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This is a book about Poverty Row mavericks working in the United States today, whose movies may sometimes make it to Blockbuster but remain completely gratuitous and a million miles from Hollywood.
For years, horror and exploitation have been the backbone of many an independent studio. In this tradition, a new breed of filmmaker-with scant hope of mainstream acceptability-is making uncompromising movies and creating its own direct-to-video markets.
Twisted Visions is a concise overview of "outsider cinema" featuring key film reviews and many engaging interviews with directors, actors and scream queens. Their salacious, seat-of-your-pants, true-life tales are every bit as bloody and unnerving as the movies they make!

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Drive-In Discs, Vol. 1: The Screaming Skull (1958)/The Giant Leeches [DVD](1959)  
A young newlywed and former asylum patient moves into the remote mansion her husband shared with his late first wife, but soon is tormented by visions of "The Screaming Skull" wherever she goes. Peggy Webber and John Hudson star. Next, "The Giant Leeches" aren't 50-foot lawyers, but bloodsucking behemoths preying on the folk living near a dismal Southern swamp. Bruno Ve Sota and Yvette Vickers star in this Roger Corman production. 136 min. total. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

Drive-In Discs, Vol. 2: The Giant Gila Monster (1959)/The Wasp Woman [DVD](1960)  
Youthful hipsters in Northern Texas defend the drag races and sock hops of the Panhandle from a lethal lizard leviathan in "The Giant Gila Monster," from "The Green Berets" co-director Ray Kellogg. Don Sullivan, Lisa Simone and Shug Fisher star. Then, cosmetics producer Susan Cabot discovers that the "wasp enzymes" in her company's new age-retarding cream turn her into an insect-headed monster at night! Director Roger Corman's (dare we say it?) "B"-shocker "The Wasp Woman" co-stars Michael Marks, Barboura Morris. 140 min. total. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

Drive-In Discs, Vol. 3: I Bury The Living (1957)/The Hand [DVD](1960)
New cemetery caretaker Richard Boone discovers that, by putting black pins on unoccupied lots shown on a map of the graveyard, he can kill the site's owner, in the stylish low-budget creeper "I Bury The Living." Theodore Bikel, Peggy Maurer co-star. Then, a series of grisly murders in which the victims' hands are missing has the London police baffled, until a connection is found with cruel tortures suffered by a group of British soldiers in Japanese captivity during World War II, in "The Hand." Derek Bond and Ray Cooney star. 122 min. total. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)/The Indestructible Man [DVD](1956)
Sci-fi shocker from Edgar G. Ulmer concerning a crazed scientist who, hoping to create the perfect henchman, renders a crook invisible. Unfortunately, the unseen underling has dastardly plans of his own! "Futuristic" sets courtesy of the Texas State Fair; Douglas Kennedy, Marguerite Chapman star in "The Amazing Transparent Man." Then, silent but deadly Lon Chaney, Jr. is an electrocuted criminal who, after being restored to life, seeks out the fellow bank robbers who sent him to the chair. Chilling screamer "The Indestructible Man" promises "300,000 volts of horror." 128 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

The Atomic Brain (1964)/Love After Death (1968)/The Incredible Petrified World (1959) [DVD]  
First, a wealthy woman employs a scientist to transfer her brain from its aging body into that of one of three young women lured to her mansion. Frank Gerstle, Erika Peters star. AKA: "Monstrosity." Then, in an outrageous nudie from Argentina based on, of all things, Poe's "The Premature Burial," a man is buried alive by his wife, who wants his money, and his doctor, who lusts for the wife. Guillermo de Cordova, Carmin O'Neal star. Finally, A band of explorers led by John Carradine, Phyllis Coates and Robert Clarke are trapped in a diving bell while looking into the potential of using a food supply from the ocean floor. 3 1/2 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailers; art gallery; more.

Panic In Year Zero (1962)/The Last Man On Earth [DVD](1964)  
First, Ray Milland directed and stars in "Panic in Year Zero," a powerful "day after" drama about a Los Angeles family on vacation when a nuclear war begins. Taking refuge in a remote mountain cave, they must fight roving marauders to stay alive. Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon, Mary Mitchel co-star. AKA: "End of the World." Then, Vincent Price stars as "The Last Man on Earth," the one human unaffected by a mysterious plague that has turned the world's population into diseased vampires. A frightening horror epic, based on Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend" and remade as "The Omega Man." With Franca Bettoia and Emma Danieli. 179 min. total. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; featurette.

Killer B, Vol. 1: Carnival Of Souls (1962)/Dementia 13 [DVD](1963)
A car plunges off a bridge, and a young woman emerges, apparently unscathed. Wandering off, her odyssey takes her to a strange small town and a carnival pavilion whose patrons walk the line between the living and the dead. Director Herk Harvey's atmospheric low-budget chiller has achieved a cult following; Candace Hilligoss, Sidney Berger star. Then, early directorial effort by Francis Ford Coppola is an eerie, bizarre story of madness, as a series of brutal axe murders occur on a Scottish island. Luana Anders, William Campbell, Patrick Magee star. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

TV Guide Horror Classics: Carnival Of Souls (1962)/Night Tide [DVD](1961)
In "Carnival of Souls," a car plunges off a bridge, and a young woman emerges, apparently unscathed. Wandering off, her odyssey takes her to a strange small town and a carnival pavilion whose patrons walk the line between the living and the dead. Director Herk Harvey's atmospheric low-budget chiller has achieved a cult following; Candace Hilligoss, Sidney Berger star. And, "Night Tide" is a unique suspenser starring Dennis Hopper as a sailor who falls for a sideshow mermaid...and discovers, to his danger, that her unearthliness may be more than just a mere carnival scam. Taut chiller co-stars Linda Lawson, Gavin Muir. 162 min. total.

The Astounding She-Monster (1958)/She Demons [DVD](1958)  
A beautiful alien woman (complete with skintight spacesuit, high heels, and a force field that can kill humans with a mere touch) lands in a forest and terrorizes a geologist, a pair of crooks and a kidnapped heiress in "The Astounding She-Monster." Robert Clarke, Kenne Duncan and Shirley Kilpatrick star. AKA: "The Mysterious Invader." Then, "She Demons" is a campy thriller about four people stranded on a Pacific isle fighting a Nazi doctor who turns native women into hideous beasts. Irish McCalla ("Sheena, Queen of the Jungle") stars. 153 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailer.

Missile To The Moon (1959)/Project Moonbase [DVD](1953)  
"Missile to the Moon" is an even-tackier-than-the-norm expedition to the planet of pretty girls in short skirts from director Richard Cunha ("Frankenstein's Daughter"). Blatant remake of "Cat Women of the Moon," right down to the same giant spider puppet, stars Richard Travis, Gary Clarke. Then, the intriguing sci-fi feature "Project Moonbase" is culled from episodes of an unaired TV series that was created and co-scripted by novelist Robert A. Heinlein. In the year 1970, a male-female U.S. astronaut duo is stranded on the moon by a Communist spy and are promptly married so they can set up "housekeeping" on the lunar surface. Ross Ford, Donna Martell, Hayden Rourke star. 141 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

Frankenstein's Castle Of Freaks (1973)/Count Dracula's Great Love [DVD](1974)  
First, it's a long way from the South Pacific to Castle Frankenstein for mad scientist Rossano Brazzi, whose brain-transplant experiments result in "Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks." With Michael Dunn, Edmund Purdom, and "Boris Lugosi" as Ook the Neanderthal Man. AKA: "House of Freaks." Next, "Count Dracula's Great Love" finds the Vampire Lord using the blood of virgins to bring his daughter back to life until he falls for one of his potential victims. Paul Naschy stars as Dracula; with Ingrid Garbo, Mirta Miller. AKA: "Cemetery Girls," "Vampire Playthings." 174 min. total. Soundtrack: English (dubbed). Dubbed in English.

Legacy Of Blood (1978)/The Devil's Wedding Night [DVD](1973)  
First, three feuding sisters must live for three days in the family home in order to gain their inheritance, but find instead a "Legacy of Blood," terror, and death. Gory great from Andy Milligan stars Pete Barcia, Elaine Boies, Julia Curry. AKA: "Legacy of Horror." Next, Mark Damon stars in the erotically charged Italian horror opus "The Devil's Wedding Night," playing twin archeologists in search of the legendary ring of the Nibelungen in Transylvania. One of the siblings becomes a bloodsucker after coming under the spell of a beautiful female vampire, and the secrets to her bloody rituals are soon revealed. Sara Bey (Rosalba Neri) also stars. 170 min. total. Soundtrack: English.

Hercules Against The Moon Men (1964)/The Witch's Curse [DVD](1962)  
In grand Herculean fashion, our hero (Alan Steel) comes to the aid of the good Samarians and battles the interplanetary menace of the Moon Men (who look like giant, lumpy Gumbys) and the wizard trying to help them revive their queen. Oh, and did we mention the sandstorm scene? Then, a 17th-century body-builder rips up a tree and descends to Hell to force a witch to remove her curse from his village. American muscleman Kirk Morris plays a Scottish shepherd in this Italian-made Maciste epic. AKA: ``Maciste in Hell.'' 163 min. total. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; trailers; art gallery; bonus short; featurette.

Shell Shock (1964)/Battle Of Blood Island [DVD](1960)
First, a gritty and downright unusual WWII drama focuses on a recruit who seems to have had an emotional breakdown which leads to a crying outburst. He gets no sympathy from his tough sergeant, who is also jealous of the soldier's Bronze Star. Rather than getting a doctor, the sarge allows him to "escape," and he runs rampant through Italy. Carl Crow, Frank Leo, and Beach Dickerson star. Then, two American soldiers, a Christian and a Jew trapped on a Pacific isle, must make peace with each other before they can meet the challenge of the Japanese, who plan to bomb their outpost. With Richard Devon and Ron Kennedy. 144 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; bonus shorts; theatrical trailers.

Battle Beyond The Sun (1963)/Star Pilot [DVD](1965)  
Two campy sci-fi classics of yesteryear are collected in this double feature. First, "Battle Beyond the Sun" follows a pair of rival countries as they vie to be the first to land on Mars. Produced by Roger Corman, this B-movie marvel is a re-edit of a propagandist Russian film featuring new footage directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Ivan Pereverzev stars. AKA: "The Heavens Call," "The Sky Calls," "The Sky Is Calling." Then, the Italian space adventure "Star Pilot" follows aliens from the planet Hydra as they abduct Earthlings to exhibit in their zoo. Bizarre blend of action, romance and social commentary stars Kirk Morris, Gordon Mitchell, Leonora Ruffo. AKA: "2 + 5: Mission Hydra." 157 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English (dubbed) Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailers. Dubbed in English.

Invaders From Mars (1953)/The Crawling Eye [DVD](1958) William Cameron Menzies' dreamlike sci-fi thriller about a young boy who witnesses a spaceship landing near his home, but can't get anyone to believe his story. One of the true classics of the genre, "Invaders from Mars" features stunning set design, memorable creatures and eerie atmosphere. Arthur Franz, Helena Carter and Jimmy Hunt star. Includes both American and British versions. Then, a small Swiss village is attacked by ghastly alien creatures that resemble giant eyeballs with tentacles, in "The Crawling Eye." How can the monsters be stopped? Classic '50s sci-fi chiller stars Forrest Tucker Janet Munro. AKA: "The Trollenberg Terror." 162 min. total. Standard/Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; photo gallery; theatrical trailer.

Destination Moon/Rocketship X-M  
Destination Moon [DVD](1950)  
The first Hollywood science-fiction project to take a serious look at the possibilities of manned spaceflight, George Pal's Oscar-winning film chronicles, in meticulous detail, the planning and launching of the first lunar expedition. Co-written by Robert A. Heinlein; Warner Anderson, John Archer, Dick Wesson star. 91 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Rocketship X-M [DVD](1950)  
One of the first serious cinematic depictions of space travel, this sci-fi thriller follows the four-man, one-woman crew of Rocketship X-M ("Expedition Moon") as they're thrown off their lunar trajectory and wind up on the planet Mars. Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, Hugh O'Brian star. Contains original tinted sequences as seen in theatres. 77 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

Night Of The Living Dead (1968)/House On Haunted Hill [DVD](1959)  
First, "Night of the Living Dead" is the landmark shocker about a group of people trapped in an isolated farmhouse under siege by hordes of the recently deceased, returned to "life" as flesh-eating ghouls. Gruesome and groundbreaking, director/co-writer George Romero's cult classic stars Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman. And, a sinister host offers a group of people $10,000 each if they'll spend the night in his macabre mansion, then does his best (or worst) to see that no one collects, in "House on Haunted Hill." Spook-filled shocker from the legendary William Castle stars Vincent Price, Richard Long, Carol Ohmart, and Elisha Cook, Jr. The picture hinges on its surprise ending, which packs in several by-now-familiar twists. When originally released to theaters, House on Haunted Hill was accompanied by one of those gimmicks so beloved of producer/director William Castle: the gimmick was "Emergo," and it involved a prop skeleton that "emerged" from the side of the screen at a crucial moment to frighten the audience. Like most of Castle's best films, House didn't really need the gimmick, but its presence added to the fun — especially when second- and third-time viewers responded to "Emergo" by bombarding the skeleton with popcorn and empty soda bottles. 163 min. total.

Bride Of The Gorilla (1951)/Bride Of The Monster [DVD](1956)  
Jungle action and voodoo terror in the African tropics, as doctor Raymond Burr marries beautiful Barbara Payton, only to find himself the victim of a man-beast's curse in "Bride of the Gorilla." With Lon Chaney, Jr. Then, Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi team up in "Bride of the Monster," the tale of a mad scientist out to create a race of "atomic super-giants." See Tor Johnson as Lobo, Lugosi's mute lab assistant! See Bela wrestle with an obvious rubber octopus! See Tor wrestle with Bela's platform-heeled stand-in! "He tampered in God's domain!" With Tony McCoy, Loretta King. 135 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

Primitive Love (1964)/Mondo Balordo [DVD](1964)  
Way, way out mix of mondo movie and sexploiter featuring Jayne Mansfield as an anthropologist who checks into a hotel and, after sexily undressing, unspools a wild documentary for a professor. The docu includes "Mondo Cane"-like footage of naked Asian women, interracial cha-cha dancing, bizarre animal customs and the Italian comedy duo of Frannchi and Ciccio. Then, Boris Karloff narrates an off-the-wall travelogue that features transvestites, lesbian bars, native rituals, Hercules movies, Japanese bondage, a man who claims to be the reincarnation of Rudolph Valentino, and other weird, way-out subjects. 161 min. total.

The Violent Years (1956)/Girl Gang [DVD](1954)  
Ed Wood was the screenwriter on this "torn from the headlines" gem about bad girls and fast cars. An all-female gang rides a crime wave of theft, vandalism, rape (!) and wantonness that leads to murder, prison and an illegitimate child. Jean Moorehead, Barbara Weeks, Timothy Farrell star. AKA: "Female." Then, a lost female juvenile delinquent film has been unearthed and it's something to behold! The hellcats in the title get off on marijuana and heroin, steal cars, assault boys and delve into other areas of sordidness. Joanne Arnold and Timothy Farrell star in this production from noted schlockmeister George Weiss ("Glen or Glenda"). 205 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailers; bonus shorts; radio spots; art gallery; publicity materials; more.

Son Of Samson (1961)/Son Of Cleopatra [DVD](1962)  
Heeding an inner voice, the "Son of Samson," a loner from an outlying borough scourges the capital, using his high-caliber muscles to break up the Queen's tryst with those treacherous Persians. Mark Forest plays the hero who goes Old Testament to save Egypt. And, in a sword-and-sandal extravaganza, El Kabir, the "Son of Cleopatra" and Julius Caesar, leads his Egyptian rebels against Roman oppression. When El Kabir's brother is imprisoned and killed, he kidnaps the daughter of the Roman governor, with whom he falls in love. With Mark Damon, who later became a successful producer, and Scilla Gabel. Soundtrack: English (dubbed). Dubbed in English.

D.O.A. (1950)/The Hitch-Hiker (1953) [DVD] Two masterpieces of low-budget "noir" cinema are featured. Businessman Edmond O'Brien learns he has been poisoned with a "luminous toxin" and, with only days left to live, begins a desperate search for his own killer. Luther Adler, Neville Brand, Pamela Britton also star in director Rudolph Mate's classic "D.O.A." Plus, two family men on a fishing trip make a fatal mistake when they pick up a psychotic thumb-tripper in director Ida Lupino's "The Hitch-Hiker." Based in part on a true story, the thriller stars O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy and William Talman. 191 min. total Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; newsreel footage.

Madmen Of Mandoras (They Saved Hitler's Brain) (1963)/Bride Of The Monster [DVD](1955)
An American biologist is kidnapped and taken to a remote South Seas island by ex-Nazis. There, he is forced to assist them in the most diabolical plot of all time...the resurrection of Hitler, whose disembodied noggin is floating in a jar and speaking telepathically! The classic bad movie fave "Madmen of Mandoras" stars Walter Stocker, Audrey Claire, and Bill Freed as "Mr. H." And, Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi (in his last complete performance) team up for "Bride of the Monster," the tale of a mad scientist out to create a race of "atomic super-giants." With Tony McCoy, Loretta King, and Tor Johnson as Lobo, Bela's mute lab assistant. 142 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English; bonus cartoons; theatrical trailers; drive-in commercials.

Madmen of Mandoras (They Saved Hitler's Brain) (1963)/The Devil's Hand (1961)  
An American biologist is kidnapped and taken to a remote South Seas island by ex-Nazis. There, he is forced to assist them in the most diabolical plot of all time...the resurrection of Hitler, whose disembodied noggin is floating in a jar and speaking telepathically! The classic bad movie fave Madmen of Mandoras stars Walter Stocker, Audrey Claire, and Bill Freed as "Mr. H." Then, in The Devil's Hand, Robert Alda is a man who falls in love with a voodoo doll, the image of his ideal woman, and through it becomes an initiate in the Gamba, a cult with a hankering for human sacrifices. AKA: "The Naked Goddess." 71 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.

Atomic War Bride (1960)/This Is Not A Test [DVD](1962)  
With the threat of nuclear war in the air, a young man and his girl get married, then become witness to the chaos that ensues when their nation goes to war using atomic bombs. Cold War thriller from Yugoslavia stars Anton Vrodlijak and Ewa Krzyzewska. Dubbed in English. Next, a policeman manning an isolated roadblock tries to confirm rumors of an impending atom bomb attack from increasingly panicked motorists. A rarely seen contemplation on nuclear doom, starring Seamon Glass and Mary Morlass. 146 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; TV spots; bonus shorts "You Can Beat the A Bomb," "Survival Under Atomic Attack," "Duck and Cover," "Technicolor Medical Aspects of Nuclear Radiation," "One World or None," "Atomic Blonde in Action."

Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)/Gang Busters [DVD](1954)
Before "Big Bad Mama," there was this energetic gangster flick about the meanest Mama of them all. Follow Ma's rise to outlaw legend status, as she leads her sons in bank robberies and dispenses wisdom to John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson. With Lurene Tuttle, Tris Coffin and Paul Dubov. Then, this earnest prison drama, based on the popular radio series, focuses on "Public Enemy No. 4" John Omar Pinson, telling in a documentary fashion the story of his repeated escapes from a mountain penitentiary. Myron Healey stars. 164 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; bonus short "Gun Girls" (1956); theatrical trailers.

Each VHS videocassette in the Drive-In Double Feature series contains both movies listed.
Most movies are also available on individual or double-feature DVDs.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 1 
The Killer Shrews (1959)/The Giant Gila Monster (B&W/Color Versions) [DVD](1959)  
The Killer Shrews (1959) 70 min. Ken Curtis, former singing cowboy and Gunsmoke's Festus, joined right-wing radio's Gordon McLendon in producing this hilariously bad monster movie about a horde of outsized rodents run amok on an isolated island. The creation of mad scientist Baruch Lumet (father of acclaimed director Sidney Lumet), the monster shrews (portrayed by collies in goofy rubber masks!) escape the lab during a hurricane and devour nearly every other animal on the island before seeking human prey — including star James Best and girlfriend Ingrid Goude (1957's Miss Universe), who are stranded on the island by the same storm. The survivors manage to escape to safety thanks to some goofy contraptions constructed from trash cans. This one is best remembered by bad-film buffs for its tail-wagging canine stars and a multitude of famous names on both sides of the camera. 
The Giant Gila Monster (1959) 74 min. Curtis and McLendon's companion film The Giant Gila Monster is slightly less ridiculous. Most of the plot is given over to a group of hot-rod enthusiasts, headed by nice-guy Chace Winstead (Don Sullivan), who sometimes breaks into song. Before long, the titular gila monster, which is just that — a real gila monster — is lumbering about on miniaturized sets terrorizing the community, killing at random, knocking over trains and barns, and in general making a nuisance of itself. When the monster threatens to devour Chace's kid sister, he attempts to dispatch the beast with a hot rod full of nitroglycerin. The Giant Gila Monster was originally released on a double bill with The Killer Shrews. —All Movie Guide

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 3 
The Creature From The Haunted Sea [DVD](1961)  
This early bit of "B"-movie fluff from Roger Corman and company is a hastily slapped-together melange of crime thriller and monster flick, laced with enough ham-fisted satire to make the entire mess enjoyable. The plot centers on a two-bit crook (Antony Carbone) who offers to transport a band of exiles from a war-torn Caribbean country — along with a coffer of cash, which he intends to keep for himself. After killing his charges and dumping their bodies in the ocean, he blames their deaths on a sea monster told of in local legends — a beast which eventually shows up for real. The lush tropical settings of this weekend wonder are the same lush tropical settings seen in Corman's Last Woman on Earth, which employed most of the same players as well. Corman protégé Monte Hellman served here as second unit director before embarking on his own low-budget film career. 60 min.
The Devil's Partner [DVD](1958)  
In this occult obscurity, an old hillbilly named Pete Jensen (Ed Nelson) makes a pact with the Devil and returns to the town of Furnace Flats, NM, as a much younger man. Claiming to be his own nephew, Nick Richards, he romances pretty Nell Lucas (Jean Allison). Her fiancée David (Richard Crane) is mauled by his own dog, leaving him scarred and bitter. Doc Lucas (Edgar Buchanan) and Sheriff Fuller (Spencer Carlisle) figure it out and shoot Richards down after he turns into a snake and a horse. 75 min. —All Movie Guide

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 4 
Bucket of Blood/Attack of the Giant Leeches  
The Attack Of The Giant Leeches [DVD](1959)  
This hysterical drive-in favorite pits a community of swamp-dwelling yokels against the silliest-looking monsters since the shag-rug aliens of The Creeping Terror. Despite the strange sucker-marks found on a dead trapper's blood-drained body, and a man's story of seeing his unfaithful wife and her lover dragged into the swamp by the creatures, the police refuse to acknowledge that something freaky is going on. Only after more trappers disappear does the local game warden decide to take action, which he does with a vengeance. When the leech lair is discovered in a cave beneath the swamp, explosives are employed to blow them to little rubber bits. It's hard to be too critical of this early film from prolific TV-director Bernard L. Kowalski (Night of the Blood Beast), since executive producer Roger Corman allocated a budget for this production that would hardly cover the catering bill on a major studio film — even in 1959! Look carefully to spot the scuba tanks beneath the leech costumes. 62 min.
A Bucket Of Blood [DVD](1959)  
A fine example — perhaps the best available — of "B"-movie overlord Roger Corman's "Weekend Wonders" from the producer/director's early career (see also the original Little Shop of Horrors), this horror-comedy was also the first of beloved actor Dick Miller's dozen-odd portrayals of the character Walter Paisley. A geeky waiter and busboy at a happening Beatnik café, Walter is intensely jealous of the swinging social lives of the artistic types who hang there. A bizarre twist of fate changes everything; when Paisley accidentally kills his landlady's cat, his frantic attempts to hide the body lead him to encase it in a layer of clay, creating a morbid sculpture — which is eventually discovered and hailed as an artistic triumph by the unwitting Bohemian art crowd. (When asked what he's named the piece, the befuddled Walter stammers, "Uhh... Dead Cat?") Beset by numerous requests for similar "truthful" works, the moronic Paisley is forced to find inspiration — a matter which is readily solved when a nosy undercover cop tries to slap a heroin-possession charge on him and finds himself on the business end of a cast-iron skillet. Before long, the creative urge prods Walter to narrow the competition by whacking his peers with various blunt or sharp implements, and the demand for more sculptures just keeps growing. Miller's tour-de-force performance, writer Charles B. Griffith's hilarious "Daddy-O" dialogue, and Corman's emphasis on the story's more lurid aspects raise this bargain-basement production (ultra-cheap even by Corman's standards) to classic status. 66 min. —All Movie Guide

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 5 
Assignment Outer Space [DVD](1961)  
A huge computer-run spaceship is on a collision course with the earth. Astronauts sent to save the earth lose focus on the mission when they decide to save a sexy temptress from celibacy. 79 min.
The Phantom Planet [DVD](1961)  
In this off-beat sci-fi adventure an astronaut must make a forced landing upon a remote asteroid. His ship is damaged and he must breathe the planet's atmosphere. Soon he begins shrinking and once he gets down to six inches discovers the place populated by diminutive people who have turned the flying rock into a ship. He soon joins forces with the little people to defeat the monstrous solarites, terrifying creatures out to eat them. The leader of the wee-folk is Francis X. Bushman, who was once a popular romantic lead in silent movies (including the spectacular 1925 version of Ben Hur, in which he lost the chariot race to Ramon Novarro). 82 min. —All Movie Guide

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 6 
Creature From The Haunted Sea / Beast From Haunted Cave / The Wasp Woman  
The Wasp Woman [DVD](1960)  
This goofy but entertaining horror cheapie from producer-director Roger Corman and company involves the efforts of a questionable scientist working for cosmetics magnate Susan Cabot, who is developing a new rejuvenating beauty cream derived from an enzyme secreted by wasps, intended to make women look eternally youthful. A vain woman obsessed with restoring her lost beauty, Cabot insists on being the first test subject. The solution proves remarkably effective at first, transforming her into a sultry raven-haired vixen...until she begins to take on the predatory traits of a giant female wasp, setting out on a nocturnal killing spree. Originally double-billed with The Beast from Haunted Cave, this cheesy monster mash inspired the less-amusing Leech Woman and was later remade for 1980s audiences (i.e., with a higher sex-and-gore quotient) as Evil Spawn. 84 min.
Beast From Haunted Cave [DVD](1959)  
Director Monte Hellman (who would later direct a young Jack Nicholson on two low-budget westerns) earned his low-budget wings on Filmgroup's bizarre fusion of hostage/crime thriller and big-rubber-monster flick — a quirky juxtaposition employed to similar effect 35 years later in From Dusk Till Dawn. The story begins with a team of gold thieves hiding out in a ski resort cabin after a heist, taking two people hostage as they prepare to smuggle their loot across the Canadian border — unaware of the giant, icky-looking spider-monster lurking in a nearby cave, which preys on anyone unlucky enough to stumble near its lair. The film's woodland exteriors add a richness lacking in the typical dusty desert settings of this film's genre contemporaries. The cobwebby monster is played by Chris Robinson, later the star of "General Hospital." 64 min. —All Movie Guide
The Creature From The Haunted Sea [DVD](1961)  
Who but director Roger Corman could offer up a slice of terror that combines fugitive American gangsters in the Caribbean, an undersea monster and a Castro-like dictator? Half-horror/half-spoof stars Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland and Beach Dickerson. 73 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
NOTE: The VHS Double Feature videocassette includes only The Wasp Woman and Beast From Haunted Cave.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 7 
Bloody Pit Of Horror [DVD](1965)  
Mickey Hargitay made this gruesome delight during a layover in Italy, where wife Jayne Mansfield was filming. The owner of a creepy castle is possessed by the spirit of a crimson-tighted ancestor and terrorizes a photographer and his models in the dungeon. 74 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; deleted scenes; bonus shorts; theatrical trailer; radio spots; deleted scenes; art gallery.
Terror Creatures From The Grave [DVD](1965)  
Dying by his wife's hand, a master occultist summons up forces of revenge from beyond eternity. Victims of the Black Death leave their ages-old resting place to stalk murdering widow Barbara Steele and inflict her with bubonic plague. 85 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 8 
Beyond The Time Barrier [DVD](1960)
A supersonic test pilot exploits gray areas in the Theory of Relativity to travel to and from mankind's bleak post-Apocalyptic future, encountering mutants, girls with names like petroleum by-products, and the decline of manly men. Edgar G. Ulmer (``The Man from Planet X'') directs Robert Clarke. 75 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.
The Amazing Transparent Man [DVD](1960)  
Sci-fi shocker from Edgar G. Ulmer concerning a crazed scientist who, hoping to create the perfect henchman, renders a crook invisible. Unfortunately, the unseen underling has dastardly plans of his own! "Futuristic" sets courtesy of the Texas State Fair; Douglas Kennedy, Marguerite Chapman star. 58 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 9 
The Incredible Petrified World [DVD](1959)  
A band of explorers led by John Carradine, Phyllis Coates and Robert Clarke are trapped in a diving bell while looking into the potential of using a food supply on the ocean floor. The group discovers a spectacular underwater cave connected to tunnels, but where do they lead? Interesting environmental sci-fi from Jerry Warren ("The Wild World of Batwoman"). 66 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
Teenage Zombies [DVD](1959)  
"Teenage Zombies...it's only teenage zombies...they're all wasted," and a fiendish woman scientist wants to use them to take over the world in this campy shocker. Don Sullivan, Katherine Victor star. 71 min. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 10 
First Spaceship On Venus [DVD](1962)  
In the near future, an international crew of scientists is dispatched to Venus to investigate a mysterious message sent from the supposedly uninhabited planet. This is the U.S. version of the East German/Polish sci-fi drama "The Silent Star," based on Stanislaw Lem's novel "The Astronauts." Oldrich Lucas, Gunther Simon, Yoko Tani star. 79 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.
The Blancheville Monster [DVD](1963)  
Alberto DeMartino ("The Tempter") directed this shocker, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." It details the creepy goings-on at a house where an elderly, disfigured Englishman has buried his daughter...alive! Gerard Tichy and Joan Mills star. 89 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 11 
The Last Woman On Earth [DVD](1960)  
On a boat in the Caribbean following WWIII, a gangster and lawyer fight to decide who'll get to repopulate the planet with the titular female, the mobster's moll. Offbeat Roger Corman sci-fi drama puts screenwriter Robert Towne (``Chinatown'') in front of the camera using the name "Edward Wain." 64 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
Little Shop Of Horrors (B&W/Color Versions) [DVD](1960)  
Roger Corman's shot-on-pennies quickie horror spoof became a cult classic and inspired a Broadway musical. Flower shop nebbish Jonathan Haze's bloodthirsty plant makes him a celebrity, as long as he supplies it with fresh victims. With Jackie Joseph, Dick Miller, Mel Welles, and a young Jack Nicholson as a masochistic dental patient. Includes both the original black-and-white and the newly colorized versions. 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; audio commentary; featurettes.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 12 
Bloodlust [DVD](1961)  
A sadistic hunter traps teenage couples on his remote jungle island, then stalks and kills them for pleasure, keeping his gruesome trophies in glass tanks. TV dad Robert Reed appears as one of the hunted, so perhaps this is the answer to the question, "Whatever happened to the first Mrs. Brady?" 68 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
The Devil's Hand [DVD](1961)  
Robert Alda is a man who falls in love with a voodoo doll, the image of his ideal woman, and through it becomes an initiate in the Gamba, a cult with a hankering for human sacrifices. AKA: "The Naked Goddess." 71 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 13 
The Last Man On Earth [DVD](1964)  
Vincent Price stars as the title character, the one human unaffected by a mysterious plague that has turned the world's population into diseased vampires. A frightening horror epic, based on Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend" and remade as "The Omega Man." With Franca Bettoia and Emma Danieli. 87 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo. Plays All Regions. 
Dr. Orloff's Monster [DVD](1964)  
Sequel to "The Awful Dr. Orloff" about the disciple of a dead mad scientist who learns how to control corpses by radio, creating a zombie to do his murderous bidding. Gothic horror with Jose Rubio and Agnes Spaak. 85 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono dubbed, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; deleted scenes; theatrical trailers.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 14 
Horror Hotel (1960) 76 min. George Baxt scripted this extraordinarily good chiller from a story by Milton Subotsky, who also co-produced. A college student (Venetia Stevenson) with an interest in witchcraft goes to the Massachusetts town of Whitewood. It's a foggy, spooky town which gets even scarier when Stevenson discovers that the owner of the Raven's Inn, Mrs. Newlis (Patricia Jessel) is in fact a 268-year old witch. Jessel sold her soul to the Devil to regain her life after being burned at the stake. The whole town is her coven, including Stevenson's kindly history professor (Christopher Lee). Stevenson's boyfriend and brother arrive to look for her and discover human sacrifices and all sorts of evil goings-on. One of the few horror films of the period which still has the power to frighten, Horror Hotel is required viewing for genre fans. —All Movie Guide
The Head [DVD](1959)  
The inventors of a serum that enlivens severed body parts settle their dispute over control of the business in a grisly fashion: the evil scientist makes himself the boss of the laboratory and his kindly partner the head. Stars Michael Simon and Horst Frank. AKA: "A Head for the Devil." 92 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 15 
The Indestructible Man [DVD](1956)
Silent but deadly Lon Chaney, Jr. is an electrocuted criminal who, after being restored to life, seeks out the fellow bank robbers who sent him to the chair. Chilling screamer that promises "300,000 volts of horror." 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; scene access. Plays All Regions.
The Atomic Man [DVD](1956)
When a clinically dead scientist is revived, it is learned that his brain is working seven-and-a-half seconds into the future. Before he can get a job as a radio call-in host, crooks kidnap him to help with a robbery. Sci-fi crime caper stars Gene Nelson. AKA: "Timeslip." 79 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 19 
Night Of The Blood Beast [DVD](1958)  
A sci-fi thriller from American International Pictures, produced by Gene Corman. An astronaut returns from space dead...or does he? Actually an alien has taken over his corpse and plans to use it as a breeding ground for others of his dying planet. Michael Emmet, Ed Nelson, Angela Green star. 65 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions. 
She Gods Of Shark Reef [DVD](1956)  
Pearl-diving beauties inhabit a deserted tropical island. Two brothers, one good and one bad, disrupt their adventures in paradise. Say "aloha" for action, sensuality and sharks. Don Durant and Bill Cord star in this Roger Corman extravaganza. 63 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 22 
The Wild Ride [DVD](1960)  
Jack Nicholson stars as a troubled youth who races cars and tangles with the cops in this cult classic about rebellious teens in the early 1960s. Also stars Georgianna Carter. 60 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English stereo; bonus short "Casper the Friendly Ghost"; trivia; DVD-ROM content. 
Girl in Lovers' Lane (1960) 78 min. TV star Brett Halsey is the lead in The Girl in Lover's Lane. While drifting through a small town, Bix (Halsey) becomes involved with local tease Carrie (Joyce Meadows). Shortly afterward, Carrie is murdered, and Bix is held responsible. The actual killer is feeble-minded Jesse (Jack Elam), but the villagers aren't as quick on the uptake as the movie audience. Only the intervention of runaway youngster Danny (Lowell Brown) saves Bix from a lynch mob. Girl in Lover's Lane was directed by another TV habitué, Charles R. Rondeau. —All Movie Guide

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 25 
Carnival Of Souls (Special Edition) [DVD](1962)  
A car plunges off a bridge, and a young woman emerges, apparently unscathed. Wandering off, her odyssey takes her to a strange small town and a carnival pavilion whose patrons walk the line between the living and the dead. Director Herk Harvey's atmospheric low-budget chiller has achieved a cult following; Candace Hilligoss, Sidney Berger star. Special two-disc Criterion edition includes the 78-minute theatrical version and a director's cut with five minutes of extra footage. 161 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; featurettes; outtakes; theatrical trailer; audio commentary; more. 
The Devil's Messenger [DVD](1961)  
Compiled from three episodes of a Swedish TV show, this film stars Lon Chaney, Jr. as the Devil, who, along with a new female partner, recruits three people to join him in the underworld. Bizarre stuff, co-starring Karen Kadler, Michael Hinn and Gunnel Brostrom. 72 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; scene access. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 26 
Hercules In The Haunted World [DVD](1961)  
Reg Park returns as Herc, who doesn't shirk from the task of returning with the cure for his dying beloved...even if it means a descent into the bowels of Hell! And demon lord Christopher Lee is determined to see that he never resurfaces! Mario Bava directs. Original European version; 82 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: Italian Dolby Digital mono, English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; photo gallery; poster gallery; theatrical trailer. 
Castle Of Blood (Uncensored International Version) [DVD](1964)  
Classic creeper from Antonio Margheriti ("Yor: The Hunter from the Future") detailing the horrific adventures of a British journalist who bets a visiting Edgar Allan Poe that he can stay in a haunted mansion overnight. Little does the journalist realize the terrors he's about to encounter. Barbara Steele, Georges Riviere star. AKA: "Castle of Terror," "La Danza Macabra," "Long Night of Terror," "Tombs of Horror," "Tombs of Terror." 89 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English (dubbed) Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (in restored French language footage); theatrical trailer; photo gallery. Dubbed in English.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 27 
The Giant Of Metropolis (1961)/Hercules And The Princess Of Troy [DVD](1965)  
First, in "The Giant of Metropolis," a bare-chested muscleman in sandals journeys to pre-submerged Atlantis where he challenges the despotic rule of King Cortez and his scientists who possess a death ray and the secret to immortality. Gordon Mitchell, Bella Cortez star. Then, made as a pilot for a proposed TV series, "Hercules and the Princess of Troy" stars Gordon Scott as the heroic demigod, taking on a ruthless sea creature. With Paul Stevens, Diana Hyland. AKA: "Hercules vs. the Sea Monster." 139 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English (dubbed). Plays All Regions. Dubbed in English.
Hero Of Rome (1964)/The Invincible Gladiator [DVD](1962)  
First, American bodybuilder Gordon Scott does battle with streams of barbarian scavengers for the honor of the Eternal City in "Hero of Rome." Lithe and lissome Gabriella Pallotta co-stars. Then, Richard Harrison struts his "cuts" as "The Invincible Gladiator," helping a 10-year-old king depose a greedy regent. All this, and "the Dwarfs of Death," too! With Isabella Corey. 180 min. total. Widescreen (Enhanced)/Standard; Soundtrack: English (dubbed) Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailers.
NOTE: The VHS Double Feature videocassette includes only Giant of Metropolis and Invincible Gladiator.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 28 
She Demons [DVD](1958)  
Campy thriller about four people stranded on a remote Pacific isle that's also home to a deranged Nazi doctor who turns native women intro hideous beasts. Irish McCalla ("Sheena, Queen of the Jungle"), Rudolph Anders, Victor Sen Yung star. 76 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailer. 
Giant From The Unknown [DVD](1958)  
The giant spirit who's been rampaging through a superstitious California town turns out to be a really big Spanish conquistador revived by lightning. See, there had to be a logical explanation. Edward Kemmer and Sonny Baer star. 77 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailer.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 29 
Frankenstein's Daughter [DVD](1958)  
Oliver Frankenstein carries on the family tradition by creating a monster with half a face (the other half is melting away) and by experimenting with drugs on a young girl who transforms into a grotesque creature. John Ashley, Sally Todd, Harold Lloyd, Jr. star. 85 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.
Missile To The Moon [DVD](1959)  
An even-tackier-than-the-norm expedition to the planet of pretty girls in short skirts from director Richard Cunha ("Frankenstein's Daughter"), this blatant remake of "Cat Women of the Moon" even features that film's giant spider puppet! Richard Travis, Gary Clarke star. 78 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 30 
Count Dracula's Great Love [DVD](1974)  
The Vampire Lord returns, using the blood of virgins to bring his daughter back to life until he falls for one of his potential victims. Paul Naschy stars as Dracula; with Ingrid Garbo, Mirta Miller. AKA: "Cemetery Girls," "Vampire Playthings." 85 min. Soundtrack: English (dubbed). Dubbed in English.
Vampire's Night Orgy (1973) This Spanish horror film (which has developed a cult following among Eurotrash enthusiasts) follows a group of itinerant workers who travel to a small village where they've been told domestic workers are in great demand. However, when their bus driver dies along the way, several begin to suspect that something odd is going on, and while the new arrivals are welcomed with open arms, enough seems amiss that many of the group are certain of foul play. As it turns out, the newcomers have every right to be suspicious, as they've been lured into a village populated entirely by hungry cannibals and thirsty vampires. Directed by Leon Klimovsky, who also helmed several of Paul Naschy's werewolf outings, with Jack Taylor in the leading role. 86 min. —All Movie Guide

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 31 
The Witch's Curse [DVD](1962)  
A 17th-century body-builder rips up a tree and descends to Hell to force a witch to remove her curse from his village. American muscleman Kirk Morris plays a Scottish shepherd in this Italian-made Maciste epic. AKA: "Maciste in Hell." 76 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English (dubbed). Dubbed in English. Plays All Regions.
Colossus of the Arena (1960) A powerful gladiator in Rome's fourth century discovers a plan to put a beautiful princess in prison, which he thwarts by exposing a sinister duke as a traitor. With Scilla Gabel and Mark Forest. 99 min. —All Movie Guide

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 32 
Ski Troop Attack [DVD](1960)  
Produced and directed by Roger Corman, this effective wartime thriller makes good use of amazing action sequences depicting a ragtag band of soldiers who are assigned the impossible task of infiltrating Nazi territory to destroy a vital railway bridge. Stars Michael Forest and Richard Sinatra. 63 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo. Plays All Regions.
Battle Of Blood Island [DVD](1960)  
Two American soldiers, a Christian and a Jew trapped on a Pacific isle, must make peace between themselves before they can meet the challenge of the Japanese, who plan to bomb their outpost. With Richard Devon and Ron Kennedy. 64 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 34 
Swamp Women [DVD](1955)  
Rough and tumble bayou actioner directed by Roger Corman about an undercover policewoman tagging along with trashy escapees from a woman's prison to track down a fortune in stolen jewels. Mike "Touch" Connors, Beverly Garland and Marie Windsor star. AKA: "Swamp Diamonds." 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
The Gunslinger (1956) Produced by Roger Corman, The Gunslinger stars Corman's then-sweetheart Beverly Garland as tough lady-marshal Rose Hood. Dance-hall girl Erica Page (Allison Hayes), Rose's bitterest enemy, hires gunslinger Cane Miro (John Ireland) to bump off the marshal. When he falls in love with Rose, Cane is faced with the most delicate dilemma in his entire murderous career. Cheaply made, The Gunslinger has a raw, dusty integrity often lacking in more expensive westerns. The best scenes involve the confrontations between Beverly Garland and Allison Hayes, two of the most fearsome females ever captured on celluloid. 83 min. —All Movie Guide

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 35 
Battle of the Worlds (1962)  A sci-fi thriller about scientists trying to stop a collision of an alien planet with the earth, featuring Claude Rains with an otherwise mostly Italian cast. 84 min.
Atom Age Vampire (1962) A less-stylish variant on Franju's classic Les Yeux Sans Visage, this low-budget Italian production borrows heavily from that film's plot to tell the tale of a scientist who employs a radical new procedure to restore the beauty of a young hoochie-koochie dancer disfigured in a car accident. All goes well after the bandages come off... but after all, this is a horror film, and it's only a matter of time before the young lass begins transforming into a monster — which, despite the title, is not really a vampire, but more like something resembling an overcooked pizza roll with eyes. In order to return her to normal, the loony doc sets out to "borrow" the faces of other young women without their permission. Released in its native country (where the dubbing might have been a bit less painful) as Seddock, L'Ereda de Satana or Seddock, Heir of Satan. 87 min. —All Movie Guide

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 37 
Night Tide (Widescreen Version) [DVD](1961)  
Unique suspenser stars Dennis Hopper as a sailor who falls for a sideshow mermaid...and discovers, to his danger, that her unearthliness may be more than just a mere carnival scam. Taut chiller co-stars Linda Lawson, Gavin Muir. 84 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; audio commentary by Hopper; theatrical trailer.
Battle Beyond The Sun [DVD](1963)  
What happens when you take scenes from a Soviet propaganda piece and mix it with newly shot footage of monsters directed by Francis Ford Coppola? You get this incredibly enjoyable sci-fi tale that re-edits the Russian film "Nebo Zovyot" to create a tale about a race to Mars by a pair of rival superpowers and the various problems they encounter along the way. Roger Corman-produced schlockfest stars Ivan Pereverzev. AKA: "The Heavens Call," "The Sky Calls," "The Sky Is Calling." 67 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 38 
Island Of Lost Girls [DVD](1973)
An exploitation favorite focusing on a group of sleazy fellows who run a white slavery ring, wheeling and dealing women from their home base in the Orient. Brad Harris, Tony Kendall and Monica Pardo star in this entry in the "Kommissar X" series. 91 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.
Frankenstein's Castle Of Freaks [DVD](1973)  
It's a long way from the South Pacific to Castle Frankenstein for mad scientist Rossano Brazzi, whose brain-transplant experiments result in terror unparalleled. With Michael Dunn, Edmund Purdom, and "Boris Lugosi" as Ook the Neanderthal Man. AKA: "House of Freaks." 89 min. Soundtrack: English (dubbed). Dubbed in English.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 39 
Nightmare Castle [DVD](1965)  
Atmospheric European horror outing about a doctor who tortures and kills his unfaithful wife and her lover as part of his experiments in regenerating human blood, then marries her half-sister. Barbara Steele stars in a dual role; with Paul Miller (Muller). AKA: "The Faceless Monster," "Lovers Beyond the Tomb," "Orgasmo." 82 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; theatrical trailers.
The Diabolical Dr. Z [DVD](1965)  
Jess Franco's follow-up to "The Awful Dr. Orloff" finds the doc's daughter using her father's mind-control device to gain the will of a seductive cabaret singer whose extraordinarily long fingernails feature in her pseudo-sexual fantasies as piercing murder weapons. Mabel Karr, Howard Vernon star. AKA: "Miss Muerte." 84 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: French Dolby Digital stereo, English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English; documentary; photo gallery; theatrical trailer.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 40 
Hands Of A Stranger [DVD](1962)  
Atmospheric (and uncredited) filming of "The Hands of Orlac" follows an accident victim who has a murdered man's hands grafted onto his body and begins seeking vengeance on behalf of the hands' former owner. Paul Lukather, Joan Harvey star; look for a young Sally Kellerman. 85 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
Tormented [DVD](1960)  
Sometimes chintzy, sometimes genuinely creepy, this chiller from Bert I. Gordon ("The Amazing Colossal Man") stars Richard Carlson as a pianist haunted by the spirit of his mistress, who fell to her death from a lighthouse. Hands crawl, heads appear, a seaweed-covered body surfaces...and you'll be tormented! With Juli Reding, Susan Gordon. 75 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 42 
The Crawling Eye [DVD](1958)  
A small Swiss village is attacked by ghastly alien creatures that resemble giant eyeballs with tentacles. How can the monsters be stopped? Classic '50s sci-fi chiller stars Forrest Tucker, Janet Munro. AKA: "The Trollenberg Terror." 84 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailer.
The Cosmic Monster (1958) Based on a novel by Rene Ray, The Strange World of Planet X is set in motion by the super-magnetism experiments of metallurgist Dr. Laird (Alec Mango). As a result of these, cosmic rays have been able to permeate the ionosphere, raining down on the English countryside. Before long, the populace is being terrorized by huge, mutated insects. Dr. Laird himself goes crazy, locking himself in his lab and refusing to allow the authorities to dismantle his equipment. It is up to a mysterious extraterrestrial (Martin Benson), known only as "Smith", to save mankind. In America, The Strange World of Planet X was released as The Cosmic Monster, and sent out on a double bill with The Crawling Eye. 75 min. —All Movie Guide

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 43 
The Magic Sword (Widescreen Version) [DVD](1962)  
A young knight is helped by his witch adoptive mother in his quest to rescue a kidnapped princess from the clutches of an evil wizard. Standing in the hero's way are a ruthless rival and some fantastic creatures, including a two-headed dragon. Gary Lockwood, Anne Helm, Estelle Winwood and Basil Rathbone star in this well-done Bert I. Gordon fantasy. 80 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French.
Dr. Blood's Coffin (1960) Between his internship in Canadian television and his A-feature work on The Ipcress File, Sidney J. Furie directed an old-fashioned horror flick called Doctor Blood's Coffin. Kieron Moore stars as research scientist Dr. Peter Blood, who's been experimenting with heart transplants. Thrown out of Vienna for wishing to move from lab animals to humans, Blood sets up shop in the village of Cornwall. Within a few months of his arrival, several Cornwallians disappear from view. Dr. Blood, you see, has been merrily transplanting hearts in a secret lab located in an abandoned tin mine. Unfortunately, one of his resurrected humans reacts negatively to the operation—especially after he discovers that Blood has been dallying with his wife. 92 min. —All Movie Guide

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 44 
Web Of The Spider (Castle Of Blood) [DVD](1970)  
Klaus Kinski plays Edgar Allan Poe in Antonio Margheriti's remake of his 1964 "La Danza Macabra." A skeptical journalist stays overnight in a haunted mansion on a dare and is subjected to a full-scale horror revue by its ghostly inhabitants. Anthony Franciosa stars. 93 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono.
Satanic (1959) No description available.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 45 
High School Caesar [DVD](1960)  
John Ashley is the teenage crime boss who "had more rackets than Al Capone" in this classic J.D. drama of high school protection rackets, hot rod races and gang rumbles. With Lowell Brown, Judy Nugent. 75 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
Date Bait [DVD](1960)
"Too young to know; too wild to love; too eager to say I will. At 16 a girl learns about love--one way or the other!" Two young hepcats want to get hitched, but their folks tell them "no." See what happens in this juvenile delinquent drama starring Gary Clarke and Marlo Ryan. 71 min.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 49 
The Bat (1959)/House On Haunted Hill [DVD](1959)  
House On Haunted Hill (B&W/Color Versions) [DVD](1959)  
A sinister host offers a group of people $10,000 each if they'll spend the night in his macabre mansion, then does his best (or worst) to see that no one collects! Spook-filled shocker from the legendary William Castle stars Vincent Price, Richard Long, Carol Ohmart, and Elisha Cook, Jr.The picture hinges on its surprise ending, which packs in several by-now-familiar twists. When originally released to theaters, House on Haunted Hill was accompanied by one of those gimmicks so beloved of producer/director William Castle: the gimmick was "Emergo," and it involved a prop skeleton that "emerged" from the side of the screen at a crucial moment to frighten the audience. Like most of Castle's best films, House didn't really need the gimmick, but its presence added to the fun — especially when second- and third-time viewers responded to "Emergo" by bombarding the skeleton with popcorn and empty soda bottles. Includes both the original black-and-white and the newly colorized versions. 75 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; audio commentary; theatrical trailer. 
The Bat [DVD](1959)  
A jugular-ripping fiend called "The Bat" stalks his victims and a million dollars in securities hidden in a foreboding mansion. A leering Vincent Price co-stars with Agnes Moorehead in this chiller. 80 min.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 51 
Fangs Of The Living Dead [DVD](1969)  
A fashion model stands to inherit a castle, but her bloodsucking uncle tells her she is the reincarnation of a witch burned at the stake centuries earlier and must become the new queen of a vampire coven. With Julian Ugarte, Paul Muller, and Bob Hope fave Anita Ekberg (Fangs for the memories, Anita!) AKA: "Malenka," "Niece of the Vampire." 88 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English (dubbed); biographies; filmographies; photo gallery. Dubbed in English.
Kill, Baby, Kill [DVD](1966)  
A doctor investigating a young woman's apparent suicide in a Balkan village discovers the locals believe the ghost of a baron's daughter is responsible. Director Mario Bava's chiller stars G. Rossi Stuart, Erika Blanc. AKA: "Curse of the Dead," "Curse of the Living Dead," "Don't Walk in the Park," "Operation Fear." 83 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English (dubbed). Dubbed in English.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 53 
Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla [DVD](1952)  
What could possibly top a title like that? Mad scientist Bela needs human subjects he can turn into apes, when who should turn up at his jungle lab but Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo, two Martin and Lewis clones whose act was the subject of several lawsuits. Reportedly filmed in two weeks for $20,000...and it shows! AKA: "The Boys from Brooklyn." 72 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; interview. 
Bride Of The Gorilla [DVD](1951)  
Jungle action and voodoo terror in the African tropics, as doctor Raymond Burr marries beautiful Barbara Payton, only to find himself the victim of a man-beast's curse. Co-stars Lon Chaney, Jr. 65 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 55 
The Sword and the Dragon (1956) The original Russian title of The Sword and the Dragon was Ilya Muromets. Boris Andreyev plays the title character, a legendary Russian hero of the Middle Ages. Fact and fantasy meld copacetically as Muromets does battle not only with human adversaries but with three-headed, fire-breathing dragons and other such obstacles. Special effects in Soviet films of the 1950s generally seem to be of the "Howdy Doody" school; not so the effects in Sword and the Dragon, which retain their razzle and dazzle even after 40 years' worth of Kubrick, Lucas, Spielberg, and the like. Sword and the Dragon was released in the U.S. in 1960, shorn of several minutes' running time. 81 min. —All Movie Guide
The Devil's Commandment [DVD](1956)
An early Italian experiment in sensual terror from Riccardo Freda and cinematographer Mario Bava, detailing a doctor's attempts to keep the countess he loves eternally young, thanks to the blood of the local virgins. AKA: "I Vampiri." 90 min. Soundtrack: English (dubbed). Dubbed in English.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 56 
Bloodsuckers [DVD](1972)  
A young man on vacation in Greece falls under the spell of a devil-worshipping cult that practices vampirism and sexual abandon. Can his fiancee and a retired major save him? Will he want to be saved? Patrick Mower, Patrick Macnee and Peter Cushing star. AKA: "Blood Suckers," "Doctors Wear Scarlet," "Incense for the "Damned." 87 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; photo gallery.
Bloodthirst (1971) In the city of Manila, a baffling spree of terrible murders has the police force stumped. Beautiful young girls are found drained of blood through small incisions in their wrists, so Captain Miguel (Vic Diaz) calls for his American friend Adam Rourke (Robert Winston) to come to the Philippines and help solve the case. Rourke is an expert on sex crimes with an irreverent attitude towards his work, something that causes friction with Miguel's sister Sylvia (Katherine Henryk). Since several of the victims were employed at the Barrio Club, their investigation starts there with Rourke going undercover as a magazine writer. Mr. Calderon (Vic Silayan), the club owner, is suspicious of Rourke's request for an "interview," but promises to think it over. When hired killers start trailing Rourke, he knows he's on the right track, though the body count keeps rising and a break in the case is elusive. Meanwhile, Sylvia is falling for Rourke against her better judgement, so she gets a job at the Barrio Club in an attempt to search for clues and make sure he stays safe. A mysterious belly dancer (Yvonne Nielson) offers Rourke some valuable information, though discovering the secret of these horrible killings might lead to his destruction. At the same time, Sylvia is captured by the ghoul, a hideous monster with a mangled visage. Shot in 1965, not released in the US until 1971. AKA Blood Thirst, Blood Seekers, and The Horror From Beyond. —All Movie Guide

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 58 
Spider Baby [DVD](1964)  
Also known as "Cannibal Orgy," "The Liver Eaters" and even "The Maddest Story Ever Told," this gory goodie stars Lon Chaney, Jr. as the servant to a family of cannibals who helps out at mealtimes. Wonderful low-budget horror-comedy from director Jack Hill ("Switchblade Sisters") features a title song sung by Chaney himself! With Sid Haig, Carol Ohmart, Beverly Washburn, and Mantan Moreland. 84 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; audio commentary by Hill, Haig; featurettes. 
Mondo Balordo [DVD](1964)  
Boris Karloff narrates this essential "mondo-mentary" that features transvestites, lesbian bars, native rituals, Hercules movies, Japanese bondage, a man who claims to be the reincarnation of Rudolph Valentino, and other weird, way-out subjects. 86 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 59 
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) Bizarre Gothic horror about a necrophiliac doctor who accidentally kills his wife during a "funeral game," then remarries to bring her back from the grave with his new wife's blood. Robert Flemyng and Barbara Steele star. AKA: "The Secret of Dr. Hichcock." 76 min. Dubbed in English.
The Awful Dr. Orloff [DVD](1962)
Notorious Jess Franco shocker centering on a surgeon obsessed with repairing his scarred daughter by grafting parts of beautiful young women he has abducted. Aided by his blind, hunchbacked aide, Dr. Orloff proves how awful he really is in this diabolical, S&M-tinged story that spawned several sequels. With Howard Vernon, Perla Cristal. Complete, uncut version; 86 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 60 
The Fiendish Ghouls (1959) Hammer-style gothic chiller set in 19th-century Edinburgh stars Peter Cushing as a doctor studying dead bodies supplied by a pair of thieves. The community becomes aware of the dastardly crimes after the duo kill the doctor's girlfriend, a pupil and an important official. With Donald Pleasence, George Rose. AKA: "Mania." 91 min.
Horrors Of Spider Island [DVD](1960)  
A classic mix of horror, bad special effects and sexy beauties, this West German import tells of a talent scout and six gorgeous gals whose plane crashes on a deserted island inhabited by a giant spider whose bite turns the agent into a monster. This version of the film features a "skinny-dipping" sequence cut from most others. With Alex D'Arcy and Barbara Valentin. AKA: "It's Hot in Paradise." 75 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 61 
The Hideous Sun Demon [DVD](1959)  
The werewolf milieu gets a solar spin in this classic drive-in sci-fi thriller. After scientist Robert Clarke is accidentally doused with radiation, he turns into a fanged, reptilian creature when exposed to sunlight. With Patricia Manning, Nan Peterson; Clarke also directed. 75 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Revenge Of The Sun Demon [DVD](1983)  
In the tradition of "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" comes this redubbed edition of the '50s sci-fi favorite, "The Hideous Sun Demon." Jay Leno joins L.A.'s funniest comics to add a new, hilarious soundtrack to the film, which features Robert Clarke and Patricia Manning. AKA: "What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon." 81 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono. Revenge Of The Sun Demon is not on the double-feature VHS videocassette.
Plan 9 From Outer Space [DVD](1958)  
Recognized on six continents as "the worst film ever made," this sci-fi travesty from Ed Wood features anti-nuclear aliens whose ships look like paper plates, Tor Johnson and Vampira as zombie slaves, Bela Lugosi in two minutes of stock footage (a stand-in with a cape took his place), and narration by famed psychic Criswell. "Can you prove it didn't happen?" 78 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; featurette.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 62 
Black Sabbath (1963) A terrifying trilogy of shockers from beyond the grave, hosted by Boris Karloff. A nurse steals a diamond ring from a corpse that doesn't take kindly to theft, a phone becomes a link between the living and the dead, and Karloff appears as a vampire who must prey on his loved ones. Directed by Mario Bava. AKA: "The Three Faces of Fear." 96 min. Dubbed in English.
First Spaceship On Venus [DVD](1962)  
In the near future, an international crew of scientists is dispatched to Venus to investigate a mysterious message sent from the supposedly uninhabited planet. This is the U.S. version of the East German/Polish sci-fi drama "The Silent Star," based on Stanislaw Lem's novel "The Astronauts." Oldrich Lucas, Gunther Simon, Yoko Tani star. 79 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 64 
The Sinister Urge [DVD](1961)
Writer/director Ed Wood takes on the menace of pornography ("a dirty name for an ugly business"). Who is the mysterious psycho who's been killing young women, and what's his connection to a smut filmmaking ring? See a cop in drag, a very brief nude scene and a cameo by Wood. James Moore, Jean Fontaine, Dino Fantini star. 72 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.
The Violent Years [DVD](1956)  
Ed Wood was the screenwriter on this "torn from the headlines" gem about bad girls and fast cars. An all-female gang rides a crime wave of theft, vandalism, rape (!) and wantonness that leads to murder, prison and an illegitimate child. Jean Moorehead, Barbara Weeks, Timothy Farrell star. AKA: "Female." 80 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 65 
Werewolf In A Girls' Dormitory [DVD](1961)  
Those all-night pajama parties will never be the same again! A girls' school is the killing ground for a growling, snarling creature of the night in this "straight A" shocker. Curt Lowens, Barbara Lass, Carl Schell (Max's brother) star. AKA: "Lycanthropus." 80 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; audio commentary; photo gallery; more.
The Mad Executioners [DVD](1963)
An Edgar Wallace thriller about a mad scientist who lops off his victims' heads and then tries to keep them alive. Can Scotland Yard stop his ghastly experiments? Wolfgang Preiss, Chris Howland star in this German mystery. 94 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; theatrical trailers; scene access.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 66 
The Sadist [DVD](1963)  
When their car breaks down, three teachers find themselves in the clutches of the titular psychotic and his buxom girlfriend, and the deadly duo intend to get back for all those detention slips! Egregious "teen delinquent" film stars Arch Hall, Jr., Marilyn Manning. 95 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
Violent Midnight (Psychomania) [DVD](1963)  
From the people who gave you "The Horror of Party Beach" comes this shocker filmed in Stamford, Connecticut, about an artist who likes to work with nude models who becomes a suspect in murders that occur at a girls' college. Lee Phillips and Jean Hale star. 92 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; audio commentary; photo gallery; theatrical trailers. Violent Midnight was also released under the title Psychomania, but it should not be confused with a completely different movie of the same title, about a zombie motorcycle gang (see below),
Psychomania (1974)  
Filmed in 1971 and released in the U.S. three years later as "The Death Wheelers," this offbeat English chiller stars George Sanders and Beryl Reid as parents who make a pact with a mysterious frog-worshipping cult to resurrect their dead biker son. Once the leather-clad zombie rides his bike out of his grave, he urges his old gang to kill themselves so they can join him in "immortality." Nicky Henson, Patrick Holt also star. 88 min. NOTE: Psychomania (1974) is not included on the double feature VHS videocassette.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 70 
Dr. Jekyll vs. The Werewolf [DVD](1972)
Paul Naschy returns as Waldemar, marked with the sign of the wolf and desperate for a cure. A descendant of the original Dr. Jekyll offers Naschy one, but he winds up swapping his feral alter ego for one only slightly less hirsute and more human--the cruel Mr. Hyde. With Jack Taylor. 85 min.
Diary Of An Erotic Murderess [DVD](1974)
A wealthy man hires a beautiful governess to care for his demented son and soon becomes smitten with his new domestic help. But she's more interested in the father's money, and thinks she can get her hands on it with help from a diary kept by his late, homicidal wife. Atmospheric European sex thriller stars Richard Conte, Marisa Mell. AKA: "La Encadenada." 86 min. Soundtrack: English (dubbed). Dubbed in English.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 71 
Half Human (1955) Director Inoshiro Honda, who trampled Tokyo in "Rodan" and "King Kong vs. Godzilla," leaves his old stomping grounds for Japan's frozen North to resurrect a cousin of the abominable snowman. John Carradine stars. 70 min.
Monster From Green Hell [DVD](1957)  
Scientists venture into darkest Africa to recover a downed experimental rocket and its cargo of wasps, but they find that radiation from the ship has caused the insects to grow to gigantic size. Jim Davis, Barbara Turner star in the biggest wasp invasion since the first Bush administration! 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailer.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 72 
The Hands Of Orlac [DVD](1961)
Classic horror tale about a pianist who loses his hands in an accident and is given new ones in an experimental operation. Problem is, the hands came from a murderer, and soon seem to have a life of their own. Mel Ferrer, Christopher Lee, Donald Wolfit star. 85 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono.
The Tell-Tale Heart [DVD](1960)  
British version of the classic Poe chiller about a deformed loner who murders a romantic rival and hides the body beneath the floorboards of his house. Stars Lawrence Payne and Dermot Walsh. AKA: "The Hidden Room of 1,000 Horrors." 79 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Play All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 76 
The Bloody Brood [DVD](1959)  
In one of his earliest roles, Peter Falk plays the psychotic leader of a beatnik gang who enjoys torturing people. How psychotic is he? Enough to force a man to eat a hamburger made with broken glass! Outrageous made-in-Canada crime drama also stars Ronald Hartman, Jack Betts. 69 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
The Beatniks [DVD](1959)  
A "hep cat" gang member with a golden throat is discovered by a recording talent scout, but the would-be singing star's "friends" aren't happy with his shot at fame and get him mixed up in murder! Totally "flipsville" teen tale directed by Paul Frees (the voice of Boris Badenov) stars Peter Breck, Tony Travis. 73 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 77 
Hercules Against The Moon Men [DVD](1964)  
In grand Herculean fashion, our hero (Alan Steel) comes to the aid of Good Samaritans and battles the interplanetary menace of the Moon Men (who look like giant, lumpy Gumbys) and the wizard trying to help them revive her queen. Oh, did we mention the sandstorm scene? 88 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English (dubbed) mono; theatrical trailer. Dubbed in English. Plays All Regions.
The Black Torment [DVD](1964)  
Atmospheric British horror outing set in 1780. A newly remarried nobleman returns with his bride to his castle, only to be accused of shocking crimes by the townspeople, who also claim to have seen the ghost of his first wife. The new spouse begins to think he's guilty, but the truth is far more sinister. With Heather Sears, John Turner, Ann Lynn. 86 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 78 
Married Too Young (1962) High school lovers get in trouble with a car racket. Co-written by Ed Wood, Jr. 
Wild Guitar [DVD](1962)  
Country boy singer Arch Hall, Jr. finds the road to Hollywood stardom is paved with "dishonest DJ's," "hungry hucksters," "gold digging groupies" and other sordid types. Unintentionally funny rock drama produced by Arch Hall, Sr. and directed by Ray Dennis Steckler ("Rat Pfink a Boo Boo"). 92 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 79 
Liane, Jungle Goddess [DVD](1956)  
Sexy, distaff spin on the Tarzan legend, as an African expedition finds a beautiful (and topless) white jungle queen believed to be a British nobleman's granddaughter and brings her back to England. Marion Michael, Hardy Kruger and Rudolf Forster co-star in this West German production. 87 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English (dubbed). Plays All Regions.
Unnatural [DVD](1952)  
A truly bizarre sci-fi tale about a mad scientist who collects a dead man's semen and uses it to impregnate a woman he's obsessed with. Erich von Stroheim, Hildegarde Neff star; directed by a Nazi propaganda specialist. 92 min.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 80 
The Beast Of Yucca Flats [DVD](1961)  
You'll really ``yuc'' it up at this hilarious sci-fi turkey starring the legendary Tor Johnson as a Russian scientist who gets caught up in an A-bomb blast and becomes a cave-dwelling wildman ("Tor not like nuclear proliferation!"). With Douglas Mellor, Barbara Francis, and off-screen narration a la "The Creeping Terror." Special video edition includes a conversation with producer Anthony Cardoza and actor Conrad Brooks. 54 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Secret of the Telegian (1962) A vengeful scientist who can teleport himself is the villain in this Japanese sci-fi saga.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 81 
Shanty Tramp [DVD](1966)
K. Gordon Murray, noted importer of Mexican children's movies, produced this sex-spiced melodrama focusing on a loose woman's adventures in the South, where she is confronted by a sleazy evangelist, a black youth and her seedy sharecropper father. Sexual and racial tensions rise; Lee Holland and Bill Rogers star. 70 min.
Savages from Hell (1968) K. Gordon Murray, the importer of kid's flicks from Mexico in the 1960s, produced this brutal story about a creep named High Test, the leader of the Black Angels cycle gang. He kidnaps the sister of a migrant farm worker after he woos the biker's steady gal. With William P. Kelley and Cyril Poitier. AKA: "Big Enough and Old Enough." 79 min.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 82 
Invasion U.S.A. [DVD](1985)  
When a Soviet-backed terrorist army attacks the Southeast U.S., only one man stands between them and victory: ex-CIA agent Chuck Norris. All-out action hit that pits Chuck against overwhelming odds. With Richard Lynch, Melissa Prophet. 108 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo Surround, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
Unknown World [DVD](1951)  
Fearful of the threat of a global atomic war, a group of scientists build a drilling vehicle and journey inside the Earth in search of safety. Offbeat sci-fi tale stars Bruce Kellogg, Victor Killian. 73 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 83 
What! (1963) Creepy Gothic shocker from Mario Bava in which sadistic Christopher Lee, the son of a wealthy count, tortures Daliah Lavi, his brother's wife and father's mistress. After Lavi kills Lee, his ghostly presence returns to haunt her and administer whippings on a nightly basis. AKA: "The Body and the Whip," "La Frust e il Corpo," "The Whip and the Body."
Crypt Of The Vampire (Crypt Of Horror) (Widescreen Version) [DVD](1964)  
Christopher Lee, a nobleman concerned that a witch will possess his daughter, asks occult experts to observe her at home in hopes of detecting her descent into the world of evil. Jose Campos and Vera Valmont also star in this European shocker based on the novella "Carmilla." AKA: "Terror in the Crypt." 84 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 84 
The White Warrior [DVD](1961)  
Unusual casting finds strongman Steve Reeves in a story by Leo Tolstoy as Hadji Murad, who leads his mountain warriors against the army of Russian ruler Nicholas I while battling a rival for his girlfriend's hand. Georgia Moll, Renato Baldini also star; photography by Mario Bava. 88 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono. 
Son Of Samson [DVD](1961)
Heeding an inner voice, a loner from an outlying borough scourges the capital, using his high-caliber muscles to break up the Queen's tryst with those treacherous Persians. Mark Forest plays the hero who goes Old Testament to save Egypt. 89 min. Soundtrack: English (dubbed).

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 85 
I Bury The Living [DVD](1958)  
New cemetery caretaker Richard Boone discovers that, by putting black pins on unoccupied lots shown on a map of the graveyard, he can kill the site's owner. Stylish low-budget creeper also stars Theodore Bikel, Peggy Maurer. 77 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions. 
The Invisible Avenger [DVD](1958)  
Recently rediscovered tale of ``The Shadow'' finds sleuth Lamont Cranston following up on the murder of a New Orleans jazzman, a course that leads to an exiled Latin American dictator. Richard Derr stars. 60 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 86 
The Hitch-Hiker [DVD](1953)  
Riveting film noir classic concerning two family men on a fishing trip who make the deadly mistake of picking up a psychotic thumb-tripper. Based on the William Cook kill-spree, the film boasts fine performances from Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy and William Talman; directed by Ida Lupino. 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions. 
The Hoodlum [DVD](1951)  
Tough guy Lawrence Tierney is a habitual criminal causing problems for all who come in contact with him and grief for his family members. But even Tierney crosses the line when he seduces his brother's girlfriend, then plots a robbery of the bank next to his sib's gas station. With Allene Roberts and Edward Tierney (Lawrence's real-life brother). 60 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 87 
IHothead (1958) In this grim drama, an angry young juvenile delinquent blames his absent father for his woes. He, his buddy and his girl friend are hanging out at the beach one day when they encounter a hobo. For some reason, something about the transient reminds the youth of his estranged father. later that night the drifter breaks into the troubled boy's home and spends the night dancing and boozing it up. This clinches it for the youth who is convinced that only his dead-beat dad would behave in such an unseemly manner. Trouble increases when the vagabond attempts to rape the best friend's girl. The young man becomes so enraged that he attacks the older man. Fortunately his best pal stops them before something terrible happens. As the drifter wanders away, the confused protagonist still wonders if the man really was his dad after all. 72 min. —All Movie Guide
T-Bird Gang [DVD](1959)  
Exploitation mogul Roger Corman co-produced this Coupe D'Evil about a clean-cut kid who joins a hot-rodding gang to snare his father's killers. Stars Ed Nelson, John Brinkley; music by jazz great Shelley Manne. 65 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 88 
Bride Of The Monster [DVD](1955)  
Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi team up again in this tale of a mad scientist out to create a race of "atomic super-giants." See Tor Johnson as Lobo, Lugosi's mute lab assistant! See Bela wrestle with an obvious rubber octopus! See Tor wrestle with Bela's platform-heeled stand-in! "He tampered in God's domain!" With Tony McCoy, Loretta King. 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Phantom From 10,000 Leagues [DVD](1956)  
An atomic powered part-alligator/part-turtle mutant gobbles up fishermen and swimmers to protect a uranium deposit. Early drive-in fodder from the company that became monster factory American International Pictures stars Kent Taylor. 80 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 89 
Daughters Of Darkness (2-Disc Special Edition) [DVD](1971)  
Terror and eroticism mix in this unrated version of the surreal Euro-horror about a bloodthirsty medieval countess (based on the real-life figure Elizabeth Bathory) who is revived into modern times along with her lesbian lover and becomes involved with a young couple staying at a seaside resort. Delphine Seyrig, Andrea Rau, John Karlen star. AKA: "Children of the Night," "Erzebeth," "The Promise of Red Lips." Also includes "The Blood-Spattered Bride" (1972), a classic mix of eroticism and horror from Spain based on the bloodsucker classic "Carmilla." A newlywed is seduced by a lesbian vampire on her honeymoon. With Alexandra Bastedo. AKA: "Blood Castle," "Bloody Fiancee," "Till Death Do Us Part." 3 1/3 hrs. total. Widescreen
Night Of The Sorcerers [DVD](1974)
Deep in the jungles of the Congo is a sacrificial altar to which beautiful young women, naked in their glory, are lured. Once there, vampire leopard women subject their flesh to depravities of all kinds. Simon Andreu and Kali Hansa star. 76 min.
NOTE: The Double Feature VHS videocassette does not include The Blood-Spattered Bride.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 90 
Common Law Wife (1963)/Jennie, Wife/Child [DVD](1968)  
First comes a look at hillbilly lust centering on the brutish Uncle Shuggie, who gets rough with his live-in lover, then sends out for a new companion: his stripper niece, Baby Doll. When the ladies don't get along, the stage is set for a feisty fight between the hubba-hubba hellcats. Lacey Kelly stars. Then, a sexy country wife seduces a young farmhand after she discovers that her husband is having an affair. Virginia Wood, Jack Lester star. AKA: "Tender Grass." 158 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; audio commentary; art gallery; theatrical trailer; more. Also includes the bonus feature "Moonshine Love" (1969).
Five Minutes To Love [DVD](1963)  
A crooked junkyard owner frames a man for auto theft in order to keep his own operation from being discovered. Sordid crime drama stars Paul Leder, Will Gregory, Gaye Gordon, and Rue McClanahan as "Poochie, the girl from the shack." AKA: "The Rotten Apple." 77 min.
NOTE: The Double Feature VHS videocassette does not include Jennie, Wife/Child.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 91 
The Night Evelyn Came Out Of The Grave (Widescreen Version) [DVD](1971)  
Creepy, kinky Italian terror tale involving a sadistic English nobleman whose perverse ways with women initiate the appearance of his dead wife. Or so he thinks! It's actually his second wife plotting to get his inheritance. Anthony Steffen and gorgeous Erika Blank star. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English mono. 
It Happened At Nightmare Inn [DVD](1970)
Italian-made shocker chronicles the lives of two sisters--one a strong-willed religious fanatic, the other meek and fearful--as they run a small Spanish inn. When the more forceful sibling begins slaying promiscuous female guests on holiday from England, you can bet that they won't get a good write up in the travel guides! Judy Geeson, Lone Fleming, Blanche Estrada star. AKA: "A Candle for the Devil," "Nightmare Hotel." Soundtrack: English.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 92 
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964)  
Well, what would you call a film about a carnival fortune teller who, aided by her hunchbacked assistant, hypnotizes her victims, scars their faces with acid and locks them in cages? Writer/director Ray Dennis Steckler (aka Cash Flagg) stars in "the first monster musical," with the "Mixed Up Zombie Stomp." AKA: "Teenage Psycho Meets Bloody Mary." 80 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; audio commentary; interviews; theatrical trailer. 
The Thrill Killers [DVD](1965)  
A brutal killer named "Mad Dog" and three escaped asylum inmates holed up in a roadside diner add up to "Four for Gore" in writer/director/star Ray Dennis Steckler's outrageous splatterfest, the first film made in "Hallucinogenic Hypno-Vision!" With Carolyn Brandt and burlesque legend Liz Renay. AKA: "The Maniacs Are Loose." 72 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English mono; interview; audio commentary.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 93 
The Love Factor (1969) British babes are plentiful in this light British sci-fi film most likely shot in warmer climes, because the girls sure aren't wearing much clothing. 86 min.
When Women Had Tails [DVD](1970)
Take a hilarious look at caveman days, when the women with tails took their primal partners in hand and together discovered sex. Wacky "adults only" comedy stars the sultry Senta Berger; co-written by Lina Wertmuller. 100 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English (dubbed). Dubbed in English.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 94 
Horror Castle (The Virgin Of Nuremberg) [DVD](1963)
A newlywed couple moves into the husband's familial Rhineland castle expecting to start a new life, but a series of gruesome murders threatens their happiness...if not their lives. Christopher Lee stars as the scarred family retainer; with George Riviere, Rossana Podesta. 83 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono (dubbed). Dubbed in English. 
Castle Of The Living Dead [DVD](1964)
Credited with Donald Sutherland's first film roles (he has two, one a grotesque hag in a dress), this is the story of Count Drago and his experiments with the mummification of living persons. Christopher Lee is the evil mastermind. 90 min.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 95 
The Indian Scarf [DVD](1963)
Klaus Kinski and Heinz Drache star in this spooky Edgar Wallace thriller, made in Germany, in which a mysterious killer is knocking off the heirs to a fortune while they're all gathered at an isolated mansion. Soundtrack: English (dubbed). Dubbed in English. 
Fellowship Of The Frog [DVD](1960)
Thrilling Edgar Wallace mystery in which an American detective on the trail of a killer continually finds the strange seal of a White Frog at the murder sites. Carl Lange, Joachim Fuchsberger star in this German scarefest. 89 min. Soundtrack: English (dubbed). Dubbed in English.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 96 
Devil Girl From Mars [DVD](1954)  
High camp British sci-fi from the '50s with Hazel Court as a gorgeous alien who comes to Earth with a loyal robot in tow, searching for men for use as breeding stock. Can you believe it, those men don't want to go! Hugh McDermott, Adrienne Corri also star. 77 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Phantom From Space [DVD](1953)  
A cop and a pair of scientists are lured to an observatory by a series of murders, links to an invisible alien (Dick Sands) who has crash-landed on Earth in a saucer-shaped craft. Directed by W. Lee Wilder, less famous brother of Billy Wilder. 72 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; scene access. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 97 
Samson And The Seven Miracles Of The World [DVD](1963)  
Former Tarzan Gordon Scott straps on the sandals to play the heroic muscleman, who gets clobbered by a huge bell and stirs up an earthquake after being buried alive in order to save a Chinese princess from the evil, saucy Tartars. Yoko Tani, Gabriele Antonini co-star. AKA: "Goliath and the Golden City," "Maciste at the Court of the Great Khan." 79 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English (dubbed). Dubbed in English. Plays All Regions.
Vulcan, Son Of Jupiter [DVD](1962)
It's a muscleman epic with many supernatural elements as Jupiter's brawny son tackles monster men, underground creatures and others. With Rod Flash, Gordon Mitchell. Soundtrack: English (dubbed). Dubbed in English.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 98 
Fear In The Night [DVD](1947)  
After a dream in which he murders a safecracker with an electric drill, DeForest Kelley finds a coat button and key that convince him his nightmare really happened. Inventive mystery is first credited screen role for the "Star Trek" doctor. Paul Kelly, Ann Doran also star. 72 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions. 
He Walked By Night [DVD](1948)  
Based on a true case, this fine film noir details the Los Angeles Police Department's search for a technically adept but mentally unbalanced thief who killed a policeman. With Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Whit Bissell and Jack Webb, who supposedly based his "Dragnet" radio show on this movie; directed by Alfred Werker and (uncredited) Anthony Mann. 79 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 99 
Beat Girl [DVD](1960)  
Wild British teen exploitation drama, as a young gal decides to follow in her stepmother's footsteps and become a stripper. Gillian Hills, Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee, and pop singer Adam Faith star; John Barry supplied the music. AKA: "Wild for Kicks." 85 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.
Night Of Evil [DVD](1962)
Egregious drive-in drama about a young girl who is raped and sent to a girls' home, wins the Miss Colorado contest (but gets drummed out of the Miss America pageant when her marriage to an ex-con is revealed), becomes a stripper, holds up a drugstore and is sent to jail. Lisa Gaye, William Campbell star. 88 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; theatrical trailers; scene access.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 100 
Invasion of the Blood Farmers (1972) This dreadful, but oddly engaging horror film from director Ed Adlum and co-writer Ed Kelleher deals with a cult of modern-day Druids on a farm in upstate New York. In order to keep their catatonic queen alive in her glass coffin, the cultists drain the blood from passersby with the aid of some cheap plastic tubing. The leader of the cult is a flamboyantly effeminate priest whose hilariously silly explanations of his beliefs provide most of the film's minimal entertainment value. Norman Kelley, Bruce Detrick, and Tanna Hunter co-star in this campy cult favorite from the writers of the similarly appalling Shriek of the Mutilated (1974). Adlum also wrote for the 1970s cult music magazine Creem. 86 min. —All Movie Guide
Shriek of the Mutilated (1974) The same team that foisted the sublimely bizarre Invasion of the Blood Farmers> upon the world returns with this equally loopy horror outing. Dr. Ernst Prell (Alan Brock) organizes yet another group of anthropology students to search for the legendary Yeti. While most of the students don't believe that such a beast exists, there's no denying the fact that something horrible happened during the last expedition. All of the students were killed by something in the woods, and the only survivor besides Prell has gone mad and is prone to violent, drunken recountings of the incident at parties. They travel on anyway to the remote home of Prell's colleague, Dr. Karl Werner (Tawn Ellis), as he and his mute Indian servant (Morton Jacobs) have recently found evidence that the Yeti is near. Naturally, gruesome events occur as their search becomes fruitful, and various students are dispatched by a terrifying beast with plastic fangs and a shag-carpeting hide. A twist ending involving a gourmet cannibal cult helps explain away the cheap, bogus nature of the monster's costume and the show ends with a silly, grisly punch line. Like the earlier Invasion of the Blood Farmers, Shriek of the Mutilated is populated by strangely affected actors and imbued with a weird, muted color scheme that gives it the feeling of, if not quite a nightmare, then a disturbing dream that can't be entirely shaken off upon awakening. This peculiar tone is more likely due to its limited budget than any conceptual work of director Michael Findlay, who showed more artistic flair in his earlier black-and-white grindhouse films than this genre piece. Still, a healthy sense of black humor and outrageous fake gore make both films masterpieces of psychotronic cinema. 92 min. —All Movie Guide

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 101 
The Devil's Wedding Night [DVD](1973)  
In this erotically charged Italian horror opus, Mark Damon plays twin archeologists in search of the legendary ring of the Nibelungen in Transylvania. One of the siblings becomes a bloodsucker after coming under the spell of a beautiful female vampire, and the secrets to her bloody rituals are soon revealed. Sara Bey (Rosalba Neri) also stars. 80 min. Soundtrack: English.
Future Woman (1975) Sumuru, the beautiful leader of the all-female kingdom of Femina, plans to use her women to take over the world. Original title The Seven Secrets Of Sumuru. With Shirley Eaton, George Sanders, Richard Wyler, Maria Rohm. 94 min.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 102 
The Flesh Merchant [DVD](1956)  
The sign said "Models Wanted," but the beautiful women who answered didn't know what they were getting into. Soon, they were turning tricks on the streets of Hollywood, with sleazy crooks running the business. Exploitation classic stars Joy Reynolds, Guy Manford and Geri Moffatt. AKA: "The Wild and the Wicked." 90 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.
Gun Girls [DVD](1956)
Rare exploitation excursion about a misunderstood teenage girl who joins a tough, peroxide blonde for the crime spree of the century. The pair purchase illegal guns and plot to rob a warehouse, but their scheme goes awry. Jeanne Ferguson, Jean Ann Lewis and Tim Farrell star. 61 min.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 103 
The Manster [DVD](1962)  
Japanese-made matinee staple concerning an American reporter who, thanks to the efforts of a demented scientist, begins growing an ape-like monster out of his own body! Tale of a guy with two good heads on his shoulders stars Peter Dyneley. 72 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions. 
This Is Not A Test [DVD](1962)  
A policeman manning an isolated roadblock tries to confirm rumors of an impending atom bomb attack from increasingly panicked motorists. A rarely seen contemplation on nuclear doom, starring Seamon Glass and Mary Morlas. 73 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono. Plays All Regions.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 104 
Dracula vs. Frankenstein [DVD](1971)  
A schlock classic from Al Adamson, highlighted by the battle between a curly-haired, goateed Dracula and a waxy-looking Frankenstein Monster. Horror, suspense, Lon Chaney, Jr., Angelo Rossitto, J. Carrol Naish, Regina Carrol, Russ Tamblyn, Forry Ackerman...what more could bad film fans ask for? 90 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; audio commentary; featurette; alternate ending; theatrical trailers; TV spots; photo gallery; more.
Mission Stardust [DVD](1968)
Astronaut hero Perry Rhodan, featured in dozens of European novels, leads a space rescue mission that returns to Earth with a pair of dying alien beings--one a beautiful blonde--in this Italian sci-fi romp. Lang Jeffries, Essy Persson star. AKA: "Mortal Orbit." 90 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English (dubbed). Dubbed in English.

Drive-In Double Feature, Vol. 105 
S.O.S. Pacific [DVD](1959)
When a seaplane fire forces a host of eclectic passengers, including a prisoner and the man who will testify against him, to make a disastrous water landing, they must brave the cruel elements to get to a nearby island. Once there, they discover that the land will be the target of nuclear testing in a matter of hours! Richard Attenborough and Eddie Constantine star. 91 min. Soundtrack: English.
Ma Barker's Killer Brood [DVD](1960)  
Before "Big Bad Mama," there was this energetic gangster flick about the meanest Mama of them all. Follow Ma's rise to outlaw legend status, as she leads her sons in bank robberies and dispenses wisdom to John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson. With Lurene Tuttle, Tris Coffin and Paul Dubov. 91 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; theatrical trailer. Plays All Regions.

Werewolves, Vampires & Zombies [DVD]  
Three-disc collector's set includes "Revolt of the Zombies," "Teenage Zombies," "Atom Age Vampire," "The Vampire Happening," "Werewolf vs. the Vampire Woman," "Grave of the Vampire," "Moon of the Wolf," "The Satanic Rites of Dracula," "The Werewolf of Washington," and "The Wolfman" (1982). 14 hrs. total. Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; trivia; trailers; more.

Classics Of Horror Collection (4-DVD Set) [DVD]  
Packaged in a lacquered wooden display case, this four-disc set includes "Beast from Haunted Cave," "Atom-Age Vampire," "Carnival of Souls" (1962), and "Night of the Living Dead" (1968).

High School Big Shot (1958)/High School Caesar (1960)/Date Bait [DVD](1960)  
It's troubled teens galore in this "JD drama" trifecta. First, brainy student Marvin must deal with bullies, a back-stabbing cutie, and his loser dad's financial woes, as he gets wrapped up in criminal activities from robbery to safecrackers, in "High School Big Shot." Tom Pittman, Virginia Alexander and Stanley Adams star. Next, "High School Caesar" John Ashley is the kid "who had more rackets than Al Capone," in a tale of classroom capers and gang rumbles. Judy Nugent co-stars. Finally, two young hepcats want to get hitched, but their folks tell them "no," in "Date Bait," with Gary Clarke and Marlo Ryan. 173 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; art gallery; theatrical trailers.

Bigfoot Terror [DVD]  
Four Sasquatchploitation epics are featured in this hairy and scary collection. First, a group of college kids searching for a snowbeast encounter terror when they hear the freaky "Shriek of the Mutilated" (1974). Alan Brock, Jennifer Stock star. AKA: "Mutilated," "Scream of the Snowbeast." Next, the documentary "Legend of Bigfoot" (1975) helps shed some light on the truth about the hirsute hominid. AKA: "Bigfoot: Man or Beast?" Then, a group of Wisconsin dog-sledders seeking to use the elusive creature to publicize a ski resort have got another thing coming, in "The Capture of Bigfoot" (1979). Janus Raudkivi, Randolph Rebane star. AKA: "The Legend of Bigfoot." Finally, a monster abducting young girls in the Alabama wilderness causes a college professor to set in motion a "Search for the Beast" (1997). With Rick Montana, Steven Steele. 5 hrs. total. Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; theatrical trailer.

The Mondo Cane Collection [DVD]  
This eight-disc set includes the films of Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi, Italian creators of the "mondo" genre. Featured in remastered versions are "Mondo Cane" (1962), a look at disturbing customs throughout the world; the sequel "Mondo Cane 2" (1964); "Women of the World" (1963), a survey of seedy females; the English and Italian cuts of "Africa Addio" (1966), a study of violence in Africa; the English and Italian cuts of "Goodbye, Uncle Tom" (1971), an unflinching look at slavery; and "The Godfathers of Mondo" (2003), a documentary about the filmmakers. 15 1/2 hrs. total. Standard and Widescreen; Soundtracks: Italian Dolby Digital stereo, English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English; behind-the-scenes footage; photo gallery; poster gallery; theatrical trailers; more.

Weird Worlds Collection [DVD]  
This three-disc boxed set features "Project Moonbase" (1953), an intriguing sci-fi feature culled from episodes of an unaired TV series created and co-scripted by novelist Robert A. Heinlein. In the year 1970, a male-female U.S. astronaut duo is stranded on the moon by a Communist spy. They are promptly married so they can set up "housekeeping" on the lunar surface. Ross Ford, Donna Martell, Hayden Rourke star. Also includes "Destination Moon" (1950), "The Phantom Planet" (1961), and "First Spaceship on Venus" (1962).

50 Movie Pack: Drive-In Movie Classics  
You can't lose at this price! 50 full-length, DVD-quality movies at less than 30¢ each! 1. Absolution 2. Beast from Haunted Cave 3. Black Hooker 4. Breakout from Oppression 5. Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride 6. Country Blue 7. Creeper 8. Creepers 9. Day of the Panther 10. Death By Dialogue 11. The Devil with Seven Faces 12. Don't Look in the Basement 13. Don't Open Till Christmas 14. Fiend 15. The Firing Line 16. Going Steady 17. The Guy from Harlem 18. Horror of the Zombies 19. I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? 20. In Hot Pursuit 21. Invasion of the Bee Girls 22. The Island Monster 23. Jive Turkey 24. Katie's Passion 25. The Lazarus Syndrome 26. Legacy of Blood 27. Legend of Big Foot 28. Mad Dog 29. Mama Dracula 30. The Manipulator 31. The Murder Mansion 32. Night Train to Terror 33. Prime Time 34. Prisoner of the Lost Universe 35. Rattlers 36. Savage Journey 37. Savage Weekend 38. Shock 39. Slave of the Cannibal God 40. Snowbeast 41. Spare Parts 42. Throw Out the Anchor 43. TNT Jackson 44. Trauma 45. Treasure of Tayopa 46. Unsane 47. Vengeance of the Zombies 48. Voodoo Black Exorcist 49. The Werewolf vs. Vampire Women 50. Women of Devil's Island. Total running time over 73 hours.

The Ed Wood Box [DVD]  
Six-disc boxed set includes the following titles, which are also available separately.
Glen Or Glenda? (I Changed My Sex) [DVD](1952)  
Writer/director Ed Wood pseudonymously starred in this transvestite/sex-change docudrama that was his most autobiographical film. Will Glen's fiancee let him wear her angora sweater? Hear scientist-narrator Bela Lugosi warn viewers to "bevare of the big green dragon that sits on your doorstep," see daffy dream sequences, and learn the inner turmoil of men who wear "pink satin undies." With Dolores Fuller, Lyle Talbot. AKA: "I Led Two Lives." 67 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Jail Bait [DVD](1954)  
A hard-as-nails gangster film, Ed Wood-style. A hood on the lam shoots his partner, then forces the guy's surgeon-father to change his face. The stars include Lyle Talbot, Dolores Fuller, Timothy Farrell and a young Steve Reeves; don't miss the "hilarious" blackface minstrel sequence! 75 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailer.
Bride Of The Monster [DVD](1955)  
Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi team up again in this tale of a mad scientist out to create a race of "atomic super-giants." See Tor Johnson as Lobo, Lugosi's mute lab assistant! See Bela wrestle with an obvious rubber octopus! See Tor wrestle with Bela's platform-heeled stand-in! "He tampered in God's domain!" With Tony McCoy, Loretta King. 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Plan 9 From Outer Space [DVD](1958)  
Recognized on six continents as "the worst film ever made," this sci-fi travesty from Ed Wood features anti-nuclear aliens whose ships look like paper plates, Tor Johnson and Vampira as zombie slaves, Bela Lugosi in two minutes of stock footage (a stand-in with a cape took his place), and narration by famed psychic Criswell. "Can you prove it didn't happen?" 78 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; featurette.
Night Of The Ghouls [DVD](1959)  
The long-lost "sequel" to "Bride of the Monster" stars Criswell, Vampira and the ever-popular Tor Johnson in a tale of fake mediums who find themselves up against the true "walking dead." Writer/director Wood calls them "Monsters to be pitied...monsters to be despised." Who are we to argue? 69 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
The Haunted World Of Edward D. Wood, Jr. [DVD](1995)  
The life and films of Ed Wood are extensively covered in this terrific documentary that mixes rare film footage and great interviews. Among the members of Wood's entourage featured are Dolores Fuller, Bela Lugosi, Conrad Brooks, Vampira and Lyle Talbot. Find out what made the cross-dressing, angora-addicted auteur really tick--if you dare! 112 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; audio commentary; interviews; photo gallery; outtakes; behind-the-scenes footage; featurettes; bonus short "Crossroads of Laredo"; more.

Film Noir Triple DVD Feature (Fear In the Night / D.O.A. / The Hitch-Hiker)  
Fear In The Night (1947) After a dream in which he murders a safecracker with an electric drill, DeForest Kelley finds a coat button and key that convince him his nightmare really happened. Inventive mystery is first credited screen role for the "Star Trek" doctor. Paul Kelly, Ann Doran also star. 72 min.
D.O.A. (1950) A masterpiece of low-budget "noir" cinema, with Edmond O'Brien as a businessman vacationing in San Francisco who learns he has been poisoned with a "luminous toxin" and has mere days to live. A desperate search for his own killer follows. Luther Adler, Neville Brand, Pamela Britton also star in director Rudolph Mate's classic thriller; score by Dimitri Tiomkin. 84 min.
The Hitch-Hiker (1953) Riveting film noir classic concerning two family men on a fishing trip who make the deadly mistake of picking up a psychotic thumb-tripper. Based on the William Cook kill-spree, the film boasts fine performances from Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy and William Talman; directed by Ida Lupino. 70 min.
NOTE: These movies are available individually elsewhere on this page.

 

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