(1968, aka THE BRIDE FROM HADES) Kôjirô Hongô, Miyoko Akaza, Mayumi Ogawa, Akira Nishimura.  This is one of the most haunting Japanese horror films you will ever see—engaging, gripping, and absolutely chilling.  During the Obon festival of the dead, a samurai is visited by two beautiful women, one of whom he falls deeply in love with.  During the next few nights he comes to discover that his new lover and her older companion are ghosts...

THE OVAL PORTRAIT (1973) Wanda Hentrix, Barry Coe, Gisele MacKenzie, Barney O’Sullivan, Maray Ayres.  This Civil War period piece horror film starts with a mother and daughter arriving at a mysterious mansion for the reading of a will.  It’s a dark, creepy night.  The daughter sees a ghostly image upon arrival and soon becomes possessed by the spirit of her dead cousin, whose picture hangs on a mansion wall... 

(1967) Jack Hawkins, Rachael Gurney, Mark Dignam, John Laurie, Henry Beltran.  If you like creepy ghost stories, this British made-for-TV feature is a must.  Hawkins’ returns home from a long trip to find his son traumatized by the haunting cries of a child he hears calling to him in the night from the strange ruins next to their estate.  

ONE MINUTE BEFORE DEATH (1972) Wanda Hendrix, Barry Coe, Gisele MacKenzie.  This movie is often mistaken as an alternate title for The Oval Portrait, but it’s not.  It’s an entirely different film, shot by the same production unit.  Family relatives (we won’t say which) conspire to murder a rich widow (Hendrix) by putting her into a catatonic state and burying her alive...

(1944) Bela Lugosi, Jack Haley, Jean Parker, Lyle Talbot, Blanche Yurka. A creepy mansion with an astronomical observatory is the setting for this comedy horror chiller. Bela plays a sinister butler serving everyone coffee. Is that brew Bela is serving...

(1937) Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Sebastian Smith, Agnes Lauchlan.  One of Hay’s best comedies, featuring lots of laughs all interwoven with criminal conspiracy thrills and some occasional elements of horror.  Hay is the new stationmaster at a lonely railway station (complete with laundry hanging across the tracks).  The locals believe the nearby train tunnel is the frequent haunt of a mysterious ghost who supposedly resides up the hill in a haunted windmill...

(1981, aka OASIS OF THE ZOMBIES, Upgraded 12/30/20) Manuel Gelin, France Lomay, Jeff Montgomery, Eric Viellard, Myriam Landsom. A group of young treasure hunters search for a lost oasis where there is supposedly buried Nazi treasure. There’s just one problem, it's guarded by flesh-devouring zombies...

(1988) Klaus Kinski, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pleasence, Barbara De Rossi, Yorgo Voyagis.  Plummer is the vampire expert Professor Catalano. He visits Venice to investigate the last known appearance of the infamous vampire, Nosferatu (back in 1786).  It’s not long before the bloodsucker rises from the dead...

(1965, Upgraded 12/6/20) Barbara Steele, Paul Muller Helga Liné, Giuseppe Addobbati, Rik Battaglia, Marino Mase. A terrific film!  Barbara, as Muriel, is unhappily married to Muller (a crazed scientist), and has a fling with the butler/gardener.  The doctor in turn tortures (with acid) and murders them both in a most terrifying way.  The bed electrocution scene...

(1974) Alberto Dalbes, Evelyne Scott, William Berger, Lina Romay, directed by Jesus Franco. This grim Euro chiller takes place largely in a Louisiana castle. Inside its walls, folks are slowly being...

(1968, Upgraded 12/9/21) Duane jones, Judith O'Dea, Marilyn Eastman, Karl Hardman.  This is one of the best NOLD DVD editions on the market today.  You get the original full screen edition on disc one; then you'll feast your eyes on the anamorphic widescreen edition on disc two—both from stunning 35mm materials.  We've also thrown in the original NOLD trailer, plus more.  We all know the story:  a group of people are trapped in a...

(1972) Gianni Garko, Agostina Belli, Roberto Maldera, Teresa Gimpera.  Wow.  This is a grim, superbly made Euro-horror film, much of it told in flashback.  Garco’s car breaks down as he’s driving through the darkened countryside. He seeks help from a strange family.  Their father insists he spend the night.  He soon learns they have a mysterious secret and live in fear of horrid wurdulak, who wishes to kill them all and transform them into the same kind of horrible creatures...