Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion 1950  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Patricia Medina, Walter Slezak, Douglass Dumbrille, Marc Lawrence, Leon Belasco, Tor Johnson, Jack Raymond, Fred Nurney
After joining the Foreign Legion, Bud Jones (Bud Abbott) and Lou Hotchkiss (Lou Costello) end up in Algeria under the thumb of Sergeant Axmann (Walter Slezak).
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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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Bride of the Monster 1955   N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Tony McCoy, Harvey B. Dunne, Don Nagel, Tor Johnson, Loretta King, George Becwar, Bud Osborne
This is the Edward D. Wood Jr. film that features the now famous "fight" between a dissipated Bela Lugosi and a prop-room octopus–minus its electrical hook-up. Do NOT miss this one! If you feel particularly daring, follow up with the sequel, "Night of the Ghouls." 1 User Review
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| | So bad it's good! | Bobo 11/20/2007 | If for no other reason, watch this flick to enjoy Lugosi's "over the top" soliloquy which begins with: "Home? I have-a-no home!"
... and how can you miss this mad scientist's lab subjects sporting electronic headwear (a colander with a chin strap and wires) ?!
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The Lemon Drop Kid 1951  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, Andrea King, Fred Clark, Jay C. Flippen, William Frawley, Tom Dugan, Harry Bellaver, Sid Melton, Ben Welden, Ida Moore, Tor Johnson, Jack Kruschen
Based on a Damon Runyan story, this is the remake of the 1934 film about a reformed gangster, The Lemon Drop Kid (Bob Hope). The Kid accidentally gives gangster Moose Moran (Fred Clark) a bad tip on a race. Now Moran tells The Kid that he must come up with $10,000 to make up for what he would have won. The Kid sets up a fake charity–after all, it is Christmas–and begins to raise the needed funds. This is the film that introduced Ray Evans and Jay Livingston's Christmas ballad, "Silver Bells."
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Night of the Ghouls 1960 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Revenge of the Dead
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.
Cast: Duke Moore, Paul Marco, Johnny Carpenter, Jeannie Stevens, Kenne Duncan, Tor Johnson, Valda Hansen, Criswell, Bud Osborne, Tony Cardoza
This sequel to "Bride of the Monster" took 23 years to release because (a) it was so bad or (b) the lab bill was not paid. Now it is available, and the viewer can check it out to decide which answer is correct. Speaking of checking it out, our cop friends check out ghost sightings in East L.A.
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 Plan 9 from Outer Space 1959 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Grave Robbers from Outer Space
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.
Cast: Gregory Walcott, Duke Moore, Dudley Manlove, Tor Johnson, Bela Lugosi, Tom Keene, Mona McKinnon, Joanna Lee, Lyle Talbot, Vampira, Carl Anthony, Paul Marco, Tor Johnson, Bill Ash, David De Mering
Many critics rate this film as the worst movie ever made. It stars Bela Lugosi, but Bela died early in the making of the movie. Undaunted, Ed Wood used old home movies and an actor, holding a cape across his face, to fill in for Lugosi's role in the story.
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The Unearthly 1957  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Boris Petroff
Cast: John Carradine, Allison Hayes, Myron Healey, Sally Todd, Marilyn Buferd, Arthur Batanides, Tor Johnson, Harry Fleer, Roy Gordon, Guy Prescott
The "mad scientist" theme is back with Professor Conway (John Carradine) searching for eternal life. But his experiments have failed so far, and the mutant failures reside in this dungeon. A new patient on which to experiment arrives. Will she be another failure? Will someone come to the rescue?
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| 1. Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
2. The Black Sleep (1956)
aka: Dr. Cadman's Secret
3. Bride of the Monster (1955)
4. The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
5. Night of the Ghouls (1960)
aka: Revenge of the Dead
6. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
aka: Grave Robbers from Outer Space
7. The Unearthly (1957)
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