This 1935 version, directed by Henry Edwards (who would go on to direct Boris Karloff in Juggernaut), plays it straight. This film is notable for a particularly enjoyable performance by Sir Seymour Hicks as Scrooge, who also happened to have played the role in a 1913 Leedham Bantock-directed silent version. »
Rashomon is a 1950 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, working in close collaboration with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. The film is based on two stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Rashomon provides the setting, while In a Grove provides the characters and plot. Rashomon can be said to have introduced Kurosawa and Japanese cinema to Western audiences, and is considered one of his masterpieces. »
She escaped death. Now it wants her back! Carnival of Souls is a cult horror film released in 1962. Produced and directed by Herk Harvey for an estimated $33,000, the movie never gained widespread public attention when it was originally released (It was part of a double-feature drive-in special with "The Devil's Mistress"), but has become a well know cult film. »
The Ghost Walks, is a mystery-horror tale that is just short of being a good burlesque. A playwright lures a producer to an eerie mansion in the wilds and, without letting him in on the secret, proceeds to stage the murder play he is trying to sell. A homicidal maniac gets into the house and literally steals the show. »