Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history of black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre.
Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
"Big Guts" Cheung, a man well known in his local village for his lack of fear, is put to the test after being tricked into spending the night in a temple full of spirits, zombies, and vampires.
New York Cityn veteraanipoliisi, rikostutkija Frank Keller on voimiensa äärirajoilla tasapainoileva työnarkomaani, joka yhdessä rikostutkija Sherman Touheyn kanssa yrittää löytää vaarallisen sarjamurhaajan, ennen kuin tämä valitsee seuraavan uhrinsa. Vahvat todisteet yhdistävät murhiin kauniin epäillyn, Ellenin. Frank kuitenkin vakuuttuu Ellenin syyttömyydestä ja heittäytyy intohimoiseen suhteeseen hänen kanssaan.
When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.
The world after the atomic age. An engineer disappears, together with his consortium (Kryo'Corp) and his discovery: a new energy source powered by the fusion of two primary substances. Ulysses, Kryo'Corp's heir, organises an expedition to the only place these substances occur.
Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.
In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-town Caddie Winger, believing her to be wealthy. Mischievous and irresponsible, Nicky gets into trouble which forces the other two to become involved, testing their relationship, as well as the friendship between the boys.
Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town. They wear sunscreen to protect themselves. A descendant of Van Helsing arrives with hilarious consequences.
Mario and Clara, his pregnant girlfriend, try to find a new apartment to settle in as soon as possible, so they go to visit one in a distant neighborhood that seems abandoned. Once there, things are not as they expected.
A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.
Nazis take over an ancient fortress that contains a mysterious entity that wreaks havoc and death upon them.
Richard Dreyfussin tähdittämä romanttinen komedia, jossa Karibialla sijaitsevan pikkuvaltion ministeri suostuttelee amerikkalaisen näyttelijän esittämään maan menehtynyttä diktaattoria.
A dimwitted thug encounters a strung-out, suicidal young woman and an unlikely relationship develops as they work together to make a break for new horizons.
Uusi, jättiläismäinen ja hengenvaarallisen myrkyllinen hämähäkkilaji löytää tiensä New York Cityyn. Viranomaiset selittävät Manhattanin metroasemalla sattuneet oudot kuolemantapaukset uuden epidemian aiheuttamiksi. Osa New Yorkia eristetään ja ihmisiä suljetaan karanteeniin. Pieni joukko ihmisiä tietää, että ”epidemian” aiheuttamat kuolemantapaukset ovat todellisuudessa jättiläismäisten hämähäkkien tekosia. Mutta miksi viranomaiset salaavat tämän tiedon? Ja miksi armeija pyrkii hankkiutumaan eroon näistä muutamista, jotka tietävät totuuden? Mistä oikein on kyse? Onko kyseessä uusi eläinlaji vai onko meneillään jotain paljon, paljon pelottavampaa..?
Vampires kidnap the girl of Aaron's dreams, leading him to track down and join an elusive clan of ninjas who battle the blood suckers nightly.
High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens: a drug supplier entices several restless teens, Mary and Jimmy Lane, sister and brother, and Bill, Mary's boyfriend, into frequenting a reefer house. Gradually, Bill and Jimmy are drawn into smoking dope, which affects their family lives.
In the future, a warrior nun on roller skates must rescue a seer, who is to be sacrificed by a band of mutants.
Interpol tracks down a kidnapping victim in this martial arts action film.