In 'Thunder Mountain' a western based on the Zane Grey novel 'To The Last Man' Marvin Hayden finds himself right in the middle of two feuding families. In 'Wild Horse Mesa' a cowboy called Dave along with his best friend Chito set out to find the person responsible for murdering his boss.
In this second of three adventures the Scarlet Pimpernel may have met his match when he is forced to confront Gabrielle Damiens alias Mademoiselle Guillotine the French Revolution's most feared whip-wielding killer...
Six friends unwittingly stir up a ghostly spirit... Legend has it that Jeremiah Stone was the meanest man who ever lived. Seeking the lost gold of the fabled Forty-Niner Nick Claire Tori Roxanne Axl and Hayden succeed only in resurrecting the Evil spirit of Jeremiah Stone. Now the Legendary ghost has become virtually unstoppable flesh and bloodkilling machine. The Forty-Niner is after them! One by one they are stalked and killed until Old Nellie a reclusive mountain woman tells them how to destroy the deadly creature...
Double Duty. A drug war is raging in Demeter City and a professional assassin is taking out the competition. The sole survivor of an attack on drug baron Oturi Nissim is a pretty alien girl Aleesha Amyas who is taken into protective custody. Suddenly the killer is loose in the Space Precinct House and Orrin is its first Victim...Protect And Survive Brogan's informant Slik Ostrasky is murdered by Tylan Gershom a smuggler of illegal Xyronite immigrants and the only witness is slimy Melazoid business executive Armand Loyster. Brogan and Haldane are assigned to offer Loyster protection until he can testify as Gershom's trial. But Gershom plans to ensure that Loyster never reaches the courtroom...Enforcer On Skall Street in Demeter City members of the infamous Hydra Gang are found dead - their hearts shredded but not a single mark in their bodies! Accompanied by an orphaned alien girl a new enforcer has taken over and the Skall Street traders soon discover that the Hydras have been replaced by something far worse. Flash: A new drug HE-11 (also known as 'Flash') has arrived on the street of Demeter causing spontaneous combustion in its users. While Brogan and Haldane visit Interchem the pharmaceutical company which originally developed the drug Orrin and Beezle run into trouble when Interchem's chief chemist Pola Vad Moonacki is kidnapped.
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? sees a change of direction for Robert Aldrich's unofficial trilogy which all involve "ageing actresses" in macabre thrillers (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte). The busy Aldrich only produced What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?, calling in TV director Lee H Katzin (a Mission: Impossible regular) to handle the megaphone. Aldrich also opted to shoot the film in pastel colours appropriate to the unusual Arizona desert setting rather than the gothic black and white of the earlier films. The film cast the less iconic Geraldine Page as the genteelly unpleasant Mrs Clare Marrable. Left apparently penniless by her departed husband, Mrs M opts to keep up appearances by hiring a succession of timid elderly housekeepers, bossing them around with well-spoken nastiness, duping them out of their life savings and, on the pretence of getting help with a midnight tree-planting program, lures them into their own graves, batters them to death and plants lovely pines over them. Page gets her own way with the meek likes of Mildred Dunnock, until the feistier, red-wigged R!uth Gordon applies for the job and gets down to amateur sleuthing. While Bette Davis and her partners went wildly over the top in previous films, Page and Gordon play more subtly, finding odd pathetic moments in between the monstrous, irony-laced horror stuff. The supporting cast of pretty or handsome young things, mostly putty in the hands of the manipulative Page, contribute striking little cameos (Rosemary Forsyth sports a pleasing 1969 hairdo as the kindly but intimidated neighbour), but the film belongs to its leading ladies, delivering a fine line in twist-packed cat-and-mouse theatrics. The video is handsomely letterboxed, as befits a film made before widescreen films were shot with all the action in the middle of the frame to facilitate television sales. --Kim Newman
The Ninja empire is at stake as the supreme Ninja master and his disciple confront Ivan the Red a power-hungry Ninja.When the police fail to help the young disciple must reveal his amazing fighting ability to save his sister and avenge his mother's murder. The master must face Ivan the Red in a final gruelling duel to determine the fate of the Ninja Empire.The young Ninja must reveal his power to survive.
In this final film of the series The Scarlet Pimpernel is drawn into a mystery which threatens to destroy the French monarchy forever whilst putting his own life in grave danger. The heir to the French throne 10 year old Dauphin is under the control of Robespierre but is kidnapped by a sinister masked character. As Sir Percy gets close to witnesses who might identify the Dauphin's kidnapper they are killed before they can reveal the truth. However all the signs point to the legend
Under the Tonto Rim (1947): A suspense filled classic western starring Tim Holt masquerading as a stage coach robber in order to infiltrate the nefarious Tonto Rim gang. Helping another gang member escape from jail Holt follows the outlaw to the gangs lair under the Tonto Rim. Once there he must rescue a kidnapped girl (Nan Leslie) and recovers stolen Payroll - all the while trying not to tip off the gang as to his real identity. Gun blazing shoot - outs and breakneck chases h
Deception never looked so sweet... There is perhaps no more beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale than the legend of a beautiful young girl fleeing her home because of a jealous stepmother. Now more breath-taking than any previous interpretation 'Snow White' is a fantasy of truly epic scope. Wonderfully acted and cleverly scripted this modern retelling introduces such classic elements as Snow White's miraculous birth and the mysterious reason why her father remarries after his wife'
Enforcer: On Skall Street in Demeter City members of the infamous Hydra Gang are found dead - their hearts shredded but not a single mark in their bodies! Accompanied by an orphaned alien girl a new enforcer has taken over and the Skall Street traders soon discover that the Hydras have been replaced by something far worse. Flash: A new drug HE-11 (also known as Flash) has arrived on the street of Demeter causing spontaneous combustion in its users. While Brogan and Haldane visit Interchem the pharmaceutical company which originally developed the drug Orrin and Beezle run into trouble when Interchem's chief chemist Pola Vad Moonacki is kidnapped.
The Snake: An alien extortionist and explosives expert known only as The Snake threatens the executives of Brett Interplanetary. Precinct 88 becomes a task force to track him down and Jane reunites with her old ECPF colleague Bill Gray. The Snake reveals his next target - The Princess an Omega Class tanker en route to Altor with two hundred million gallons of liquefied hydrogen! Body and Soul: Caught in the radiation field of Merlin's Asteroid a prototype spaceship created by recluse industrialist Alden Holmes returns to Altor after being lost in space for twenty years. Brogan finds a body on board opening an investigation into a homicide that took place two decades ago. As he tracks down the killer Brogan is haunted by the ghost in the machine..... Time To Kill: A routine sweep on a counterfeiting operation goes horribly wrong for the officers of Precinct 88 when they are suddenly attacked by a violent Cyborg and Took is caught in the crossfire. The Cyborg has Brogan marked for death and one by one Brogan's colleagues fall victim to the creature... Deadline: Brogan and Haldane discover a capsule containing the body of a Tarn male. The autopsy reveals that the Tarn is missing vital organs removed with surgical precision... and Brogan and Haldane find themselves on the trail of organ leggers from Danae - vicious killers who murder for profit and target Brogan as their next donor.
Illegal: Tildon Alreeuh an illegal immigrant from Sagania saves Brogan's life in a shooting incident and Brogan learns that his saviour's son Nillim is being held by snuff fight promoter Coe Barner. Divided We Stand: Jane and Took investigate the theft of a tarn egg-sac from Demeter Memorial Hospital while Brogan and Haldane are assigned to the protection of underworld crime boss Vinny Artak who is running for city council.
The Power: Jane and Took are assigned to protect a shipment of Luxorian Ice a vital part of Solartek's new solar power system which offers a safe alternative to hyper fusion. Seek and Destroy: With the discovery of Aladine-50 a vaccine against creon fever the importation of Earth dogs is all the rage in Demeter.
Laura and Ted are incredibly rich and blissfully happy but Mark the son of Laura is hatching a plan to relieve her of her wealth...
Zane Grey (1872-1939) was one of the most popular authors of western fiction ever, and 60 years after his death many of his 78 books, such as Riders of the Purple Sage, are still in print. In the silent era Hollywood filmed many of his stories with stars such as Tom Mix and Jack Holt. Grey knew the west well, particularly the deserts of Arizona and Utah, and demanded accurate locations for the films. Later, however, many of these films were remade, sometimes two or three times, without Grey's involvement, and the relation between novels and films grew much looser. The films are quintessential B-moveis: black and white, just over an hour, featuring minor stars and formulaic plots with some music and comedy thrown in. Committed fans of the western genre will not be disappointed, and others will derive pleasure from the delightful Jane Greer in Sunset Pass and Tim Holt, son of Jack, in the other three films. The location shooting, mostly in the Lone Pine area of California, has an authentic feel. Titles are: Under the Tonto Rim (1947); Thunder Mountain (1947); Sunset Pass (1946); Wild Horse Mesa(1947). On the DVD: This box set contains two DVDs, each of which include two movies deriving from Zane Grey novels. Print quality and sound is generally acceptable, though Under the Tonto Rim has poor definition and is a bit scratchy. Aspect ratio is 14:9. The DVDs contain no extras of any kind. --Ed Buscombe
The Power: Jane and Took are assigned to protect a shipment of Luxorian Ice a vital part of Solartek's new solar power system. Seek and Destroy: With the discovery of Aladine-50 a vaccine against creon fever the importation of Earth dogs is all the rage in Demeter. Illegal: An illegal immigrant from Sagania saves Brogan's life in a shooting incident and Brogan learns that his saviour's son Nilim is being held by snuff fight promoter Coe Barner. Divided We Stand: Jane and Took investigate the theft of a tarn egg-sac from Demeter Memorial Hospital.
A further two episodes of the sensational sci-fi television series. Smelter Skelter: Sally and Liz are violently threatened during an armed robbery at the Jewellery Centre and Brogan takes a personal interest in tracking down the culprits. His investigations lead him to mining operator Alvin Zann who plans a daring raid on the orbiting Bank Of Altor with a small beam accelerator - an unstoppable weapon capable of punching a hole in the very fabric of the universe! The Forever Beetle: Pteronarcys Eternicum a rare beetle capable of cell regeneration is stolen from Dexkor Laboratories. Brogan and Haldane are assigned to the case and suspect that the theft may be an inside job. But Brogan is preoccupied with nailing drugs dealer Amory Wolf whom he believes is responsible for the death of Tommy Murphy his oldest friend. Meanwhile Jane and Took have a run-in with local hero Thunder Cole...
Two Against The Rock: Haldane and Jane escort Houdini the most notorious escape artist on Altor to Asteriod A5 - the maximum security penitentiary known as The Rock. But on their arrival at the asteroid the two officers are horrified to discover that the prisoners have taken over and mass murderer Eric Volker is the new warden... Takeover: When Brogan and Haldane are accused of the cold-blooded murder of Naxus Simi and subjected to an Internal Affairs investigation the officers' reliability as prosecution witnesses in a case against crime boss Vanus Olvera is called into question. But Brogan and Haldane find there is far more at stake when Jane gives damning evidence against them... Predator And Prey: Following the death of an officer from the 79th Precinct in Demeter's most fashionable nightclub Brogan and Haldane are teamed with Lt. Verro Walker in a search for a serial killer. Walker is a loose cannon but may hold the key to the killings when jane discovers similarities with a string of mysterious homicides that took place nearly a hundred years before! The Witness: Small-time crooks are turning up dead on the streets of Demeter City and a search begins from prime suspect Mas Maharg spotted at the scene of the second murder by Romek's new partner Morgan. Then Fredo's daughter Estes is taken ill and Brogan realises that she has been-picking up the killer's thoughts with her paramental eye...
Two Against The Rock: Haldane and Jane escort Houdini the most notorious escape artist on Altor to Asteriod A5 - the maximum security penitentiary known as The Rock. But on their arrival at the asteroid the two officers are horrified to discover that the prisoners have taken over and mass murderer Eric Volker is the new warden... Takeover: When Brogan and Haldane are accused of the cold-blooded murder of Naxus Simi and subjected to an Internal Affairs investigation the officers' reliability as prosecution witnesses in a case against crime boss Vanus Olvera is called into question. But Brogan and Haldane find there is far more at stake when Jane gives damning evidence against them...
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