A ruthless and domineering woman is married to her childhood companion, an alcoholic district attorney. He is the only living witness to her heinous murder of her wealthy aunt that occurred seventeen years prior to their troubled marriage.

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

Walter Burns, editor of a Chicago newspaper, is about to lose his ace reporter and former wife, Hildy Johnson, to insurance salesman Bruce Baldwin! The crafty editor uses every trick in his arsenal to get Hildy to write one last big story, about murderer Earl Williams and the inept Sheriff Hartwell.

His Girl Friday (1940)

A deranged scientist, portrayed by Bela Lugosi, creates a sinister aftershave lotion with a horrifying side effect: it compels his gigantic bats to attack and kill anyone who dares to wear it, leading to terrifying consequences for unsuspecting victims.

The Devil Bat (1940)

A New Orleans Gypsy queen tries to kill a couple who know she is a werewolf.

Cry of the Werewolf (1944)

We meet Doctor Lloyd Clayton at the funeral of his twin brother, the evil magician Elwyn. Zolarr, Elwyn's hunchbacked servant, accuses Lloyd of Elwyn's murder, but Lloyd claims it was self-defense. Lloyd's niece Gayle and her fiance David soon find that Elwyn's evil influence is still at work.

Dead Men Walk (1943)

Two French Foreign Legion officers discover the lost civilization of Atlantis deep in the Saraha Desertile. One of the men plots to escape, while the other falls under the spell of the beautiful Antinea, the amorous but cruel queen of Atlantis.

Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1949)

Warning: trashy movie ahead! After being educated abroad, a noble-hearted South Seas prince returns home with plans to reform his kingdom. However, a ruthless member of the royal family conspires to poison the king and usurp the prince's rightful place on the throne. Trashy royalty!

1940s