(1975) Gloria Guida, Paolo Carlini, Annie Carol Edel, Gianluigi Chirizzi.  A young, sexually free-spirited drifter falls in love for an older man, who she claims is her long-lost father.  She comes to live with him and causes no end of trouble...

Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  “The Cave of a Thousand Columns” by T. E. Grattan-Smith is the 39th installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series.  "Beware when the mountain shakes!" was the dire warning old chief Bal-yari uttered as he handed Major Rogers a mystic token of his tribe...

(1938) Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Joan Woodbury, Gustav Von Seyferrtitz.  This Grand National quickie moves along at a brisk pace and although it has an engaging plot, the detail given to the whole aspect of wartime code-breaking gives it some extra appeal.  The plot concerns Ames’ efforts at cracking a spy ring in Washington.  Things get messy when...

Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  “The City of Wonder” by E. Charles Vivian is the 36th installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series.  They followed the danger-filled road to Kir-Asa!  With only rumor and an old journal to guide him, Philip Watkins employs Jack Faulkner and Cecil Bent for a turbulent adventure through steamy jungles and old ruins...

(1966) Elizabeth Shepherd, John Sharp, Gary Cockrell, Alan Curtis, William Maxwell.  This is a two-disc set of the short-lived Brit TV series, a total of four episodes.  Shepard plays an international villainess who continually thwarts the efforts of a heavy-set inspector and his two assistants (named Blood and Hound).  These episodes are filled with espionage, intrigue, and a whole lot of...

(1936) Noah Beery, June Duprez, Niall McGinnis, Hugh Wakefield, Alfred Drayton, Gordon McLeod, Paul Blake.  Engaging Edgar Wallace chiller as a nefarious gang terrorizes greater London.  Their mysterious leader’s identity is unknown, even to the gang...

Armchair fiction presents extra-large paperback editions of the best in classic science fiction novels.  “Dark Atlantis” by David Craigie is the 33rd installment of our "Lost World-Lost Race Classics" series.  What deadly secrets awaited them in the ocean’s depths?  Professor Jules Frapillion craved adventure as much as his best friend, American adventurer, Rodney Harding, going so far as to create insane contraptions to go where no man had dared...

Armchair Fiction presents classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations.   “Dark Invasion” by Frederic Kummer is an intrigue-laced tale of an impending invasion.  The second novel, “Mystery Moon,” is by one of the most beloved science fiction authors of the 20th century, Edmond Hamilton.  What was the dreaded secret of Saturn’s moon?  Saturn’s moon, Rhea, was filled...

(1965) John Ireland, Beverly Bains, Cliff Fields, Elena Verdugo, John Hart. A real unsung psycho-horror gem.  A dead woman seemingly returns from the grave to take vengeance upon her enemies...

 (1970) Aytekin Akkaya, Giray Alpan, Sirri Elitas, Oya Evitan.  A young couple arrives at a mysterious old mansion.  They are greeted by the mansion’s only occupant, the housekeeper, who is dedicated to the dead mistress of the house.  What does he know about the dark secrets held within...

(1967) Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Roberto Bisacco.  One of the hippest, most stylish films of the ‘60s—no exaggeration.  Jean-Louis finds the corpse of a blackmailing nightclub manager in his office—blood on the floor.  In the room is Ewa, who claims innocence, even though her deceased father was the blackmail victim.  Together they go...

(1960) Ichikawa Raizo, Katsu Shintaro, Hasegawa Kazuo, Hongo Kojiro. What a remarkable fantasy-horror-adventure film! A beautiful female demon comes to control the soul of a mighty samurai warrior who has abandoned his wife because she was taken by another warrior. Together—along with a small army of cutthroats—they plan the takeover...

(1972, aka DRACULA AGAINST FRANKENSTEIN) Dennis Price, Howard Vernon, Paca Gabaldon, Alberto Dalbes, Directed by Jess Franco.  After another young girl is attacked, Dr. Seward sets out for Castle Dracula and stakes the Count (with the smallest hammer imaginable) once and for all.  Enter Dr. Frankenstein, who not only revives his own monster, but Dracula, too...

JOURNEY BENEATH THE DESERT (1961 aka THE LOST KINGDOM, ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN) Haya Harareet, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Georges Riviere, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.  Lost aviators find the entrance to Atlantis at a nuclear blast site in the desert.  PLUS:  TERROR OF THE MAD DOCTOR (1962, ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN) Gert Frobe, Wolfgang Preiss, Senta Berger.  A nice remake of Fritz Lang's 1933 classic. 

BLOOD OF THE VIRGINS (1967) Ricardo Bauleo, Susana Beltrán, Gloria Prat, Walter Kliche. A girl with a secret lover weds a man she doesn’t love.  But her secret lover is actually a vampire!  PLUS: SHE FREAK (1967) Claire Brennen, Lee Raymond, Lynn Courtney, Bill McKinney. A low-life, gorgeous blonde leaves her waitress job and joins the carnival and makes enemies of carnival's freak show.  Similar to Freaks.    

BATTLE OF THE WORLDS (1961, ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN, English Subs) Claude Rains, Bill Carter, Maya Brent.  This is a really cool outer space movie with lots of battle scenes and alien spaceships battling against the desperate forces of Earth.  PLUS: CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA (1961 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN) Anthony Carbone, Betsy Jones Moreland, Robert Towne. In widescreen from a great 35mm print.  A fake sea monster, blamed for many deaths, turns out to be real!  

THE DEVIL CAME FROM AKASAVA (1970) Fred Williams, Soledad Miranda, Horst Tappert, Ewa Strömberg, Howard Vernon, directed by Jesus Franco.  A mineral is discovered that can turn metal to gold and humans into zombies. PLUS:  BLOOD MANIA (1970) Vicki Peters, Peter Carpenter, Maria De Aragon. The plot is pretty simple, a maniacal nympho-maniac wants to speed along her daddy’s demise. Why? So she can use the inheritance money to...

GHOST CAT OF OTAMA POND (1960, Anamorphic Widescreen) Namiji Matsuura, Shôzaburô Date, Noriko Kitazawa.  An engaged couple walks home through the woods after missing their bus.  They come upon an eerie pond.  A strange black cat then appears and they follow it to the ruins of an eerie mansion. PLUS: BLACK CAT MANSION (1958, Anamorphic Widescreen) Toshio Hosokawa, Yuriko Ejima, Takashi Wada.  A couple moves into an aging mansion.  The wife is soon haunted by the ghost of...