John Carradine

  • Kenneth Hartford & Herbert L. Strock – Monstroid AKA Monster (1980)

    Herbert L. Strock1971-1980HorrorKenneth HartfordSci-FiUSA
    Monstroid (1980)
    Monstroid (1980)

    A rural Colombian village is attacked by a horrible sea serpent, aroused by industrial pollution of a nearby lake. Based on a real event that took place in June of 1971.Read More »

  • Edgar G. Ulmer – Bluebeard (1944)

    Edgar G. Ulmer1941-1950HorrorThrillerUSA
    Bluebeard (1944)
    Bluebeard (1944)

    A killer of young women, dubbed Bluebeard, is loose in Paris. Lucille and her friends meet Gaston Morrell, a puppeteer. He invites them to a show the next night; they go. Afterwards, he walks with Lucille; she offers to make costumes for his next show, he accepts, and feelings develop that may lead to love. She suspects he has a tragic past. Meanwhile, his leaving the show with Lucille prompts the jealousy of Renee, Gaston’s sometime lover. Lucille’s younger sister, Francine, comes back to Paris – her boyfriend is Inspector Lefebre, who’s hunting for Bluebeard. Some clues point toward Lamart, a greedy art dealer. Who is in danger, and can Gaston be trusted?Read More »

  • Douglas Sirk – Hitler’s Madman (1943)

    Douglas Sirk1941-1950DramaUSAWar
    Hitler's Madman (1943)
    Hitler’s Madman (1943)

    Synopsis:
    Somewhat fictionalized account of the destruction of the village of Lidice in Czechoslovakia and the events leading up to it. In 1942, the Allies parachuted a Czech resistance fighter into the area. He quickly reunites with his former girlfriend and many of the villagers who knew him from before the war. The Nazis are evil however and under the command of Reinhardt Heydrich rule the country with an iron fist, arbitrarily arresting innocents and charging them with fictitious crimes. When Heydrich is severely wounded in a roadside attack – he dies three days later – Henrich Himmler orders the destruction of Lidice. The men are herded into a church which is set aflame and the women are sent to concentration camps. The town itself is leveled.Read More »

  • William Beaudine – Voodoo Man (1944)

    1941-1950ClassicsHorrorUSAWilliam Beaudine

    Dr. Richard Marlowe uses a combination of voodoo rite and hypnotic suggestion to attempt to revivify his beautiful, but long-dead wife, by transferring the life essences of several hapless young girls he has kidnapped and imprisoned in the dungeon beneath his mansion.Read More »

  • Reginald Le Borg – The Mummy’s Ghost (1944)

    1941-1950CrimeHorrorReginald Le BorgUSA

    An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning that Ananka’s spirit has been reincarnated into another body, he kidnaps a young woman of Egyptian descent with a mysterious resemblance to the princess. However, the high priest’s greedy desires cause him to loose control of the mummy.Read More »

  • Juan López Moctezuma – Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975)

    1971-1980CultHorrorJuan López MoctezumaMexico

    A beautiful artist moonlights as a vampire while in Mexico, killing lovers of both sex. It seems that the only person who has any chance of stopping her reign of terror is her father; who’s also a vampire.Read More »

  • Cirio H. Santiago – Vampire Hookers (1978)

    1971-1980Cirio H. SantiagoComedyHorrorPhilippines

    Quote:
    American sailor friends Tom Buckley (Bruce Fairbairn) and Terry Wayne (Trey Wilson) are looking for excitement during a shore leave. After fleeing a disco full of transvestites and two would-be alley muggers, a smooth-talking cabbie (Leo Martinez) takes them to a cemetery where a beautiful prostitute called Cherish (Karen Stride) resides. Little do the sailors know that Cherish is a vampire who recently killed their superior officer. In the cemetery is a lavish crypt where head vampire Richmond Reed (John Carradine) drinks blood cocktails with Cherish and two other lovely bloodsuckers (Lenka Novak and Katie Dolan). The sailors are able to escape death when daylight approaches, but no one back at the military base believes their chance encounter with the undead. Tom later makes his way back to the crypt and gets the ultimate in satisfaction when the vampiric female trio decides to act human for one night and conduct an orgy with him as the star.Read More »

  • John Ford – The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

    1931-1940ClassicsDramaJohn FordUSA

    Synopsis:
    The Joad clan, introduced to the world in John Steinbeck’s iconic novel, is looking for a better life in California. After their drought-ridden farm is seized by the bank, the family — led by just-paroled son Tom — loads up a truck and heads West. On the road, beset by hardships, the Joads meet dozens of other families making the same trek and holding onto the same dream. Once in California, however, the Joads soon realize that the promised land isn’t quite what they hoped.Read More »

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