Barbara Steele
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1937-12-29
Locus Natus: Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Et ut: 芭芭拉·斯蒂尔, Барбара Стіл, Barbara Steel
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Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a...
release : 1963.02.14popularis : 14.207
Hollywood Rated 'R'
A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach...
release : 1997.06.19popularis : 2.654
Piranha
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
release : 1978.08.03popularis : 16.394
The 39 Steps
In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.
release : 1959.03.13popularis : 6.974
Pretty Baby
Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her...
release : 1978.04.05popularis : 24.884
Black Sunday
A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the...
release : 1960.08.11popularis : 12.607
Shivers
When the residents of a luxury apartment complex outside Montreal are infiltrated by parasites and transformed into violent, sex-crazed maniacs, it's...
release : 1975.09.26popularis : 8.13
Curse of the Crimson Altar
When his brother disappears, Robert Manning pays a visit to the remote country house he was last heard from. While his host is outwardly welcoming -...
release : 1968.12.01popularis : 5.16
Silent Scream
Scotty moves into Mrs. Engels' seaside mansion where three other college students are boarding. Mrs. Engels prefers to stay in her room in the attic,...
release : 1979.11.23popularis : 3.976
The Capitol Conspiracy
Martial arts star Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars in this action/suspense story. A child is recruited to take part in a secret government experiment...
release : 1998.03.01popularis : 3.098
Castle of Blood
When a cynical journalist accepts a wager that he won't survive the night in a haunted castle, it unlocks an odyssey of sexual torment, undead...
release : 1964.02.27popularis : 7.883
The Ghost
A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if...
release : 1963.03.30popularis : 1.769
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
The year is 1885, and necrophiliac Dr. Hitchcock likes to drug his wife for sexual funeral games. One day he accidentally administers an overdose and...
release : 1962.08.01popularis : 4.237
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
An attorney arrives at a castle to settle the estate of its recently deceased owner. The owner's wife and daughter reveal that he was someone who was...
release : 1965.06.23popularis : 2.658
Sapphire
Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of...
release : 1959.11.02popularis : 3.365
Young Törless
At an Austrian boys' boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing...
release : 1966.05.20popularis : 6.461
Caged Heat
A young woman is convicted on drug offenses and sent to a women's penitentiary run by a repressed and oppressive female warden. When the prison's...
release : 1974.04.19popularis : 10.449
The Key Is in the Door
Marie (Annie Girardot) teaches high school and has a 16-year-old daughter in her class. Divorced some years previously, she has some vague...
release : 1978.12.13popularis : 2.737
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
A French agent goes after a gang of Asian terrorists who plan to blow up an American nuclear aircraft carrier.
release : 1964.09.16popularis : 1.713
The Long Hair of Death
In a 15th century village, a woman is accused of witchcraft and put to death. Her beautiful older daughter knows the real reason for the execution...
release : 1964.12.30popularis : 7.72
The American Nightmare
An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.
release : 2000.09.11popularis : 4.393
The Butterfly Room
A reclusive and butterfly-obsessed elderly lady suffering from bipolar disorder develops a disturbing relationship with a mysterious but seemingly...
release : 2012.08.04popularis : 6.765
The She Beast
A young woman is driving alongside a lake. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an...
release : 1966.05.02popularis : 7.598
Houseboat
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
release : 1958.11.19popularis : 13.104
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”
The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which...
release : 2014.08.24popularis : 8.093
Bachelor of Hearts
A German scholar has girl troubles while studying at Cambridge.
release : 1958.12.12popularis : 4.617
Upstairs and Downstairs
On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by....
release : 1959.11.02popularis : 7.683
A Sentimental Attempt
Carla and Dino, both in a matrimonail crisis, fall in love. But life will not help this love story.
release : 1963.10.04popularis : 1.464
Honeymoon with a Stranger
While on honeymoon with her husband in Spain, a woman wakes up one morning to find he has disappeared. After reporting it to the police, a man shows...
release : 1969.12.23popularis : 2.824
The Hours of Love
Gianni and Marietta get along wonderfully as lovers, but not as a couple. Despite being married, they agree to become lovers again.
release : 1963.03.01popularis : 3.094
Behind the Swinging Blade
Filmed exclusively for Arrow Video in 2013, this documentary looks at the making of The Pit and the Pendulum and features producer and director Roger...
release : 2014.05.19popularis : 1.674
Fellinopolis
Ferruccio Castronuovo was the only authorized eye, between 1976 and 1986, to film the brilliant Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini (1920-1993) in his...
release : 2021.06.10popularis : 2.93
The Heart of a Man
Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie...
release : 1959.08.06popularis : 1.379
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
The documentary explores the enigma of actress and artist Mary Woronov and chronicles her colorful career trajectory as a ground breaking female...
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 0.511
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
The film is a series of interviews with various well-known film actresses, including Jenny Agutter, Maria Schneider, and Jane Fonda. The title, which...
release : 1981.03.04popularis : 2.616
White Voices
In 17th-century Rome, a young man in a choir of castrati falls for the beautiful wife of a powerful aristocrat.
release : 1964.08.12popularis : 2.062
The Shutterbug Man
The Shutterbug Man tells the tale of a very twisted man, whose only passion in life is taking pictures. This passion takes him to terrible and wicked...
release : 2014.12.17popularis : 0.406
The Mill at Calder's End
In the remote village of Calder's End stands an old windmill, a repository of dark secrets. Nicholas Grimshaw has returned to this haunted place, his...
release : 2015.03.22popularis : 1.273
Lost River
Billy, a single mother of two, is led into a macabre underworld while her teenage son, Bones, discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town....
release : 2015.04.08popularis : 14.387
Your Money or Your Wife
A domestic comedy about a couple who take in boarders to pay the rent on their large house.
release : 1960.03.01popularis : 0.883
Les baisers
A portmanteau film in which the producer, instead of as usual using already well known directors with a commercial draw, allowed five new young...
release : 1964.05.14popularis : 0.785
The Space-Watch Murders
A spaceship lands safely on a distant planet but all on-board have been slain except for one female crew member.
release : 1978.01.04popularis : 2.281
Ulalume - A Ballad
Dreamlike animation brings Poe’s unforgettable poem to life, with desolate, macabre, and volcanic imagery.
release : 2023.01.20popularis : 1.69
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
This lysergically madcap Italian flick largely eschews any traditional plot. The most noticeable thread involves ventriloquist Ricky becoming a TV...
release : 1970.10.08popularis : 1.287
Minutes Past Midnight
As midnight falls, all manner of terror invades the Earth. Demons, cannibals, killers, ghosts and monsters swarm the world in these tales of the...
release : 2016.10.18popularis : 4.368
Fear in the Dark
A short documentary on the history of the horror film narrated by Christopher Lee.
release : 1991.10.29popularis : 0.918
Deep Above
In the 16th century, young men put themselves in great danger to look for mysterious crystals in a tunnel in the Styrian Erzberg. Some of them never...
release : 1994.01.01popularis : 0.586
The Iron Captain
After his village is burned down, Captain Furio sets out for revenge.
release : 1962.10.26popularis : 1.268
Money
On the theme "money is the driving force that drives man to commit follies to conquer them", this film presents a series of episodes.
release : 1965.11.25popularis : 1.553
Once Upon a Tractor
Short film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson.
release : 1965.09.09popularis : 1.455
Barbara and Her Furs
Short film for the french TV program "Dim Dam Dom". A love letter to Barbara Steele and Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs.
release : 1967.01.01popularis : 1.163
Three for a Robbery
Gerhard is a young technical in Düsseldorf who works in a factory of security devices for banks. In agreement with Nicola, Mario and Hans, they...
release : 1964.08.01popularis : 1.432
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
"Parasite Memories" is a brand new retrospective piece on the film produced by High Rising Productions with lively contribution from effects artist...
release : 2014.10.13popularis : 1.197
The Pit and the Pendulum
In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son...
release : 1961.08.12popularis : 9.772
For Love and Gold
A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia, a province in the south of Italy. They elect a...
release : 1966.04.07popularis : 8.397
Master of Dark Shadows
Revealing the fascinating impact of the ground-breaking Gothic drama Dark Shadows with a compelling blend of rare footage and behind-the-scenes...
release : 2019.04.16popularis : 3.18
Barbara Steele in Conversation
A documentary revolving around an extended interview with Barbara Steele, in which she recounts the many facets of her career.
release : 2009.05.19popularis : 1.848
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Documentary on the making and impact of "House of Wax".
release : 2013.10.01popularis : 2.954
Nightmare Castle
A sadistic count tortures and murders his unfaithful wife and her lover, then removes their hearts from their bodies. Years later, the count...
release : 1965.08.20popularis : 3.71
An Angel for Satan
At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious...
release : 1966.05.04popularis : 3.057
The Boneyard Collection
A quirky anthology, consisting of four separate short films connected by host segments. The first one, BOOGIE WITH THE UNDEAD, has an all girl rock...
release : 2008.01.01popularis : 2.461
The Maniacs
An anthology of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society.
release : 1964.03.28popularis : 1.588
Ciao, Federico!
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the filming of the Federico Fellini film, "Satyricon."
release : 1970.10.28popularis : 2.849
The Phantom
An enigmatic stranger, a couple who no longer exist, danger in the shadows and the key to it all - The new Ford Edge. Mads Mikkelsen and screen...
release : 2016.10.14popularis : 1.888