Donald Pleasence
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1960.
Language
English
Description
More Fearsome Than Frankenstein... More Demonic Than Dracula! Edinburgh, 1827. Irish immigrants Burke (George Rose, A New Leaf) and Hare (Donald Pleasence, Halloween) hit upon the idea of selling the bodies of the recently deceased to eminent surgeon Dr. Robert Knox (Peter Cushing, The Skull). Dr. Knox, knowing that experimental vivisection is the only way for medicine to make progress, forms an uneasy alliance with the self-styled body snatchers....
3) Phenomena
Series
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
The young Jennifer Corvino (played by Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Connelly) is sent to a private Swiss academy for girls where a killer is on the loose, brutally murdering students. Jennifer is a "gifted" girl with the strange ability to communicate with insects, and Dr. McGregor (Donald Pleasence, John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN series, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK) enlists her to help locate the killer.
5) Halloween
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
On October 31, 1963, six-year-old Michael Myers brutally stabs his sister Judith to death with a kitchen knife at their home in Haddonfield, Illinois. He is sent to Smith's Grove-Warren County Sanitarium and placed under the care of psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasance). Loomis suspects that there is more to Myers than meets the eye and plans to have him committed indefinitely, despite the fact that Michael seems docile and does not speak...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A collection of the most terrifying moments from over 70 of Hollywood's greatest box office thrillers. Scenes from Psycho, Jaws, Poltergeist, Alien, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Exorcist, Halloween (parts I & II), Dawn of the Dead and Texas Chainsaw Massacre are among the many films featured.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Description
Exactly one year later since Michael Myers returned to terrorize his hometown of Haddonfield, young Jamie has developed a telepathic link with her demonic uncle, but Dr. Loomis has a new plan to destroy The Boogey Man in his childhood home using Jamie as bait.
8) Halloween II
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Description
Picking up precisely where its predecessor left off, follows the same ill-fated characters as they encounter the knife-wielding maniac they left for dead in the first Halloween. It seems the inhuman Michael Myers is still very much alive and out for more revenge as he stalks the deserted halls of the hospital where his sister lays waiting.
10) "Oh, God!"
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Jerry Landers, (John Denver) a supermarket assistant manager and a good yet non-religious person, suddenly finds a note in the mail one day that grants him an "interveiw" with God. Thinking it to be a hoax he tosses it away, but when it keeps reappearing he finally gives in. Skeptical at first, he ends up carrying His personal message - that the world can work with what God's given us.
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A disaster in space pushes humankind toward World War 3, and only James Bond can prevent it. Agent 007 travels to Japan to stop the Evil Spectre organization and its leader from instigating global warfare from his giant headquarters inside of an active volcano.
12) Wake in fright
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundanyabba, plans to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney, Australia. But, as his one night stretches to five, he plunges headlong toward his own destruction. When the alcohol-induced mist lifts, the educated John Grant is no more. Instead there is a self-loathing man in a desolate wasteland, dirty, red-eyed, sitting against a tree and looking...
15) THX 1138
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A film by George Lucas that was his directorial debut and used gripping special effects that would later be showcased in Star Wars. Includes commentary by George Lucas and sound editor Walter Murch, a documentary, a making-of featurette, and much more.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a prison which houses the world's most brutal inmates. And when the President of the United States crash lands inside, only one man can bring him back: Snake Plissken, a notorious outlaw and former Special Forces war hero who, in exchange for a full pardon, descends into the decayed city and wages a blistering war against the captors. But time is short: in 24 hours,...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
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Description
Halloween II: Picking up precisely where its predecessor left off, Halloween II follows the same ill-fated characters as they encounter the knife-wielding maniac they left for dead in the first Halloween. It seems the inhuman Michael Myers is still very much alive and out for more revenge as he stalks the deserted halls of the hospital where his sister lies waiting. As he gets closer and closer to his terrified target, Dr. Loomis discovers the chilling...
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Escape to Witch Mountain: Two orphan children escape from a scheming millionaire and discover they have come from another planet.
Return from Witch Mountain: The entire city of Los Angeles teeters on the brink of nuclear disaster when the greedy criminals manipulate a young boy's supernatural powers for their own devious gain. But the youth's sister and a streetwise band of truants join forces in a desperate attempt to save the city from destruction....
19) The great escape
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft III, a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history-who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted.
20) Dracula
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
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Description
Throughout history Dracula has filled the hearts of men with terror and the hearts of women with desire. This stylish new production of the classic gothic horror tale stars Frank Langella, repeating his electrifying, award-winning stage performance as the blood-thirsty Count, and Laurence Olivier as the devout vampire hunter Von Helsing who is Dracula's nemesis. A great cast, fine direction, and a superbly atmospheric musical score make this the ultimate...