The Day the Sky Exploded 1958  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
aka: Death from Outer Space
Death Comes from Space
Director: Paolo Heusch
Cast: Paul Hubschmid, Fiorella Mari, Madeleine Fischer, Ivo Garrani, Dario Michaelis, Sam Galter, Peter Meersman, Jean-Jacques Delbo, Massimo Zeppieri, Annie Bernal, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Gerard Landry
A joint U.S./Russian/British mission to space goes bad, but one astronaut, John McLaren (Paul Hubschmid), is able to abandon the craft. The spaceship crashes into the Sun–immediately causing earthquakes, tidal waves, and other assorted problems on Earth. It also results in asteroids heading toward our planet. Can the world's scientists work together to save the Earth?
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Kill, Baby... Kill! 1966  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Curse of the Living Dead
Director: Mario Bava
Cast: Erika Blanc, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Giana Vivaldi, Fabienne Dali, Piero Lulli, Max Lawrence, Micaela Esdra, Franca Dominici, Giuseppe Addobbati, Valeria Valeri
In this film, one of Mario Bava's best, a small town is beset by mysterious murders. When autopsies show a gold coin imbedded in each victim's heart, the police bring in the resident witch to help in the investigation. The witch had placed the coins there to protect the individual from the evil baroness who is under the spell of her daughter (who was murdered years before and wants revenge). The baroness MUST be destroyed.
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 The Last Man on Earth 1964  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Antonio Corevi, Christi Courtland, Umberto Raho, Ettore Ribotta, Gieuseppe Mattei, Carolyn De Fonseca, Rolando De Rossi
Based on Richard Matheson's novel "I Am a Legend," this horror film is about the entire population of Earth's humans being turned into vampires. Dr. Robert Morgan (Vincent Price) believes that he is the only human remaining on Earth and, alone, must fight off vampires. Morgan finds hope when he cures vampire Ruth Collins (Franca Bettoia) with a transfusion of his own blood. However, his hope for the future will prove to be short-lived. This movie was later remade as "The Omega Man" and "I Am Legend."
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| 1. The Day the Sky Exploded (1958)
aka: Death from Outer Space
aka: Death Comes from Space
2. Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966)
aka: Curse of the Living Dead
3. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
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