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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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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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Lion's 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 Picture
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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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Wild Ride
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1960
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Jack Nicholson / Georgianna Carter / Robert Bean / Carol Bigby / John Bologni
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Harvey Berman
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Alpha Video
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Nicholson as dirt track car racer and ' top stud ' among his teeny friends. Flat story that never gets anywhere. Nicholson's conscience finally gets the better of him. ( b & w )
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Wild Women Of Wongo
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1958
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Jean Hawkshaw / Johnny Walsh / Ed Fury / Mary Ann Webb / Rex Richards
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James Wolcott
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Something Weird Video
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Ten Thousand years ago on the island of ' Wongo, ' the women are pin - up gorgeous and the men unrefined dopes. Down the road apiece on ' Goona ', it's exactly the opposite. Of course, the two tribes meet. Fun farce. DVD also contains : ' Bowana, Bowana.' ( color )
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Wild World Of Batwoman
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1966
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Katherine Victor / George Andre / Steve Brodie / Richard Banks / Lloyd Nelson
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Jerry Warren
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Rhino Home Video
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Victor and her bikini clad ' Bat Girls ' up against the villains ' Dr. Neon ' and ' Ratfink.' And for what ? An atomic powered hearing aid which can double as a weapon. ( b & w )
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Wild Youth
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1960
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Carol Ohmart / Robert Hutton / Steve Rowland / Jan Brooks / Robert Arthur
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John Schreyer
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Retro Flicks
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a.k.a. : ' Naked Youth.' Teen escapee's from the ' State Honor Farm ' meet up with drug smugglers out on the open road. DVD also contains : ' Gun Girls.'
( b & w )
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Witchcraft
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1964
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Lon Chaney, Jr. / Jack Hedley / Jill Dixon / Marie Ney / Viola Keats
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Don Sharp
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MGM DVD
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Having been feuding for centuries, tensions between the ' Whitlocks ' and the ' Laniers ' are renewed during a land dispute. With the Whitlocks employing their diabolical powers and an ancient relative for retribution. DVD also contains : ' Devils Of Darkness.' ( b & w )
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Witchfinder General
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1968
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Vincent Price / Ian Ogilvy / Patrick Wymark / Wilfred Brambell / Hilary Dwyer
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Michael Reeves
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MGM DVD
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Price as Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder General, scouring 1600's England, ridding the land of ' idolaters.' Do not expect just another bunky performance from Price in this brutal and direct film. a.k.a. : ' Conqueror Worm.' ( color )
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Witch's Mirror
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1959
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An All Mexican Cast
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Chano Urueta
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Casa Negra
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' El Espejo De La Bruja.' Housekeeper of wealthy doc uses title mirror as well as her assortment of idols as conveyance to her Satanic masters. Unable to save her God Daughter from her destined, murderous fate, she turns her devilish retribution on doc and his new wife. Spanish with English sub - titles. ( b & w )
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Witch Without A Broom
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1967
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Jeff Hunter / Maria Perschy / Gustavo Rojo / Perla Cristal / Reginald Gillam
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Joe Lacy
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Video Kingdom
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All the ladies love Hunter. In particular, Perschy, a still in training, not very good at her craft sorceress, who bounces him through different Earth eras attempting to place him in her own time. A few chuckles. Dubbed English. ( color )
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Without Warning
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1952
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Adam Williams / Meg Randall / Edward Binns / Harlan Warde / John Maxwell
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Arnold Laven
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Dark Sky Films
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Without surprises, either. Film lets us know who the killer is immediately. Focuses more on cop Binns and police investigation of the murders. If you're blonde, about 30 and like the bars, be careful. ( b & w )
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Woman Eater
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1958
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George Coulouris / Vera Day / Peter Wayn / Joyce Gregg / Joyce Webster
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Charles Saunders
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Image Entertainment
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Coulouris returns from the Amazon Jungle with a ritualistic tree that possesses life preserving sap. Unfortunately, it must occasionally be fed an attractive young lady. ( b & w )
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Woman Who Wouldn't Die
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1965
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Gary Merrill / Jane Merrow / Georgina Cookson / Neil McCallum / Rachel Thomas
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Gordon Hessler
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Source Unknown
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Titled here as : ' Catacombs.' More than one attempt by Merrill, and a shady employee, to murder his wealthy wife are failing as Cookson first turns back up and then ghostly consequences are suspected. Nothing as it seems.
Interesting British mystery. ( b & w )
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Women Of The Prehistoric Planet
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1966
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Wendell Corey / Keith Larsen / John Agar / Paul Gilbert / Merry Anders
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Arthur Pierce
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First Generation Copy
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Aboard a ' Cosmos ' space craft, rebellion and an attempted mutiny by the ' Centaurians ' against the humans forces a crash landing on an unknown, tropical world. Due to a ' time paradox ', 18 years pass before rescue ship arrives; revelations revealed. ( color )
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World Of The Vampires
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1961
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An All Mexican Cast
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Abel Salazar
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Shokus Video
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Blood drainer seeks retribution on the descendants of a family of vampire hunters; operating from out of his lair of the undead. See also : ' The Vampire ', ' Vampire's Coffin ' , ' Monsters Demolisher ', etc. Dubbed English. ( b & w )
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World Without End
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1955
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Hugh Marlowe / Nancy Gates / Nelson Leigh / Rod Taylor / Shawn Smith
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Edward Bernds
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Warner Bros.
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Space crew on the return trip home from the Red Planet are propelled centuries into Earth's future. Discover an atomic ravaged landscape inhabited by mutants and the remains of humanity underground. DVD also contains : ' Satellite In the Sky.' ( color )
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Wrasslin' She Babes Of The 1950's Vol. 1
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Something Weird Video
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Bouts originated from Independence, Missouri. Ring side announcer : Alan Franklin. 1. Betty Hawkins vs. Violet Vian 2. Carol Cook vs. Ruth Kelly 3. Lorraine Johnson vs. Lilly Bitter 4. June Byers vs. Cora Combs 5. Lilly Bitter vs. June Byers 6. Cora Combs vs. Lorraine Johnson. Interspersed with classic T.V. commercials. See also : ' Wrasslin' She Babes Of The 1950's Vol. 2 ( b & w )
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Wrasslin' She Babes Of The 1950's Vol. 2
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Something Weird Video
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Bouts originated from Independence, Missouri. Ring side announcer : Alan Franklin. 1. Ella Waldek vs. Jane Mull 2. Ida Mae Martinez & Violet Vian vs. Betty Hawkins & Carrie Majors 3. Unknown ( no announcer ).
See also : ' Wrasslin' She Babes Of The 1950's Vol. 1 ( b & w )
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Wrestling Women Vs. The Aztec Mummy
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1964
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An All Mexican Cast
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Rene Cardona
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Something Weird Video
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Those wrasslin', drop kickin' she babes are at it again. This time up against an evil organization called the ' Black Dragon ' who are out to obtain ancient, Aztec codecs and title monster. DVD also contains : ' Doctor Of Doom.' Dubbed English. ( b & w )
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X The Man With X - Ray Eyes
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1960
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Ray Milland / Diana van der Vlis / Harold Stone / John Hoyt / Don Rickles
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Roger Corman
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MGM DVD
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Milland as good guy doc turned criminal on the run; slowly being driven insane by his own super - sight serum. ( color )
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X The Unknown
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1956
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Dean Jagger / Edward Chapman / Leo McKern / Anthony Newley / Jameson Clark
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Leslie Norman
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Anchor Bay DVD
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Within close proximity to an atomic facility, a consuming radioactive ooze is bubbling up from underground. Jagger mulls around with his hands in his pockets trying to decide what to do. British sci - fi. DVD also contains : ' Four Sided Triangle.' ( b & w )
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Yesterday Machine
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1963
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Tim Holt / James Britton / Ann Pellegrino / Charles Young / Jack Herman
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Russ Marker
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Retro Flicks
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Bad taste, not to mention a zero budget and an abysmal musical interlude reign in this one. Prolonged, over the top tirade by Nazi scientist possessing time displacement equipment is offensive. Despite all of this , still an interesting curiosity. ( b & w )
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Young Couples Only
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1955
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Peter Lorre / Barbara Hale / Bill Williams / Dani Nolan / Robert Quarry
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Richard Irving
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Sinister Cinema
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An entire city block of new apartments, rented exclusively to newlyweds, is in fact an alien space ship with renters to be abductee's. Lorre as creepy, extra terrestrial building janitor. One hour quickie, appears to be a television release. DVD also contains the short subject : ' Way Stations In Space.' ( b & w )
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Zombies Of Mora Tau
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1958
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Gregg Palmer / Allison Hayes / Autumn Russell / Joel Ashley / Morris Ankrum
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Edward Cahn
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Columbia Pictures
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Diamond hunters in Africa learn that the sunken treasure they seek is guarded by the voodoo animated ' walking dead ' of past expeditions. Sam Katzman Collection. ( b & w )
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Zontar The Thing From Venus
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1968
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John Agar / Susan Bjurman / Anthony Houston / Patricai De Laney / Neil Fletcher
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Larry Buchanan
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Retro Media
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Low rent scientist is in contact with, and the pawn of, a Venusian intelligence planning Earthly domination. Re - make of : ' It Conquered The World.'
DVD also contains : ' The Eye Creatures.' ( color )
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Zotz !
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1962
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Tom Poston / Julia Meade / Jim Backus / Fred Clark / Cecil Kellaway
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William Castle
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Source Unknown
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Poston as college professor who comes to possess an ancient coin gaining him magic - like powers. Everyone from the American military to communist spies seek the odd amulet. As with, ' 13 Frightened Girls,' Castle goes for silly rather than the gimmicky horror film. ( b & w )
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