Cinema of the Damned
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13 titles
Taste of Fear
›NR1961 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 82m · Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd
A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.
The Cat and the Canary
›1927 · Comedy, Horror, Mystery · 87m · Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley
Relatives gather at a haunted mansion for a will reading where the sole heir is threatened by a clause that could disinherit her if she goes mad, all while a homicidal maniac escapes nearby.
The Cat and the Canary
›1939 · Comedy, Horror, Mystery · 73m · Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal
Relatives gather at a haunted mansion for a will reading where the sole heir is threatened by a clause that could disinherit her if she goes mad, all while a homicidal maniac escapes nearby.
Homicidal
›1961 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin, Eugenie Leontovich
A woman named Emily checks into a hotel and offers the bellboy $2000 to temporarily marry her. We soon find out Emily is the caretaker of a wheelchair-bound mute named Helga, who was the childhood guardian of a pair of siblings: Miriam Webster and her half-brother, Warren, who is about to inherit the estate of their late father. Who is the mysterious Emily and what are her intentions?
The Private Eyes
›PG1980 · Comedy, Mystery, Horror · 91m · Don Knotts, Tim Conway, Trisha Noble
The lord and lady of a capacious manor are killed, and the lord's ghost seems to have returned to knock off the staff one by one, causing Inspector Winship and Dr. Tart to investigate the wacky house and its inhabitants.
The Shadow of the Cat
›1961 · Horror, Thriller · 79m · André Morell, Barbara Shelley, William Lucas
Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious, wild animal following the murder of her mistress. The three guilty people are all trapped by the cat's power and each will come to untimely deaths of horrific proportions without anyone being able to solve the mystery that surrounds their brutal death.
Transylvania Twist
›PG1989 · Fantasy, Comedy, Horror · 90m · Robert Vaughn, Teri Copley, Steve Altman
The nephew of a librarian must go collect a 200 year old book, "The Book of Ulthar." that should have never been checked out by the Evil Count Orlock cause one of the spells in it could bring about the end of the world. During his trip to the castle, he meets Marissa, a gorgeous rock star and heir to the castle's fortune. There they must confront the only other heir to the fortune and the book, Uncle Byron; and Uncle Byron and his 3 adopted nieces all have very, very, very broad smile.
The Devil Comes at Night
›2023 · Horror · 80m · Jason Martorino, Elias Zarou, Jeremiah Sparks
A washed up boxer searching for his inheritance must fight for his life when he is trapped in his deceased father's farmhouse by a local cannibal cult.
Rest in Pieces
›1987 · Horror · 90m · Scott Thompson Baker, Lorin Jean Vail, Dorothy Malone
A newlywed couple move into the mansion of the bride's recently dead aunt. Soon strange things begin to happen when the various tenants and servants of the mansion don't want to leave and the bride and groom are in a deadly predicament.
Two on a Guillotine
›NR1965 · Mystery, Horror · 107m · Connie Stevens, Dean Jones, Cesar Romero
The daughter of a dead magician who accidentally killed his wife, her mother, while performing a guillotine trick must spend the night in his house in order to collect her inheritance. Is the house haunted or is it all magic?
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
›NR1966 · Music, Comedy, Horror · 82m · Tommy Kirk, Deborah Walley, Aron Kincaid
A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have his youth restored.
The Curse of Hobbes House
›2020 · Horror, Thriller · 83m · Mhairi Calvey, Makenna Guyler, Waleed Elgadi
After the death of her Grandmother, Jane Dormant travels to the family’s remote, ancestral home hoping to receive a large inheritance. When Jane’s estranged, half-sister Jennifer arrives at Hobbes House to claim her part of the estate, the sisters’ simmering hate breaks out completely. But then a violent, unexpected storm cuts the estate off from outside help and a wave of bloodthirsty zombies lays siege. Now the sisters have to learn how to fight back together.
Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders
›R2022 · Thriller, Horror · 96m · Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Will Sasso, Jon Voight
A family reunion at a remote mansion takes a lethal turn when they are trapped inside and forced to play a deadly survival game where only one will make it out alive.