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- DirectorPaul LandresStarsJohn BealColeen GrayKenneth TobeyA kind, small-town doctor mistakenly ingests pills made from vampire bat blood and they turn him into a dangerous fanged creature.
- DirectorPaul LandresStarsFrancis LedererNorma EberhardtRay StricklynAfter a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and moves in with the dead man's American cousins.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsMarla EnglishTom ConwayMike ConnorsDeep in the jungles a mad scientist is using the natives' voodoo for his experiments to create an indestructible being to serve his will. When a party of gold seekers stumbles upon his village, the scientist realizes that Marilyn the expedition's evil leader is the perfect subject for his work.
- DirectorWilliam J. Hole Jr.StarsLinda ChristianRobert AldaAriadne WelterA man is haunted by visions of a beautiful woman. When he finally meets her, he winds up involved in a Satanic cult.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsBoris KarloffBeverly TylerMurvyn VyeA scholarly type is asked to investigate the possible island site for a large resort hotel--an island rumored to be infested with zombies.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBuster CrabbeFifi D'OrsayBarton MacLaneWhen a treasure hunter seeks a downed airplane in the jungles of Africa, he encounters one of the passenger's young daughter, now fully grown, and with a gorilla protector.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsEvelyn AnkersJ. Carrol NaishSamuel S. HindsPaula the ape woman (Acquanetta) is alive and well, and running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher (J. Carrol Naish), also reverting to her true gorilla form every once in a while to kill somebody.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsDermot WalshHazel CourtHugh BurdenA luxury ship is haunted by the ghosts of a crew that had disappeared off the ship years before.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsJames EllisonHeather AngelJohn HowardSurviving members of an aristocratic English family are threatened by a legendary monster when they venture out on chilly, foggy nights.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsPaul BurkeAllison HayesJohn WengrafA photographer on an expedition in the jungle runs afoul of a voodoo cult.
- DirectorGeorge BlairStarsJacques BergeracMerry AndersMarcia HendersonA mysterious hypnotist is suspected by the police of being responsible for a wave of female mutilation victims.
- DirectorDan MilnerStarsTod AndrewsTina CarverLinda WatkinsA wrongfully accused South Seas prince is executed, and returns as a walking tree stump.
- DirectorJacques R. MarquetteStarsAnne GwynneStuart WadeGloria CastilloIn 1880 a young boy is exposed to the effects of a meteor and becomes an ugly killer monster, as his mother hides him in her new house and tries to stop his killing.
- DirectorWyott OrdungStarsAnne KimbellStuart WadeDick PinnerJulie, an American on vacation in Mexico, spots a giant, one-eyed amoeba rising from the ocean, but when she tries to tell the authorities, no one believes her. She finally teams up with a marine biologist in an attempt to destroy it.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsRichard DenningLori NelsonAdele JergensIn a post-Apocalyptic world after an atomic war seven disparate people find themselves in a protected valley in the home of a survivalist and his beautiful daughter.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsJosephine DunnJack MulhallEddie BolandMad scientist works on a death ray in his mountain hideaway.
- DirectorSeymour FriedmanStarsLouis HaywardJody LawranceAlexander KnoxEdward Jekyll, ignorant of how his father had brought forth death and destruction with his experiments, is pursuing a chemist career despite the fact that he has been discharged from school or his unorthodox experimentations. When the time comes for his father's estate, which had been put in trust, Edward first learns of his father's actions and rather than ignore the matter, sets out to prove that human personality can be changed by certain chemical stimulations. But he hasn't reckoned on Dr. Curtis Lanyon, a prominent doctor and close friend of the family. Lanyon wants to get his hands on the estate and resorts to murder and frame-ups to make Edward appear to be as insane as his father.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsGuy StandingJohn HallidayJudith AllenJack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through his unique gift. But when he inadvertently hypnotizes young Clay Thorne, Thorne kills an enemy of Brookfield's while under a trance. No one believes Brookfield's protestations that Thorne is innocent of any murderous intent, so Brookfield teams up with retired lawyer Martin Prentice in hopes of saving the young man from the gallows.
- DirectorWilliam Cameron MenziesStarsRichard CarlsonVeronica HurstKatherine EmeryA Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a few weeks later, and discover he has suddenly aged. Some mysterious things happen in a maze made from the hedges adjoining the castle.
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsNina FochStephen CraneOsa MassenA young woman raised by gypsies hides a deadly secret which she will do anything to protect.
- DirectorGuido ZurliStarsVictor BuonoFranca PoleselloBrad HarrisAfter being released from a mental hospital, Otto returns to his old job as a butcher. He tries to adjust to his new life, but after a bitter argument with his wife, he accidentally kills her. Fearing he will be sent back to the hospital, he grinds up her body and sells it as sausages. As friends and relatives start asking questions about her disappearance, they too start ending up in the butcher's display case.
- DirectorHerbert L. StrockStarsSandra HarrisonLouise LewisGail GanleyUnder hypnosis, a young woman turns into a vampire.
- DirectorHarold DanielsReginald Le BorgJerry WarrenStarsLon Chaney Jr.John CarradineAndrea KingTwo brothers, both warlocks, use their own powers and covens of witches to battle over the family fortune.
- DirectorArthur CrabtreeStarsMichael GoughJune CunninghamGraham CurnowA frustrated thriller writer wants accurate crimes for his next book so he hypnotizes his assistant to make him commit the required crimes.
- DirectorEdward DeinStarsEric FlemingMichael PateKathleen CrowleyWhile a malady is claiming the lives of young women in a Western town, a sinister gunslinger-for-hire Drake Robey is really a vampire, and it's up to Preacher Dan to save the town and girlfriend Dolores Carter.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsJames DunnJoan WoodburyPaul McVeyA retired detective, Nick Trayne, is hired to look for a missing banker. During the investigation, the aforementioned banker returns in a zombie-like state. Trayne must track down the madman responsible for the banker's state.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsEduardo CiannelliOnslow StevensJune VincentA man is turned into a "catlike" killer by means of a serum invented by a crazed scientist.
- DirectorRay MillandStarsRay MillandJean HagenFrankie AvalonA family leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before hydrogen bombs destroy the city. In the midst of the chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive along the highway.
- DirectorCharles SaundersW. Lee WilderStarsRobert HuttonGeorge CoulourisJulia ArnallA wealthy business man discovers he has a brain tumor and seeks medical help. The business man finds a scientist experimenting with transplanting monkey heads on different monkey bodies. The business man decides to steal the head of Nostradamus from the prophet's crypt.
- DirectorCamillo MastrocinqueStarsChristopher LeeAdriana AmbesiUrsula DavisCount Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor, Carmilla.
- DirectorHarold DanielsStarsGerald MohrCathy O'DonnellWilliam ChingA newlywed is terrified when her husband brings her to live in the old house that figures in her recurring nightmare.
- DirectorDenison CliftStarsBela LugosiShirley GreyArthur MargetsonDuring a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.
- DirectorHarold YoungStarsOtto KrugerVicky LaneAmelita WardOnce again, Paula Dupree, the Ape Woman, is brought back to life, this time by a mad scientist and his disfigured assistant, who also kidnaps his female lab assistant in order to have a female blood donor. By this time, Paula has brain damage from her experiences in the last film, so there's not much for her to do except wander around.
- DirectorWesley RugglesErnest B. SchoedsackStarsIvan F. SimpsonLouise CarterC. Aubrey SmithA mother wishes for the return of her dead son--a wish that is granted by the severed paw of a dead monkey.
- DirectorDaniel BirtStarsNancy PriceMary ClareMary MerrallA secretary suspects that her employer's three elderly sisters are plotting to kill him after he announces he'll no longer finance their philanthropic endeavors.
- DirectorStuart HeislerStarsEllen DrewRobert PaigePaul LukasAfter a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.
- DirectorWalter ColmesStarsJohn LoderNancy KellyOtto KrugerAfter a bus accident, a woman comes to believe that she's actually a 300-year-old witch.
- DirectorBenjamin StoloffStarsCraig StevensElisabeth FraserJulie BishopPeter Thorne (Craig Stevens)is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing (Cecil Cunningham), who uses her insane brother, John Channing (Milton Parsons), to frighten her other relatives because they are after her money. Further complications arrive when another murderer arrives on the scene and plants the blame on John Channing.
- DirectorBenjamin StoloffStarsJohn LoderEleanor ParkerBruce LesterThe citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsMark DanaZiva RodannDiane BrewsterA crazed Egyptian follows the members of an archaeology expedition and kills them off one by one while getting progressively older.
- DirectorJohn Francis DillonStarsJack HoltConstance CummingsBoris KarloffAn undercover Federal officer serving time in prison fakes his escape in order to infiltrate a heroin smuggling ring.
- DirectorDenis KavanaghStarsValentine DyallAnne HowardAlec FavershamA doctor is summoned to an old dark house to rid it of evil spirits.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsBetty Ann DaviesSheila BurrellSidney JamesA yogi seemingly dies while simulating death and his evil second wife, and her daughter, try to force his daughter into insanity for control of his estate.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsGordon HarkerAlfred DraytonRobertson HareA young girl finds herself possessed by the spirit of a mischievous demon.
- DirectorPeter Graham ScottStarsRichard LyonLiliane SottaneDavid RoseThree teenagers encounter a ghost who is in limbo until he retrieves his lost head. They do their bit to help him find it.