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CREEPY CLASSICS, SILENT FILMS, AND MORE..

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1916)

ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED

ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1915)

AVENGING CONSCIENCE, THE (1914)

BAT, THE (1926)

BELLS, THE (1926)

BLACK RIDER, THE (1954) When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motorbike, he discovers a gang of crooks hiding out in a ruined castle. British mystery thriller starring Jimmy Hanley, Rona Anderson, Leslie Dwyer, Lionel Jeffries, and others. Directed by Wolf Rilla. Dubbed in English. (A-/B).

CASE OF THE BLACK PARROT (1941) Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met Sandy and fallen for her during the voyage, suspects something odd about the cabinet. His suspicions are confirmed when people who have touched the cabinet mysteriously die. Jim and Sandy set out to solve the mystery before anyone else can become a victim. Good mystery chiller starring William Lundigan, Maris Wrixon, Paul Cavanagh, and others. Directed by Noel M. Smith. Dubbed in English. (B/B-).

CASE OF CHARLES PEACE, THE (1949)

CHLOE (1933)

CHRONICLES OF GRAY HOUSE, THE (1925) Original title: "Zur Chronik von Grieshuus." Hinrich, the son of a feudal German landowner, falls in love with the daughter of one of his father's serfs despite opposition from both families. But when he actually offers marriage to her, this is going too far. The return of his brother Detlev, with an unscrupulous aristocratic bride of his own and a rival claim to their father's estates, proves to be the trigger for tragedy. Rare silent classic starring Arthur Krausneck, Paul Hartmann, Rudolf Forster, and others. Directed by Arthur von Gerlack. (B/B-).

CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT (w/ Boris Karloff) / (1956)

CREEPER, THE (1948) A man is turned into a "catlike" killer by means of a serum invented by a crazed scientist. Good horror starring Onslow Stevens, Eduardo Ciannelli, June Vincent, Ralph Morgan, and others. Directed by Jean Yarbrough. In English. (A-/B).

CRIME DOCTOR COMPILATION (1943-1949) Here's a rare treat for collectors: the entire series of "Crime Doctor" films starring Warner Baxter, on two discs. Films include "Crime Doctor," "Crime Doctor's Strangest Case," "Shadows in the Night," "Crime Doctor's Courage," "Crime Doctor's Manhunt," "Crime Doctor's Warning," "Just Before Dawn," "The Millerson Case," "Crime Doctor's Gamble," and "Crime Doctor's Diary." Counts as two titles. In English. (A-/B).

DANTE'S INFERNO (1924) The tactics of a vicious slumlord and greedy businessman finally drive a distraught man to commit suicide. The businessman is tried for murder and executed, and is afterward taken by demons to the Hell where he will spend the rest of eternity. Rare silent classic starring Ralph Lewis, Winifred Landis, William Scott, Pauline Stark, and others. Directed by Henry Otto. In English. (A-/B).

DEAR MURDERER (1947)

DEVIL'S ISLAND (1939) For treating a wounded revolutionary, respected brain surgeon Dr. Gaudet is sentenced to the hellish French penal colony on Devil's Island. There, he rebels against the inhuman conditions and incurs the wrath of the brutal commander, Colonel Lucien. When Lucien's daughter is injured in an accident and only Gaudet can save her, the tables are turned. Starring Boris Karloff, Nedda Harrigan, James Stephenson, and others. Directed by William Clemens. Dubbed in English. (A-/B).

DR. RENAULT'S SECRET

EYES OF THE MUMMY (1918)

EYES OF THE UNDERWORLD (1943) Also known as: "Criminals of the Underworld." Lon Chaney Jr. stars in this rare crime thriller concerning blackmail and murder surrounding a sinister auto-theft ring. Also starring Richard Dix, Wendy Barrie, Lloyd Corrigan, and others. Directed by Roy William Neill. Dubbed in English. (A-/B).

FACE BEHIND THE MASK, THE (1941) Also known as: "Behind the Mask." A disfigured watchmaker with a grudge against society embarks on a life of crime. Good thriller starring Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes, Don Beddoe, George E. Stone, and others. Directed by Robert Florey. Dubbed in English. (A/A-).

FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1926)

FAUST (1926)

FOR THEM THAT TRESPASS (1949)

FRANKENSTEIN (1910) / A TRIP TO THE MOON (1902)

GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE (1942)

GHOST OF RASHMON HALL, THE (1947) Also known as: "The Night Comes Too Soon." A doctor is summoned to an old dark house to rid it of evil spirits. British horror starring Valentine Dyall, Ann Howard, Alec Faversham, Howard Douglas, and others. Directed by Denis Kavanagh. Dubbed in English. (A-/B).

GHOUL, THE (1933)

GILDERSLEEVE'S GHOST (1944)

GRAND NATIONAL NIGHT (1953)

HATTER'S CASTLE (1942)

HAUNTED CASTLE, THE (1921) Rare silent thriller from director F.W. Murnau. In the castle Vogeloed, some aristocrats are awaiting baroness Safferstätt. But first count Oetsch invites himself.. Everyone thinks he murdered his brother, baroness Safferstat's first husband, three years ago. But Oetsch stays, arguing he is not the murderer and will find the real one. Starring Arnold Korff, Lulu Kyser-Korff, Paul Bildt, and others. In English. (A-/B).

HOUSE OF DANGER (1934) Rare murder mystery about a man who returns home after many years to find strange events surrounding the death of his father. Soon it becomes revealed that the butler and spoiled nephew have entered into scheme to get rid of the heir. Onslow Stevens, Janet Chandler, James Bush, and others. Directed by Charles Hutchison. Dubbed in English. (B/B-).

HOUSE OF DARKNESS (1948) A young man visiting a house that turns out to be haunted is terrorized by the ghost of a man who had been murdered there years before. Good British mystery starring Laurence Harvey, Lesley Osmond, Grace Arnold, John Teed, and others. Directed by Oswald Mitchell. Dubbed in English. (A/A-).

INTERRUPTED JOURNEY, THE (1949)

LOVES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, THE (1942) Well-polished and atmospheric biographical tale, which focuses on the life of Edgar Allan Poe, including his march to success, and the strange death of his wife. Starring Linda Darnell, John Shepperd, Virginia Gilmore, and others. Directed by Harry Lachman. Dubbed in English. (A/A-).

MAD DOCTOR OF MARKET STREET (1942) A mad scientist is forced to leave San Francisco when his experiments become known. He lands on a tropical island, takes control and terrorizes the local populace. The survivor of a shipwreck washes ashore on the island, sees what is happening and determines to free the natives from his rule. Starring Lionel Atwill, Una Merkel, Nat Pendleton, and others. Directed by Joseph H. Lewis. Dubbed in English. (A-/B).

MAD GENIUS, THE (1931)

MAN FROM BEYOND, THE (1922) A man who has been frozen in the Arctic ice for 100 years returns to civilization to find his lost love. Rare silent classic starring Harry Houdini, Arthur Maude, Albert Tavernier, and others. Directed by Burton L. King. In English. (A-/B).

MAN WHO LAUGHS, THE (1928) Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destroy or corrupt Gwynplaine. Unlike in the original story by Victor Hugo, the lovers escape to France. Silent epic starring Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Brandon Hurst, Olga Baclanova, and others. Directed by Paul Leni. In English. (A/A-).

MISSING GUEST, THE (1938) One of the guests at an old mansion disappears from his room. The other guests search the house for him, but he appears to have vanished into thin air. Siperb late-night mystery chiller featuring Paul Kelly, Constance Moore, William Lundigan, and others. Directed by John Rawlins. Dubbed in English. (A-/B).

MONSTER, THE (1925)

MONSTER WALKS, THE (1932) People in an old dark house on a stormy night are menaced by a killer ape. Creepy late-night thriller starring Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds, Sheldon Lewis, and others. Directed by Frank R. Strayer. Dubbed in English. (A-/B).

MR. DENNING DRIVES NORTH (1952)

MURDER IN THE BLUE ROOM (1944) A party is thrown at a haunted mansion, people start to die, and a man who spent a night in the "blue room" disappears. Nice murder mystery starring Anne Gwynne, Donald Cook, John Litel, Grace McDonald, and others. Directed by Leslie Goodwins. In English. (B/B-).

MYSTERIOUS DOCTOR, THE (1943) The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine. Starring John Loder, Eleanor Parker, Bruce Lester, Forrester Harvey, and others. Directed by Benjamin Stoloff. Dubbed in English. (A/A-).

MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, THE (1929)

NOMADS OF THE NORTH (w/ Lon Chaney, Sr.)

OLIVER TWIST (w/ Lon Chaney, Sr.)

ON THE NIGHT OF THE FIRE (1940) A barber commits a petty theft, which leads to his becoming involved in blackmail and murder. Rare British crime starring Ralph Richardson, Diana Wynyard, and others. Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst. Dubbed in English. (A-/B).

ONE EXCITING NIGHT (1922) Rare silent mystery from director D.W. Griffith. A young orphan girl, courted by an unpleasant older wealthy man who has a hold over her adoptive mother, falls in love with a young stranger at a party. Odd noises begin to be heard as a group of bootleggers clandestinely try to get away with their hidden loot. One of them is killed and the young man is suspected of being the killer. Starring Carol Dempster, Henry Hull, Porter Strong, and others. In English. (A-/B).

OUTWARD BOUND (1930)

PHANTOM CARRIAGE, THE (1921)

PHANTOM OF MOULIN ROUGE, THE (1925) Original title: "Le Fantome du Moulin-Rouge." Rare French silent horror, about a man who submits to a strange experiment which frees the soul from the body. Starring Georges Vaultier, Paul Ollivier, Sandra Milovanoff, and others. Directed by Rene Clair. In English. (A-/B).

PINK STRING AND SEALING WAX (1946) A drunken tavern-keeper's adulterous wife uses the backward son of a rigid, puritanical pharmacist who makes his entire family miserable. Rare British pot-boiler starring Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Gordon Jackson, and others. Directed by Robert Hamer. Dubbed in English. (B/B-).

RAPSODICA SATANICA (1915)

RUBEZAHL'S WEDDING (1916) Also known as: "Old Nip's Wedding." Strange German silent horror, concerning a demented ogre who terrorizes people having a picnic in the wilderness. Starring Arthur Ehrens, Paul Wegener, Rochus Gliese, and others. Directed by Paul Wegener. Note: film is silent, with no soundtrack. (B/B-).

SECRETS OF THE FRENCH POLICE (1932) A series of murders and a kidnapping is all part of a bizarre plot by a mad Russian emigree to pass off his hypnotized victim as Princess Anastasia in order to get the millions as heir to the late Tsar Nicholas of Russia. It's up to the French police, aided by a deft criminal, to rescue the victim and thwart the scheme. Starring Frank Morgan, Gwili Andre, Gregory Ratoff, Rochelle Hudson, and others. Directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Dubbed in England. (A-/B).

SHADOW, THE (1933) Great British mystery thriller done in the Edgar Wallace tradition. A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one. Starring Henry Kendall, Elizabeth Allan, Felix Aylmer, and others. Directed by George A. Cooper. Dubbed in English. (B/B-).

SHADOW ON THE WINDOW (1957) Also known as: "L'Ombra alla Finestra." Three teen-agers, led by psychopathic Jess Reber (John Barrymore, Jr.), break into an isolated farmhouse and murder its prosperous owner whose secretary, Linda Atlas (Betty Garrett), witnesses the crime. The three thugs decide to hold her hostage. Detective Tony Atlas (Phil Carey), perlexed by the sudden disappearance of Betty, his estranged wife, tries desperately to locate her. Directed by William Asher. Dubbed in English. (A/A-).

SHE (1925)

SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939)

SORROWS OF SATAN (1926)

SPECKLED BAND, THE (1931)

STRANGE CASE OF DR. RX, THE (1942) After five men previously acquitted of various criminal charges are murdered by a mysterious avenger known as Dr. Rx, police Inspector and Sergeant ask private investigator to help them solve the case. Starring Patric Knowles, Lionell Atwill, Anne Gwynne, and others. Directed by William Nigh. Dubbed in English. (A-/B).

STUDY IN SCARLET, A (1933)

TERROR ISLAND (1920)

THUNDER ROCK (1943)

UNCLE SILAS (1947) British horror starring Jean Simmons, Derek Bond, Katina Pxinou, Derrick De Marney, and others. Directed by Charles Frank. Dubbed in English. (A-/B).

UNHOLY THREE, THE (1925) Three sideshow performers leave their lives of captivity and become "The Unholy Three." Echo the ventriloquist assumes the role of a kindly old grandmother who runs a bird shop. Tweedledee, the "twenty inch man," becomes her grandbaby, and Hercules is their assistant. Soon an incredible crime wave is launched from their little store. Silent classic starring Lon Chaney, Mae Busch, Matt Moore, Victor McLaglen, and others. Directed by Tod Browning. In English. (A-/B).

UNHOLY NIGHT, THE (1929) Good horror thriller, concerning a maniac who is strangling members of a WWI regiment. Scotland Yard gets involved, and invites all the surviving members to a remote castle, hoping that the true killer will reveal himself. Starring Roland Young, Ernest Torrence, Claude Fleming, and others. Directed by Lionel Barrymore. Dubbed in English. (A-/B).

UPTURNED GLASS, THE (1947)

WARNING SHADOWS

WEIRD TALES (1919) Very strange and surreal silent film from Germany. After an old book shop closes, portraits of the Strumpet, Death, and the Devil come to life and amuse themselves by reading stories--about themselves, of course, in various guises. Four of the stories are literary horror stories, and the last one is a comedy involving a fake haunting. Starring Conrad Veidt, Anita Berber, Renhold Schunzel, and others. Directed by Richard Oswald. In English. (B/B-).

WEST OF ZANZIBAR (1928)

WHERE EAST IS EAST (1929)

WOLF BLOOD (1925) Rare early werewolf film, about an injured logger who is forced to submit to a wolf-blood transfusion. Soon, he starts to become a wolf. Starring Ray Hanford, George Chesebro, Maguerite Clayton, and others. Directed by George Chesebro. In English. (A-/B).

WOMAN'S VENGEANCE, A (1948)

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