 Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy 1955  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor, Michael Ansara, Richard Deacon, Peggy King, Dan Seymour, Mel Welles, Kurt Katch, Richard Karlan
Two mummies and a search for treasure are the objects of interest for Pete Patterson (Bud Abbott) and Freddie Franklin (Lou Costello) as they stumble upon underhanded dealings in Egypt.
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 Attack of the Crab Monsters 1957 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson, Leslie Bradley, Mel Welles, Ed Nelson, Richard H. Cutting, Beach Dickerson, Tony Miller, Charles B. Griffith
Giant crabs take on the personalities of their victims and terrify scientists on a remote island in the Pacific.
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Chopping Mall 1986  R, 76 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
aka: Killbots
Director: Jim Wynorski
Cast: Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, John Terlesky, Russell Todd, Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Dick Miller, Gerrit Graham, Mel Welles, Karrie Emerson, Barbara Crampton, Nick Segal, Suzee Slater, Angela Aames, Paul Coufos
Teenagers who work at the mall decide to have a midnight party at their store. Elaborate security assures that no unauthorized person can enter the area, but something goes wrong with the security system, robots are released, and murders ensue. Good special effects.
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Gun Fury 1953  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Rock Hudson, Donna Reed, Philip Carey, Lee Marvin, Neville Brand, Leo Gordon, Roberta Haynes, Mel Welles, Forrest Lewis, Pat Hogan
When his fiancee (Donna Reed) is kidnapped and held hostage by stagecoach robbers, our hero (Rock Hudson) rides to her rescue. This film was originally shot in 3-D and had some exciting special effects that, unfortunately, were lost in the change to video.
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Homework 1982  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Beshears
Cast: Joan Collins, Michael Morgan, Shell Kepler, Lee Purcell, Carrie Snodgress, Wings Hauser, Mel Welles, Beverly Todd, Betty Thomas, Lanny Horn, Erin Donovan
Tommy (Michael Morgan) is a young teenager who experiences his sexual awakening thanks to the services of Diana (Joan Collins), a woman old enough to be his mother.
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Lady Frankenstein 1971  R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Mel Welles
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Rosalba Neri, Paul Whiteman, Mickey Hargitay, Paul Muller, Renate Kasche, Herbert Fux, Lorenzo Terzon, Ada Pometti, Andrea Aureli, Joshua Sinclair, Richard Beardley, Petar Martinovitch, Adam Welles, Mel Welles
Dr. Frankenstein's (Joseph Cotten) daughter Tania (Rosalba Neri) continues the family tradition as she tries to create a man from body parts. Her reason differs from that of her father: she wants a man to fulfill her sexual fantasies.
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 The Little Shop of Horrors 1960  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles, Jack Nicholson, Dick Miller, Myrtle Vail, Leola Wendorff, Lynn Storey, Wally Campo, John Herman Shaner, Toby Michaels, Jack Warford, Meri Welles, Dodie Drake, Karyn Kupcinet
When flower shop worker Seymour (Jonathan Haze) cuts his finger, the blood vitalizes his bloodthirsty Venus flytrap-like plant. Seymour becomes a slave to the plant and must perform murders to supply the needed blood while the plant brings business into the flower shop. Grossly funny and cheap, but it is lots of fun. Highlight: pain-loving Wilbur Force (Jack Nicholson) goes to the dentist.
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Rented Lips 1988 R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Downey Sr.
Cast: Martin Mull, Dick Shawn, Jennifer Tilly, Robert Downey Jr., Mel Welles, Shelley Berman, Edy Williams, June Lockhart, Kenneth Mars, Eileen Brennan
When two filmmakers (Martin Mull and Dick Shawn) find that their talents are not appreciated in the field of documentaries, they begin work on a porno movie. This film is a sleeper that continues to doze.
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The She-Beast 1966 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Revenge of the Blood Beast
Director: Michael Reeves
Cast: Barbara Steele, Ian Ogilvy, John Karlsen, Mel Welles, Jay Riley, Richard Watson, Edward B. Randolph, Lucretia Love, Peter Grippe, Tony Antonelli, Kevin Welles, Woody Welles
Honeymooners Philip and Veronica (Ian Ogilvy and Barbara Steele) drive off the road in Transylvania and plunge into a lake where a witch drowned over 200 years ago. Philip is able to reach shore, but Veronica is missing, replaced by the witch who goes on a murder spree. The witch's targets are the descendents of those who caused her death. Witch-hunter Count von Helsing (John Karlsen) teams with Philip to catch the witch and get Veronica back.
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Soldier of Fortune 1955 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Gene Barry, Tom Tully, Anna Sten, Jack Kruschen, Alexander D'Arcy, Leo Gordon, Russell Collins, Richard Loo, Soo Yong, Frank Tang, Mel Welles, James Hong
An American, Jane Hoyt (Susan Hayward), arrives in Hong Kong searching for her photojournalist husband Louis (Gene Barry) and seeks the aid of mercenary, smuggler Hank Lee (Clark Gable). After discovering that Louis is being held captive by Communists in China, Lee travels in his private junk to the mainland in search of Louis. In the meantime, he has fallen in love with Jane but continues in his quest knowing that he could be risking his own life trying to help get Louis out of China.
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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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| 1. Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
2. Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
3. Body and Soul (1981)
4. Chopping Mall (1986)
aka: Killbots
5. Gun Fury (1953)
6. Homework (1982)
7. Lady Frankenstein (1971)
8. The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
9. Rented Lips (1988)
10. The She-Beast (1966)
aka: Revenge of the Blood Beast
11. Soldier of Fortune (1955)
12. The Undead (1957)
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