Author Archive: Retro

Jury forman is blamed by the press and his family after a woman on trial is found guilty and sentenced to the electric chair. Produced and Directed by Chester Erskine, his debut. Dir. Chester Erskine.

A paroled prisoner hits a man attacking a woman. He runs away scared that he may have killed him – he did not. From a book “Woman in the Dark” by Dashiell Hammett.

When a controversial story is dropped by her editor, a reporter quits her job to become editor of a paper in California, where she discovers some high placed crooks at work. Dir. Anton Lorenze.

Brilliant, crazy surgeon (Stroheim) develops a powerful sedative which produces a death-like state. When the man who stole Stroheim’s girlfriend is admitted to the Emergency Room, it’s a grand opportunity to test the serum, and get a little revenge. Written and Produced by John H. Auer. Based on Poe’s “The Premature Burial”. Dir. John H. Auer

Teenagers are stalked and murdered by a maniac at a town fair.

A murderous demon lurks inside an antique piano in a picturesque coastal town.