Peter Cushing
Also Known As: Peter Wilton Cushing, 彼得·庫辛, Питер Кушинг, Питер Уилтон Кушинг, پیتر کوشینگ
Biography: Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite Christopher Lee, and occasionally Vincent Price. A familiar face on both sides of the Atlantic, his most famous roles outside of "Hammer Horror" include his many appearances as Sherlock Holmes, as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977) and as the mysterious Doctor Who in Doctor Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD in 1965 and 1966, two cinema films based on the television series Doctor Who. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Cushing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kenley, Surrey, England, UK
Birthday: May 26, 1913
Deathday: August 11, 1994
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Gender: Male
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Star Wars
Overview: Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-25
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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Overview: Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is tormented by a trapped soul in an alien shell and, after a visit to his wife who violently rejects his monstrous form, the creature wreaks his revenge on the perpetrator of his misery: Baron Frankenstein.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-22
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The Curse of Frankenstein
Overview: Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-20
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Frankenstein Created Woman
Overview: A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of souls, places the boy's soul into her body, bringing Christina back to life. Driven by revenge, she carries out a violent retribution on those responsible for both deaths.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-15
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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Overview: Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-02
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The Evil of Frankenstein
Overview: Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life with the help of the hypnotist Zoltan who now controls the creature. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell that incites the monster to commit these horrific murders or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-05-08
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The Revenge of Frankenstein
Overview: Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf Fritz, the Baron relocates to Carlsbruck, where he continues his gruesome experiments.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-13
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Biggles
Overview: Unassuming catering salesmen Jim Ferguson falls through a time hole to 1917 where he saves the life of dashing Royal Flying Corps pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth after his photo recon mission is shot down. Before he can work out what has happened, Jim is zapped back to the 1980s......
Genres: Action Family Fantasy Science Fiction War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-30
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Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Overview: Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. Gawain journeys across the land, learning about life, saving damsels, and solving the Green Knight's riddle.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-17
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The Brides of Dracula
Overview: A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr. Van Helsing is already on his way.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-01
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Overview: When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-04
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Hamlet
Overview: Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-10
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Dracula
Overview: After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-21
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The Vampire Lovers
Overview: In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family's decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-04
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Top Secret!
Overview: Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-08
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Dracula A.D. 1972
Overview: Set in London in the early 1970's, supposedly for teen thrills, Johnny organises a black magic ceremony in a desolate churchyard. The culmination of the ritual, however, is the rejuvenation of Dracula from shrivelled remains. Johnny, Dracula' s disciple, lures victims to the deserted graveyard for his master's pleasure and one of the victims delivered is Jessica Van Helsing. Descended from the Van Helsing line of vampire hunters her grandfather, equipped with all the devices to snare and destroy the Count, confronts his arch enemy in the age-old battle between good and evil.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-26
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At the Earth's Core
Overview: A huge burrowing machine tunnels out of control at ferocious speed, cutting clean through to the center of the earth, to the twilight world of pellucidar. Once there, Dr. Perry and David Innes are threatened by half human creatures, lizard-like birds, and man-eating plants.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-01
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Horror Express
Overview: Mysterious and unearthly deaths start to occur while Professor Saxton is transporting the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid creature he found in Manchuria back to Europe.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-09-30
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The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Overview: Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural China. He is the only person qualified to deal with the cause of these phenomena, for the undead are controlled by the most diabolical force of all.... Count Dracula. But he is not alone- to aid him comes a mystical brotherhood of seven martial arts warriors.
Genres: Action Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-11
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Dr. Who and the Daleks
Overview: Scientist Doctor Who accidentally activates his new invention, the Tardis, a time machine disguised as a police telephone box. Who, his two granddaughters Barbara and Susan, and Barbara's boyfriend Ian are transported through time and space to the planet Skaro, where a peaceful race of Thals are under threat of nuclear attack from the planet's other inhabitants: the robotic mutant Daleks.
Genres: Adventure Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-08-23
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Asylum
Overview: A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-17
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Shock Waves
Overview: Visitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been breeding a group of zombie soldiers.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-07-15
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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Overview: Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new wife is a vampire; a huge plant takes over a house; a musician gets involved with voodoo; an art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-02-23
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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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Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Overview: Explore the most legendary horror studio of all time with this fascinating, frightening journey hosted by terror titans Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. England's most successful independent film company, the "fear factory" of Hammer Studios, has a history filled with feuds, censorship battles and streaks of luck both good and bad. Now the legacy of horror returns, featuring interviews with such Hammer legends as Raquel Welch, Veronica Carlson, Caroline Munro, Ingrid Pitt, Jimmy Sangster, Hazel Court, Martine Beswicke, Freddie Francis, Val Guest and Ray Harryhausen. Plus you'll be treated to behind-the-scenes home movies and nonstop shock scenes from over 40 classic films, including Horror of Dracula, Curse of Frankenstein, The Devil Rides Out, Curse of the Werewolf and many more! It's the definitive study of one of the greatest names in horror!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-06
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The Beast Must Die
Overview: Wealthy big game hunter Tom Newcliffe has tracked and killed practically every type of animal in the world. But one creature still evades him, the biggest game of all - a werewolf.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-01
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The Gorgon
Overview: In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she transformed the onlooker using the power of her deadly stare. Much of the time the creature took the form of a beautiful and seductive woman, but during periods of the full moon she becomes a living horror, vicious and deadly. A professor has come to investigate the deaths, bringing with him his beautiful assistant whose knowledge of the Gorgon is more intimate than anyone would ever realise.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-18
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Madhouse
Overview: A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.
Genres: Crime Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-22
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Mystery on Monster Island
Overview: A young European boy living in San Francisco is reluctant to marry his long-term girlfriend because he wants to travel around the world first. His wealthy uncle agrees to send him on a global expedition aboard his ship, but en route the boy and his travelling companion are shipwrecked on a remote island, populated by countless prehistoric creatures as well as gold-hunting bandits.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1981-04-03
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Overview: The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satanic ritual which has been occurring in a large country house, and which has been attended by a government minister, an eminent scientist and secret service chief. The owner of the house is a mysterious property tycoon who is found to be behind a sinister plot involving a deadly plague. It is in fact Dracula who, sick of his interminable existence, has decided that he must end it all in the only possible way- by destroying every last potential victim.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-17
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The Black Knight
Overview: John, a blacksmith and swordsmith, is tutored at Camelot. As a commoner, he can't hope to win the hand of Lady Linet, daughter of the Earl of Yeoniland, so he creates a secret alternate identity as the Black Knight. In this new role, he is now able to help King Arthur when Saracens and Cornish men—disguised as Vikings -- plot to take over the country.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-26
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Island of Terror
Overview: A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The community struggles to fight back.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-20
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The Masks of Death
Overview: Sherlock Holmes has retired. But when MacDonald asks him to take on another case, he says yes. There have been some mysterious murders, and there are no visible causes for the deaths. At the same time Holmes gets this case, Graf Udo Von Felseck gives him another case: find a young and missing prince to prevent war between Germany and England. But Von Felseck is not as honest as he seems...
Genres: TV Movie Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-23
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Torture Garden
Overview: Five people visit a fairground sideshow run by the sinister Dr. Diabolo. Having shown them a handful of haunted-house-style attractions, he promises them a genuinely scary experience if they will pay extra.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-01
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Twins of Evil
Overview: While dabbling in Satanism, Count Karstein resurrects Mircalla Karnstein who initiates him into vampirism. As a rash of deaths afflicts the village, Gustav the head of Puritan group leads his men to seek out and destroy the pestilence. One of his twin nieces has become inflicted with the witchcraft but Gustav's zeal and venom has trapped the innocent Maria, threatening her with a tortuous execution, whilst Frieda remains free to continue her orgy of evil.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-03
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Nothing But the Night
Overview: When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus accident very nearly takes out three more of them along with a group of orphans, Col. Bingham and his pathologist friend, Mark, begin looking into the deaths. They come to think the answer lies with one of the girls on the bus, who has vivid memories of things she could not possibly have seen.
Genres: Crime Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-16
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Legend of the Werewolf
Overview: A travelling circus in 19th century France adopts and showcases a feral "wolf boy", who grows into adulthood only to kill the one-man band. He runs off to Paris, where he develops a jealous, overprotective crush on a prostitute, leading him to attack her client, incurring a pursuit by a determined police surgeon.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-06
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And Now the Screaming Starts!
Overview: In the late 18th century, two newlyweds move into the stately mansion of husband Charles Fengriffen. The bride, Catherine, falls victim to a curse placed by a wronged servant on the Fengriffen family and all its descendants.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-27
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The Creeping Flesh
Overview: A scientist comes to believe that evil is a disease of the blood and that the flesh of a skeleton he has brought back from New Guinea contains it in a pure form. Convinced that his wife, a Folies Bergere dancer who went insane, manifested this evil, he is terrified that it will be passed on to their daughter. He tries to use the skeleton's blood to immunise her against this eventuality, but his attempt has anything but the desired result.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-12
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Scream and Scream Again
Overview: A serial killer who drains his victims for blood is on the loose and London police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-02
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Alexander the Great
Overview: An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the belief that the Greek way of thinking will bring enlightenment to people. The son of the barbaric and ruthless King Philip of Macedonia, Alexander achieved glory in his short but remarkable life.
Genres: Adventure History Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-28
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The Skull
Overview: An occult investigator buys the 150-year-old skull of the Marquis de Sade, which turns out to be possessed by evil spirits.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-08-25
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Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
Overview: A long thought lost radio interview with Peter Cushing is accompanied by comments from friends and colleagues.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-08
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Time Without Pity
Overview: Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-21
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Cash on Demand
Overview: A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal £90,000.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-20
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The Abominable Snowman
Overview: A kindly English botanist and a gruff American promoter lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.
Genres: Adventure Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-26
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The Devil's Men
Overview: A satanic cult led by Baron Corofax kidnaps three young people and Father Roche & Milo must save them from the hands of this evil.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-08-11
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Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Overview: Doctor Who and his companions are hurled into the future and make a horrifying discovery: the Daleks have conquered Earth! The metal fiends have devastated entire continents and turned the survivors into Robomen.
Genres: Family Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-08-05
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Tales from the Crypt
Overview: Five people find themselves in a tomb. The Crypt keeper explains why they are there through a series of frightening stories. Based on the classic comic book.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-09
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Dalekmania
Overview: 1995 documentary film that examines that 60's craze and focuses in particular on the two 1960's Doctor Who films starring Peter Cushing (the Cushing Doctor) -- Doctor Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD which both feature the Daleks. Interviews cover the making of the films and their fans.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-07-24
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House of the Long Shadows
Overview: An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet that he can write a classic novel like 'Wuthering Heights' in 24 hours. However, upon his arrival he discovers that the apparently empty manor has several rather odd inhabitants.
Genres: Horror Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-17
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The House That Dripped Blood
Overview: A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-22
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She
Overview: The lost city of Kuma is ruled by the cruel, arrogant, beautiful queen, Ayesha, gifted with eternal life. She lures Leo Vincey into her world, seeing in him the reincarnation of the lover she long ago murdered in a fit of violent jealousy. Against all advice Leo is determined to stay and Ayesha persuades him to bathe in the flame of eternal youth... with disastrous consequences.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-18
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Corruption
Overview: A surgeon discovers that he can restore the beauty to his girlfriend's scarred face by murdering other women and extracting fluids from their pituitary gland. However, the effects only last for a short time, so he has to kill more and more women. It is ultimately a killing spree which ends with considerable death and disaster.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-07-19
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From Beyond the Grave
Overview: Four customers purchase (or take) items from Temptations Limited, an antiques shop whose motto is "Offers You Cannot Resist". A nasty fate awaits all of them—particularly those who cheat the shop's Proprietor.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-21
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Fear in the Night
Overview: It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided her with the love and reassurance she craved for and the two settled down in a pretty house in the grounds of the public school where Robert was a master. But the headmaster of the school is not what he seems and Peggy is convinced he means to harm her - is her fear a figment of her tortured imagination or are there forces at work that intend to manipulate her anxieties with fatal consequences?
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-09
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A Tale of Two Cities
Overview: Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in the deadly web of the French Revolution and condemned to die by the guillotine, Sydney Carton concocts a dangerous plot to free the husband of the woman he loves.
Genres: TV Movie Romance Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-02
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Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Overview: The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to resurrect by murdering people in strange and heinous ways.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-01
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The Mummy
Overview: One by one the archaeologists who discover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka are brutally murdered. Kharis, high priest in Egypt 40 centuries ago, has been brought to life by the power of the ancient gods and his sole purpose is to destroy those responsible for the desecration of the sacred tomb. But Isobel, wife of one of the explorers, resembles the beautiful princess, forcing the speechless and tormented monster to defy commands and abduct Isobel to an unknown fate.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-01
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The Howards of Virginia
Overview: Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-19
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Captain Clegg
Overview: A captain and his sailors investigate the rampaging "Marsh Phantoms" terrorizing a coastal town, but their search is hindered by a local reverend and a horrifying curse.
Genres: Adventure Crime Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-13
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The Ghoul
Overview: A former clergyman (Peter Cushing) in 1920s England tries to keep his cannibalistic son locked in the attic.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1975-07-11
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I, Monster
Overview: Christopher Lee stars in this Amicus production of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” where the names have been changed to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake. Lee as Dr. Marlowe experiments with intravenous drugs that are suppose to release inner inhibitions. So comes forth Mr. Blake (also Lee) who gets more monstrous with each transformation. Peter Cushing plays his friend and colleague, Dr. Utterson.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-01
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The Flesh and the Fiends
Overview: Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human body; local ne'er-do-wells Burke and Hare find ways to provide him with fresh specimens...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-02
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Arabian Adventure
Overview: An evil caliph (Christopher Lee) offers his daughter’s hand in marriage to a prince if he can complete a perilous quest for a magical rose. Helped by a young boy and a magic carpet, Prince Hasan (Oliver Tobias), has to overcome genies, fire breathing monsters and treacherous swamps to reach his prize and claim the hand of the Princess Zuleira (Emma Samms).
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-08
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John Paul Jones
Overview: The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
Genres: War History Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-16
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Night of the Big Heat
Overview: While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea what is going on than the regulars at the Swan. Only a stand-offish visting scientist realizes space aliens are to blame.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-01
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Son of Hitler
Overview: The leader of a right-wing German political party discovers that an illiterate woodcarver is actually the son of Adolf Hitler.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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The Uncanny
Overview: Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-08-24
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Shatter
Overview: Shatter, an international contract killer, has been assigned to assassinate the President of a small African country and collect his fee from a bank in the Far East. On arrival in Hong Kong his life is threatened and when the bank denies all knowledge of payment arrangements, he realises he has been drawn into a dangerous game where there are no rules. Amongst the players are the Mafia and several foreign intelligence services and the stakes being played for are deadly.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-06
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Violent Playground
Overview: A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-14
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Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Overview: A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips from Hammer productions and interviews with actors, actresses, directors and producers who worked on these films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-26
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The Blood Beast Terror
Overview: A Scotland Yard Detective must investigate a series of murders perpetrated by a giant blood-sucking moth that can take human form.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-01
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The End of the Affair
Overview: During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-24
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Blood Suckers
Overview: A group of friends search for a young English Oxford student who has disappeared whilst researching in Greece. They are shocked to find that, wherever he has been, certain unsolved murders have taken place. Not believing that their friend could be the perpetrator of such acts, they press on with their search, finding him under the spell of a beautiful Vampire, whose blood-sucking methods include the use of sado-masochism. Believing they have killed her, the group return home, unaware that their friend is now a Vampire.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-14
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The Hellfire Club
Overview: Years after fleeing his ancestral home with his mother, Jason returns home to claim his birthright, only to find his way blocked by his evil cousin Thomas. In order to reclaim his title, Jason must do battle with his cousin, who calls upon the members of the deadly Hellfire Club to stop him.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-02-03
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Trial by Combat
Overview: A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law into their own hands by executing criminals using medieval methods such as jousting.
Genres: Action Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-01
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Overview: A man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big Brother') begins to have thoughts of rebellion and love for a fellow member. Together they look to help bring down the party.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-16
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The Naked Edge
Overview: Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-28
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Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-23
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The Man Who Finally Died
Overview: Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at the same time as a funeral is taking place in Bavaria - with his father's name on the coffin. His investigation in Bavaria reveals startling facts and the obstruction he meets makes him suspect foul play.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-01
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Tender Dracula
Overview: Two writers and their girlfriends visit the castle of an actor who specializes in playing vampire roles. As the night progresses, they begin to wonder if the man is an actor playing a vampire, or a vampire playing an actor.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-08-07
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Sword of Sherwood Forest
Overview: Robin of Loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow Hubert Walter, King's Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury. The plotters, the Sheriff of Nottingham and the Earl of Newark, have set an ambush for Walter and Lady Marian Fitzwater. Will Robin get to them before it is too late?
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-26
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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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They Dare Not Love
Overview: An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his mistake in leaving. He makes a deal with the Nazis to return in exchange for some Austrian prisoners, but discovers that the Nazis are not to be trusted.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-16
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Magic Fire
Overview: Director William Dieterle's 1956 film biography of classical composer Richard Wagner stars Carlos Thompson, Yvonne De Carlo, Rita Gam, Alan Badel and Valentina Cortese.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-30
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Vigil in the Night
Overview: A good nurse ruins her career by covering up for her sister's careless mistake.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-05
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The Great Houdinis
Overview: A biography of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed that he would speak from the beyond.
Genres: Drama TV Movie History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-08
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Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Overview: It is the end of the 18th century and smuggling is considered to be a legitimate spare-time occupation for most fishermen around the British shores. But when a gang of cut-throats, led by the infamous Black John (Bernard Lee) begins to lure ships onto the rocks of Smugglers Bay, and murdering their crews for the sake of loot, the fishermen begin to fear for their livelihoods. In desperation, they appeal to the local magistrate Squire Trevenyan (Peter Cushing).
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood
Overview: An interview with Legendary Actor Peter Cushing and clips from some of his best films.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-04
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Cone of Silence
Overview: A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for the crashes.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-10
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Suspect
Overview: A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed and jealous companion of a female colleague draw him into what, technically, could be a treasonable act.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-15
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Dr. Who: Classic Movie Double Bill
Overview: A double dose of the doctor! Two classic Dr. Who adventures return in new 4K restorations. Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) were the first time the good Doctor was ever seen in colour and on the big screen. The films, directed by Gordon Flemyng, remain the doctor’s only cinematic outings and feature the legendary Peter Cushing as everyone’s favourite timelord alongside a supporting cast that includes Roy Castle, Bernard Cribbins, Jennie Linden and Roberta Tovey.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-10
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The Standard
Overview: During the final days of the First World War, Officer Menis does his duty in defending the battle flag of the defeated Austro-Hungarian empire, while his fellow troops, a motley gang recruited from several different countries not loyal to the royal family, simply try to survive by any means possible.
Genres: War Action Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1977-11-25
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Laddie
Overview: Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military father, recently immigrated from England.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-18
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Moulin Rouge
Overview: In 1890 Paris, Moulin Rouge is a nightclub where crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec feels like he fits in. In the following years, he meets two women who provide an opportunity for him to find true love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-23
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A Chump at Oxford
Overview: The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education hijinks ensue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-25
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The Man in the Iron Mask
Overview: Tyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised from birth by his late father's trusted friend D'Artagnan and his faithful musketeers, Porthos, Athos and Aramis. After Philippe falls for the king's betrothed, Spanish Princess Maria Theresa, Louis imprisons him, forcing his brother to don an iron mask that will slowly suffocate him -- and it's up to D'Artagnan to rescue him.
Genres: Adventure History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-13
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Women in War
Overview: A "good-time girl", raised by her somewhat lax divorced father, finds herself involved in an accidental death, and the only way she's able to get out of it is to volunteer--albeit reluctantly--to be a nurse in the war effort. She travels to England and is assigned to a hospital under a very strict matron. What the girl doesn't know is that the matron is the mother she has never seen.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-05
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Anastasia
Overview: Set 16 years after the execution of the Tsar and his family by the Bolsheviks. Exiles Prince Bounine and his friends come up with a scheme to con money by claiming an imposter to be Princess Anastasia who escaped the shootings. They find a poor woman who is close to suicide and both looks the part and speaks Russian. All they need to do is train her for her role, enough to convince other members of the ex-Royal household and family also in exile.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-12
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Some May Live
Overview: During the Vietnam War U.S. decoder Kate Meredith is plagued with guilt when her husband coerces her to pass information to him and the Viet Cong.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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A Touch of the Sun
Overview: A bumbling US marine Captain is assigned to retrieve a space capsule from a despotic African ruler.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Black Jack
Overview: Sir Thomas Bedford orchestrates the heist of a Spanish casino, with the aid of a singer performing there. The police are aware of their activities, and a hostage situation arises.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-14
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Frankenstein Reborn
Overview: Short film version of the Mary Shelley tale
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-01
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One More Time
Overview: London nightclub buddies Salt and Pepper link Pepper's dead twin to diamond smugglers.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-01
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The Woman in the House
Overview: This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town, has an argument with her fiancé. He leaves her house, goes off to serve in the Boer War, and dies of malaria. Catherine blames herself for his death and fears others will also blame her. She does not leave her house for forty years. Groceries are delivered to the house, but no one sees who retrieves them. When the Nazis bomb her house in September 1941, she is forced to cope with the outside world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-09
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The Detour
Overview: During a school outing, Dominic’s [John Galdes] pet dog Rameses – which a sculptor [Adrian Rendle] has sketched for a work depicting the Egyptian dog-headed god Anubis – runs away. While looking for the animal, Dominic visits the sculptor’s home, and on seeing the finished sculpture experiences a premonition of evil. That night, however, he has a dream about a religious revelation at the Miraculous Grotto, and the next morning goes to the site to find Rameses unharmed.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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The Story of Star Wars
Overview: The Skywalker family is at the heart of the Star Wars saga. Now hear the inside story of Luke and Anakin Skywalker from the characters who witnessed it all: the famous droid duo C-3PO and R2-D2. Episodes IV,V and VI are explored in "The Story of Luke Skywalker," which follows the young man escaping from his daily chores on Tatooine to his becoming a hero in the Rebal Alliance. In "The Story of Anakin Skywalker," you'll go behind the mask of the greatest Star Wars villain and discover how Darth Vader started life as a young Podracing Champ on Tatooine and later became a headstrong young Jedi seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. With clips from the Star Wars films, C-3PO and R2-D2 take you on an hour-long journey through the saga and prepare you for the explosive final chapter: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-18
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Attack of the Octopus People
Overview: In the not too distant future, Daniel Davis returns to his hometown to find that it has been taken over by super intelligent octopuses.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-29
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The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Overview: This documentary examines the making of the Sherlock Holmes cinematic dynasty and includes interviews and archival film clips featuring the original crime-fighter in all his incarnations.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Fists of Fire
Overview: A look at Shaw Brothers Studios in their prime. Includes: interviews with David Chiang; exploring the Shaw Brothers sets; a look at the craftsmen, foley artists and stuntmen of Shaw Bros.; a profile on Run Run Shaw; Italian-meets-Chinese kung-fu films; and a visit from Peter Cushing.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-16
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Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Overview: The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainly from 1955 to 1968. Tortured women and sadistic monsters populated oppressive scenarios in provocative productions that shocked censorship and disgusted critics but fascinated the public. Movies in which horror was shown in offensive colors: dreadful stories, told without prejudices, that offered fear, blood, sex and stunning performances.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-08-06
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The Skywalker Legacy
Overview: The story lives forever in this feature-length documentary that charts the making of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-18
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The Hidden Master
Overview: Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-20
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AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
Overview: Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #2: LATER IN L.A. is a brand new compilation of the most electrifying found footage mayhem that you’ll see this week. For our second tape, we’ve returned to the hallowed halls of “behind the scenes” horror for another hour-long joyride of F-U-N. Thank you for your incredible support during these difficult times. And remember: “Do what your spirit tells you.”
Genres: Horror Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-22
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The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead
Overview: Explore Hammer's greatest legacy with clips from such classic films as The Horror of Dracula, Brides of Dracula, Dracula - Prince of Darkness, Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires, Scars of Dracula, Kiss of the Vampire and more.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-19
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It Might Be You
Overview: A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-25
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Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Halloween: The Inside Story
Overview: This feature-length documentary takes a look at one of the most successful film franchises of all time as it goes behind the scenes of John Carpenter’s Halloween, the frightfest that redefined the horror genre in the late 1970s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-25
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Dreams
Overview: This entry in MGM's Passing Parade series looks at the meaning of dreams, including one by Abraham Lincoln that foretold his death.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-10
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Fanex Files: Hammer Films
Overview: This fascinating documentary tells the story of the talented people behind and in front of the cameras at the Hammer Film Studios. Their prodigious output made household names of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, arguably the greatest fright duo since Lugosi and Karloff. Filled with shocking clips, terrifying trailers, and fascinating interviews with cast and crew culled from twenty years of the FANEX Film Convention archives, this film is a horror fan's delight!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-08
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Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Overview: Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one of the men, suspending the body over the Count's ashes so that the blood drips from the corpse and saturates the blackened remains. The ritual is completed, the Count revived and his attentions focus on the dead man's wife who is to become his partner; devoted to an existence of depravity and evil.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-09
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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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When We Are Married
Overview: Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the third version broadcast by the BBC of this J.B. Priestley play. It was aired live but as the BBC very rarely recorded live transmissions prior to 1953, this programme is lost.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-25
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The World of Hammer: Peter Cushing
Overview: Meet the actor who, along with Christopher Lee, became the most recognizable and beloved of the Hammer Films family, bringing an unparalleled dramatic skill to his roles as Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Van Helsing, Baron Frankenstein and more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-12
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Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Overview: A look at Hammer’s progression from a back off in London’s Regent Street to its iconic status within the horror film genre. The company, started by comedian and businessman William Hinds in 1934, made films such as The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Quartermass Xperiment during the period for which it is best known, making stars out of the likes of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-31
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The World of Hammer: Mummies, Werewolves, and the Living Dead
Overview: Over the course of three decades, Hammer Films redefined the classic legends of the mummy, the werewolf and the zombie. More than mere "monster movies", these films were frightening new takes on familiar tales, complete with chlling scares, startling violence and the one-of-a-kind visual style that became a worldwide Hammer trademark. Includes footage from: Blood from The Mummy's Tomb, Captain Clegg, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, The Curse of the Werewolf, The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires, The Mummy's Shroud, The Plague of the Zombies.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-30
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Lolita
Overview: Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-13
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