Crypt of the Living Dead 1973  PG, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Young Hannah: Queen of the Vampires
Vampire Woman
Director: Ray Danton
Cast: Andrew Prine, Patty Shepard, Mark Damon, Frank Brana, Ihsan Gedik, Teresa Gimpera, Edward Walsh, Jack La Rue Jr., John Alderman, Shera Osmans
Archeologist Chris Bolton's (Andrew Prine) current effort is to excavate the tomb of Hannah (Teresa Gimpera), a 13th-century wife of Louis VII. She comes to life, and the body count rises as she goes on a rampage.
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Monster Island 1981 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi / Comedy
aka: Mystery on Monster Island
Director: Juan Piquer Simon
Cast: Terence Stamp, Peter Cushing, Ian Sera, David Hatton, Gasphar Ipua, Blanca Estrada, Ana Obregon, Frank Brana, Paul Naschy, Gerard Tichy, Manuel Pereiro, Daniel Martin, Luis Barboo, Jorge Bosso
Based (loosely) on a Jules Verne tale, young Jeff Morgan (Ian Sera) is not ready to settle down and desires adventure. His rich uncle, William T. Kolderup (Peter Cushing), sends Jeff and Jeff's tutor, Thomas Artelect (David Hatton), on a sea adventure. But their ship is attacked by sea monsters, and they are washed up on an island. The island is run by Taskinar (Terence Stamp) who reigns over an island of monsters (cheap ones, at that). Before long, Jeff has encountered cannibals and pirates who are looking for gold. Could this be a set-up by Jeff's uncle?
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Necrophagus 1971  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: Graveyard of Horror
The Butcher of Binbrook
Director: Miguel Madrid
Cast: Bill Curran, Frank Brana, Victor Israel, Catherine Ellison, Beatriz Elorrieta, Yocasta Grey, J.R. Clarke, Marisa Shiero, Titania Clement, Maria Paz Madrid
This weird Spanish entry concerns a scientist who is turned into a monster when his experiments go wrong. What's worse, the monster's food of choice is fresh corpses, and his brother comes to the rescue by providing his supply of blood. Though oft-shown on late-night TV, it's still a mess.
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 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968  PG, 165 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Drama
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Woody Strode, Jack Elam, Keenan Wynn, Lionel Stander, Paolo Stoppa, Frank Wolff, Gabriele Ferzetti, Frank Brana, Benito Stefanelli, Aldo Sambrell
This movie is a classic, telling the story of the railroad's effect on the American West and how great wealth could be attained by owning land around it. The owner of a railroad, Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti), hires Frank (Henry Fonda) to kill any landowners around the railroad line who threaten the railroad's completion. Frank does what he was hired to do and murders landowner Brett McBain (Frank Wolff). Now Brett's widow (Claudia Cardinale) arrives on the scene to ensure that the family's land remains in her name. She is also out for revenge and hires two killers of her own choice, Harmonica and Cheyenne (Charles Bronson and Jason Robards), to kill Frank. And the quest to get even begins.
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Pieces 1983 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Juan Piquer Simon
Cast: Christopher George, Edmund Purdom, Lynda Day George, Paul L. Smith, Frank Brana, Ian Sera, Jack Taylor, Gerard Tichy, Hilda Fuchs, Isabel Luque
Now here's a REAL slasher film! A chainsaw-wielding killer is cutting his way through a college campus, taking selected body parts from his co-ed victims. The purpose: construct a human jigsaw puzzle. But fear not, the good detective (Chistopher George) is hot on the trail.
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Siesta 1987  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mary Lambert
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Isabella Rossellini, Grace Jones, Alexei Sayle, Frank Brana, Gary Cady
This movie juggles time so that it moves back and forth to tell about a stuntwoman who falls in love with her married trainer. Because of her attraction to him, she follows him to Spain where she joins a group of acquaintances for a while, but she becomes lost and at the mercy of anyone or anything.
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| 1. Crypt of the Living Dead (1973)
aka: Young Hannah: Queen of the Vampires
aka: Vampire Woman
2. Monster Island (1981)
aka: Mystery on Monster Island
3. Necrophagus (1971)
aka: Graveyard of Horror
aka: The Butcher of Binbrook
4. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
5. Pieces (1983)
6. Siesta (1987)
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