The wedding of Prince Colwyn (Ken Marshall) and Princess Lyssa (Lysette Anthony) is interrupted by slayers, the troops of The Beast, who kidnap Lyssa and take her to The Black Tower. Colwyn journeys to rescue her, with the aid of a wise man (Freddie Jones), a clownish shape changer (David Battley), a bandit chief (Alun
Kull (Kevin Sorbo), a barbarian warrior from Atlantis, kills King Borna (Sven-Ole Thorsen) of Acheron and, by Borna’s last words, becomes king. The two surviving heirs team with a sorcerer to usurp the kingdom by resurrecting the powerful demon-witch, Akivasha (Tia Carrere). Akivasha takes the kingdom for herself while Kull, a priest, and a harem
Baron Frankenstein (Joseph Cotten) and his assistant, Dr. Charles Marshall (Paul Muller), are finally ready to create a living creature from body parts, when Frankenstein’s daughter, Tania (Rosalba Neri, using the name Sara Bey), returns from medical school. More strong willed than expected, She plans to follow in her father’s footsteps. When the Baron’s creation runs amuck,
At Christmastime, Detective Philip Marlowe (Robert Montgomery) is hired by magazine editor and femme fatale Adrienne Fromsett (Audrey Totter) to find her boss’s (Leon Ames) wife, in the hopes that the wife has done something illegal and Fromsett can take her place. Marlowe follows the trail to Chris Lavery (Dick Simmons), the wife’s supposed boyfriend,
In a small town in 1962, young Frankie Scarlatti (Lukas Haas) is locked in a school closet at night and sees the ghost of a girl reenact her murder. Shortly after, the killer, with his face hidden, enters in order to retrieve incriminating evidence, finds Frankie, and strangles him. But the boy is saved by
In the Deep South, outlandish Professor G.H. Dorr (Tom Hanks) rents a room from formidable, Bible-thumping Marva Munson (Irma P. Hall). Using the cover of being an early Renaissance band, Dorr and his gang: explosives “expert” Garth Pancake (J.K. Simmons), tunnel man The General (Tzi Ma), muscleman Lump Hudson (Ryan Hurst), and street punk Gawain
A Scottish archeologist (Peter Capaldi), the lord of the manor (Hugh Grant), and two local girls (Catherine Oxenberg & Sammi Davis) team up to uncover the truth behind the myth of the D’Ampton Worm. That truth is guarded by the serpent priestess and vampire, Lady Syliva (Amanda Donohoe), who is in need of a virgin sacrifice.
With the world infested by zombies, one city survives, sending out scavenging parties. Within the city, Kaufman (Dennis Hopper) and the rich live in a luxury complex while the rest live in slums. Riley (Simon Baker), a retired scavenger, wants only to go off on his own, but is drafted into service, along with a
The surviving crew and passengers from a British ship, including the captain (Keith Barron), an American adventurer and submarine expert (Doug McClure), and a female biologist (Susan Penhaligon), take over the German sub that attacked them. Multiple events conspire to strand all of the occupants on a lost continent where dinosaurs and cavemen coexist. The
During the final voyage of the liner Claridon, a boiler explosion rips a hole in its hull. While Captain Robert Adams (George Sanders) and Engineer Walsh (Edmond O’Brien) first attempt to keep the ship afloat, and then get the passengers to safety, Cliff Henderson (Robert Stack) struggles to save his trapped wife (Dorothy Malone). All the
Laura is a stylish, funny, occasionally poignant film that makes little sense. It says a lot but means nothing, which works out just fine.