Jacques Tourneur

Giant of Marathon -- This sword and sandal spectacle was directed by Jacques Tourneur of Val Lewton fame and featured cinematography by Italian horror master, Mario Bava.

Cat People -- The classic atmospheric horror film about a young newlywed who is stricken by an ancient curse that turns her into a bloodthirsty panther.

When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.

When a married French naval officer, Pierre LaRochelle, decides to bring pirate Captain Anne Providence to justice, he finds he has bitten off more than he can chew. Things start out smoothly as he woos her and she falls in love with him, but soon the clever Anne figures out his scheme and kidnaps both he and his wife. After leaving them to die on a deserted island, she relents and saves them. Captain Anne then has the opportunity to redeem herself in a battle with her arch enemy, Blackbeard, which provides plenty of action and adventure.

This sword and sandal spectacle was directed by Jacques Tourneur of Val Lewton fame and featured cinematography by Italian horror master, Mario Bava.

This sword and sandal spectacle was directed by Jacques Tourneur of Val Lewton fame and featured cinematography by Italian horror master, Mario Bava.

This classical peplum tells a fictitious story set in 490 BC, the time of the Medic Wars during which Persian armies sweep the Ancient world. Having brought home to Athens the Olympic victor's laurel crown, Philippides joins as commander of the Sacred Guard, which is expected to defend the city-state's liberty, a year after the chasing of the tyrant Hippias.

In this African adventure, French Col. Dufort (George Dolenz) and American Mike Conway (Victor Mature) must team up to lead a Muslim leader to Timbuktu to bring an end to a Tuareg rebellion. In the meantime, Conway falls in love with Dufort's wife, Natalie (Yvonne De Carlo). As Dufort and Conway travel the Sahara, they learn that the unrest in Timbuktu has been incited by the nefarious Emir Bhaki (John Dehner).

Just before a London symposium to discredit devil-worshipping cult leader Julian Karswell (Niall MacGinnis), the mysterious death of conference organizer Henry Harrington has left American psychologist John Holden (Dana Andrews) in charge of the proceedings. Though Holden refuses to believe that his predecessor's bizarre death was the result of a curse, Harrington's niece, Joanna (Peggy Cummins), is certain that her late uncle's notes contain evidence proving Karswell has satanic powers that he is all-too-willing to use against those who threaten to expose him. But when Holden connects his own strange sensory disturbances to an ancient parchment containing a curse like the one that killed Harrington, he and Joanna must find a way to return it to Karswell before it's too late!

After returning home from the Korean War and discovering that his public relations firm was sold, traumatized ex-POW Alan (Dana Andrews) goes to work for his old company and attempts to prove that propaganda-pushing communists are now secretly running the show. Directed by Jacques Tourneur, this conspiracy thriller co-stars Dick Foran as the firm's new chief and Marilee Earle as a secretary who joins Alan's dangerous search for the truth.

A supernatural skeptic is plunged into a macabre world of devil worship as he attempts to expose a satanic cult. This DVD offers the longer British version Night of the Demon for comparison; it's essentially the same film with a few extended scenes.

A supernatural skeptic is plunged into a macabre world of devil worship as he attempts to expose a satanic cult. This DVD offers the longer British version Night of the Demon for comparison; it's essentially the same film with a few extended scenes.