The Brain 1962  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Vengeance
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Peter van Eyck, Anne Heywood, Cecil Parker, Bernard Lee, Maxine Audley, Ellen Schwiers, Jeremy Spenser, Siegfried Lowitz, Hans Nielsen, Miles Malleson, Jack MacGowran, George A. Cooper
After a bomb explodes on a rich financier's plane, Dr. Peter Corrie (Peter van Eyck) notes that the dead man's brain is still alive, and he removes it. As the brain gains power, it takes charge of Peter's mind and orders Peter to find the killer. This is the third–and weakest– film based on Curt Siodmak's novel. The previous films were "The Lady and the Monster" (1944) and "Donovan's Brain" (1953).
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Dog Eat Dog 1964 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: When Strangers Meet
Director: Richard E. Cunha, Gustav Gavrin, Ray Nazarro, Albert Zugsmith
Cast: Jayne Mansfield, Cameron Mitchell, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Isa Miranda, Ivor Salter, Siegfried Lowitz, Aldo Camarda, Dodie Heath, Ines Taddio, Werner Peters, Pinkas Braun
Thieves–Darlene (Jane Mansfield), Lylle (Cameron Mitchell), and Dolph (Ivor Salter)–steal a money shipment worth one million dollars but end up on an island in a hotel where the manager, Livio Morelli (Aldo Camarda), figures out what is going on and devises his own plot to get the money for himself. But, Livio is not the only one with plans to obtain the money, and murders are committed in unique ways in and around the hotel.
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The Invisible Dr. Mabuse 1962  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Harald Reinl
Cast: Lex Barker, Karin Dor, Siegfried Lowitz, Wolfgang Preiss, Rudolf Fernau, Kurd Pieritz, Hans Schwarz, Walo Luond, Werner Peters
The nefarious Dr. Mabuse (Wolfgang Preiss) is out to obtain "Operation X," a potion that makes a person invisible, so he can rule the world. U.S. FBI agent Joe Como (Lex Barker) is brought in to stop the doctor.
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| 1. The Brain (1962)
aka: Vengeance
2. Dog Eat Dog (1964)
aka: When Strangers Meet
3. The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962)
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