Mad Magicians
Halloween movie watch list themed around horror and drama films about mad stage magicians, illusionists, hypnotists, and ventriloquists.
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- DirectorWilliam ConradStarsConnie StevensDean JonesCesar RomeroThe daughter of a psychotic magician must stay in his mansion for seven nights in order to inherit his fortune.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsVincent PriceMary MurphyEva GaborAn illusionist becomes homicidal when his best kept magic secrets are stolen by his rival.
- DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsBoris KarloffSusanna FosterTurhan BeyA demented physician becomes obsessed with a young singer whose voice sounds similar to his late mistress.
- DirectorJohn HarlowStarsBen LyonAnne CrawfordDavid FarrarA struggling circus finds salvation in the form of an exciting new twist on their high-wire act.
- DirectorTod BrowningStarsRobert YoungFlorence RiceFrank CravenRetired performer Mike Morgan sells original illusions to fellow magicians, and although he believes in the supernatural, likes to expose sham psychics. This involves him in some mysterious murders.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHugh JackmanScarlett JohanssonAfter a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.
- DirectorNeil BurgerStarsEdward NortonJessica BielPaul GiamattiIn turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.
- DirectorVictor SavilleStarsVirginia MayoPier AngeliJack PalanceA Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver, and sculpt around its rim, the faces of the disciples and Jesus. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah, by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
- DirectorDon SharpStarsChristopher LeeBarbara ShelleyRichard PascoThrown out of his monastery for licentious and drunken behavior, Rasputin travels to St Petersburg in pursuit of wealth and prestige. He soon gains influence at court with his powers of healing and of hypnotism.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsAnthony HopkinsAnn-MargretBurgess MeredithA ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
- DirectorDavid SchmoellerStarsPaul Le MatWilliam HickeyIrene MiraclePsychics find themselves plotted against by a former colleague, who committed suicide after discovering animated, murderous puppets.
- DirectorDavid AllenStarsElizabeth MaclellanCollin BernsenSteve WellesThe puppets return and hunt paranormal researchers in an attempt to take their brain fluid for their master, Andre Toulon.
- DirectorDavid DeCoteauStarsGuy RolfeRichard LynchIan AbercrombieA puppeteer's ability to bring inanimate objects to life attracts the attention of the Nazis during World War II.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsMarcel MarceauTsilla CheltonPhilippe ClayA mute puppeteer uses a deceased scientist's invention to control dead bodies like puppets.
- DirectorGeorge BlairStarsJacques BergeracMerry AndersMarcia HendersonA mysterious hypnotist is suspected by the police of being responsible for a wave of female mutilation victims.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsChester MorrisTom ConwayCathy DownsA mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life.
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsBryant HalidayWilliam SylvesterYvonne RomainAn evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.
- DirectorBernard VorhausStarsTurhan BeyLynn BariCathy O'DonnellOn the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf; then meets a tall dark man Alexis, who seems to know all about such things.
- DirectorRex IngramStarsAlice TerryPaul WegenerFirmin GémierA magician/alchemist, seeking to create life, finds that he needs the "blood of a virgin" to continue his experiments. He sends out his dwarf assistant to pick out the right girl.