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Films

Films, characters, scenes, and memorable lines traced back to their source.
Carnival of Souls poster

movie · 1962

Carnival of Souls

John Clifford
Carnival of Souls is a 1962 American neo-noir psychological horror film produced and directed by Herk Harvey in his sole directorial credit. The screenplay written by John Clifford from a story by Clifford and Harvey, and starring Candace Hilligoss.1 quotes
D.O.A. poster

movie · 1950

D.O.A.

Russell Rouse
D.O.A. is a 1950 American film noir directed by Rudolph Maté, starring Edmond O'Brien and Pamela Britton. It is considered a classic of the genre. A fatally poisoned man tries to find out who has poisoned him and why.1 quotes
His Girl Friday poster

movie · 1940

His Girl Friday

Charles Lederer
His Girl Friday is a 1940 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell and featuring Ralph Bellamy and Gene Lockhart. It was released by Columbia Pictures.1 quotes
House on Haunted Hill poster

movie · 1959

House on Haunted Hill

Robb White
House on Haunted Hill is a 1958 American horror film produced and directed by William Castle, written by Robb White and starring Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal, Carolyn Craig, Julie Mitchum, and Elisha Cook Jr. Price plays an eccentric millionaire, Frederick Loren, who, along with his wife Annabelle, has invited five people to the house for a "haunted house" party. Whoever stays in the house for one night will earn $10,000.1 quotes
Night of the Living Dead poster

movie · 1968

Night of the Living Dead

George A. Romero
Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American zombie horror film directed, photographed, and edited by George A. Romero, written by Romero and John Russo, and produced by Russell W. Streiner and Karl Hardman. The independent film's ensemble cast—which includes Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Marilyn Eastman, Karl Hardman, Judith Ridley, and Keith Wayne—star as a group of people trapped in a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania, under assault by flesh-eating reanimated corpses.1 quotes
Plan 9 from Outer Space poster

movie · 1959

Plan 9 from Outer Space

Ed Wood
Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1957 American independent science fiction-horror film produced, written, directed, and edited by Ed Wood. The film was shot in black-and-white in November 1956 and had a preview screening on March 15, 1957, at the Carlton Theatre in Los Angeles under the title Grave Robbers from Outer Space.1 quotes
The Little Shop of Horrors poster

movie · 1960

The Little Shop of Horrors

Charles B. Griffith
The Little Shop of Horrors is a 1960 American horror comedy film directed and produced by Roger Corman, from a screenplay by Charles B. Griffith. The film is a farce about a florist's assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human blood.1 quotes
The Shawshank Redemption artwork

movie · 1994

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 prison drama adapted from a novella by Stephen King. It follows Andy Dufresne's decades at Shawshank, his friendship with Red, and the sustaining roles of patience, dignity, and hope.1 quotes
The Stranger poster

movie · 1946

The Stranger

Anthony Veiller
The Stranger is a 1946 American thriller film noir directed and co-written by Orson Welles, starring himself along with Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young. Welles's third completed feature film as director and his first film noir, it centers on war crimes investigator Wilson tracking high-ranking Nazi fugitive Franz Kindler to a Connecticut town.1 quotes