Dracula arrives at Dr. Edelman's office asking for a cure to his vampirism, but this is a ruse by Dracula to get near Dr. Edelman's beautiful female assistant and turn her into a vampire. Meanwhile, a sincere Lawrence Talbot, AKA the Wolfman, arrives seeking a cure for his lycanthropy. When Dr. Edelman's first attempt fails, Talbot tries to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff, but instead finds a network of underground caves where Frankenstein's Monster is in stasis. Chaos ensues as the three monsters fight for dominance of one another. Starring Onslow Stevens, Lon Chaney Jr., Lionel Atwill, and John Carradine. The last of the Monster Mash movies that started with Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943) and continued with House of Frankenstein (1943). All of these movies were made during WWII.
After escaping from the asylum, the deranged Dr. Niemann and his loyal hunchback assistant, Daniel, revive not only the evil Count Dracula, but the Wolf Man and Frankenstein's monster as well. All in order to exact revenge upon their many enemies. Starring Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., and J. Carrol Naish. The beginning of the Universal mix of monsters. Hey, we need to get these guys fighting each other. It will be a box office success!
Several murders have been committed in a London park and the victims have been savagely clawed about the throat. The police believe that a woman is a killer, and perhaps she is a (she) werewolf. Heiress Phyllis Allenby, fears she is the criminal, based on the family legend of the "Allenby Curse" which was the belief that members of the family at times assumed the form of a wolf. Her aunt's constant reminders to her of the "Allenby Curse" only serves to keep her niece's fears alive. Starring June Lockhart, Don Porter, and Sara Haden. Yes, that is June Lockhart from Lost In Space. Is she a werewolf?
Upon the death of his brother, Larry Talbot returns from America to his ancestral home in Wales. He visits a gypsy camp with village girl Jenny Williams, who is attacked by Bela, a gypsy who has turned into a werewolf. Larry kills the werewolf but is bitten during the fight. Bela's mother tells him that this will cause him to become a werewolf at each full moon. Larry confesses his plight to his unbelieving father, Sir John, who then joins the villagers in a hunt for the wolf. Transformed by the full moon, Larry heads for the forest and a fateful meeting with both Sir John and Gwen Conliffe. Starring Claude Rains, Warren William, and Lon Chaney Jr. The classic werewolf movie, but where are the skinwalker movies? Coming Soon!
The world of freight handlers Wilbur Grey and Chick Young is turned upside down when the remains of Frankenstein's monster and Dracula arrive from Europe to be used in a house of horrors. Dracula awakens and escapes with the weakened monster, who he plans to re-energize with a new brain. Larry Talbot (the Wolfman) arrives from London in an attempt to thwart Dracula. Dracula's reluctant aide is the beautiful Dr. Sandra Mornay. Her reluctance is dispatched by Dracula's bite. Dracula and Sandra abduct Wilbur for his brain and recharge the monster in preparation for the operation. Chick and Talbot attempt to find and free Wilbur, but when the full moon rises all hell breaks loose with the Wolfman, Dracula, and Frankenstein all running rampant. Starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Lon Chaney, Jr. The first of the Abbott and Costello Meet the (fill in Monster) movies. Good monster fun!
An eager scientist tests his new formula for invisibility on an escaped fugitive. When the formula works the criminal runs off to terrorize a family he believes cheated him out of a fortune years earlier. Starring Jon hall, Evelyn Ankers, and Alan Curtis. This is the last of the Invisible Man movies where Mad Scientists rule supreme.
Frank Raymond, grandson of the original Invisible Man, still has the old formula but considers it too dangerous to use, even when Axis agents try to get it. But Pearl Harbor brings him to volunteer his own services as an invisible agent in Germany. Though a bit cold (clothes aren't invisible), his adventures are more comedy than thriller (with occasional grim reminders) as he makes fools of Nazi officials and romances a luscious double agent, in search of Hitler's secret plan... Starring Ilona Massey, Jon Hall and Peter Lorre. A fun WWII movie with the Invisible Man against the Nazis. Now the Invisible Man is a hero, rather than the villain.
An irrigation project in the rural bayous of Louisiana unearths living mummy Kharis, who was buried in quicksand twenty-five years earlier. Now in Louisiana, the mummy Kharis roams the bayou, tormented by his forbidden love for Princess Ananka. Starring Lon Chaney Jr., Peter Coe, and Virginia Christine. The last of the Lon Chaney Jr. mummy movies. Hopefully he can rest in peace until the franchise starts again with Christopher Lee and Hammer Horror.
An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning that Ananka's spirit has been reincarnated into another body, he kidnaps a young woman of Egyptian descent with a mysterious resemblance to the princess. However, the high priest's greedy desires cause him to lose control of the mummy. Starring Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, and Robert Lowery. Now that damn mummy is in North America!
Eccentric Professor Gibbs, brilliant but impractical, invents an invisibility machine and advertises for a guinea pig. What he gets is Kitty Carroll, an attractive, adventurous model, who thinks being invisible would help her settle a few scores. Complications arise when three comic gangsters steal the machine to use on their boss. Starring Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, and John Howard. The third movie in the British series of Invisible Man movies. Virginia Bruce is great as the Invisible Woman!
ramed for the murder of his brother, Geoffrey Radcliffe is scheduled to hang. After a visit from his friend Dr. Frank Griffin, he vanishes mysteriously from prison. Police inspector Sampson realizes that Griffin is the brother of the original Invisible Man and has given Geoffrey the formula to aid his escape. Can Geoffrey elude the police dragnet and track down the real murderer? More importantly, can Griffin discover an antidote before the invisibility formula drives Geoffrey insane? Can you hang an Invisible Man?
The ancient Egypt Mummy, Kharis, is transported from his homeland with the high priest Mehemet to wreak vengeance on the family who has defiled the sacred tomb of his beloved Princess Ananka. Lon Chaney Jr., Dick Foran, and John Hubbard. The third mummy movie released during WWII.
A couple of comical, out-of-work archaeologists (Dick Foran and Wallace Ford) in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving funding from an eccentric magician and his beautiful daughter (Peggy Moran), they set out into the desert only to be terrorized by a sinister high priest (George Zucco) and the living mummy Kharis (Tom Tyler) who are the guardians of Ananka’Òs tomb. Starring Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, and Wallace Ford. A fun archeological horror adventure movie!
Ignored by his alcoholic parents, Jimmy Wilson starts hanging around with some shady characters. After falling in love with a lounge singer, Jimmy tries to impress her by doing jobs for her shady boss. After one of these jobs goes bad, Jimmy ends up on the run. Eventually, he must confront the truth, his past, and his parents. Starring Robert Lowell, Mary Beth Hughes, and John Miljan. Yep, one of those kids gone bad movies from the 1940s. I guess things were pretty screwed up back then, not like now.
A town is shocked when a high school girl commits suicide. A reporter and a cop team up to investigate and find out exactly what is going on among the youth of the town. There are lots of sleazy story elements that are sure to titillate. In this film, teens drink, use drugs, commit pointless robberies and assaults and drive like maniacs—all apparently the result of poor parental guidance. And as a result, kids died in this movie—and in the most spectacular ways! And all during WWII. Starring June Carlson, Fifi D'Orsay, and Teala Loring. June Carlson became famous as the female lead in The Creature From the Black Lagoon. I suppose worth watching just for that.
A wealthy old recluse wills her fortune and exceedingly-gloomy house to a pair of newlyweds, Robert and Eleanor Lindsay. Years before, Dr. Jackson had been in love with Eleanor's father, who was younger than her and did not return her love. N'Gina, an ape-man, Dr. Jackson brought back from Africa drinks a potion she had concocted in her laboratory, for a specific reason, but N'Gina turns on her and kills her, which is not what she had planned. Then he murders her attorney, Bradshaw, who is hunting for $20,000 in gold she had hidden in her gloomy house. Her brother, Zeno, an ex-convict, finds the gold but N'Gina isn't bothered by the bullets Zeno fires at him and kills him also. Detective Nelson then goes looking for it. Starring Zack Williams, Laura Bowman, and Alfred Grant. Can people get turned into Bigfoot?
The story is about a Nazi doctor and escaped prisoner-of-war who goes to London. There, via the Nazi underground, he poses as an Australian bacteriologist, whom he has killed and taken his place, assigned to do some medical research. His plot is, using British labs and knowledge, to find a method of immunizing the German people against a plague the Nazis are going to use in their next war. Complications arise when his British assistant, Robert Beatty, becomes suspicious of his actions, and an Australian girl who knew the real doctor shows up. Starring Robert Beatty, Mervyn Johns, and Nova Pilbeam. An interesting British thriller made only a few years after WWII.
An evil genius of unknown identity, calling himself “Dr. Vulcan” plots to conquer the world. He needs to first eliminate, one by one, the members of the Science Associates, an organization of America's greatest scientists. Using the flying jacket and helmet and other inventions provided by Dr. Millard, and aided by magazine reporter and photographer Glenda Thomas Jeff King, as Rocket Man, battles Vulcan and his henchmen through a dozen action-packed serial chapters. Eventually, Vulcan steals Millard's most dangerous invention, a Sonic Decimator, and uses it to flood and then destroy both New York City and the rest of Manhattan Island. Starring Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, Don Haggerty, House Peters, Jr., James Craven, and I. Stanford Jolley. What next—invaders from the Moon? The first of all the great Rocket Men serials! Iron Man, look out!
Teenaged Mowgli, who was raised by wolves, appears in a village in India and is adopted by Messua. Mowgli learns human language and some human ways quickly, though keeping jungle ideas. Influential Merchant Buldeo is bigoted against 'beasts' including Mowgli; not so Buldeo's pretty daughter, whom Mowgli takes on a jungle tour where they find a treasure in a lost city, setting the evil of human greed in motion. A great, color movie based on Rudyard Kipling’s book. Starring Sabu, Joseph Calleia, and John Qualen.
A movie about the French Revolution, Robespierre, a powerful figure in the revolution and the subsequent Reign of Terror, is desperately looking for his black book, a death list of those marked by him for the guillotine and a key to help him eventually emerge as the country's dictator. He hopes his agents will recover it, but, if it falls in to the wrong hands, it would mean his political ruin and death. Starring Robert Cummings, Arlene Dahl, Richard Basehart, and Richard Hart. Where was George Washington and Benjamin Franklin when they were needed? Richard Basehart was the star of VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA television series. Was Hollywood Squares in on this movie?
