Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed off. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
Something secret is going on. You may or may not be in on it. The main narrative sure isn't. Spoooooky.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon - 1943
Working for the British government, Sherlock Holmes manages to spirit Dr. Franz Tobel out of Switzerland and into England before the GESTAPO are able to get to him. Tobel has devised an immensely accurate bomb site and while he is willing to make it available to the Allies, he insists on manufacturing it himself. Soon […]
Rebecca - 1940
A shy ladies’ companion, staying in Monte Carlo with her stuffy employer, meets the wealthy Maxim de Winter. She and Max fall in love, marry and return to Manderley, his large country estate in Cornwall. Max is still troubled by the death of his first wife, Rebecca, in a boating accident the year before. The […]
Shadows on the Stairs - 1941
Another whodunnit murder mystery where occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
The Bat - 1959
Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a large house with an appropriately sordid history. In the recent past it was the scene of some gruesome murders by a strange and violent killer known as “The Bat”. At the same time Cornelia is renting the house, the owner of the house has embezzled a million […]
One Body Too Many - 1947
An insurance investigator gets caught up in an inheritance dispute and eventually murder while staying in a creepy mansion waiting to bury a dead millionaire.
Scared to Death - 1947
A woman lying dead in a morgue tells the bizarre story of how she ended up there. This movie has both Bela Lugosi and George Zucco in it, but it’s a pretty stinky movie.
Juggernaut - 1937
An evil, mad doctor (played by Boris Karloff) is in need of funds for his devious experiments so he cooperates with the greedy wife of a rich man to try to get at his money.
The Golden Eye - 1948
When a low-profit gold mine starts suddenly making money, the owner gets suspicious and calls Charlie Chan (Ronald Winters) to investigate. Chan finds some shady business and even murder…