The Black Sleep 1956 N/R, 81 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller aka: Dr. Cadman's Secret
Director: Reginald LeBorg Cast: Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Akim Tamiroff, John Carradine, Tor Johnson, Herbert Rudley, Patricia Blair, Phyllis Stanley, Claire Carleton
To rescue his wife from her catatonic state, a mad scientist performs human brain transplants in his remote castle. Dull material for this good horror cast.
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Calling Dr. Death 1943 N/R, 62 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Reginald LeBorg Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Ramsay Ames, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, David Bruce, Holmes Herbert, Fay Helm, Alec Craig, Frederick Giermann, George Eldredge
In this, the first of the "Inner Sanctum" series, Doctor Mark Steele (Lon Chaney Jr.) is one of the chief suspects after his wife is brutally murdered.
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Diary of a Madman 1963 N/R, 96 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Reginald LeBorg Cast: Vincent Price, Nancy Kovack, Chris Warfield, Ian Wolfe, Nelson Olmstead, Steve Roberts, Lewis Martin, Edward Colmans, Harvey Stephens
Based on Guy de Maupassant's "Le Horla," this horror story is about a man who kills a convict in self-defense and then becomes possessed by the convicts "Horla" (evil spirit).
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The Mummy's Ghost 1944 N/R, 60 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Reginald LeBorg Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Robert Lowery, Ramsay Ames, Barton MacLane, George Zucco, Frank Reicher, Harry Shannon, Emmett Vogan, Lester Sharpe, Claire Whitney, Oscar O'Shea, Ivan Triesault, Steve Barclay, Bess Flowers
This sequel to "The Mummy's Tomb" is yet another horror story involving Kharis the Mummy (Lon Chaney) who gets help from Cult of Akran member Yousef Bey (John Carradine) in the search for his lost love, Princess Ananka (Ramsay Ames). They travel to New England and learn that Ananka's soul has been taken over by an exchange student, Amina Mansouri (also played by Ames), who is studying with Egyptologist Norman (Frank Reicher) and has a boyfriend Tommy (Robert Lowery). Kharis stalks Amina, and when he learns that Yousef Bey is in love with his princess, he kills him. Now, with his reincarnated princess in his arms, the Mummy sinks into a bog and disappears. Followed by "The Mummy's Curse."
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Philo Vance's Secret Mission 1947 N/R, 58 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Reginald LeBorg Cast: Alan Curtis, Sheila Ryan, Tala Birell, Frank Jenks, James Bell, Frank Fenton, Paul Maxey, Kenneth Farrell, Toni Todd, David Leonard, Frank Wilcox
The renowned master sleuth Philo Vance (Alan Curtis) is hired to provide input for a mystery magazine by publisher Martin Jamison (Paul Maxey) while also helping Martin solve the murder of his partner several years previously. When Martin is murdered Vance must figure out who killed the partner, which will surely lead to Martin's killer. This is the final Philo Vance film–at least for more than a half century and counting.
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San Diego I Love You 1944 N/R, 83 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Reginald LeBorg Cast: Jon Hall, Louise Allbritton, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Buster Keaton, Irene Ryan, Peter Miles, Chester Clute, Charles Bates, Florence Lake
Philip McCooley (Edward Everett Horton) has invented a collapsible raft that he thinks will help the war effort. While caring for his family, with the help of daughter Virginia (Louise Allbritton), he also attempts to sell his invention. Virginia helps out with selling, and one of her potential customers is the rich owner (Jon Hall) of a research institute. Funny, with good acting, especially Allbritton. Great sketch by Buster Keaton.
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Voodoo Island 1957 N/R, 76 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller aka: Silent Death
Director: Reginald LeBorg Cast: Boris Karloff, Beverly Tyler, Elisha Cook Jr., Murvyn Vye, Rhodes Reason, Jean Engstrom, Friedrich von Ledebur, Glenn Dixon, Owen Cunningham, Herbert Patterson
Boris Karloff plays an investigator whose assignment is to check out bizarre events occurring in an area planned as an island resort.
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Weird Woman 1944 N/R, 62 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Reginald LeBorg Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Morgan, Elisabeth Risdon, Lois Collier, Elizabeth Russell, Harry Hayden, Phil Brown, Jackie Lou Harding
In this "Inner Sanctum" mystery, Professor Norman Reed (Lon Chaney Jr.) runs into major problems with his jealous former love when he brings home his new bride (Anne Gwynne).
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| 1. The Black Sleep (1956) aka: Dr. Cadman's Secret
2. Calling Dr. Death (1943)
3. Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
4. Diary of a Madman (1963)
5. The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
6. Philo Vance's Secret Mission (1947)
7. San Diego I Love You (1944)
8. Sins of Jezebel (1953)
9. Voodoo Island (1957) aka: Silent Death
10. Weird Woman (1944)
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