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1980 Science Fiction 120 min Play

TV 6.8

The Fantastic Journey

The Fantastic Journey was an American science fiction television series that was originally aired on NBC from February 3 through June 17, 1977.

NR NBC

6.8

1977 Action 60 min Play

Behind the Planet of the Apes

This documentary was shown as part of the American Movie Classics (AMC) cable TV channel's celebration of the 30th anniversary of the release of Planet of the Apes (1968). We learn how the original French novel was transformed into the first film.

1998 Documentary 127 min Play

Obsessed with Vertigo – New Life for Hitchcock’s Masterpiece

A documentary about the making and restoration of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece "Vertigo". Narrated by Roddy McDowall, with behind-the-scenes talk from Barbara Bel Geddes, Henry Bumstead, Robert A. Harris, Patricia Hitchcock, James C. Katz, Kim Novak, Peggy Robertson and Martin Scorsese. Brings fresh perspective, not just to the film and the director, but to the Fifties Hollywood as well. [Included as extra with DVD release].

1997 Documentary 29 min Play

Unlikely Angel

A country singer dies prematurely, but cannot enter heaven until she performs a good deed back on earth.

1996 Comedy 95 min Play

4.1

Star Hunter

Star hunters are the space monsters who hunt helpless creatures for pleasure. One night couple of high school fotball players and their cheerleaders are returning home after the lost game. But, when their bus makes the wrong turn, they are going to meet those creatures, and the real game will begin.

4.1

1996 Action 80 min Play

3.5

The Alien Within

Crew of an undersea mining platform falls prey to mysterious and dangerous parasite. The parasite has the ability to affect people's minds, so survivors can't be certain who is safe and who is infected.

3.5

1995 Horror 75 min Play

3.4

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance

A mysterious mirror is found hidden in a church orphanage, yet few realize its legacy of evil. When an innocent teen discovers that she is being stalked by her evil stepsister, the mirror's demonic power is again unleashed. As the mirror gains strength from the blood of the damned, the ultimate battle between good and evil begins. William Sanderson was the only actor from the first film to return for the second movie, albeit in a different role. The second film notably featured an early ...

3.4

1994 Horror 91 min Play

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Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic

Documentary about the making of Meet Me in St. Louis

1994 Documentary 30 min Play

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5.4

Earth Angel

When a prom queen dies in 1962, her only means of entering Heaven is by returning to 1990 earth, to assist friends from her youth.

5.4

1991 Comedy 92 min Play

6.4

Fright Night Part 2

After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire. But when Regine, a mysterious actress and her entourage move into Peter Vincent's apartment block, the nightmare starts again - and this time it's personal!

6.4

1988 Comedy 104 min Play

Dead of Winter

A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.

1987 Thriller 100 min Play

5.5

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

The GoBots, television's amazing transformable super heroes, star in their first full length feature film, "GoBots: War of the Rock Lords." It's wall-to-wall action and high tech fun as the heroic Guradian GoBots join the Rock Lords' battle for control of the ultimate super weapon. And they'd better hurry, because the Guardian GoBots' all-time worst enemies, the Renegades, are out to use the super weapon for their own evil purposes.

1986 Animation 75 min Play

5.5

Class of 1984

Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and Stegman will stop at nothing to protect his turf and drug dealing business.

1982 Action 98 min Play

5.1

The Thief of Bagdad

A resourceful thief helps a handscome prince fight an evil wizard and win the hand of a beautiful princess.

1978 Adventure 102 min Play

5.1

5

Mean Johnny Barrows

A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.

5

1975 Action 90 min Play

4.6

Arnold

Karen marries Arnold at his funeral and continues to get his money as long as she stays by his coffin. Meanwhile, various oddball relatives after Arnold's wealth are being killed in a creative variety of ways.

4.6

1973 Comedy 94 min Play

The Legend of Hell House

A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove/disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House.

1973 Horror 95 min Play

5.8

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a community of human mutants who live beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies. All leading to the finale.

5.8

1973 Action 93 min Play

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.

1972 Action 88 min Play

A Taste of Evil

On her way home from a stay at a mental institution after a traumatic rape, a woman realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane.

1971 Horror 73 min Play

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Terror in the Sky

On a transcontinental flight, the flight crew suffer from food poisoning and become incapacitated. Now it's up to one of the passengers to safely land the plane.

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1971 Drama 74 min Play

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster (Eglantine Price). The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.

1971 Adventure 117 min Play

6.3

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society; but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race. The third in the original Planet of the Apes series.