The Last Man on Earth (1964)

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

Summary: In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.

Release Date: August 23, 1961

Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery

Director: Roger Corman

Writers: Richard Matheson

, Edgar Allan Poe

Runtime: 1 h 20 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Alta Vista Productions

Distributor: Image Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Scream Factory, Shout! Factory

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 200,000

The Bat (1959)

Summary: A crazed killer known as "The Bat" is on the loose in a mansion full of people.

Release Date: August 09, 1959

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery

Director: Crane Wilbur

Writers: Crane Wilbur

, Mary Roberts Rinehart

, Avery Hopwood

Runtime: 1 h 20 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Liberty Pictures (IV)

Distributor: VCI Home Video, The Roan Group, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Alpha Video Distributors, Reel Media International, Mill Creek Entertainment, Shout! Factory, Film Detective, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, Penteo Films S.L., 3GTG, Sinister Cinema

Country: United States

Language: English

Columbo (1971)

Summary: Los Angeles homicide detective, Lieutenant Columbo, uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to root out even the most well-concealed crimes.

Release Date: September 15, 1971

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: PG

Production: NBC Universal Television

Country: United States

Language: English

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

Summary: Doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar Anton Phibes seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for the death of his wife.

Release Date: August 26, 1971

Genres: Comedy, Horror

Director: Robert Fuest

Writers: James Whiton

, William Goldstein

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: Amicus Productions

Distributor: American International Pictures (AIP)

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 300,000

Witchfinder General (1968)

Summary: During the English Civil War, a young Roundhead seeks vengeance against a vicious witch-hunter and his henchman, who have terrorized the soldier's fiancée and wrongfully executed her uncle.

Release Date: May 17, 1968

Genres: Drama, Biography, Horror

Director: Michael Reeves

Writers: Tom Baker

, Michael Reeves

, Louis M. Heyward

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Tigon British Film Productions, American International Pictures (AIP)

Distributor: American-International Television (AIP-TV), Orion Home Video, Image Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), MGM Home Entertainment, Shout! Factory, Scream Factory, Cinefear, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 83,000

House on Haunted Hill (1959)

Summary: A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.

Release Date: February 17, 1959

Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery

Director: William Castle

Writer: Robb White

Runtime: 1 h 15 min

MPAA: Approved

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 200,000

Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)

Summary: In 19th-century San Francisco's Chinatown, American adventurer Gilbert De Quincey saves slave girls owned by the Chinese Tong factions.

Release Date: June 20, 1962

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Albert Zugsmith

Writers: Robert Hill

, Thomas De Quincey

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Photoplay

Country: United States

Language: English

The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)

Summary: A young priest is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish.

Release Date: December 15, 1944

Genres: Drama, War

Director: John M. Stahl

Writers: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

, Nunnally Johnson

, A.J. Cronin

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: National Telefilm Associates (NTA), CBS/Fox, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Twilight Time

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

House of Wax (1953)

Summary: An associate burns down a wax museum with the owner inside, but he survives only to become vengeful and murderous.

Release Date: April 25, 1953

Genre: Horror

Director: André De Toth

Writers: Crane Wilbur

, Charles Belden

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Bryan Foy Productions, Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Bros.

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,000,000

Domestic: $ 23,750,000

International: $ 319

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Spirits of the Dead (1968)

Summary: A trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousin's stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelgänger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.

Release Date: July 23, 1969

Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery

Directors: Federico Fellini

, Louis Malle

, Roger Vadim

Writers: Edgar Allan Poe

, Roger Vadim

, Pascal Cousin

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cocinor, Les Films Marceau, Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA)

Distributor: American-International Television (AIP-TV), Image Entertainment, Water Bearer Films, Home Vision Cinema, Home Vision Entertainment (HVE), The Criterion Channel

Countries: France, Italy

Language: French

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The Story of Mankind (1957)

Summary: The Devil and the Spirit of Man argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.

Release Date: November 08, 1957

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Director: Irwin Allen

Writers: Irwin Allen

, Charles Bennett

, Henrik Van Loon

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Cambridge Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

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The Comedy of Terrors (1963)

Summary: Dishonest undertaker Waldo Trumbull and his sidekick Felix Gillie are creating their own customers when they cannot find willing ones.

Release Date: October 15, 1964

Genres: Comedy, Horror

Director: Jacques Tourneur

Writers: Richard Matheson

, Elsie Lee

Runtime: 1 h 24 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Alta Vista Productions

Distributor: CBS, American-International Television (AIP-TV), Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), Orion Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, Scream Factory, Image Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Summary: The solitary life of an artificial man - who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands - is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family.

Release Date: December 14, 1990

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Tim Burton

Writers: Tim Burton

, Caroline Thompson

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: CBS/Fox, CBS, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Disney+

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 56,362,352

International: $ 29,661,653

From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)

Summary: In a small Tennessee town, a historian relates four horror stories to a reporter.

Release Date: September 25, 1987

Genres: Action, Drama, Horror

Director: Jeff Burr

Writers: C. Courtney Joyner

, Darin Scott

, Jeff Burr

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: R

Production: Conquest Productions, Whisper Scream Limited Partnership

Distributor: International Video Entertainment (IVE), Live Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, Scream Factory, TGG Direct

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,100,000

Domestic: $ 1,355,728

Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)

Summary: A documentary on DIY producer/director Roger Corman and his alternative approach to making movies in Hollywood.

Release Date: February 21, 2012

Genre: Documentary

Director: Alex Stapleton

Writer: Alex Stapleton

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: R

Production: A&E IndieFilms, Far Hills Pictures, Stick 'N' Stone Productions

Distributor: A&E IndieFilms, Anchor Bay Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 7,000

The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)

Summary: A lonely princess and a poor cobbler fall in love while trying to retrieve three magical orbs that were stolen by a bumbling thief, all while outwitting a powerful sorcerer as adventure and comedic pop culture references abound.

Release Date: August 25, 1995

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation

Director: Richard Williams

Writers: Richard Williams

, Margaret French

, Parker Bennett

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: G

Production: Richard Williams Productions, Allied Filmmakers

Distributor: Miramax Family Films, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Miramax Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Hungary, Ireland, Taiwan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 669,276

Mean Streets (1973)

Summary: A small-time hood tries to keep the peace between his friend Johnny and Johnny's creditors.

Release Date: October 14, 1973

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Martin Scorsese

Writers: Martin Scorsese

, Mardik Martin

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros., Taplin - Perry - Scorsese Productions

Distributor: Warner Bros., National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Warner Home Video, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 500,000

Domestic: $ 32,645

International: $ 8,486

Bustin' Loose (1981)

Summary: Failed parolee Joe Braxton has one last shot at redemption: by driving school kids from Philadelphia to Washington State.

Release Date: May 22, 1981

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Directors: Oz Scott

, Michael Schultz

Writers: Lonne Elder III

, Richard Pryor

, Roger L. Simon

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures

Distributor: MCA Videocassette, Home Box Office (HBO), National Broadcasting Company (NBC), USA Network, MCA Television, MCA/Universal Home Video, GoodTimes Home Video, Goodtimes Entertainment, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Kino Lorber

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 11,000,000

Domestic: $ 31,261,269