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Jurassic Park 3Jurassic Park 3 (2001)
Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Sam Neill, Laura Dern, William H. Macy
Sam Neill is the only original cast member to return (save a cameo from Laura Dern) for more run–around with the dinosaurs. Without…
Carrie 2: The RageCarrie 2: The Rage (1999)
Dir. Katt Shea
Feat. Emily Bergl
The secondary school system gets another dousing in pigs–blood in this less–sequel–more–remake of the Brian DePalma original…
Machine, LaMachine, La (1994)
Dir. Francois Dupeyron
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye
Gerard Depardieu goes into mad–doctor mode for this high–tech mind–transplant thriller, as a shrink/inventor whose fleeting…
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. John Hurt, Raul Julia, Bridget Fonda
John Hurt stars as a 21st century scientist who is thrown back to 19th century England, where Frankenstein's creature and other famous Brits run…
Juvenatrix (1988)
Dir. Brian Thomas Jones
Feat. Vivian Lanko, John Mackay, James Hogue
Aging woman commissions 'youth serum', with horrible side–effects. True 80s schlock.
Hand, TheHand, The (1981)
Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Michael Caine
Michael Caine stars in this early Oliver Stone mess (still suffering from shell–shock?) as a cartoonist whose severed hand goes about murdering…
Incredible Melting Man, The (1978)
Dir. William Sachs
Feat. Alex Rebar, Burr DeBenning, Myron Healey
Radiation poisoning causes an astronaut to literally fall to pieces during a murderous rampage. Slimy effects by Rick Baker distinguish this pure…
SquirmSquirm (1976) Recommended
Dir. Jeff Lieberman
Feat. Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy
A storm–toppled powerline drives large (and vicious) sandworms out the surrounding swamp–waters, terrifying the local populace in this…
DoomwatchDoomwatch (1972)
Dir. Peter Sasdy
Feat. Ian Bannen, George Sanders
Based on the British TV–series, Ian Bannen investigates the effects of an oil spill on an isolated Cornish community. Ecological themes to the…
Scream and Scream AgainScream and Scream Again (1969)
Dir. Gordon Hessler
Feat. Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee all turn in for this Hammer mad–doctor–creates–super–being yarn.
Projected Man, The (1966)
Dir. Ian Curteis
Feat. Bryant Halliday
Laboratory misadventure yarn derived in part from THE FLY: a researcher tests his laser device on himself and regrets it.
Human Vapour, The (1964)
Dir. Inoshiro Honda
Feat. Tatsuya Mihashi, Kaoru Yachigusa, Yoshio Tsuchiya
After an awry experiment, a benign librarian is able to spontaneously vapourize and get away with robbery, blackmail and murder in metropolitan…
Satan Bug, The (1964)
Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Alistair Maclean, Richard Basehart
Set in a hushed desert landscape of secret government laboratories and ominous rock–formations, this Cold War paranoia–thriller…
Brain, TheBrain, The (1962)
Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. Anne Heywood, Peter Van Eyck, Bernard Lee
A well–meaning doctor keeps alive the brain of a sadistic millionaire who gradually compels him to carry out his evil requests. Well directed…
Awful Dr. Awloff, TheAwful Dr. Awloff, The (1961)
Dir. Jess Franco
Feat. Howard Vernon
Deranged doctor Howard Vernon collects skin–grafts for his disfigured daughter, in a Spanish makeover of Franju's 'Eyes Without A Face'. A…
4D Man4D Man (1959) Recommended
Dir. Irvin S. Yeaworth
Feat. Robert Lansing
Sullen scientist Robert Lansing becomes greedy and homicidal after being charged with the ability to pass through solid matter. A certain…
Beyond the Time BarrierBeyond the Time Barrier (1959)
Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
Feat. Robert Clarke
An astronaut on a space mission is unwittingly catapulted into a plague–ridden Earth of 50 years into the future. Inriguing low–budgeter…
Manster, TheManster, The (1959)
Dir. George P. Breakson
Feat. Peter Dyneley
An American correspondent in Japan becomes an unwitting human guinea pig while trying to get the scoop on the work of a reclusive scientist. His…
Attack of the 50ft WomanAttack of the 50ft Woman (1958) Aro Favourite
Dir. Nathan Hertz
Feat. Allison Hayes, William Hudson
After a close–encounter, Allison Hayes starts growin' while her sleazeball husband philanders the town hussy. Bad special FX, charismatic…
Terror from the Year 5,000Terror from the Year 5,000 (1958)
Dir. Robert J. Gurney
Feat. Ward Costello, Joyce Holden, Frederic Downs
In a future contaminated with radioactivity, bizarre experiments with a time machine materialise with a terrifying she devil from 3000 years in the…
Bride of the MonsterBride of the Monster (1955)
Dir. Ed Wood Jnr.
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson
Mad scientist Bela Lugosi and hulking monster Tor Johnson abduct passers–by in a scheme to create a super–race. Super–bad acting,…
Donovan's Brain (1953)
Dir. Felix Feist
Feat. Lew Ayres, Gene Evans
B–movie classic about a scientist who keeps alive the brain of a tyrannical tycoon and slowly succumbs to its sinister motives.
Body Snatcher, TheBody Snatcher, The (1945)
Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi
Quietly creepy Val Lewton production with Boris Karloff as a sinister grave robber who provides bodies for medical research and then blackmails the…

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