest.
Starring Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Anthony Corlan, John
Moulder-Brown, Lynne Frederick, David Prowse. Written by George Baxt, Judson
Kinberg, Wilbur Stark; Directed by Robert Young. 1972.
Original UK
cinema version. Contains original theatrical trailer.
What
Became of Jack and Jill? (aka ROMEO AND JULIET '71) Young
lovers terrorize the boy's meddling grandmother by telling her that the
world's youth have decided that euthanasia is the only way to deal with the
elderly. Starring Vanessa Howard, Mona Washbourne, Paul Nicholas, Peter
Copley. Based on the novel "The Ruthless Ones" by Laurence Moody. Written
by Roger Marshall; Directed by Bill Bain. 1972.
FRANKENSTEIN
AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL Dr. Simon Helder
is committed to the asylum at Carlsbad. After being tortured by the warders,
he is taken to the prison doctor, whom he recognizes as Baron
Frankenstein--whose work he has been trying to emulate. Frankenstein allows
Helder to become his assistant--and to see for himself the Baron's latest,
and most grotesque, creation. Starring Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline
Smith, Dave Prowse, Bernard Lee. Written by Anthony Hinds; Directed by
Terence Fisher. 1973.
¤Includes all footage cut from the Paramount
Video/DVD releaseS as well as the surgery sequence missing from all other
broadcasts. Contains original theatrical trailer.
THE
GRAVEYARD (aka PERSECUTION) A pant-suited
harridan makes life miserable for her son while lavishing affection on her
beloved cat. When the cat causes the deaths of his wife and baby son, Son
gives Mom her debasing comeuppance. Starring Lana Turner, Trevor Howard,
Ralph Bates, Olga Georges-Picot, Suzan Farmer, Patrick Allen. Written by
Robert B. Hutton, Frederick Warner, Rosemary Wootten; Directed by Don
Chaffey. 1973.
THE
HOUSE THAT VANISHED (aka SCREAM...AND DIE!) A model witnesses a murder
in the country house her boyfriend was planning to rob. When the couple
return to the house, it seems to have disappeared--as does the boyfriend
soon after. Starring Andrea Allan, Karl Lanchbury, Maggie Walker, Peter
Forbes-Robertson. Written by Derek Ford; Directed by José Ramón Larraz.
1973.
NIGHTMARE
(aka VOICES) After losing her son in a
boating accident, young Claire attempts suicide and is sent with her
husband, a writer, to an isolated country mansion for a rest. After they
arrive at the house, Claire begins to hear the voices of a ghostly family
which inhabits the place. When her husband begins hearing them too, the
family finally reveals its physical presence to Claire. Starring Gayle
Hunnicutt, David Hemmings, Lynn Farleigh, Russell Lewis. Based on the play
"Voices" by Richard Lortz. Written by Robert Enders, George Kirgo; Directed
by Kevin Billington. 1973.
NIGHT
WATCH Living an apparently enviable life
in the upper strata of London society, Ellen Wheeler secretly wrestles with
memories of her dead husband and a past scarred by unresolved bitterness.
Unable to sleep one violently stormy night, Ellen is horrified to see a man
murdered in the deserted house beyond the garden. But when the police find
nothing, Ellen's sanity is questioned, and a terrifying web of intrigue
begins to materialize around her. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence
Harvey, Billie Whitelaw, Robert Lang, Linda Hayden. Based on the play by
Lucille Fletcher. Written by Evan Jones, Tony Williamson; Directed by Brian
G. Hutton. 1973.
Tales
That Witness Madness Dr. Tremayne is an enigmatic psychiatrist
running a futuristic asylum housing four very special cases: "Mr. Tiger"
centers on a young boy's invisible pet tiger who is quite capable of murder,
as the lad's wicked parents soon discover...In "Penny Farthing," a man is
sent back in time, where an ominous portrait controls his unpleasant
fate...A husband regrets bringing a mysterious tree named "Mel" home, as the
plant destroys his marriage -- and a whole lot more. Lastly, a Polynesian
"Luau" is where a literary agent's virgin daughter is to be sacrificed --
however, neither of them knows it yet. Starring Kim Novak, Joan Collins,
Jack Hawkins, Donald Houston, Suzy Kendall, Donald Pleasence, Georgia
Brown. Written by Jennifer Jayne; Directed by Freddie Francis. 1973.
CRAZE
A London antique dealer murders women as blood sacrifices to an African
demon god called Chuku. Starring Jack Palance, Diana Dors, Julie Ege, Edith
Evans, Hugh Griffith, Trevor Howard, Suzy Kendall, David Warbeck. Based on
the novel "The Infernal Idol" by Henry Seymour. Written by Herman Cohen,
Aben Kandel; Directed by Freddie Francis. 1974.
MADHOUSE
MANSION (aka GHOST STORY) Three college
friends investigate an old manor house haunted by Edwardian spirits caught
in a time warp and a child's doll with homicidal tendencies. Starring
Anthony Bate, Larry Dann, Marianne Faithfull, Sally Grace, Barbara Shelley.
Written by Philip Norman, Rosemary Sutcliff, Stephen Weeks; Directed by
Weeks. 1974.
OLD
DRACULA (aka VAMPIRA) Dracula comes to London in search of a rare type
of blood for Vampira, his wife, and takes over the mind of a writer to lead
him to suitable donors. Starring David Niven, Teresa Graves, Bernard
Bresslaw, Veronica Carlson, Linda Hayden, Nicky Henson, Freddie Jones.
Written by Jeremy Lloyd; Directed by Clive Donner. 1974.
The
Satanic Rites of Dracula (aka COUNT DRACULA AND HIS VAMPIRE BRIDE)
A secret coven consisting of prominent
scientists and politicians has been convened by the reclusive billionaire
D.D. Denham. Scotland Yard and MI5 begin to investigate some nefarious
goings-on, eventually calling in the services of Prof. Larimer Van Helsing.
His suspicions aroused, Van Helsing unmasks the tycoon Denham as Count
Dracula. The vampire is preparing to unleash a new strain of the bubonic
plague, and intends to rule the decimated landscape with Van Helsing's
granddaughter at his side. Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing,
Michael Coles, William Franklyn, Freddie Jones, Joanna Lumley. Written by
Don Houghton; Directed by Alan Gibson. 1974.
¤Original UK cinema version. PRESENTED IN LETTERBOXED FORMAT. Contains
original uk and us theatrical trailerS.
SON
OF DRACULA Count Downe has recently
inherited his father's title as ruler of the netherworld, and all the
monsters are already arriving in London for the coronation party. Still,
though, Count Downe is unsatisfied; it seems he's a budding composer, more
interested in music-making than evil-doing. When he falls in love, The Count
considers giving up his immortality for the sake of a normal life. But
first, he and his magician assistant Merlin will have to outsmart the
nefarious Baron Frankenstein. Starring Harry Nilsson, Ringo Starr, Dennis
Price, Suzanna Leigh, Freddie Jones, Peter Frampton, Keith Moon, John
Bonham, Skip Martin, Jenny Runacre. Written by Jennifer Jayne; Directed by
Freddie Francis. 1974.
THE
GHOUL A former cleric with a guilty secret
from his past keeps it hidden away in the attic of his country mansion. When
unwary travelers happen by, they end up falling prey to said secret's
ravenous hunger for human flesh. Starring Peter Cushing, John Hurt,
Alexandra Bastedo, Gwen Watford, Veronica Carlson, Ian McCulloch. Written by
Anthony Hinds; Directed by Freddie Francis. 1975.
LEGEND
OF THE WEREWOLF An orphan raised by wolves
becomes an assistant zoo keeper in Paris and begins a series of lycanthropic
killings targeting the patrons of a prostitute, whom he loves. Starring
Peter Cushing, Ron Moody, Hugh Griffith, Lynn Dalby, Roy Castle, Michael
Ripper, Pamela Green. Written by Anthony Hinds; Directed by Freddie Francis.
1975.
Diagnosis:
Murder A psychiatrist plots to
murder his wife so he can be with his mistress, but his wife mysteriously
disappears before he can carry out his plan. Starring Jon Finch, Judy
Geeson, Christopher Lee, Tony Beckley. Written by Philip Levene; Directed by
Sidney Hayers. 1975.
THE
MONSTER (aka I DON'T WANT TO BE BORN, THE DEVIL WITHIN HER) A former
stripper gives birth to a murderous possessed baby thanks to the curse of a
dwarf whose affections she once spurned. Starring Joan Collins, Eileen
Atkins, Ralph Bates, Donald Pleasence, Caroline Munro. Written by Stanley
Price; Directed by Peter Sasdy. 1975.
Original UK
cinema version.
THE
DEVIL'S MEN (aka LAND OF THE MINOTAUR) An
ancient religion wreaks havoc in the Balkans as Baron Corofax leads an
entire village in nightly satanic rituals involving human sacrifices offered
to a stone, fire-breathing minotaur in the ruins of a castle. Starring Peter
Cushing, Donald Pleasence, Costas Skouras, Luan Peters. Written by Arthur
Rowe; Directed by Costas Karagiannis. 1976.
¤Restores
all violence and nudity cut from the U.S. and video releases.
THE
HAUNTING OF JULIA (aka FULL CIRCLE) A
lonely woman haunted by the accidental death of her young daughter moves
into an eerie London townhouse haunted by the spectre of a murderous little
girl. Starring Mia Farrow, Keir Dullea, Tom Conti, Jill Bennett. Based on
the novel "Julia" by Peter Straub. Written by Harry Bromley Davenport, Dave
Humphries; Directed by Richard Loncraine. 1976.
THE
HOUSE ON STRAW HILL (aka Exposé)
Novelist Paul Martin hires a quiet British
country house so that he can work on finishing his latest novel; his agent
arranges for Linda Hindstatt, a literary secretary, to stay with him. What
no one knows is that this is just the first step in an elaborate plan of
vengeance Linda plans to exact in the wake of her husband's suicide.
Starring Udo Kier, Linda Hayden, Fiona Richmond, Patsy Smart. Written &
Directed by James Kenelm Clarke. 1976.
SATAN'S
SLAVE A young girl is caught up in a devil
cult run by her evil uncle and cousin. She can trust no one and even people
she thought were dead come back to haunt her. Starring Michael Gough, Martin
Potter, Candace Glendenning, Barbara Kellerman. Written by David
McGillivray; Directed by Norman J. Warren. 1976.
¤Restores
all violence and nudity cut from the U.S. release.
THE
UNCANNY An author trying to prove his
theory of a feline conspiracy relates a trio of stories to his editor: young
lovers after an old lady's fortune fail to reckon with her vengeful pets; a
little girl is taught black magic by a witch's familiar; and a 1930s horror
actor and his mistress are driven to their deaths by his murdered wife's
devoted kitty. Starring Peter Cushing, Ray Milland, Joan Greenwood, Susan
Penhaligon, Chloe Franks, Donald Pleasence, Samantha Eggar, John Vernon.
Written by Michel Parry; Directed by Denis Héroux. 1977.
KILLER'S
MOON Due to unauthorized experiments, four
mental patients believe they're living in a dream and have shed all moral
imperatives. Predictably, they escape and find their way to the nearest
busload of stranded schoolgirls. Starring Anthony Forrest, David Jackson,
Tom Marshall, Georgina Kean. Written & Directed by Alan Birkinshaw. 1978.
THE
SHOUT A traveler by the name of Crossley
forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon,
England, and uses aboriginal magic to displace his host. Starring Alan
Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt, Robert Stephens, Tim Curry. Written by
Michael Austin, Robert Graves, Jerzy Skolimowski; Directed by Skolimowski.
1978.
THE
GODSEND An English family of six takes in a pregnant woman who
disappears shortly after giving birth. They raise the baby girl as their
own, but over the years the strange deaths of their children make them
consider whether the little girl is more than she appears. Starring Cyd
Hayman, Malcolm Stoddard, Angela Pleasence, Patrick Barr. Based on the novel
by Bernard Taylor. Written by Olaf Pooley; Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont.
1981.
The
Appointment A talented young classical musician and her father have
a strange psycho-kinetic relationship which turns terrible after an unknown
force causes them to commit unspeakable acts of violence. Starring Edward
Woodward, Jane Merrow, Samantha Weysom, John Judd. Written & Directed by
Lindsey C. Vickers. 1981.
HOUSE
OF THE LONG SHADOWS An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on
a $20,000 bet that he can write a gothic novel in 24 hours. Upon his
arrival, however, the writer discovers that the manor, thought empty,
actually has several rather odd inhabitants. Starring Vincent Price,
Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Desi Arnaz Jr., John Carradine, Sheila
Keith, Julie Peasgood, Richard Todd. Based on the novel "Seven Keys to
Baldpate" by Earl Derr Biggers and the dramatisation by George M. Cohan.
Written by Michael Armstrong; Directed by Pete Walker. 1983.
Screamtime
Two friends steal a number of horror videotapes from their local
video store, and soon wish that they hadn't. Starring Vincent Russo,
Michael Gordon, Marie Scinto, Kevin Smith. Written by Michael Armstrong;
Directed by Stanley A. Long. 1983.
Don't
Open 'Til Christmas Someone in London is killing anyone in a
Santa suit, and Scotland Yard has to stop him before he makes his exploits
an annual tradition. Starring Edmund Purdom, Alan Lake, Belinda Mayne, Mark
Jones, Caroline Munro. Written by Al McGoohan, Derek Ford; Directed by
Edmund Purdom. 1984.
Transmutations
(aka Underworld)
Dr. Savary, a sinister biochemist, has
created a subhuman species who dwell in London's underground. Addicted to
Savary's mind-expanding drug, they suffer from grotesque disfigurement and
homicidal madness. Starring Denholm Elliott, Steven Berkoff, Larry Lamb,
Nicola Cowper, Ingrid Pitt, Miranda Richardson. Written by Clive Barker,
James Caplin; Directed by George Pavlou. 1985.
Dream
Demon Bride-to-be Diana has been having horrible, frightening
dreams. Then she meets a strange woman named Jenny, who lived in Diana's
home as a little girl. Jenny has erased those childhood years from her mind,
but when the memories resurface -- in the form of nightmares -- the girls'
lives suddenly become entwined. Starring Jemma Redgrave, Kathleen Wilhoite,
Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail. Written by Harley Cokeliss, Christopher Wicking;
Directed by Cokeliss. 1988.
Paperhouse
Anna Madden, seemingly lost in
loneliness, discovers she can visit the house she has drawn and meet its
occupant, a young disabled boy. But as she uncovers more of the links
between her fantasy world and the mundane present, her dream begins turning
into a nightmare. Starring Charlotte Burke, Jane Bertish, Samantha Cahill,
Glenne Headly, Gemma Jones, Ben Cross. Based on the novel "Marianne Dreams"
by Catherine Storr. Written by Matthew Jacobs; Directed by Bernard Rose.
1988.
THE
WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE Bonnie and her
cousin Sylvia, two very young children, are left at home in Willoughby Hall
while their parents travel overseas. Only the servants and the prowling
wolves are their companions. News arrives that Lord and Lady Willoughby are
missing, after which a malevolent governess suddenly arrives at the Hall.
Starring Stephanie Beacham, Mel Smith, Emily Hudson, Aleks Darowska, Richard
O'Brien, Jane Horrocks. Based on the novel by Joan Aiken. Written by William
M. Akers; Directed by Stuart Orme. 1988.
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