Author Archive: Retro

Joan Crawford. A puritanical minister attempts to reclaim a “lost woman” on the isle of Pago Pago. Based on play by Somerset Maugham.

A French novelist passes off a African shepherdess as a princess.

A dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime. His wife follows the trail of clues to the genuine killer.

The beautiful young daughter of a crazed count fears that she will fall victim to the family curse – to be sacrificed to fulfill an ancient family legend.

People start to get murder, and the coroner is convinced the killings are the workings of a reclusive odd baron who died decades ago. The baron’s great grandson arrives to stay at his ancestor’s castle, but the strange murders continue.

Innovative, groundbreaking film in which a woman on the verge of mental breakdown confronts the denizens of Skid Row. Mixed with flashbacks of an abusive childhood and kooky narration by Ed McMahon, this a must-see thriller! Dir. John Parker

Offbeat thriller about a mother and her 15 year old daughter who are forced to flee for their lives when they become involved with terrorists, a hit man hired to kill them, and a suitecase full of hot money.

An evil alien brain from the planet Arous hijacks the body of an Earth scientist in order to control the Earth.

A photographer and his models go to an old, abandoned castle to shoot some sexy covers for horror novels. Unbeknownst to them, the castle is inhabited by a lunatic who believes himself to be the reincarnated spirit of a 17th-century executioner whose job it is to protect the castle against intruders.