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It's 1929 and Chicago's two powerful rival gangs, led by Al Capone and Bugs Moran, are in fierce competition over bootlegging ... but not for long. Capone's boys are plotting a Valentine's gift for Moran that will put him and his crew out of business for good. All it will take is a few fake police uniforms, a staged delivery of liquor and, of course, a lot of ammo ...
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"Price emerges as one of his most complex characters in this entertaining and touching biography," observed The New York Times of Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography. In this candid and heartfelt biography, Victoria Price traces her father's 65-year career from his radio days to his movie, Broadway, and television performances. A thorough and uniquely intimate look at the life of a legendary actor, the book also recaptures...
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"A man wrongly imprisoned for murder breaks out of jail. He wants to clear his name, but with the police pursuing him, he's forced to take a beautiful young woman, driving a fast sports car, hostage and slip into a cross-border sports car race to try to make it to Mexico before the police get him."--Container.
6) Death race
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Private corporations run most of the prisons across the U.S. for profit. Jensen Ames is framed for his wife's murder on the same day that the steel mill he works at closes. Ames is sent to prison where he is coerced by Hennessey, the sadistic prison warden, to drive a Ford Mustang and become known as the famous masked driver, Frankenstein. She tells Ames that she knows his baby was left in foster care, but that prisoners are freed upon winning five...
8) The intruder
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"Arriving in a sleepy Southern town on the eve of integration, slick charismatic Adam Cramer is an ominous influence, inciting its white citizens into a racial fervor, and plunging the once quiet community into a state of chaos."--Container.
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Criterion collection volume 734
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In the mid-sixties, the maverick American director Monte Hellman conceived of two westerns at the same time. Shot back-to-back for famed producer Roger Corman, they feature overlapping casts and crews. The films - The Shooting, about a motley assortment of loners following a mysterious wanted man through a desolate frontier, and Ride in the Whirlwind, about a group of cowhands pursued by vigilantes for crimes they did not commit, are rigorous, artful,...
12) The Wasp woman
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A cosmetics executive (Susan Cabot) experiments on herself with a youth formula from royal jelly taken from queen wasps. However, she fails to anticipate the side-effects which have deadly consequences - turning her into a monster.
13) Sharktopus
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It is known as S-11, a diabolical hybrid of shark and octopus created by genetic scientist Nathan Sands as the U.S. Navy's next super-weapon. But when its control implants are damaged during a training experiment, the beast escapes to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for a taste of sun, sand, bikini babes, jet-skiers, spring breakers and beyond. Now a hotshot mercenary, an investigative reporter, and Sand's biomechanical engineer daughter must stop a creature...
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A bucket of blood: "Fred Katz's musical score and Paul Horn's saxophone set the mood for this black comedy set in a coffee shop where a group of 'far-out' beatniks inhabit a world of their own fantasies"--Container ; Attack of the giant leeches: "The placid backwaters of Florida serve as a backdrop for this shockingly scary film. Creepy lighting and cheesy organ music will put you on the edge of your seat as you watch several unknowing inhabitants...
15) Death race 2050
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It's the year 2050 and America is controlled by an all-powerful corporate government ruled by The Chairman. The masses have been brainwashed with violent virtual-reality entertainment. The event of the year is a race in which a motley crew of violent drivers compete in a cross-country race, scoring points for running people over and driving each other off the road. The reigning champion and fan favorite, Frankenstein, wants to take the crown, but...
16) Dinoshark
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A prehistoric shark terrorizes vacationers and sailors near Puerto Vallarta.
18) Boxcar Bertha
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Set in the 1930's, a young homeless woman and an union organizer team up on a crime spree to get revenge from a railroad company. Martin Scorsese's second feature was made for budget-conscious Roger Corman.
19) Suburbia
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Evan and his younger brother leave their broken home in an attempt to escape their alcoholic mother. They fall in with 'The Rejected' (aka T.R.), a group of punks who live as squatters in an abandoned shack by the side of the highway. With the T.R.s, the boys find a new family. But their new family will be tested when they become the target of 'Citizens Against Crime', a group of unhappy suburbanites.