Ranked #1
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
After "Young Frankenstein", this is probably the best-loved horror comedy of all time and is more elaborately produced t... Read more
21 Jul 2009
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Ranked #2
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Lightningin a bottle: AIP's penchant for making bargain- basement movies basedon title and poster research paid off in s... Read more
30 Mar 2010
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Ranked #3
Marnie
Marnie
Another elaborate personalized Hitchcock trailer. His "sex mystery" followup to The Birds has its adherents, but Larry C... Read more
5 Oct 2010
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Ranked #4
Dementia 13
Dementia 13
Take the "D-13 Test" to find out if you're too crazy to see this shot-in-Ireland axe murder thriller from fledgling dire... Read more
17 Aug 2010
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Ranked #5
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds
GeorgePal's pioneering H.G. Wells adaptation updates the action to 1953 LosAngeles, with Oscar-winning state-of-the-art ... Read more
29 Jun 2010
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Ranked #6
Horror of Dracula
Horror of Dracula
TerenceFisher's seminal vampire triumph pits Cushing against Lee in theirgreatest Hammer pairing and sets the pace for t... Read more
20 Apr 2010
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Ranked #7
This Island Earth
This Island Earth
Oneof the bigger interplanetary spectacles of the 50s, and one of thelast films shot in 3-strip Technicolor, Universal's... Read more
8 Jun 2010
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Ranked #8
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum
Probablythe best known of the AIP Corman/Poe series, circa 1961. WriterRichard Matheson had to concoct an almost entirel... Read more
5 Jan 2010
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Ranked #9
X - The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
X - The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
It'snot exactly "The Lost Weekend", but Oscar-winner RayMilland does pretty well for himself by this low-budget butintri... Read more
10 Nov 2009
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Ranked #10
The Naked Spur
The Naked Spur
This1953 film was a rugged five-character psychological western and thethird collaboration between James Stewart and Ant... Read more
25 May 2010
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Ranked #11
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Although one wag said of director Stanley Kramer's all-star Cinerama extravaganza, "it shows what happens when a man who... Read more
4 Jan 2011
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Ranked #12
The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death
Thistime the Corman/Poe series moves to England for what is generallyconsidered the best film in the series. Tabloid new... Read more
20 Oct 2009
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Ranked #13
13 Ghosts
13 Ghosts
Aiming squarely at the allowances of moppet readers of Famous Monsters of Filmland, William Castle followed "Percepto" w... Read more
8 Jul 2009
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Ranked #14
Blood of the Man Devil/House of the Black Death
Blood of the Man Devil/House of the Black Death
Whenis a movie not even a movie? When it's just a patchwork of senselessfootage cobbled together to make an unfinished p... Read more
9 Feb 2010
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Ranked #15
The Vampire Lovers
The Vampire Lovers
Thefirst coproduction between England's Hammer Films and AmericanInternational Pictures is an appropriately lurid affair... Read more
17 Nov 2009
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Ranked #16
Queen Of Outer Space
Queen Of Outer Space
"Howdya like to drag that one to the High School Prom?" leers a horny astronaut while ogling the shapely acolytes of Que... Read more
1 Feb 2011
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Ranked #17
El Cid
El Cid
Another enormous Samuel L. Bronston historical spectacle with big stars and epochal Euro production values, directed by ... Read more
17 May 2011
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Ranked #18
Dirty Duck
Dirty Duck
A satirical labor of love from animator Charles Swenson that ended up vying with "Fritz the Cat" for X-rated grindhouse ... Read more
31 Aug 2010
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Ranked #19
She Demons
She Demons
Castawayson a tropical island run by Nazi fugitives who turn native girls intomonsters! If that sounds appealing to you,... Read more
29 Dec 2009
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Ranked #20
The Black Swan
The Black Swan
Agreat cast swashbuckles its way through Henry King's piraticalspectacular with an assist from Leon Shamroy's Oscar-winn... Read more
2 Mar 2010
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