Anthology Series & Movies [Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy]
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- DirectorRichard OswaldStarsAnita BerberConrad VeidtReinhold SchünzelA demon, a reaper, and the ghost of a prostitute read gothic short stories and act them out.AKA "Eerie Tales"
- DirectorLeo BirinskyPaul LeniStarsEmil JanningsConrad VeidtWerner KraussA wax museum hires a writer to give the sculptures stories. The writer imagines himself and the museum owner's daughter in the stories.
- DirectorRichard OswaldStarsPaul WegenerMaria KoppenhöferBlandine EbingerA crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down.
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsEdward G. RobinsonCharles BoyerBarbara StanwyckAn anthology of three loosely connected occult tales, with ironic and romantic twists.
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiCharles CrichtonBasil DeardenStarsMervyn JohnsMichael RedgraveRoland CulverGuests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.
- StarsFrank GallopJack La RueMercer McLeod"Lights Out" was a US narrated horror short story series.
- DirectorJack KinneyHamilton LuskeWilliam MorganStarsEdgar BergenDinah ShoreLuana PattenJiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: "Bongo," about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and "Mickey and the Beanstalk," a take on the famous fairy tale.
- StarsRex MarshallRobert EmhardtRobert H. HarrisLive plays featuring people who were in dangerous and threatening situations.
- DirectorJean FaurezStarsFernand LedouxSuzy CarrierJules BerryA group of policemen look over three murder cases including a cutthroat that prays on young women, a madman that hid his deformed landlord's corpse in the floor, and a wine aficionado who buries his friend alive.
- DirectorJames AlgarClyde GeronimiJack KinneyStarsBing CrosbyBasil RathboneEric BloreAn animated adaptation of "The Wind in the Willows" followed by an adaptation of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
- StarsBoris KarloffMildred NatwickRoberta Haynes"The Boris Karloff Mystery Playhouse" was a 30-minute US television mystery anthology series, probably produced live. Boris Karloff hosted twelve episodes that aired from September to December 1949. All but five titles appear to be lost.
- StarsWyllis CooperNancy SheridanAnne SeymourShort lived (six weeks) show featuring horror and suspense stories.
- StarsDick StarkEdward BinnsRichard KileyLive psychological and murder mystery dramas, and one of the first U.S. television dramas to make effective use of background music.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsMoira ShearerRobert RounsevilleLudmilla TchérinaA melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
- StarsWalter MatthauDavid WhiteConstance FordThe show featured original plays plus plays adapted from works.
- StarsRobert WebberCasey AllenArthur BatanidesInnovative anthology series was one of the first adult-oriented science fiction series of the early-fifties and probably suffered for it. Teleplays were adapted from the best science fiction stories available from such masters as Ray Bradbury and Robert Heinlein. The series, which did not have a sponsor, was canceled after only twelve episodes
- StarsLeslie NielsenCameron Prud'HommeEdgar Stehli"Tales of Tomorrow" was a hosted science fiction anthology series running from 1951 until 1953.
- DirectorHenry HathawayHoward HawksHenry KingStarsFred AllenAnne BaxterJeanne CrainJohn Steinbeck introduces a quintet of five of O. Henry's most celebrated stories from his New York Period (1902-1910) in this anthology film.
- DirectorTerence FisherCharles SaundersStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Basil SydneyElizabeth SellarsCompilation of 3 episodes of the TV series "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents ..." (i)"The Surgeon" (ii)"Take A Number" (iii)"The Scream".
- DirectorLeslie ArlissLance ComfortBernard KnowlesStarsFelix AylmerDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Muriel GeorgeCompilation of three "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents" episodes: "A Lodging for the Night", "Priceless Pocket", and "American Duel".
- DirectorPaul DicksonStarsGilbert HardingKay WalshBetty Ann DaviesA compilation of 3 stories, (i)"The Missing Passenger" (ii) "Falstaff's Fur Coat" (iii) "Thirty Days To Die". Originally part of the Danziger Brothers' UK series "Calling Scotland Yard" and later shown in the US on NBC's "Adventure Theatre" in 1956, hosted by Paul Douglas.
- DirectorJosé María ForquéStarsJosé Luis OzoresLuis PrendesLuis ArroyoWhen the pieces of a singular figure are unearthed and then joined together, a devil of the lowest category breaks into a small Mediterranean village. From that moment on, the demon will enter the life of a painter named Bernardino, in the affairs of a "modern" marriage, in the existence of a frightened gardener and, finally, in the day-to-day life of the Great Momo.
- StarsCedric HardwickeJane WyattPatricia SmithMotorola Hour was one of many anthology series in the 1950's. It aired every other week on ABC, featuring top ranked talent in original scripts and well known stories.
- StarsBruce AndersonAn explorer introduces strange and mysterious tales told about the African Jungle.
- StarsAlfred HitchcockHarry TylerLillian O'MalleySeries of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama, and comedy about people of different backgrounds committing murders, suicides, thefts, and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations, perceived or not.
- StarsJohn ContePeter HansenSarah ChurchillA daily anthology show, featuring original material, as well as adaptations of literary classics.
- DirectorDavid EadyGeorge More O'FerrallWendy ToyeStarsOrson WellesJohn GregsonElizabeth SellarsA trilogy of fantastic stories involving murder and the supernatural.
- StarsTruman BradleyMichael FoxMarshall ThompsonIn this science-fiction anthology series host Truman Bradley introduces stories extrapolated from actual scientific data available in the 1950's, concentrating on such concepts as space flight, UFO's and mental telepathy.
- CreatorAl SimonStarsWestbrook Van VoorhisBill ErwinNorman AldenA short-lived anthology series narrated by Westbrook Van Voorhis. Each episode tells its own thriller story and featured its own unique cast.
- StarsDonald WolfitKevin StoneyGladys HensonHour of Mystery is an hour-long UK mystery anthology television series. Donald Wolfit introduced each of the episodes, which aired on the ITV (TV Network) in 1957.
- StarsDesi ArnazBetty FurnessBruce GordonAn anthology series hosted by Betty Furness in the first season, and Desi Arnaz in the second. Stories came from several genres, often based on fact. A two part episode was spun off as the popular show The Untouchables (1959).
- StarsAdolphe MenjouTroy MeltonCharles Davis"Target" was a 30-minute US television horror and suspense anthology series produced by Ziv Television Programs, Inc. for first-run syndication.
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldFrank P. BibasGeorge WaggnerStarsBoris KarloffDorothy AlisonMorris AnkrumAn anthology of horror stories hosted by Boris Karloff.
- CreatorFrank P. BibasStarsBoris KarloffRobert HardyHarry BartellAn anthology of horror stories hosted by actor Boris Karloff.
- DirectorHerbert L. StrockGeorge WaggnerStarsBoris KarloffBooth ColmanRoxane BerardAn anthology of horror stories hosted by legendary Boris Karloff.
- DirectorConrado CondeStarsDolphyBarbara PerezRod NavarroFirst Story - "Si Pedrong Walang Takot". - Second Story - "Ang Mahiwagan Kuba". - Third Story -" Dakilang Puso ng Isang Ina". - Fourth Story "Ang Prinsesasang Naging Pulubi".
- StarsDennis O'KeefeMike RaganCris RobertsThe show consisted of forty episodes, half of which were live and half of which were filmed. The shows, which often involved murder, were intended to confuse and mystify the audience.
- StarsLon Chaney Jr.Charles NolteLorri Scott"13 Demon Street" was a horror anthology series, set at decaying 13 Demon Street where the host, an unnerving Lon Chaney Jr., opened and closed each episode.
- StarsMyron McCormickCathleen NesbittFrank ConroyThis syndicated anthology series staged a different play every week covering all genres, dramas, comedies, musicals, fantasies, mysteries, et al, utilizing some of the best talent appearing on Broadway.
- CreatorMerwin GerardStarsJohn NewlandRobert DouglasOlan Soule"One Step Beyond" was a collection of tales about paranormal events, horrifying folklore, and the world of the unknown.
- StarsFrank GallopKeir DulleaJohn EricsonA successor to Kraft Television Theater with a change of focus away from straight drama. The high productions remained along with the ability to attract well known talent.
- StarsNarciso Ibáñez MentaAdolfo LinvelNarciso Ibáñez SerradorAn anthology of three Edgar Allan Poe stories - "The Case of Mr. Valdemar", "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Tell-Tale Heart".
- CreatorRod SerlingStarsRod SerlingRobert McCordJay OverholtsOrdinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
- DirectorRomán Viñoly BarretoStarsRaúl RossiOlga ZubarryCarlos EstradaSanta Claus assumes the guise of a worker, a maid, a clerk and a bartender to solve the problems of different people.
- StarsBoris KarloffRichard PeelHenry DaniellExperience the complete series of the show that was hailed as the most frightening ever created for television--now available for the first time.
- StarsWalter SlezakVincent PriceEverett SloaneAnthology series featuring a different mystery each week.
- StarsFrank GallopRobert DuvallLee GrantThe last regularly scheduled television series to be broadcast live in the U.S. was hosted by Frank Gallop, and featured dramatizations of ghost stories and other tales of the supernatural, many of which were adapted from stories by famous authors like Conrad Aiken and Edgar Allan Poe.
- DirectorHerbert L. StrockCurt SiodmakStarsLon Chaney Jr.Karen KadlerMichael HinnSatan enlists the help of a suicide victim in Hell to lure unsuspecting earthly victims to their eternal doom. Contains three somewhat unrelated Twilight Zone-esque stories.
- StarsAlfred HitchcockHinton PopeJimmy Joyce"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" was a continuation of the dramatic anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) hosted by the Master of Suspense and Mystery.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsVincent PriceMaggie PierceLeona GageThree tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death.
- StarsBoris KarloffPiers KeelanRaymond Adamson"Out of This World" was a hosted science fiction anthology television series with Boris Karloff as host, screening on ITV - Independent Television (UK).
- CreatorLeslie StevensStarsBob JohnsonBen WrightWilliam Douglas"The Outer Limits" was an anthology series of insightful science fiction tales.
- DirectorSidney SalkowStarsVincent PriceSebastian CabotBrett HalseyThree horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the first story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of himself, his fiancee and his best friend. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", Vincent Price plays a demented father inoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. In the final story "The House of the Seven Gables", the Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse and the Pyncheon brother returns to his home to search for a hidden vault.
- DirectorMario BavaStarsMichèle MercierLidia AlfonsiBoris KarloffBoris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsUgo TognazziVittorio GassmanLando BuzzancaThe myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
- DirectorKåre BergstrømStarsRønnaug AltenTurid BalkeMadeleine BorchFour men are gathered to play a game of bridge, and when the conversation turns on to unnatural and occult events, also the fact that all the bells sound different in moonlight.
- StarsIrene DaileyRene AuberjonoisGeorge VoskovecAmerican television anthology series of wide range of genres, from history and drama, to fantasy, and science fiction. Fiction novels, stories, stage plays, fairytales, and historic events are dramatized in each episode.
- DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsRentarô MikuniMichiyo AratamaMisako WatanabeA collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
- DirectorEnrique CarrerasStarsNarciso Ibáñez MentaOsvaldo PachecoInés MorenoAn anthology film of two classic tales from Edgar Allan Poe. A re-edited and dubbed version of Masterworks of Terror (1960) for American cinemas.
- DirectorRamón ObónStarsAriadne WelterJoaquín CorderoOfelia MontescoA husband and his lover hatch a plan to murder his wife, and a woman is buried alive in a mausoleum.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsChristopher LeePeter CushingNeil McCallumAboard a British train, mysterious fortune teller Dr. Schreck uses tarot cards to read the futures of five fellow passengers.
- StarsJohn GabrielCharles 'Bud' TingwellErik ChittyA classic anthology science fiction series which features adaptations of stories by famous authors including Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Frederik Pohl and John Wyndham.
- CreatorEiji TsuburayaStarsKenji SaharaYasuhiko SaijôHiroko SakuraiThe first entry of Tsuburaya Productions' "Ultra Series," in which an aviator/amateur sci-fi writer, his plucky assistant, and a young female newspaper reporter investigate strange phenomena, usually involving aliens and giant monsters.
- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenJerry WarrenCarlos SchlieperStarsErnesto VilchesJohn CarradineChela BonCompilation of two Chilean titles, the first adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Suicide Club," the second the tale of younger siblings dominated by their evil elder brother.
- StarsDavid BuckMark MossFreddie Jones"Mystery and Imagination" was a UK hosted horror anthology series running from 1966 until 1970 with host David Buck as "Richard Beckett". who was a romantic young Victorian adventurer always had a tale to tell.
- DirectorJulián SolerStarsAna MartínOfelia GuilmáinJoaquín CorderoA young woman is nursing a doll like a real baby, and even hears its cries. Her fantasies becomes more deranged and her paranoia never lets her go. Is someone chasing her? Was she abused by three men?
- StarsTamara GarinaEnrique del CastilloRosa Furman"La Bruja Maldita" was a hosted horror short play program with Tamara Garina as "La Bruja Maldita" (The Damned Witch or The Cursed Witch).
- DirectorDavid L. HewittStarsLon Chaney Jr.John CarradineRochelle Hudson"Gallery of Horror" is a 1967 anthology horror movie with John Carradine narrating five horror tales with macabre twists.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsJack PalanceBurgess MeredithBeverly AdamsAn anthology of four short horror stories about people who visit Dr. Diabolo's fairground haunted-house attraction show.
- DirectorOzualdo Ribeiro CandeiasJosé Mojica MarinsLuiz Sérgio PersonStarsLucy RangelRegina CeliaDurvalino De Souza"Trilogia de Terror" (Trilogy of Terror) is a 1968 Brazilian horror film by Brazilian film director/actor José Mojica Marins.
- DirectorIl-Ho JangStarsShin Seong-ilKi-jong ByeonDae-yeob LeeTwo traditional stories. In the first, a girl marries the bravest man in the village so she can send him into a monster's lair to collect an mystic herb which can save her father's life. In the second story, even death cannot prevent a devoted wife from helping in her husband's success.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerAlan GibsonStarsSebastian CabotJoan CrawfordChad Everett"Journey to Midnight" consists of two episodes of the TV series, Journey to the Unknown (1968); Poor Butterfly (1969) and The Indian Spirit Guide (1968).
- StarsStefanie PowersVera MilesJulie Harris"Journey to the Unknown" was a British anthology series about everyday people finding themselves put into unusual circumstances...many of them supernatural in nature.
- DirectorJosé Mojica MarinsStarsLuiz Sérgio PersonVany MillerMário LimaThree episodes: A dollmaker whose dolls are eerily human, a tale of necrophilia, and a doctor proves love is dead.
- DirectorFederico FelliniLouis MalleRoger VadimStarsJane FondaBrigitte BardotAlain DelonA trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousin's stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelgänger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
- CreatorRod SerlingStarsRod SerlingLarry WatsonJoanna PettetRod Serling presents tales of horror illustrated in various paintings.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsRod SteigerClaire BloomRobert DrivasIn 1930s, a psychotic drifter who's after the mystery woman who covered his whole body in illustrations that foresee distant future shows three of them (The Veldt, The Long Rain and The Last Night of the World) to a mesmerized traveler.
- DirectorC. Adolpho ChadlerStarsCyl FarneySônia ClaraGlauce Rocha
- DirectorLuis AlcorizaIsmael RodríguezChano UruetaStarsAna Luisa PeluffoCarlos PiñarArmando SilvestreA movie divided in two segments, the first "la Puerta" (the Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a menacing human figure appears. The second "la Mujer del carnicero" (the butcher's wife) is set during the mexican revolution and is about the guilt that a butcher felt after committing a crime.
- DirectorJirí BrdeckaMilos MakovecEvald SchormStarsMilena DvorskáMilos KopeckýJirí HrzánRumor has it that the house of Prague hide secret obtain the philosopher's stone, and complex multi-level labyrinth of underground tunnels and cellars keep many unsolved mysteries and untold treasures.
- DirectorAnja BreienEgil KolstøEspen ThorstensonStarsMai Karin GjerdeSigurd BruheimOla BrunAn episode film initiated by Erik Borge, the fresh director of Norwegian Film, giving fresh film makers a chance of being seen by a big audience. Anja Breien, Egil Kolstø and Espen Thorstensons got the chance with very diverse films.
- DirectorKenneth JohnsonStarsVincent Price"An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe" sees Vincent Price reciting four Edgar Allen Poe stories: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Sphinx, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Pit and the Pendulum.
- DirectorKing HuHsing LeeHan Hsiang LiStarsCheng ChangFu-Kan ChangMei-Yao ChangThis movie contains four separate stories, each by a different director. They are all ghost stories, including themes such as death wishes, prison, and alcoholism. Good and evil women play prominent roles in the various tales.
- StarsRay SmithMichael CraigIan BannenAnthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked by the supernatural but by other people.
- DirectorAntony BalchStarsRichard SchulmanJanet SpearmanDorothy GrumbarA brainy sex flick with a sense of humor, the film begins with a narrator/mummy who guides us through a number of vignettes promising to show what some of us go through in the pursuit of sexual pleasure. There's a fabulous ten minute opening, where the half naked go go dancers have vegetables thrown at them. One of the tales features a female photographer who tortures a male model. Another has a female burglar (Cathy Howard) caught by the house owner. The craziest involves a nerd hiring a blond call girl (Sue Bond) in pursuit of a menage-a-trois with his pet lizard; and there's a endearing misadventure with secret agent Lindy Leigh (Maria Frost) who does topless safecracking.
- StarsRoy DotriceJeremy ClydeRachel KempsonBritish series adapted from a trio of horror-story anthologies which were edited by John Burke and published between 1960 and 1969. The television installments used the cream of Burke's crop.
- StarsDavid WoodJohn WentworthSheila HancockThis is a series of thrillers designed to keep the audience on the edge of their seats.
- DirectorPeter DuffellStarsJohn BryansJohn BennettDenholm ElliottAn anthology of four horror stories revolving around a mysterious rental house in the U.K.
- CreatorRichard MathesonStarsSebastian CabotSheila LarkenMeg FosterAn anthology of suspense dramas concentrating on individuals confronted with supernatural occurrences.
- DirectorHarry ThomasonStarsRod SerlingRobert GinnavenGary BrocketteThree eerie tales based on actual events are enacted in this film. First, three college students play a prank on a geeky classmate, who is accidentally shot and killed. His vengeful mother forecasts the deaths of the three young men she holds responsible, on 7, 14, and 21 days hence. And, one by one, her grim predictions come true. Next, a ghoulish sound emanates from a mist-shrouded hole in the Earth near where a Missouri boy has lost his dog. The boy's father is lowered into the hole and lets out an agonizing scream! Finally, a senator returning home from a party finds a lost girl on a bridge and learns from her father that she died years earlier!
- StarsIan HolmTom BellRudolph WalkerThe Frighteners was a British psychological suspense anthology series that ran for 1 series consisting of 13 self contained episodes.
- 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.
- DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsHugh GriffithLaura BettiNinetto DavoliPasolini's artistic, sometimes violent, always vividly cinematic retelling of some of Chaucer's most erotic tales.
- StarsAnna MasseyJohn CastleAnna Cropper"Dead of Night" was a non-hosted UK television anthology series of supernatural fiction, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in 1972.
- 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.
- StarsAnthony QuayleDarren McGavinJack Thompson"The Evil Touch" was an anthology horror, science fiction and mystery series hosted by Anthony Quayle between 1973-74..
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsJack HawkinsDonald PleasenceGeorgia BrownA psychiatrist tells stories of four special cases to a colleague.