Elvira's Thriller Theatre
Cassandra Peterson as Elvira hosts this Australian horror television series, produced by Queen B Productions. Originally Broadcast on Network 10 Australia Wednesdays at 11:30pm from 8 March 1989 and the following year on Mondays at 10:30. The show had a huge following, capturing 30% of the Australian viewing market, with 50% of fan mail being written by women.
Episodes
(1965) Daniel Haller's film version or a tale by H P Lovecraft. An American visits his fiancée in England and finds her family is mutating. Staring Nick Adams, Boris Karloff and Freda Jackson.
(1953) The tale of a handsome man who turns into a monster when he is mutilated in a fire at his wax museum. With Vincent Price and Frank Lovejoy.
(1971) The head of a sadistic killer is grafted onto the body of a dim-witted giant. Pat Priest, Casey Kasem.
(1983) Overgrown rats who live beneath the city come out of the darkness to plunder everything in their path. Sam Groom, Sara Motsford, Scatman Crothers.
(1972) The white supremacist leader of a transplant foundation, knowing he is dying, arranges to have his head transplanted onto a healthy body. He doesn't know the body belongs to a condemned black prisoner! Ray Milland, Rosey Grier, Don Marshall, Roger Perry, Chelsea Brown.
(1982) A deadly snake scares a bunch of tough terrorists. Staring Oliver Read, Claus Kinski.
(1982) Tense psychological thriller about a young man with psychic powers who is driven to an unsuccessful suicide attempt and ends up in a psychiatric hospital. Staring Kathryn Harrold and Zeljko Ivanek.
(1970) A 16th-Century magistrate is cursed by a witch. Stars Vincent Price and Elizabeth Bergner.
(1953) A young boy believes that Martians have landed in his town. Staring Arthur Fraaz.
(1972) A beautiful girl who is buried alive in the secret caves of Vampire Island 700 years ago is released from her crypt. Stars Andrew Prine, Mark Damon, Patty Sheppard.
(1972) The evil genius, Dr Phibes returns from his 10-year hibernation to look for a secret elixir that will bring his dead wife back to life. Stars Vincent Price.
(1971) Robert Quarry returns as Count Yorga, a vampire with supernatural powers. He seeks blood and moves to an orphanage, where he meets a beautiful young woman. The Count's thoughts turn to love, and he wonders if he's finally found the girl he can share eternity with.
(1954) Edgar Allan Poe's story of violence, terror and suspense, which takes place at the turn of the century when brutal murders shock and terrify the citizens of Paris. The Victims of the phantom are all beautiful women. Karl Malden, Claudia Dauphin, Patricia Medina and Steve Forrest.
(1958) Francois Delambre, the brother of deceased scientist Andre Delambre, is summoned by Inspector Charas to speak with his widowed sister-in-law, Helene. Helene claims to be the murderer of her husband, who was crushed under a pneumatic press twice. Francois learns an unbelievable story about Andre's attempts to perfect a matter transport device.
(1959) Fifteen years after his father's experiments with matter transmission fail, Philippe Delambre and his uncle François attempt to create a matter transmission device on their own. However, their experiments have disastrous results
(1985) A giant lizard rises from the ocean floor to feed on atomic energy from a power plant reactor. Stars Raymond Burr.
(1972) The descendants of a vampire baron restore his old castle to make it a tourist attraction but revive the baron also. Featuring Joseph Cotten.
(1966) An insane doctor creates a creature that is half man/half reptile. John Agar.
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(1972) Set in London in the early 1970's, Johnny organises a black magic ceremony in a desolate churchyard. The culmination of the ritual, however, is the rejuvenation of Dracula from shrivelled remains. Johnny, Dracula' s disciple, lures victims to the deserted graveyard for his master's pleasure and one of the victims delivered is Jessica Van Helsing. Descended from the Van Helsing line of vampire hunters her grandfather, equipped with all the devices to snare and destroy the Count, confronts his arch enemy in the age-old battle between good and evil.
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(1982) Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus, his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.
