Film Archive of Public Domain Movies
Curated Archive of Forgotten Thriller Flix
Christy Cabanne’s Conspiracy (1930) is a gritty pre-Code crime melodrama starring Bessie Love and Ned Sparks, following a desperate woman on the run after killing a drug kingpin who finds refuge with a bumbling, cynical mystery writer.
Fritz Lang’s Scarlet Street (1945) is a devastating, bleak masterpiece of film noir, capturing the agonizing psychological downfall of a meek clerk who loses his mind, his morality, and his soul to a cruel femme fatale.
Paul Leni’s 1928 silent masterpiece is a devastating, expressionistic blend of gothic horror and melodrama, telling the tragic story of a man cursed with a permanent, surgically carved grin who must navigate a world far more monstrous than his disfigurement.
How to Dump Your Husband’s Body in a Lake, Gaslight Your Mother-in-Law, and Launch Francis Ford Coppola’s Career on a Twenty-Grand Budget It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed with coarse sandpaper, the cold pizza on my desk is starting to look back at me, and I am currently watching a greedy, […]
How to Shower in a Suit, Hide a Fortune on an Envelope, and Direct the Best Hitchcock Movie That Hitchcock Never Made It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed with coarse sandpaper, the cold pizza on my desk is starting to look back at me, and I am currently watching Audrey Hepburn, […]
How to Suffer the Worst Luck in Hollywood, Get Blackmailed by a Screeching Harpy, and Commit the Most Absurd Phone-Cord Murder in History It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed with coarse sandpaper, the cold pizza on my desk is starting to look back at me, and I am currently watching a […]
How to Kidnap Your Nephew, Hire a Gorilla, and Stage the Most Expensive Prank in Silent Film History It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed with coarse sandpaper, the cold pizza on my desk is starting to look back at me, and I am currently watching a wealthy, nervous explorer and his […]
How to Sell Your Soul for Youth, Wear Mind-Blowing Art Nouveau Gowns, and Invent “Diva-Core” It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed with coarse sandpaper, the cold pizza on my desk is starting to look back at me, and I am currently watching the legendary Italian silent-era diva Lyda Borelli, draped in […]
How to Survive the Apocalypse with a Station Wagon, a Hammer, and the Most Dramatic Voice in Hollywood It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed with coarse sandpaper, the cold pizza on my desk is starting to look back at me, and I am currently watching Vincent Price, dressed in a sharp […]
How to Commit a Murder, Get Trapped by a Flood, and Realize Your New Roommate is the Only Witness It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed with coarse sandpaper, the cold pizza on my desk is starting to look back at me, and I am currently watching a mysterious, elegant man on […]
