A 1940's private investigator stumbles into a murder when his friend — a tabloid photographer — is murdered over a photo he took.
A meteorite crashes into a farm field and it is immediately claimed by a college professor. But there is more to the meteorite than is apparent. It is an alien spacecraft and alien pilot.
Americans on an extended working holiday find that one of them is a part of local prophecy and legend. The woman is linked to a blasphemous act in a cursed church.
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Two young sisters spend the summer with their aunt and uncle in the Virginia countryside at the turn of the century. One sister sees the image of a house destroyed more than 50 years before and struggles against becoming part of its terrible curse.
A young girl, whose father is the town sheriff, becomes clairvoyant while gazing into a smoky-gray pearl worn by an old woman. She learns the terrible history of the valuable pearl and foresees the murder of the famous jewel's owner. Then she helps her father solve the crime.
A son returns home four years after joining the army with a plan of revenge for the murder of his D.A. father who was killed by his mother and her mob-connected lover.
Adaptation
The captain and the engineer of a doomed oil freighter become the victims of the contents of the ship's log when the freighter's owner decides he wants the log.
An old lawyer makes a deal with Death to forestall his passing. He takes the job of death, and death takes his place. Who got the short end of the deal?
The coronation of a new king is disrupted when the king's brother drugs him. A distant relative who closely resembles the king steps in to take his place at the coronation.
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A First Mate aboard a tramp steamer tries to steal his captain's girlfriend by employing voodoo on him.