IT'S BACK!  Sinister Cinema's BIG SPENDER SALE. Buy 25 titles from the Sinister website for only $159, postpaid.  That works out to just over $6 per title.  Cool!  This includes all DVDs and all books...and they’re all just 25 for 159 bucks!  Sale ends Monday, October 2nd, 2023. So don't delay, simply...

Sinister Cinema's CUSTOMER APPRECIATION SALE returns! Now through Monday, October 2nd, buy ANY SEVEN DVD or book titles from anywhere on the Sinister Cinema website for only $59, postpaid...

DEMENTIA 13 (1963, Anamorphic Widescreen) William Campbell, Luana Anders, Patrick Magee, Bart Patton.  A choice chiller set in an eerie mansion with ax murders a-plenty.  A scheming widow plans to snag her late husband’s inheritance, unaware that she is targeted by an axe-wielding killer... THE TERROR (1963, Anamorphic Widescreen) Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight, Dick Miller, Jonathan Haze. Jack’s a wandering soldier who traces a ghostly lady to the castle of a mysterious baron played by Boris. Strange, supernatural things begin to happen...

SATAN’S TRIANGLE (1975) Kim Novak, Doug McClure, Alejandro Rey, Jim Davis.  McClure and his Coast Guard helicopter pal come upon a shipwreck in an area called “Devil’s Triangle.”  When McClure is lowered to the ship he finds corpses galore... INN OF THE DAMNED (1975, Anamorphic Widescreen Edition) Alex Cord, Dame Judith Anderson, Michael Craig, Joseph Furst, Tony Bonner.   At a sinister old inn, the elderly owners have a habit of bumping off their guests in grisly fashion...

INVISIBLE CREATURE (1960, Anamorphic Widescreen) Tony Wright, Patricia Dainton, Sandra Dorne, Sam Kydd, Derek Aylward.  Pretty Patricia Dainton inherits her aunt’s estate, which includes a valuable but haunted mansion... UNCLE WAS A VAMPIRE (1959, 35mm English Anamorphic Ed.) (1959) Christopher Lee, Renato Rascel, Susanne Loret. Lee comes to visit his nephew (Rascel) in the hopes of finding some new female blood...

DAY OF THE NIGHTMARE (1965, Anamorphic Wides.) John Ireland, Beverly Bains, Cliff Fields, Elena Verdugo, John Hart. A real unsung psycho-horror gem.  A woman seemingly returns from the grave to take revenge upon her enemies... THE SEVENTH GRAVE (1965, Anamorphic) Stéphania Nelli, Bruna Baini, Nando Angelini, Armando Guarnieri.  A collection of heirs gather for the reading of Sir Robert Thorne's will in a forlorn Scottish castle, which is reportedly haunted and also the hiding place of a lost treasure...

A NIGHT OF THE DEVILS (1972, Anamorphic Widescreen) Gianni Garko, Agostina Belli, Roberto Maldera. This is a grim, superbly made Euro-horror film, much in flashback.  Garco’s car breaks down as he’s driving through the dark countryside. He seeks help from a strange family... SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT (1972 Anamorphic Widescreen) Patrick O'Neal, James Patterson, John Carradine, Mary Woronov, Astrid Heeren. O’Neal inherits a mansion that was once a mental institution owned by his late grandfather...

INQUISITION (1976, Anamorphic Widescreen) Paul Naschy, Daniela Giordano, Juan Gallardo.  Paul is a 16th century witch hunting judge.  He falls in love with the daughter of a warlock whom he sentenced to death.  She makes a pact with Satan and soon Naschy finds... CRYPT OF DARK SECRETS (1976, Anamorphic Widescreen) Ronald Tanet, Maureen Ridley, Wayne Mack. A GI returning from war becomes a hermit.  He moves into a shack out in a swamp. Believing the GI has a hidden stash of money, thieves sneak into his shack and murder him...

BLOODY PIT OF HORROR (1965, Anamorphic Widescreen) Mickey Hargitay, Walter Brandi, Louisa Baratto, Ralph Zucker, Rita Klein.  A photographer and his gorgeous models find a seemingly deserted castle for a photo-shoot.  However, it’s inhabited by a lunatic who traps the girls in the dungeon... TERROR CREATURES FROM THE GRAVE (1965, Anamorphic Widescreen) Barbara Steele, Walter Brandi, Richard Garret, Marilyn Mitchell. A man is murdered by his wife and associates. He vows to return from the grave for revenge...

(1941-1966) Here's a bundle of SIX fantastic classics, all featuring mad scientists and other science created monstrosities—and all for just $49 postpaid!  You get:  ISLAND OF TERROR (1966) THE KILLER SHREWS (1959) THE MANSTER (1959) BRAIN THAT WOULDN’T DIE (1959) MONSTROSITY (1963) THE DEVIL BAT (1941) See more...

(1960-1970) Here's a bundle of FIVE chilling classics, all with a witchcraft theme to them—and all for just $42 postpaid!  You get:  HORROR HOTEL (1960); BLACK SUNDAY (1960); BLOOD DEMON (1967); MARK OF THE DEVIL (1969); WITCH KILLER OF BLACKMOOR (1970)  See more...

(1973, Upgraded 11/14/21) Sue Lyon, Christoper Mitchum, Jean Sorel, Ramon Pons, Charly Bravo, Alfredo Alba. This Euro sci-fi chiller is set in the future. After witnessing the disposal of a dead body, an outcast gang member is forced to take part in a weird mind-control experiment in a secret laboratory. There, a beautiful nurse prepares him for...

A DEVILISH MURDER—Widescreen Edition (1965) Ye-chun Lee, Do Geum Bung, Ae-ran Jeong, Bin-hwa Lee, Kung-won Nam.  The cat-like creature-ghost of a beautiful woman terrorizes a family in their neighborhood home.  It turns out the creature is the ghost of the man’s dead wife, who was murdered by his own mother and jealous cousin... 

A PLACE OF ONE’S OWN (1945) James Mason, Dennis Price, Margaret Lockwood, Barbara Mullen, Ernest Thesiger.  In this often chilling ghost story, Mason and his wife (and their beautiful young companion, Lockwood) move into an eerie old mansion that’s been vacant for forty years.  Strange things begin to happen: voices are heard from nowhere, pianos playing in the night, etc.  It’s soon obvious that the ghost of a murdered woman is afoot...

(1967) Hae Hwang, Ae-ran Jeong, Mi-ae Kang, Do Kum-Bong, No-shik Park.  This Asian chiller has all kinds of grisly stuff:  Acid thrown in the face, eyes being gouged out, the horror of drug addition, vengeful ghosts, etc.  The plot is pretty simple, a former geisha girl takes her life because she’s essentially lost her husband to the wanton lure of a servant girl.  But like in any good Asian ghost story, revenge is a must!  So...

(1932) Hugh Williams, Horace Hodges, Gretha Hansen, Ian Fleming. If it wasn't British, this would be in the Forgotten Horrors book. Hugh (Inspector Holt in HUMAN MONSTER) has some valuable jewels stolen.

ALABAMA’S GHOST (1973) Christopher Brooks, Peggy Browne, E. Kerrigan Prescott, Steven Kent Browne, Ken Grantham.  A nightclub stage manager stumbles upon a forgotten, secret chamber underneath his nightclub.  Inside is an old magician's belongings.  He tries on the costume and…voila…he becomes "Alabama, King of the Cosmos."  His new identity leads to a lot more than he bargained for...

(1956) Christopher Lee, Betta St. John, Alexander Knox. A must-see for all Chris Lee fans. He plays a man, tormented by murderous dreams, who eventually becomes a Jekyll and Hyde type. Very rare and very

(1977, Upgraded 4/15/22) Sylvia Kristel, Charles Vanel, Ferdinand Ledoux.  A great fantasy-horror film.  A woman leaves her husband one stormy night.  She drives on a lonely road, but when her windshield breaks she seeks help from a strange man and his butler who reside in a nearby creepy mansion.  The woman spends the night, but next morning she finds no trace of her hosts.  Finding her car repaired, she tries to leave but soon realizes it’s impossible...

(1948, Upgraded 10/1/21) Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Richard Carlson, Cathy O'Donnell. A very underrated film.  Bari plays a woman is haunted by the spectre of her dead husband.  She follows what she thinks is his spirit onto a lonely beach on a moonlit night and runs into a handsome spiritualist—Turhan Bey.  It's a great scene.  She soon becomes involved with his mystic practices, but is he...

(1978) Narr. by Sid Paul. Using ”actual” clips, this film explores haunted houses, ghosts, UFOs, etc. The footage is laden with lurid narration. The producers obviously loved the whole UFO fad, becau

(1966, Anamorphic Widescreen) Barbara Steele, Anthony Steffen, Claudio Gora, Mario Brega, Ursula Davis. This is the long awaited English Language version. Barbara has a dual role in this classic Euro-chiller, playing an aristocratic beauty who's possessed by some strange power. Her fantastic, often erotic performance helps enhance the dreamily melancholic atmosphere of the house and its grounds, overshadowed by a mysterious...

(1966, Anamorphic Widescreen) Barbara Steele, Anthony Steffen, Claudio Gora.  Recently upgraded! In French with English subtitles. Barb has a dual role in this excellent horror film about a girl possessed by the spirit of a statue. Her strong performance helps to...

(1961) Alastair Sim, George Cole, Michael Ripper, Jill Bennett. Another retelling of the dastardly exploits of the world's most famous body snatchers: Burke and Hare. This literate British version

(1954) Giuli Chokhonelidze, Konstantin Russu, Nodar Shashigoglu, directed by Sergei Parajanov.  A young shepherd is given a magic woodwind instrument to help him conquer his foes.  This movie is filled with dark fantasy and has its fair share of creepy moments.  Look for evil wizards, storm demons—even flying sheep...!  

(1943, Monogram, Upgraded 12/12/21) Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Henry Hall, Louise Currie, Minerva Urecal. During a series of bizarre experiments, mad scientist Belai literally goes ape--turning into a half man/half ape monstrosity that needs Human spinal fluid to return to any semblance of normalcy.  His quest for it leads him and his pet ape on a terrifying...

(1940, Upgraded 9/10/21) Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Henry Hall, Gene O'Donnell, Ray Corrigan, Philo McCullough. Boris plays a "well-intentioned" mad scientist trying to find a cure for paralysis.  Unfortunately, his research depends on spinal fluid taken from living (soon to be dead) humans.  But when an escaped gorilla crashes into his lab...

(1969, aka DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN, Upgraded 12/30/20) Michael Rennie, Karin Dor, Paul Naschy, Craig Hill, Patty Shepard, Ferdinando Murolo, Gene Reyes.  Rennie is an alien mad scientist whose race is out to conquer Earth. From a castle in Transylvania he revives legendary monsters to help him carry out...

(1960) Heinz Drache, Ingrid Van Bergen, Klaus Kinski, Benno Sterzenbach, Ina Duscha. An ugly hunchbacked ape man decapitates people and mails their heads to Scotland Yard.  Great pre-credit sequence has two British ladies finding an abandoned box by a railroad track.  They open it and...  

(1970) José Mojica Marins, Ângelo Assunção, Ronaldo Beibe, Maurice Capovila, Jose Carlos.  You’ve never seen a horror movie quite like this.  Marins plays both himself and Coffin Joe.  The basis of the plot is simple, yet bizarre:  a psychiatrist conducts LSD experiments to determine if Coffin Joe's influence on people will lead them into drugs.   This is really weird stuff with results varying from sexuality to perversion to sadism... 

(1962, Upgraded 12/28/20) Howard Vernon, Conrado San Martin, Perla Cristal, Diana Lorys. Considered by many to be director Jess Franco's best film. A mad doctor stalks the foggy back-streets in search of young girls, whom he...

(1976) Jane Wymark, Simon MacCorkindale, T.P. McKenna, Mark Dignam, Norman Jones.  A young couple relocates out in the British countryside.  They are shocked, though, when they discover a strange mummified animal...

(1959, Upgraded 9/21/21) Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, John Sutton, Gavin Gordon, Elaine Edwards. A mad killer known as "The Bat" is on the prowl in an old, Gothic mansion filled with terrified people. Great fun as the fiend...

(1960) Helen Hayes, Jason Robards, Martin Brooks, Margaret Hamilton, Shepperd Strudwick. What a find! We were jumping up and down with joy when this ultra-ultra rarity was made available to us. Mos