13 Spooktacular Free Movies
by Stuart Robertson on January 12th, 2006 | Uncategorized
John ‘the Cool Ghoul’ Zacherley is still going strong at 88, and updated his site with a message for the holidays:
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It’s been busy for me. I spent some time digging up old relatives in Transylvania. It’s so difficult putting them back. They just don’t like to stay buried.
Then My Dear and I went on a second honeymoon to tour the pyramids of Egypt . . . from the inside. She wanted to see her mummy again, and, well, I’m too nice to tell her, “No.”
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I never got to see Zacherley’s show on TV, but he collaborated with Rob Zombie on the Halloween Hootenanny CD—which remains one of my all time favourites.
I think it would crazy fun to host a monster chiller movie show, full of campy costumes and spooky old films. I have an second-hand tuxedo from when I hosted the screenings when I was in film school, and a box full of monster masks and halloween stuff. If I ever decide to try my hand at video podcasting, maybe I’ll do that. A monsterific version of RocketBoom. Until then, in honour of the coolness that is Zacherley, here are 13 spooktacular films you can download for free from archive.org. If you want to get them on DVD, the pictures will take you to Amazon.
Enjoy the show… whatever you are.
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The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962)
Starring: Jason Evers, Virginia Leith
Director: Joseph Green
After a car crash, a man keeps his wife’s head alive in his laboratory. As if this weren’t enough, an evil beast pounds and screams from a locked room adjacent to the lab.
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Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
Starring: Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney Jr.
Director: Curt Siodmak
The owner of a plantation in the jungle marries a beautiful woman. Shortly afterward, he is plagued by a strange voodoo curse which transforms him into a gorilla.
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1921)
Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt
Director: Robert Wiene
Dr. Caligari’s somnambulist, Cesare, and his deadly predictions.
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Carnival of Souls (1962)
Starring: Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist
Director: Herk Harvey
After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival.
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City of the Dead (1960)
Starring: Patricia Jessel, Richard Barlow, Christopher Lee
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
A young coed uses her winter vacation to research a paper on witchcraft in New England.
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Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
Starring: Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland
Director: Roger Corman
American crook Sparks Moran sees a chance to make a bundle when a Caribbean island has a revolution. He plans to help loyalists (and the national treasury) escape on his boat, then kill the men and blame their deaths on a mythical sea monster. Trouble ensues when the real monster shows up!
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The Mad Monster (1942)
Starring: Johnny Downs, George Zucco
Director: Sam Newfield
Dr. Cameron has succeeded in his expierments with a serum which will turn a man into a wolf-like monster and is ready to avenge himself on the men who caused his professional failure.
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Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Starring: Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea
Director: George A. Romero
A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse.
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Nightmare Castle (1966)
Starring: Barbara Steele, Paul Muller
Director: Mario Caiano
A woman and her lover are tortured and killed by her sadistic husband. The pair return from the grave to seek vengeance.
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Nosferatu (1922)
Starring: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim
Director: F.W. Murnau
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter’s wife.
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Prehistoric Women (1950)
Starring: Laurette Luez, Allan Nixon
Director: Gregg C. Tallas
See the invention of fire! See the world’s first swan dive! See the prehistoric beauties battle the giant caveman!
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Rogue’s Tavern (1936)
Starring: Wallace Ford, Barbara Pepper
Director: Robert F. Hill
The body count rises, the phone lines are dead, and the visitors discover that they are trapped inside the inn with no way to escape.
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The Wasp Woman (1960)
Starring: Susan Cabot, Anthony Eisley
Director: Roger Corman
A cosmetics queen develops a youth formula from jelly taken from queen wasps. She fails to anticipate the typical hoary side- effects.
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Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database.
Stuart Robertson
Kevin on January 13, 2006 at 2:01 pm
The BEST thing about these movies is not only are they classics, but they are also in the public domain; which means you can re-use the films as stock footage for your very own B-movie film projects
Cheats on January 17, 2006 at 8:13 am