The Flying Serpent (1946)
Gênero : Terror, Thriller
Runtime : 59M
Director : Sam Newfield
Sinopse
A demented archaeologist discovers a living, breathing serpent creature known to the Aztecs as Quetzalcoatl and accidentally kills his wife by giving her one of the beast's feathers, causing the creature to track her down and slaughter her. Using this knowledge he exacts revenge upon his enemies by placing one of the feathers on his intended victim and letting the beast loose to wreak havoc.
New York police are bemused by reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, until the lizard starts to eat people. An out-of-work ex-con is the only person who knows the location of the monster's nest and is determined to turn the knowledge to his advantage, but will his gamble pay off or will he end up as lizard food?
Em 1921, uma equipe de arqueologistas no Egito, liderados por Sir Joseph Whemple, descobre a múmia do príncipe Imhotep, que vivera há 3.700 anos e teve como castigo ser enterrado vivo. Também foram encontrados manuscritos com o poder de fazer mortos ressuscitarem, e uma noite, um dos membros da expedição traz o príncipe de volta à vida. Agora, Imhotep vive e se passa por Ardath Bay, um egípcio contemporâneo que persegue uma mulher que acredita ser a reencarnação de sua adorada princesa.
Estranhos acontecimentos tomam Nova York. Leonardo e o Mestre Splinter resolvem ir atrás de Raphael, Donatello e Michelangelo para reagrupar as Tartarugas Ninja. Versão animada baseada na série de TV e nos três filmes lançados sobre as adolescentes tartarugas ninja que vivem nos esgotos de Nova York.
A agência cripto-zoológica Monarch enfrenta uma quantidade de monstros de proporções inimagináveis, incluindo o poderoso Godzilla. O réptil gigantesco irá colidir com Mothra, Rodan e o maior e mais poderoso inimigo de todos – o rei Ghidorah de três cabeças.
No futuro, as viagens interplanetárias são corriqueiras e o homem conhece boa parte do universo. Durante uma viagem tripulada por centenas de pessoas rumo ao planeta New Mecca, um acidente ocorre e a nave é obrigada a pousar num planeta desconhecido. De toda a tripulação, apenas seis pessoas sobrevivem à queda, que descobrem estar num planeta povoado por milhares de criaturas carnívoras, que hibernam nas cavernas locais, mas que irão caçar em céu aberto com a chegada do próximo eclipse. A única arma que eles têm contra os monstros é a claridade, mas mesmo assim o planeta não possui eletricidade e as baterias de seus trajes estão esgotando.
A brutal serial killer is finally gunned down in the middle of carrying out one last heinous act of bloody murder. In the maniac’s possession, a box of Guatemalan talismans, which mistakenly end up being sold as charm jewelry in Chloe’s Collectables thrift shop. Soon those who bought the Worry Dolls begin to act strangely out of character and cause another rash of senseless slaughter. An ancient curse is consuming the city and pits a hardened detective against the clock to save his 8 year-old daughter’s life.
Há milhares de anos, Thulsa Doom, um demoníaco feiticeiro, comanda um ataque em uma aldeia por motivos até hoje não revelados, que poderia ser simplesmente pelo prazer de matar ou para descobrir o segredo do aço, que era guardado pelos moradores desta aldeia. Conan, um cimério, vê seus pais serem mortos na sua frente e seu povo ser massacrado, sendo que ele, ainda criança, é levado para um campo de escravos. Os anos passam e ele desenvolve uma enorme força física, o que faz Conan se tornar gladiador. Ele ainda se mantém determinado a vingar a morte dos pais e quando é libertado tenta alcançar seu objetivo. Conan descobre que Thulsa Doom lidera o misterioso Culto da Serpente e, tentando se aproximar do feiticeiro, faz amizade com dois ladrões, Valéria e Subotai. Ao trio é prometida uma vultosa recompensa pelo rei Osric, que quer que o trio de guerreiros resgate sua filha, que se tornou uma seguidora de Thulsa Doom.
Max Donigan (Chuck Norris) parte em busca de um tesouro com o seu amigo Leo e a sua sócia Patricia. Quando encontram o templo com o tesouro de ouro, deparam um "caminho de fogo" que pretende reter o poder dos seus antepassados e pôr um ponto final à caça ao tesouro...
Supremo Sacerdote Yousef Bey (John Carradine) é enviado aos Estados Unidos para resgatar a múmia de Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) e da princesa Ananka e trazê-las de volta ao Egito. Ao realizar um ritual no Museu onde se encontra a múmia da princesa Ananka, ela some no ar como se fosse uma alma e reencarna no corpo de Amina (Ramsay Ames), uma egípcia que vive na América e têm a mesma aparência da falecida princesa. Agora Kharis deve sequestrar Amina e levá-la até o Supremo Sacerdote, para juntos voltarem para o Egito e obterem o descanso eterno em sua tumba.
Após 25 anos dos últimos acontecimentos, a múmia Kharis e a princesa Ananka permanecem submergidos no pântano do vilarejo de Mapleton. Um novo Sacerdote surge destinado a levar ambas múmias de volta ao Egito, mas a múmia da princesa Ananka tomou sua forma mortal e anda pelo vilarejo com amnésia, sem saber quem é e de onde veio... sem se lembrar que estava há 25 anos no pântano da cidade. Agora, Kharis tem que trazê-la até o monastério abandonado onde está o Sacerdote para lhe dar a poção das folhas de tana e transformar a princesa novamente em uma múmia e levar ambas finalmente de volta para o Egito.
Um cientista planeia o regresso do povo asteca sacrificando donzelas que têm uma marca em suas mãos, mas que só podem ser vistas por um feiticeiro. Isso decorre da interpretação que isso faz de um antigo códice. Cantinflas é seu secretário sem noção que possui poderes sobrenaturais.
Eight tales based on the most brutally terrifying Mexican traditions and legends, an anthology of haunting stories woven into the fabric of the Mexican culture, some told through the centuries and some new, but all equally frightening. Bogeymen, trolls, ghosts, monsters, all brought to life. Time for Aztec sacrifices. This is the Day of the Dead.
Dr. Karl Sternau, the personal physician of the count Bismarck, who spent much of his youth in Mexico, is sent back to that country during the occupation by French troops in the service of the Austrian 'Emperor' Maximilian, to carry an encouraging letter from U.S. President Lincoln to the nationalist Mexican president Benito Juarez.
They are some of the biggest pyramids on the planet, millions of tons of stone and earth towering above the landscape in a display of massive wealth and power. But it wasn't the pharaohs that built these pyramids. This is the majestic ancient city of Teotihuacán, Mexico, home to one of the most powerful civilizations of its time. But why, around 750 AD, did the advanced civilization that created Teotihuacán suddenly vanish? The identities of its founders, the language they spoke and even the original name of the city are all unknown. DNA analysis of bodies from Teotihuacán shows they weren't Mayan, Incan or Aztec, but an entirely different civilization. It was assumed to have been a peaceful, utopian society, but the latest discoveries are revealing a much darker scenario. In the depths of Teotihuacán's pyramids, experts have uncovered vault after vault filled with curious human remains.
A gigantic serpent is captured on a remote island and shipped to an American college for experimentation.
Two young women are about to receive the great honor of being sacrificed to their Mexica gods; but the cruel and bloody ritual does not go as expected.
A man comes into possession of an ancient Aztec doll. However, the doll is possessed by an evil spirit, which takes over his body.
Cortez sends Alvarado to Montezuma who throws him into a dungeon from which he is rescued by Tecza who loves him. He is recaptured when her lover Guatemoco finds Alvarado hiding in her chambers. Tecza next leads Cortez into the city, thus causing the destruction of her nation and securing the love of Alvarado.
Antonia and Zeno struggle with their marriage during a surreal dinner - while a mysterious Aztec whistle seems to be influencing their actions.
The film is a drama about the aftermath of the 1520s Spanish Conquest of Mexico told from the perspective of the indigenous Aztec people. It explores the social, religious, and psychological changes brought about by a historical process of colonization that both defined the American continent and is also highly reminiscent of today’s neocolonialism.
An American Rancher takes a small herd of Brahma bulls to Brazil where he has sold them for a small fortune. There, he finds himself in the middle of a range war......and in love. His concern, who are really his friends and who are his enemies
Out-of-work cowboys Kansas Jones and Chito Rafferty are offered jobs at pretty Dusty Willis' ranch after saving her from a beating by saloon owner Clint Burrows. Dusty's good-hearted but weak-willed brother Harry, adding to his $3000 gambling debt to Willis, reluctantly agrees to pay it off by allowing the Ringo Kid, Burrows' vicious hired gun, to rustle cattle from his sister's ranch. Kansas intervenes, deters the rustlers and persuades Harry to confess his involvement to Dusty. Kansas, sent into town by Dusty to pay off Harry's debts, suddenly finds himself on the wrong side of the law, wrongly accused of murder and must rely on Dusty's belief in his innocence for his salvation.
Biography of humorist and movie star Will Rogers
A test rocket carrying wasps to outer space, to study the effects on them of weightlessness and radiations, crashes out of control back to Earth, into the jungles of Africa. The two astrobiologists in charge of the test mount an expedition to the Darkest Continent to retrieve their experiment, only to find the wasps have grown to giant size which are panicking all forms of life as they quest for food.
After three years on the run, Jim Guthrie returns with the scar of a rope burn on his neck. In a flashback, we learn how he was framed for murder but then escaped from the lynch mob just as he was about to be hung. Tired of running, he has returned to find the real killer and the Sheriff has given him just three hours to do it.
Gene returns from the East with new ranch owner Tom Bennett to find everyone's cattle dying. Blaine has reopened the copper mine and the waste is poisoning the water supply. While Gene is away Tom confronts the miners and a man is killed in the ensuing gunfight. Now Gene not only has the dying cattle problem but his ranch owner is in jail.