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House on Haunted Hill (1959)

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Rating: 6.2/10 Eccentric millionaire Fredrick Loren and his 4th wife, Annabelle, have invited 5 people to the house on Haunted Hill for a ‘haunted House’ party. Whoever will stay in the house for one night will earn ten thousand dollars each. As the night progresses, all the guests are trapped inside the house with ghosts, murderers, and other terrors. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

Invaders from Mars (1953)

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Rating: 6.5/10 Little David MacLean has a problem–all the adults in town begin acting strangely shortly after he sees strange lights settling behind a hill near his home. As more and more adults are affected, he must turn to the pretty Dr. Blake for protection. Eventually, he must confront his fears in the unusual conclusion. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

Bride of the Gorilla (1951)

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Rating: 4.7/10 Deep in the South American jungle plantation manager Barney Chavez (Raymond Burr) kills his elderly employer in order to get to his beautiful wife (Barbara Payton). However, an old native witch witnesses the crime and puts a curse on Barney, who soon after finds himself turning nightly into a rampaging gorilla. But is his transformation real or is it all in his head? H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

The Wasp Woman (1959)

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Rating: 5/10 A cosmetics queen develops a youth formula from jelly taken from queen wasps. She fails to anticipate the typical hoary side-effects. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

The Bat (1959)

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Rating: 6.4/10 Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called ‘The Oaks’, which not long ago had been the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as ‘The Bat’. Meanwhile, the house’s owner, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities, and has hidden the proceeds in the house, but he is killed before he can retrieve the money. Thus the lonely country house soon becomes the site of many mysterious and dangerous activities. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

At War with the Army (1950)

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Rating: 6/10 Alvin Corwin is low man on the totem pole, and goes from one mishap to another at an army training camp in World War II. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

Royal Wedding (1951)

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Rating: 7/10 Fred Astaire and Jane Powell star as a brother and sister dance team that is invited to England to perform at the same time as the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth. On the cruise ship, Ellen (Powell) meets and falls in love with Lord John Brindale (Peter Lawford). Upon arriving in London, Tom (Astaire) finds himself in need of a new dance partner. His audition finds not only a new partner but a romantic interest in the form of Anne Ashmond (Sarah Churchill). Great dance numbers, including Astaire dancing on the walls and ceiling of his hotel room, and songs abound in this light romantic comedy. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

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Rating: 6.5/10 Charles returns to Paris to reminisce about the life he led in Paris after it was liberated. He worked on “Stars and Stripes” when he met Marion and Helen. He would marry and be happy staying in Paris after his discharge and working for a news organization. He would try to write his great novel and that would come between Charlie, his wife and his daughter. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

Broken Arrow (1950)

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Rating: 7.4/10 Tom Jeffords wants to end the enmity between the white settlers and the Apaches. He forms friendship with a man from the rival tribe and they plan to bring the two groups together. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

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Rating: 4.5/10 In this classic and underrated low budget horror, evil aliens attack Earth and set their terrible ‘Plan 9’ in action. As the aliens resurrect the dead of the Earth to destroy the living, our stupid minds are in danger, in this horrifying and excellent thriller from legendary filmmaker Edward D.  Wood, Jr. H ome  |  Movies  |  Documentaries  |  More Don't Forget To Share!