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- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsChristopher LeePeter CushingNeil McCallumAboard a British train, mysterious fortune teller Dr. Schreck uses tarot cards to read the futures of five fellow passengers.Segments:
1 -Werewolf: Architect travels to Scotland to refurbish old mansion;
2- Creeping Vine - name says it all
3 - Voodoo: jazz musician steals a tune from a voodoo session when visiting the West Indies;
4 - Disembodied Hand: painter suffers the consequences of an arts critic nasty criticism;
5 -Vampire - on returning to their home in the US, couple realises there is a vampire on the loose. - DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsJack PalanceBurgess MeredithBeverly AdamsAn anthology of four short horror stories about people who visit Dr. Diabolo's fairground haunted-house attraction show.Segments:
1 - "Enoch": greedy heir falls prey to his uncle's cat's revenge;
2 - "Terror Over Hollywood": actress discovers her co-stars are androids;
3 - "Mr. Steinway" : a possessed piano takes revenge on its owner's new girlfriend;
4 - "The Man Who Collected Poe": two obsessed Poe collectors clash against each other's compulsive behaviour; - DirectorPeter DuffellStarsJohn BryansJohn BennettDenholm ElliottAn anthology of four horror stories revolving around a mysterious rental house in the U.K.1 - "Method For Murder": Horror hack writer sees one of his characters spring to life;
2 - "Waxworks": Two friends become obsessed with a female wax model;
3 - "Sweets to the Sweet": A private tutor abhors the way her client treats his daughter;
4 - "The Cloak": in search of the perfect prop, fussy actor ends up buying a real vampire's cloack. - DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsJoan CollinsPeter CushingRalph RichardsonFive strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die.1) "… And All Through the House" - after killing her husband on Christmas eve, a wife receives a visit of a rather nasty Santa;
2) "Reflection of Death": after waking up from a car crash with his lover, man returns home to find out things are not quite the same as before;
3) "Poetic Justice": Snobbish neigbours' campaign to tarnish a binman's reputation has its payback in an unexpected way;
4) "Wish You Were Here": very 'The Monkey's Paw' like tale of a couple whom, upon stumbling upon a chinese figurine that grants their wishes, learn of their nasty side-effects;
5) "Blind Alleys": A tyrant director to a blinds' home learns their vengeace can be very ingenuous indeed. - DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsBarbara ParkinsRichard ToddSylvia SymsIn order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.1) "Frozen Fear": husband and lover kill wife with dire consequences;
2) "The Weird Taylor": poverty-striken taylor takes in a strange order;
3) "Lucy Comes To Stay": brother takes sister from asylum just to find out she still interacts with imaginary friend;
4) "Mannikins of Horror": apparenlty-live automaton carries out his master's nasty desires. - DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsCurd JürgensTerry-ThomasTom BakerAn anthology of five horror stories shared by five men trapped in the basement of an office building.1) "Midnight Mess": greedy brother visits his sister's odd village with the intention of killing her and become the sole heir of their impeding inheritance;
2) "The Neat Job": Obsessively neat bachelor marries younger wife to find out she can't quite fit in into his peculiar household requirements;
3) "This Trick’ll Kill You": magician tries to steal trick while visiting India;
4) "Bargain in Death": planning to con life insurance man is buried alive and betrayed by his friend;
5) "Drawn and Quartered": by ways of voodoo, expat living in Haiti have his work mimicking whatever damage is done to them. - DirectorKevin ConnorStarsPeter CushingIan BannenIan CarmichaelAn anthology of four short horror stories revolving around a mysterious antique shop owner and his antique pieces, each of which hides a deadly secret.1) "The Gatecrasher": an entity in ancient mirror orders its newest owner to "feed" him.
2) "An Act of Kindness": passing as a war veteran, unhappy husband gets involved with quirk family consisting of real veteran father and his odd-ball daughter;
3) "The Elemental": wacky clairvoyant helps pompous business man get rid of an evil entity who's attached itself to his shoulder;
4) "The Door": Young couple buys ancient door that leads into a mysterious old blue room where its old long-deceased proprietor expects to collect souls for his own diabolic plans. - DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsPatricia JesselDennis LotisChristopher LeeA young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants.Released on Blu-Ray in USA, UK & Germany
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsPeter CushingRoy CastleJennie LindenAn eccentric inventor and his companions travel in his TARDIS to the Planet Skaro and battle the evil menace of the Daleks.Released on Blu-Ray in UK
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsPeter CushingPatrick WymarkChristopher LeeA collector comes into possession of the skull of the Marquis de Sade and learns it is possessed by an evil spirit.Released on Blu-Ray in USA (Region Code free) & UK
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsPeter CushingBernard CribbinsRay BrooksDr. Who and his companions arrive on Earth in the year 2150 AD, only to discover that the planet has been invaded and its population enslaved by the dreaded Daleks.Released on Blu-Ray in UK
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsPatrick WymarkMargaret JohnstonJohn StandingFour men who were involved in the investigation of a German millionaire at the end of World War II are found murdered with tiny dolls left next to their corpses.Released on Blu-Ray in USA
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsSuzanna LeighFrank FinlayGuy DolemanTrouble strikes when an exhausted pop singer, sent on a vacation to a farm, realizes that the farm's owner raises deadly bees.Released on Blu-Ray in USA
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsRobert HuttonJennifer JayneZia MohyeddinScientists investigating an unusual meteor shower in a rural field are possessed by an alien force bent on an ulterior purpose.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsSimon OatesZena MarshallCharles HawtreyA group of scientists are kidnapped and taken into outer space aboard a saucer.
- DirectorAlan CookeStarsTerence StampRobert VaughnNigel DavenportA man who has been in a coma since infancy is awakened.Released on Blu-Ray in UK
- DirectorStephen WeeksStarsChristopher LeePeter CushingMike RavenIn the Nineteenth Century, in London, the psychologist Charles Marlowe researches a new drug capable to release inhibitions and uses his patients as guinea pigs. He discusses the principles of Freud with his friend Dr. Lanyon and decides to experiment his drug in himself. He becomes the ugly and evil Edward Blake and his friend and lawyer Frederik Utterson believes Blake is another person that might be blackmailing Charles. Meanwhile Charles loses control of his transformation.
- DirectorBill BainStarsVanessa HowardMona WashbournePaul NicholasIn order to collect inheritance money, a slacker tries to induce a heart attack in his invalid grandmother by convincing her that she's become the target of youth supremacists who want to enact a genocide on the elderly.not released on DVD or Blu-Ray (worldwide)
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsPeter CushingHerbert LomPatrick MageeEngland, 1795: the young Catherine has just married Charles Fengriffen and moves into his castle. She becomes the victim of an old curse that lays on the family. On her wedding night she is raped by a ghost and gets pregnant.Released in USA
(only in the Boxset "The Amicus Collection") - DirectorPaul AnnettStarsCalvin LockhartPeter CushingMarlene ClarkEight people are invited to an island estate for the weekend. One of them is a werewolf. Can you guess which one?Released in USA
(only in the Boxset "The Amicus Collection") - DirectorJim ClarkStarsVincent PricePeter CushingRobert QuarryA horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.Released on Blu-Ray in USA
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsDoug McClureJohn McEnerySusan PenhaligonDuring World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, where they find dinosaurs and neanderthals.Released on Blu-Ray in USA & Germany
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsDoug McClurePeter CushingCaroline MunroA Victorian era scientist and his assistant take a test run in their Iron Mole drilling machine and end up in a strange underground labyrinth ruled by a species of giant telepathic bird and full of prehistoric monsters and cavemen.Released on Blu-Ray in USA, German Blu-Ray Release: 9th November 2018
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsPatrick WayneDoug McClureSarah DouglasIn 1919, a British expedition in the Antarctica region is searching for a lost American explorer and finds a hidden prehistoric world instead.Released on Blu-Ray in USA & Germany
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsVincent PriceJohn CarradineAnthony SteelA writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three gruesome stories are told to him; between each story some musicians play their songs.Released on Blu-Ray in USA, UK & France
- DirectorSeth HoltStarsRichard JohnsonCarol LynleyBarbara BouchetDuring the Cold War, a British secret agent is ordered to kill a Soviet-bloc defector held by the CIA in England but this straightforward mission turns into a convoluted plot involving double-agents.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsVincent PriceChristopher LeePeter CushingA serial killer who drains his victims' blood is on the loose in London. The police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.