When Cyrus Kriticos (F. Murray Abraham) dies, he leaves his house to his nephew Arthur (Tony Shalhoub) and his two children (Shannon Elizabeth, Alec Roberts). What they don’t know, is that the house is a machine that holds twelve ghosts. Once people start to die, it is left to Arthur, an ex-associate of Cyrus’ (Matthew Lillard), and
During the revolutionary war, Melody Allen (Marjorie Reynolds) and Horatio Prim (Lou Costello) are mistaken for traitors, shot, and cursed. In 1946, the ghosts of Melody and Horatio have a chance to remove the curse, with the help of five people, including Dr. Ralph Greenway (Bud Abbott), a descendent of a man who wronged Horatio.
Tsukiko is a regular girl with amnesia. She doesn’t worry much about the loss of her memories, but she’s none-to-happy about her bouts of insomnia, so she’s started visiting a laconic hypnotherapist who’s office looks suspiciously like a quickly built and non-dressed set. In a trance, Tsukiko repeats the name “Tomie,” which is the summoning
The good deed performed by the recently deceased George and Marion (Constance Bennett) Kerby in the previous Topper movie, is being undone. Conniving Mrs. Parkhurst (Verree Teasdale) has convinced Mrs. Topper (Billie Burke) to divorce her husband Cosmo (Roland Young), because he checked into a hotel with a women (and explaining that it was the
Trooper Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson) from the 23rd century is sent back in time into the body of an ancestor to stop Whistler, a time-traveling criminal who can turn people into zombies. Teaming up with punk girl Lena (Helen Hunt), Jack must find the ancestors of the leaders of the future before Whistler kills them.
Three kids, Marchall (Mario Yedidia), Gilbert (Adam Wylie), and Amy (Clara Bryant), accidentally awaken a mummy by exposing it to moonlight shortly before Halloween. Harold, the Mummy, is a kindly and child-like monster who needs to be back in his sarcophagus before midnight on Halloween or he will lose his soul. An unimaginative, but harmless
The centuries-old war between vampires and werewolves comes to a head when the vampire warrior Selene (Kate Beckinsale) falls in love with Michael (Scott Speedman), a newly created werewolf. More is at stake then just their relationship, as Michael’s genes hold the secret to ending the war. Quick Review: Another of the stylish monster films,
In the aftermath of the vampire-lycan war, undead warrior Selene (Kate Beckinsale) and half-breed werewolf Michael (Scott Speedman) are on the run from the newly-risen and mutated vampire Marcus (Tony Curran). To save themselves, and possibly the world, the two must dig into the forbidden history of the vampires and werewolves, as well as find
A brother and sister (Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey) purchase a beautiful seaside house for far less than it is worth from Commander Beech (Donald Crisp). Beech’s granddaughter Stella (Gail Russel) is obviously unhappy about the sale, thinking of the house as hers, the only connection to her dead mother. It seems Stella’s father was an
A small town in Japan is thrown into chaos by spirals. Some people become obsessed with them, watching them until they find a suitable, spiral-related way to commit suicide. Others seek to destroy anything connected to spirals, while still others begin to physically change into spiral shapes. Kirie Goshima (Eriko Hatsune), a girl at the
After villagers start turning up dead, drained of blood, the burgermeister declares it must be a vampire. Local policeman Karl Brettschneider (Melvyn Douglas) disagrees, looking for a human killer. Only Brettschneider’s girlfriend, Ruth Bertin (Fay Wray) and the greatly respected Dr. Otto von Niemann (Lionel Atwill) have avoided the hysteria. The mob blames feebleminded Herman
Caribbean vampire, Maximillian (Eddie Murphy), travels to New York to find a half vampire woman to be his bride. The woman, Rita (Angela Bassett), is unaware of her vampire heritage. She’s a police officer with a partner (Allen Payne) who wants her for himself. Maximillian, with the help of his new ghoul (Kadeem Hardison) must