TITLE
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DATE
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STARRING
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DIRECTOR
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SOURCE
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NOTES
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Unearthly Stranger
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1960
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John Neville / Philip Stone / Gabriella Licudi / Patrick Newell / Jean Marsh
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John Krish
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Source Unknown
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Extra terrestrial infiltration with a feminine touch. British research facility, investigating the possibilities of telepathic space and time travel, suspect the wife of one of it's members, as well as other females, may not be who they seem. ( b & w )
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Unknown Terror
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1957
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John Howard / Mala Powers / Paul Richards / May Wynn / Gerald Milton
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Charles Marquis Warren
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Source Unknown
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In the West Indies, American group, who can't leave well enough alone, explore the ' Cave Of Death ' ; encountering subterranean dwellers and an oozing substance which looks mysteriously like soap suds. ( b & w )
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Unknown World
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1951
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Bruce Kellogg / Marilyn Nash / Otto Waldis / Jim Bannon / Tom Handley
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Terrell Morse
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Alpha Video
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Convinced that nuclear holocaust is inevitable, members of the ' Society To Save Civilization ' construct a ' Cyclotram ' to burrow into the Earth and begin anew. ( b & w )
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Unnatural ... The Fruit Of Evil
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1952
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Hildegarde Neff / Erich von Stroheim / Carl Boehm
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Arthur Maria Rabenalt
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Sinister Cinema
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von Stroheim as impeached university professor who, to prove his scientific points, artificially creates a daughter. She's beautiful but discovers that, partially due to her donor parents, is soulless, amoral and possibly lethal. German film with English sub - titles. ( b & w )
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Untamed Women
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1952
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Mikel Conrad / Doris Merrick / Richard Monahan / Mark Lowell / Morgan Jones
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W.Merle Connell
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Atlas Films
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World War Two air bomber crew crash land on uncharted island and find they're prisoners of the all female inhabitants; descendants of the Druids. With island beasties and over sized lizards. Amazingly bad film from a director well known for his burlesque films. ( b & w )
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Valley Of Gwangi
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1969
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James Franciscus / Gila Golan / Richard Carlson / Laurence Naismith / Freda Jackson
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James O'Connolly
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Warner Bros.
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When legendary, prehistoric beastie is discovered at title, South Of The Border location, former business rivals re - unite; with plans to bring creature to town as main attraction. Ray Harryhausen effects. See also : ' Beast Of Hollow Mountain.' ( color )
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Vampire And The Ballerina
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1960
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An All Italian Cast
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Renato Polselli
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M.A. Video
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' L'Amante Del Vampiro.' Group of leggy showgirls along with their managers and boyfriends are somehow located in odd little town where they practice their dance routines; some falling victim to lair of undead at nearby creepy castle. See also : ' Playgirls And The Vampire ' & ' Bloody Pit Of Horror.' Dubbed English. ( b & w )
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Vampire Over London
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1952
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Bela Lugosi / Arthur Lucan / Dora Bryan / Philip Leaver / Richard Wattis
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John Gilling
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Sinister Cinema
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a.k.a. : ' Old Mother Riley Meets The Vampire ', ' My Son, The Vampire ' as well as others. Lugosi, here a combination of Dracula / mad scientist type, with his sights on world domination. British, cross dressing funny man Lucan good for some laughs. ( b & w )
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Vampire, The
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1957
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John Beal / Coleen Gray / Kenneth Tobey / Lydia Reed / Dabbs Greer
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Paul Landres
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Cheezy Flicks
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As with, ' The Werewolf ' ( 1956 ), the traditional gothic tale is put aside for hokey, 1950's fun. Small town doc inadvertently ingests experimental pills derived from bats. Immediately becomes addicted causing him to morph into title killer. See also : ' Return Of Dracula.' ( b & w )
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Vampire, The
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1957
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An All Mexican Cast
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Fernando Mendez
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Casa Negra
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' El Vampiro.' DVD also contains : ' Vampire's Coffin.' See also : ' Black Pit Of Dr. M ', ' Blood Of Nostradamus ', ' Brainiac ', ' Curse Of The Doll People ', etc. Spanish with English sub - titles. ( b & w )
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Vampire's Coffin
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1957
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An All Mexican Cast
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Fernando Mendez
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Casa Negra
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' El Ataud Del Vampiro.' DVD also contains : ' The Vampire.' See also : ' Curse Of The Crying Woman ', ' Man And The Monster ', ' Witch's Mirror ', etc. Spanish with English sub - titles. ( b & w )
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Varan The Unbelievable
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1961
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Myron Healy And An All Japanese Cast
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Jerry Baerwitz
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VCI Home Video
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Despite warnings from the local Japanese fishing villages, American Navy and government types conduct anti - saline tests; awakening the legendary building basher. ( b & w )
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Vice Raid
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1959
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Mamie Van Doren / Richard Coogan / Brad Dexter / Barry Atwater / Carol Nugent
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Edward Cahn
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M.A. Video
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Van Doren as Detroit prostitute imported to New York by organized crime in order to frame cop. When her kid sister is assaulted the tables turn and Mamie joins up with the police. ( b & w )
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Viking Women And The Sea Serpent
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1957
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Abby Dalton / Susan Cabot / Brad Jackson / June Kenney / Richard Devon
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Roger Corman
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Lion's Gate DVD
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Also : Betty Jones-Moreland / Sally Todd. A boatload of underdressed, tribal women set off to sea in search of their missing men folk. Discover them enslaved on distant island. DVD also contains : ' Teenage Caveman.' ( b & w )
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Village Of The Damned
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1960
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George Sanders / Barbara Shelley / Michael Gwynn / Laurence Naismith / John Phillips
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Wolf Rilla
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Warner Bros.
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Different take on an alien invasion. Small British town experiences a spell of mass unconsciousness. Upon awakening, women discover that they're pregnant, giving birth to emotionless, super - intelligent, telepathically linked children. DVD also contains the sequel : ' Children Of The Damned.' ( b & w )
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Village Of The Giants
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1965
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Tommy Kirk / Johnny Crawford / Beau Bridges / Joy Harmon / Bob Random
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Bert Gordon
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MGM DVD
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Boy genius ' Ron Howard ' accidentally concocts a growth goo not only ingested by pets, ducks and a spider but rebellious, rock and roll teens. Hold their small town hostage. Interesting period piece with the usual oversized Gordon effects. ( color )
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Violated
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1953
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Wim Holland / Mitchell Kowall / Vicki Carlson / William Martel / Jason Niles
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Walter Strate
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Retro Flicks
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New York City photographer doubles as a psychotic slasher type killer with a fetish for cropping off his victims hair. Obsessed with real life stripper and adult model Lili Dawn. Some minor psycho babble to help clarify. ( b & w )
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Violent Years
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1956
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Jeanne Moorehead / Barbara Weeks / Arthur Milan / Theresa Hancock / Joanne Cangi
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Wm. M. Morgan
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Alpha Video
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Spoiled, rich teen girl heads up an all female criminal gang. Beginning with assorted robberies but graduating to sexual assault and murder. Finishes a bit preachy. Timothy Farrell turns up here as a cop. See also : ' Gun Girls. '
( b & w )
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Visit To A Small Planet
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1960
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Jerry Lewis / Joan Blackman / Earl Holliman / Fred Clark / Barbara Lawson
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Norman Taurog
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Source Unknown
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Lewis as student extra - terrestrial with an interest in the culture of other planets who, against the advice of his elders, comes to Earth and lives with and among a suburban family. DVD also contains : ' Way... Way Out.' ( b & w )
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Voodoo Island
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1957
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Boris Karloff / Beverly Tyler / Murvyn Vye / Elisha Cook / Rhodes Reason
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Reginald LeBorg
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MGM DVD
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Resort and hotel developers hire Karloff and company to investigate and possibly debunk evil reputation of title location. DVD also contains : ' Four Skulls Of Jonathan Drake.' ( b & w )
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Voodoo Woman
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1956
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Marla English / Tom Conway / Touch Connors / Lance Fuller / Mary Ellen Kaye
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Edward Cahn
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Columbia Home Video
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Conway in the jungle combining local religion and evil science to transform and control village girl. Tough bunch of treasure seekers, which include English and Connors, arrive at locale. See also : ' The Disembodied.' ( b & w )
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Voyage To The End Of The Universe
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1963
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An All Czechoslovakian Cast
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Jack Pollack
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Copy Acquired By Trade
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Original title : ' Ikarie XB 1.' Eastern European sci - fi. Human endurance is tested as large, co - ed space crew spend 28 months in search of the ' green planet.' Stay for the end. Dubbed English. ( b & w )
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Voyage To The Planet Of Prehistoric Women
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1967
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Mamie Van Doren / Mary Marr / Paige Lee / Aldo Romani / Margot Hartman
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Derek Thomas
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Alpha Video
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A bit confusing. There's a Russian sci - fi film called ' Planet Of Storms ' and / or ' Planet Burg.' Large portions of that film were used in ' Voyage To The Prehistoric Planet ' with Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue added in. Then there's this version with Mamie and company added in. See : ' Planeta Burg.' ( color )
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Voyage To The Prehistoric Planet
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1968
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Basil Rathbone / Faith Domergue / Marc Shannon / Christopher Brand / John Bix
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John Sebastion
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Family Values Collection
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Once again, Rathbone turns up just going through the motions. Most of this was taken from a Russian film called ' Planet Of Storms ' or ' Planet Burg ' with Rathbone and Domergue added in later. See also : ' Voyage To The Planet Of Prehistoric Women.' DVD also contains : ' In The Year 2889.'
See : ' Planeta Burg.' ( color )
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Vulture, The
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1967
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Robert Hutton / Akim Tamiroff / Broderick Crawford / Diane Clare / Philip Friend
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Lawrence Huntington
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First Generation Copy
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Hutton as Yankee scientist in England investigating an alleged human / avian hybrid; with his gal - pal's family marked for retribution. Local cops believe otherwise. Hoax ? Superstition ? ' Nuclear Trans - Mutation ? ' Hilarious. ( color )
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War Of The Planets
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1965
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An All Italian Cast
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Anthony Dawson
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Dark Sky Films
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Earth plagued by world wide disasters. ' United Democracies ' dispatch space crew and discover rogue planet with alien life forms. Visually good film but tends to grind along. a.k.a. : ' Wild, Wild Planet ' and ' Planet On The Prowl.' Dubbed English. DVD also contains : ' Creation Of The Humanoids.' ( color )
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War Gods Of The Deep
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1965
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Vincent Price / Tab Hunter / David Tomlinson / Susan Hart / John Le Mesurier
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Jacques Tourneur
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Copy Acquired By Trade
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Price as overlord of lost, but ageless, undersea civilization. When ' Earth Woman ' Hart is abducted by it's ' gill - men ', Hunter and associate attempt rescue. ( color )
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War Of The Colossal Beast
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1958
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Sally Fraser / Roger Pace / Dean Parking / Russ Bender / John McNamara
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Bert Gordon
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Lions Gate DVD
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Annoying sequel to : ' Amazing Colossal Man.' See also : ' The Cyclops.' DVD also contains : ' Earth Vs. The Spider.' ( b & w )
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War Of The Satellites
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1956
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Dick Miller / Susan Cabot / Richard Devon / Eric Sinclair / Michael Fox
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Roger Corman
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Source Unknown
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Devon as alien infiltrator using all means necessary to disrupt our missile launching and space exploration programs; up to and including murder. Corman quickie. ( b & w )
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War Of The Worlds
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1952
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Gene Barry / Ann Robinson / Les Tremayne / Bob Cornthwaite / Sandro Giglio
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Byron Haskin
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Paramount
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Amazing transfer of the H.G. Wells story to the big screen. All out attack of the Earth by the Red Planet. George Pal effects. See also : ' Time Machine, ' First Men In The Moon ', etc. ( color )
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Warning From Space
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1956
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An All Japanese Cast
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Kohi Shima
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Alpha Video
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Saucers over Tokyo ! Silly costumed aliens alerting Earth's scientists about the development of super weapons. If that's not enough, we're also on a collision course with another planet. Add in some gangsters and you've got a fun film. See also : ' The H - Man ' , ' Human Vapor ', etc. Dubbed English. ( color )
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Wasp Woman
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1960
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Susan Cabot / Fred Eisley / Barboura Morris / William Roerick / Michael Mark
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Roger Corman
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Intercontinental DVD
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Cabot as cosmetics entrepreneur who discovers the youth preserving properties of royal wasp jelly. Side effects ? Occasionally transforms into a lethal human / insect hybrid. ( b & w )
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Way Out Topless
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1967
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No Credits
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Lewis Francis
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Something Weird Video
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Begins with an odd look at the benefits of ladies keeping fit and trim in a gymnasium setting; with an impromptu cat fight breaking out. Moves on to an interesting look at the strip clubs and burlesque venues in the Baltimore and Washington D.C. areas. Adult material. ( b & w )
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Way ... Way Out
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1966
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Jerry Lewis / Connie Stevens / Robert Morley / Dennis Weaver / Howard Morries
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Gordon Douglas
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Source Unknown
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Also : Brian Keith / Dick Shawn / Anita Ekberg. Sci - Fi comedy, subdued for Lewis. Connie and Jerry as reluctant newlyweds involved in colonization of the moon with Russian counterparts. DVD also contains : ' Visit To A Small Planet.' ( color )
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Werewolf In A Girl's Dormitory
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1961
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Barbara Lass / Carl Schell / Curt Lowens / Maurice Marsac / Mary McNeeran
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Richard Benson
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Madacy DVD
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All female reform school, with an odd faculty, suddenly plagued by eerie, wolf - like murders. Title song : ' Ghoul In School.' Dubbed English. ( b & w )
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Werewolf, The
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1956
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Steven Ritch / Don Megowan / Joyce Holden / Eleanore Tanin / Kim Charney
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Fred Sears
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Columbia Pictures
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As with ' The Vampire ' ( 1957 ) , the traditional, gothic tale is put aside for hokey, 1950's fun. Following an automobile accident, Ritch is used as test subject for an anti - radiation drug. Lycanthropic results. Big Bear Lake locations. Sam Katzman Collection. See also : ' Return Of Dracula.' ( b & w )
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What A Carve Up
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1961
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Sidney James / Kenneth Connor / Shirley Eaton / Dennis Price / Donald Pleasence
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Pat Jackson
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Sinister Cinema
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a.k.a. : ' No Place Like Homicide.' Assorted family members, a solicitor and an attractive private nurse all gather at a deceased family members ' old dark house ' for the reading of a will. Silly fun commences when folks begin turning up murdered and all are under suspicion. ( b & w )
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What's Up Front !
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1964
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Tommy Holden / Marilyn Manning / Carolyn Walker / Carmen Bonnaci / William Watters
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Bob Wehling
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Rhino Home Video
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The comic mis - adventures of a nerdy brassiere salesman.
Filmed in ' Girl - O - Rama.' ( color )
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When Worlds Collide
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1951
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Richard Derr / Barbara Rush / Peter Hanson / John Hoyt / Larry Keating
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Rudolph Mate'
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Paramount
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Calculating the Earth will be struck and destroyed by a rouge, runaway planet, scientists hastily construct a modern day ' Noah's Ark ' for escape to another, inhabitable planet. George Pal effects. ( color )
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Whip And The Body
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1963
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Daliah Lavi / Christopher Lee / Tony Kendall / Isli Oberon / Harriet White
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Mario Bava
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Passion Productions
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Overly dramatic Euro Horror has Lee as sadistic member of dysfunctional, 19th. Century family believed killed and now haunting the clan's castle. Lavi his somewhat masochistic cousin. Dubbed English. ( color )
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White Pongo
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1945
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Richard Fraser / Maris Wrixton / Lionel Royce / Al Eben / Gordon Richards
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Sam Newfield
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Alpha Video
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Has the missing link been discovered in West Africa ? Who knows. At any rate, the guy in the gorilla suit had the hots for Wrixon. Plenty of stock footage, where you'll be surprised to learn, that there are owl's and moose in Africa. ( b & w )
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White Slaves Of Chinatown
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1964
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Audrey Campbell / Marlaina Abie / Leonore Rhein / Veronica Bellach / Mitzi
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Joseph Mawra
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Something Weird Video
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Lead off title to the world renowned franchise of ' Olga ' films. Campbell as sadistic, organized crime connected overseer of prostitution house and drug distributor. Mostly a bondage and sado / masochistic show with narration. No dialog. DVD also contains : ' Olga's House Of Shame ' and ' Olga's Dance House Girls.' See also : ' Olga's Girls.' Adult material. ( b & w )
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Who Killed Teddy Bear ?
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1965
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Sal Mineo / Juliet Prowse / Jan Murray / Elaine Stritch / Margot Bennett
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Joseph Cates
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Copy Acquired By Trade
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Some notable names in a somewhat grimy exploiter. Mineo as sexual deviant stalking dance club record spinner, Prowse. Murray as New York cop with big issues of his own. Name a sexual degeneracy and it's probably mentioned, at least in passing, at some point in this film. ( b & w )
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Why Must I Die ?
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1960
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Terry Moore / Debar Paget / Bert Freed / Juli Reding / Lionel Ames
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Roy Del Ruth
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Retro Flicks
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Nearly apprehended by the police during a robbery, Moore calls it quits and goes straight as a nightclub entertainer. Ex - boyfriend returns with new gal - pal, blackmails Moore into crime and frames her for murder. Death row for Moore. Noir cheapie. ( b & w )
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Wild Gals Of The Naked West
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1962
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Sammy Gilbert / Teri Taylor / Frank Bolcer / Werner Kirsch / Julie Williams
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Russ Meyer
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RM Films International
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Zany, non - sensical and cartoonish film. An old timer recollects the exploits of a fictional, 1800's, Old West town. See also : ' Eve And The Handyman ', ' Faster Pussycat ... Kill ! Kill ! ', etc. Adult material. ( color )
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Wild Guitar
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1962
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Arch Hall, Jr. / William Watters / Cash Flagg / Nancy Czar / Marie Denn
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Ray Dennis Steckler
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Alpha Video
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Country bumpkin heads for the big city with hopes of breaking into the music industry. Finds exploitation and corruption. ( b & w )
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