Radical Remakes & Revivals

THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN 1957 - In prison and awaiting execution, Dr. Victor Frankenstein recounts to a priest what led him to his current circumstance, having to do with constructing a man using body parts acquired for the purpose. Hammer's first of many in their Frankenstein legacy. and the first pairing of the legendary Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee, who went on to become lifelong friends. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen format.

HORROR OF DRACULA 1958 - The RESTORED version from original Hammer Sources. Jonathan Harker unsuccessfully tries to stake and kill Count Dracula at the latter's remote castle in Transylvania but becomes one of the count's victims. The vampire later befriends the Harker family, seeking more blood and vengeance. The only person who may be able to protect them is Dr. Van Helsing, Harker's friend and a studier of vampire legends, who is determined to destroy Dracula whatever the cost. Hammer's first of many more in their Dracula legacy. and the second pairing of the legendary Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee, who went on to become lifelong friends. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen format.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1962 - Hammer Studios remake of the famous Gaston Leroux Novel as part of their agreement to revise certain Universal properties, which Universal would then release in the USA. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen.

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME 1956 - Considered the most Faithful to the Hugo novel version is this third remake, a French-Italian production starring Anthony Quinn as Quasimodo and Gina Lollobrigida as Esmeralda. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen.

CREATURE 1998 - An amphibious monster created by a crazed scientist from human and shark DNA terrorizes an abandoned secret military base and the people who live on the island. This Sci-Fi Horror entry was a two-part Mini-Series and an effective revisioning of The Creature Walks Among Us. Presenting the Complete Mini-Series FEATURE in HD & Widescreen.

THE MONSTER OF PIEDRAS BLANCAS 1959 in COLOR - Definitely a Cash-In of The Creature From the Black Lagoon, Producer Jack Kevan, as a Universal employee, assisted in creating The Black Lagoon Creature's monster suit and used what he learned for this film's monster. He also hired Universal crew members for the film, and used suit hands from The Mole People monsters & feet from This Island Earth's mutants. My opinion is it's the second best 1950s monster suit after The Creature, and the film itself is an admirable Cash-In. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen, and IN COLOR.

MARY SHELLY'S FRANKENSTEIN 1994 - Because his Dracula was a success, Coppola produced this revision of Frankenstein, and why not? Director Kenneth Branagh is no Coppola and Robert DeNiro as the monster is no Karloff, but the film is close to the novel and still has its moments. Dr. Victor Frankenstein creates an artificial man who becomes a rejected, vengeful monster. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA 1992 - Coppola's serious, non-campy take on the iconic horror figure, using only practical FX. It differs from the novel in that Dracula here is the supernatural form of the barbaric Vlad the Impaler. The centuries old vampire comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiance Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

THE WOLFMAN 2010 - In an attempt to reboot its classic horror monsters, Universal revives The Wolfman for their "Dark Universe" Movie Series. The story, as in the original, is that upon return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten and subsequently cursed by a werewolf. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

THE INVISIBLE MAN 1975 - From writer & producer Steven Bochco, Universal revived the classic HG Wells story as a Sci-Fi oriented TV Movie. It had good ratings on NBC in May of 1975, so a TV Series was produced that fall. In the movie, David McCallum portrays Dr. Daniel Westin, a scientist who discovers a method to turn objects invisible. He turns himself invisible to test it, but not wanting his notes to fall into the wrong hands, he destroys evidence of his discovery. FULL MOVIE in HD

THE MUMMY RETURNS 2001 - Universal brings back The Mummy director and much of the cast in this superb sequel to the 1999 hit remake of their classic horror film, continuing the adventure. The mummified body of Imhotep is shipped to a museum in London, where he once again wakes and begins his campaign of rage and terror. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

THE MUMMY 1999 - Universal Revival of the Classic as a Supernatural Adventure Film. At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

CASINO ROYALE 2006 - Daniel Craig's first outing as Bond completely reboots 007 in serious fashion, quite unlike the 1967 version which became a spy film spoof. After earning 00 status, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN 1983 - A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated. Based on the 1961 novel Thunderball by Ian Fleming, which itself was based on an original story by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham, and Fleming. McClory got the filming rights of the novel following a long legal battle dating from the 1960s, so this entry is not a United Artists Saltzman/Broccoli production. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

NOT OF THIS EARTH 1995 - Corman had a contract to do a Showtime series called "Roger Corman Presents". He produced 30 episodes, of which 6 were remakes of his own classic films. This is one of those. An anemic alien comes to Earth from a dying planet. FULL MOVIE in HD Enhanced Video

NOT OF THIS EARTH 1988 - Director Jim Wynorski supposedly got the idea to do this remake of the Corman classic on a bet, in which an alien arrives on Earth looking to take human blood in an attempt to preserve his dying planet. Wynorski bet he could do it in the same time schedule & budget, adjusted for inflation. At least that's how the story goes. I think he just wanted to remake it as a horror-comedy. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

MIGHTY JOE YOUNG 1998 - Family Oriented Remake of the Classic 1949 RKO Film with some of the best Ape-Suit Practical FX ever done & as good as Rick Baker's 1976 King Kong. A 15 ft mountain gorilla named Joe is taken to an animal sanctuary by zoologist Gregg O'Hara and Jill Young with whom Joe was raised. But an evil poacher returns from the past to seek vengeance on Joe. FULL MOVIE in HD and Widescreen.

KING KONG 2005 - Peter Jackson's epic remake done the way Universal wanted to do it in the 1970s, to be set in the 1930s,but lawsuit settlements with other parties stopped that idea. A greedy film producer assembles a team of movie-makers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find much more than just irritated natives. FULL MOVIE in HD and Widescreen.

PLAN 9 (2015) - The idea for an homage to Ed Wood's original "worst movie of all" was initiated in 2008. In Ed Wood fashion, filming took place over a long period of time starting then. The finished film was released on home video in 2015. Done in a way that is definitely a tribute to the original. Aliens have a plan for the inhabitants of Earth: To resurrect the dead as their own army set with the goal to wipe out all mankind.

INVADERS FROM MARS 1986 - In this Tobe Hooper directed remake that's full campy weirdness, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the help of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

BODY SNATCHERS 1993 Director Abel Ferrara's Intense & Stylistic Remake of the Classic. The plot is centered around the discovery that people working at a military base in Alabama are being replaced by perfect physical imitations grown from plantlike pods. The duplicates are indistinguishable from normal people except for their utter lack of emotion. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 1978 - The acclaimed remake to the 1956 original, with a great opening scene that mimics the ending of the original. When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

BEWARE! THE BLOB (aka Son of Blob) 1972 - Larry Hagman directed this horror-comedy sequel to The Blob of 1958, a low-budget production but filled with cameo appearances by many of his pals. An Arctic oil field worker brings back a frozen sample of the original Blob that had been dropped there in 1958 to take to a lab. When it accidentally defrosts, it again terrorizes a small town where a teen couple again sounds the warnings that nobody believes until it swallows up everyone in a bowling alley. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

THE BLOB 1988 - The 30th Anniversary Remake of the Sleeper Hit of 1958 is much more gory & grisly than the original with great Special FX. Like the original, an Amoeba-like creature starts out small, then absorbs people and animals to grow to the size of a building. As in the original, teens in a small town sound the warning, but nobody believes them until it's the size of a building. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen

THE FLY 2 (1989) - Months after fly-monster & scientist Seth Brundle is killed, his fiance dies giving birth to their son, Martin. Seth's corrupt employer, Bartok, adopts Martin, thinking Martin (who is a genius) might solve the problems that the still-functioning Teleportation Pods present. Carrying dormant insect genes, Martin is now fully grown at age five, and the fly genes begin to awaken making him like his dad. FULL MOVIE in HD & Widescreen