The Picture of Dorian GrayA corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
La bambola del diavoloFour men are cursed by a voodoo priest for stealing a sacred idol from his temple. Soon a band of murderous "doll men" are after the men and their families.
The Spiral StaircaseBased on the screenplay by Mel Dinelli, this story revolves around Helen Warren, a beautiful mute girl, who becomes the target of a mysterious killer who preys on young handicapped women.
Nessuna copertinaThe Tell-Tale HeartGerman television version of the story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe.
La maschera e l'incuboA young archaeologist believes he is cursed by a mask that causes him to have weird nightmares and possibly to murder. Before committing suicide, he mails the mask to his psychiatrist, Dr. Barnes, who is soon plunged into the nightmare world of the mask.
ReptilicusAfter copper miners discover a piece of the frozen tail of a giant prehistoric reptile in Lapland, scientists inadvertently bring it back to life.
Witches BrewRita Landre plays a witch who casts spells to make anyone she wants disappear. She also makes her own clothes disappear.
The GolemA shortened, sixty-minute version of Der Golem, re-edited for US release and featuring a score by Cordula Heth.
House of TerrorCasimiro, night watchman at a wax museum of horrors, is even more sleepy than his usual laziness makes him - because his boss, the Professor, is secretly draining blood from him while he dozes to use in experiments in raising the dead. These haven't worked so far, and the bodies have been waxened and placed on display in the museum to cover his crimes. His big chance seems to come, however, when he learns that the mummified body of a modern man has been found in an Egyptian sarcophagus. The professor and his two henchmen steal the body and take it back to his lab - where the experiment flops again.
Ghost Story: Depth of KasaneFollows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will also fall victim to his curse, so that she can become empowered as an agent of her father's vengeance.
PanicA man's sanity is a point of contention as he confesses to murdering an elderly man, driven by the victim's pale blue 'vulture eye', culminating in guilt-induced auditory hallucinations of the victim's beating heart.
The HandDuring World War II, a group of British soldiers are captured by the Japanese, tortured and their hands are cut off. Years later, a mad killer terrorizes London by cutting off the hands of his victims.
Le mani dell'altroGravemente ferito ma sopravvissuto ad uno spaventoso incidente aereo, il pianista Stephen Orlac è sottoposto con successo alla delicatissima operazione chirurgica del trapianto di entrambe le mani. Quando scopre che il donatore era stato condannato a morte con l'accusa di omicidio, Orlac cade nella suggestione di essere predestinato a seguire la via del delitto e il sinistro Néron, illusionista di music-hall, ne approfitta per renderlo complice e strumento dei suoi crimini.
SacrificeFilmed only a few months after Tatsumi Hijikata’s first explosive public butoh performance, “Gisei” features Hijikata and members of his Asbestos Hall Troupe in a brutal allegory of a closed society. Shot by noted Japanese film scholar Donald Richie, “Gisei” still conveys the shock that Japanese audiences in 1959 must have felt at the birth of Hijikata's ankoku butoh, or "dance of darkness". Richie met Hijikata through mutual friend Yukio Mishima. They decided to collaborate on a film about segregation. Richie memorialized the film in his diary: “It is more than ever about the death of an individual, a distinct kind of human sacrifice.”
The Living CoffinA cowboy and his sidekick meet a ranching family that is haunted by spirits and vampires.
Il prezzo del demonioA failed pianist sells his soul to the devil in return for his becoming the greatest musician in the world. The catch: every time he plays he turns into a horrible monster.
The Turn of the ScrewIn a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
Il mostro di sangueUn medico scopre come la morte per paura venga determinata da un organismo mostruoso che si forma nella schiena in seguito a un forte shock, spezzando la spina dorsale della vittima. Isolato il "tingler" nel corpo di una donna morta, il medico sospetta che a provocarne il decesso sia il marito, un operatore cinematografico che l'ha terrorizzata.
Return of the MonsterMad scientist is trying to transplant the soul of an animated, talking skeleton into a living body. Also, there's a monster. Number three of three in Zorro Escarlata series.
Nessuna copertinaThe Telltale HeartCanadian adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s story “The Tell-Tale Heart”.
The Living CorpseFamed director Zhu Shilin tries his hand at a horror film! The beginning of The Living Corpse immediately sets the tone with a folk duet clearly inspired by the popular 1956 musical Songs of the Peach Blossom River. The duet, in addition to Zhu's frequent use of long, empty shots and crisp editing, gives this horror film a traditional poetic charm and a strong folk flavor. Mise-en-scene and sound effects create a terrifying atmosphere, and successfully communicate the ghostliness of a world without ghosts.
Nessuna copertinaThe Tell-Tale HeartAs in Edgar Allan Poe's original 1843 short story, a murderer (Joe Marzano) buries a body beneath the floor of his room and thinks the heartbeats of his victim can be heard while the police are investigating. After he confesses, the sound is revealed to be the ticking of the victim's watch.
Lake of the DeadA group of friends travel to a cabin in the Norwegian forest. It's a rumour that at night a crazy man can be heard screaming at a lake nearby the cabin.
Nessuna copertinaThe Tell-Tale HeartAustrian television version of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart from 1958.
Nessuna copertinaJack the RipperComprised of 4 episodes from the unsold TV series "The Veil" (1958) - "Summer Heat," "Genesis," "Food on the Table," and "Jack the Ripper."
MacabroQuando la figlia di Rodney Barrett, il medico di una piccola cittadina, viene misteriosamente rapita, l'uomo si lancia in una disperata corsa contro il tempo per salvarle la vita.
Scared to DeathA young woman hires Viruta y Capulina to find a notorious jewel thief, known as Rostov.
Come fare un mostroWhen master monster make-up man Pete Dumond is fired by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge.
Nightmare"Nightmare" was a hosted horror movie special with Tom Alderman as "The Nightcrawler" presenting the 1931 movie "Dracula" for WSUN-TV Channel 38, St. Petersburg, Florida.
The Ghost TrainLashing rain, thunderstorms, fog and a godforsaken, eerie train station: the mood among the six travelers who have to wait for their connecting train here in the middle of the night is extremely tense. In keeping with the gloomy scenery, the station master also tells his involuntary guests the story of the ghost train ...
La stirpe dei vampiriA pretty young Mexican girl returns to her hometown to make funeral arrangements for her beloved aunt, who has just died. Soon she begins to hear disturbing stories about the town being infested by vampires, and she eventually begins to suspect that her remaining aunt and the mysterious next-door neighbor may be involved.
Nessuna copertinaTharkAs legal guardian of Kitty Stratton, Sir Hector Benbow arranges for her large country house, Thark, to be sold to the nouveau riche Mrs Frush. Frush reports that the house is haunted and all and sundry investigate.
Il vampiro del pianeta rossoUn agente alieno proveniente da un lontano pianeta viene inviato sulla Terra tramite un trasportatore di materia ad alta tecnologia. Lì, terrorizza la California del Sud nel tentativo di acquisire sangue per la sua razza morente, risultato di una devastante guerra nucleare.
GorillaIn this adventure, set deep within the Belgian Congo, a local witch doctor decides the only way to stop a rampaging gorilla from terrorizing his people is to sacrifice a new-born baby. Meanwhile a local game warden and a journalist researching a story on the natives team up to stop the crazed simian.
The She-CreatureIl malvagio imbonitore Carlo Lombardi sviluppa una tecnica pseudopsichica che gli consente di far riemergere le passate reincarnazioni del soggetto ipnotizzato. Utilizza a tal fine la propria assistente (in verità vittima e prigioniera dell'ego sconfinato dell'illusionista), di cui richiama a questo mondo la sua trasposta ancestrale, sorta di creatura violenta che semina morte e distruzione.
FrightA woman believes herself to be the reincarnated spirit of an ancient prince's lover. Meanwhile, a murderer turns out to be the reincarnated spirit of the prince himself.
Nessuna copertinaNang Nak Phra KhanongHorror movie telling the story of the legend of Mae Nak Phra Khanong.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeAdaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic. Part of Chrysler sponsored series "Climax!"
Nessuna copertinaThe RavenThis film presents a version of Edgar A. Poe’s “The Raven” complemented by the engravings of Gustave Dore. The intense and emotional black and white engravings that Dore executed to illustrate this poem are washed over with red, blue and green. The colours fade and dissolve with the art work to increase the mystery and fantasy which Poe created with his words.
