A small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats which transforms the kindly medic into a bloodthirsty monster.

The Crooked Web

1955

English

6.0

♡ 5

Nathan Juran Director

Carl Sklover as Ballistics Expert

Duke Green as Bar Patron

Mari Blanchard as Joanie Daniel

Frank Lovejoy as Stanley E. 'Stan' Fabian

Following WWII, ex-G.I. Stan opened up a drive-in restaurant. His girlfriend, Joanie, is one of the car hops. They want to get married someday, but the less-than-stellar business the restaurant takes in puts a hold on that plan. One day, Joanie's ne’er-do-well brother Frank blows into town with a money-making scheme. She's against it, but Stan - an inveterate gambler - finds the promise of riches too seductive to resist…

Holiday Affair

1949

English

7.2

♡ 9

68%

parent child relationship

Romance

Don Hartman Director

Wendell Corey as Carl Davis

Carl Sklover as Department Store Clerk

Jack Kelly as Drunk on Train

Paula Raymond as Girl at Drinking Fountain

Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.

Chicago Syndicate

1955

English

6.5

♡ 3

29%

Fred F. Sears Director

Paul Stewart as Arnold 'Arnie' Valent

Abbe Lane as Connie Peters

William Challee as Dolan - a Thug

Carl Sklover as Reporter on Murder Scene

An ex-military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in his way, each with their own agenda.

A Man Betrayed

1941

English

5.9

♡ 5

10%

John H. Auer Director

Ward Bond as Floyd

Pierre Watkin as Governor

Carl Sklover as Hood at Train Station

Minerva Urecal as Librarian

A bucolic lawyer takes on big-city corruption, setting out to prove that an above-suspicion politician is actually a crook - all while falling in love with the politician's daughter.

Flesh and Fury

1952

English

6.6

♡ 1

75%

Joseph Pevney Director

Harry Guardino as Lou Callan - Paul's Brother

Carl Sklover as Referee for Lugano Fight

Jan Sterling as Sonya Bartow

Louis Jean Heydt as Whitey

Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow and retired fight manager 'Pop' Richardson. For a time, Sonya has the upper hand with Paul, but ultimately a rival appears in the shape of upper-crust reporter Ann Hollis. With a 3-way fight under way for influence over Paul, he takes matters into his own hands, but learns that getting what he wanted isn't necessarily a happy ending.

World in My Corner

1956

English

6.3

♡ 1

Jesse Hibbs Director

John McIntire as Dave Bernstein

George Lynn as Mallinson's Butler

Jeff Morrow as Robert T. Mallinson

Carl Sklover as Tommy's Second

A scrappy fighter from Jersey City named Tommy Shea -- "born in a dump, educated in an alley" -- catches the eye of wealthy businessman, Robert Mallinson, who allows him to train at his Long Island estate. Shea soon falls for Mallinson's daughter, Dorothy, but fears he doesn't have the money to support her in proper style. To get this money, Shea decides to work with crooked fight-promoter Harry Cram, even though this means dropping his honest manager, Dave Bernstein. As the big fight approaches, however, Shea begins to have second thoughts.

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948

English

7.3

♡ 25

90%

Charles Barton Director

Bela Lugosi as Dracula

Carl Sklover as Man at Costume Party

Frank Ferguson as Mr. McDougal

Vincent Price as The Invisible Man

Baggage handlers Bud and Lou accidentally stumble upon Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula and the Wolf Man.

The Girl in the Kremlin

1957

English

4.9

♡ 1

Russell Birdwell Director

Norbert Schiller as Ivan Brubof

William Schallert as Jacob Stalin

Carl Sklover as Rashti

Dale Van Sickel as Taxi Driver

In Moscow 1953, four terrified women prisoners are brought before Joseph Stalin, who chooses the beautiful Dasha. He punishes her by shaving off her long hair. Moments later, a plastic surgeon leads Stalin into the operating room and transforms his face so that he is unrecognizable. He vanishes, but OSS agent Steve Anderson searches for him in Europe.

Edge of Darkness

1943

English

7.2

♡ 4

78%

Lewis Milestone Director

Errol Flynn as Gunnar Brogge

Monte Blue as Petersen

John Roy as Soldier

Carl Sklover as Soldier

The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, but is torn. His brother-in-law, the wealthy owner of the local fish cannery, collaborates with the Nazis. The doctor's daughter, Karen (Ann Sheridan), is involved with the resistance and with its leader Gunnar Brogge (Errol Flynn). The doctor's son has just returned to town, having been sent down from the university, and is soon influenced by his Nazi-sympathizer uncle. Captain Koenig (Helmut Dantine), the young German commandant of the occupying garrison, whose fanatic determination to do everything by the book and spoutings about the invincibility of the Reich hides a growing fear of a local uprising.

Duel on the Mississippi

1955

English

5.7

♡ 6

William Castle Director

Jean Del Val as Bidault

Herman Hack as Delta Man

Carl Sklover as Merchant

Larry Arnold as Riverboat Patron

In bustling era of 19th-century Louisiana, sugar is as valuable as gold, and pirates like Lili Scarlet will do anything to get it. After robbing Jules Tulane’s estate of his crop, Scarlet takes over Tulane’s land debt and forces him to pay or go to prison. In exchange for postponing his debt, Scarlet allows Tulane’s son, André, to work as her servant. When André and Scarlet fall in love, it leads to jealous rage from Scarlet’s former paramour, expert swordsman Hugo — and when Hugo looks to raid the Tulane estate again, it is up to André and Scarlet to take him down and save the estate.

An Affair to Remember

1957

English

7.4

♡ 24

67%

Leo McCarey Director

Kenneth Gibson as Ballet Audience Member

Carl Sklover as Chauffer

Fortunio Bonanova as Courbet

Robert Q. Lewis as Himself - Announcer

A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?

Attack of the Giant Leeches

1959

English

3.8

♡ 6

64%

Bernard L. Kowalski Director

Yvette Vickers as Liz Walker

Dan White as Porky Reed

Carl Sklover as Search Party Member

Gene Roth as Sheriff Kovis

A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them.