King of Kings
King of Kings is a very good telling of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It has a huge cast of characters who… Read More »King of Kings
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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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The Premature Burial
The Premature Burial (1962), starring Ray Milland, Hazel Court, directed by Roger Corman
In The Premature Burial, an artist grows distant from his newlywed wife. His father was a cataleptic, who was mistakenly buried alive. And so he’s terrified of the same. And step by step he grows more distant from his wife, more obsessed …
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The Uncanny [Peter Cushing, Ray Milland]
The Uncanny (1977) starring Peter Cushing, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasance, Samatha Eggar
The Uncanny is an anthology movie. Wilbur Gray (Peter Cushing) is an eccentric writer who has written a novel. He’s trying to convince his agent (Ray Milland) to publish his latest, about — cats! He documents his thesis that household cats are intelligent, in control, and murderous when necessary. This serves as the framing device for three horror stories about the murderous cats.
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The Uninvited
The Uninvited (1944), starring Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Gail Russell
Synopsis of The Uninvited
The Uninvited is a ghost story about a brother and sister. They buy a seaside house, and soon become involved in ghost hunting. And become involved in the life of a young woman who’s involved with the ghost.
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The Major and the Minor
The Major and the Minor (1942) starring Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, by Billy Wilder
Synopsis of The Major and the Minor
In The Major and the Minor, a frustrated city girl (Ginger Rogers) decides to disguise herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little “Sue Sue” finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with handsome Major Kirby (Ray Milland). And he insists on taking her to his military academy after their train is stalled. And the inevitable romantic triangle with the Major’s girlfriend.
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Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder (1954), starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, by Alfred Hitchcock
Synopsis of Dial M for Murder
When playboy tennis pro Tony Wendice discovers his rich wife, Margot is having an affair with handsome American Mark Hallidy, he devises an ingenious plot to murder her. But when his scheme takes an unexpected, deadly twist, Tony improvises–implicating Margot for first degree murder in this classic spellbinder. Dial M for Murder
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Panic in the Year Zero
Panic in the Year Zero (1962), starring Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon
Synopsis of Panic in the Year Zero
In Panic in the Year Zero, Los Angeles is demolished by a nuclear attack. Looting and robbing run rampant. Seeking shelter from the chaos, a family hides out in an isolated fishing cabin. Only to find that the chief danger comes from a band of violent, crazed juvenile delinquents.
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X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, starring Ray Milland, Don Rickles, Diana Van der Vlis, by Roger Corman
Roger Corman’s X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, is a different science fiction/horror movie, in several ways. It has the well-worn theme of a scientist delving too deeply into things that man wasn’t meant to know.
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Frogs
Frogs (1972) starring Ray Milland, Sam Elliot, Joan Van Ark
The movie Frogs is an attempt to recreate the horror of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. Frogs mostly falls flat, however.
Synopsis of Frogs
A free-lance photographer is taking photos for an anti-pollution article in the Florida everglade when his canoe is swamped by a spoiled rich young man. Who attempts to make amends by bringing him back to the family mansion. The grumpy family patriarch makes no secret of his controlling nature, over both his family and the environment. It appears that the environment seeks to return the favor …
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