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Rocketship X-M (1950)

“Tonight you are invited here to witness an important event. You are all familiar with our previous work in sending robot missiles into space. That phase is at an end. Tonight we will launch the first manned spaceship, the RXM: … Continue reading

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Et Al. July18

Black Oxen (1923) Attending an opening-night, the elderly Charles Dinwiddie (Tom Ricketts) is almost overcome when he sees, in effect, a ghost from his past: a beautiful young woman (Corinne Griffith) who is the living image of Mary Ogden, a … Continue reading

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Friday The 13th (1980)

“You’re going to Camp Blood, aintcha? You’ll never come back again! It’s got a death curse!”   Director:  Sean S. Cunningham Starring:  Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Kevin Bacon, Jeannine Taylor, Mark Nelson, Robbi Morgan, Peter Brouwer, … Continue reading

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Zombi 2 (1979)

“What is all this about the dead coming back to life—and having to be killed a second time?   [aka Zombie aka Zombie Flesh Eaters] Director:  Lucio Fulci Starring:  Ian McCulloch, Tisa Farrow, Richard Johnson, Al Cliver (Pier Luigi Conti), … Continue reading

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Amityville Death House (2015)

“The first taste of revenge is always the sweetest… Five more, dear Abigail: five more must die before the dawn…”   Director:  Mark Polonia Starring:  Krysten St. Pierre, Houston Baker, Michael Merchant, Cassandra Hayes, Ken Van Sant, Danielle Donahue, Yolie … Continue reading

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The Lodger (1932)

“How do you know that he too is not innocent? That these crimes are not some madness, the beast in all of us coming to the surface? How do you know—that he knows what he does…?” [aka The Phantom Fiend] … Continue reading

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The Lodger (1927)

“He went out late last night—and half an hour later he came creeping back, as if he didn’t want to be heard. You don’t think…he…?”   Director:  Alfred Hitchcock Starring:  Ivor Novello, June Tripp, Marie Ault, Malcolm Keen, Arthur Chesney … Continue reading

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Battle Royale (2000)

“This country’s absolutely no good anymore. So the bigwigs got together and passed this law: Battle Royale. So today’s lesson is—you kill each other off…”   [Original title: Batoru Rowaiaru] Director:  Fukasaku Kinji Starring:  Fujiwara Tatsuya, Maeda Aki, Kitano Takeshi, … Continue reading

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The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

“Kill! Then love! When you have known that, you will have known ecstasy!”   [aka The Hounds Of Zaroff] Director:  Ernest B. Schoedsack and Irving Pichel Starring:  Joel McCrea, Leslie Banks, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Noble Johnson, William B. Davidson, … Continue reading

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Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde (1931)

“Free! Free at last!”   Director:  Rouben Mamoulian Starring:  Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Halliwell Hobbes, Holmes Herbert, Edgar Norton Screenplay:  Samuel Hofferstein and Percy Heath, based upon the novel  by Robert Louis Stevenson       Synopsis:  Dr … Continue reading

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