The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.
Da de engelske Hammer Studios startede på at genindspille de gamle Universal monsterfilm, ofte, som her, med Christopher Lee og Peter Cushing i ledende roller, blev det også begyndelsen på en ny skrækfilm-æra, der skæppede godt i selskabets kasse. Ingen af de nye film nåede vel højderne fra de bedste af de gamle, men disse havde det nye publikum alligevel glemt alt om. I denne, fra 1957, har Frankenstein historien har fået et blodigt pift opad.
I 1895 finder tre britiske arkæologer den egyptiske ypperstepræstinde Anankas grav. De finder også den berømte "The Scroll of Life", og da de læser op fra den, får de vækket Anankas beskytter, den mumificerede ypperstepræst Kharis, til live! Det lykkes arkæologerne at slippe væk, men en egypter har taget kontrol over den magiske tekst og dermed den hævngerrige mumie. Tre år senere slipper han mumien løs i London, hvor den øjeblikkeligt begynder at jage arkæologerne.
Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of his friend Henry Baskerville, who is under a family curse and menaced by a demonic dog that prowls the bogs near his estate and murders people.
Dr. Cordelier, living in a suburb of Paris, withdraws from society to pursue research into the functioning of the human brain. His lifelong friend, Maître Joly, becomes concerned when Cordelier draws up a will that bequeaths his entire estate to a stranger, Monsieur Opale; he cannot understand why Cordelier defends him, considering Opale attacks women and children. After a colleague is killed, Joly confronts Cordelier and discovers the truth behind his friend's behavior.
Julián, a middle-aged single doctor, is reunited with Pablo, a childhood friend who has just married Elena, a beautiful young woman.
A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of souls, places the boy's soul into her body, bringing Christina back to life. Driven by revenge, she carries out a violent retribution on those responsible for both deaths.
Santiago is an aging, down-on-his-luck, Cuban fisherman who, after catching nothing for nearly 3 months, hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it far out in the Gulf Stream.
Verdens vejr synes at have ændret sig dramatisk med voldsomme storme overalt, og vulkaner, der længe har slumret, går pludselig i udbrud. Ingen ved helt, hvad der sker eller hvorfor. Men da den amerikanske efterretningschef Cramden mister endnu et hold agenter, ser det ud til at der kun er én mand som kan løse problemet: Derek Flint. Tidligere superspion, ufattelig rig og den ultimative kvindebedårer.
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.
When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.
John er forfatter og amatør-astronom i Arizona, hvor han bor med sin kæreste, Ellen. Få mennesker stoler på den nye beboer, mindst af alt sheriffen, som stadig er forelsket i Ellen. Da John ser noget styrte ned i ørkenen tager de straks derud, men kun han når at se hvad der gemmer sig i krateret, før det styrter sammen. Og snart begynder folk i byen at opføre sig sært, men kun John og Ellen mistænker en udenjordisk indflydelse.
Married and with a daughter, Johanna is happy, until the night she unexpectedly gives birth. In shock, she abandons the child. She is now accused of attempted infanticide. Johanna doesn't understand, adamant that she hadn't been pregnant.
Honeymooning in Bavaria, a young couple becomes stranded and is forced to stay the night in the area. Doctor Ravna, owner of the impressive chateau that sits imposingly above the village, invites them to dinner that evening. Their association with Ravna and his charming, beautiful family is to prove disastrous.
Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open with a sharp knife.
An American agent disappears after a scuba diving reconnaissance mission in Corsica. The Secret Service sends agent code name OSS 117 to investigate.
Den brutale politimand Matt Cordell rejser sig fra sin grav som Maniac Cop, der sætter jagten ind på de indsatte, som tog livet af ham i fængslet. Samtidig er detektiven Sean McKinney på vej til et nervøst sammenbrud, og det bliver ikke bedre, da han erfarer, at Cordell er i live og ikke synes at kunne dø. Cordell tager den kvindelige psykolog Susan Riley som gidsel, og det bliver for meget for McKinney.
A pair of old west cowboys become fighter pilots in World War I.
Dr. Bonner plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from younger, healthier human victims. Bonner looks about 40; he's really 104 years old. But people are starting to get suspicious, and he may not make 200.
A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been hired to give art lessons to beautiful Laura Fairlie. Among them are Anne Catherick, a strange young woman dressed in white whom he meets in the forest and who bears a striking resemblance to Laura; cunning Count Fosco, who hopes to obtain an inheritance for nobleman Sir Percival Glyde, whom he plans to have Laura marry; Mr. Fairlie, a hypochondriac who can't stand to have anyone make the slightest noise; and eccentric Countess Fosco who has her own dark secret. The artist also finds himself drawn to Marion Halcomb, a distant relation to Laura for whom the Count also has plans.