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1) The asphyx
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
Blending elements of Gothic horror with the more contemporary ingredients of steampunk, The asphyx has emerged from obscurity to become a cult favorite of the sci-fi/fantasy genre. Utilizing an experimental photographic device, a scientist (Robert Stephens) captures what appears to be the image of the Asphyx, the ancient Greek spirit of the dead. With the help of his adopted son (Robert Powell), he conducts further experiments and conceives of a way...
Publisher
Paramount
Edition
Special ed. ; [Widescreen version]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Circa 1939 ace city reporter Polly Perkins has noted the sudden disappearances of many of the world's most famous scientists. After the city falls under attack of giant flying robots, she decides to team up with her ex-boyfriend, aviation officer Joe 'Sky Captain' Sullivan and flys around the world in search of the evil mastermind, Dr. Totenkopf, whose plan it is to create a new world by destroying the one of today.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
Five dolls for an August moon is Mario Bava's deliriously mod spin on an Agatha Christie-style whodunit. Bava was so closely associated with the horror genre that this twisting mystery was never released theatrically in the U.S., but it is deliciously entertaining all the same. A space age island retreat is visited by a group of friends and business associates, one of whom is a scientist who has invented a revolutionary chemical process, and is fending...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
At exactly 6:12 a.m., government research scientist Zac Hubson awakens to discover that he may be the last man on Earth. Homes, highways and entire cities are deserted. He soon learns down the road that he isn't alone, a woman and a trucker are still there.
Publisher
Paramount
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The exceptional team of criminalists working for the Las Vegas Crime Lab is still headed by brusque, but dedicated Gil Grissom, whose talented associates include Catherine Willows, Nick Stokes, Warrick Brown, and Sara Sidle, with Captain Jim Brass providing support from the Detective Bureau.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A reiimagining of the origin of the mythic Kong in a compelling, original adventure. A diverse team of explorers are brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific, as beautiful as it is treacherous, unaware that they're crossing into the domain of the mythic Kong.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
Dr. Paul Carruthers [Bela Lugosi] appears to all of Heathville as a kindly doctor and research scientist for Heath-Morton Cosmetics, Ltd. But in his secret laboratory, Carruthers is actually conducting personal experiments--one of which is a formula for an oriental shaving lotion; another is the creation of a giant bat who hates the smell of the lotion. Bitter because founding fathers Martin Heath [Edward Mortimer] and Henry Morton [Guy Usher] got...
12) Eureka: Season 1
Publisher
Universal
Edition
Widescreen Edition
Language
English
Description
In the quirky town of Eureka, America's brightest scientists are working on some of the government's best-kept secrets. Some lead to brilliant inventions, and some to total chaos. Making sense of the mysteries is Sheriff Jack Carter, a former U.S. marshal who is stranded in the surreal small town after a random car accident.
Publisher
Entertainment One
Edition
Widescreen Edition
Language
English
Description
In this final season, Dr. Helen Magnus and the Sanctuary team find that their previous allies have all turned against them. Now, in order to protect all beings, and to save their own lives, they must make their own rules.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
The mad and evil scientist, Dr. Clayton Forrester, has created a scheme that he hopes will gain him world domination. He plans to torment Mike Nelson and the robots by sending them the worst ever B-movie to watch called, "This Island Earth." He is convinced that this movie will drive them insane. The guys cannot control when the movie begins or ends, and they are forced to witness this truely horrorible movie - including a lobster creature dressed...
16) Ghostbusters
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Suit up for classic comedy! When Doctors Venkman, Stantz and Spengler suddenly find themselves downsized from the University's parapsychology department, they decide to go the entrepreneurial route, chasing down ghostly ghosts, unappetizing apparitions and the occasional insolent succubae.
18) Top secret!
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Language
English
Description
An American rock star teams up with the daughter of a scientist to find the scientist before he creates the ultimate weapon, in this spoof of war epics and Elvis films.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Edition
[English/Spanish/French version]
Language
English
Description
Told from Igor's perspective, we see the troubled young assistant's dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man, and the legend, we know today.
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