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''Midnite Movies'' is a line of
B movie A B movie or B film is a low-budget commercial motion picture. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified films intended for distribution as the less-publicized bottom half of a double feat ...
s released first on VHS and later on
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by
MGM Home Entertainment Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment LLC ( d/b/a MGM Home Entertainment and formerly known as MGM Home Video, MGM/CBS Home Video and MGM/UA Home Video) is the home video division of the American media company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. History ...
. The line was begun by MGM in March 2001 following its acquisition of
Orion Pictures Orion Pictures (legal name Orion Releasing, LLC) is an American film production and distribution company owned by Amazon through its Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) subsidiary. In its original operating period, the company produced and released films ...
, which bought out
Filmways Filmways, Inc. (also known as Filmways Pictures and Filmways Television) was a television and film production company founded by American film executive Martin Ransohoff and Edwin Kasper in 1952. It is probably best remembered as the productio ...
, the owner of
American International Pictures American International Pictures (AIP) is an American motion picture production label of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In its original operating period, AIP was an independent film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing fil ...
. AIP had a library of B movies from the 1950s and 1960s that were
science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imagination, imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, Paral ...
,
horror Horror may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Genres *Horror fiction, a genre of fiction ** Japanese horror, Japanese horror fiction **Korean horror, Korean horror fiction * Horror film, a film genre *Horror comics, comic books focusing o ...
, and
exploitation film An exploitation film is a film that tries to succeed financially by exploiting current trends, niche genres, or lurid content. Exploitation films are generally low-quality "B movies", though some set trends, attract critical attention, become hi ...
s. The ''Midnite Movies'' collection was primarily derived from the AIP library (including most of
Roger Corman Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...
and
Vincent Price Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, art historian, art collector and gourmet cook. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price has two stars on the Hollywood Wa ...
's horror films) but also included
Hammer Film Productions Hammer Film Productions Ltd. is a British film production company based in London. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic horror and fantasy films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Many of these involve classi ...
, Amicus Productions,
United Artists United Artists Corporation (UA), currently doing business as United Artists Digital Studios, is an American digital production company. Founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks, the stu ...
,
Cannon Films The Cannon Group, Inc. was an American group of companies, including Cannon Films, which produced films from 1967 to 1994. The extensive group also owned, amongst others, a large international cinema chain and a video film company that invested ...
, and Empire International Pictures films as well. The DVDs were first released as single films, but most later releases would be
double feature The double feature is a motion picture industry phenomenon in which theatres would exhibit two films for the price of one, supplanting an earlier format in which one feature film and various short subject reels would be shown. Opera use Opera ho ...
s on single double-sided discs. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment later became owners of the MGM library and continued the "Midnite Movies" line with distributor
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment (commonly referred to as 20th Home Video, or 20th Home Entertainment, formerly known as 20th Century-Fox Video, CBS/Fox Video, Fox Video, and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) is a home video label of ...
. All double feature titles released on the 20th Century Fox label were two-disc packages. By 2011, no new titles were forthcoming; the previous catalog titles slowly went out of print and the ''Midnite Movies'' website was taken down. Beginning in 2013, independent media labels such as Shout! Factory, Scream Factory, Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Twilight Time and Olive Films have licensed titles from the former ''Midnite Movies'' line for
Blu-ray The Blu-ray Disc (BD), often known simply as Blu-ray, is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released on June 20, 2006 worldwide. It is designed to supersede the DVD format, and capable of s ...
release.


DVD releases


Single film releases also available in ''Double'' and/or ''Quadruple Feature''s

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The Abominable Dr. Phibes ''The Abominable Dr. Phibes'' is a 1971 British dark comedy horror film, produced by Ronald S. Dunas and Louis M. Heyward, directed by Robert Fuest, written by William Goldstein and James Whiton, and starring Vincent Price and Joseph Cotten. It ...
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The Angry Red Planet ''The Angry Red Planet'' (also called ''Invasion of Mars'' and ''Journey to Planet Four'') is a 1959 American science fiction film directed by Ib Melchior and starring Gerald Mohr. Melchior reportedly had an initial production budget of only $2 ...
'' (OOP)
'' At the Earth's Core'' (OOP)
'' Attack of the Puppet People'' (OOP)
'' Beach Blanket Bingo'' (OOP)
'' The Beast Within'' (OOP)
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Count Yorga, Vampire ''Count Yorga, Vampire'' (also known as ''The Loves Of Count Iorga, Vampire'') is a 1970 American vampire horror film written and directed by Bob Kelljan and starring Robert Quarry, Roger Perry and Michael Murphy. It was followed by a sequel, ' ...
'' (OOP)
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Die, Monster, Die! ''Die, Monster, Die!'' (British title: ''Monster of Terror'') is a 1965 science fiction horror film directed by Daniel Haller, and starring Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Freda Jackson, and Suzan Farmer. Its plot follows an American man who, whi ...
'' (OOP)
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Dr. Phibes Rises Again ''Dr. Phibes Rises Again'' is a 1972 British horror-dark comedy film, produced by Louis M. Heyward, directed by Robert Fuest, that stars Vincent Price and Robert Quarry. The film is a sequel to ''The Abominable Dr. Phibes'' (1971). After seeking ...
'' (OOP)
'' The Dunwich Horror'' (OOP)
'' Empire of the Ants'' (OOP)
'' The Fall of the House of Usher'' (OOP)
'' Invaders from Mars'' (1986) (OOP)
'' It! The Terror from Beyond Space'' (OOP)
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The Man from Planet X ''The Man from Planet X'' is a 1951 independently made American black-and-white science fiction horror film, produced by Jack Pollexfen and Aubrey Wisberg, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, that stars Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, and William S ...
'' (OOP)
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The Monster That Challenged the World ''The Monster That Challenged the World'' (original working titles: ''The Jagged Edge'' and ''The Kraken'') is a 1957 black-and-white science-fiction monster film from Gramercy Pictures, produced by Arthur Gardner, Jules V. Levy, and Arnold Laven ...
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'' Morons from Outer Space'' (OOP)
'' The People That Time Forgot'' (OOP)
'' The Pit and the Pendulum'' (OOP)
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Strange Invaders ''Strange Invaders'' is a 1983 American science fiction film directed and co-written by Michael Laughlin, and stars Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen and Diana Scarwid. Produced as a tribute to the sci-fi films of the 1950s, notably '' The Invasion of ...
'' (OOP)
'' Theatre of Blood'' (also as ''Theater of Blood'') (OOP)
'' The Thing with Two Heads'' (OOP)
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Twice-Told Tales ''Twice-Told Tales'' is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first volume was published in the spring of 1837 and the second in 1842. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence th ...
'' (OOP)
'' Village of the Giants'' (OOP)
'' War-Gods of the Deep'' (OOP)
'' The Wild Angels'' (OOP)


Single film releases not available in ''Double Feature''s

'' Donovan's Brain'' (OOP)
'' Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine'' (OOP)
'' The Food of the Gods'' (OOP)
'' I Bury the Living'' (OOP)
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The Island of Dr. Moreau ''The Island of Doctor Moreau'' is an 1896 science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells (1866–1946). The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick who is a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat. He is left on the island ...
'' (1977) (OOP)
'' Killer Klowns from Outer Space''
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The Man from Planet X ''The Man from Planet X'' is a 1951 independently made American black-and-white science fiction horror film, produced by Jack Pollexfen and Aubrey Wisberg, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, that stars Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, and William S ...
'' (OOP)
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Mars Needs Women ''Mars Needs Women'' is a 1968 independently made American made-for-television science fiction film from Azalea Pictures. The film was produced, written, and directed by self-proclaimed schlock artist/auteur Larry Buchanan, and stars Tommy Kirk ...
'' (OOP)
'' Planet of the Vampires'' (OOP)
'' Reptilicus'' (OOP)
'' The Thing with Two Heads'' (OOP)
'' Witchfinder General''
'' X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes'' (OOP)


''Double Feature'' releases

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The Abominable Dr. Phibes ''The Abominable Dr. Phibes'' is a 1971 British dark comedy horror film, produced by Ronald S. Dunas and Louis M. Heyward, directed by Robert Fuest, written by William Goldstein and James Whiton, and starring Vincent Price and Joseph Cotten. It ...
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Dr. Phibes Rises Again ''Dr. Phibes Rises Again'' is a 1972 British horror-dark comedy film, produced by Louis M. Heyward, directed by Robert Fuest, that stars Vincent Price and Robert Quarry. The film is a sequel to ''The Abominable Dr. Phibes'' (1971). After seeking ...
'' (OOP)
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Angel Unchained ''Angel Unchained'' (also known as ''Hell's Angels Unchained'') is a 1970 American action thriller film directed by Lee Madden for American International Pictures and starring Don Stroud as the title character Angel. It was released in the Unite ...
'' / '' Cycle Savages''
'' Attack of the Puppet People'' / '' Village of the Giants''
'' The Attic'' / '' Crawlspace'' (OOP)
'' Beach Blanket Bingo'' / ''
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini ''How to Stuff a Wild Bikini'' is a 1965 Pathécolor beach party film from American International Pictures. The sixth entry in a seven-film series, the movie features Mickey Rooney, Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian Donlevy, and Bev ...
'' (''HtSaWB'' was also released as a single disc, but not as a Midnite Movie)
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Beach Party ''Beach Party'' is a 1963 American film and the first of seven beach party films from American International Pictures (AIP) aimed at a teen audience.Smith, Gary A. Smith (2009) ''The American International Pictures Video Guide'', McFarland p.2 ...
'' / '' Bikini Beach''
'' The Beast Within'' / '' The Bat People''
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A Blueprint for Murder ''A Blueprint for Murder'' is a 1953 American film noir thriller film directed and written by Andrew L. Stone and starring Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters and Gary Merrill. Plot Whitney "Cam" Cameron (Joseph Cotten) arrives at a hospital to be with ...
'' / '' Man in the Attic''
'' Chosen Survivors'' / '' The Earth Dies Screaming''
'' The Comedy of Terrors'' / ''
The Raven "The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a distraught lover who is paid a myste ...
'' (1963) (OOP)
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Count Yorga, Vampire ''Count Yorga, Vampire'' (also known as ''The Loves Of Count Iorga, Vampire'') is a 1970 American vampire horror film written and directed by Bob Kelljan and starring Robert Quarry, Roger Perry and Michael Murphy. It was followed by a sequel, ' ...
'' / ''
The Return of Count Yorga ''The Return of Count Yorga'' (originally titled ''Yorga Returns'') is a 1971 American vampire horror film directed by Bob Kelljan and starring Robert Quarry, Roger Perry, Yvonne Wilder, George Macready, Rudy De Luca, Edward Walsh, and Craig ...
'' (OOP)
'' Countess Dracula'' / '' The Vampire Lovers'' (OOP)
'' Cry of the Banshee'' / ''
Murders in the Rue Morgue "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in '' Graham's Magazine'' in 1841. It has been described as the first modern detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". C. August ...
'' (1971) (OOP)
'' Crystalstone'' / '' The Boy and the Pirates''
'' Deranged'' / '' Motel Hell'' (OOP)
'' Devils of Darkness'' / ''
Witchcraft Witchcraft traditionally means the use of magic or supernatural powers to harm others. A practitioner is a witch. In medieval and early modern Europe, where the term originated, accused witches were usually women who were believed to have u ...
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Die, Monster, Die! ''Die, Monster, Die!'' (British title: ''Monster of Terror'') is a 1965 science fiction horror film directed by Daniel Haller, and starring Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Freda Jackson, and Suzan Farmer. Its plot follows an American man who, whi ...
'' / '' The Dunwich Horror'' (OOP)
'' Empire of the Ants'' / ''
Tentacles In zoology, a tentacle is a flexible, mobile, and elongated organ present in some species of animals, most of them invertebrates. In animal anatomy, tentacles usually occur in one or more pairs. Anatomically, the tentacles of animals work mai ...
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'' The Fall of the House of Usher'' / '' The Pit and the Penduium'' (1961)
'' Fireball 500'' / ''
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'' Fortunes of Captain Blood'' / ''
Captain Pirate ''Captain Pirate'' is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Louis Hayward. The swashbuckler was based on the 1931 Rafael Sabatini novel '' Captain Blood Returns''. This was the final film directed by Murphy. Plot C ...
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Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow ''Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow'' is a 1959 AIP horror/comedy film. It was a sequel to their film ''Hot Rod Gang''. American International Pictures released the film in July 1959 as a double feature with ''Diary of a High School Bride''. The film spoo ...
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The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini ''Ghost in the Invisible Bikini'' is the seventh and last of American International Pictures' beach party films. Released in 1966, the film features the cast cavorting in and around a haunted house and the adjacent swimming pool. No beach appea ...
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'' Gorilla at Large'' / ''
Mystery on Monster Island ''Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery'' (french: L'École des Robinsons, literally ''The School for Robinsons''), also published as ''School for Crusoes'', is an 1882 adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne. The novel tells of a wealthy y ...
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'' The Haunted Palace'' / ''
Tower of London The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is sepa ...
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The House on Skull Mountain ''The House on Skull Mountain'' is a 1974 horror film directed by Ron Honthaner. After Pauline Christophe (Mary J. Todd McKenzie), the sole heir for the mansion on Skull Mountain dies, four of her family members are called to hear her will. Upon ...
'' / '' The Mephisto Waltz''
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The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant ''The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant'' is a 1971 science fiction/horror film directed by Anthony Lanza. It is sometimes confused with the 1972 blaxploitation film '' The Thing with Two Heads''. Plot Dr. Roger Girard (Bruce Dern) is a wealthy ...
'' / '' The Thing with Two Heads''
'' Invisible Invaders'' / '' Journey to the Seventh Planet''
'' Invasion of the Star Creatures'' / '' Invasion of the Bee Girls''
'' The Land That Time Forgot'' / '' The People That Time Forgot'' (OOP)
'' The Masque of the Red Death'' / '' The Premature Burial''
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The Mini-Skirt Mob ''The Mini-Skirt Mob'' is a 1968 outlaw biker film about an all-female motorcycle gang. The film was directed by Maury Dexter, and stars Diane McBain, Jeremy Slate, Sherry Jackson, Patty McCormack, Harry Dean Stanton and Sandra Marshall. Pl ...
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Chrome and Hot Leather ''Chrome and Hot Leather'' is a 1971 American action revenge film about Green Berets vs. bikersGary A. Smith, ''The American International Pictures Video Guide'', McFarland 2009 p 38 with touches of comedy. It is one of two films to feature sin ...
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'' Morons from Outer Space'' / ''
Alien from L.A. ''Alien from L.A.'' is a 1988 science fiction film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Kathy Ireland as a young woman who visits the underground civilization of Atlantis. The film was featured on ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''. This film is lo ...
'' (''Alien from L.A.'' was also released as a single disc, but not as a Midnite Movie)
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The Monster That Challenged the World ''The Monster That Challenged the World'' (original working titles: ''The Jagged Edge'' and ''The Kraken'') is a 1957 black-and-white science-fiction monster film from Gramercy Pictures, produced by Arthur Gardner, Jules V. Levy, and Arnold Laven ...
'' / '' It! The Terror from Beyond Space''
'' Muscle Beach Party'' / '' Ski Party''
'' The Oblong Box'' / ''
Scream and Scream Again ''Scream and Scream Again'' is a 1970 British science fiction conspiracy thriller film starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Alfred Marks, Michael Gothard, and Peter Cushing. It is based on the novel ''The Disorientated Man'' (1967) attri ...
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'' Panic in Year Zero!'' / '' The Last Man on Earth'' (''TLMOE'' was also released as a single disc, but not as a Midnite Movie)
'' The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues'' / '' The Beast with a Million Eyes''
'' Psych-Out'' / '' The Trip'' (OOP)
'' The Return of Dracula'' / '' The Vampire'' (OOP)
''
Strange Invaders ''Strange Invaders'' is a 1983 American science fiction film directed and co-written by Michael Laughlin, and stars Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen and Diana Scarwid. Produced as a tribute to the sci-fi films of the 1950s, notably '' The Invasion of ...
'' / '' Invaders from Mars''
'' Tales from the Crypt'' / '' The Vault of Horror'' (OOP)
'' Tales of Terror'' / ''
Twice-Told Tales ''Twice-Told Tales'' is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first volume was published in the spring of 1837 and the second in 1842. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence th ...
'' (''ToT'' was also released as a single disc, but not as a Midnite Movie) (OOP)
'' Theatre of Blood'' (also as ''Theater of Blood'') / '' Madhouse'' (OOP)
'' The Tomb of Ligeia'' / ''
An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe ''An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe'' is a 1970 film which features Vincent Price reciting four of Edgar Allan Poe's stories, directed by Kenneth Johnson, with music by Les Baxter. The stories included are: "The Tell-Tale Heart "The Tell-Tale ...
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'' Voodoo Island'' / '' The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake''
'' War-Gods of the Deep'' / '' At the Earth's Core''
'' The Wild Angels'' / ''
Hell's Belles The comic book stories published by Marvel Comics since the 1940s have featured several fictional teams and organizations and this page lists them. 0–9 198 A A-Force A-Next A.I. Army Because of his revelation that he is now a simulated ...
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Wild in the Streets ''Wild in the Streets'' is a 1968 American comedy-drama film directed by Barry Shear and starring Christopher Jones, Hal Holbrook, and Shelley Winters. Based on the short story "The Day It All Happened, Baby!" by Robert Thom, it was distri ...
'' / '' Gas-s-s-s'' (OOP)
'' What's the Matter with Helen?'' / '' Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?'' (OOP)
'' Yongary, Monster from the Deep'' / '' Konga'' (''Konga'' was also released as a single disc, but not as a Midnite Movie) (OOP)


''Quadruple Feature'' releases

Released April 5, 2011
'' The Land That Time Forgot'' / '' The People That Time Forgot'' / '' Panic in Year Zero!'' / '' The Last Man On Earth''
'' Morons from Outer Space'' / ''
Alien from L.A. ''Alien from L.A.'' is a 1988 science fiction film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Kathy Ireland as a young woman who visits the underground civilization of Atlantis. The film was featured on ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''. This film is lo ...
'' / ''
The Man from Planet X ''The Man from Planet X'' is a 1951 independently made American black-and-white science fiction horror film, produced by Jack Pollexfen and Aubrey Wisberg, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, that stars Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, and William S ...
'' / ''
The Angry Red Planet ''The Angry Red Planet'' (also called ''Invasion of Mars'' and ''Journey to Planet Four'') is a 1959 American science fiction film directed by Ib Melchior and starring Gerald Mohr. Melchior reportedly had an initial production budget of only $2 ...
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'' The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues'' / '' The Beast with a Million Eyes'' / '' War-Gods of the Deep'' / '' At the Earth's Core''
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Strange Invaders ''Strange Invaders'' is a 1983 American science fiction film directed and co-written by Michael Laughlin, and stars Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen and Diana Scarwid. Produced as a tribute to the sci-fi films of the 1950s, notably '' The Invasion of ...
'' / '' Invaders from Mars'' / '' Invisible Invaders'' / '' Journey to the Seventh Planet''


Box sets

''Midnite Movies: Creepy Classics'' (OOP)
- ''X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes''
- ''The Fall of the House of Usher''
- ''The Pit and the Pendulum'' (1961)
- ''The Dunwich Horror''
''Midnite Movies Volume One: Creatures & Monsters'' (OOP)
- ''Yongary, Monster From the Deep'' / ''Konga''
- ''Chosen Survivors'' / ''The Earth Dies Screaming''
- ''The Food of the Gods''
- ''Gorilla at Large'' / ''Mystery on Monster Island''
- ''The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues'' / ''The Beast with a Million Eyes''
''Midnite Movies Volume Two: Vampires & Witchcraft'' (OOP)
- ''The Beast Within'' / ''The Bat People''
- ''Devils of Darkness'' / ''Witchcraft''
- ''Witchfinder General''
- ''The House on Skull Mountain'' / ''The Mephisto Waltz''
- ''The Return of Dracula'' / ''The Vampire''
''Vincent Price: MGM Scream Legends Collection''
- ''Tales of Terror'' / ''Twice-Told Tales''
- ''The Abominable Dr. Phibes'' / ''Dr. Phibes Rises Again''
- ''Theatre of Blood'' (also as ''Theater of Blood'') / ''Madhouse''
- ''Witchfinder General'' / Disc of Horrors (bonus disc)


Selected DVD releases

These 12 films were ''not'' later released as ''Midnite Movies'' DVDs:
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The Amazing Transparent Man ''The Amazing Transparent Man'' is a 1960 American science fiction thriller B-movie starring Marguerite Chapman in her final feature film. The plot follows an insane ex–U.S. Army major who uses an escaped criminal to steal materials to improve ...
'' (a
public domain The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. Because those rights have expired, ...
film released on several different DVDs)
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The Brain That Wouldn't Die ''The Brain That Wouldn't Die'' (also known as ''The Head That Wouldn't Die'' or ''The Brain That Couldn't Die'') is a 1962 American science fiction horror film directed by Joseph Green and written by Green and Rex Carlton. The film was complete ...
'' (a
public domain The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. Because those rights have expired, ...
film released on several different DVDs)
'' A Bucket of Blood'' (released on an MGM DVD with the same cover sleeve art/text, but no ''Midnite Movies'' title)
'' Burn, Witch, Burn'' (released on DVD-R as part of the ''MGM Limited Edition Collection'')
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Frogs A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is ...
'' (released on an MGM DVD with the same cover sleeve art/text, but no ''Midnite Movies'' title)
'' High School Hellcats'' (released on DVD-R as part of the ''MGM Limited Edition Collection'')
'' The Incredible Melting Man'' (released on DVD-R as part of the ''MGM Limited Edition Collection'')
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Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter ''Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter'' is a low-budget Western horror film released in 1966, in which a fictionalized version of the real-life western outlaw Jesse James encounters the fictional ''grand''daughter (the film's title notwi ...
'' (a
public domain The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. Because those rights have expired, ...
film released on several different DVDs)
'' Master of the World'' (released on DVD-R as part of the ''MGM Limited Edition Collection'')
'' Pajama Party'' (released on an MGM DVD with the same cover sleeve art/text, but no ''Midnite Movies'' title)
'' The Phantom Planet'' (a
public domain The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. Because those rights have expired, ...
film released on several different DVDs)
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The Quatermass Xperiment ''The Quatermass Xperiment'' (a.k.a. ''The Creeping Unknown'' in the United States) is a 1955 British science fiction film, science fiction horror film from Hammer Film Productions, based on the 1953 BBC Television serial ''The Quatermass Expe ...
'' (released on DVD-R as part of the ''MGM Limited Edition Collection'')


Blu-ray releases

There have been no Blu-rays released under the ''Midnite Movies'' label; however, MGM is/has been licensing many of the ''MM'' titles to independent labels for Blu-ray release. The U.S. releases are as follows.


Shout! Factory

''Invaders from Mars'' (1986)
''Motel Hell''


Scream Factory

''The Vincent Price Collection''
''The Fall of the House of Usher''
''The Pit and the Pendulum''
''The Haunted Palace''
''The Masque of the Red Death''
''Witchfinder General''
''The Abominable Dr. Phibes''
''The Vincent Price Collection II''
''The Raven'' (1963)
''The Comedy of Terrors''
''The Last Man on Earth''
''The Tomb of Ligeia''
''Dr. Phibes Rises Again''
''The Vincent Price Collection III''
''Tower of London''
''An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe''
''Cry of the Banshee''
''Empire of the Ants''/''Jaws of Satan''
''The Food of the Gods''/''Frogs''
''Tentacles''/''Reptilicus''
''Tales from the Crypt''/''Vault of Horror''
''Murders in the Rue Morgue'' (1971)/''The Dunwich Horror''
''Crawlspace''
''Die, Monster, Die!''
''Invasion of the Bee Girls''
''The Return of Count Yorga''
''The Vampire Lovers''


KINO Studio Classics

''At the Earth's Core''
''Donovan's Brain''
''Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine''
''The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant''
''Invisible Invaders''
''The Island of Dr. Moreau'' (1977)
''Journey to the Seventh Planet''
''The Land That Time Forgot''
''Madhouse''
''The Monster That Challenged the World''
''The Oblong Box''
''Panic in Year Zero!''
''The People That Time Forgot''
''The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues''
''Planet of the Vampires''
''The Premature Burial''
''Tales of Terror''
''Twice-Told Tales''
''War-Gods of the Deep''
''X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes''
''Yongary, Monster from the Deep''


MGM

''Killer Klowns from Outer Space''


Olive Films

''It! The Terror from Beyond Space''
''Muscle Beach Party''
''Psych-Out''
''The Return of Dracula'' (
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exclusive release)
''The Thing with Two Heads''
''The Wild Angels''


Twilight Time

''Count Yorga, Vampire''
''Scream and Scream Again''
''Strange Invaders''


Synapse Films

''Countess Dracula''


All released titles in alphabetical order

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The Abominable Dr. Phibes ''The Abominable Dr. Phibes'' is a 1971 British dark comedy horror film, produced by Ronald S. Dunas and Louis M. Heyward, directed by Robert Fuest, written by William Goldstein and James Whiton, and starring Vincent Price and Joseph Cotten. It ...
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Alien from L.A. ''Alien from L.A.'' is a 1988 science fiction film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Kathy Ireland as a young woman who visits the underground civilization of Atlantis. The film was featured on ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''. This film is lo ...
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An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe ''An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe'' is a 1970 film which features Vincent Price reciting four of Edgar Allan Poe's stories, directed by Kenneth Johnson, with music by Les Baxter. The stories included are: "The Tell-Tale Heart "The Tell-Tale ...
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Angel Unchained ''Angel Unchained'' (also known as ''Hell's Angels Unchained'') is a 1970 American action thriller film directed by Lee Madden for American International Pictures and starring Don Stroud as the title character Angel. It was released in the Unite ...
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The Angry Red Planet ''The Angry Red Planet'' (also called ''Invasion of Mars'' and ''Journey to Planet Four'') is a 1959 American science fiction film directed by Ib Melchior and starring Gerald Mohr. Melchior reportedly had an initial production budget of only $2 ...
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'' At the Earth's Core'' (OOP)
'' Attack of the Puppet People'' (OOP)
'' The Attic''
'' The Bat People''
'' Beach Blanket Bingo'' (OOP)
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Beach Party ''Beach Party'' is a 1963 American film and the first of seven beach party films from American International Pictures (AIP) aimed at a teen audience.Smith, Gary A. Smith (2009) ''The American International Pictures Video Guide'', McFarland p.2 ...
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'' The Beast with a Million Eyes''
'' The Beast Within'' (OOP)
'' Bikini Beach''
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A Blueprint for Murder ''A Blueprint for Murder'' is a 1953 American film noir thriller film directed and written by Andrew L. Stone and starring Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters and Gary Merrill. Plot Whitney "Cam" Cameron (Joseph Cotten) arrives at a hospital to be with ...
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'' The Boy and the Pirates''
'' Captain Blood'' (1960)
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Captain Pirate ''Captain Pirate'' is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Louis Hayward. The swashbuckler was based on the 1931 Rafael Sabatini novel '' Captain Blood Returns''. This was the final film directed by Murphy. Plot C ...
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'' Chosen Survivors''
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Chrome and Hot Leather ''Chrome and Hot Leather'' is a 1971 American action revenge film about Green Berets vs. bikersGary A. Smith, ''The American International Pictures Video Guide'', McFarland 2009 p 38 with touches of comedy. It is one of two films to feature sin ...
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'' The Comedy of Terrors''
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Count Yorga, Vampire ''Count Yorga, Vampire'' (also known as ''The Loves Of Count Iorga, Vampire'') is a 1970 American vampire horror film written and directed by Bob Kelljan and starring Robert Quarry, Roger Perry and Michael Murphy. It was followed by a sequel, ' ...
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'' Countess Dracula'' (OOP)
'' Crawlspace''
'' Cry of the Banshee''
'' Crystalstone''
'' Cycle Savages''
'' Deranged'' (OOP)
'' Devils of Darkness''
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Die, Monster, Die! ''Die, Monster, Die!'' (British title: ''Monster of Terror'') is a 1965 science fiction horror film directed by Daniel Haller, and starring Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Freda Jackson, and Suzan Farmer. Its plot follows an American man who, whi ...
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'' Donovan's Brain'' (OOP)
'' Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine'' (OOP)
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Dr. Phibes Rises Again ''Dr. Phibes Rises Again'' is a 1972 British horror-dark comedy film, produced by Louis M. Heyward, directed by Robert Fuest, that stars Vincent Price and Robert Quarry. The film is a sequel to ''The Abominable Dr. Phibes'' (1971). After seeking ...
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'' The Dunwich Horror'' (OOP)
'' The Earth Dies Screaming''
'' Empire of the Ants'' (OOP)
'' The Fall of the House of Usher''
'' Fireball 500''
'' The Food of the Gods''
'' Fortunes of Captain Blood''
'' The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake''
'' Gas-s-s-s'' (OOP)
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The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini ''Ghost in the Invisible Bikini'' is the seventh and last of American International Pictures' beach party films. Released in 1966, the film features the cast cavorting in and around a haunted house and the adjacent swimming pool. No beach appea ...
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Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow ''Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow'' is a 1959 AIP horror/comedy film. It was a sequel to their film ''Hot Rod Gang''. American International Pictures released the film in July 1959 as a double feature with ''Diary of a High School Bride''. The film spoo ...
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'' Gorilla at Large''
'' The Haunted Palace''
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Hell's Belles The comic book stories published by Marvel Comics since the 1940s have featured several fictional teams and organizations and this page lists them. 0–9 198 A A-Force A-Next A.I. Army Because of his revelation that he is now a simulated ...
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The House on Skull Mountain ''The House on Skull Mountain'' is a 1974 horror film directed by Ron Honthaner. After Pauline Christophe (Mary J. Todd McKenzie), the sole heir for the mansion on Skull Mountain dies, four of her family members are called to hear her will. Upon ...
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How to Stuff a Wild Bikini ''How to Stuff a Wild Bikini'' is a 1965 Pathécolor beach party film from American International Pictures. The sixth entry in a seven-film series, the movie features Mickey Rooney, Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian Donlevy, and Bev ...
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'' I Bury the Living'' (OOP)
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The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant ''The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant'' is a 1971 science fiction/horror film directed by Anthony Lanza. It is sometimes confused with the 1972 blaxploitation film '' The Thing with Two Heads''. Plot Dr. Roger Girard (Bruce Dern) is a wealthy ...
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'' Invaders from Mars'' (1986) (OOP)
'' Invasion of the Bee Girls''
'' Invasion of the Star Creatures''
'' Invisible Invaders''
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The Island of Dr. Moreau ''The Island of Doctor Moreau'' is an 1896 science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells (1866–1946). The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick who is a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat. He is left on the island ...
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'' It! The Terror from Beyond Space'' (OOP)
'' Journey to the Seventh Planet''
'' Killer Klowns from Outer Space''
'' Konga'' (OOP)
'' The Land That Time Forgot''
'' The Last Man on Earth''
'' Madhouse'' (OOP)
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The Man from Planet X ''The Man from Planet X'' is a 1951 independently made American black-and-white science fiction horror film, produced by Jack Pollexfen and Aubrey Wisberg, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, that stars Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, and William S ...
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'' Man in the Attic''
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Mars Needs Women ''Mars Needs Women'' is a 1968 independently made American made-for-television science fiction film from Azalea Pictures. The film was produced, written, and directed by self-proclaimed schlock artist/auteur Larry Buchanan, and stars Tommy Kirk ...
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'' The Masque of the Red Death''
'' The Mephisto Waltz''
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The Mini-Skirt Mob ''The Mini-Skirt Mob'' is a 1968 outlaw biker film about an all-female motorcycle gang. The film was directed by Maury Dexter, and stars Diane McBain, Jeremy Slate, Sherry Jackson, Patty McCormack, Harry Dean Stanton and Sandra Marshall. Pl ...
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The Monster That Challenged the World ''The Monster That Challenged the World'' (original working titles: ''The Jagged Edge'' and ''The Kraken'') is a 1957 black-and-white science-fiction monster film from Gramercy Pictures, produced by Arthur Gardner, Jules V. Levy, and Arnold Laven ...
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'' Morons from Outer Space'' (OOP)
'' Motel Hell'' (OOP)
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Murders in the Rue Morgue "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in '' Graham's Magazine'' in 1841. It has been described as the first modern detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". C. August ...
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'' Muscle Beach Party''
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Mystery on Monster Island ''Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery'' (french: L'École des Robinsons, literally ''The School for Robinsons''), also published as ''School for Crusoes'', is an 1882 adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne. The novel tells of a wealthy y ...
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'' The Oblong Box''
'' Panic in Year Zero!''
'' The People That Time Forgot'' (OOP)
'' The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues''
'' The Pit and the Pendulum'' (1961) (OOP)
'' Planet of the Vampires'' (OOP)
'' The Premature Burial''
'' Psych-Out'' (OOP)
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The Raven "The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a distraught lover who is paid a myste ...
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'' Reptilicus'' (OOP)
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The Return of Count Yorga ''The Return of Count Yorga'' (originally titled ''Yorga Returns'') is a 1971 American vampire horror film directed by Bob Kelljan and starring Robert Quarry, Roger Perry, Yvonne Wilder, George Macready, Rudy De Luca, Edward Walsh, and Craig ...
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'' The Return of Dracula'' (OOP)
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Scream and Scream Again ''Scream and Scream Again'' is a 1970 British science fiction conspiracy thriller film starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Alfred Marks, Michael Gothard, and Peter Cushing. It is based on the novel ''The Disorientated Man'' (1967) attri ...
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'' Ski Party''
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Strange Invaders ''Strange Invaders'' is a 1983 American science fiction film directed and co-written by Michael Laughlin, and stars Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen and Diana Scarwid. Produced as a tribute to the sci-fi films of the 1950s, notably '' The Invasion of ...
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'' Tales from the Crypt'' (OOP)
'' Tales of Terror''
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Tentacles In zoology, a tentacle is a flexible, mobile, and elongated organ present in some species of animals, most of them invertebrates. In animal anatomy, tentacles usually occur in one or more pairs. Anatomically, the tentacles of animals work mai ...
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'' Theatre of Blood'' (also as ''Theater of Blood'') (OOP)
'' The Thing with Two Heads'' (OOP)
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Thunder Alley Thunder Alley may refer to: * ''Thunder Alley'' (TV series), an American sitcom * ''Thunder Alley'' (1967 film), a film about auto racing * ''Thunder Alley'' (1985 film), an American drama film * Thunder Alley (Kings Island), an amusement pa ...
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'' The Tomb of Ligeia''
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Tower of London The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is sepa ...
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'' The Trip'' (OOP)
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Twice-Told Tales ''Twice-Told Tales'' is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first volume was published in the spring of 1837 and the second in 1842. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence th ...
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'' The Vampire'' (OOP)
'' The Vampire Lovers'' (OOP)
'' The Vault of Horror'' (OOP)
'' Village of the Giants'' (OOP)
'' Voodoo Island''
'' War-Gods of the Deep'' (OOP)
'' What's the Matter with Helen?'' (OOP)
'' Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?'' (OOP)
'' The Wild Angels'' (OOP)
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Wild in the Streets ''Wild in the Streets'' is a 1968 American comedy-drama film directed by Barry Shear and starring Christopher Jones, Hal Holbrook, and Shelley Winters. Based on the short story "The Day It All Happened, Baby!" by Robert Thom, it was distri ...
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Witchcraft Witchcraft traditionally means the use of magic or supernatural powers to harm others. A practitioner is a witch. In medieval and early modern Europe, where the term originated, accused witches were usually women who were believed to have u ...
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'' Witchfinder General''
'' X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes'' (OOP)
'' Yongary, Monster from the Deep'' (OOP)
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Scream Factory Shout! Factory is an American home video and music company founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy ...
* IFC Films * Roger Corman's Cult Classics


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