The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France but his plane disappears en-route. Famous French TV reporter Marie Jouvet sets out to solve the mystery...
A 5 DVD box set containing: 'Dr Terror's House of Horrors 'The House That Dripped Blood' 'Now the Screaming Starts' 'The Beast Must Die' and 'Asylum'.
Peter Sellers's third go-around as the prideful but bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau in The Return of the Pink Panther is funny enough, but this 1975 Blake Edwards revival of the Sellers-Clouseau connection is a little weak in comparison to predecessors The Pink Panther and A Shot in the Dark (both made in 1964). Co-star Christopher Plummer actually gets some of the most interesting screen time as a retired cat burglar whom Clouseau accuses of getting back into the business. (If it sounds like there might be a To Catch a Thief vibe mixed in here, you're right.) Herbert Lom is hilarious as Clouseau's psychologically eroding boss, and Clouseau's ritualistic collisions with valet Cato (Burt Kwouk) are great examples of Edwards' delicious comic timing. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
One of the patients in an institution for the incurably insane was once its director, and a young psychiatrist (Robert Powell) has to figure out which one as they all tell him their stories. What better setting for a horror anthology? It's an inspired framing device, making this one of the better examples of the genre, even if screenwriter Robert Bloch at times resorts to gimmicks rather than invention. The first two stories are less than brilliant (the first is highlighted by dismembered body parts neatly wrapped in butcher paper wriggling back to life for revenge), but Charlotte Rampling and Britt Ekland are marvellous in the third tale, about a mentally unbalanced young woman and her dangerous best friend. Herbert Lom is also excellent in the final story as a scientist who carves an army of dolls he claims he can bring to life by sheer willpower. Director Roy Ward Baker (Quatermas and the Pit) builds momentum with each story until the dark and deliciously bloody climax. This Amicus Studios production looks visually dull compared to Hammer's gothic gloss, but it features a great British cast (including Patrick Magee and Hammer stalwart Peter Cushing), and ultimately Baker makes that gloomy look work for his increasingly creepy production. Amicus produced a series of horror anthologies, including the original 1972 Tales from the Crypt and The Torture Garden (also scripted by Bloch). --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com
The Ladykillers director Alexander Mackendrick's third Ealing farce is the final comedy produced by the famous British studio and one of its most celebrated. Like the equally applauded Kind Hearts And Coronets the film is more sophisticated and blacker in tone than typically lighthearted Ealing fare (such as Mackendrick's Whiskey Galore!). Alec Guinness stars as the superbly shifty toothily threatening Professor Marcus the leader of a crime ring planning a heist. Marcus rents rooms from a sweet eccentric old lady Mrs. Wilberforce (Katie Johnson) in her crooked London house. The professor and his co-conspirators blowhard Major Courtney (Cecil Parker) creepily suave Louis (Herbert Lom) chubby Harry (Peter Sellers) and muscleman One-Round (Danny Green) pose as an unlikely string quartet using the rooms for rehearsal. Dodging Mrs. Wilberforce's constant interruptions the hoods hit upon the idea to use her in the daring daylight robbery (filmed in and around London's King's Cross station). When the old girl discovers the truth Marcus and company cannot persuade her to stay buttoned up about it and thus decide to do her in. Accompanied by a noirish cacophony of screeching trains parrots and little old ladies at afternoon tea a series of unlikely events builds to the hilarious surprising finale.
Superstition and witchcraft torment the people in the 17th century. A witch hunter terrorises a provincial town. He rapes the women tortures them on the rack and burns them at the stake. A charming young girl and the young assistant to the Chief Inquisitor conspire to put an end to the foul deeds of this libertine. However they fall into great danger when the Inquisitor arrives in the town to commence his dreaded trials. He accuses the young girl of witchcraft and subjects her to terrifying cross-examoination. The young assistant who has so far been loyal to his master is concious-stricken. Should he really believe that his beloved is a witch? Under dramatic circumstances he learns the true nature of his master - his sexual hysteria and the perverse background of his bloodthirsty punishments. As soon as he openly turns against the Inquisitor the young man falls into a fatal trap.He loses his life during a revolt from which the Chief Inquisitor only just escapes the fury of the frenzied crowd. His beloved finds his body. Unable to comprehend outraged without hope and filled with grief she is lost in the holocaust of the middle ages.
Inspector Clouseau's biggest mistake lives on! Inspector Clouseau is back! Not the original but his illegitimate son... Unfortunatley he's a chip off the old block! Blake Edwards who expertly guided the late Peter Sellers through the most popular comedy series of all time returns after an absence of 10 years with the Italian comedian Roberto Benigni as Clouseau Jr. As the loyal courageous but totally inept young Gendarme sets off in pursuit of the kidnapped Princess Yas
An apprentice witch hunter (Kier) believes strongly in his mentor (Lom) and the ways of the church but loses faith when begins to see that the witch trials are nothing but a scam for the clergy to rob people of their land and money...
For his epic shocker of caged women gone wild legendary director Jess Franco brought together a once-in-a-lifetime cast of International beauties including Maria Schell Luciana Paluzzi Rosalba Neri and Maria Rohm. Oscar winner Mercedes McCambridge and Herbert Lom co-star as the sadistic wardens of an island prison where abused yet luscious young lovelies surrender to their own depraved desires. Behind bars... without men... experience the unchained passion of 99 WOMEN!
This is classic Jess Franco in a genre that he almost created single-handedly - Women in Prison or WiP! Here three women amongst them the beautiful Maria Schell (The Odessa File) and Luciana Paluzzi (James Bond - Thunderball) are sent to a kind of Devil's Island prison. Here aside from the sinister Herbert Lom (Mark of the Devil The Pink Panther series) the inhabitants are either sex-crazed female prisoners or sex-crazed female guards who also happen to be sadists! 99 Women features copious amounts of lesbian rape torture and sex along with numerous displays of semi-naked women making this a true sleaze epic!
None of these British films have ever been released before on video or DVD since their original cinema run. All are re-mastered from the negatives. Featuring British thriller film stars Patrick McGoohan Sylvia Syms Tom Bell Susan Hampshire Herbert Lom Carole Landis Ed Begley and many other British stars. Includes: 1. Brass Monkey 2. The Quare Fellow 3. Violent Enemy
Gladiator: The great Roman General Maximus (Russell Crowe) has once again led the legions to victory on the battlefield. The war won Maximus dreams of home wanting only to return to his wife and son; however the dying Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) has one more duty for the general - to assume the mantle of his power. Jealous of Maximus' favor with the emperor the heir to the throne Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) orders his execution - and that of his family. Barely escaping death Maximus is forced into slavery and trained as a gladiator in the arena where his fame grows. Now he has come to Rome intent on avenging the murder of his wife and son by killing the new emperor; Commodus.... Spartacus: Stanley Kubrick's film tells the tale of Spartacus the bold gladiator slave and Virinia the woman who believed in his cause. Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of Imperial Rome at its glorious height. A classic inspirational true account of one man's struggle for freedom Spartacus combines history with spectacle to recreate a moving drama of love and commitment.
This stunning new 4K restoration of 1955 Ealing comedy THE LADYKILLERS and the first from the original 3 strip technicolour negative, showcases Alexander Mackendrick's vision is its full glory. Considered by many as the finest British comedy ever made, THE LADYKILLERS follows the hilarious capers of a group of small-time crooks, taking on more than they can handle in the form of their sweet elderly landlord, Mrs. Wilberforce (BAFTA Award winning actress Katie Johnson; How To Murder A Rich Uncle). The criminal gang, posing as a string quartet, are unprepared for their landlord's meddling when one of the musicians' cases gets caught in a door, revealing the group's true identity. Featuring an impressive all-star lineup, with the finest comedy actors of the day; Alec Guinness (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Lavender Hill Mob) plays the gang's mastermind Professor Marcus', Cecil Parker (A French Mistress) is Claude otherwise known as Major Courtney', Peter Sellers (I'm Alright Jack) is Harry aka Mr. Robinson', Herbert Lom (The Pink Panther) is Louis aka Mr. Harvey' and Danny Green (A Kid For Two Farthings) plays One Round also known as Mr. Lawson'. A stunning new 4K restoration of Ealing Studios finest comedy Special Features: Lobby cards Gallery Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery
British film noir made in 1948 by the Gainsborough Studio, set in the Italian alps and full of post war intrigue and espionage. Engles (Robert Newton), a film director, offers his old friend and film extra Neil Blair (Dennis Price), an intriguing assignment. Blair is to travel to a remote Italian ski lodge and pose as a film script writer working on his next project. The real purpose of Blair s visit is to observe the visitors to the resort who include Wesson (Stanley Holloway) a photographer, and the mysterious Countess Forelli, who Blair quickly realises is travelling under an alias. The story begins to unfold with the arrival of Keramiko (Herbert Lom), a mysterious Greek gentleman, and when an attempt is made on Blair s life the real reason for his presence at the resort, and that of the other guests, soon becomes clear...
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