From Beyond the Grave is an anthology of four horror stories from Amicus. The thread connecting the four is an antiques dealer, played by Peter Cushing, who sells something in each of the stories.
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The Devil-Doll – Lionel Barrymore stars in this classic horror thriller about a Devil’s Island escapee who shrinks murderous slaves and sells them to his victims as dolls.
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Dead of Night (1945) starring Mervyn Johns, Sally Ann Howes, Michael Redgrave Dead of Night is a very interesting anthology of horror stories. An architect… Read More »Dead of Night [horror anthology]
The Brain that Wouldn’t Die is affectionately known as “Jan in the pan“. It’s the story of a brilliant, weird, unscrupulous surgeon. He’s a genius at organ transplants … So, when he decapitates his girlfriend in an automobile accident, there’s only one thing to do! He puts her head under his arm like a football and dashes back to his secret lab! Once there, he keeps the disembodied head of Jan alive. In a pan of chemicals. Until he can murder a beautiful woman to transplant her head onto! What could possibly go wrong?
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Day The World Ended (1955) starring Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Mike Connors Day the World Ended deals with the survival of a rancher and his… Read More »Day The World Ended [Richard Denning]
The Killer Shrews is a B-movie about a small group of people, trapped on an island with mutated shrews. Very, very, hungry shrews, that are on the verge of starvation. Very large, hungry shrews …
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In The Ghoul, Boris Karloff as Professor Morlant finds a stone he wants to be buried with. Because he believes that it will bring him back to life. However, when the stone is stolen before his burial, he comes back from the dead to find it. Or is it something else?
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In Cat Girl, a young woman inherits a family curse from her strange uncle. She transforms into a murderous feline when angered.
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Hammer Studios’ The Reptile is a good entry in the “tragic werewolf” genre … With our were-creature being a reptile. A person who the audience actually likes – in human form, at least.
Harry Spalding and his wife Valerie move to an inherited cottage in a small village in the country. Harry’s brother died mysteriously. They are coldly received by the locals… Except for the bartender / owner of a pub Tom Bailey, who welcome them. His weird neighbor Dr. Franklyn, who lives with his beautiful daughter Anna, tries to persuade them to sell the house and leave. But the couple decides to stay. Harry and Valerie find that the locals are being killed by some snake and they feel threatened. Anna asks for help. So, they trespass Dr. Franklyn’s house. There, they find the horrible truth hidden in the place.
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Psychologist John Holden’s colleague, Harrington, is mysteriously murdered. Holden refuses to believe that it’s the work of the devil… Until he becomes the next target of the Curse of the Demon.
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