(1913) Crissie Bell, E. Holman Clark, Hubert Willis.  Britain's first full-length sci-fi film.  A Martian having offended his ruler is exiled to Earth with the mission to change the heart of a selfish man.  Based on a highly popular stage play, Message to Mars features futuristically clad Martians, thought transference, instant space travel, mind control...

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...

(1918) Gunnar Tolnaes, Zanny Peterson, Nicolai Neiiendam, Alf Blutecher. A splendid silent classic about man’s first trip to Mars. A sea captain and an aging scientist build a spaceship and set out

(1935) Fritz Kortner, Nils Asther, John Stuart, Adrienne Ames Walter Rilla, Patric Knowles, Eric Portman, George Zucco.  Kortner is great as the Sultan Abdul Hamid, who rules precariously over the Turkish Empire.  He lives in constant fear of assassination, but his chief of security (Asther) does a good job making his enemies “disappear.”  But he is swept off his feet when a beautiful British stage star comes into his life...

(1936, Universal) John King, Noah Beery, Jr., 13 chapters. Aerial thrills over Mongolia...

(1935, Ajax) Harry Carey, Gertie Messinger, Ted Lorch, Phil Dunham, Fred Toones. Harry rides into Durango only to find himself involved in a battle of wits with a local bad man. He teams up with the

(1934) Joan Lowell. A riotously bad jungle docu-drama. Lowell, a self-styled adventuress, retells her “true” adventures in the wilds of Guatemala. Her overacting is a sight to see, especially in the clima

(1947) Rory Calhoun, Ronda Flemming, Paul Kelly, Alan Napier. FIRST TIME IN COLOR! Two sailors plot to steal goods off their own vessel. They end up shipwrecked on a jungle isle ruled by a madman w

(1964) Guy Madison, Nadia Gray, Rik Battaglia. In the New World, a rugged pirate leader and a corrupt governor vie for the affections of a beautiful Indian heiress. She falls in love with the pirate and to

(1951) Jack Hawkins, Dennis Price, Siobhan McKenna, Peter Hammond, Bernard Lee. A fine cast is featured in this cool action thriller. After the end of the Boer War in South African a group of fortune

(1943) Hans Albers, Hermann Speelmans, Käthe Haack, Ferdinand Marian.  Armed with immortality, Munchausen rides horses, hot air balloons and even cannon balls as he travels the world saving beautiful ladies of royalty.  He is aided by his faithful servant who is armed with a fantastic rifle that can hit targets from 100 miles away and a runner who can sprint great distances in seconds... 

(1943, Universal) Tom Brown, 13 chapters, Plenty of action and espionage in this long thought to be lost wartime serial.

(1934, Security) Wally Wales, Al Mix, Buffalo Bill, Jr. This ultra rare B western short has Wally and Al being dry-gulched by the very outlaw they’re trailing. Made for pennies by Denver Dixon. ALSO: HE

(1939, Equity) Monty Rawlins, Betty Burgess, Larry Mason. This film is light years away from being a classic B western, but it's sooo campy you just can't help liking it. Yet, it does have some genuinely

(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.

(1965) Heinz Drache, Barbara Rutting, Klaus Kinski, Brigitte Horney, Margot Trooger, Eddi arent. The mad killer, “The Ringer” (aka “Der Hexer”) returns to England. This time to punish criminals who have committed murders under...

(1964) Brad Newman, Eric Douglas. A secret agent seeks a fellow spy in hiding...