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The Terminator (1984)

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In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cameron
CAST:  Arnold Schwarzenegger  •  Michael Biehn  •  Linda Hamilton  •  Paul Winfield

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cameron
CAST:  Arnold Schwarzenegger  •  Michael Biehn  •  Linda Hamilton  •  Paul Winfield

Blood and Black Lace (1964)

Isabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees many vices, disappears, the masked killer begins killing off all the models in and around the house to find it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Bava
CAST:  Cameron Mitchell  •  Eva Bartok  •  Thomas Reiner  •  Ariana Gorini

Isabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees many vices, disappears, the masked killer begins killing off all the models in and around the house to find it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Bava
CAST:  Cameron Mitchell  •  Eva Bartok  •  Thomas Reiner  •  Ariana Gorini

Death Race 2000 (1975)

In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Bartel
CAST:  David Carradine  •  Simone Griffeth  •  Sylvester Stallone  •  Mary Woronov

In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Bartel
CAST:  David Carradine  •  Simone Griffeth  •  Sylvester Stallone  •  Mary Woronov

La Dolce Vita (1960)

Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Fellini
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Anita Ekberg  •  Anouk Aimée  •  Yvonne Furneaux

Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Fellini
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Anita Ekberg  •  Anouk Aimée  •  Yvonne Furneaux

Quo Vadis (1951)

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After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Deborah Kerr  •  Leo Genn  •  Peter Ustinov

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Deborah Kerr  •  Leo Genn  •  Peter Ustinov

Black Sabbath (1963)

Three short tales of supernatural horror. In “The Telephone,” a woman is plagued by threatening phone calls. In "The Wurdalak,” a family is preyed upon by vampiric monsters. In “The Drop of Water,” a deceased medium wreaks havoc on the living.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Bava
CAST:  Boris Karloff  •  Michèle Mercier  •  Jacqueline Pierreux  •  Susy Andersen

Three short tales of supernatural horror. In “The Telephone,” a woman is plagued by threatening phone calls. In "The Wurdalak,” a family is preyed upon by vampiric monsters. In “The Drop of Water,” a deceased medium wreaks havoc on the living.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Bava
CAST:  Boris Karloff  •  Michèle Mercier  •  Jacqueline Pierreux  •  Susy Andersen

The Whip and the Body (1963)

In the 19th century, a sadistic nobleman terrorizes the members of his family. He is found dead, but his ghost soon returns to haunt the residents of his castle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Bava
CAST:  Daliah Lavi  •  Christopher Lee  •  Tony Kendall  •  Ida Galli

In the 19th century, a sadistic nobleman terrorizes the members of his family. He is found dead, but his ghost soon returns to haunt the residents of his castle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Bava
CAST:  Daliah Lavi  •  Christopher Lee  •  Tony Kendall  •  Ida Galli

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)

The year is 1885, and necrophiliac Dr. Hitchcock likes to drug his wife for sexual funeral games. One day he accidentally administers an overdose and kills her. Several years later he remarries, with the intention of using the blood of his new bride to bring his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  Barbara Steele  •  Robert Flemyng  •  Silvano Tranquilli  •  Maria Teresa Vianello

The year is 1885, and necrophiliac Dr. Hitchcock likes to drug his wife for sexual funeral games. One day he accidentally administers an overdose and kills her. Several years later he remarries, with the intention of using the blood of his new bride to bring his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  Barbara Steele  •  Robert Flemyng  •  Silvano Tranquilli  •  Maria Teresa Vianello

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)

Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gary Fleder
CAST:  Andy García  •  Christopher Lloyd  •  William Forsythe  •  Bill Nunn

Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gary Fleder
CAST:  Andy García  •  Christopher Lloyd  •  William Forsythe  •  Bill Nunn

The Ghost (1963)

A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if he is coming back from the dead to haunt them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  Barbara Steele  •  Peter Baldwin  •  Elio Jotta  •  Harriet Medin

A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if he is coming back from the dead to haunt them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Freda
CAST:  Barbara Steele  •  Peter Baldwin  •  Elio Jotta  •  Harriet Medin

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

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Three single women in a picturesque Rhode Island village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Miller
CAST:  Jack Nicholson  •  Cher  •  Susan Sarandon  •  Michelle Pfeiffer

Three single women in a picturesque Rhode Island village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Miller
CAST:  Jack Nicholson  •  Cher  •  Susan Sarandon  •  Michelle Pfeiffer

Your Turn to Die (1967)

When Gordon Smash tries to get away with the loot from a successful diamond heist, his fellow conspirators shoot him in the back. Smash manages to get a clue to newspaper reporter Robert Foster, who sets of to retrieve the diamonds. Despite becoming a target for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Lupo
CAST:  Claudio Brook  •  Daniela Bianchi  •  Sydney Chaplin  •  Jess Hahn

When Gordon Smash tries to get away with the loot from a successful diamond heist, his fellow conspirators shoot him in the back. Smash manages to get a clue to newspaper reporter Robert Foster, who sets of to retrieve the diamonds. Despite becoming a target for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Lupo
CAST:  Claudio Brook  •  Daniela Bianchi  •  Sydney Chaplin  •  Jess Hahn

Those Secrets (1992)

A wife and mother drifts back to her life as a call girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Manson
CAST:  Blair Brown  •  Arliss Howard  •  Paul Guilfoyle  •  Mare Winningham

A wife and mother drifts back to her life as a call girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Manson
CAST:  Blair Brown  •  Arliss Howard  •  Paul Guilfoyle  •  Mare Winningham

Blood Beach (1980)

Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature responsible? Where does it live, and where did it come from? And is there any ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Bloom
CAST:  David Huffman  •  Marianna Hill  •  Burt Young  •  John Saxon

Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature responsible? Where does it live, and where did it come from? And is there any ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Bloom
CAST:  David Huffman  •  Marianna Hill  •  Burt Young  •  John Saxon

Murder Can Hurt You! (1980)

A private eye spoof that sends up assorted TV detectives from Ironside, Columbo and Kojak to Baretta, McCloud and Starsky and Hutch, as eight bumbling super-sleuths band together in a battle of wits against the devilishly clever Master Criminal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Duchowny
CAST:  Victor Buono  •  Tony Danza  •  Jamie Farr  •  John Byner

A private eye spoof that sends up assorted TV detectives from Ironside, Columbo and Kojak to Baretta, McCloud and Starsky and Hutch, as eight bumbling super-sleuths band together in a battle of wits against the devilishly clever Master Criminal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Duchowny
CAST:  Victor Buono  •  Tony Danza  •  Jamie Farr  •  John Byner

Hot Enough for June (1964)

A young man travels to Prague to join his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an espionage courier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Sylva Koscina  •  Robert Morley  •  Leo McKern

A young man travels to Prague to join his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an espionage courier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Sylva Koscina  •  Robert Morley  •  Leo McKern

The Killing Time (1987)

After a psychopath murders a man who was on his way to a job as a deputy sheriff in a small California town, he assumes the deputy's identity and arrives in town to start his new 'job'. What he doesn't know is that the recently appointed sheriff and his mistress ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rick King
CAST:  Beau Bridges  •  Kiefer Sutherland  •  Michael Madsen  •  Wayne Rogers

After a psychopath murders a man who was on his way to a job as a deputy sheriff in a small California town, he assumes the deputy's identity and arrives in town to start his new 'job'. What he doesn't know is that the recently appointed sheriff and his mistress ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rick King
CAST:  Beau Bridges  •  Kiefer Sutherland  •  Michael Madsen  •  Wayne Rogers

Troublemakers (1994)

Two brothers who hate themselves are going to spend Christmas with their mother. She tries to get them together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Hill
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Bud Spencer  •  Boots Southerland  •  Ruth Buzzi

Two brothers who hate themselves are going to spend Christmas with their mother. She tries to get them together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Hill
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Bud Spencer  •  Boots Southerland  •  Ruth Buzzi

Black Magic (1949)

A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Ratoff
CAST:  Orson Welles  •  Nancy Guild  •  Raymond Burr  •  Akim Tamiroff

A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Ratoff
CAST:  Orson Welles  •  Nancy Guild  •  Raymond Burr  •  Akim Tamiroff

Paisan (1946)

Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Rossellini
CAST:  Carmela Sazio  •  Robert Van Loon  •  Benjamin Emanuel  •  Raymond Campbell

Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Rossellini
CAST:  Carmela Sazio  •  Robert Van Loon  •  Benjamin Emanuel  •  Raymond Campbell
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