When a meteor shower rains down outside Los Angeles, Lars and Jonas, two friends stuck in tired, boring lives, head out to find one and strike it rich. After recovering one, they start being stalked by Terrordactyls, ancient flying reptiles, that launch a full-on assault on the city. They go on the run, trying to survive, where the unlikely heroes, along with Candice, a tough-and-sexy bartender, Valerie, her sultry roommate, and Sampson, a constantly drunk and sassy ex-marine, soon discover that there's more to the meteor than meets the eye. They must learn to put their differences aside, and fight back to make the Terrordactyls extinct once again. Starring Jenny Allford, Jack E. Curenton, and Bianca Haase. A comedy horror pic!
A small, secluded island off the coast of Belize suddenly finds itself terrorized by a deadly predator from the planet's distant past when deep sea divers accidentally awaken an ancient evil. Freed from the ocean’s depths, a monstrous relic hunts without mercy, leaving an island’s inhabitants trapped in a deadly battle between survival, greed, and a creature older than time. Starring Brian Krause, Anne McDaniels, and Steven Helmkamp. Half Dinosaur! Half Sea Monster! All Trouble!
Toby and Butch (Michael Coby and Paul Smith playing Bud Spencer and Terence Hill) are a couple of bumbling crooks who get a truck driving job hauling insecticide from Italy to France. Unbeknownst to the clueless duo, they're really smuggling guns. A group of equally inept mobsters try to steal the guns to no avail. Starring Michael Coby, Paul Smith, and Dominic Barto. Also known as Convoy Buddies.
Slim and Tubby are American cops in London to study police tactics. They wind up in jail and are bailed out by Dr. Jekyll. Jekyll has been murdering fellow doctors who laugh at his experiments. He has more murders in mind. At one point the serum that turns Jekyll into the murderous Hyde gets injected into Tubby. Starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Boris Karloff. One of the later Abbott and Costello comedies and Karloff is good in this one.
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!
Boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager. While detectives Bud and Lou investigate, they come across an invisibility formula with which Tommy injects himself rather than face the police. This sparks an idea for trapping gangster Morgan by having Lou fight champ Rocky Hanlon, with Tommy's invisible help. Starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Nancy Guild.
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!
A family is driving across the country when they stumble across a mysterious house inhabited by the satyr-man Torgo. When the family decides to stay over at the house, mother Margaret is now the object of desire for Torgo and the owner of the house, The Master: a mysterious figure who dresses in a black robe decorated with red hands. Starring Tom Neyman, John Reynolds, and Diane Adelson. The producer, Harold P. Warren was very active in the theater scene in El Paso, Texas, and he once appeared as a walk-on for the television series Route 66, where he met screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. While chatting with Silliphant in a local coffee shop, Warren claimed that it was not difficult to make a horror film, and he bet Silliphant that he could make an entire film on his own. Warren went on to win the bet and make what is thought to be in the Top Ten Worst Movies ever made. El Paso loves this movie. Cast and crew recall that John Reynolds was on LSD during filming. It explains his confused behavior and incessant twitching in virtually all of his scenes.
A discrete tongue-in-cheek western with the vague plot of will Tombstone's town drunk redeem himself. Full of Western cliches, whether classical or spaghetti flavor. The Spanish title "Brandy" is the nickname given to the flawed protagonist who will be given the responsibility of ridding Tombstone of its greedy and evil oligarchs led by George Rigaud (a frequent villain in Spanish films of the 50s). Starring Alex Nicol, Maite Blasco; Antonio Casas. This early Tortilla Western packs drama, shootouts, high body-count, thrills and the results to be quite entertaining in this Western comedy.
Sweeney, a divorced man, is willing to do anything, even kidnapping, to win back his wife. He stands a fair chance as the ex-mates continue to sleep together, despite the fact that she's remarried. How far will he go to conquer his beloved once again? It's up to a team of New York cops to try and make sense of the crime. Starring Anthony Newley, Stefanie Powers, Isaac Hayes, and John Candy. A Canadian comedy filmed in Toronto as New York with John Candy in an early role. Got to love Stephanie Powers, The Girl From UNCLE.
A trio of moronic aliens crash-land on Earth and become celebrities, while a fourth alien, who arrives separately, finds himself ignored. Staring Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, and Joanne Pearce. A British sci-fi comedy along the lines of Monte Python. “They came, they saw, they did a little shopping,” as one of the posters said.
The meanest villain in the West falls for a pretty schoolteacher and tries to change his ways, but a determined (and egomaniacal) singing sheriff is out to capture him. Staring John Astin, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn and Henry Gibson in this hilarious western spoof. Sort of the Adams Family meets Blazing Saddles.
The brothers, a couple of ne'er-do-wells, turn a sleepy mining town upside-down in their search for quick riches in this comedy western. Staring John Astin, Pat Carroll and Lee Meriweather. Sort of the Adams Family meets Blazing Saddles.
The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933). The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that “ain't fit for man nor beast.” Mr. Snavely, a Yukon prospector, lost his only son years ago to the temptations of the big city; now the prodigal Chester, released from prison, comes home to Ma and Pa. A parody of Yukon melodrama; includes the famous looking-out-the-door routine. Starring W.C. Fields, Rosemary Theby, and George Chandler. A famous short with W.C. Fields.
This is a sexy Western about five women convicts trying to deliver arms to 1840 Mexican held Texas. The five female convicts are recruited to secretly transport arms into Mexican-held Texas in 1840 by Hugh O’Brien, A fun television movie from the early 70s. Based on novel: The Trailmakers. Starsring Hugh O'Brian, Anne Francis, and Marilyn Maxwell. Remember Anne Francis from the 60s television show about a female detective with a pet ocelot—Honey Wells?
Due to a home-steading law, a fur trapper schemes to keep his land by hiring a hooker, a pickpocket, and a thief to pose as his family. Starring Buddy Ebsen, Karen Valentine, Lesley Ann Warren. A fun television comedy western with Buddy Ebsen of The Beverly Hillbillies.
Two outlaws: "The doctor" (Bud Spencer) and the Indian Girolamo are helping villagers to fight a gang and a corrupt sheriff who has discovered gold under the village. Starring Bud Spencer, Joe Bugner, and Piero Trombetta. One of the last spaghetti westerns to be made. A fun comedy with Bud Spencer.
In this hour-long Clutch Cargo compilation of episodes, Clutch begins by racing an airplane against a man called the ace. Then in The Race Car Mystery, Clutch's friend has his car sabotaged in a race. When Clutch shows up, the same thing happens to him. Finally, the whole Clutch Cargo crew tackle The Elephant Nappers. Yep, its Clutch Cargo with his pals Spinner and Paddlefoot. They tried to sue the makers of Jonny Quest, but it failed.
While Clutch is at an in-store signing for his new book he gets a telegraph telling him he must go to South America to find a lost friend. Yep, its Clutch Cargo with his pals Spinner and Paddlefoot. They tried to sue the makers of Jonny Quest, but it failed. Next it is Twaddle in Africa, where Clutch’s Niece Nica introduces Clutch Cargo's adventure—Twaddle in Africa. The final episode is Water Wizards, in which Clutch and Spinner enter the boat races at the regatta and a man called Spider Black tries to sabotage them. Yep, its Clutch Cargo with his pals Spinner and Paddlefoot. They tried to sue the makers of Jonny Quest, but it failed.
As archaeologists in Egypt, the Three Stooges enter a pyramid and are surprised to discover not only mummies but their own ghosts as well. The final hurrah for the 3 Stooges.
