Irena Dubrovna (Simone Simon), a Serbian immigrant, falls in love with Oliver Reed (Kent Smith), and they quickly marry. Irena refuses to consummate the relationship, believing that arousal would turn her into a panther. Eventually, Oliver persuades her to see psychologist Louis Judd (Tom Conway), but he is more interested in getting his hands on
Raised in foster homes, Irena Gallier (Nastassia Kinski) journeys to New Orleans to meet her brother, Paul (Malcolm McDowell). Paul is a shape changer, becoming a panther when sexually excited, and he wants Irena for himself. The virginal Irena is unready for her brother’s advances, or her feelings for the local zoo curator, Oliver (John
A young, teenage girl, Rosaleen (Sarah Patterson), dealing poorly both physically and mentally with the onset of menstruation, dreams of a dark, fairytale world where werewolves are a constant threat. In the dream, her father (David Warner) hunts the wolves while her Grandmother (Angela Lansbury) tells her frightening stories. Eventually, she has to don her red, hooded
A rash of murders in a small village have the citizens blaming an unseen giant bat. The kindly professor Paul Kristan (Ralph Morgan), nearly worshiped by the townspeople, has no solution. Worse still, he finds himself ill, blacking out at night as his marriage to a young girl approaches. The poorly titled Condemned to Live
In the aftermath of a car crash, brother and sister Jimmy and Ellie (Jesse Eisenberg and Christina Ricci) are bitten by a werewolf. When they begin to exhibit increased abilities, they know they must find the creature that bit them. Cursed is half of a good film, cut into pieces, placed out of order, mixed
Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.), the Wolf Man, is freed from his tomb by grave robbers. His search for a way to die takes him to the remains of the Frankenstein manor and the still-living Monster. The Frankenstein franchise had died a well-deserved death, having less than nothing of interest left (but they wouldn’t let
Charley (William Ragsdale), who had convinced himself that the vampire from the first film didn’t exist, once again sees strange people moving in, this time next door to Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall). They look to be a vampire and her minions. Following the rules for a sequel, Fright Night Part II is the same movie
Goth teens Brigitte (Emily Perkins) and Ginger (Katherine Isabelle) have sworn an oath to always be together. They also will do anything to be different. On the night that Ginger begins to menstruate, she is bitten by an oversized wolf. As Ginger becomes sexual, violent, and irrational, Bridget works with the local drug dealer (Kris
Discovering that the “cure” for lycanthropy actually only delays it, Brigitte (Emily Perkins), who caught the disease from her now dead sister, Ginger (Katherine Isabelle), is on the run from a male werewolf and shooting up progressively more of the poisonous monkshood. An unfortunate series of events gets Brigitte locked up in a drug treatment facility. While
In 1815, sisters Brigitte (Emily Perkins) and Ginger (Katherine Isabelle) find themselves lost in the wilderness. Rescued by a native hunter, they are brought to a fort which has been under attack by werewolves. In the middle of the night, Ginger is bitten, and Bridget must keep it a secret or the few remaining men
The Adventures of Harry Potter during his third year at School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The dangerous criminal, Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), has escaped from Azkaban Prison and is after Harry (Daniel Radcliffe). The wraith-like guards of Azkaban have surrounded Hogwarts, and seem to be as interested in harming Harry as catching the escapee. Luckily, Professor Lupin
Larry Abbot (Gene Wilder), star of a mystery radio program, has recently announced his engagement to fellow radio actor, Vicky Pearl (Gilda Radner). He’s also developed a phobia of storms and begun to forget his lines. His psychologist brother (Paul L. Smith) informs Larry’s employers that he can scare him back to normal in just a