Radical Remakes & Revivals

WAR OF THE WORLDS 2005 - An alien invasion threatens the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival. Steven Spielberg used all of the assets of SKG Dreamworks to create his modernized version of the famous HG Wells Novel. It's a great looking film, sometimes very scary and also sometimes maudlin in that common Spielberg style. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE 1995 - A remake of Gamera vs Gyaos of 1967, this time with three of Gamera's arch-nemeses, the Gyaos. An ornithologist investigates reports of a monstrous new species of bird just as a teenage girl is gifted an amulet found on mysterious atoll. As the giant reptilian bird-beasts named GYAOS begin an attack, the ancient guardian GAMERA appears and develops a bond with the girl. FULL MOVIE in HD and Widescreen

THE RETURN OF GODZILLA 1984 (aka GOJIRA and re-edited as GODZILLA 1985 for US release) - TOHO decided to bring back the Godzilla of GODZILLA 1954 and GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN 1955 with Godzilla as the antagonistic deadly, atomic fire-spewing monster, and ignoring all other Godzilla movies of the 1960s & 1970s. This is the complete Japanese Version with English dubbing done by TOHO studios for release in non-US English language markets. This is NOT the US edited version. FULL MOVIE in HD and Widescreen

CHILDREN OF DUNE 2003 Mini-Series Sequel to the 2000 TV Remake - The Atreides Family must overcome a conspiracy that threatens to destroy their legacy and undermine their House in the eyes of The Empire. Only Paul's children can stop this catastrophe from destroying everything and saving the House of Atreides from this malevolent force. COMPLETE PROGRAM in HD & Widescreen

DUNE 2000 TV Mini-Series Remake of the 1984 Classic - A boy destined to rule Arrakis (aka Dune) must unite his people against his sworn enemies; armed with the super-spice Melange and the loyalty of the Freemen, the rival houses of Atreides and Harkonen wage a war that may shape the fate of the galaxy. The Director's Cut & COMPLETE PROGRAM in HD & Widescreen

DIABOLIQUE 1996 - The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned attempt to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which had been strategically dumped, disappears. The strain starts to tell on the two women as a retired police investigator looks into the disappearance. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

SORCERER 1977 - William Friedkin directs this taut & tense remake of The Wages of Fear. A gangster, a crooked banker, a hit man & a terrorist are on the run but get stranded in a small village in South America. Their only chance of escape is a big payday for driving two trucks filled with unstable nitro-filled dynamite up a long and rocky mountain road to be used to blow out an oil refinery blaze. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

THE CAT GIRL 1957 - The unofficial British remake of the 1942 Val Lewton Supernatural Classic from Anglo-Amalgamated Studios who did not need any RKO film ownership rights to do so. Leonora Johnson is a woman who returns to her ancestral home and is told she will inherit money, but also that there is a family curse. The curse is being possessed by the spirit of a leopard but psychiatrist Dr. Brian Marlowe tells her it's all in her mind. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

CAT PEOPLE 1982 - The official Universal Studios remake of the 1942 RKO & Val Lewton Supernatural Classic, as Universal then owned RKO's product. A young woman's sexual awakening brings horror when she discovers her urges transform her into a monstrous black leopard. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

THE BAD SEED 1985 - Remake of the 1956 Shocker, which was originally taken from a Broadway play of the 1954 novel, for Warner Bros Television & ABC. A series of fatal freak accidents force a widow to realize that her 9-year-old daughter was born to kill. FULL MOVIE in HD

CARRIE 2002 - From the producers of the 1990s Outer Limits and Twilight Zone TV programs comes this Canadian remake of the 1976 Classic for MGM & NBC Television. Carrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the brink of insanity by frequent bullying from both her classmates and her domineering, religious mother. FULL MOVIE HD & W/S

THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE 1981 - Starring Jack Nicholson & Jessica Lange in a period remake of the classic 1946 Noir. The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

BODY HEAT 1981 - Popular Neo-Noir thriller based on the classic Noir Double Indemnity, from Director Lawrence Kasdan, starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner. In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman persuades her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

PIRANHA 1995 - The Corman Classic Remade for Showtime's Roger Corman Presents series. When experimental flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal. FULL MOVIE Enhanced Video

HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP 1996 - The Corman Classic Remade for Showtime's Roger Corman Presents Series. The US Army conducts experiments on death row inmates trying to create an amphibious soldier. The resulting man-fish hybrid monsters escape to the open ocean. Afterwards, several men in a seaside town are killed by being pulled into the sea and the women with them just disappear. FULL MOVIE Enhanced Video

THE HAUNTED SEA 1997 - Loose remake of the Corman classic, Creature from the Haunted Sea, for Showtime's Roger Corman Presents. A mysterious ship is found adrift in mid-ocean with a precious cargo of ancient Aztec treasure. However, the ship's finders must battle a supernatural creature which guards the treasure. FULL MOVIE Enhanced Video

WASP WOMAN 1995 - The Corman Classic Remade for Showtime's Roger Corman Presents series. Janice is the owner of a cosmetic company working with a Doctor who's experimenting with a miracle cure for aging. He has extracted an enzyme from queen wasps that works for this purpose, but it eventually changes Janice into a giant insect. FULL MOVIE Enhanced Video

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS 1986 - Corman's Classic was remade as a successful musical horror-comedy for Broadway, then as this film version. A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

A BUCKET OF BLOOD (aka Death Artist) 1995 - The Corman Classic Remade for Showtime's Roger Corman Presents series. Walter Paisley, a busboy at a coffee bar called the Jabber-Jaw, is praised as an artistic genius after he kills his landlady's cat and covers it in plaster. Pressured to produce more work, he goes after bigger subjects. FULL MOVIE Enhanced Video

THE BRIDE 1985 - Columbia's British Division decided to produce this revision of Bride of Frankenstein at Shepperton Studios, and making it look like a Hammer film. The familiar story is that, after years of research, the doctor finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman, whom he gives the name Eva. This Frankenstein-created woman is attracted to the Doctor & not his other creation, as we all remember. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN 1964 - Upon returning to his home village to continue his experimental research, the destitute Dr. Frankenstein revives his old creature, but an evil hypnotist wants the monster to control for himself. Since Universal sponsored the production, Hammer was allowed to use a monster make-up similar to the Universal Frankenstein monster with a setting that referenced the Universal series, and they dropped all references to other Hammer Frankenstein films in their series. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

THE TWO FACES OF DR JEKYLL 1960 - Hammer's take on the often-filmed Robert Louis Stevenson story. After experimenting on himself, the bearded, tweedy, dullard Dr. Henry Jekyll transforms himself into a young, dynamic, and self-confidant Edward Hyde. In his new character he befriends Paul Allen, who has been having an affair with Jeckyll's wife, and has no idea that this clean-cut, handsome playboy prone to outbursts of violence is really Jekyll. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen format.

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES 1959 - Returning to his family's manor house on the moors after his father dies under mysterious circumstances, Sir Henry Baskerville is confronted with the mystery of a supernatural gigantic hound that takes revenge upon the Baskerville family. The famous detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are brought in to investigate. Hammer delves into a Sherlock Holmes mystery with Peter Cushing doing a fine job as Holmes, and Christopher Lee as Sir Baskerville. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen format.

CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF 1961 - In eighteenth-century Spain, a servant woman is accosted by a strange man who is kept locked in a dungeon whom who she had to feed. She later has a child who is adopted because she dies in childbirth. When he becomes an adult, it appears that a werewolf is terrorizing the inhabitants of his town. The second Hammer feature to be distributed by Universal, and another in the classic Universal monster series to be modernized. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen format

THE MUMMY 1959 - In the 1890s, British archaeologists discover the tomb of Princess Ananka but accidentally bring the mummified body of her High Priest back to life. Three years later, back in England, a follower of ancient Egyptian religion unleashes the supernatural Mummy monster to exact grisly revenge on the despoilers of the tomb. With 'The Mummy', Hammer teamed up with Universal to bring to the modern screen the classic Universal monsters in color. Hammer produced & Universal would distribute. This entry turned out to be a great success in the USA for all involved. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen format.