CLASSIC HORROR CINEMA
All the films below are in English or English subtitled unless otherwise noted. [BA] Denotes that BOX ART is available for that particular title.
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Blood Feast: Dir H.G. Lewis. A woman hires a crazy Egyptian chef to cater for her young daughter Suzette's party. But what Fuad Ramses prepares is a BLOOD FEAST made with the body parts from nubile young women! As Faud cuts and chops his way through prime meat it becomes apparent that the young daughter Suzette is to be included on Faud's menu. The first and most notorious gore film from the godfather of gore, H.G. Lewis. (1963) [BA]
The Black Cat: Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer. Classic Universal Horror in which Brois Karloff and Bela Lugosi appear on screen together for the first time. Excellent, one of the best early Universal Horrors. (1934)
Countess Dracula: Dir. Peter Sasdy. Classic Hammer Horror. Includes Trailer. Widescreen. (1971)
Creature
From the Black Lagoon:
Curse
of the Mummy's Tomb:
Deme
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken: Dir. Alan Rafkin. A bumbling newspaper reporter goes for the scoop of his life when he begins to investigate stories surrounding a haunted house where a murder once took place. When he himself sees a ghost no one believes him and he sets out to prove his story by staying the night in the creepy haunted house. A superb, well loved Comedy Horror that is often overlooked! (1966)
The Gore Gore Girls: H.G. Lewis. Fantastic campy schlocker from the director of 2000 Maniacs etc. This is Lewis' last horror film to date and revolves around a series of murders taking place in a seedy Go Go bar. Even sports some nice, but very OTT Giallo style killings. Includes trailer.
Hands of the Ripper: Dir. Peter Sasdy. Classic British Horror. Includes Trailer. Widescreen. (1971)
Incubus: Dir. Leslie Stevens. Superbly strange film starring William Shatner in a pre Star Trek role. The village on Nomen Tuum is reputed to have magical waters that bring youth, beauty and healing to all who drink it. But the village is inhabited by incubi, women who tempt these seekers to their death. Excellent print. Black & White and in Esperanto with English Subtitles. (1965)
Last Man on Earth: Dir. Sidney Salkow & Ubaldo Ragona. Fantastically underrated classic starring Vincent Price, remade many years later as The Omega Man with Charlton Heston. (1964)
The Monster: Dir. Peter Sasdy. Classic British Horror. Widescreen (1975)
The Mummy: Dir. Karl Freund. The original Mummy story as told by the masters at Universal Studios. Simply perfect! (1932)
Peeping Tom: Dir. Michael Powell. Probably one of the most controversial British films of all time, hated by critics at the time, but now hailed as one of the best films of the era. A young film assistant spends his day on set focus pulling but by night films himself murdering young women in an attempt to capture the image of true fear on film. Excellent! (1959)
The Raven: Dir. Roger Corman. Very, very loose adaptation of the Poe poem of the same name. Great fun! (1963)
Repulsion:
Revenge
of Frankenstein:
A Taste of Blood: Special Edition: H.G. Lewis. Another Schlock Horror from the Wizard of Gore. Unknowing descendents of Count Dracula are delivered a mystery package of 'wine' from Transylvania. Their task is to kill the living descendents of Van Helsing. Excellent atmosphere and of course gore. Includes Trailer plus more. (1967)
The Trip: Dir. Roger Corman. This is the rarely seen Roger Corman 'Acid film' which is basically a collection of wild trip sequences featuring Peter Fonda. Elements of this film were later seen in Fonda's and Hopper's Easy Rider. (1967)
Twins of Evil Dir. John Hough. Classic Hammer Horror. Widescreen (1971)
Two Thousand Maniacs: Dir. H.G. Lewis. The Original gore film! (1964)
The Uncanny: Dir. Denis Heroux. Classic British Horror. Widescreen (1977)
The Undertaker and His Pals: Dir. T.L.P. Swicegood. Great sleazy tongue in cheek classic. (1966)
The Vampire Bat: Dir. Frank R. Strayer. Filmed using borrowed sets from Universals famous Horror films. Starring Lionel Atwill as the mad doctor and Fay Wray of 'King Kong' fame as one of his assistants, this important early independent horror film takes place in a central European village terrorized by a series of murders in which corpses are discovered drained of blood. Brooding and menacing direction and camerawork combine to make this a classic. Black and White (1933)
Vampire Circus: Dir. Robert Young. Classic Hammer Horror. Includes Trailer. Widescreen (1971)
Vampyr: Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey. Dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer. Classic and beautifully shot Horror film, considered to be one of the first truly psychological Horrors, using disturbing visuals to play on the mind. Excellent. German language (but very little dialogue. (1932)
Whistle and I'll Come to You: Dir. Jonathan Miller. Based on M R James' classic short story 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' and made for BBC's Omnibus programme. The story, one of James' bleakest and most chilling, is best and most enigmatically described by Director Jonathan Miller 'the winter holiday on the Norfolk coast, the mysterious whistle discovered in the sand, [and] the horrible animations of the bedclothes.' This superb BFI DVD includes an introduction by Ramsey Campbell and a personal reading of his story 'The Guide', inspired by the writings of M R James. Also included is a reading of the original story 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' by Neil Brand. (1968)
13 Frightened Girls: The Candy Web. Dir William Castle. This is a mega rare film transfer of surely the most elusive of all William Castle's films. Think international relations is all down to Foreign Diplomats? Wrong! it's their daughters who all attend the same Swiss boarding school. When sleaze and secrets about their respective diplomat parents begin to circulate around the school and one girl in particular refuses to let go of a secret things begin to turn nasty! Murder plots, intrigue and espionage abound in the rather unconventional and excellent William Castle rarity. This is an extremely rare direct film transfer from an original print, the original print is a little worn and has a slight red discoloration. All things considered this is a pretty nice clean, clear transfer with excellent sound. (1963)
13 Ghosts: William Castle's absolute classic. A family move into an old house that they inherited from a long thought dead, distant relative. They also receive a mysterious box containing a pair of viewing glasses and a promptly told that these will allow them to see the dead that have haunted the house, ever since their great uncle Zorba collected them from his travels. Usual William Castle stuff involving a devious subplot in which the estate agent is after uncle Zorba's money which is hidden somewhere in the house. Excellent stuff! This Upgraded version is the recent DVD and has the introduction from William Castle. Also This version can be transferred in the original illusion-o version (You will need red and blue cellophane) or the normal version. Includes illusion-o documentary and Trailer Widescreen. (1960)
The Busy Body: Dir. William Castle. Comedian Sid Caesar stars as a naive mammas boy that gets himself wrapped up in a murder plot when he is ordered to dig up a body and retrieve a million dollars that was buried along with it. When the money isn't there he becomes more and more involved and more and more sought after by various bunches of bumbling gangsters. Superb rarely seen whodunit from Castle and starring a slew of comedians in cameo roles... Even Sonny and Cher! Rare VERY nice Quality SVHS Master. (1967)
Homicidal: Dir William Castle. This print is from US television with no advertisements. NTSC. (1961)
The
House on Haunted Hill: William Castle creepy classic with Vincent Price
as a sinister millionaire offering 1 million dollars for anyone to spend a night
in the house of the title. Black and White Widescreen.
The House on Haunted Hill: Special Edition. This is William Castle's original version from the Region 4 PAL 2 DVD set. Same as the Diamond DVD edition only better quality and extras including a rare trailer. This is the best this film will ever come. Black and White Widescreen. (1959)
I Saw What You Did: Dir. William Castle. Another classic film from the great showman, Castle. A pair of teenage girls start making prank calls to strangers picked out of the telephone directory whilst they are alone in the house. The only thing they say over the phone to their victims is ' I saw what you did and I know who you are'. Imagine their surprise when the man on the other end of the phone is a psychopath who has just butchered his wife and will go to any lengths to discover WHO saw what he did and WHO knows who he is!. Joan Crawford also stars. Includes Castle 'world premier' announcement and Trailer. Widescreen. (1965)
Let's Kill Uncle: Dir. William Castle. A young boy is due to receive a large inheritance, but his uncle has plans to kill him in order that he may receive it. The young boy finds out and hatches a plan to kill his uncle before his uncle kills him! This is a direct transfer from a good quality 16mm film print. Super scarce and rarely seen latter William Castle movie. (1966)
Macabre: Dir. William Castle. Stands out as the first of Castles 'Gimmick Movies' and is perhaps a bit more serious in tone to his latter efforts. A Doctors daughter is kidnapped and he is given 5 hours in which to find her before she suffocates from being buried alive. One of the rarer films in the Castle cannon. This is a VERY nice quality SVHS Master and is far, far superior to any of the direct film transfers that are floating around. VERY RARE in such nice quality! (1958)
Mr. Sardonicus: Fantastic gothic/period horror from William Castle. An English Doctor must go to Central Europe and correct Sardonicus' affliction in order to save his past love. (1961) [BA]
Mr. Sardonicus: Dir. William Castle. This is the Columbia DVD version of Castle's classic. Includes Making of featurette and original theatrical Trailer. Widescreen. (1961) [BA]
The Old Dark House: Dir. William Castle. An interesting co-production between Hammer Films and Columbia Pictures and an often overlooked Castle film. An American car salesman working in Europe is invited into the foreboding Femm mansion so that he may shelter from the storm. Bizarre things begin to happen and the daughter of the family tells him to leave because someone is plotting to kill the whole family in order to collect the inheritance. An excellent blend of Horror and Comedy and a rare and classic Castle picture. The film was originally released in Black and White but shot in colour... This is the colour version. VERY nice quality SVHS Master. (1963)
The Tingler: Vincent Price discovers that fear is an organism that lives in the spine if the fear is not released by screaming the victim will die. More excellent atmospheric horror from the master of terror, William Castle. (1959) [BA]
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