3 Classic Horrors Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 2
3 Classic Horrors Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 2 : short review
Three films. A Bucket of Blood - When bumbling busboy Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) tries his hand at sculpting he accidentally kills a cat and covers it with clay. It becomes a celebrated work of art and soon Walter has moved on to killing people and is the hit of the local art scene. Director Corman shot this black comedy cult classic in an amazing five days for $50,000 and satirizes the world of contemporary art. House of Haunted Hill - Vincent Price has one of his juiciest roles in this haunted-house thriller as millionaire playboy Frederick Loren, who invites five guests out to a genuine haunted house, offering them each $10,000 if they spend the night. The Ghoul - British Egyptologist Professor Morlant, (Boris Karloff), finds a magic jewel in the tomb of an Oriental idol. This talisman is supposed to grant immortality to those who are buried with it. So Morlant arranges to have it put into his grave upon his demise. And woe to those who might double-cross him, for Morlant's spirit will arise to wreak vengeance on his betrayers...
Yao (Sam Hui) and May (Maggie Cheung) are two Manchurian orphans growing up in Russia, who eventually fall in love with each other and promise nothing will ever come between them. Their lives are torn apart when Yao witnesses a murder and is abducted by a secret society of assassins known as the 108 Dragons. Erasing his memory and training him in the deadly martial arts techniques of the sect, the Dragons programme Yao to kill at their command and he soon becomes their top assassin. However, he retains some of his humanity, causing him to shed a tear each time he kills.
The botties battle against the evil Dr K. and his evil battlebots as they attempt to discover why so many good robots are turning bad. Featuring six episodes, including The Unfixable Robot, Electrix!, The Underground Of Bubbletown, The Iron Chef, Dondon for Dinner and Heat Wave.
America's War - World War II In Colour
The Channel 4 series giving a detailed look at America At War. Combining intimate witness accounts with rare colour footage and tells the story of a nation fighting to prevail in the greatest conflict in human history, the Second World War. Includes episodes: Slow To Anger, Battlefront, Wrath and Triumph.
DJ Santa hosts a Christmas party with cover versions of many popular music songs. Includes: Step Into Christmas, I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday, Frosty The Snowman, Merry Xmas Everybody and others.
The master of horror, John Carpenter, serves up another slice of suspense, thrills and special effects. The inhabitants of a frozen polar station find an alien creature frozen in a block of ice. Foolishly they thaw it out and soon they start dropping like flies. What makes matters worse is that the alien can transform itself into anything it touches.
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