Also known as The Clairvoyant and taken from a book by that name and made in England. Claude Raines is Maximus, a small-time music hall mind reader and a fake psychic, suddenly has frightening flashes of precognition; but he cannot predict or control them …until he realizes he has them in the presence of Christine, attractive daughter of a publisher, who makes Rene, his equally lovely wife, wretchedly jealous. But worse trouble comes to Maximus when he’s accused of causing a disaster he predicted. His predictions start coming true with tragic consequences. Starring Claude Rains, Fay Wray, and Mary Clare. One of the lost horror movies of the 1930s, with Fay “King Kong” Wray.
In 1905, an English anthropologist has discovered a frozen monster in the frozen wastes of Manchuria which he believes may be the Missing Link. He brings the creature back to Europe aboard a trans-Siberian express, but during the trip the monster thaws out and starts to butcher the passengers one by one. Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Telly Savalas. This is not a train to be on! Is it a bigfoot or an alien?
Also known as Assignment Terror. Aliens from a dying world plot to conquer Earth by preying on man’s superstitions. Bringing two dead scientists back to life, they use their knowledge to re-animate various monsters, including the werewolf Waldemar Daninsky, Frankenstein’s monster, the mummy Tao-Tet, and the vampire Count de Meirhoff. Starring Michael Rennie of The Day the Earth Stood Still, Karin Dor, and Craig Hill. An Italian horror movie with all the monsters you could possibly want… wait, where are the Mole Men?
A scientist doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days. However, the “adult” fetus turns into a homicidal psycho and looks for a new formula to prevent her from aging further. Starring Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd. Looks like genetic experiments and cloning gone wild. Haven’t they learned anything? Maybe Rock Hudson’s last movie. You look it up.
Mercenary Gold is sent from the CIA to seize the laser expert Braun in Cuba, before the KGB catches him. A recently stolen giant diamond could be used together with Braun’s knowledge to construct a laser cannon which could bring power over the whole world. Who will succeed: CIA or KGB – or none of them? Starring Brandon Lee, Debi A. Monahan, and Ernest Borgnine. Maybe Ernest Borgnine’s last movie? He was great in Escape From New York! Brandon Lee’s first movie in a very short career.
Antisocial Professor Hammil’s Remote Control device, which enables the user to take over any motor vehicle within 50 miles, is stolen by The Wizard, black-hooded mastermind, and his gang. Batman and Robin must prevent the Wizard from obtaining diamonds, needed as fuel for the device, and rescue magazine photographer Vicki Vale from periodic perils. Where is the Wizard’s base, reached only by remote controlled submarine? Which of several suspicious characters hides beneath the Wizard’s hood? Starring Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, and Jane Adams. This old Batman seems a bit corny by today’s standards but they still have the Batcave, the Bat Signal and more!
Three bumbling criminals have been trying to get their hands on the computerized control system of Mr. Twister, a talking monster truck with a mind of its own. This is one of those made-in-Wisconsin movies about heavy machinery (maybe the only one). Yep, before heavy machinery bots fought it out on television, this movie stepped up to the plate. A big hit in Japan (sort of) you can watch this movie and then go and play with your own big machines. Starring Dean West, Meredith Orr, David Alan Smith. Don’t run out of gas!
German Commissioner Lohmann is planning his holidays when an unexpected phone call calls him back to work. A member of Interpol has been murdered. The head of an organization wants to come into contact with the gangster organization of Chicago. But who is this? Mysterious murders happen and all trails lead to a penitentiary. But there is Joe Como, FBI agent, who is helping commissioner Lohmann. But soon Lohmann doubts Comos’ identity. When Lohmann sees the name of Dr. Mabuse mentioned in a book found by a victim he believes that Dr. Mabuse is the mind behind the crimes. Starsring Gert Fröbe, Lex Barker, Daliah Lavi. Before the James Bond 007 movie Goldfinger, Gert Fröbe made two British-German movies featuring the diabolic mad scientist Doctor Mabuse and his nemesis, Commissioner Lohmann.
Dr. Jeremiah Morley becomes convinced that the world is headed to an inevitable worldwide nuclear war. He organizes an expedition made up of a team of expert scientists and an atomic-powered rock-boring vehicle called a “cyclotram” to find a subterranean environment where holocaust survivors could live indefinitely. When funding falls through, independently rich adventurer Wright Thompson underwrites the project under the condition that he be allowed to go. As the group goes deeper beneath the Earth’s crust, personalities clash, tempers flare, and the dangerous journey claims the lives of several expedition members. Then they come upon an enormous underground expanse with its own ocean and phosphorescent light. Starring Bruce Kellogg, Otto Waldis, and Jim Bannon. Look out Hollow Earth, here we come! The movie that started the Hollow Earth craze!
Rick Turner is engaged of Donna Trent and is having nightmares with a beautiful blonde woman dancing in the sky. One night, he is mysteriously driven to a doll shop, and in the next morning he returns to the place with Donna. He finds a doll that resembles his fiancé, but the owner Francis Lamont delivers another doll to him, with the face of the woman of his dreams, Bianca Milan. Rick looks for Bianca and is seduced and convinced by her to join a sect that worships the diabolic Camba, while the health of Donna is threatened by Francis and Bianca. Starring Linda Christian, Robert Alda, and Ariadne Welter. Best not to go into those weird doll shops… a creepy, sexy horror movie.
Investigating the mysterious deaths of a number of farm animals, vet Rack Hansen discovers that his town lies in the path of hoards of migrating tarantulas. Before he can take action, the streets are overrun by killer spiders, trapping a small group of towns folk in a remote hotel in rural Arizona. Yowks! Starring William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, and Woody Strode. A great look at the Sedona area in the 1970s starring Captain Kirk from Star Trek!
Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly mad scientist who seeks to cure a young woman’s polio. He needs spinal fluid from a human to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing towns people. Strange things get even stranger. Starring Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, and Gene O’Donnell. Is it a gorilla, bigfoot or a mad scientist? A great retro-bigfoot-gorilla film!
Conducting weird scientific experiments, mad scientist Dr. James Brewster, aided by his colleague Dr. Randall, has managed to transform himself into a hairy, stooped-over ape-man. Desperately seeking a cure, Brewster believes only an injection of recently-drawn human spinal fluid will prove effective. With Randall refusing to help him, it falls to Brewster and his captive gorilla to find appropriate donors. Starring Bela Lugosi, Louise Currie, and Wallace Ford. Is it a gorilla, bigfoot or a mad scientist? A great retro-bigfoot-ape-man film!
The Master Key-1945-Part 1. Set in 1938 with Nazi agents kidnapping scientist Professor Ellwood Henderson in order to get his Orotron machine that can extract gold from seawater. Operating under the secret leadership of “The Master Key,” with the operatives headed by a German agent posing as a private investigator named Garrett Donovan, the gang is trailed by Federal agent Tom Brant, aided by police detective Lieutenant Jack Ryan and newspaper reporter Janet Lowe. Also aiding in the quest is Police Chief William J. O’Brien and his secretary Dorothy Arnold. Starring Milburn Stone, Jan Wiley, and Dennis Moore. One of the great WWII spy serials!
Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called “The Oaks”, which not long ago had been the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as “The Bat”. Meanwhile, the house’s owner, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities, and has hidden the proceeds in the house, but he is killed before he can retrieve the money. Thus the lonely country house soon becomes the site of many mysterious and dangerous activities. Starring Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, and Gavin Gordon. A great 50s haunted house movie!
Crafty underworld leader “The Wasp” will stop at nothing to steal Professor Houston’s radium-energy machine. The Wasp wreaks havoc on a radio station, a dam, and a power plant in his attempts to get the invention, but luckily master Magician Mandrake is there every step of the way to right the wrongs. The star of Colorful King Features newspaper comic strip, brought to life in twelve magical episodes. With Warren Hull and Betty Houston. Sometimes mad scientists and magicians need to mix it up!
In Singapore, two Marine Lieutenants, Tom Grayson and Frank Corby, uncover the threat of a masked terrorist called The Lightning, who uses an arsenal of powerful lightning-based weaponry in his bid for world conquest. These electrical fireballs are similar to the Foo Fighters that appeared during WWII. The battle becomes personal when The Lightning annihilates the officers’ unit and later kills Lt. Grayson’s father as he was helping the investigation of the weapon. Now, the marines have dedicated themselves to stopping The Lightning and bringing him to justice… This movie is famous for its main villain, The Lightning—the very first costumed supervillain. There is some speculation that George Lucas used The Lightning as a template for Darth Vader. Starring Lee Powell, Bruce Bennett, and Eleanor Stewart. A great action serial!
Set in Earth’s distant future, this serial tracks the adventures of a group of fighters for truth and justice, known as The Video Rangers. They are led by Captain Video (no first name ever was mentioned). The Video Rangers operated from a secret base on a mountaintop whose location was unspecified. The Captain received his orders from “The Commissioner of Public Safety” (surname Carey), whose responsibilities took in the entire solar system as well as human colonies on planets around other stars. A great early 50s serial with a cool secret base for the Video Rangers, this was tremendously popular in the early 50s, the start of a new future and the race into space!
On a neutral island in the Pacific called Shadow Island run by American gangster Lucky Kamber, both sides in World War II attempt to control the secret of Element 722, which can be used to create synthetic aviation fuel. The U.S. sends in Secret Agent X-9 to foil the plot. Chinese agent Ah Fong becomes X-9’s partner. A Japanese submarine is standing by to take a surgically altered spy to America. A French couple, Hotel owners Papa and Mama Pierre also figure in the plot. A mysterious figure known only as Solo spends most of the picture playing tiddley winks on Kamber’s bar. Double crosses and triple crosses abound as X-9 tries to gain the secret of “Element 722″. Staring Lloyd Bridges as Phil Corrigan aka Secret Agent X-9; Keye Luke as Ah Fong, Chinese agent; Jan Wiley as Lynn Moore, Australian agent; Victoria Horne as Nabura, villainous Japanese agent; and Samuel S. Hinds as Solo. Before there was James Bond there was Secret Agent X-9. Before Element 115, there was Element 722! An action-packed movie!
A breakthrough scientific device will revolutionize the world’s energy usage if the kidnapped creator can be found. To rescue her father, Claire Forrest enlists the help of private detective, Lance Reardon. Clues lead them to a remote Pacific isle known only as Mystery Island, where the two confront sinister and astonishing forces.
