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Sudden Fear, starring Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame

Sudden Fear

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Sudden Fear (1952) starring Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame

In this rediscovered masterpiece of film noir, Joan Crawford plays a successful playwright who marries a mediocre actor (Jack Palance) with a troubling secret. She soon discovers that he not only married her for money but that he plans to murder her with the help of his lover (Gloria Grahame). Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Actress (Crawford), Best Supporting Actor (Palance) and Best Black & White Cinematography (Charles Lang Jr.), this taut thriller also features a score by Elmer Bernstein that is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.

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The Howling, starring Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Elisabeth Brooks, John Carradine, Robert Picardo

The Howling

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The Howling (1980), starring Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Elisabeth Brooks, John Carradine, Robert Picardo

The Howling, starring Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Elisabeth Brooks, John Carradine, Robert Picardo

The Howling – A shaken TV newswoman finds a doctor’s retreat crawling with werewolves. Directed by Joe Dante.

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Squirm (1976), Reviewed by: The Masked Reviewer

Squirm

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Squirm (1976), Reviewed by: The Masked Reviewer

Squirm (1976), Reviewed by: The Masked Reviewer

buy Squirm from amazon.com In Squirm, when a storm knocks down the power lines in the small town of Fly Creek, the worms are mysteriously mutated. Apparently when a worm mutates they hunger for human flesh.  Meanwhile Geri Sanders is waiting for Mick her boyfriend from the city to arrive. Roger not so subtly flirts with Geri, she thinks he’s a good friend. Her sister, and mother find it funny. Long story short Mick arrives in Fly Creek and discovers a human skeleton. The sheriff investigates the crime scene only to find no skeleton. His hatred for poor Mick begins. As more bodies are found more worms appear. Can our heroes stop the murderous worms?

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Delirious (1991) starring John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms, Raymond Burr, Dylan Baker

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Delirious (1991) starring John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms, Raymond Burr, Dylan Baker

Synopsis of Delirious 

 In short, Delirious deals with the head writer of a soap opera (John Candy) who gets knocked on the head and imagines that he’s in his soap opera. He further imagines that he can change the behavior of the people there by his writing. In real life, he has a crush on the self-absorbed leading lady. He learns that she isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. But possibly someone else is …

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High Noon (1952) starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Ian MacDonald

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High Noon (1952) starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Ian MacDonald

Buy from Amazon High Noon – starring Gary Cooper & Grace Kelly. Cooper won an Academy Award for his role as the aging lawman who stands alone to defend his town from hardened outlaws.

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Bird of Paradise (1932), starring Joel McCrea, Dolores del Río

Bird of Paradise [Joel McCrea]

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Bird of Paradise (1932), starring Joel McCrea, Dolores del Río

Bird of Paradise – Dolores Del Rio, Joel McCrea. A wealthy playboy falls for a stunning Polynesian princess when his yacht crashes into a coral reef. But each must overcome the prejudices and traditions of their own kind that threaten to pull them apart.

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1984 (1984) starring John Hurt, Richard Burton

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1984 (1984) starring John Hurt, Richard Burton1984 (1984) starring John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton

This is the movie version of George Orwell’s classic novel “1984”.  It deals with a totalitarian society of the future in which no one can escape observation and detection. Well done version true to the book.

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Destination Tokyo (1943) starring Gary Cooper, John Garfield

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Destination Tokyo (1943) starring Cary Grant, John Garfield

Synopsis of Destination Tokyo

 It’s a daring and dangerous underwater adventure with Oscar-winner Cary Grant (The Awful Truth, Suspicion, North by Northwest) as the captain of a U.S. submarine bound for a search and destroy mission in Tokyo harbor during WWII. Co-starring Oscar-nominee John Garfield (Gentleman’s Agreement, The Postman Always Rings Twice). Look for the screen debut of young John Forsythe (TV’s Dynasty  and the voice of Charlie on Charlie’s Angels). Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay.

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Hellcats of the Navy (1957), starring Ronald Reagan, Nancy Davis

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Hellcats of the Navy (1957), starring Ronald Reagan, Nancy Davis

Product Description of Hellcats of the Navy

buy-from-amazon Dramatic World War II action aboard a U.S. submarine is the setting for the only film in which Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis star together. Based on a true incident, submarine Commander Casey Abbott (Reagan) leads a daring mission to enter the heavily mined Tsushima Straits to sever a vital link between the Asiatic mainland and the Japanese home islands. Abbott charts the dangerous waters, destroys an enemy island installation and sinks thousands of tons of enemy shipping. In the course of the operation, Abbott teaches his second in command, Lt. Commander Landon (Arthur Franz), the important difference between command decision and emotional reaction. Landon is put to the test when he must order a crash dive which leaves Abbot swimming alone in the trackless sea. When rescued, Abbott is cared for by nurse Blair (Davis), and now he, too, must test his own emotions.

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W.C. Fields Comedy Collection, Vol. 2 (The Man on the Flying Trapeze / Never Give A Sucker An Even Break / You're Telling Me! / The Old Fashioned Way / Poppy)

W. C. Fields Comedy Collection volume 2

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 W.C. Fields Comedy Collection, Vol. 2 (The Man on the Flying Trapeze / Never Give A Sucker An Even Break / You're Telling Me! / The Old Fashioned Way / Poppy)W. C. Fields Comedy Collection volume 2

A 5-DVD collection of some of W. C. Fields best movies—The Man on the Flying Trapeze, Never Give A Sucker An Even BreakYou’re Telling Me!, The Old Fashioned Way, Poppy.  An excellent example of why W. C. Fields is still remembered so highly as comedian, clown, juggler, and lovable curmudgeon.  The DVD collection includes the movies, their original movie trailers, and 1965 salute to W. C. Fields.  The movies are:Read More »W. C. Fields Comedy Collection volume 2