Strange tales indeed in this creepy blend of sci-fi and horror in amazing
features like Frozen Alive, The Return of Dr. Mabuse, The Manster, Night of the
Blood Beast, Unknown World and many more.
Movies Included in the "Strange Tales - 20 Movie Pack":
1. Alien Species A fleet of UFOs is circling the Earth and a top scientist races to discover
their true intentions for the planet. When the UFOs begin an attack on Earth,
the scientist finds himself thrown in with a sheriff and his deputies
transporting some prisoners to jail. The unlikely group is forced to seek
shelter from the attack in a nearby cave, not knowing how significant the
location is to the alien's plans. Runtime: 1:32
2. Amazing Transparent Man, The Crazed ex-military officer Paul Krenner has dreams of world domination when he forces unwilling scientist Peter Ulof to do his bidding. Ulof must develop a
process to induce invisibility though atomic radiation. With this in his armory,
Krenner plans to create an invisible military force and sell it to the highest
bidder. They break safecracker Joey Faust out of jail and make him invisible so
that he can steal more radium. Then events take an unexpected turn.
Runtime: 57 minutes
3. Counterblast A Nazi scientist escapes Germany prior to its surrender at the end of World War II and sets up a lab in England using the identity of an Austrian scientist
he murdered. Hoping to complete his germ-warfare experiment, in the hopes of its
use by Nazis in a future war, the scientist's agenda becomes complicated when he
falls in love with his lab assistant. Runtime: 1:30
4. Doomsday Machine, The An upcoming space mission to Venus becomes even more vital after a startling secret is revealed. Foreign agents have revealed a secret plot by the Chinese
where they have manufactured the ultimate weapon, capable of destroying
everything on the surface of the planet. The mission to our sister planet now
becomes a fight for the survival of the human race, as the crew must try to save
the Earth from destruction. Runtime: 1:28
5. Evil Brain from Outer Space A giant alien brain is leading its forces across the far reaches of space with the intent to conquer the universe. Arriving at Earth, the monstrous brain
unleashes a horde of monsters upon the planet to spread disease and destruction.
The Earth's only hope of survival rests with Starman, the hero from another
world, who must use all of his awesome power to defeat the monsters and stop the
alien brain. Runtime: 1:18
6. Frozen Alive A scientist is working on a suspended animation process where a human being is frozen and then revived later. Deciding to use himself as the guinea pig, the
scientist has his assistant place him into suspended animation to prove the
process works. While in the process, the scientist's ex-wife is murdered and he
becomes the prime suspect in her death. Now the scientist and his assistant must
prove his innocence by tracking down and finding the real killer. Runtime: 1:15
7. Head, The In this macabre tale of science gone wrong, a scientist is successful in
creating a serum capable of keeping a dog's head alive after the body dies.
Before the scientist can take advantage of his new discovery, he suffers a fatal
heart attack. His assistant uses the formula to keep the scientist's severed
head alive in an attempt to transplant the head of the beautiful, but
hunch-backed, nurse to the body of an exotic dancer. Runtime: 1:37
8. Idaho Transfer A group of research scientists based at an Idaho facility discovers a means to travel forward in time, whilst remaining at the same locale. When one of the
group's trips reveals a bleak future for the human race, the government steps in
to shut down their research. Battling against the bureaucrats sent to oversee
the facility, the researchers decide to travel forward in time to find the cause
of the horrible accident that apparently will ruin the ecology and threaten the
very existence of man. Runtime: 1:26
9. Lost Jungle, The Clyde Beatty portrays himself, an animal trainer and circus star in this
action film. Beatty leads a search for his missing girlfriend and her father who
were on an expedition looking for a lost tropical island. Using a dirigible as
his mode of transportation, Beatty and his band head off in search of the
missing explorers only to crash their airship on the same island their friends
are located. Battling wild animals and a gang of greedy men searching for gold,
Beatty and his party must rescue his girlfriend and father all the while trying
to escape their jungle island. Runtime: 1:09
10. Night Fright A Texas community is beset with a rash of mysterious killings involving some of the students from the local college. The sheriff investigating the death
discovers the startling identity of the killer responsible for the murders. A
NASA experiment involving cosmic rays has mutated an ape and turned it into an
unstoppable killing machine with a thirst for blood. Runtime: 1:15
11. Night of the Blood Beast An astronaut dies while returning from a mission and his body is recovered by the military. The base where the dead astronaut is taken to becomes the scene of
a bizarre invasion plan from outer space. Alien embryos inside the dead
astronaut resurrect the corpse and begin a terrifying assault on the military
staff in the hopes of conquering the world. Runtime: 1:02
12. Prisoners of the Lost Universe A scientist has developed a matter transmitter that he is about to demonstrate for two people when an earthquake occurs, disrupting the test and
plunging the trio into a parallel universe. The trio must adjust to the strange
new world, where medieval weaponry is mixed with modern technology, all the
while trying to find a way to travel back home. The scientist becomes separated
from the young couple and they attempt to find him, all the while a warlord is
trying to stop them, so he can take the young woman for his own. Runtime: 1:34
13. Return of Dr. Mabuse, The A series of unexplained murders draws Inspector Lohmann into the investigation behind the deaths. Piecing together the clues, Inspector Lohmann
finds a startling answer to who the madman is behind the killings. Long thought
dead, the inspector's archenemy Dr. Mabuse is once again directing his criminal
empire towards his goal of world domination, with Inspector Lohmann the only
thing standing in his way. Runtime: 1:29
14. Robot Pilot A test pilot and his weather observer partner are trying to develop a
robot-controlled plane they hope their employer can sell to the Army. Foreign
agents learn of their work and sabotage the plane, hoping to stop the inventors
and allowing the spies to steal the invention. Partnering with their boss's
daughter and her aunt, our inventors hope to thwart the plans of the spies and
deliver the robot plane to the Army, thus saving the company. Runtime: 1:07
15. Star Odyssey A race on aliens is enroute to Earth with the intent of enslaving the human race. The world turns to a top scientist in the hopes he, and the team he puts
together, can come up with a plan to drive off the extraterrestrial invaders. Is
there enough time for our hero and his companions to prepare for a fight that
will decide the fate of the entire planet? Runtime: 1:43
16. Terror Creatures from the Grave An attorney travels to his client's castle to conduct some business where he learns upon arriving the client died almost a year ago. The client's widow and
daughter then tell the attorney an incredible tale of how the owner was able to
revive the spirits of long-deceased plague victims and how his spirit roams the
halls of the castle. Doubting their story, the attorney begins to reconsider
when a rash of mysterious deaths occur at the castle. Runtime: 1:25
17. This is not a Test A California deputy sheriff sets up a roadblock on a mountain highway leading to a city. He begins to stop motorists to inform them of some terrible news; a
missile containing an atomic bomb is heading towards the city. The motorists and
the deputy must struggle to decide to find shelter inside the back of a truck,
for possible survival, or to go to the mountaintop to face the impending doom.
Runtime: 1:13
18. Unknown World A scientist has a theory of saving mankind from a nuclear disaster by having people hide in the center of the Earth to avoid the contamination and
devastation. With the financial backing of a multi-millionaire, the scientist
develops a giant drilling rig and sets out to find the potential safe haven in
the Earth's core. A harrowing trip through the Earth brings the explorers to a
hidden cavern but, is it the haven they were searching for? Runtime: 1:14
19. War of the Monsters A group of treacherous men travels to a remote island in search of a valuable giant opal. After facing perils beyond belief, the survivors return to
civilization with the opal in tow. Unfortunately, the opal is actually an egg
that hatches the monster Barugon, a fierce creature with a battering ram tongue
and freezing powers. Only Gamera, the flame-powered giant turtle stands in the
way of Barugon and total devastation. Runtime: 1:29
20. Warriors of the Wasteland In a post-apocalyptic future, a group of weary survivors is faced with a relentless onslaught from a gang of roving bandits. Into this conflict comes two
men, rivals by nature, but forced to take the same side against a common foe.
The survival of the human race may very well come down to the outcome of this
battle! Runtime: 1:30
Strange Tales - 20 Movie Pack (DVD Movie) . . .
