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Reptilicus
Sidney W. Pink 1961 1h 21m 4.0

A portion of the tail of a prehistoric reptile is discovered in Denmark. It regenerates into the entire reptile, which proceeds to destroy buildings and property and generally make a nuisance of itself. It can fly, swim, and walk, and has impenetrable scales, which makes it difficult to kill.

The Resurrected
Dan O'Bannon 1991 1h 45m

Charles Dexter Ward's wife enlists the help of a private detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote cabin owned by his family for centuries.

The Return of the Living Dead
Dan O'Bannon 1985 1h 31m 7.2

When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage through Louisville, Kentucky seeking their favorite food, brains.

Robot Monster
Phil Tucker 1953 1h 6m 4.0

Ro-Man, an alien robot who greatly resembles a gorilla in a diving helmet, is sent to earth to destroy all human life. Ro-Man falls in love with one of the last six remaining humans, and struggles to understand how his programming can instruct him to kill her while his heart demands that he can't.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Jim Sharman 1975 1h 40m 8.3

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the sci-fi horror rock n roll musical satire about an alien transvestite named Frank n Furter who is creating a muscular boy-toy. This classic B-Movie has a huge cult following that make viewer participation an event to itself.

Sora no daikaijû Radon
Ishirō Honda 1956 1h 12m 6.5

When a village is besieged by giant caterpillars, a more horrifying discovery is made in their underground home...a giant flying creature that resembles the prehistoric pterodactyl. Soon after, a second Rodan appears and the two monsters begin to destroy Japan.

Rollerball
Norman Jewison 1975 2h 5m 7.5

In 2018 corporations have replaced countries and rollerball, a ultra violent game is used to placate the people.

Santa Claus
René Cardona 1959 1h 34m 10.0

Pitch, the mean-spirited devil, is trying to ruin Christmas. Santa Claus teams up with Merlin the Magician and the children of the world in order to save the day!

Slither
59.

Slither

James Gunn 2006 1h 36m 6.7

A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.

Starcrash
60.

Starcrash

Luigi Cozzi 1978 1h 32m 6.2

An outlaw smuggler and her alien companion are recruited by the Emperor of the Galaxy to rescue his son and destroy a secret weapon by the evil Count Zarth Arn.

Lik Wong
61.

Lik Wong

Lam Nai-Choi 1991 1h 33m 6.3

Hard man Ricky is incarcerated in a futuristic prison where ultra-violence is his only means of survival in the corrupt, sadistic system. He must battle his way quite literally 'through' the feared 'gang of four', and undergo multiple tortures before facing the governor in one of the goriest climaxes ever seen.

Streets of Fire
Walter Hill 1984 1h 33m 6.3

A successful rock and roll singer (Ellen Aim) is kidnapped by a motorcycle gang. Her ex-boyfriend returns to the town. He's hired by her manager and boyfriend to rescue Ellen.

Tarkan Viking kani
Mehmet Aslan 1971 1h 26m 7.0

Features a mustached villain, who is the leader of a Viking clan that worships an octopus god-monster. The Vikings wish to kidnap a beautiful girl to sacrifice her to their demigod, but the heroic Tarkan, aided by his dog, Kurt, is there to save the day.

Kaitei daisenso
Hajime Sato 1966 1h 24m 9.5

While covering a test of guided torpedoes, two reporters believe they see what appears to be a strange-looking swimming creature. They investigate the matter further and discover that there is a race of fish-men living under the sea. The fish-men capture the pair and keep them prisoner in their underwater city.

The Terror of Tiny Town
Sam Newfield 1938 1h 2m 5.0

Using a conventional Western story with an all midget cast, the filmmakers were able to showcase gags such as cowboys entering the local saloon by walking under the swinging doors, and pint-sized cowboys galloping around on Shetland ponies while roping calves.

There's Nothing Out There
Rolfe Kanefsky 1992 1h 31m 8.0

Mike's obsession with horror movies means he can't help but expect to find a monster lurking around every corner. When he joins his friends for a weekend away at a remote lodge, Mike instantly senses that something isn't right. Can Mike use his movie knowledge to save his pals from a bloody end?

Uninvited
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Uninvited

1988 1h 30m

A sinister corporation loses control of a house cat infected with a genetically-engineered virus. The death-toll rises during the mutant feline's rampage, and eventually, it finds its way on board a ship of a criminal king-pin.

Wizards
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Wizards

Ralph Bakshi 1977 1h 21m 7.0

On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a wizard and his faire folk comrades fight an evil wizard who's using technology in his bid for conquest.

20 Million Miles to Earth
Nathan Juran 1957 1h 22m 6.6

When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save one of the astronauts Colonel Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to...

2019 - Dopo la caduta di New York
Sergio Martino 1983 1h 36m 5.5

After a nuclear war, society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks and the rebel Federation. A mercenary named Parsifal is hired by the Federation to infiltrate New York City, which is controlled by the Euraks, to rescue the only fertile woman left on Earth.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
W.D. Richter 1984 1h 43m 6.8

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.

The Angry Red Planet
Ib Melchior 1959 1h 23m

The first manned flight to Mars returns after having been out of communications since it had arrived on Mars. What would it reveal?

The Apple
73.

The Apple

Menahem Golan 1980 1h 28m

Musical set in the 'future', e.g. 1994. A young couple enters the world of the music industry, but also the world of drugs.

Arena
74.

Arena

Peter Manoogian 1989 1h 34m

A human becomes an unlikely rising star in the biggest fighting tournament in the galaxy that's dominated by alien species.

Army of Darkness
Sam Raimi 1992 1h 21m 7.9

Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.

At the Earth's Core
Kevin Connor 1976 1h 30m 5.5

A huge burrowing machine tunnels out of control at ferocious speed, cutting clean through to the center of the earth, to the twilight world of pellucidar. Once there, Dr. Perry (Peter Cushing) and David Innes (Doug McClure), are threatened by half human creatures, lizard-like birds, and man-eating plants.

Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence
Judith Crawley 1953 24m

An educational film from 1953 to encourage parents talk to their children about adolescence.

How Do You Know It's Love?
1950 12m

It's 1950 and a young woman asks her mother what love is.

Are You Ready for Marriage?
Gil Altschul 1950 14m

1950 - a young couple find out whether they are "ready for marriage".

Marriage Is a Partnership
1951 16m

Flashback on the problems, adjustments and transformations occurring in the first year of a couple's married life. Pretty surprising film coming from Coronet about the "honeymoon is over" drama that newlyweds face. The marriage between Dotty and Pete is pretty traditional--Dotty quits her job to be a homemaker once they are married--but some mor...

Should I Marry Outside My Faith?
Edward Dew 1962 30m

A short drama which seeks to explore some of the problems in inter-faith relationships.

Bad Girls Go to Hell
Doris Wishman 1965 1h 5m

After housewife Ellen is raped by the janitor she kills him and hits the road. She travels to the Big City where she is repeatedly used and abused. And when she finally finds a safe place to live her landlady's son turns out to be a detective, which threatens her newly found identity and peace of mind.

Barbarella
Roger Vadim 1968 1h 38m 7.3

In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.

Barn of the Blood Llama
1997 1h 20m

Inbred hillbillies trap various passersby at their World o Wool llama farm where an animal coroner is conducting genetic experiments which turn the animals into sex-starved toxic beasts. A new look at bad animal husbandry.

Battle Beyond the Stars
Jimmy T. Murakami 1980 1h 43m 5.7

Roger Corman's post Star Wars take on The Seven Samurai.

Beast from Haunted Cave
Monte Hellman 1959 1h 6m

A group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spider-like monster.

The Beast of Yucca Flats
Coleman Francis 1961 54m 1.5

A defecting Soviet scientist is hit by a nuclear explosion near Yucca Flats and roams around as a beast.

The Beastmaster
Don Coscarelli 1982 1h 58m 6.4

Dar, is the son of a king, who is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man his new father is murdered by savages and he discovers that he has the ability to communicate with the animals. After that, Dar begins his quest for revenge in this Conan-like movie.

Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Ted Post 1970 1h 35m 6.5

Astronaut Brent is sent to rescue Taylor but crash lands on the Planet of the Apes.

La noche del terror ciego
Amando de Ossorio 1971 1h 41m 7.6

In 13th century Berzano, a legion of knights known as the Templar were executed for conducting black magic rituals and committing human sacrifices in a quest for eternal life. 700 years later, they rise from the dead and attack a group of vacationing college students who visit the remains of their abandoned monastery.

The Blob
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The Blob

Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. 1958 1h 22m 6.6

A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and live to tell about it, Steve and Jane witness the blob destroying an elderly man, then it growing to a terrif...

The Blob
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The Blob

Chuck Russell 1988 1h 35m 6.2

Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously, while government agents try to cover up the evidence and confine the creature.

The Blood of Heroes
David Webb Peoples 1989 1h 40m 8.8

In a future where most of mankind and technology is wiped out, six people travel from place to place playing a brutal form of football with a dog skull. They hope one day to play in the league in a city.

Body Melt
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Body Melt

Philip Brophy 1993 1h 21m 6.5

Residents of peaceful Pebbles Court, Homesville, are being used unknowingly as test experiments for a new 'Body Drug' that causes rapid body decomposition (melting skin etc.) and painful death.

Brain Damage
Frank Henenlotter 1988 1h 26m 7.3

Brian comes under the addictive spell of a parasite with the ability to induce euphoric hallucinations in its hosts.

The Brain from Planet Arous
Nathan Juran 1957 1h 11m 7.5

An evil alien brain, bent on world domination, takes over the body of an atomic scientist, while a "good" alien brain inhabits the body of the scientist's dog and waits for an opportunity to defeat the evil brain.

Breakin'
97.

Breakin'

Joel Silberg 1984 1h 30m 2.0

A struggling young jazz dancer (Lucinda Dickey) meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds. Features ICE-T in his film debut as a club MC.

Fo zhang luo han quan
Yuen Woo-ping 1980 1h 26m

Two orphans raised by monks are taught divine secrets of kung fu. As adults, one chooses the path of the monks while the other opts for the outside world. Aspiring barber and experienced kung-fu fighter Shang learns that his childhood friend, Siu Ming, has been framed for murder by an unknown villain.When Shang begins looking into the crime, he ...

Cane Toads: An Unnatural History
1988 47m

A documentary detailing the spread of Hawaiian sugar-cane toads through Australia in a botched effort to introduce them as counter pests.

Carnosaur
100.

Carnosaur

Adam Simon 1993 1h 23m

After being driven to extinction, great bloodthirsty dinosaurs come back to life with the assistance of a demented genetic scientist. She plans to replace the human race with a super-race of dinosaurs who will not pollute the planet.