A misguided scientist enables an alien from Venus named Zontar to come to earth in order to help solve man’s problems. However, Zontar has other ideas, like disabling the power supply of the entire world and taking possession of important officials with mind control devices.
via Zontar Thing From Venus (Full Movie) 1966 – YouTube.
Nicky Nome, a spinoff from “A Coach for Cinderella” and hero of this cartoon, rescues a treasure-laden pauper from the Valley of Jewels, taking him to the princess on a magic carpet, which transforms itself into a new Chevrolet. Expresses a caricatured view of Arab people, typical of many cartoons of the time.
via The Princess and the Pauper (1939) – YouTube.
An early 1970′s docudrama about a Sasquatch-type creature that terrorized the small town of Fouke, Arkansas for several years. Many of the persons who claim to have experienced these events actually played themselves in this movie version. The film had a big premiere in Fouke and went on to become a minor drive-in hit, grossing over $20 million domestically and appearing repeatedly on many late-night horror TV slots throughout the rest of the 70s, and spawning two sequels and a remake. In addition, the film’s visual style is cited as the inspiration for the look and pacing of ‘The Blair Witch Project’
via The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972) – YouTube.
Joaquin Shannon arrives home from a cruise on his fishing boat. His first mate, Charles Nelson, is to marry Shannon’s sister the next day. Nelson gets drunk and Shannon finds him near the unconscious body of a man that he, Shaoon, had been fighting with previously. The man dies and Shannon takes the blame and goes to prison. There he gets into trouble instigated by “Big Red” Kincaid and is denied a parole. He stops a prison break and get a parole. Not able to get work, he takes a job with a former convict on a fishing boat. This 1938 crime/drama is from the public domain.
via Prison Break / Full Movie / 1938 – YouTube.
“Armand Davis leads motor expedition in Africa, powered by Dodge cars.”
via Africa Travel in 1936: “Wheels Across Africa” 1936 Dodge, Armand Denis – YouTube.
An American reporter in Japan is sent to interview an eccentric Japanese scientist working on bizarre experiments in his mountain laboratory. When the doctor realizes that the hapless correspondent is the perfect subject for his next experiment, he drugs the unfortunate man and injects him with a serum that gradually transforms him into a hideous, two-headed monster.
via The Manster (1959) – YouTube.
