The Vampira Show Film List
Films 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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- DirectorGiacomo GentilomoStarsLea PadovaniMarcello MastroianniKarl Ludwig DiehlA luckless young teacher is suspected of committing two murders. When his lover begins to have doubt about his innocence, he seems to be doomed.Episode 2, Sat, May 1, 1954
Episode 34, Sat, Dec 11, 1954 - DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsJohn CarradineClaudia DrakeRobert ShayneDr. 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.Episode 3, Sat, May 8, 1954
- DirectorSteve SekelyStarsJohn CarradineGale StormRobert LoweryAfter 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.Episode 4, Sat, May 15, 1954
- DirectorTerry O. MorseStarsGeorge ZuccoLionel AtwillJerome CowanAn investor recently released from prison invites a group of former business associates to a holiday in his island home, intending to exact revenge on them.Episode 5, Sat, May 22, 1954
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsEric PortmanEdana RomneyBarbara MullenA man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.Episode 6, Sat, May 29, 1954
Episode 13, Sat, Jul 17, 1954 - DirectorVictor HalperinStarsBela LugosiMadge BellamyJoseph CawthornA 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.Episode 7, Sat, Jun 5, 1954
- DirectorFrank WisbarStarsRosemary La PlancheJohn JamesMichael HaleWishing 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 points to Nina. The latter, pre-conditioned by Elliott, also thinks she is guilty.Episode 8, Sat, Jun 12, 1954
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsGeorge ZuccoRalph LewisHope KramerThe 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 by giving her one of the beast's feathers, causing the creature to track her down and slaughter her. Now, Dr. Forbes uses this twisted knowledge to exact revenge upon his enemies by placing one of the serpent's feathers on each of his intended victims and letting the beast loose to wreak havoc.Episode 9, Sat, Jun 19, 1954
- DirectorLew LandersStarsErich von StroheimJeanne BatesWilliam WrightA stage illusionist's comeback attempt results in his humiliation. He plots to revenge himself by hypnotizing people into committing murders for him.Episode 10, Sat, Jun 26, 1954
- DirectorPhil RosenStarsEdmund LoweJean RogersDonald DouglasFamed 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.Episode 11, Sat, Jul 3, 1954
- DirectorPhil RosenStarsEdward NorrisMarlo DwyerEleanor LawsonA 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.Episode 12, Sat, Jul 10, 1954
- DirectorAlfred ZeislerStarsPeter CooksonWarren WilliamAnne GwynneIn 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, he's tormented by guilt over what he's done. A police captain, who's convinced the student committed the crime but can't prove it for lack of evidence, plays on the young man's guilt in order to get him to confess to the crime.Episode 14, Sat, Jul 24, 1954
- DirectorRobert F. HillStarsWallace FordBarbara PepperJoan WoodburyA mad killer is on the loose in a hotel on a dark, gloomy night.Episode 15, Sat, Jul 31, 1954
- DirectorVernon KeaysStarsCharles ArntVeda Ann BorgTom KeeneAn 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 she can resume traveling. Later Ducone's wife is murdered and Jenny determines to find the killer. With the aid of detective Curtis (Tom Keene as Richard Powers), she discovers that Ducone is the murderer, having killed his wife in order to have the funds to finance his antique collection.Episode 16, Sat, Aug 7, 1954
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsHelen ParrishDick PurcellTim RyanA woman of twenty-one opens her grandfather's will left to her thirteen years earlier, per his instructions. Murder soon follows.Episode 17, Sat, Aug 14, 1954
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsJohn 'Dusty' KingMarjorie ReynoldsGeorge ClevelandThe 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 his trail. But the Phantom strikes three more times and adds murder to his list. Val decides to use himself as bait, although Chief Harrigan and Joan beg him not to risk his life. But Val, disguised as a wealthy Canadian, boards the train for a rendezvous with a killer.Episode 18, Sat, Aug 21, 1954
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsJohn CarradineJean ParkerNils AstherIn Paris, an artist hires portrait models, and after he finishes their portraits, he strangles them.Episode 19, Sat, Aug 28, 1954
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsKane RichmondBarbara ReadGeorge ChandlerA 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 investigates some facet of the case another suspect is killed.Episode 20, Sat, Sep 4, 1954
- DirectorPhil RosenStarsWallace FordMarian MarshSarah PaddenA wealthy woman has a murder mystery on her hands when her greedy relatives wind up dead after being invited to her home.Episode 21, Sat, Sep 11, 1954
- DirectorPhil RosenStarsSidney TolerFortunio BonanovaBenson FongChan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.Episode 22, Sat, Sep 18, 1954
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsValentine DyallJulia LangHugh GriffithA 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.Episode 23, Sat, Sep 25, 1954
- DirectorAlbert HermanStarsJ. Edward BrombergIsabel RandolphFrank JenksA 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.Episode 24, Sat, Oct 2, 1954
- DirectorWilliam NighStarsBoris KarloffMarjorie ReynoldsGrant WithersWhen Captain Street's best friend Dan Grady is murdered, Street receives help from Chinese detective James Lee Wong and local newspaper reporter Bobbie Logan.Episode 25, Sat, Oct 9, 1954
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsDick PurcellJoan WoodburyJohn HamiltonWell-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 also seen him emceeing benefits at the exact same time as the murders.Episode 26, Sat, Oct 16, 1954
- DirectorPhil RosenWilliam BeaudineStarsKane RichmondBarbara ReadTom DuganSuper-sleuth Lamont Cranston, (aka "The Shadow") investigates the theft of jewels from a grave.Episode 27, Sat, Oct 23, 1954
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsDick PurcellJoan WoodburyMantan MorelandOn a spooky island, three stranded travelers find an evil doctor working with foreign spies and in control of zombies.Episode 28, Sat, Oct 30, 1954
- DirectorWilliam NighStarsBoris KarloffMarjorie ReynoldsGrant WithersMr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.Episode 29, Sat, Nov 6, 1954
- DirectorWilliam NighStarsEd LowryVerna HillieJohn SheehanAn ancient curse and a killer ape are contained inside an old dark mansion.Episode 30, Thu, Nov 11, 1954
- DirectorAlfred RoomeStarsJack WarnerJane HyltonGeorge ColeWar 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.Episode 31, Sat, Nov 20, 1954
- DirectorArthur CrabtreeStarsEric PortmanGreta GyntDennis PriceA businessman plans to kill his cheating wife's lover and make it look like suicide.Episode 32, Sat, Nov 27, 1954
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsJulian WestMaurice SchutzRena MandelA drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.Episode 33, Sat, Dec 4, 1954
(Aired as "Castle of Doom") - DirectorPhil RosenStarsBela LugosiJohn CarradineGeorge ZuccoA scientist seeks to transplant a brain into the body of a thawed caveman in order to get it to do his bidding.Episode 35, Sat, Dec 18, 1954
- DirectorCamillo MastrocinqueStarsAnnette BachEros BelloniAntonio CentaA 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 exposed, the art critic Drago discovers that it is not the original, but a copy.Episode 36, Sat, Dec 25, 1954
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsHugh BeaumontAnn SavageRussell HicksWhen a reporter helps his girlfriend murder her rich husband, an innocent man gets the blame and faces execution.Episode 37, Sat, Jan 1, 1955
- DirectorJack BernhardStarsJean GillieEdward NorrisRobert ArmstrongA 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.Episode 38, Sat, Jan 8, 1955
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsHugh BeaumontCheryl WalkerLyle TalbotPrivate eye tries to find a killer.Episode 39, Sat, Jan 15, 1955
- DirectorAlbert HermanStarsDave O'BrienKay AldridgeAlan MowbrayA theatre critic (Dave O'Brien) teams up with a cop (Jack Mulhall) to investigate the murder of a Broadway actor.Episode 40, Sat, Jan 22, 1955
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsHugh LatimerJohn PenroseAnnette D. SimmondsA police constable goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of violent thieves.Episode 41, Sat, Jan 29, 1955
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsRobert LoweryAnn SavageInez CooperDorian 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. She is tried and convicted and her fiance, Peter Kane, tells her attorney, J. T. Vickers, that he is going to prove her innocence. Inez, reading about the trial and recognizing Dorian as the lady she gave to aspirin to, realizes that it was meant for her from the man she had been blackmailing, J. T. Vickers.Episode 42, Sat, Feb 5, 1955
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsRobert LoweryAnabel ShawCharles EvansPaul 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 Arnold (Anabel Shaw) to lure him back to the newspaper. Together, the two reporters expose the embezzling ring and discover that Anne's father, Vincent Arnold (Charles Evans), is the head of the ring. In true newspaper fashion, Anne writes the story herself.Episode 43, Sat, Feb 12, 1955
- DirectorDaniel BirtStarsRosamund JohnDerrick De MarneyMary JerroldA clerk in a law office investigates a murder, and finds that nearly all her colleagues at work have a motive.Episode 44, Sat, Feb 19, 1955
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsMary Beth HughesHugh BeaumontEdmund MacDonaldAn estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 year disappearance to prevent her husband from marrying his new love, and someone kills her.Episode 45, Sat, Feb 26, 1955
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsHugh BeaumontCheryl WalkerRalph DunnIn 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 that Stallings himself has had Helen confined in an asylum in order to obtain her money.Episode 46, Sat, Mar 5, 1955
- DirectorW. Lee WilderStarsPaul KellyDouglas FowleyAnne GwynneJoe 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 Gwynne (I)', are planning on Linda soon dying from her heart ailment. But, renewed by love, Linda's condition is rapidly improving, which prompts her impatient husband to scheme the "perfect" murder, but police homicide-detective, Max Anderson (Paul Kelly), is asking a lot of questions.Episode 47, Sat, Mar 12, 1955
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsTom NealAnn SavageClaudia DrakeThe 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.Episode 48, Sat, Mar 19, 1955
- DirectorFrank WisbarStarsRosemary La PlancheRobert BarratBlake EdwardsA 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 his death. Maria, granddaughter of the guilty ferryman, decides to operate the ferry service. Chris Sanders, a son of one of the men who did the hanging, and Maria fall in love. The "strangler" seizes Chris and Maria offers her life if Chris is spared.Episode 49, Sat, Mar 26, 1955
- DirectorWalter ColmesStarsJohn LoderNancy KellyOtto KrugerAfter a bus accident, a woman comes to believe that she's actually a 300-year-old witch.Episode 50, Sat, Apr 2, 1955