The Night Strangler
In The Night Strangler, reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a series of murders in Seattle. Murders that occur every 21 years …
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Frankenstein Island
Frankenstein Island is a strong contender for “worst film of all time”. It’s a hodgepodge of ideas thrown together incoherently
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Terror in the Wax Museum
Terror in the Wax Museum (1976) starring Ray Milland, Elsa Lanchester, Maurice Evans, John Carradine
Terror in the Wax Museum is an interesting murder mystery. It’s set in Victorian London, 10 years after Jack the Ripper’s murder spree …
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Hillbillies in a Haunted House
Hillbillies in a Haunted House (1967) starring Ferlin Husky, Joi Lansing
In Hillbillies in a Haunted House, a country band is headed for Nashville, when they have car trouble. They try to stay overnight in a haunted house, but they run into spies …
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Blood of Dracula’s Castle
Blood of Dracula’s Castle (1967) starring John Carradine, Alexander D’Arcy, Paula Raymond
In Blood of Dracula’s Castle, Count & Countess Dracula are living in … Arizona? In a castle, no less. Where their servants kidnap beautiful young ladies, and keep them in the dungeon. For a fresh supply of blood. Until the castle’s new owners show up …
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Captain Kidd [Charles Laughton]
Captain Kidd (1945) starring Charles Laughton, John Carradine, Randolph Scott, Gilbert Roland, Barbara Britton, Henry Daniell
In this unhistorical account, Captain Kidd is already a clever, ruthless pirate when, in 1699, he tricks the king into commissioning him as escort for a treasure ship from India.
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Billy the Kid Vs Dracula
Billy the Kid Vs Dracula (1966) starring John Carradine, Chuck Courtney, Melinda Plowman
In Billy the Kid vs Dracula, Bar-B ranch foreman Billy the Kid isn’t an outlaw any more. He’s turned over a new leaf. He’s engaged to his boss, Betty. They are paid a visit by Betty’s uncle, Underhill, who – totally unbeknown to them – is a vampire.
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Les Miserables (1935)
Les Miserables (1935) starring Fredric March, Charles Laughton
Synopsis
Les Miserables stars screen legends Fredric March and Charles Laughton in this beloved classic based on Victor Hugo’s novel as an ex-convict and the police inspector who relentlessly pursues him.
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The Mummy’s Ghost [1944]
The Mummy’s Ghost (1944) starring Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine
Synopsis
In The Mummy’s Ghost, Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) returns, still searching for his lost love, Princess Ananka. When her mummified body disappears, he realizes that she’s been reincarnated. And he will find her …
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The Secret of NIMH
The Secret of NIMH (1982) starring Elizabeth Hartman, Peter Strauss
Synopsis of The Secret of NIMH
To save her ill son, a widowed field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of very strange rats, to whom she has a deeper link to than she ever suspected. Along the way, she (and the audience) learn The Secret of NIMH.
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