 The Adventures of Harry Potter during his third year at School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The dangerous criminal, Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), has escaped from Azkaban Prison and is after Harry (Daniel Radcliffe). The wraith-like guards of Azkaban have surrounded Hogwarts, and seem to be as interested in harming Harry as catching the escapee. Luckily, Professor Lupin
The Adventures of Harry Potter during his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), who has been raised by his unpleasant guardians without being told there is a secret world of magic and that he is a wizard, is taken to Hogwarts by the giant Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane). There he
A professor (Aidan Quinn) who suffered the tragic loss of his twin sister when a child, is called to an out of the way manor to investigate a haunting. The house is home to a mentally troubled old woman and three siblings: a beautiful woman (Kate Beckinsale), a controlling older brother (Anthony Andrews), and a
Larry Abbot (Gene Wilder), star of a mystery radio program, has recently announced his engagement to fellow radio actor, Vicky Pearl (Gilda Radner). He’s also developed a phobia of storms and begun to forget his lines. His psychologist brother (Paul L. Smith) informs Larry’s employers that he can scare him back to normal in just a
Realtor Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy), his partner and wife Sara (Marsha Thomason), and their kids, stop off to check out the Gracy Mansion. Marooned due to a storm, they meet the overly formal butler, Ramsley (Terence Stamp), the master of the house, Edward Gracey (Nathaniel Parker), and a lot of ghosts. To save his wife,
One hundred and ten years after the warlock Joseph Curwen (Vincent Price) was burned to death, his descendant, Charles Dexter Ward (also Vincent Price), and his wife (Debra Paget) arrive in Arkham to examine their inheritance. Unfortunately for them, Curwen’s spirit possesses Ward, and plans to avenge himself on the townspeople. He also re-teams with
Dr. John Markway (Richard Johnson), a scientist trying to prove the existence of the paranormal, gets permission to study a supposedly haunted house. To confirm his research, he brings a mentally unstable psychic, Eleanor (Julie Harris), Theo (Claire Bloom), a mind reading, predatory lesbian, and Luke (Russ Tamblyn), the playboy, skeptal nephew of the house’s owner. Eleanor
Dr. David Marrow (Liam Neeson) brings three insomniacs, Nell (Lili Taylor), Theo (Catherine Zeta-Jones), and Luke (Owen Wilson) to a mansion for a psychological study. What he doesn’t tell the others is that he is really studying fear. What he doesn’t know is that the house is really haunted. Quick Review: This is a case of style
Due to a clerical error, idealistic Reverend John Smallwood (Peter Sellers) is made the vicar of Orbiston Parva instead of the more conventional man that Archdeacon Aspinall (Cecil Parker) had intended. Smallwood immediately upsets the status quo by insulting the wealthy, making a black dustman (Brock Peters) his assistant, and taking in a vagrant family.
When the new Santa (Andy Dick) decides to destroy Hanukkah, it’s up to Mordechai Jefferson Carver (Adam Goldberg), a street-smart Jewish hero, to save the holiday. Quick Review: I expected very little from a film titled The Hebrew Hammer, but it turned out to have some good performances and humorous concepts. Unfortunately, due to a
Years ago, a family of millionaires committed mass suicide by hanging. Now James (Jason Chang), brought up in England, has inherited a rotting, labyrinthine mansion. He settles in with his fiancée Yo (Terri Kwan), a successful dancer who is uncertain that a life with James will be fulfilling. The house proves to be a poor
When Larry (Andrew Robinson) and Julie (Clare Higgins) move into the old family house, they don’t know that Frank (Sean Chapman), Larry’s brother and Julie’s lover, will soon return from the dead and hide upstairs. It is left to Kirsty (Ashley Laurence) to deal with murderous Frank, traitorous Julia, and the demonic cenobites who are