List of the best Curtis Harrington movies: Games(1967), How Awful About Allan(1970), Ruby(1977), Night Tide(1961), Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet(1965), Mata Hari(1985), Who Slew Auntie Roo?(1972), The Killing Kind(1973), What's the Matter With Helen?(1971) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
1967
100 Minutes
Director
Simone Signoret James Caan Katharine Ross Don Stroud Kent Smith Estelle Winwood Marjorie Bennett Ian Wolfe Anthony Eustrel Eloise Hardt George Furth
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A mysterious woman (Simone Signoret) in black moves in with married Manhattan thrill-seekers (James Caan, Katharine Ross) and helps one trick the other.
Horror
1970
74 Minutes
Director
Anthony Perkins Julie Harris Joan Hackett Kent Smith Robert H. Harris Billy Bowles Trent Dolan Kenneth Lawrence Jeanette Howe Molly Dodd
Mental patient Allan (Anthony Perkins) comes home to his unbalanced sister (Julie Harris) and hears voices.
Horror
1977
84 Minutes
Director
Piper Laurie Stuart Whitman Janit Baldwin Roger Davis Chrystin Sinclaire Paul Kent Edward Donno Fred Kohler Jr.
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A slain gangster's moll (Piper Laurie) runs a Florida drive-in theater with her telekinetic teenage daughter (Janit Baldwin).
Horror
1961
84 Minutes
Director
Dennis Hopper Linda Lawson Gavin Muir Luana Anders Tom Dillon Marjorie Eaton H.E. West Marjorie Cameron
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A sailor (Dennis Hopper) falls in love with a sideshow mermaid (Linda Lawson) who believes she really is a mermaid.
Sci-Fi
1965
80 Minutes
Director
Basil Rathbone Faith Domergue John Bix Gennadi Vernov Georgy Zhzhenov Vladimir Yemelyanov
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Space travelers encounter hostile aliens, robots and dinosaurs during a perilous mission to the planet Venus.
Comedy
1985
108 Minutes
Director
Sylvia Kristel Christopher Cazenove Oliver Tobias Gaye Brown Gottfried John Anthony Newlands Brian Badcoe Tutte Lemkow
The seductive World War I spy (Sylvia Kristel) does business with officers (Christopher Cazenove, Oliver Tobias) on both sides.
Horror
1972
89 Minutes
Director
Shelley Winters Mark Lester Chloe Franks Ralph Richardson Lionel Jeffries Hugh Griffith Rosalie Crutchley Pat Heywood Judy Cornwell Michael Gothard Marianne Stone
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A British magician's widow (Shelley Winters) scares an orphan brother (Mark Lester) and sister (Chloe Franks) ; they respond like Hansel and Gretel.
Mystery & Thriller
1973
95 Minutes
Director
A twisted ex-convict (John Savage) visits his lawyer (Ruth Roman) and moves into his mother's (Ann Sothern) boardinghouse.
Mystery & Thriller
1971
101 Minutes
Director
Debbie Reynolds Shelley Winters Dennis Weaver Micheál MacLiammóir Agnes Moorehead Helene Winston Peggy Rea
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The weird mothers (Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters) of two thrill-killers move to 1930s Hollywood and open a talent school for children.