Robert Louis Stevenson
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Ahoy, mateys! Come aboard the good ship Hispaniola and set sail in search of buried treasure in one of Disney's most critically acclaimed adventure classics -- presented in its original, uncut theatrical version! In his first all-live-action feature, Walt Disney has vividly brought to life Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless tale of buccaneers and buried gold. Authentic locales, rich color photography, and musket-roaring action set the stage for the...
Series
Language
English
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Description
Jim is a young man who grew up reading tales of pirates and adventures on the high seas, and longs for similar excitement in his own life. One day a dying man hands him a map and gives him a warning. Upon careful examination, Jim realizes the map charts the course to Treasure Planet, a distant world where hundreds of space pirates have stashed their loot. Jim is certain this is the adventure he's been dreaming of and sets out to find the fabled Treasure...
5) Kidnapped
Language
English
Description
The film tells the adventures of an unlikely pair--one an exiled rebel warrior returning to the country that scorned him, the other a young man struggling to take possession of his rightful inheritance.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young Jim Hawkins is the only one who can successfully get a schooner to a legendary Island known for buried Treasure. But aboard the ship is a mysterious cook named John Silver, whose true motivation on the journey challenges Jim's trust in the entire crew.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Pirate Captain Billy Bones leaves a young innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a map indicating the location of a priceless treasure. Jim sets sail for the Caribbean in search of the treasure. But they do not realize that the ship's crew has been replaced by a band of cutthroats under the leadership of the infamous pirate Long John Silver.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"It's the engagement party for brilliant young Dr Henry Jekyll (Udo Kier) and his fiancée, the beautiful Fanny Osbourne (Marina Pierro), attended by various pillars of Victorian society, including the astonishing Patrick Magee in one of his final roles. But when people are found raped and murdered outside and ultimately inside the house, it becomes clear that a madman has broken in to disrupt the festivities, but who is he? And why does Dr Jekyll...
11) Kidnapped
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of David Balfour, kidnapped as a boy and his adventures in recovering his inheritance.
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Series
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
A doctor creates a potion that turns him into another darker, more evil person; a badly scarred wax museum owner uses the bodies of dead people as the figures in his museum; after a mysterious supernatural force invades a small village, several women findthemselves pregnant and give birth to evil children; a group of people with paranormal abilities investigate a haunted house.
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Documents the beginnings of horror films from the 1890s through the silent era; an embittered criminal seeks revenge on the doctors who erroneously amputated his legs as a child; possibly insane, an heir to a fortune must spend the night in a creepy mansion to receive the payout; a scientist finds a way to reveal the darkest side of man; with a smile permanently carved into his face, a man becomes a clown and falls for a blind orphan.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A treasure trove of hearty laughs with two of the funniest, most action-packed Muppet movies in this heartwarming two-disc collection. From the special star-studded lunacy in Muppet Treasure Island to the jewel-heist hilarity of The Great Muppet Caper, these two classic comedy-adventures are packed with music, mirth, mayhem, and of course, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Animal, Fozzie, Gonzo, and all your Muppet favorites.
Pub. Date
[2009?]
Language
English
Description
Treasure Island: Long John Silver and a cabin boy match wits in search of buried treasure. In search of the castaways: The daughter of a missing sea captain discovers that her father may be held captive by cannibals and embarks on a desperate journey to rescue him.
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
I walked with a zombie / A young Canadian nurse comes to the West Indies to care for the wife of a plantation manager, who suffers from a strange catatonic condition, and learns about local voodoo practices in her search for a cure.
The body snatcher / A surgeon and teacher of anatomy needs fresh cadavers for classroom demonstrations and pays a sinister cabman to supply them. When the cemeteries become more closely guarded, the cabman turns to other...
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Night key: An ingenious inventor of a security system is kidnapped by a gang of burglars and forced to help them commit robberies.
Tower of London: King Richard III is sixth in line to the throne and with the aid of his executioner friend treacherously disposes of the five who stand between him and the crown.
The climax: A mad physician plots to kill an opera singer who reminds him of his mistress whom he murdered.
The strange door: The servant...