Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell 1978  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Richard Crenna, Yvette Mimieux, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, Victor Jory, R.G. Armstrong, Lou Frizzell, Ken Kercheval, Martine Beswick, Warren Munson, Bill Zuckert
First shown on TV on Halloween, 1978, this is the tale of a family that obtains dog, which is possessed by Satan. The dog causes all sorts of terrible things to happen, especially to the family's neighbors and other friends.
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Games 1967  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Simone Signoret, James Caan, Katharine Ross, Don Stroud, Estelle Winwood, Kent Smith, Marjorie Bennett, Ian Wolfe, Peter Brocco, Anthony Eustrel
Enjoying games as a big part of their marriage turns tragic for Paul (James Caan) and Jennifer (Katharine Ross) when their friend Norman (Don Stroud) is killed as a result of one of their practical jokes.
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How Awful About Allan 1970 TV, 73 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Julie Harris, Joan Hackett, Kent Smith, Robert H. Harris, Molly Dodd, Billy Bowles, Trent Dolan, Bill Erwin, Kenneth Lawrence, Jeannette Howe
When blind mental patient Allan (Anthony Perkins), who has been tormented with guilt over his fathers death, goes home to live with his sister (Julie Harris) in hopes of being cured, it may not have been a wise decision.
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 Mata Hari 1985 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Sylvia Kristel, Christopher Cazenove, Oliver Tobias, Gaye Brown, Gottfried John, William Fox, Michael Anthony, Vernon Dobtcheff, Anthony Newlands, Brian Badcoe, Tutte Lemkow, Nicholas Selby
Exotic dancer/World War I spy Mata Hari (Sylvia Kristel) obtains information from French officers and passes it along to the German Secret Service.
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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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Queen of Blood 1966  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
aka: Planet of Blood
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: John Saxon, Basil Rathbone, Judi Meredith, Dennis Hopper, Florence Marly, Robert Boon, Virgil Frye, Don Eitner, J. Robert Porter, Forrest J Ackerman
This eerie sci-fi offering is about the rescue of an alien who turns out to be a vampire bee-queen whose eggs could develop into forces that could destroy unwary Earthlings.
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Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet 1965  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue, Marc Shannon, Christopher Brand, John Bix, Lewis Keane, Gennadi Vernov, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Georgi Tejkh, Vladimir Yemelyanov, Yuri Sarantsev
Set during 2020, this sci-fi story features a futuristic trip to Venus by spaceships Vega, Sirius, and Capella. Before they reach Venus, an asteroid collides with Capella, but Vega and Sirius continue on. While orbiting Venus, Vega sends Dr. Kern (Georgi Tejkh), Allen Sherman (Yuri Sarantsev), and the robot John (John Bix) down to the planet. Once on Venus, they lose communication with Professor Hartman (Basil Rathbone) and cosmonaut Marsha Evans (Faith Domergue) who have remained behind on Vega. Sirius does land on Venus, and Commander Lockhart, Andre Ferneau, and Hans Walter (Vladimir Yemelyan, Gennadi Vernov, and Georgi Zhzhyonov) set out to find Kern and Sherman while trying to exist in the mayhem provided by wild beasts and an erupting volcano. From evidence found on Venus, the cosmonauts conclude that human beings had lived on Venus but destroyed themselves through nuclear warfare.
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What's the Matter with Helen? 1971 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver, Agnes Moorehead, Michael MacLiammoir, Timothy Carey, Helene Winston, Peggy Rea, Harry Stanton, Yvette Vickers
Set in the 1930s, Adelle (Debbie Reynolds) and Helen (Shelley Winters) relocate in Hollywood after their sons are involved in murder. They do NOT find peace and serenity in their new surroundings.
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Who Slew Auntie Roo? 1971 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Whoever Slew Antie Roo?
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, Ralph Richardson, Lionel Jeffries, Hugh Griffith, Rosalie Crutchley, Judy Cornwell, Marianne Stone, Pat Heywood
This modern-day "Hansel and Gretel" story involves the kidnapping of Christopher (Mark Lester) and Katy (Chloe Franks) by their Aunt Roo (Shelley Winters). The children eventually kill Aunt Roo and burn down her home.
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| 1. Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)
2. Games (1967)
3. How Awful About Allan (1970)
4. The Killing Kind (1973)
5. Mata Hari (1985)
6. Night Tide (1961)
7. Queen of Blood (1966)
aka: Planet of Blood
8. Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
9. What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
10. Who Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)
aka: Whoever Slew Antie Roo?
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