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Reefer Madness (1938)

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:38:00 +0000

Cautionary tale features a fictionalized and highly exaggerated take on the use of marijuana. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to “reefer” cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music.

Director: Louis J. Gasnier
Producer: George A. Hirliman
Production Company: G and H Production.
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Genre: Drama
Run time: 1:08:17
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:22:55 +0000

In this classic yet still creepy horror film, strangers hold up in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse and battle constant attacks from dead locals who have been brought back to life by mysterious radiation.

Director: George A. Romero
Producer: Karl Hardman, Russell Streiner
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Genre: Horror
Run time: 1:35:17
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:57:40 +0000

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is the first modern Horror Film and it influence a number of contemporary productions. A real classic!

Director: Robert Wiene
Producer: Rudolf Meinert and Erich Pommer
Production Company: Decla-Film-Ges. Holz & Co. (Berlin)
Audio/Visual: silent, black & white
Genre: Horror
Run time: 51 min
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

The Terror (1963)

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:21:09 +0000

A young officer in Napoleon’s army pursues a mysterious woman to the castle of an elderly Baron where he discovers that she is the pawn of an old witch bent on driving the Baron to suicide.

Director: Roger Corman
Producer: Roger Corman
Audio/Visual: Mono, Color
Genre: horror; thriller
Run time: 01:19:03
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

The Vampire Bat (1933)

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:02:22 +0000

The city of Kleinschloss is infected with a dark scourge from the past. A Legion of bloodsucking creatures who can assume human form have returned to prey upon the unsuspecting citizens. Detective Karl Brettschneider begins investigating numerous gory deaths at the request of the burgomaster. Despite the obvious evidence, he refuses to accept the existence of vampiric human bats, but soon their existence proves all too real.

Director: Frank R. Strayer
Audio/Visual: Mono, Black and White
Genre: Horror
Run time: 59:42
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)

admin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:24:03 +0000

The Martians kidnap Santa because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents.

Director: Nicholas Webster
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Genre: family; comedy
Runtime: 80 min
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

Killers From Space (1954)

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:00:05 +0000

Attack by monsters from another planet!

Director: W. Lee Wilder
Audio/Visual: sound, B&W
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 68 min
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

The Lost World (1925)

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 22:24:22 +0000

The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.

Director: Harry O. Hoyt
Producer: Jamie White
Production Company: First National Pictures Inc.
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w (tinted)
Genre: adventure, sci-fi
Runtime: 71 min
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

Nosferatu (1922)

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 00:14:10 +0000

Originally released in 1922 as Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens, director F.W. Munarau’s chilling and eerie adaption of Stoker’s Dracula is a silent masterpiece of terror which to this day is the most striking and frightening portrayal of the legend.

Director: F.W. Murnau
Audio/Visual: silent film, b&w
Genre: horror
Run time: 64 minutes

The Killer Shrews (1959)

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:11:32 +0000

On an isolated island, a small group of people is terrorised by giant, voracious shrews in the midst of a hurricane.

Director: Ray Kellogg
Producer: Ken Curtis
Production Company: Hollywood Pictures Corporation
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Run time: 68 min.
Creative Commons license: Public Domain