Movie Listings by Genre

Director: Sergio Martino    More Info
Starring: Claudio Cassinelli, Barbara Bach, Mel Ferrer, Richard Johnson, Geneve Hutton, Romano Puppo, Fabrizia Castagnoli, Silvia Collatina, Enzo Fisichella, Anny Papa

 Joshua (Mel Ferrer) has just finished greeting his first guests at his tourist resort, Paradise House, when first one of the tourists and then some of the natives are eaten by a giant alligator. But never fear, Alice and Daniel (Barbara Bach and Claudio Cassinelli) will save the day.

Director: David Cronenberg    More Info
Starring: Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, Nuala Fitzgerald, Cindy Hinds, Susan Hogan, Michael McGhee, Gary McKeehan, Felix Silla, Reiner Schwartz

 Nola Carveth (Samantha Eggar) is a mental patient under the care of eccentric psychiatrist, Dr. Hal Raglan (Oliver Reed). When Nola's family members become victims of vicious physical attacks, Dr. Raglan is suspected of being behind the attacks. Gross.

Director: Peter Medak    More Info
Starring: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Jean Marsh, Barry Morse, James B. Douglas, Eric Christmas, Roberta Maxwell, Bernard Behrens

 After music professor John Russell (George C. Scott) moves into a mansion in Seattle, he realizes that his new home is haunted. Working with Claire Norman (Trish Van Devere), John figures out that the haunting comes from the ghost of a murdered boy whose father wanted to collect on his life insurance policy. When the father realized that he could not collect on the boy's insurance, the father substituted another boy for his son, and now the "changeling"–wealthy Joseph Carmichael–believes that John is finding information about his past and could blackmail him.

Director: Robert S. Fiveson    More Info
Starring: Tim Donnelly, Dick Sargent, Peter Graves, Paulette Breen, Keenan Wynn, David Hooks, Zale Kessler, James Mantell, Lurene Tuttle, Frank Ashmore

 A secret government project's goal is to clone citizens, thus creating a society that can be controlled. Richard (Tim Donnelly), one of the subjects, escapes to warn the world of what's going on. The only thing saving the film from being an utter disaster is a couple name stars: Peter Graves and Keenan Wynn.

Director: John "Bud" Cardos    More Info
Starring: William Devane, Cathy Lee Crosby, Richard Jaeckel, Keenan Wynn, Warren J. Kemmerling, Biff Elliot, Jacquelyn Hyde, Casey Kasem, Vivian Blaine, John Bloom

 A seven-foot alien either decapitates or shoots laser beams into the eyes of victims as it stalks the streets of L.A. Reporter Roy Warner (William Devane), writer Zoe Owens (Cathy Lee Crosby), and police detective Dave Mooney (Richard Jaeckel) try to unravel the mystery.

Director: Harry Thomason    More Info
Starring: George Gobel, Wink Roberts, Roger Manning, Rita Wilson, Robert Ginnaven, Lyle Armstrong, Ed Lover, Bill Elfstrom, Bill Eubanks, Joe Barone

 The very funny George Gobel in a horror/sci-fi flick? No way! But here he is as a professor/scientist who gets involved with an alien zombie that crashes into a lake. The lake happens to contain a body dumped there by a rival gang. The zombie takes over the body, rises out of the lake, and causes real problems in the community.

Director: John Badham    More Info
Starring: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan, Tony Haygarth, Trevor Eve, Janine Duvitski, Jan Francis, Teddy Turner, Sylvester McCoy

 A vampire must have blood, and Dracula knows how to find it! After his ship is wrecked off Whitby, Count Dracula (Frank Langella) is discovered on the shore by Mina Van Helsing (Jan Fancis) who is visiting Lucy (Kate Nelligan) and her father, Dr. Jack Seward (Donald Pleasence). A short time later, Dracula is invited to dinner at the Seward home where he visits Mina's bedroom, and she dies. When Mina's father, Dr. Abraham Van Helsing (Laurence Olivier), arrives at the home, he realizes that the culprit is Dracula. Meanwhile, Dracula plans to take Lucy to Transylvania with him, and Dr. Van Helsing, Dr. Seward, and Lucy's fiance Jonathan Harker (Trevor Eve) try to thwart his plans. Special effects add a unique dimension.

Director: Bob Clark    More Info
Starring: Christopher Plummer, James Mason, Donald Sutherland, Genevieve Bujold, David Hemmings, Susan Clark, Anthony Quayle, John Gielgud, Frank Finlay, Chris Wiggins

 Christopher Plummer plays Sherlock Holmes in this film about the search for the identity of London's famed "Jack the Ripper." The superintendent of Scotland Yard, Sir Charles Warren (Anthony Quayle), excludes Sherlock from the investigation, but psychic Robert Lees (Donald Sutherland) provides information for Sherlock. Dr. Watson (James Mason) joins Sherlock in the attempt to track down the serial killer, and, in the process, they uncover a Royal indiscretion through a discarded mistress, Annie Crook (Genevieve Bujold), who just might hold the key to solving the murders.

Director: Arthur Hiller    More Info
Starring: Nick Mancuso, David Warner, Kathryn Harrold, Stephen Macht, Strother Martin, Pat Corley, Charles Hallahan

 A zoologist (David Warner) arrives in the Southwest where he becomes obsessed with killing its vampire bats in this horror story based on Martin Cruz Smith's novel.

Director: Harry Tampa    More Info
Starring: Yvonne De Carlo, John Carradine, Nai Bonet, Brother Theodore, Antony Hamilton, Sy Richardson, Jerry Sroka

 This horror/comedy is so bad it is funny. The story is about how Count Dracula solves his financial woes by refurbishing the castle and turning it into a disco.

Director: Werner Herzog    More Info
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor, Walter Ladengast, Dan van Husen, Jan Groth, Carsten Bodinus, Martje Grohmann, Rijk de Gooyer

 In this remake of F.W. Murnau's 1922 classic silent-film representing the Expressionist movement in arts, the vampyre Count Dracula (Klaus Kinski) takes over a small town and then attempts to spread his evil influence to areas far and wide. He yearns for Lucy (Isabelle Adjani) who is married to Jonathan (Bruno Ganz). Will Lucy's self-sacrifice bring an end to Dracula's curse?

Director: Don Coscarelli    More Info
Starring: A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, Angus Scrimm, Kenneth V. Jones, Terrie Kalbus, Susan Harper, Lynn Eastman-Rossi, David Arntzen

 Young teenager Mike (A. Michael Baldwin) is an orphan living with his older brother, Jody (Bill Thornbury). When Mike spots bizarre events going on at the mausoleum, he goes to investigate with Jody. The mortician, the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm), is preparing to take over Earth, and Jody and Mike uncover some very grisly scenes that include flying silver balls that drill into brains. Now, Jody and Mike get help from ice cream salesman Reggie (Reggie Bannister) in an attempt to prevent the Tall Man from succeeding with his terrifying plot.

Director: John Frankenheimer    More Info
Starring: Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, Armand Assante, Richard Dysart, Victoria Racimo, George Clutesi, Burke Byrnes, Tom McFadden, Graham Jarvis, Charles H. Gray

 In this sci-fi horror story, Mercury poisoning from industrial pollution is ruining the land and threatening inhabitants of Maine. The EPA asks Dr. Robert Verne (Robert Foxworth) to mediate between the polluting paper mill and the Native American tribes who are being affected. He travels to Maine with his wife Maggie (Talia Shire) and meets Native American activist John Hawkes (Armand Assante). Together, they discover numerious wildlife mutations and a mutant bear in the terror-filled land.

Director: Tobe Hooper    More Info
Starring: David Soul, James Mason, Bonnie Bedelia, Lance Kerwin, Lew Ayres, Ed Flanders, Elisha Cook Jr., Marie Windsor, Fred Willard, Kenneth McMillan

 Ben Mears (David Soul) returns to his hometown, Salem, looking for inspiration for a new novel. He falls in love with Susan (Bonnie Bedelia) and gets to know young Mark (Lance Kerwin) who convinces Ben that his school friends are being turned into vampires. Ben has been suspecting that strange things are going on in Salem–especially with antiques dealer Richard K. Straker (James Mason). Will Ben and Mark get to the bottom of the strange occurrences in Salem that include people dying and there appearing to be no explanation? There is a sequel: "Return to Salem's Lot."

Director: Robert Wise    More Info
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Stephen Collins, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett, Nichelle Nichols, Persis Khambatta

 Captain Kirk (William Shatner) takes the Enterprise out of dry dock after a two-year refitting. His old crew is with him, and Kirk's mission is to prevent a gigantic alien power, calling itself "V'ger," from reaching Earth. Kirk must uncover what "V'ger's" true purpose is in order to secure the safety of Earth. The special effects alone make this film one worth watching.

Director: Rod Hardy    More Info
Starring: Chantal Contouri, David Hemmings, Henry Silva, Max Phipps, Shirley Cameron, Rod Mullinar, Rosie Sturgess, Robert Thompson, Walter Pym, Lulu Pinkus

 Kate (Chantal Contouri) is kidnapped by a cult that proclaims they are a superior race. The cult's food is sanitized blood from their "dairy farm," where the "cows" are humans that provide the blood to be processed. Kate is believed to be a descendent of the cult's founder, and it is hoped that she will become one of the group. A different kind of vampire film.

Director: Michael J. Paradise    More Info
Starring: Mel Ferrer, Lance Henriksen, Glenn Ford, John Huston, Joanne Nail, Shelley Winters, Sam Peckinpah, Paige Conner, Ja Townsend, Jack Dorsey

 A 10-year-old girl (Paige Conner) possesses unusual powers through which she plans to destroy the world.

Director: Fred Walton    More Info
Starring: Carol Kane, Rutanya Alda, Charles Durning, Ron O'Neal, Rachel Roberts, Tony Beckley, Colleen Dewhurst

 This is a chilling tale about a babysitter (Carol Kane) who receives frightening phone calls from an unidentified voice that ominously asks, "Have you checked the children?" This is an OK story of terror.

Director: Lucio Fulci    More Info
Starring: Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson, Al Cliver, Aurella Gay, Stefania D'Amario, Olga Karlatos

 I know, this is actually a Bomb, but in deference to Lucio Fulci cultists there must be some redeeming aspect of this entry in Fulci's Parade of Horrors. As zombies (that arrived by ship) are terrorizing NYC, a woman and her friends search for her father in the Caribbean. On an island they find a crazy scientist and flesh-hungry zombies all over the place. Slow and cheap.