The light from a mysterious meteor shower blinds everyone who sees it, causing civilization to collapse. Bill Masen (John Duttine), who was undergoing eye treatment on that night, is one of the few who can see. He finds Jo (Emma Relph), a sighted woman, and they plan their survival. However, they are captured and separated by a large
Dead Men Walk (1943)
Good Dr. Lloyd Clayton recently killed his evil brother Elwyn (George Zucco in duel roles), but Zolarr (Dwight Frye) digs up his old master’s body, and Elwyn rises as a vampire. He sets his sights on Gayle (Mary Carlisle), their niece. It’s up to Lloyd and Gayle’s fiancé to save her, a task that becomes
Death Race 2000 (1975)
In the far future year 2000, twenty-one years after the crash of ’79, the annual cross-country race is about to begin. The competitors include fan favorite, Frankenstein (David Carradine), gangster, “Machine Gun” Joe (Sylvester Stallone), Matilda the Hun (Roberta Collins), and Calamity Jane (Mary Woronov). To win, all they have to do is cross the
Deep Rising (1998)
A miss-matched group, including roguish John Finnegan (Treat Williams), his sidekick Joey (Kevin J. O’Connor), a beautiful jewel thief (Famke Janssen), a ruthless business man, and a band of mercenaries, are trapped on a disabled luxury liner with a giant sea monster. They have a lot of guns and the monster has a lot of
The Descent (2005)
A year after the tragic death of her husband and child, Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) joins her extreme sports colleagues Juno (as Natalie Mendoza) and Beth (Alex Reid), and three other girls for a weekend of spelunking. Juno says she’s taking them to a well-known spot, but actually brings them to an unexplored cavern. A cave-in
Desk Set (1957)
Efficiency expert Richard Sumner (Spencer Tracy) is secretly hired to computerize a research department run by the brilliant Bunny Watson (Katharine Hepburn). As Bunny worries about her boyfriend’s unwillingness to commit and the possible loss of jobs due to the computer, she finds herself drawing closer and closer to Richard. Quick Review: This is a
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
In the far future of 1999, the giant monsters of the world, including Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, and others no one cares about, have been imprisoned on an island cleverly named Monster Land (Monster Island in the subtitled version, which is… better). Of course all is not well as aliens plan to invade Earth using the
The Devil-Doll (1936)
Unjustly imprisoned Paul Lavond (Lionel Barrymore), escapes from Devil’s Island with mad scientist, Marcel (Henry B. Walthall), who has discovered a way to reduce animals to one sixth their size. Marcel plans to use this to help humanity, but when he dies, Lavond teams up with Marcel’s wife, Malita (Rafaela Ottiano), supposedly to continue the work,
The Devil’s Advocate (1997)
The Devil’s Backbone (2001)
During the Spanish Civil War, Carlos (Fernando Tielve) is left at an isolated orphanage with an unexploded bomb buried in its courtyard. There he must deal with aggressive students, a violent handyman named Jacinto (Eduardo Noriega), and the ghost of a boy who disappeared the day the bomb hit. The orphanage is a place of
Diary of a Madman (1963)
Simon Cordier (Vincent Price), a magistrate and amateur sculptor, is possessed by a demonic Horla. Thinking the voices may just be symptoms of mental illness, Simon reduces his workload and returns to sculpting as therapy. He meets the beautiful Odette (Nancy Kovack), who becomes his model. He believes she’s single and romantically interested in him, when actually
Die Hard (1988)
New York cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) when terrorists, lead by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), take over the building she works in. It is up to McClane to save his wife and get out alive. There are a lot of action films out there, most with poor acting,