Godzilla (1998)

Godzilla (1998)

Dr. Niko Tatopolous (Matthew Broderick) is drafted onto a team that is investigating attacks by a giant monster. They quickly discover that a huge, radioactive lizard does exist and it is heading toward New York. Waiting in the city is Tatopolous’s ex-girlfriend, Audrey Timmonds (Maria Pitillo), who is trying to get a break as a

Gamera vs. Barugon/War of the Monsters (1966)

Gamera vs. Barugon/War of the Monsters (1966)

Gamera’s rocket is struck by a meteor, returning him to earth where he vanishes from the movie for nearly an hour. Meanwhile, three men (who I think might be low level gangsters—it isn’t clear) head to New Guinea to recover an opal that our more-or-less hero’s brother hid during WWII. The opal is not a

Valley of the Dragons (1961)

Valley of the Dragons (1961)

French officer Hector Servadac (Cesare Danova) and Irish soldier of fortune Michael Denning (Sean McClory) are about to duel to the death when a comet sweeps them up. On it’s last trip around the sun the comet had picked up prehistoric animals, leaving the two modern men in a world of stock footage and hot

Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)

Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)

The Monsignor of the region visits Dracula’s castle to perform an exorcism so that the frightened villagers will stop avoiding the church. He sees they are upset about a dead maiden hanging from the bell tower. I would be too since she was killed and bitten while Dracula (Christopher Lee) was frozen, but let’s not

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)

Divorced and exceptionally drab Robert Bridgestone (Kirwin Mathews) gets a weekend with his thirteen-going-on-six-year-old son, Richie (Scott Sealey) in a forest cabin. Their timing is bad when a passing werewolf starts shaking Richie; why is he shaking Richie? Dad intervenes which results in a dead werewolf and a bitten father. Dad never noticed that it

Godzilla Resurgence [Shin Godzilla] (2016)

Godzilla Resurgence [Shin Godzilla] (2016)

In a rebooted universe where Godzilla has never existed before, an unknown disaster occurs in the bay and the Japanese government springs into action to talk, and meet, and make sure that protocol is followed. When the disaster turns out to be a giant mutating monster, the government immediately talks some more, and meets some

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

Doctor Watson (Nigel Bruce) summons Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to Musgrave Manor to look into an attempted murder. The wealthy Musgrave family has allowed part of their mansion to be used as a convalescence home for injured soldiers, so living on the property are multiple family members, servants, soldiers, and the medical staff. Soon, in

El misterio del rostro pálido {Mystery of the Ghastly Face} (1935)

El misterio del rostro pálido {Mystery of the Ghastly Face} (1935)

Forceful and obsessed Doctor Forti (Carlos Villarías ) carries out strange medical experiments in his home, aided by his weak-willed son, Pablo (Joaquín Busquets). Pablo wanted only to play the violin and marry Forti’s beautiful ward Angélica (Beatriz Ramos) but instead does what Forti commands. Both Pablo’s Aunt Doña Engracia (Natalia Ortiz) and the butler

Black Sabbath (1963)

Black Sabbath (1963)

Three stories introduced by Boris Karloff. (1) A woman steals a ring from a corpse that may have died due to the actions of ghosts. (2) A woman receives a series of threatening phone calls from a dead man. (3) A vampire hunter (Boris Karloff) returns to his family after a hunt, and after the

The Cry of the Werewolf (1944)

The Cry of the Werewolf (1944)

At a horror museum, while the tour guide (John Abbott) gives speeches on werewolves, Doctor Charles Morris (Fritz Leiber)—doctor of…history maybe, or voodoo—researches a werewolf woman. He’s murdered, seemingly by a wolf, and his scientist son (Stephen Crane) and the son’s semi-sister/girlfriend (Osa Massen) play detective to find the murderer. Police detective (Barton MacLane) also

The Black Cat (1941)

The Black Cat (1941)

Rich, eccentric Hanrietta Winslow (Cecilia Loftus) lives on her estate with her house keeper Abigail (Gale Sondergaard), groundskeeper Eduardo (Bela Lugosi), and an excessive number of cats. Her greedy relatives (Basil Rathbone, Anne Gwynne, Gladys Cooper , Claire Dodd, John Eldredge, Alan Ladd) have infested the place, waiting for her to die. They are joined

The Ghost Walks (1934)

The Ghost Walks (1934)

On a dark and stormy night, as is normal in these sorts of pictures, theater producer Herman Wood (Richard Carle) and his secretary Homer Erskine (Johnny Arthur) are being driven by playwright Prescott Ames (John Miljan) to his home when a fallen tree forces them to take refuge in a nearby house, owned by psychologist