(1965, Anamorphic Widescreen Edition) Evgeniy Evstigneev, Vsevolod Safonov, Mikhail Astangov, Natalya Klimova, Mikhail Kuznetsov. This is an amazing mad scientist film laced with espionage and intrigue.  Garin is a mad inventor who has created (with stolen plans) an apparatus called the Hyperboloid.  It is a death ray of unparalleled destructive power...

(1966) Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Gothard, Nike Arrighi, Jonathan Hansen.  The setting is in the distant future.  All the physical needs of mankind are provided for by an all-present “Machine,” which controls men’s lives through a vast series of tunnels inside the Earth.  Man’s every need is provided...

(1957) Luis Aguilar, Flor Silvestre, Jaime Fernández, Crox Alvarado, América Martín.  This forgotten Mexican horror gem concerns a village that has fallen into a state of panic-stricken horror.  There are ax murders that leave gruesome remains for the villagers to discover.  But there’s more than just an ax-wielding maniac afoot...

(1961) Jack Palance, Anita Ekberg, Antonella Lualdi, Franco Silva, Roldano Lupi.  This is probably the best best video edition of this sword and sandal classic released to date, now in anamorphic widescreen from a beautiful color 35mm print.  During the Mongol invasion of Poland, a conflict between Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and his oldest son Ogotai ensues...

 (1960) Gordon Jackson, June Thorburn, Maya Koumani, Terence Alexander, Mary Clare, Victor Brooks.  Jackson plays a recently-released-from-prison convict who has trouble finding work.  He changes name and...

(1946) Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, Loretta Young, Richard Long, Philip Merivale.  Robinson is excellent as the soft-spoken investigator, Mr. Wilson of the War Crimes Commission.  He is searching for the notorious Franz Kindler, one of the masterminds of the Holocaust, who is hiding, incognito, in plain sight.  Robinson releases one of Kindler's former cronies in an effort to track down his target, but he is murdered before he...

(1930) Julie Suedo, Gibb McLaughlin, Frances Cuyler, Tony Wylde, Byron Webber, Kiyoshi Takase.  A beautiful Chinese maiden (who could easily pass for white) enters into a more or less “arranged” marriage with an older, wealthy Dutch businessman.  The marriage was set up by a sinister Chinese racketeer, who is to receive half the inheritance after the murder of her husband...

(1974, ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN) Jennifer Billingsley, John Considine, Judith McConnell, Tani Guthrie.  The setting is Manila, where pretty young girls are kidnapped off the streets.  They are thrown into a cave deep in the wilds of the Philippines where they await their terrible fate...

(1971) Jack Hedley, John Carson, Alethea Charlton, Sonia Graham. A brilliant scientist has a fantastic plan to secure research money.  He has invented an amazing machine that transfers the mind of one person into the body of another.  He and his wife lure...

 (1967) Louis Jourdan, Senta Berger, Edmund O’Brien, Maurice Garrel. In this special 2-disc set, you get beautiful anamorphic editions of both the English language version as well as the original French-language version (with English subs).  Jourdan plays a poorly selling novelist-turned-unlucky-gambler in this engaging French spy movie. He soon becomes a pawn in a huge espionage plot concerning the defection of a famed laser scientist to the Red Chinese.  A little slow at first but the film really kicks into gear in the second half.  There are a couple of cool fight scenes, one especially with a guy going after another with a knife. O’Brien has a nice part as Jourdan’s publisher; Senta is drop dead gorgeous.  Beautiful color, from 35mm.

(1949 aka KILLER BAIT) Lizabeth Scott, Don Defoe, Dan Duryea, Arthur Kennedy. Scott turns in one of the best “femme fatale” performances of all time as she portrays a scheming woman who eliminates everyone in her way as she tries to...

(1936, Normandy) Rex Bell, Constance Bergen, Forest Taylor, Lloyd Ingraham.  Can’t say for sure, but this might be the first time on video for this very obscure Rex Bell B-western.  Something’s going on with Forest Taylor’s herd—seems he has too many cows...

(1958) Toto, Sylva Koscina, Ugo Tognazzi.  An enjoyable off-beat sci-fi comedy about aliens who try to stop the launching of a man into space.  Lots of intrigue and some genuine laughs.  The final scenes on the moon are quite well done.  Look for some...

(1964) Albert Lieven, Gary Raymond, Margot Trooger, Catherine Schell, Klaus Kinski, Eddi Arent.  There’s a plot afoot to steal the Crown Jewels!  It all starts when a corrupt businessman breaks a two-bit crook out of Dartmoor prison.  Why?...

(1981) Kirsty Wilkinson, Lance Warren, Roy Leywood, William Johnson, Glynis McNicoll, Noel Trevarthn, William Ewens.  This is an amazing mini-series (8.1 rating on IMDB).  Two three-year old twins, a boy and a girl, are lost in the cold New Zealand woods.  Search parties are unable to find them.  They are saved by a strange glow from the sky...

(1965, aka OPERATION HURRICAN: FRIDAY NOON, Upgraded 12/9/22) George Nader, Heinz Weiss, Sylvia Pascal, Helga Schlack, Helmut Fornbacher, Philippe Guégan. This is the first Jerry Cotton movie and it's a pretty good one.  Jerry’s after a gang of crooks who pose as a musical band as a front for their nefarious schemes.  They pull off numerous heist and eventually plan to blow up a school full...

Armchair fiction presents deluxe paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels. W. Elwyn Backus’ great novel, “The Waning of a World” is a classic of interplanetary space travel. Could there be intelligent life on Mars? Maybe…just maybe...

(1962) Howard Duff, Jocelyn Lane, Luciano Marin, Giancarlo Sbragia, Arnoldo Foa, Jose Greci.  A powerful king and his naïve younger sibling go eyeball to eyeball over the affections of a gorgeous young peasant woman.  While this is happening a sinister plot is is hatched...