Attack of the Giant Leeches 1959  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
aka: The Giant Leeches
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Cast: Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers, Jan Shepard, Michael Emmet, Bruno VeSota, Gene Roth, Tyler McVey, Dan White, George Cisar, Guy Buccola, Joseph Hamilton, Ross Sturlin
Giant leeches are living in the swamp, and there is good reason to believe they are responsible for the disappearance of four people, especially when a dying moonshiner, Lem Sawyer (George Cisar), is found with sucker wounds. Game Warden Steve Benton (Ken Clark) and his girlfriend Nan's (Jan Shepard) father, Doc Greyson (Tyler McVey), investigate and learn that leeches are living in caves beneath the swamp. Will dynamite rid the area of those monster leeches?
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A Bucket of Blood 1959  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Anthony Carbone, Julian Burton, Ed Nelson, John Brinkley, Bert Convy, John Herman Shaner, Bruno VeSota, Judy Bamber, Myrtle Vail, Lynn Storey
Nerdy Walter Paisley (Dick Miller, in the first of several "Walter Paisley" films) is a busboy in a Greenwich Village cafe frequented by artistic-type people. He admires their lifestyle, but at the same time he is jealous of their talents. One day while trying to save a cat, he accidentally kills it, and, in order to hide the killing, he covers it with plaster, thus making it a sculpture that goes on display at the cafe. The patrons consider it a work of art, and proclaim Walter to be a great artist. They want more, and the untalented Walter must resort to what was successful with the first sculpture–and people start disappearing. A real Roger Corman hoot–cheap but lots of fun.
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The Devil's Hand 1961  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
aka: Devil's Doll
Live to Love
The Naked Goddess
Director: William J. Hole Jr.
Cast: Linda Christian, Robert Alda, Neil Hamilton, Ariadna Welter, Gene Craft, Jeanne Carmen, Julie Scott, Diana Spears, Gertrude Astor, Bruno VeSota, Dick Lee, Jim Knight, Coleen Vico, Roy Wright, Romona Ravez
Rick (Robert Alda) visits a doll shop where he becomes infatuated with a doll. The shop owner (Neil Hamilton) informs Rick that the doll is a likeness of a woman (Linda Christian) living nearby and gives the address. Unfortunately, both the shop owner and the woman are members of a Satanic cult, and they want Rick.
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The Fast and the Furious 1954  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: John Ireland, Edward Sampson
Cast: John Ireland, Dorothy Malone, Bruce Carlisle, Marshall Bradford, Jean Howell, Iris Adrian, Larry Thor, Bruno VeSota, Robin Morse, Byrd Holland, Dick Pinner, Henry Rowland, "Snub" Pollard, Lou Place, Roger Corman
While running from a murder frame-up, Frank (John Ireland) meets Connie (Dorothy Malone) at a cafe. He takes Connie and her car on a cross-country race that will get him out of the country. But on the way, Connie works on him to turn himself in, and they fall in love. Eventually, Frank does the right thing and returns to clear his name.
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Gunslinger 1956 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: John Ireland, Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes, Martin Kingsley, Jonathan Haze, Dick Miller, Margaret Campbell, Chris Alcaide, Bruno VeSota, William Schallert
When the marshal is murdered, his widow (Beverly Garland) takes over the helm of a Texas town and falls in love with the wrong man.
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Night Tide 1961  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Gavin Muir, Marjorie Eaton, H.E. West, Linda Lawson, Tom Dillon, Luana Anders, Bruno VeSota, Marjorie Cameron, Chaino
When a sailor (Dennis Hopper) becomes enamored with a mermaid in a carnival, he convinces himself that she is really an evil siren.
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Single Room Furnished 1968 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Matt Cimber
Cast: Jayne Mansfield, Dorothy Keller, Fabian Dean, Billy M. Greene, Terry Messina, Martin Horsey, Walter Gregg, Bruno VeSota, Velia Del Greco, Isabelle Dwan, Jean London, Nancy Brock, Marty Levine, Lucille Ford, Erie MacGruder
Jayne Mansfield, in her last film, attempts to handle a serious role. After three failed relationships, two pregnancies, and two name changes, Johnnie (Mansfield) continues to seek a better life–this time as a prostitute. After a fight between Jayne and her husband/director, Jayne took off, and the production was halted. She was killed in an auto accident before she returned, and an ending had to be pieced together. There is also a tribute to Jayne narrated by Walter Winchell that precedes the film.
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The Undead 1957 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes, Val DuFour, Mel Welles, Dorothy Neumann, Billy Barty, Richard Devon, Dick Miller, Bruno VeSota
Prostitute Diana Love (Pamela Duncan) time-travels, via hypnosis, to the Middle Ages where she is thought to be Helen, the witch in a previous life. Trying to tamper with history can have grave repercussions in this pretty good Corman caper.
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 The Wasp Woman 1960 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Susan Cabot, Michael Mark, Anthony Eisley, Barboura Morris, Frank Gerstle, Dick Miller, Bruno VeSota, Frank Wolff, William Roerick
Aging, cosmetics tycoon Janice (Susan Cabot) uses wasp jelly as her formula for eternal youth. However, problems develop when a chilling side effect of her youth potion turns her intermittently into a wasp monster.
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| 1. Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
aka: The Giant Leeches
2. The Brain Eaters (1958)
3. A Bucket of Blood (1959)
4. The Devil's Hand (1961)
aka: Devil's Doll
aka: Live to Love
aka: The Naked Goddess
5. The Fast and the Furious (1954)
6. Gunslinger (1956)
7. Hell's Angels on Wheels (1967)
8. Night Tide (1961)
9. Single Room Furnished (1968)
10. The Undead (1957)
11. War of the Satellites (1958)
12. The Wasp Woman (1960)
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