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Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony CarboneNerdy Walter Paisley (Dick Miller), a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn't fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful co-worker, Carla (Barboura Morris), by making a bust of her. When his klutziness results in the death of his landlady's cat, he panics and hides its body under a layer of plaster. But when Carla and her friends enthuse over the resulting artwork, Walter decides to create some bigger and more elaborate pieces using the same artistic process.
Stanley Baker, Alberto de Mendoza, Florinda BolkanA Lizard in a Woman's Skin is a 1971 Italian giallo film directed by Lucio Fulci. Set in London, the film follows Carol Hammond, the daughter of a respected politician, who experiences a series of vivid, psychedelic nightmares consisting of depraved sex orgies and LSD use. In the dream she commits a graphic murder and awakes to a real life criminal investigation into the murder of her neighbour.
Liza Minnelli, Ingrid Bergman, Charles BoyerDuring a press conference, international star Nina (Liza Minnelli) remembers simpler times, flashing back to her days as a maid in a run-down Italian hotel. As a young woman, Nina befriends Contessa Sanziani (Ingrid Bergman), an elderly woman who entertains Nina with memories of her vibrant, wealthy life with Count Sanziani (Charles Boyer). Inspired by her tales of success, young Nina fantasizes about her own adventures and seeks to find the same excitement in her life.
Timothy Bottoms, Susan George, Bo HopkinsAfter serving time for a crime that he didn't commit, Poke Jackson (Timothy Bottoms) returns to his hometown in Texas. Poke hopes to reunite with his girlfriend, Mary Lee (Susan George), and their son, and move away to California. However, his plans are crushed when he discovers that his girlfriend is dating Sheriff Duke (Bo Hopkins), the corrupt cop who framed him in the first place. Out for revenge, Poke becomes determined to take Duke down by any means possible.
Juanita Moore, William Marshall, Austin StokerAbby is a 1974 American blaxploitation horror film about a woman who is possessed by an African sex spirit. The film stars Carol Speed as the title character, William H. Marshall; best known for portraying the lead role in Blacula, Terry Carter. It was directed by William Girdler, who co-wrote the film's story with screenwriter Gordon Cornell Layne. The film was a financial success, grossing 4 million in a month, but was pulled from theaters after the film's distributor, American International Pictures, was accused of copyright violation by Warner Bros., which saw the film as being derivative of The Exorcist and filed a lawsuit against AIP. Girdler himself told the Louisville Courier Journal: "Sure, we made Abby to come in on the shirttail of The Exorcist." The film is also inspired by 1968's Rosemary's Baby. The film was considered dead until 2004, when a 16mm low quality copy of Abby was released in DVD. Despite mixed reviews initially, the film has a cult following and is considered by many a classic blaxpoitation film.
Hideo Kinoshita, Nobuaki Sekine, Kiyoshi KawakuboAlakazam the Great is a 1960 Japanese musical anime film, based on the Chinese novel Journey to the West, and was one of the earliest anime films to be released in the United States. Based on the manga My Son Goku by Osamu Tezuka, he was named as a director of the film by Toei Company. However, Tezuka later stated that the only time he was in the studio was to pose for publicity photos. His involvement as a consultant for the adaptation of his manga, and in promoting the film, however, led to his interest in animation.
Jack Starrett, Lee Stanley, Tom SternAngels from Hell is a 1968 Action film written by Jerome Wish and directed by Bruce Kessler.
Franco Fantasia, Archie Savage, Rik Van NutterSpace Men is a 1960 science fiction film starring Rik Van Nutter and directed by Antonio Margheriti. It follows an assignment by Interplanetary News reporter Ray Peterson aboard a space station in the 21st century. Despite problems with the base commander, he is eventually responsible for stopping a space ship which threatens to destroy the Earth.
Doug McClure, Peter Cushing, Caroline MunroDr. Abner Perry (Peter Cushing) is an English scientist who has invented a massive drill that can dig deep into the earth. Joined by his adventure-seeking American backer, David Innes (Doug McClure), Perry accidentally discovers an underground civilization of primitive humans who live in fear of telepathic flying monsters. David becomes intrigued by the beautiful native Dia (Caroline Munro), and must rescue her when she is chosen as a human sacrifice.
Tadao Takashima, Yoko Fujiyama, Yu FujikiAn air/sea/land battleship captain (Tadao Takashima) rescues his daughter (Yoko Fujiyama) from the earthquaking undersea dwellers of Mu.
Yvette Vickers, Ken Clark, Susan CabotAttack of the Giant Leeches is a low-budget 1959 science fiction film from American International Pictures, directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and produced by Gene Corman. The screenplay was written by Leo Gordon. It was one of a spate of monster movies produced during the 1950s in response to cold war fears; in the film, a character speculates that the leeches have been mutated to giant size by atomic radiation from nearby Cape Canaveral. The film has also been released as Attack of the Blood Leeches, Demons of the Swamp, She Demons of the Swamp, and The Giant Leeches.
John Agar, John Hoyt, June KenneySecretary Sally Reynolds (June Kenny) is grateful to her seemingly kind boss, Mr. Franz (John Hoyt), when he introduces her to a dapper young man, Bob (John Agar). Little does she know that Franz is more than a doll maker. Really, he is really a merciless mad scientist who fights off loneliness by shrinking people and forcing them to serve as his living dolls. But, when he shrinks Sally and her new beau, they refuse to be his playthings and escape into a dangerous world that towers over them.
Orson Welles, Yul Brynner, Franco NeroBattle of Neretva is a 1969 Yugoslavian partisan film. The film was written by Stevan Bulajić and Veljko Bulajić, and directed by Veljko Bulajić. It is based on the true events of World War II. The Battle of the Neretva was due to a strategic plan for a combined Axis powers attack in 1943 against the Yugoslav Partisans. The plan was also known as the Fourth Enemy Offensive and occurred in the area of the Neretva river in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Battle of Neretva is the most expensive motion picture made in the SFR Yugoslavia. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the year after Sergei Bondarchuk won the honour for War and Peace. The score for the English-speaking versions was composed by Bernard Herrmann. An original soundtrack recording was released by Entr'acte Recording Society in 1974. It was re-released on Southern Cross Records on CD. One of the original posters for the English version of the movie was made by Pablo Picasso, which, according to Bulajić, the famous painter agreed to do without payment, only requesting a case of the best Yugoslav wines.
Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Paul LyndeFrankie (Frankie Avalon) and the gang are hitting the beach for some good old-fashioned shenanigans. To get the party underway, the manager (Paul Lynde) of pop singer Sugar Kane (Linda Evans) decides a skydiving publicity stunt will really do the trick. As Frankie and the others are pulled into the plan, things get out of control. Throw in Bonehead (Jody McCrea) falling in love with a mermaid (Marta Kristen) and a kidnapping biker (Harvey Lembeck), and the party's just getting started.
Bob Cummings, Dorothy Malone, Frankie AvalonDolores (Annette Funicello) and Frankie (Frankie Avalon), attractive young surfers in Southern California, are just out for a good time. Their relaxed lifestyle fascinates Professor Sutwell (Bob Cummings), an anthropologist who decides to study the social lives of teens. A series of beach-themed films would follow the blueprint set by this one, which hinges on romantic rivalries, rugged motorcyclists, an attempted crime and plenty of handsome people.
Robert Clarke, John van Dreelen, Vladimir SokoloffBeyond the Time Barrier is a 1960 Cold War era black and white time travel science fiction film filmed in Texas in ten days . It starred and was produced by Robert Clarke and directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. Ulmer's wife Shirley acted as a script editor while their daughter Arianne Arden appeared as a Russian pilot.
Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Martha HyerDee Dee (Annette Funicello) and Frankie (Frankie Avalon) are primed to hit the beach for some fun in the sun. The only thing standing in the way of their good times is curmudgeonly developer Harvey Huntington Honeywagon (Keenan Wynn), who is intent on turning their teenage hotspot into a grazing ground for seniors. If that weren't bad enough, British rock 'n' roll singer Potato Bug (also Avalon) shows up to spark a summer romance with Frankie's main squeeze -- Dee Dee.
Fred Williamson, Art Lund, Gloria HendryGrowing up on the tough streets of Harlem, Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson) has his life made even harder by John McKinney (Art Lund), a crooked cop who breaks the boy's leg, crippling him for life. Drawing on his anger at the racism he faces on a daily basis, Tommy grows up to become the crime kingpin of Harlem. Now that he has the power, he aims to take down New York's Mafia bosses -- and also get bloody revenge on his nemesis, McKinney, no matter what the cost.More Black Caesar
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Boris Karloff, Michèle Mercier, Rika DiallinaBlack Sabbath is a 1963 Italian-French horror film directed by Mario Bava. The film is centered on three separate tales that have an introduction and conclusion from Boris Karloff. The film stars an international cast in three short stories. The first, titled "The Telephone", involves Suzy who continually receives threatening telephone calls from an unseen stalker. The second is "The Wurdulak", where a man named Gorca returns to his family after claiming to have slain a Wurdulak, an undead creature who attacks those that it had once loved.
William Marshall, Denise Nicholas, Vonetta McGeeDuring a visit to Transylvania, an African prince (William Marshall) gets turned into a vampire by Count Dracula (Charles Macaulay). Sealed in a coffin for several lifetimes, "Blacula" reawakens in 1970s Los Angeles. Leaving a trail of bloodless victims in his wake, he pursues Lina (Vonetta McGee), a woman who bears a striking resemblance to his dead wife. Meanwhile, Dr. Gordon Thomas (Thalmus Rasulala) and top cop Lt. Peters (Gordon Pinsent) are hot on the bloodsucker's trail.More Blacula- #328 of 468 onThe Best Black Movies Ever Made, Ranked
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Vic Tayback, Gloria Grahame, Len LesserBlood and Lace is a 1971 horror film directed by Philip Gilbert, starring Gloria Grahame, Melody Patterson, Len Lesser, and Milton Selzer.
Sid Haig, Merissa Mathes, William CampbellBlood Bath is a 1966 horror film directed by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman. William Campbell stars as an artist with vampiric tendencies who kills beautiful women and dumps their bodies into a vat of boiling wax in his studio. Also appearing in the cast in supporting roles are Linda Saunders, Merissa Mathes, Sid Haig, Jonathan Haze, and Patrick Magee. The film had a convoluted production history, initiating as a 1963 Yugoslavia-made spy thriller co-financed by Roger Corman, who deemed the final product unreleasable. Numerous horror sequences were later shot and edited into the film, first by Hill in 1964, then by Rothman in 1966. Corman approved of Rothman's version and the film was given a brief theatrical release by American International Pictures, with screenplay and directorial credit jointly shared by Hill and Rothman.
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Doris Kunstmann, Corrado Pani, Giovanni Ivan ScratugliaBora Bora is a 1968 Italian sexploitation film, directed by Ugo Liberatore. The story is about an estrange married couple, who reconcile their differences in the sensual surroundings of the Tahitian island. The movie was picked up for American distribution by American International Pictures, who removed some scenes and replaced the original music of Italian composer Piero Piccioni with a new score by exotica legend Les Baxter, the regular composer of choice for the studio.
Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry PrimusMartin Scorsese's second feature loosely adapts the autobiography of Bertha Thompson, portraying the adventures of the Depression-era criminal following the death of her father. Bertha (Barbara Hershey) joins union organizer "Big" Bill Shelly (David Carradine) in fighting anti-union forces after an unexpected murder drives them to a life of robbing trains. The atmospheric tale depicts their life on the lam, doing whatever is necessary to survive.
Chuck Norris, George Murdock, Terry O'ConnorTough guy trucker J.D. Dawes (Chuck Norris) drives his big rig to a little desert town and smack into the middle of a cesspool of criminality -- all to rescue his brother, Billy (Michael Augenstein), who has been kidnapped. But the perpetrators are not ordinary criminals. A wicked public servant, Judge Joshua Trimmings (George Murdock), runs the town and especially hates truckers. The judge and his minions do their best to break Dawes down. But Dawes retaliates with swift, severe vengeance.
Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Jack CassidyBunny (Bette Davis), a widow, turns to a life of crime after the bank forecloses on her house and she discovers that her grown children have frittered away her life's savings. Then she crosses paths with Bill Green (Ernest Borgnine), who is interested in harvesting the metal from the house's plumbing fixtures. Eventually, Bunny discovers that Bill is actually a bank robber wanted by the police, but rather than turn him in, she asks to learn the art of thievery, and soon they become a team.
Wesley Eure, Valerie Bertinelli, Conrad BainA teenage genius (Wesley Eure) invents a robot watchdog to bail out his girlfriend's (Valerie Bertinelli) father's (Conrad Bain) home-security business.
Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Mira PawlukCannibal Girls is a low budget 1973 Canadian independent comedy horror film directed by Ivan Reitman and stars Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, and Ronald Ulrich.
Cher, Barbara London, Stephen WhittakerTrying to make a new start, Chastity (Cher) hitchhikes from town to town looking for something but not knowing what. She escapes a lecherous truck driver by stealing a car and driving to Mexico, where she meets Diana Midnight (Barbara London), a brothel madam who takes her in. Although Chastity looks up to Diana, it turns out that the older woman is a lesbian with her eye on Chastity. So the young woman flees again, this time finding Eddie (Stephen Whittaker), a good guy who tries to help.
