The Vampira Show Film List
by jacobnash | created - 2 months ago | updated - 2 months ago | PublicFilms that aired on The Vampira Show from 1954 to 1955. The first episode of the show was a teaser that did not include a movie, so this starts with Episode 2.
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1. Atto di accusa (1950)
99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A luckless young teacher is suspected of committing two murders. When his lover begins to have doubt about his innocence, he seems to be doomed.
Director: Giacomo Gentilomo | Stars: Lea Padovani, Marcello Mastroianni, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Andrea Checchi
Votes: 94
Episode 2, Sat, May 1, 1954 Episode 34, Sat, Dec 11, 1954
2. The Face of Marble (1946)
Approved | 72 min | Horror
Dr. Randolph is so obsessed with re-animating the dead in his isolated old dark house and lab that he doesn't realize his wife is in love with his younger assistant.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: John Carradine, Claudia Drake, Robert Shayne, Maris Wrixon
Votes: 381
Episode 3, Sat, May 8, 1954
3. Revenge of the Zombies (1943)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
After the death of Max's spouse, Lila, Max holds a funeral for her, but he has also reanimates her as a zombie. He is amazed when Lila show signs of free will and challenges him for control.
Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: John Carradine, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, Bob Steele
Votes: 826
Episode 4, Sat, May 15, 1954
4. Fog Island (1945)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An inventor recently released from prison invites a group of former business associates to a holiday in his island home, intending to exact revenge on them.
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: George Zucco, Lionel Atwill, Jerome Cowan, Sharon Douglas
Votes: 986
Episode 5, Sat, May 22, 1954
5. Corridor of Mirrors (1948)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Mystery
A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Eric Portman, Edana Romney, Barbara Mullen, Hugh Sinclair
Votes: 806
Episode 6, Sat, May 29, 1954 Episode 13, Sat, Jul 17, 1954
6. White Zombie (1932)
Passed | 69 min | Horror
A young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiancé, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.
Director: Victor Halperin | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn, Robert Frazer
Votes: 11,665
Episode 7, Sat, Jun 5, 1954
7. Devil Bat's Daughter (1946)
Approved | 67 min | Horror
Wishing to dispose of his wife, psychiatrist Doctor Elliott makes his patient Nina think that she suffers from a compulsion to kill. He drugs Nina, murders his wife and leaves evidence that... See full summary »
Director: Frank Wisbar | Stars: Rosemary La Planche, John James, Michael Hale, Molly Lamont
Votes: 276
Episode 8, Sat, Jun 12, 1954
8. The Flying Serpent (1946)
Approved | 59 min | Horror
The demented archaeologist Dr. Andrew Forbes discovers a living, breathing serpent-creature known to the Aztecs as Quetzalcoatl, the Killer Bird God. Tragically, he causes his wife's death ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: George Zucco, Ralph Lewis, Hope Kramer, Eddie Acuff
Votes: 561
Episode 9, Sat, Jun 19, 1954
9. The Mask of Diijon (1946)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A stage illusionist's comeback attempt results in his humiliation. He plots to revenge himself by hypnotizing people into committing murders for him.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Jeanne Bates, William Wright, Denise Vernac
Votes: 271
Episode 10, Sat, Jun 26, 1954
10. The Strange Mr. Gregory (1945)
63 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Famed magician Mr. Gregory is visited back stage one night by an amateur magician and his wife. Immediately smitten with Ellen Randall, Gregory plots to win her over.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Jean Rogers, Donald Douglas, Marjorie Hoshelle
Votes: 248
Episode 11, Sat, Jul 3, 1954
11. Man with Two Lives (1942)
Approved | 65 min | Horror, Thriller
A man is brought back from death at the same time a vicious criminal dies in the electric chair. However, the man's soul is now taken over by the electrocuted gangster, who embarks on a vengeful crime wave.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Edward Norris, Marlo Dwyer, Eleanor Lawson, Frederick Burton
Votes: 330
Episode 12, Sat, Jul 10, 1954
12. Fear (1946)
Approved | 68 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
In this Americanized retelling of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, a medical student--broke, hungry and desperate for money--murders a loan shark to whom he owes money. After the killing,... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Zeisler | Stars: Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne, Francis Pierlot
Votes: 668
Episode 14, Sat, Jul 24, 1954
13. The Rogues' Tavern (1936)
Approved | 70 min | Horror, Mystery
A mad killer is on the loose in a hotel on a dark, gloomy night.
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Wallace Ford, Barbara Pepper, Joan Woodbury, Clara Kimball Young
Votes: 558
Episode 15, Sat, Jul 31, 1954
14. Dangerous Intruder (1945)
65 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An actress, Jenny (Veda Ann Borg), is hitchhiking across the country when she is accidently struck by a car. The driver, Max Ducone (Charles Arnt), offers to take her into his home until ... See full summary »
Director: Vernon Keays | Stars: Charles Arnt, Veda Ann Borg, Tom Keene, Fay Helm
Votes: 88
Episode 16, Sat, Aug 7, 1954
15. The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943)
Passed | 60 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A woman of twenty-one opens her grandfather's will left to her thirteen years earlier, per his instructions. Murder soon follows.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Helen Parrish, Dick Purcell, Tim Ryan, Frank Faylen
Votes: 854
Episode 17, Sat, Aug 14, 1954
16. Midnight Limited (1940)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Phantom Robber gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery on the crack train "The Midnight Limited" and Val Lennon and his pretty assistant, Joan Marshall, are on ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: John 'Dusty' King, Marjorie Reynolds, George Cleveland, Edward Keane
Votes: 246
Episode 18, Sat, Aug 21, 1954
17. Bluebeard (1944)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
In Paris, an artist hires portrait models, and after he finishes their portraits, he strangles them.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther, Ludwig Stössel
Votes: 2,135
Episode 19, Sat, Aug 28, 1954
18. The Missing Lady (1946)
Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A jade statue, "The Missing Lady", is stolen and its owner killed. Lamont Cranston, alias the Shadow, sets out to catch the killer but is blamed for the murders himself as each time he ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler, James Flavin
Votes: 217
Episode 20, Sat, Sep 4, 1954
19. Murder by Invitation (1941)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A wealthy woman has a murder mystery on her hands when her greedy relatives wind up dead after being invited to her home.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Wallace Ford, Marian Marsh, Sarah Padden, Gavin Gordon
Votes: 499
Episode 21, Sat, Sep 11, 1954
20. The Red Dragon (1945)
Approved | 64 min | Mystery
Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Fortunio Bonanova, Benson Fong, Robert Emmett Keane
Votes: 745
Episode 22, Sat, Sep 18, 1954
21. Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress (1949)
73 min | Mystery
A young woman goes missing under strange circumstances. A friend of hers tries to find out what happened and it almost leads to another case of a missing young woman. Dr. Morrell has his hands full trying to solve this case.
Director: Godfrey Grayson | Stars: Valentine Dyall, Julia Lang, Hugh Griffith, Philip Leaver
Votes: 130
Episode 23, Sat, Sep 25, 1954
22. The Missing Corpse (1945)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Mystery
A feud between rival newspapermen Kruger (Bromberg) and McDonald (Guilfoyle) goes deadly when blackmailing McDonald ends up murdered and his corpse planted in the trunk of Kruger's car.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: J. Edward Bromberg, Isabel Randolph, Frank Jenks, Eric Sinclair
Votes: 271
Episode 24, Sat, Oct 2, 1954
23. The Fatal Hour (1940)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Mystery
When Captain Street's best friend Dan Grady is murdered, Street receives help from Chinese detective James Lee Wong and local newspaper reporter Bobbie Logan.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, Charles Trowbridge
Votes: 1,309
Episode 25, Sat, Oct 9, 1954
24. Phantom Killer (1942)
Passed | 61 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Well-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. Harrison is identified leaving the scene of several murders but evades successful prosecution as there are hundreds of witnesses who have ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, John Hamilton, Warren Hymer
Votes: 249
Episode 26, Sat, Oct 16, 1954
25. The Shadow Returns (1946)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Super-sleuth Lamont Cranston, (aka "The Shadow") investigates the theft of jewels from a grave.
Directors: Phil Rosen, William Beaudine | Stars: Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, Tom Dugan, Joseph Crehan
Votes: 311
Episode 27, Sat, Oct 23, 1954
26. King of the Zombies (1941)
Passed | 67 min | Adventure, Comedy, Horror
On a spooky island, three stranded travelers find an evil doctor working with foreign spies and in control of zombies.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, Mantan Moreland, Henry Victor
Votes: 2,508
Episode 28, Sat, Oct 30, 1954
27. Doomed to Die (1940)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, William Stelling
Votes: 1,369
Episode 29, Sat, Nov 6, 1954
28. The House of Mystery (1934)
Passed | 62 min | Mystery
An ancient curse and a killer ape are contained inside an old dark mansion.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Ed Lowry, Verna Hillie, John Sheehan, Brandon Hurst
Votes: 398
Episode 30, Thu, Nov 11, 1954
29. My Brother's Keeper (1948)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
War hero George Martin escapes prison handcuffed to crook Willie Stannard. They obtain railway tickets. Pursued by police and press, George aims to break free from Willie and escape.
Director: Alfred Roome | Stars: Jack Warner, Jane Hylton, George Cole, Bill Owen
Votes: 316
Episode 31, Sat, Nov 20, 1954
30. Dear Murderer (1947)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A businessman plans to kill his cheating wife's lover and make it look like suicide.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Eric Portman, Greta Gynt, Dennis Price, Maxwell Reed
Votes: 1,117
Episode 32, Sat, Nov 27, 1954
31. Vampyr (1932)
Not Rated | 75 min | Fantasy, Horror
A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz
Votes: 20,537
Episode 33, Sat, Dec 4, 1954 (Aired as "Castle of Doom")
32. Return of the Ape Man (1944)
Approved | 60 min | Horror
A scientist seeks to transplant a brain into the body of a thawed caveman in order to get it to do his bidding.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, George Zucco, Frank Moran
Votes: 430
Episode 35, Sat, Dec 18, 1954
33. Man with the Grey Glove (1948)
102 min | Crime, Drama
A famous painting by Antonello da Messina, "the man with a gray glove", has been entrusted to an old restorer. When, subsequently, the painting is withdrawn from the restorer's studio and ... See full summary »
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Annette Bach, Eros Belloni, Antonio Centa, Mario Del Monaco
Votes: 11
Episode 36, Sat, Dec 25, 1954
34. Apology for Murder (1945)
Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When a reporter helps his girlfriend murder her rich husband, an innocent man gets the blame and faces execution.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Hugh Beaumont, Ann Savage, Russell Hicks, Charles D. Brown
Votes: 448
Episode 37, Sat, Jan 1, 1955
35. Decoy (1946)
Approved | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A mortally wounded female gangster recounts how she and her gang revived an executed killer from the gas chamber, to try and find out where he buried a fortune in cash.
Director: Jack Bernhard | Stars: Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley
Votes: 2,195
Episode 38, Sat, Jan 8, 1955
36. Murder Is My Business (1946)
Passed | 64 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Private eye tries to find a killer.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Walker, Lyle Talbot, George Meeker
Votes: 123
Episode 39, Sat, Jan 15, 1955
37. The Phantom of 42nd Street (1945)
Approved | 58 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
A theatre critic (Dave O'Brien) teams up with a cop (Jack Mulhall) to investigate the murder of a Broadway actor.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Dave O'Brien, Kay Aldridge, Alan Mowbray, Frank Jenks
Votes: 406
Episode 40, Sat, Jan 22, 1955
38. The Adventures of P.C. 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel (1949)
67 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police constable goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of violent thieves.
Director: Godfrey Grayson | Stars: Hugh Latimer, John Penrose, Annette D. Simmonds, Pat Nye
Votes: 96
Episode 41, Sat, Jan 29, 1955
39. Lady Chaser (1946)
Approved | 58 min | Comedy, Mystery
Dorian Westmore accepts an aspirin from a total stranger, Inez Palmer. She is distracted and fails to take it, but later gives it to her wealthy uncle who dies as the aspirin was poisoned. ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Robert Lowery, Ann Savage, Inez Cooper, Frank Ferguson
Votes: 29
Episode 42, Sat, Feb 5, 1955
40. Killer at Large (1947)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Paul Kimberly (Robert Lowery), a newspaper reporter, quits his job in order to investigate crooked dealings in the local veterans' housing administration. The editor assigns reporter Anne ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Robert Lowery, Anabel Shaw, Charles Evans, Frank Ferguson
Votes: 16
Episode 43, Sat, Feb 12, 1955
41. She Shall Have Murder (1950)
90 min | Comedy, Crime
A clerk in a law office investigates a murder, and finds that nearly all her colleagues at work have a motive.
Director: Daniel Birt | Stars: Rosamund John, Derrick De Marney, Mary Jerrold, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 8
Episode 44, Sat, Feb 19, 1955
42. The Lady Confesses (1945)
Passed | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 year disappearance to prevent her husband from marrying his new love, and someone kills her.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Mary Beth Hughes, Hugh Beaumont, Edmund MacDonald, Claudia Drake
Votes: 442
Episode 45, Sat, Feb 26, 1955
43. Larceny in Her Heart (1946)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
In the second of the PRC "Michael Shayne" series,civic crusader Burton Stallings hires private detective Michael Shayne to locate the former's missing step-daughter Helen. Shayne discovers ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Walker, Ralph Dunn, Paul Bryar
Votes: 80
Episode 46, Sat, Mar 5, 1955
44. The Glass Alibi (1946)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Joe Eykner (Douglas Fowley), an opportunistic newspaper reporter, persuades wealthy, Santa Monica widow Linda Vale (Maris Wrixon), to marry him. He and his girlfriend, Belle Martin (Anne ... See full summary »
Director: W. Lee Wilder | Stars: Paul Kelly, Douglas Fowley, Anne Gwynne, Maris Wrixon
Votes: 127
Episode 47, Sat, Mar 12, 1955
45. Detour (1945)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald
Votes: 19,730 | Gross: $0.02M
Episode 48, Sat, Mar 19, 1955
46. Strangler of the Swamp (1945)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A number of swamp land men have died by strangulation and the inhabitants believe that an innocent man they hanged is seeking revenge on all of the male descendants of those responsible for... See full summary »
Director: Frank Wisbar | Stars: Rosemary La Planche, Robert Barrat, Blake Edwards, Charles Middleton
Votes: 704
Episode 49, Sat, Mar 26, 1955
47. Woman Who Came Back (1945)
Approved | 68 min | Horror, Mystery
After a bus accident, a woman comes to believe that she's actually a 300-year-old witch.
Director: Walter Colmes | Stars: John Loder, Nancy Kelly, Otto Kruger, Ruth Ford
Votes: 397
Episode 50, Sat, Apr 2, 1955
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