Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection: Volume 2 (Dr. Cyclops / Cult of Cobra / Land of Unknown / Deadly Mantis / Leech Woman)

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*** Résumé en anglais seulement ***Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime when The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection Volume 2 returns with 5 captivating science fiction films from the golden age of Hollywood! Featuring groundbreaking special effects, these classic films help set the standard for all sci-fi terror to come. Titles include Dr. Cyclops, Cult of the Cobra, The Land Unknown, The Deadly Mantis and The Leech Woman.Dr. Cyclops:Set in the Peruvian jungle, this 1940 landmark science-fiction adventure, directed by pioneering filmmaker Ernest Schoedsack, follows four explorers as they search for legendary physicist Dr. Cyclops. When they discover their missing colleague, they find his brilliant mind has been warped by radiation and decide to return him to civilization for psychiatric help.But the half-blind, half-mad scientist will have none of that, and uses an experimental body-altering device to reduce his former friends to one-fifth their normal size. Now, harmless items and small creatures suddenly become giant-sized instruments of death!The impressive use of special effects, which garnered an Oscar nomination, helped make this Technicolor sci-fi classic one of the most imaginative and memorable fantasy films of all time.Cult of the Cobra: In the classic sci-fi adventure Cult of the Cobra, six American soldiers tempt fate after meeting a snake charmer on their last tour of duty. Thrilled by legends of humans transforming themselves into serpents, the men buy their way into a secret gathering of snake worshippers. They are quickly discovered, and for defiling the sacred ceremony, the high priest vows revenge, cursing them with death. One by one, the former GIs are met with violent, seemingly accidental, deaths accompanied by snake-inflicted wounds. Is their new mysterious neighbor back in New York actually the agent of the high priest’s curse? It is up to the remaining friends to discover the truth before it is too late!The Land Unknown:Featuring unbelievable special effects, The Land Unknown is a frightening adventure from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. A Navy expedition led by Commander Hal Roberts (Jock Mahoney) is sent to explore a mysterious warm-water region shrouded in the ice of Antarctica. When a fierce storm drives them into a cloud bank, their helicopter is disabled and they encounter a hot, tropical landscape of prehistoric terror! Untouched by the Ice Age, a 20th-century Mesozoic era awaits them, complete with ferocious dinosaurs and carnivorous plants. When their female journalist is captured, Commander Roberts remains their only hope of escape from The Land Unknown.The Deadly Mantis:It’s man versus insect in The Deadly Mantis, a thrilling classic from the golden age of sci-fi cinema! When a giant, thousand-ton, carnivorous praying mantis is released from its million-year slumber in the frozen Arctic, a determined commander (Craig Stevens), a paleontologist (William Hopper) and a photojournalist (Alix Talton) work together to stop its terrible path of deadly destruction. As it walks, leaps and flies towards Washington DC, the fate of a nation rests on stopping the menacing insect by any means possible.The Leech Woman:A mysterious old woman waits in the office of Dr. Paul Talbott (Philip Terry). You are the one in my dreams of blood, she cries, when she meets June (Coleen Gray), the doctor's aging, alcoholic wife. The old woman belongs to an African tribe that claims it can actually reverse the aging process.Hoping to discover the secret to eternal youth, Talbott follows her back to Africa and convinces his neglected wife - and intended guinea pig - to join him. After they are captured by fierce natives, they witness the shocking metamorphosis of the feeble old woman into a lovely young girl. But the magic is short-lived - and requires a male sacrifice!After June is allowed to make the transformation, she escapes from the tribe and returns home to New York, a voluptuous recreation of her former self. But her beauty cannot last without an unending supply of male victims, and her desire to remain young at all costs leads June down a path of terror.