Adventures of Captain Fabian 1951  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William(2) Marshall
Cast: Errol Flynn, Micheline Presle, Agnes Moorehead, Vincent Price, Victor Francen, Reggie Nalder, Jim Gerald, Helena Manson, Howard Vernon, Marcel Journet
Errol Flynn portrays a swashbuckling sea captain who becomes involved with a woman falsely accused of murder.
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Alphaville, A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution 1965   N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi / Drama / Romance / Thriller
aka: Alphaville
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon, Laszlo Szabo, Jean-Louis Comolli, Michel Delahaye, Jean-Andre Fieschi, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Christa Lang
The New Wave French film director Jean-Luc Godard pays homage to comic books in this tale of secret agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) visiting a futuristic society on a distant planet where science and technology have taken over, and love is forbidden.
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The Awful Dr. Orloff 1962  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: Cries in the Night
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Howard Vernon, Conrado San Martin, Diana Lorys, Ricardo Valle, Perla Cristal, Maria Silva, Mara Laso, Venancio Muro, Felix Dafauce, Faustino Cornejo
Dr. Orloff (Howard Vernon), formerly a prison doctor, is now trying to repair his daughter's fire-scarred face. With his hunchback aid (formerly his brother who he murdered and then made into a robot helper), Orloff kills and skins women for the grafting material. Gross; other Orloff films followed.
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Delicatessen 1991  R, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
Cast: Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Ticky Holgado, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Karin Viard, Anne-Marie Pisani, Howard Vernon, Pascal Benezech, Rufus, Dominique Zardi, Jean-Francois Perrier, Marc Caro, Boban Janevski, Mikael Todde, Edith Ker
In a future world, after the "Big One," life is not easy, and food is in short supply. But the tenants of an old apartment complex get meat from time-to-time when the butcher provides human cutlets for his tenants. Now, along comes a young man who falls in love with the butcher's daughter. Believe it or not, this original-thinking comedy is interesting.
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The Devil Came from Akasava 1971 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Fred Williams, Soledad Miranda, Paul Muller, Horst Tappert, Ewa Stromberg, Siegfried Schurenberg, Walter Rilla, Blandine Ebinger, Howard Vernon, Jesus Franco
Interpol agent Rex Forrester (Fred Williams) has gone undercover on a case, as has Jane (Soledad Miranda), a Secret Service agent. They meet, fall in love, and join forces to retrieve a mineral, discovered by Rex's uncle, that turns metals into gold and also can turn people into zombies. Miranda's last film.
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The Diabolical Dr. Mabuse 1960 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Frobe, Wolfgang Preiss, Werner Peters, Andrea Checchi, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Nico Pepe, Rolf Mobius, Howard Vernon
When visitors turn up dead at Berlin's Hotel Luxor, police suspect that the murderer believes he is the reincarnation of master criminal Dr. Mabuse. Although this film represents Fritz Lang's final effort as a director, five "Dr. Mabuse" sequels followed this very popular film.
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Dracula Contra Frankenstein 1972 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Screaming Dead
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Howard Vernon, Dennis Price, Alberto Dalbes, Fernando Bilbao, Genevieve Robert, Paca Gabaldon, Anne Libert, Josyane Gibert, Luis Barboo, Britt Nichols, Eduarda Pimenta, Brandy, Daniel White
Vampire hunter Seward (Alberto Dalbes) "kills" Dracula (Howard Vernon), but before you know it, Dr. Frankenstein (Dennis Price), along with his mute helper Morpho (Luis Barboo), comes along and revives Dracula by using the blood of a nightclub singer. Certainly, Dr. Frankenstein can soon rule the world by teaming up his Monster (Fernando Bilbao) with Dracula. But along comes a werewolf to do battle, and Dr. Stewart might be heard from again.
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Faceless 1988  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie, Telly Savalas, Christopher Mitchum, Stephane Audran, Caroline Munro, Christiane Jean, Anton Diffring, Tilda Thamar, Howard Vernon
Mad Dr. Flamand (Helmut Berger) kidnaps models in Paris to provide skin for rebuilding the face of his sister who was disfigured from acid. Can private investigator Sam Morgan (Christopher Mitchum) save the latest victim?
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The Game Is Over 1966 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Jane Fonda, Michel Piccoli, Peter McEnery, Tina Aumont, Jacques Monod, Simone Valerie, Howard Vernon, Douglas Read, Ham-Chau Luong, Germaine Montero
Young Renee (Jane Fonda) lives a life of leisure in the mansion of her older, rich husband, Alexandre (Michel Piccoli). While she enjoys his money, she also enjoys the bed of her stepson, Maxime (Peter McEnery). When Alexandre finds out about the affair, he arranges a marriage between Maxime and another man while ensuring that Renee is cut out of his estate. Based on an Emile Zola novel. Fonda was Vadim's wife at the time.
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Love and Death 1975 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Olga Georges-Picot, Harold Gould, Jessica Harper, Shimen Ruskin, James Tolkan, Howard Vernon, Zvee Scooler, Alan Tilvern
Set during the 1812 Napoleonic invasion of Russia, this film is good satire on Russian politics and literature. Diane Keaton plays the strong Sonja who is loved by the weak, intellectual Boris (Woody Allen). Boris is falsely accused and then executed for the "death" of Napoleon.
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The Man on the Eiffel Tower 1949 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Burgess Meredith
Cast: Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, Robert Hutton, Jean Wallace, Patricia Roc, Belita, Wilfrid Hyde-White, William Phipps, William Cottrell, George Thorpe, Chaz Chase, Howard Vernon
Based on Georges Simenon's novel, this is an intriguing tale of a cat-and-mouse game played between police Inspector Jules Maigret (Charles Laughton) and Radek (Franchot Tone), which leads to a climactic chase over Paris rooftops.
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Miss Muerte 1966 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: The Diabolical Dr. Z
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Mabel Karr, Fernando Montes, Estella Blain, Antonio Jimenez Escribano, Howard Vernon, Guy Mairesse, Marcelo Arroita-Jauregui, Lucia Prado, Ana Castor, Alberto Dalbes
This dark horror film from Jesus Franco follows Irma (Mabel Karr), the daughter of a scientist who died of a heart attack while working on mind-control experiments. Irma vows revenge on members of the Medical Council whom she holds responsible for her father's death. To accomplish her task, she uses her father's mind control techniques to take over Miss Muerte (Estella Blain) who has long, sharp, lethal fingernails.
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Night of the Blood Monster 1970 PG, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Bloody Judge
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Christopher Lee, Leo Genn, Maria Schell, Maria Rohm, Margaret Lee, Hans Hass Jr., Howard Vernon, Diana Lorys, Jose Maria Prada, Pietro Martellanza, Jose Maria Blanco, John Thompson
Based on real-life, English witch-hunter Lord George Jeffreys (Christopher Lee), this dark, muddled tale follows the exploits of the cruel and sadistic Lord Jeffreys in the late 1600s.
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The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus 1962 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Howard Vernon, Hugo Blanco, Gogo Rijo, Fernando Delgado, Paula Martel, Ana Castor, Georges Rollin, Maria Frances, Serafin Garcia Vazquez, Miguel Madrid
A young baron attempts to leave the old mansion, with its dungeon of death, and leave the family curse behind. But, the curse takes hold and the torturing and murdering of women begins. Very few "horror moments" in this slow film.
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The Train 1964 N/R, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon, Suzanne Flon, Wolfgang Preiss, Paul Bonifas, Albert Remy, Jacques Marin, Howard Vernon, Charles Millot, Richard Munch, Jean Bouchaud, Donald O'Brien, Jean-Pierre Zola
During World War II, Col. Franz von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) orders that art works at the Jeu de Paume Museum be moved to Nazi Germany. In an effort to save the priceless works of art, the head of the museum (Suzanne Flon) convinces railway official and member of the French Resistance Labiche (Burt Lancaster) to delay the train's departure until after the Allied Forces arrive. Using sabotage and deception, Labiche and his colleagues try to find a way to delay the train.
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A Virgin Among the Living Dead 1973 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: Zombies: A Virgin Among the Living Dead
Christine, Princess of Eroticism
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Christina von Blanc, Britt Nichols, Rosa Palomar, Anne Libert, Howard Vernon, Paul Muller, Jesus Franco, Nicole Guettard, Luis Barboo, Nadine Pascal
Young Christine (Christina von Blanc) arrives at the estate of her late father to hear the reading of his will. The shock comes when she finds out that her father had a second life that was filled with extremely bizarre people and satanic rites. Several re-cut versions have been released, including some with new actors added.
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X312 - Flight to Hell 1971 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Thomas Hunter, Gila von Weitershausen, Hans Hass Jr., Fernando Sancho, Esperanza Roy, Ewa Stromberg, Siegfried Schurenberg, Howard Vernon, Paul Muller, Jesus Franco
A plane on its way to Rio de Janeiro crashes in the jungle after a hijack attempt. Now it's a matter of survival for the group that survives the crash.
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| 1. Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)
2. Alphaville, A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution (1965)
aka: Alphaville
3. The Awful Dr. Orloff (1962)
aka: Cries in the Night
4. Bob le Flambeur (1955)
aka: Bob the Gambler
5. Delicatessen (1991)
6. The Devil Came from Akasava (1971)
7. The Diabolical Dr. Mabuse (1960)
aka: The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
8. Dracula Contra Frankenstein (1972)
aka: Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein
aka: Dracula vs. Frankenstein
aka: Screaming Dead
9. Faceless (1988)
10. The Game Is Over (1966)
11. Love and Death (1975)
12. The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)
13. Miss Muerte (1966)
aka: The Diabolical Dr. Z
14. Night of the Blood Monster (1970)
aka: The Bloody Judge
15. The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (1962)
16. The Train (1964)
17. A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973)
aka: Zombies: A Virgin Among the Living Dead
aka: Christine, Princess of Eroticism
18. X312 - Flight to Hell (1971)
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