Dracula. The fictional count of the undead who emerges by night to claim the blood of his victims. Since his first appearance in the classic 1897 novel, his name has become synonymous with vampire legend. Charles Manson. Career criminal, cult guru, cold-blooded killer. Since his apprehension and conviction in 1971, his name has become synonymous with the dark side of sixties counterculture. In Manson and Dracula: Closer Than We Think, acclaimed filmmaker BC Fourteen takes a deep dive down the rabbit hole to shine a light on the dark deeds and lasting legacies of both these notorious figures.
A double dose of the doctor! Two classic Dr. Who adventures return in new 4K restorations. Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) were the first time the good Doctor was ever seen in colour and on the big screen. The films, directed by Gordon Flemyng, remain the doctor’s only cinematic outings and feature the legendary Peter Cushing as everyone’s favourite timelord alongside a supporting cast that includes Roy Castle, Bernard Cribbins, Jennie Linden and Roberta Tovey.
Himself
Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #2: LATER IN L.A. is a brand new compilation of the most electrifying found footage mayhem that you’ll see this week. For our second tape, we’ve returned to the hallowed halls of “behind the scenes” horror for another hour-long joyride of F-U-N. Thank you for your incredible support during these difficult times. And remember: “Do what your spirit tells you.”
Self (archive footage)
The story lives forever in this feature-length documentary that charts the making of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Himself
A long thought lost radio interview with Peter Cushing is accompanied by comments from friends and colleagues.
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainly from 1955 to 1968. Tortured women and sadistic monsters populated oppressive scenarios in provocative productions that shocked censorship and disgusted critics but fascinated the public. Movies in which horror was shown in offensive colors: dreadful stories, told without prejudices, that offered fear, blood, sex and stunning performances.
(archive footage)
This feature-length documentary takes a look at one of the most successful film franchises of all time as it goes behind the scenes of John Carpenter’s Halloween, the frightfest that redefined the horror genre in the late 1970s.
Doctor Welles (archive footage)
In the not too distant future, Daniel Davis returns to his hometown to find that it has been taken over by super intelligent octopuses.
This fascinating documentary tells the story of the talented people behind and in front of the cameras at the Hammer Film Studios. Their prodigious output made household names of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, arguably the greatest fright duo since Lugosi and Karloff. Filled with shocking clips, terrifying trailers, and fascinating interviews with cast and crew culled from twenty years of the FANEX Film Convention archives, this film is a horror fan's delight!
Self (archive footage)
Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with the genre helped bring it into the mainstream and shape the way we view science fiction today.
Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)
The Skywalker family is at the heart of the Star Wars saga. Now hear the inside story of Luke and Anakin Skywalker from the characters who witnessed it all: the famous droid duo C-3PO and R2-D2. Episodes IV,V and VI are explored in "The Story of Luke Skywalker," which follows the young man escaping from his daily chores on Tatooine to his becoming a hero in the Rebal Alliance. In "The Story of Anakin Skywalker," you'll go behind the mask of the greatest Star Wars villain and discover how Darth Vader started life as a young Podracing Champ on Tatooine and later became a headstrong young Jedi seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. With clips from the Star Wars films, C-3PO and R2-D2 take you on an hour-long journey through the saga and prepare you for the explosive final chapter: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.
Doctor Who (archive footage)
1995 documentary film that examines that 60's craze and focuses in particular on the two 1960's Doctor Who films starring Peter Cushing (the Cushing Doctor) -- Doctor Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD which both feature the Daleks. Interviews cover the making of the films and their fans.
Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
Explore Hammer's greatest legacy with clips from such classic films as The Horror of Dracula, Brides of Dracula, Dracula - Prince of Darkness, Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires, Scars of Dracula, Kiss of the Vampire and more.
Narrator / Himself
Explore the most legendary horror studio of all time with this fascinating, frightening journey hosted by terror titans Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. England's most successful independent film company, the "fear factory" of Hammer Studios, has a history filled with feuds, censorship battles and streaks of luck both good and bad. Now the legacy of horror returns, featuring interviews with such Hammer legends as Raquel Welch, Veronica Carlson, Caroline Munro, Ingrid Pitt, Jimmy Sangster, Hazel Court, Martine Beswicke, Freddie Francis, Val Guest and Ray Harryhausen. Plus you'll be treated to behind-the-scenes home movies and nonstop shock scenes from over 40 classic films, including Horror of Dracula, Curse of Frankenstein, The Devil Rides Out, Curse of the Werewolf and many more! It's the definitive study of one of the greatest names in horror!
Himself
An interview with Legendary Actor Peter Cushing and clips from some of his best films.
Himself
A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips from Hammer productions and interviews with actors, actresses, directors and producers who worked on these films.
Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
Unassuming catering salesmen Jim Ferguson falls through a time hole to 1917 where he saves the life of dashing Royal Flying Corps pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth after his photo recon mission is shot down. Before he can work out what has happened, Jim is zapped back to the 1980s......
Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
This documentary examines the making of the Sherlock Holmes cinematic dynasty and includes interviews and archival film clips featuring the original crime-fighter in all his incarnations.
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes has retired. But when MacDonald asks him to take on another case, he says yes. There have been some mysterious murders, and there are no visible causes for the deaths. At the same time Holmes gets this case, Graf Udo Von Felseck gives him another case: find a young and missing prince to prevent war between Germany and England. But Von Felseck is not as honest as he seems...
Seneschal
Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. Gawain journeys across the land, learning about life, saving damsels, and solving the Green Knight's riddle.
Bookstore Proprietor
Nick Rivers é um cantor americano que vai até a antiga Alemanha para participar de um show que unirá vários talentos mundiais. Só que, na verdade, esse show serve como pano de fundo contra um ataque à submarinos aliados. Durante a confusão, ele conhece e se apaixona por Hillary Flammond, uma das pessoas que faz a Resistência Francesa.
Professor Charles Copeland
Sebastian Grisbane
Autor de best-sellers americano vai a Londres para promover seu novo livro e aposta com seu editor que é capaz de escrever um romance em 24 horas. Para cumprir o prometido, o escritor se isola numa estranha casa onde acontecimentos bizarros o tomam de surpresa.
Sir Thomas Bedford
Sir Thomas Bedford orchestrates the heist of a Spanish casino, with the aid of a singer performing there. The police are aware of their activities, and a hostage situation arises.
William T. Kolderup
Um jovem europeu que mora em San Francisco reluta em se casar com sua namorada de longa data porque deseja primeiro viajar ao redor do mundo. Seu tio rico concorda em enviá-lo em uma expedição global a bordo de seu navio, mas no caminho o menino e seu companheiro de viagem naufragam em uma ilha remota, habitada por incontáveis criaturas pré-históricas, bem como bandidos caçadores de ouro.
Dr. Alexander Manette
Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in the deadly web of the French Revolution and condemned to die by the guillotine, Sydney Carton concocts a dangerous plot to free the husband of the woman he loves.
Wazir Al Wuzara
Um califa malvado (Christopher Lee) oferece a mão de sua filha em casamento a um príncipe se ele puder completar uma busca perigosa por uma rosa mágica. Ajudado por um menino e um tapete mágico, o Príncipe Hasan (Oliver Tobias), tem que superar gênios, monstros cuspidores de fogo e pântanos traiçoeiros para alcançar seu prêmio e reclamar a mão da Princesa Zuleira (Emma Samms).
A bumbling US marine Captain is assigned to retrieve a space capsule from a despotic African ruler.
Heinrich Haussner
The leader of a right-wing German political party discovers that an illiterate woodcarver is actually the son of Adolf Hitler.
Baron Hackenberg
During the final days of the First World War, Officer Menis does his duty in defending the battle flag of the defeated Austro-Hungarian empire, while his fellow troops, a motley gang recruited from several different countries not loyal to the royal family, simply try to survive by any means possible.
Wilbur Gray
Wilbur Gray é um autor excêntrico que tenta convencer seu cético editor, Frank Richards, a publicar um novo livro onde explica a teoria de que os gatos estão conspirando para dominar o mundo. Para provar, Wilbur narra três histórias assustadoras em que os felinos se vingam de pessoas: a primeira mostra o assassinato de uma velha milionária que pretendia deixar sua fortuna para os mascotes, a segunda trata de magia negra e a amizade de uma órfã por um gato preto, e a terceira apresenta um gato se vingando do casal que matou sua dona.
SS Commander
Um pescador encontra uma moça naufragando em um bote e ao resgatá-la, tenta colher alguma informação de como ela foi parar ali. Aos poucos sua memória vai lembrando os horrores que passou numa ilha, quando num passeio com outras pessoas no mar, sofreram um acidente, batendo o barco numa sucata de navio e tentaram socorro nessa ilha onde encontraram um hotel abandonado. Lá descobriram um comandante da SS que lhes contou sobre uma maldição com seus soldados usados em experiências científicas e que se tornaram zumbis assassinos.
Grand Moff Tarkin
A princesa Leia é mantida refém pelas forças imperiais comandadas por Darth Vader. Luke Skywalker e Han Solo precisam libertá-la e restaurar a liberdade e a justiça na galáxia.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A biography of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed that he would speak from the beyond.
Baron Corofax
A satanic cult kidnaps 3 young people and Priest Donald Pleasence and Costas Skouras must save them from the hands of this evil.
Dr. Abner Perry
Um veículo projetado especialmente para perfurar as rochas do solo, faz uma viagem para o núcleo da Terra, encontrando uma misteriosa civilização vivendo em seu interior, além de perigosos animais pré-históricos.
Sir Edward Gifford
A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law into their own hands by executing criminals using medieval methods such as jousting.
Prof. Paul
A travelling circus in 19th century France adopts and showcases a feral "wolf boy", who grows into adulthood only to kill the one-man band. He runs off to Paris, where he develops a jealous, overprotective crush on a prostitute, leading him to attack her client, incurring a pursuit by a determined police surgeon.
Dr. Lawrence
A former clergyman (Peter Cushing) in 1920s England tries to keep his cannibalistic son locked in the attic.
Himself
A look at Shaw Brothers Studios in their prime. Includes: interviews with David Chiang; exploring the Shaw Brothers sets; a look at the craftsmen, foley artists and stuntmen of Shaw Bros.; a profile on Run Run Shaw; Italian-meets-Chinese kung-fu films; and a visit from Peter Cushing.
MacGregor
Two writers and their girlfriends visit the castle of an actor who specializes in playing vampire roles. As the night progresses, they begin to wonder if the man is an actor playing a vampire, or a vampire playing an actor.
Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
Peter Cushing encarna mais uma vez o Professor Van Helsing nesta divertida colaboração do poderoso estúdio inglês da Hammer com a Shaw Brothers de Hong kong, combinando os gêneros terror e kung fu. Van Helsing conta a seus estudantes a respeito de uma vilarejo amaldiçoado na China, onde, todo ano, durante 7 luas, a região é atormentada por sete vampiros. O famoso caçador de vampiros é persuadido por uma família de experts em Kung Fu a ajudar a salvar os moradores.
Herbert Flay
Recém-recuperado de um colapso nervoso, Toombes se torna o principal suspeito de uma série de assassinatos estranhos cometidos no set de filmagem de um programa de televisão sobre o famoso personagem de filmes ` Dr. Morte' , interpretado por ele.
Dr. Christopher Lundgren
Wealthy big game hunter Tom Newcliffe has tracked and killed practically every type of animal in the world. But one creature still evades him, the biggest game of all - a werewolf.
Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.
The Proprietor
Uma antologia de quatro breves histórias de terror que giram em torno de uma loja de antiguidades britânica e seu misterioso proprietário.
Paul Rattwood
Shatter, an international contract killer, has been assigned to assassinate the President of a small African country and collect his fee from a bank in the Far East. On arrival in Hong Kong his life is threatened and when the bank denies all knowledge of payment arrangements, he realises he has been drawn into a dangerous game where there are no rules. Amongst the players are the Mafia and several foreign intelligence services and the stakes being played for are deadly.
Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
Londres, 1974. O professor Van Helsing é chamado ao serviço de inteligência britânico para tentar desvendar o desaparecimento de cinco importantes oficiais do serviço secreto. Sua neta Jessica, juntamente com o inspetor Murray, são seqüestrados por um bando de motoqueiros a serviço de um bilionário recluso, D. D. Denham, que nunca é visto a luz do dia. Desesperado em salvar sua neta e o inspetor, Van Helsing entra na mansão maldita de Denham e descobre uma terrível realidade: ele é a reencarnação do Conde Drácula, o mais terrível vampiro da história. Esta é a versão inédita sem cortes e remasterizada da famosa produção da Hammer Films, de 1973.
Dr. Pope
In the late 18th century, two newlyweds move into the stately mansion of husband Charles Fengriffen. The bride, Catherine, falls victim to a curse placed by a wronged servant on the Fengriffen family and all its descendants.
Sir Mark Ashley
When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus accident very nearly takes out three more of them along with a group of orphans, Col. Bingham (Christopher Lee) and his pathologist friend, Mark (Peter Cushing), begin looking into the deaths. They come to think the answer lies with one of the girls on the bus, who has vivid memories of things she could not possibly have seen.
Emmanuel Hildern
Emmanuel Hildern, um cientista da época vitoriana, retorna a Londres com um esqueleto que achou em Papua Nova Guiné. Ao acidentalmente expô-lo à água, a carne volta a crescer nos ossos e a criatura se regenera e volta á vida.
(archive footage)
Smith
A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum, and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.
Dr. Wells
Uma expedição organizada por uma sociedade geológica britânica na Manchúria, em 1906, liderada pelo Prof. Alexander Saxton (Christopher Lee), descobre uma criatura congelada que pode ter milhões de anos. O antropólogo encaixota seu achado e embarca num trem trans-siberiano de volta à Europa. Porém, o monstro desperta e espalha o terror durante a viagem de trem, sugando o conhecimento de suas vítimas e deixando-as com os olhos brancos, enquanto torna-se uma ameaça cada vez mais perigosa.
Michael Carmichael
It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided her with the love and reassurance she craved for and the two settled down in a pretty house in the grounds of the public school where Robert was a master. But the headmaster of the school is not what he seems and Penny is convinced he means to harm her - is her fear a figment of her tortured imagination or are there forces at work that intend to manipulate her anxieties with fatal consequences?
Ship's Captain
O Doutor Phibes se coloca em animação suspensa por três anos desde os eventos do filme anterior. Em 1928, ele desperta graças a um esperado alinhamento da Lua e descobre que sua casa foi destruída e um papiro antigo que guardava num cofre fora roubado. Esse documento trazia um mapa com a localização de uma tumba de faraó desconhecida a qual seria banhada pelo lendário "Rio da Vida" de tempos em tempos, de acordo com o movimento da Lua alinhada com os outros planetas. Phibes descobre quem roubou o papiro e o recupera, com a ajuda de sua assistente Vulnávia (que não está com a face afetada pelo derramamento de ácido ocorrido no fim do filme anterior). Com o papiro em seu poder ele parte até o Egito, levando o corpo de sua falecida esposa Victória, a qual pretende ressuscitar banhando-a no Rio da Vida. Em seu encalço vão o misterioso Biederbeck, o ladrão que sabe sobre a tumba, além dos policiais Trout e Waverley, que investigam os crimes do doutor maníaco.
Professor Van Helsing
Hyde Park, Londres, 1872. Uma luta sem tréguas acontece entre Lawrence Van Helsing e seu arquiinimigo, o Conde Drácula. Van Helsing consegue destruir seu inimigo, que vira pó, mas em razão dos ferimentos sofridos acaba morrendo. Alguém pega o anel de Drácula e recolhe um pouco de suas cinzas em uma ampola. Exatamente 100 anos depois alguns jovens, comandados por Johnny Alucard, fazem uma missa negra, sendo que uma das participantes era Jessica Van Helsing, descendente do caçador de vampiros. Como ela quase todos estavam ali de brincadeira, mas quando a cerimônia toma um rumo inesperado a maioria foge e não vê que Johnny ressuscitou Drácula, que imediatamente suga todo o sangue de Laura Bellows, a única do grupo além de Johnny que não partira. Johnny, com prazer, vê o mestre se saciar com sangue de Laura. Drácula agora quer se vingar dos descendentes de Van Helsing, sendo que o único que pode enfrentá-lo é o professor Van Helsing, o avô de Laura, que é um estudioso do assunto
Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
Cinco estranhos vão a uma excursão para ver cavernas antigas e se perdem do grupo, mas encontram o sinistro guardião de uma cripta que conta como cada um deles morreu através de cinco histórias.
Frederick Utterson
Christopher Lee stars in this Amicus production of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” where the names have been changed to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake. Lee as Dr. Marlowe experiments with intravenous drugs that are suppose to release inner inhibitions. So comes forth Mr. Blake (also Lee) who gets more monstrous with each transformation. Peter Cushing plays his friend and colleague, Dr. Utterson.
Gustav Weil
Gêmeas vão viver com o tio, num vilarejo, no qual à noite são vistas figuras femininas vagando. Os aldeões acreditam que o responsável por tudo é o Conde Karnstein, que mora num castelo. Mas elas acabam aproximando-se do castelo, a despeito da proibição do tio.
Dr. Walter Goodrich
A group of friends search for a young English Oxford student who has disappeared whilst researching in Greece. They are shocked to find that, wherever he has been, certain unsolved murders have taken place. Not believing that their friend could be the perpetrator of such acts, they press on with their search, finding him under the spell of a beautiful Vampire, whose blood-sucking methods include the use of sado-masochism. Believing they have killed her, the group return home, unaware that their friend is now a Vampire.
Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
Um investigador da Scotland Yard investiga quatro casos misteriosos envolvendo uma casa abandonada.
General von Spielsdorf
In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family's decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.
Dr. Frankenstein
London nightclub buddies Salt and Pepper link Pepper's dead twin to diamond smugglers.
Major Heinrich Benedek
A serial killer, who drains his victims for blood is on the loose in London, the Police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.
Baron Victor Frankenstein
A experiência do Barão Frankenstein deu errado, muito errado. Assim, outra vítima repousa em um túmulo provisório. De repente, uma corrente de água estoura, forçando o braço do cadáver para a superfície. Logo a corrente leva o corpo para cima. Em pânico, o ajudante do Dr. Frankenstein tenta esconder o corpo novamente. mas não é que cadáveres podem mesmo ser incontroláveis? Essa cena assustadora é destaque em Frankenstein Tem que Ser Destruído, quinto filme de Frankenstein da estrela do terror Peter Cushing, produzido pela lendária Hammer Studios. Com o então estreante Simon Ward (Young Winston) e Freddie Jones (The Elephant Man), como a mais nova criação do inventivo e mais célebre cientista do cinema.
Sir John Rowan
Cirurgião plástico tenta manter a beleza de sua noiva, desfigurada em acidente, através de misterioso soro extraído de seres humanos. Ele precisa matar incessantemente para conseguir novas doses.
Detective Inspector Quennell
A Scotland Yard Detective must investigate a series of murders perpetrated by a giant blood-sucking moth that can take human form.
Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
Five people visit a fairground sideshow run by the sinister Dr. Diabolo. Having shown them a handful of haunted-house-style attractions, he promises them a genuinely scary experience if they will pay extra.
Dr. Vernon Stone
Embora a Inglaterra esteja no meio de um inverno congelante, a pequena ilha escocesa de Fara experimenta uma onda de calor que ultrapassa os 40 graus e sobe diariamente.
Sem muito o que fazer, a jovem e linda Angela Roberts dá um jeito de esquentar ainda mais a situação enquanto um cientista misterioso recém chegado, o Dr. Godfrey Hanson, faz pesquisas com o solo e instala câmeras pela ilha.
Quando indagado, Godfrey diz suspeitar que a onda de calor seja obra de alienígenas e tentará provar sua teoria e dar um fim a tudo aquilo juntamente com o médico local, o Dr. Vernon Stone.
Baron Frankenstein
O barão Frankenstein descobre uma técnica para preservar a alma após a morte do corpo, e transfere a de um jovem executado injustamente para o de sua namorada. Mas a moça acaba servindo como instrumento de vingança do rapaz.
During the Vietnam War U.S. decoder Kate Meredith is plagued with guilt when her correspondent husband coerces her to pass information to him and the Viet Cong.
Doctor Who
Para tentar evitar um assalto em Londres, o policial Tom Campbell, por engano, termina dentro da TARDIS, uma máquina de viajem no tempo e espaço criada pelo Dr. Who. Dr.Who, sua filha, neta e Campbell viajam para o futuro e chegam no ano de 2150, encontrando Londres e o mundo inteiro destruídos. Quando começam a investigar, se encontram com alguns sobreviventes, que lhes dizem que a raça alienígena Daleks tomaram conta da Terra e tem planos para mover o planeta inteiro para sua terra natal, onde eles pilharão os seus recursos naturais. Dr. Who vai agora liderar a resistência para impedir que os Daleks tenham êxito em sua missão.
Dr. Brian Stanley
Ilha Pitkeys, costa da Irlanda. Neste lugar remoto onde não há telefone e apenas uma lancha é a única ligação com o continente, o cientista Lawrence Phillips Peter Forbes-Robertson) se isolou com sua equipe, em uma tentativa de achar a cura do câncer. Pouco depois Ian Bellows (Liam Gaffney), um morador da ilha, é dado como desaparecido. O policial John Harris (Sam Kydd) vai procurá-lo e o encontra morto e sem os ossos. Harry comunica o acontecido a Reginald Landers (Eddie Byrne), um pesquisador, que fica totalmente espantado com o caso. Landers pega a lancha, deixando os moradores da ilha isolados, e vai ao continente falar com um eminente patologista, Brian Stanley (Peter Cushing), que também fica muito surpreso e diz que o maior entendido em ossos era David West (Edward Judd).
Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)
Mesmo depois que o conde Drácula fora destruído pelo Dr. Van Helsing (no filme Horror of Dracula), sua lenda ainda amedronta a população local. Jovens casais em férias na região dos Montes Cárpatos são aconselhados por moradores a desistir de seus planos, pois uma maldição vive escondida no interior da floresta. Julgando tratar-se de mera superstição, os viajantes ignoram o aviso e partem em direção ao desconhecido. Abandonados pelo cocheiro em plena floresta, eles chegam a um castelo.
Dr. Christopher Maitland
An occult investigator buys the 150-year-old skull of the Marquis de Sade, which turns out to be possessed by evil spirits.
Doctor Who
Scientist Doctor Who accidentally activates his new invention, the Tardis, a time machine disguised as a police telephone box. Doctor Who, his two grand-daughters, and Barbara's boyfriend Ian are transported through time and space to the planet Skaro, where a peaceful race of Thals are under threat of nuclear attack from the planet's other inhabitants: the robotic mutant Daleks.
Holly
The lost city of Kuma is ruled by the cruel, arrogant, beautiful queen, Ayesha, gifted with eternal life. She lures Leo Vincey into her world, seeing in him the reincarnation of the lover she long ago murdered in a fit of violent jealousy. Against all advice Leo is determined to stay and Ayesha persuades him to bathe in the flame of eternal youth... with disastrous consequences.
Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new wife is a vampire; a huge plant takes over a house; a musician gets involved with voodoo; an art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
Dr. Namaroff
In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she transformed the onlooker using the power of her deadly stare. Much of the time the creature took the form of a beautiful and seductive woman, but during periods of the full moon she becomes a living horror, vicious and deadly. A professor has come to investigate the deaths, bringing with him his beautiful assistant whose knowledge of the Gorgon is more intimate than anyone would ever realise.
Baron Frankenstein
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life with the help of the hypnotist Zoltan who now controls the creature. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell that incites the monster to commit these horrific murders or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?
Doctor Peter von Brecht
Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at the same time as a funeral is taking place in Bavaria - with his father's name on the coffin. His investigation in Bavaria reveals startling facts and the obstruction he meets makes him suspect foul play.
Reverend Dr. Blyss
O Capitão Collier e sua tripulação são chamados para uma localidade onde há suspeitas de contrabando, porém o local guarda um misterioso segredo nos seus pântanos assombrados por fantasmas que afastam os curiosos de lá.
Harry Fordyce
Um criminoso encantador mas implacável, Gore Hepburn, mantém a família de um refém, gerente do banco, Harry Fordyce, como parte de um plano a sangue frio para roubar 97.000 libras. O bandido afável e cruel sequestra a esposa e o filho do gerente de banco e depois disfarça-se como um detetive de uma companhia de seguros, enquanto está planejando roubar a instituição neste crime. Infelizmente, alguns dos funcionários do gerente aprendem sobre a trama e o gerente aterrorizado deve pedir-lhes para permanecer em silêncio. Felizmente, os policiais têm percebido sobre o caso todo.
Mr. Evan Wrack
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.
Merryweather
Years after fleeing his ancestral home with his mother, Jason returns home to claim his birthright, only to find his way blocked by his evil cousin Thomas. In order to reclaim his title, Jason must do battle with his cousin, who calls upon the members of the deadly Hellfire Club to stop him.
Squire Trevenyan
It is the end of the 18th century and smuggling is considered to be a legitimate spare-time occupation for most fishermen around the British shores. But when a gang of cut-throats, led by the infamous Black John (Bernard Lee) begins to lure ships onto the rocks of Smugglers Bay, and murdering their crews for the sake of loot, the fishermen begin to fear for their livelihoods. In desperation, they appeal to the local magistrate Squire Trevenyan (Peter Cushing).
Sheriff of Nottingham
O Xerife de Nottingham planeja confiscar a propriedade do Senhor de Bawtry, um nobre que morreu na Cruzada. O Arcebispo de Canterbury, Hubert Walter, é contra este plano e o xerife planeja eliminá-lo. Robin Hood é convidado a realizar o assassinato do arcebispo para os conspiradores, liderados pelo Conde de Newark e Lord Melton, mas, ao perceber quem é o alvo pretendido, resolve ajudar o Arcebispo. Lady Marian também quer conhecer o Arcebispo para que ela possa conceder liberdade à família de um homem assassinado pelos homens do Xerife e ela também está ansiosa para encontrar Robin novamente, pois o conheceu quando achava que ele era um fora da lei comum, mas agora percebe que ele está do lado do bem.
Professor Sewell
A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed and jealous companion of a female colleague draw him into what, technically, could be a treasonable act.
Dr. J. Van Helsing
Marianne Danielle está viajando pelo Leste Europeu a fim de assumir o cargo de professora de francês em uma escola para moças na Transilvânia, agora livre da ameaça do Conde Drácula. Ela não é muito bem recebida pelos locais e acaba sendo acomodada no castelo da Baronesa Meinster, onde conhece o filho da nobre, que vive acorrentado à parede. Com pena do jovem, Marianne decide libertá-lo sem desconfiar que ele é um vampiro. Para sorte dela, o Doutor Van Helsing está por perto e promete por fim à vida de mais esse ser das trevas.
Capt. Clive Judd
A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for the crashes.
Dr. Robert Knox
Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human body; local ne'er-do-wells Burke and Hare find ways to provide him with fresh specimens...
John Banning
Egito, 1895. Três arqueologistas britânicos, John Banning (Peter Cushing), Stephen Banning (Felix Aylmer) e Joseph Whemple (Raymond Hutley), descobrem o túmulo de uma princesa egípcia, Ananka (Yvonne Furneaux), que morreu há quatro mil anos. Sem imaginar o que realmente fazia, Stephen lê o "Pergaminho da Vida". Isto faz voltar a vida Kharis (Christopher Lee), o guardião da tumba, que recebe a ajuda de Mehemet Bey (George Pastell), um egípcio que não aceita o túmulo ter sido profanado por "infiéis". Três anos depois, Mehemet leva para a Inglaterra Kharis, que terá a missão de matar os três arqueólogos que lideraram a expedição que achou a tumba de Ananka.
Captain Richard Pearson
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
Sherlock Holmes
Peter Cushing é um perfeito Sherlock Holmes e André Morell um perfeito Dr Watson, neste clássico de mistério e terror, que conta também com a interpretação da lenda do horror Christopher Lee. Com envolventes interpretações e cinematografia assustadora, este excelente filme de grande qualidade, vai mantê-lo na expectativa - e ofegante - até à última imagem! Um mal demoníaco esconde-se num manto de névoa nos pântanos que povoam as lendas inglesas. Na forma de um cão infernal, ele alimenta-se da carne dos herdeiros do Palácio dos Baskervilles. Mas antes desta besta selvagem poder ferrar os dentes no novo dono da mansão, tem que colocar as suas malévolas mandíbulas no astuto intelecto do mais poderoso inimigo que alguma vez encontrou - o incomparável Sherlock Holmes.
Dr. Victor Stein
O Barão Frankenstein foge da execução na guilhotina e usa o pseudônimo Dr. Stein para abrir sua clínica na Alemanha. Lá, recomeça seus experimentos com cadáveres, mas um de seus pacientes tem um destino diferente do que Stein planejou.
Doctor Van Helsing
Jonnathan Harker morre aparentemente vítima de um vampiro. Ao investigar a misteriosa morte do amigo, Van Helsing encontra um diário que incrimina o Conde Drácula. Mas Lucy, a prometida de Harker, também foi atacada por um vampiro. O irmão e a cunhada da moça se unem a Van Helsing para capturar a sanguinária criatura.
Father Laidlaw
A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
Dr. John Rollason
Um gentil botânico inglês, acompanhado por um cientista americano chamado Shelley, decidiram conduzir uma expedição única aos Himalaias em busca do lendário Yeti, que o jovem escocês McNee, que tamém segue viagem com eles, afirma ter visto. Chegando lá, após encontrarem as pegadas, as verdadeiras intenções de alguns serão reveladas.
Baron Viktor Frankenstein
O Barão Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) descobre uma maneira de enganar a morte. Para testar sua descoberta, monta um corpo com pedaços de diferentes cadáveres. O resultado é uma criatura sem nome, irracional e sedenta de morte. Ciência ou loucura?"
Jeremy Clayton
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”
Memmon
He was a fierce military commander who led huge armies into battle without a single defeat; a magnificent warrior who many believed was part god - this was Alexander the Great (Richard Burton), the legendary Greek hero hailed by his countrymen as "The King of Kings". Born in 356 B.C. into a turbulent world of political unrest, educated by Aristotle (Barry Jones) and chosen to lead his people in the grand tradition of his powerful father (Fredric March), this glamorous world conqueror rose above all conflict to unite the continents of Europe and Asia to become one of the most celebrated rulers of all time! Written, produced and directed by Oscar - winner Robert Rossen and featuring the extraordinary Claire Bloom and a remarkable cast of thousands, this stunning portrait of one of history's most fascinating figures is colossal entertainment and an amazing spectacle.
Otto Wesendonk
Director William Dieterle's 1956 film biography of classical composer Richard Wagner stars Carlos Thompson, Yvonne De Carlo, Rita Gam, Alan Badel and Valentina Cortese.
Henry Miles
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.
Winston Smith
Um homem que trabalha para 'The Party' (O Partido) (um império todo poderoso liderado por um homem conhecido apenas como 'Big Brother' (Grande Irmão)) começa a ter pensamentos de rebelião e amor por um colega. Juntos, eles procuram ajudar a derrubar a festa.
Sir Palamides
John, a blacksmith and swordsmith, is tutored at Camelot. As a commoner, he can't hope to win the hand of Lady Linet, daughter of the Earl of Yeoniland, so he creates a secret alternate identity as the Black Knight. In this new role, he is now able to help King Arthur when Saracens and Cornish men—disguised as Vikings -- plot to take over the country.
Marcel de la Voisier
Born into aristocracy, Toulouse-Lautrec moves to Paris to pursue his art as he hangs out at the Moulin Rouge where he feels like he fits in being a misfit among other misfits. Yet, because of the deformity of his legs from an accident, he believes he is never destined to experience the true love of a woman. But that lack of love in his life may change as he meets two women
Gerald Forbes
Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the third version broadcast by the BBC of this J.B. Priestley play. It was aired live but as the BBC very rarely recorded live transmissions prior to 1953, this programme is lost.
Osric
O príncipe dinamarquês Hamlet (Laurence Olivier) procura vingar a morte do pai o Rei. O fantasma do seu pai conta que foi assassinado pelo seu tio (Basil Sydney), irmão do rei, que assumiu o trono e casou-se com a rainha, a mãe de Hamlet (Eileen Herlie).
The doctor
A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.
Man Waking Up (archive footage)
This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town, has an argument with her fiancé. He leaves her house, goes off to serve in the Boer War, and dies of malaria. Catherine blames herself for his death and fears others will also blame her. She does not leave her house for forty years. Groceries are delivered to the house, but no one sees who retrieves them. When the Nazis bomb her house in September 1941, she is forced to cope with the outside world.
Props
Uma tripulação de U-boat da Segunda Guerra Mundial está encalhada no norte do Canadá. Para evitar o aprisionamento, eles devem ir até a fronteira e entrar nos EUA que ainda estão neutros.
Sub-Lieutenant Blackler
An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his mistake in leaving. He makes a deal with the Nazis to return in exchange for some Austrian prisoners, but discovers that the Nazis are not to be trusted.
First Dreamer
This entry in MGM's Passing Parade series looks at the meaning of dreams, including one by Abraham Lincoln that foretold his death.
Leslie Stephens
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.
Capt. Evans
A "good-time girl", raised by her somewhat lax divorced father, finds herself involved in an accidental death, and the only way she's able to get out of it is to volunteer--albeit reluctantly--to be a nurse in the war effort. She travels to England and is assigned to a hospital under a very strict matron. What the girl doesn't know is that the matron is the mother she has never seen.
Robert Clive of India
Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.
Joe Shand
A good nurse ruins her career by covering up for her sister's careless mistake.
Robert Pryor
Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military father, recently immigrated from England.
Student
The boys get jobs as a butler and maid (Stan in drag) for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The thankful bank president sends them to Oxford to get an education. Predictable results ensue.
Second Officer
Os Três Mosqueteiros vão resgatar o rei que está preso injustamente pelo seu irmão gêmeo. Luís XIV da França faz artimanhas para manter seu irmão gêmeo Philippe encarcerado em uma máscara de ferro, longe do conhecimento do público, que dava mostras de preferir Philippe como Rei da França. Mas os mosqueteiros e o camarada D’Artagnan se combinam para salvar Philippe.
