In The Mummy, three English archaeologists find the tomb of an Egyptian high priestess buried nearly four thousand years before. They discover a guard who had been buried alive with her. And will stop at nothing to protect her, and destroy the defilers of her tomb.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth: A Scottish professor uncovers a map of how to reach the center of the Earth through an Icelandic crater. Then, after sharing the news, competes with his rival to reach it.
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Since the brilliant scientist of The Fly is dead, time skips forward 20 years to his now-adult son, In The Return of the Fly, Phillipe seeks to recreate his father’s matter transporter. He hopes to show the world that his father was a genius. And to prove himself worthy of the love of a young woman. But a corrupt “friend” betrays him, recreating the original accident. Can an older Vincent Price save his nephew before it’s too late?
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The Wasp Woman. A cosmetics queen develops a youth formula from jelly taken from queen wasps. She suffers from unwanted side effects when exceeding the dosage. It’s actually an interesting story, dealing with how society treats — and discards — people as they age. It’s a story about ageism, wrapped in a science fiction/horror story.
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The FBI Story is a Hollywood biography of the early years of the FBI, told via flashback through the life story of one of its early agents.
As with most Hollywood biographies, The FBI Story needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Having said that, Jimmy Stewart does a wonderful job of portraying the early FBI agent. The story intertwines his personal life story with that of the agency. The story works well, with the various personal moments mingling well with the agency’s growing pains.
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The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow – Hot rods, monsters and rock’n’roll… In this teen-oriented picture, a gang of greasers hole up in a reputedly haunted mansion after getting evicted from their clubhouse.
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In The Alligator People, a newlywed husband abandons his young wife (Beverly Garland) on their wedding day. Distraught, she traces him to his ancestral home in the bayous of Louisiana, where, amid the swamps and deadly undergrowth, she discovers a terrible secret. Her husband was saved from death by an experimental medical procedure involving serum derived from alligators and now he’s developing horrifying side-effects. She’ll face any danger to help him but soon discovers her love may not be enough.
What can be said about Plan 9 from Outer Space that hasn’t already been said? It’s clearly the cheesiest of cheesy monster movies. It’s been considered for many years the worst movie that has ever been made – although there are other contenders.
In short, aliens from Outer Space plan to destroy Earth by reanimated corpses as an unstoppable army. In that respect, it’s similar to Invisible Invaders – another low-budget invasion movie. However, Invisible Invaders also has good acting and a relatively sensible script. Plan 9 from Outer Space has neither of those.
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Frank Sinatra stars as Tony Manetta, a widower living well beyond his means. He lives in Miami where he’s raising his young son, Alvin (Eddie Hodges). With a limited understanding of the word “responsibility,” Tony, finding himself in debt. With his back against the wall, decides to reach out to his older brother, Mario. For yet another in a string of loans. He lies that the money is needed for Alvin who has taken ill. The plot takes full-swing when Mario and his wife decide to pay Tony and Alvin a visit.
The Manster is a low-budget horror movie, based in Japan. The stereotypical amoral mad scientist, Dr. Robert Suzuki (Tetsu Nakamura) starts off the movie by destroying a hideously mutated creature, that used to be human. In fact, its his own brother, setting the doctor’s character for the audience. Putting scientific advancement above human relationships, a point that gets reinforced later in the film.
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