Bela Lugosi
Biography: Bela Lugosi (born Bela Ferenc Dezso Blasko) was a Hungarian stage, screen, and television actor. He was born on October 20, 1882 and passed away on August 16, 1956. He is best remembered for his iconic portrayal of Count Dracula in the classic 1931 Dracula film.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 17, 1882
Deathday: August 16, 1956
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Dracula
1931-02-12
Dracula
Overview: British estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a castle in London. After Dracula enslaves Renfield and drives him to insanity, the pair sail to London together and Dracula, a secret vampire, begins preying on London socialites.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-12
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The Movie Orgy
1968-01-01
The Movie Orgy
Overview: Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
Genres: Comedy Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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The Head of Janus
1920-08-26
The Head of Janus
Overview: Two opposing characters are hidden in the person of the inconspicuous London gentleman Dr. Warren and Janus. Lost film.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-08-26
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Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959-07-22
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Overview: In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife and on the next day he also dies. However, the space soldier Eros and her mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both and the strong Inspector Clay that was murdered by the couple. Their intention is not to conquest Earth but to stop mankind from developing the powerful bomb “Solobonite” that would threaten the universe. When the population of Hollywood and Washington DC sees flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife and a policeman try to stop the aliens.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-22
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Island of Lost Souls
1932-12-24
Island of Lost Souls
Overview: An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-24
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948-06-15
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Overview: Baggage handlers Bud and Lou accidentally stumble upon Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula and the Wolf Man.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-15
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The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942-03-13
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Overview: Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can rule the world using the monster's body, but the plan goes sour when he turns malevolent and goes on a rampage.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-13
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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943-03-05
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Overview: Grave robbers open the grave of the wolf man and awaken him. He doesn't like the idea of being immortal and killing people when the moon is full so tries to find Dr. Frankenstein, in the hopes that the doctor can cure him. Dr. Frankenstein has died; however, his monster is found.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-03-05
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Son of Frankenstein
1939-01-13
Son of Frankenstein
Overview: One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-13
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Ninotchka
1939-11-23
Ninotchka
Overview: A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-23
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Zombies on Broadway
1945-05-01
Zombies on Broadway
Overview: Two bumbling press agents must search for a zombie to fulfill a commitment to their ex-gangster boss's new nightclub or face the consequences.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-05-01
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The Body Snatcher
1945-05-25
The Body Snatcher
Overview: Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-05-25
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Invisible Ghost
1941-04-25
Invisible Ghost
Overview: The town's leading citizen becomes a homicidal maniac after his wife deserts him.
Genres: Horror Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-25
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One Body Too Many
1944-11-24
One Body Too Many
Overview: An insurance salesman, Albert Tuttle, is hired as a body guard for a millionaire.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-24
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The Black Cat
1934-05-07
The Black Cat
Overview: After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-07
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Black Dragons
1942-03-06
Black Dragons
Overview: It is prior to the commencement of World War II, and Japan's fiendish Black Dragon Society is hatching an evil plot with the Nazis. They instruct a brilliant scientist, Dr. Melcher, to travel to Japan on a secret mission. There he operates on six Japanese conspirators, transforming them to resemble six American leaders. The actual leaders are murdered and replaced with their likeness.
Genres: Horror War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-06
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Scared to Death
1947-02-01
Scared to Death
Overview: A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor indicate they want the marriage dissolved. Arriving at the scene is a mysterious personage identified as the doctor's brother who formerly was a stage magician in Europe. He is accompanied by a threatening dwarf...
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-01
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The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
1935-04-27
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
Overview: During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.
Genres: Drama Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-27
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The Corpse Vanishes
1942-05-08
The Corpse Vanishes
Overview: A scientist keeps his wife young by killing, stealing the bodies of, and taking the gland fluid from virgin brides.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-08
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The Return of the Vampire
1943-11-11
The Return of the Vampire
Overview: In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-11
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The Human Monster
1939-11-03
The Human Monster
Overview: Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-03
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Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004-04-01
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
Overview: How much do you know about classic horror films? Take the quiz and find out.
Genres: Horror Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-01
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White Zombie
1932-07-28
White Zombie
Overview: In Haiti, a wealthy landowner convinces a sorcerer to lure the American woman he has fallen for away from her fiance, only to have the madman decide to keep the woman for himself, as a zombie.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-28
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The Horror Show
1979-02-06
The Horror Show
Overview: A history of horror movies.
Genres: Horror Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-06
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The Invisible Ray
1936-01-20
The Invisible Ray
Overview: Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot...using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-20
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The Wolf Man
1941-12-12
The Wolf Man
Overview: After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-12
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Voodoo Man
1944-02-21
Voodoo Man
Overview: A mad doctor (Bela Lugosi) and his helpers (John Carradine, George Zucco) lure girls to his lab for brain work, to help his wife.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-02-21
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Heroes of Horror
2001-01-01
Heroes of Horror
Overview: A&E Comprehensive biographies of five of the greatest classic stars of the horror genre. Features lots or archive footage from some the greatest horror films committed to celluloid.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Murders in the Rue Morgue
1932-01-27
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Overview: In 19th century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets failure as the abducted women die.
Genres: Crime Horror Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-27
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The Black Sleep
1956-06-15
The Black Sleep
Overview: In 19th century England, a noted brain surgeon rescues a former student from being hanged on a false conviction for murder, and spirits him away to an ancient, repurposed abbey far in the countryside. There, he connives his pupil into assisting him in mapping the functions of the various parts of the human brain, using living subjects who are under a terrible animation-suspending drug called "black sleep". Subsequently, the student, along with the daughter of one of the subjects, discover that most of these subjects have survived but are being kept in a dungeon-like cellar, in various stages of physical and mental derangement...
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-15
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Murder by Television
1935-10-01
Murder by Television
Overview: James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send agents to acquire the invention any way they can. On the night of his initial broadcast Houghland is mysteriously murdered in the middle of his demonstration and it falls to Police Chief Nelson to determine who the murderer is from the many suspects present.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-01
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The Devil Bat
1940-12-13
The Devil Bat
Overview: Dr. Paul Carruthers is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath and Henry Morton, have cheated him out of the company's profits. He decides to get revenge by altering bats to grow twice their normal size and training them to attack when they smell a perfume of his own making. He mixes the perfume into a lotion, which he offers as a gift to Mary and Henry. When they turn up dead, a newspaper reporter decides to investigate.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-13
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Black Friday
1940-02-29
Black Friday
Overview: University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.
Genres: Science Fiction Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-29
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Mark of the Vampire
1935-04-26
Mark of the Vampire
Overview: Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications pointing to a vampire assault. The victim's friend, Baron Otto, and the physician who analyzes the body are certain that the vampire is the mysterious Count Mora, or perhaps his daughter, but receive little help from the law. Professor Zelen, an expert in the occult, is called in to assist with the investigation.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-26
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Bride of the Monster
1955-05-11
Bride of the Monster
Overview: Dr. Eric Vornoff, with the help of his mute assistant Lobo, captures twelve men for a grisly experiment; His goal to turn them into supermen using atomic energy. Reporter Janet Lawton, fiancée of the local lieutenant, vows to investigate Vornoff's supposedly haunted house.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-11
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The Black Cat
1941-05-02
The Black Cat
Overview: Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.
Genres: Comedy Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-02
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Return of the Ape Man
1944-07-17
Return of the Ape Man
Overview: The discovery of a perfectly preserved caveman prompts a mad scientist to attempt a daring brain transplant.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-17
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Álarcosbál
1918-03-11
Álarcosbál
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1918-03-11
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The Ape Man
1943-03-05
The Ape Man
Overview: A scientist is turned into an ape man.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-03-05
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Spooks Run Wild
1941-10-24
Spooks Run Wild
Overview: A group of delinquents on their way to summer camp get stuck in a haunted house.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-24
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The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974-02-20
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Overview: In this made-for-TV production, Vincent Price and his hunchback sidekick (Billy Van) host a pun-filled salute to the horror film genre from its earliest beginnings all the way up to The Exorcist. Featuring clips from classic horror films and interviews with genre greats like Frank Gorshin, John Carradine, John Astin and SFX legend Bill Tuttle, among others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-20
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Bowery at Midnight
1942-10-30
Bowery at Midnight
Overview: A seemingly charitable soup kitchen operator (who moonlights as a criminology professor) uses his Bowery mission as a front for his criminal gang. Police attempt to close in on the gang as they commit a series of robberies, murders and bizarre experiments on corpses.
Genres: Crime Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-30
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The Our Gang Story
1994-01-01
The Our Gang Story
Overview: Join all you favorites--Spanky, Buckwheat, Alfalfa, Darla, Butch, Froggy and more--in a jam-packed special covering more than twenty years and 200 episodes of Hal Roach's inimitable brand of childhood magic. This fascinating video offers insight into the Gang's personal lives, as rare footage follows each member's career through the joys and misfortunes that went along with being one of America's most beloved kids. See how the series began in 1922 and changed after the first all-talking release in 1929, why Shirley Temple and Mickey Rooney never made the Gang, a fifteenth anniversary reunion, and clips from their only feature.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
1952-09-04
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
Overview: The Singer Duke Mitchell meets Sammy Petrillo in this parody of Martin & Lewis. They arrive on a jungle island, where a mad scientist played by Bela Lugosi makes human experiments.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-04
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The Black Camel
1931-06-21
The Black Camel
Overview: Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tarneverro first. Enter inspector Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, investigating the unsolved murder, three years earlier, of a Hollywood actor.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-06-21
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The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935-01-25
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Overview: Mr. Wong is a "harmless" Chinatown shopkeeper by day and relentless blood-thirsty pursuer of the Twelve Coins of Confucius by night. With possession of the coins, Mr. Wong will be supreme ruler of the Chinese province of Keelat, and his evil destiny will be fulfilled. A killing spree follows in dark and dangerous Chinatown as Wong gets control of 11 of the 12 coins. Reporter Jason Barton and his girl Peg are hot on his trail, but soon find themselves in serious trouble when they stumble onto Wong's headquarters.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-25
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The Saint's Double Trouble
1940-01-26
The Saint's Double Trouble
Overview: Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar lands in hot water when a look-alike smuggles stolen goods out of Egypt.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-26
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The Phantom Creeps
1939-01-07
The Phantom Creeps
Overview: A mad scientist attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-07
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The Raven
1935-07-08
The Raven
Overview: A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to his isolated castle-like home, where he has created a torture chamber with the intent of torturing them for having 'tortured' him.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-08
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You'll Find Out
1940-11-22
You'll Find Out
Overview: The manager of Kay Kyser’s band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.
Genres: Comedy Horror Romance Music Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-22
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Overview: Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-25
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The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
1996-05-01
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Overview: Often called the worst director in the history of cinema, Ed Wood is nevertheless a beloved figure among cult-film aficionados for his oddball productions. This documentary takes a look back at Wood's unique career at the margins of 1950s Hollywood, speaking to those who loved him and hated him. Bela Lugosi Jr. discusses his father's work in the abysmal "Plan 9 From Outer Space," while a Baptist reverend recalls how he was tricked into financing the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-01
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Ghosts on the Loose
1943-07-30
Ghosts on the Loose
Overview: The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.
Genres: Comedy Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-07-30
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The American Nightmare
2000-09-11
The American Nightmare
Overview: An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-11
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Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007-10-24
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Overview: On Valentines Day, 1931, Universal Pictures released the film Dracula - the first true horror movie. Its worldwide success catapulted the film's lead actor, Romanian-born Bela Lugosi, to overnight stardom. "Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire" traces the life and career of this mysterious man whose name became synonymous with the evil, yet magnetically compelling Count Dracula. Using archival still and film clips as well as interviews with film historians, actors and Lugosi himself, the special chronicles the meteoric rise and then precipitous decline of a talented yet tragic man who forever changed the face of horror films.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-24
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The Death Kiss
1932-12-05
The Death Kiss
Overview: When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-05
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Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
1952-07-11
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Overview: The legendary Bela Lugosi as "the Vampire" teams up with Britain's much-loved "Mother Riley" in this hilarious comedy adventure. The Vampire plans to control the world with the help of his robot, which accidentally gets shipped to Mother Riley. Through radar control, he contacts the robot and orders it to come to him, bringing along Mother Riley! But his life is turned upside down when he holds this most meddling of mothers captive.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-11
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The Return of Chandu
1934-10-01
The Return of Chandu
Overview: Chandu consults his crystal ball and sees that Nadji, Princess of Egypt, is in danger. She is about to be sacrificed by the black magic cult of Ubasti. Headed for the magic island of Lemuria, he is shipwrecked , washed ashore and captured. He becomes invisible, escapes and after numerous detours is able to rescue the princess.
Genres: Action Fantasy Romance Adventure Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-01
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The Veiled Woman
1929-04-14
The Veiled Woman
Overview: A woman tells a girl who's just been rescued from a notorious rake, four stories of men from her own life, one of whom she had to kill to protect herself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-14
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Chandu the Magician
1932-08-04
Chandu the Magician
Overview: When delusional madman Roxor kidnaps a scientist in hopes of using his death ray to achieve world dominance, he is opposed by Chandu, a powerful hypnotist and yogi.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-04
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The Gorilla
1939-05-26
The Gorilla
Overview: When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to act as bodyguards. In short order, we discover that there is more to the attorney than meets the eye, and the ape may be innocent after all. When a pretty young heiress faces peril, it's up to our heroic trio to save the day.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-26
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Night Monster
1942-10-20
Night Monster
Overview: Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrible deaths.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-20
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The Thirteenth Chair
1929-10-19
The Thirteenth Chair
Overview: Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel, Edward Wales is determined to trap his killer by staging a seance using a famous medium. Many of the 13 seance participants had a reason and a means to kill, and one of them uses the cover of darkness to kill again. When someone close to the medium is suspected she turns detective, in the hope of uncovering the true murderer.
Genres: Mystery Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-10-19
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Shadow of Chinatown
1936-10-10
Shadow of Chinatown
Overview: A madman sets out to destroy a group of Chinatown merchants.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-10
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Deerslayer
1920-09-14
Deerslayer
Overview: Chingachgook, son of the chief of the Delaware Indian tribe and faithful friend of Hawkeye the Deerslayer is raised by his tribe after being orphaned.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-09-14
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Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode
2011-10-04
Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode
Overview: This exhaustive documentary attempts to tell the history of Bram Stoker's influential novel Dracula, explaining both the historical antecedents to the story, as well as offering look at Stoker's life in order to help illuminate this enduring horror tale, and exposing some of the myths surrounding vampires that have long been accepted as fact.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-04
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991-01-01
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Overview: A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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The Many Faces of Dracula
2000-01-01
The Many Faces of Dracula
Overview: Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991-01-01
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Overview: Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.
Genres: Documentary Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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The Whispering Shadow
1933-04-17
The Whispering Shadow
Overview: A mysterious criminal known as The Whispering Shadow commits crimes by means of a gang he controls by television and radio rays. Jack Norton, whose brother was murdered by The Whispering Shadow, suspects that the eerie Professor Strang - whose ghostly wax museum contains figures far too lifelike - may be involved in the crimes.
Genres: Action Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-17
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Gift of Gab
1934-09-01
Gift of Gab
Overview: Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-01
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Night of Terror
1933-04-23
Night of Terror
Overview: The heirs to a family fortune are required to attend a seance at the spooky old family mansion. However, throughout the night members of the family are being killed off one by one.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-23
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Postal Inspector
1936-08-16
Postal Inspector
Overview: Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-16
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Chandu on the Magic Island
1935-01-01
Chandu on the Magic Island
Overview: On the mystic island of Lemuria, the cult of Ubasti seek the Egyptian Princess Nadji to sacrifice so that their goddess Ossana, whose soul resides in Nadji's body, may be resurrected by Black Magic. Nadji is located in the Far East port of Suva, but shielded by the White Magical powers of Frank Chandler, an American raised by Eastern mystics who is also known as Chandu. When Chandu takes a voyage alone, however, the evil Voice of Ubasti is able to magically spirit her to Lemuria, where Black Magic reigns supreme. Chandu sets out in pursuit with his sister Dorothy, niece Betty and nephew Bob; but, shipwrecked on the magic island, Chandu finds his family also held prisoner for sacrifice while he is plunged into an endless maze of caverns beneath the evil temple, where both his mortal and magical strength seem rendered useless.
Genres: Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-01
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Genius at Work
1946-10-20
Genius at Work
Overview: Two actors who play detectives on the radio find themselves investigating a real crime masterminded by an arch-criminal named the Cobra.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-20
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The Midnight Girl
1925-02-14
The Midnight Girl
Overview: A corrupt art patron finds himself in love with the same girl as his stepson.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-02-14
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Daughter of the Night
1920-02-26
Daughter of the Night
Overview: French aristocrat falls for Russian nightclub singer, gets involved in underground Russian revolutionary movement. Parts 1 and 2 were re-edited in the only surviving copy named Daughter of the Night.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-02-26
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Daughter of the Night 2
1920-09-23
Daughter of the Night 2
Overview: French aristocrat falls for Russian nightclub singer, gets involved in underground Russian revolutionary movement. Part 1 and 2 were re-edited in the surviving copy named Daughter of the night.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-09-23
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982-01-01
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Overview: A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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SOS Coast Guard
1937-08-28
SOS Coast Guard
Overview: An internationally-notorious criminal scientist returns to the US to sell his latest invention, a disintegrating gas, to a foreign power. When he arrives, however, he is spotted by a young Coast Guard man, whom he kills - and thus earns the enmity of the entire US Coast Guard, but especially the murdered Guardsman's older brother who, together with his reporter-girlfriend and her comical photographer, vigorously sets to tracking him down and interfering with his plans to develop the city-melting gas in quantity. A Republic Serial in 12 Chapters.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-28
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Renegades
1930-10-26
Renegades
Overview: Four one-for-all and all-for-one privates in the French Foreign Legion are all in jail for disorderly conduct, but they break out and rejoin their regiment and fight off a band of marauding Arabs, and are soon in Casablanca getting decorated by the French Minister of War. Deucalion spots Eleanor, a spy who had done him dirt and after tangling with the local gendarmes, they take her and head back for Morocco where they are charged with desertion, and have to go out and defeat some more marauding natives, and dodge the machine-gun fire directed at them by the highly-displeased Eleanor, and one thing just follows another.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-26
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The Silent Command
1923-08-18
The Silent Command
Overview: A distinguished young Naval officer from a celebrated military falls prey to a terrorist and his seductress accomplice bent on destroying the Panama Canal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-08-18
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Broadminded
1931-08-01
Broadminded
Overview: Jack's father lowers the boom when his irresponsible rich-kid ends up in jail after a night of debauchery. The father appoints Ossie, Jack's cousin, as guardian, not realizing that Ossie is just as bad. They set off on a transcontinental trip with mischief on their minds.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-01
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Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
1999-06-14
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Overview: Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews with family members and acquaintances.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-14
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Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995-01-01
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Overview: From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a popular icon since the 1930s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Intimate Interviews: Bela Lugosi
1931-11-26
Intimate Interviews: Bela Lugosi
Overview: Actor Bela Lugosi discusses his career, his social life, and his feelings about his most famous role, Count Dracula.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-26
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The Best Man Wins
1935-01-14
The Best Man Wins
Overview: A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to work for a criminal searching for lost treasures. Meanwhile his friend, who has since become a policeman, finds himself assigned to break up the crook's operation and bring in his gang--including the man who saved his life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-14
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Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014-08-01
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Overview: Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat, Wolfman, King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein, and more. Grab the popcorn and take a deep breath as we conjure up the thrills, chills and magic of Monster Madness!
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-01
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How to Handle Women
1928-10-14
How to Handle Women
Overview: When Leonard Higgins, a cartoonist, meets Prince Hendryx, ruler of the small nation of Vulgaria, he offers to help save the country by advertising the nonexistent crop, the peanut.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-14
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Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006-09-26
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
Overview: Film historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Bela Lugosi.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-26
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Overview: Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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The Horror of It All
1983-02-23
The Horror of It All
Overview: A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-23
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Dracula Unearthed
2022-10-31
Dracula Unearthed
Overview: Commemorates 100 years since the release of the German classic, Nosferatu, by FW Murnau, and explores the general fascination of Count Dracula, a figure who resonates with audiences across the literary, art, mythological and historical worlds.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-31
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Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990-01-01
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Overview: See America's funniest comedy team in rare movie trailers, hilarious highlights, belly-busting bloopers, and scenes from their starring feature films, all the way from first (Buck privates) to last (Dance With Me Henry). After early success in burlesque and radio, they made their movie debut with supporting roles in One Night in the Tropics and got top billing in their very next film, becoming the nation's #1 boxoffice draw of the '40s. The Andrews Sisters, Dick Powell, Shemp Howard, Martha Raye, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Dorsey, Lucille Ball and Marjorie Main co-star in films like In the Navy, Rio Rita, In Society, Little Giant, and Mexican Hayride. They also go to Hollywood and Venus (not Mars), and meet Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula, the Wolf Man, Boris Karloff, the Invisible Man, Captain Kidd, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Keystone Kops, and the Mummy.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Wild Company
1930-07-05
Wild Company
Overview: The son of a wealthy politician falls in with a notorious gangster planning to rob a night club.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-05
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Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990-01-01
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Overview: Welcome behind the closed doors of a Hollywood that only a select few will ever get to see -- a Hollywood of tragic lives and tragic deaths. Some of the worlds brightest stars are hiding deep, dark secrets that - once revealed show a life of unhappiness, heartbreak and torment that has been so carefully hidden behind the glamour and glitter of the big screen. See the true lives behind some of Hollywoods most iconic stars and learn why, for some, it was as if the act of dying itself was a final performance.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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The Devil's in Love
1933-07-21
The Devil's in Love
Overview: The French Foreign Legion is the setting for this episodic adventure yarn. Victor Jory plays a Legion doctor falsely accused of murdering his commander over the love of Loretta Young. Jory escapes prosecution by heading for parts unknown, but when a deadly illness strikes his old fort, he returns to aid his comrades. He is arrested, but clears himself of the murder charge and ends up with Young. Devil's in Love is distinguished by the surprise appearance of Bela Lugosi, who shows up unbilled as a relentless prosecuting attorney in the courtroom scenes.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-21
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Extraordinary Tales
2013-02-28
Extraordinary Tales
Overview: Five tales by Edgar Allan Poe come to life thanks to a pictorical style animation, five tales that exude madness, pestilence, murder and torture.
Genres: Horror Animation Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-28
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King of Jazz
1930-04-20
King of Jazz
Overview: Made during the early years of the movie musical, this exuberant revue was one of the most extravagant, eclectic, and technically ambitious Hollywood productions of its day. Starring the bandleader Paul Whiteman, then widely celebrated as the King of Jazz, the film drew from Broadway variety shows to present a spectacular array of sketches, performances by such acts as the Rhythm Boys (featuring a young Bing Crosby), and orchestral numbers—all lavishly staged by veteran theater director John Murray Anderson.
Genres: Animation Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-20
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Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
1997-06-15
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
Overview: Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula uncovers the life and career of legendary actor Bela Lugosi, examining his early life in Hungary and Germany through his Hollywood successes and eventual decline. The film features a vast array of never-before-seen footage of the actor, ranging from remains of his 1918 film Struggle for Life to behind-the-scenes home movies on the set of RKO Studios. Lugosi is peppered with dozens of rare films clips and photographs, with the story itself coming to life thanks to the vast array of on-camera interviewees.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-15
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Shadow of Chinatown
1936-10-17
Shadow of Chinatown
Overview: Feature version of the 1936 serial starring Bela Lugosi. A European importing firm resorts to devious extremes to run its Chinese competition out of business.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-17
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Dracula
1963-01-01
Dracula
Overview: 8-minute shortened version of Tod Browning's 1931 classic "Dracula."
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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The Son of Frankenstein
1965-01-01
The Son of Frankenstein
Overview: 9 minute home-movie version of the 1939 feature film "Son of Frankenstein" from Castle Films.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi
2023-11-03
A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi
Overview: Bela Lugosi returns from beyond to present this documentary that investigates the origins of erotic and pornographic cinema, with uncensored images of surviving films, the first erotic films, explicit sex filmed in clandestinity, where they came from and who watched. A curious and interesting work of collages that is very informative.
Genres: Documentary Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-11-03
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
1933-03-10
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
Overview: In the Hollywood Hall of Fame - a wax museum - the figure of Eddie Borden comes to life and introduces us to various stars in effigy. Pining over the effigy of Clara Bow, her husband Rex Bell suggests that Eddie get on with Betty Boop. Betty asks Eddie to accompany her in a rendition of "My Silent Love."
Genres: Horror Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-10
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The Rejected Woman
1924-05-04
The Rejected Woman
Overview: Diane Duprez falls in love with Leslie in the snows of a Canadian village. And when they are trapped by a blizzard, her father thinks wrong of her...
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-05-04
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Lock Up Your Daughters
1959-01-01
Lock Up Your Daughters
Overview: A collection of scenes from various Bela Lugosi movies.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
2004-07-13
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
Overview: There are some movies that are so bad they're good. And there are some movies that are so bad- that they're just bad...
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-13
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International House
1933-05-27
International House
Overview: Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this is a hotel where Burns and Allen are the in-house medical staff, a measles risk sends the whole building into quarantine, and a madcap millionaire crashes dinner in his autogyro. Hotel and radioscope become a stage for an all-star cast of comedians and musicians, from vaudeville to the new generation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-27
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Women of All Nations
1931-05-31
Women of All Nations
Overview: Marines Flagg and Quirt fought together in WWI and Panama. After some time in New York they go to Sweden and compete for the love of Else. Next they go to Nicaragua and help earthquake victims. Then to Egypt where Else is now in Prince Hassan's harem.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-31
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50 Million Frenchmen
1931-02-14
50 Million Frenchmen
Overview: In this comedy, two men make an extravagant $50,000 dollar bet that one of them will be able to successfully court a lovely woman without spending any money. To foil his scheme, the other bettor hires two henchmen to stop him.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-14
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Viennese Nights
1930-11-25
Viennese Nights
Overview: In 1890, Gus Sascher joins the Austrian Army and romances the impoverished girl Elsa Hofner. Elsa instead marries the wealthier officer Franz von Renner, in an attempt at social climbing.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-25
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Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
1980-01-01
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
Overview: American horror short from 1980.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Caravan of Death
1920-11-16
Caravan of Death
Overview: Caravan of Death (German: Die Todeskarawane) is a 1920 silent German film, it was an adaptation of the latter half of the Karl May novel From Baghdad to Stamboul, and is now considered to be lost. The film featured Bela Lugosi playing an Arab Sheik pitted against European travellers in an adventure story set in the Sahara. It was the second of three films released by Ustad based on desert adventure novels by Karl May. Although Karl May’s widow praised the film, critics were unimpressed and it was a commercial failure.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-11-16
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Die Teufelsanbeter
1920-12-01
Die Teufelsanbeter
Overview: In the wild, hardly explored mountains of Kurdish country lives the mysterious society of the Jesidi , who are called the devil worshipers by their opponents. In these mountains, shaded by dark fir trees, revenge and hatred reign and constant struggle between the countless races and sects. Strange festivals unite the fervor of thousands, crowned by the dramatic sacrificial death of one of their holy men. And yet, even in these pictures, which are filled with tremendous passion, there is no lack of warm humor and a cheerful, strong forgiving nature that leads everything to a liberating end. The film is believed to be lost.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-12-01
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Sklaven fremden Willens
1920-01-03
Sklaven fremden Willens
Overview: When doctors fail to cure the young and beautiful Claire Raven, who for inexplicable reasons seems to have fallen under a spell, Professor Mors, an expert in the field of hypnosis, is called in to help.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-01-03
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Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
1931-12-31
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
Overview: Rare footage of Jean Harlow and Bela Lugosi discussing Dracula, as well as Walter Huston performing a musical number. It exists solely in fragmentary form.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-31
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Terror in the Tropics
2006-01-31
Terror in the Tropics
Overview: Terror in the Tropics is a loving tribute to Poverty Row studios of the 1930s and 1940s and stars Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney, Jr.. Feisty reporter Roz Darrow and photographer Ace Zucco travel aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise with the lovely Mary Ankers, who has been left an inheritance by a mysterious benefactor.
Genres: Comedy Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-31
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The Phantom Creeps
1949-06-06
The Phantom Creeps
Overview: An edited version of the 4½ hour serial about a mad scientist who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.
Genres: Action Science Fiction TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-06
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Prisoners
1929-05-18
Prisoners
Overview: Prisoners was released as a part-talking, part-silent feature. An Austrian showgirl working in a cabaret moonlights as a thief. When she is caught in the act, a young lawyer offers to defend her. Unfortunately, he loses the case, causing her to spend several months in jail. Fortunately, the two have fallen in love, and he promises to wait for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-18
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The Trail of Dracula
2013-12-12
The Trail of Dracula
Overview: Diabolical. Seductive. Immortal. Vampires have been an icon of evil in folklore and popular culture for more than three centuries, yet only one name still personifies the ultimate aristocrat of bloodlust. Now join the world’s foremost experts on Dracula – including academics, authors and horror historians – as they explore the untold story of the Transylvanian Count, from the legend of Vlad The Impaler and Bram Stoker’s celebrated novel through its landmark stage productions and classic movie adaptations.
Genres: History Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-12
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Oh, for a Man!
1930-11-28
Oh, for a Man!
Overview: Disenchanted opera star Carlotta Manson falls for ruffian cat burglar Barney McGann and gives up her career to marry him. But Barney grows disenchanted himself at being known as the husband of a diva and itches to get back to his life of crime and manliness.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-28
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Overview: Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-06
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Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund
1920-11-03
Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1920-11-03
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Drácula
1931-03-11
Drácula
Overview: At midnight on Walpurgis Night, an English clerk, Renfield, arrives at Count Dracula's castle in the Carpathian Mountains. After signing papers to take over a ruined abbey near London, Dracula drives Renfield mad and commands obedience. Renfield escorts the boxed count on a death ship to London. From there, the Count is introduced into the society of his neighbor, Dr. Seward, who runs an asylum. Dracula makes short work of family friend Lucia Weston, then begins his assault on Eva Seward, the doctor's daughter. A visiting expert in the occult, Van Helsing, recognizes Dracula for who he is, and there begins a battle for Eva's body and soul.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1931-03-11
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The Tell Tale Heart
2005-01-30
The Tell Tale Heart
Overview: A stark black-and-white adaption of Edgar Allen Poe’s story by a veteran animator long associated with Disney.
Genres: Animation Horror Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-30
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Glen or Glenda
1953-04-01
Glen or Glenda
Overview: A psychiatrist tells two stories: one of a trans woman, the other of a pseudohermaphrodite.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-01
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Daughters Who Pay
1925-05-10
Daughters Who Pay
Overview: Immediately after the October revolution, in Russia, stir unrest and propaganda against the Government of the United States. Serge Oumansky is a Communist agent trying to organize terrorist actions against the same United States.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-05-10
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Ed Wood: Making Bela
2004-10-19
Ed Wood: Making Bela
Overview: Martin Landau talks about how he portrayed Bela Lugosi in the movie. He mentions the similarities between Lugosi and his own career, and how he worked on the Hungarian accent. Rick Baker, who won an Oscar for the make-up effects, discusses how he approached transforming Landau into Lugosi, and how much he wanted to do the project.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-19
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The Leopard
1918-09-23
The Leopard
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1918-09-23
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Screen Snapshots No. 11
1934-01-01
Screen Snapshots No. 11
Overview: Long before the release of the cult film Dracula vs. Frankenstein, the original stars of Dracula and Frankenstein met face to face--for a game of chess. The scene is from an early 1934 episode of Columbia Pictures' Screen Snapshots, a series of short films featuring the off-screen lives of Hollywood stars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-01
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Such Men Are Dangerous
1930-03-09
Such Men Are Dangerous
Overview: A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that spurned him on their wedding night.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-09
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The Royal Life
1918-01-21
The Royal Life
Overview: A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1918-01-21
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The World of Abbott and Costello
1965-04-01
The World of Abbott and Costello
Overview: A compilation of clips from 19 Abbott & Costello features: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, In the Navy, Hit the Ice, Who Done It?, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Mexican Hayride, Hold That Ghost, Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion, Little Giant, In Society, Ride 'Em Cowboy, The Naughty Nineties, Buck Privates Come Home, Buck Privates, Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops, Lost in Alaska, Comin' Round the Mountain, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars and Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy. - Written by Tom Weaver
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-01
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Lugosi: The Forgotten King
1986-07-12
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
Overview: A one hour documentary on the life of one of Hollywood's neglected horror icons, hosted by fear fan extraordinare Forrest J Ackerman & interviews with Hollywood legends John Carradine, Ralph Bellamy, Carroll Borland and B-movie producer Alex Gordon.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-12
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Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
2003-05-27
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
Overview: Ever wonder if celebrity truly dies with the celebrity, if graves really can give up the dead, or if walls really do talk? Then join the hunt for star haunts and hauntings in and around the city of broken dreams - Hollywood, California. Find out the details of the odd pilgrimages and observances held at celebrity gravesites, the eerie accounts of strange studio haunts, the unusual tales of ghostly disturbances at the mansions of the stars, and the spooky sightings of apparitions on the Grey Ghost herself, the legendary luxury liner, the Queen Mary. With this program, you have a unique backstage pass to the studio lots, the crypts, the tombstones, the cemeteries, and the homes of some of Hollywood's most notable characters, ranging from Bugsy Siegel and Rudolph Valentino to Harry Houdini and Marilyn Monroe. So if your curiosity is sparked and your courage is up to par, then come along on a truly terrifying tour of Hollywood Ghosts and Gravesites.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-27
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Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007-03-10
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Overview: Our intrepid adventurers Ace Zucco and Mike Flannigan from Terror in the Tropics return for another exciting quest in Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb. Ace Zucco has a new partner, reporter Fay Kendall, who is more than a match for the rowdy photographer. Daily Dispatch editor Mac sends them on assignment accompanying his niece Kate as she tries to find Rick Banning, her fiancée, an archeologist who disappeared while working in Egypt. A letter from Rick directs them to Lord Darby in England. The trail takes them from London to Scotland and finally to Egypt where they discover more than they bargained for as they search for the lost city of Lemuria.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-10
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Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000-08-29
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Overview: Documentary featured on the Classic Monster Collection and Monster Legacy Collection for The Mummy (1932).
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-29
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Death Scenes 2
1992-01-01
Death Scenes 2
Overview: DEATH SCENES II continues the exploration into the dark recesses of violence and rage that ended in such heinous crimes as the Manson Family's assault on society. You'll see the gruesome aftermath of mob reprisals, public executions and international terrorism. DEATH SCENES II uniquely ushers the brave and curious into a spellbinding trip through the reality that is our world today.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007-05-16
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Overview: Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with the genre helped bring it into the mainstream and shape the way we view science fiction today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-16
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Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999-01-01
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Overview: Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster by Moonlight! explores these movies. Rick Baker explains how the make-up was done on Chaney's character. Screenwriter Curtis Siodmak took very little from earlier werewolf legends, providing his own story for some of the films. This documentary displays clips from several other movies, including "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948) and "House of Dracula" (1945).
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Universal Horror
1998-10-08
Universal Horror
Overview: A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-08
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Amazon Women on the Moon
1987-09-18
Amazon Women on the Moon
Overview: Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-18
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He Who Gets Slapped
1924-12-22
He Who Gets Slapped
Overview: After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-12-22
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Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
2004-10-19
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
Overview: Introduced by Jonny Depp, this 14 minute behind the scenes featurette shows the filming of several scenes, without narration or interviews.
Genres: Documentary Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-19
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Ed Wood
1994-09-28
Ed Wood
Overview: The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-28
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