I would like help recognize a young actress and the movie.
The period was mid-century or earlier. I have a sense of Southern or rural locale.
She was young, earlier teens. Light hair, in two braids, with straight bangs (fringe). Rather thin, very pale.
She wore a light knee length skirt and blouse that buttoned up the front.
She had a slightly odd smile and general sense of being awkward and endearing, but not in a hopeful, positive sense.
Is this ringing any bells for anyone?
I’ve asked about this one before but I’ll give it another go: I saw like the last half-hour of a movie on TV so I have no idea what the title is. A little girl is wandering around what looks like the 1920s or 1930s rural South, and is on the run alternately from witches and zombies (who are enemies of each other).
I checked it out, but it doesn’t seem to be the one I remember. Thanks anyway.
The Wizard Of Oz?
I think some of us could keep this thread with multiple movies that have fallen into our mental void… anyway, I thought of this thread because someone in real life suggested a movie I’ve mostly forgotten might be Bell, Book, and Candle, which I saw last night. Totally not it.
When did it come out? Back when movies were in black and white
Who was in it? No idea.
What plot if any do you remember? A woman, I think was a witch, speaks to her mother’s ghost. Mom’s ghost was represented as…smoke? Like from a candle or the fire place? The male lead, probably her father or husband, doesn’t approve.
You better grab a sandwich and a beer:
When did it come out? Saw it on TV circa 1970; it was in color, so 2 or 3 years older, max.
Who was in it? Not a clue; Mexican vampire film.
What plot if any do you remember? Although it was Mexican, the sets and interiors were a Bavarian village/lodge. Head Vampire drains many residents in village; instead of victims rising as un-dead, coffins pile up in streets/houses/catacombs(?). The Hero confronts Head Vampire in the lodge; HV turns into 6 foot tall bat and flies around the lodge. Hero grabs lance off the mantel, hurls it thru the air, and impales HV right thru the heart (on the fly, natch). The moment HV gets it, the lids of every coffin in town fly open and the un-dead rise, en masse, and wander thru town looking for whoever’s left (can’t be many). The Hero and the others in the lodge have put garlic in every window, door and, for all I know, the fireplace and toilets, too. The vampires have 3 inch fangs hanging outta their mouths, and their eyes are solid, glowing white, like if you took a face-on picture of your dog at night. That’s all I remember of the “plot.”
What was special to you about it? I had seen dozens of vampire films up to this point, and this spit in the face of every one of them. However, it was quite eerie in a Mario Bava kind of way.
Any other clues you can think of? Either this movie had a sequel, or they re-edited it to make a “second” film, OR it was one longer film sliced into two; the “sequel” had scenes that were not in the first film.
Had enough? If you’re good, I’ll tell you about “Universe of the Vampires,” (not the IMdB listing) sometime. Now go fetch Grandpa some more bourbon. 
How about a black and white film, made in the 40s or 50s? Saw it on TV many years ago. It’s a Faustian tale about the devil making deals with people for their souls. The devil is an old guy tramp sort of fellah and the souls become moths or butterflies he keeps in a matchbox. One scene has someone throw an axe at him which he freezes in mid air before it hits, and it bursts into flame…
I haven’t seen the film version, but in the one-act play The Devil and Daniel Webster, “Mr. Scratch” keeps captive souls as moths in a box. Maybe this was the movie version of that?
I’ve seen tons of vampire flicks too (I’m downloading Horror Rises From the Tomb right now) and that does not ring a bell. It wouldn’t even help if some Mexican Wrestlers showed up.
WARNING THIS POST IS ONE, LONG OPEN SPOILER WARNING
Well, Dale Sams, now you’ve gone and done it; punishment for acknowledging my previous post is exposure, for everyone, to “Universe of the Vampires.” And BTW, where’s my bourbon? 
I’m 99.9% sure the title was “Universe…,” and not, “World…” IMdB has a “World…,” and this is definitely not that one, and since the title I know is wrong (or translated incorrectly), then I feel it belongs here. I’ll use the same format as before:
When did it come out? Saw it on TV circa 1970; it was B&W.
Who was in it? I 'unno; another Mexican vampire film.
What plot if any do you remember? Head Vampire has a castle on top of a mesa in the desert. Underneath the castle is a maze of caverns; in the middle is a deep pit with spikes in the bottom (pointing up, of course). Our Hero’s brother (?) is creeping around in there for some reason, and is captured by the teeming horde of vampires that inhabit the caverns and tied to a post near the pit. An aside–there are tarantulas crawling everywhere; these Ts are each the size of a dinner plate (real ones, too). At some point, HV gives the signal and the horde moves in and finishes off the brother. A little later, OH’s girlfriend is captured by the HV and taken to the caverns. OH sneaks in for the rescue, manages to fight off the entire horde somehow, and goes hand-to-hand with HV. After several minutes of furious battle, OH backs the HV up to the spike pit and HV falls in and is DOA. OH finds the GF, and as he leads her out, she realizes she has fallen in love with HV, sees him dead in the pit, and throws herself in. DA END.
What was special to you about it? It was the first movie I had ever seen that didn’t have a happy ending.
Any other clues you can think of? There must have been a batch of Mexican horror films released to TV at the same time, because it seems I saw a bunch of them over the course of one summer.
And that’s it! Any ETA on that bourbon? 
TCM had The Green Slime this weekend. That’s not the movie I was thinking of, but it shows that *Aliens *ripped off the plot from this movie. Same idea-alien creatures grow rapidly, multiply fast, are hard to kill and put everyone in the space station in danger.
Except for the fact that Aliens was good, and TGS…was not!
Is it The Bad Seed?
Well, I don’t know if I can honestly state that I actually liked the film I’m going to attempt to describe (except maybe at a certain level), but it sure has stuck in my head for a long time! Scenario: my dad and I watching it on HBO (or Showtime) back in either 1978 or 1979 (when I was 11 or 12). IIRC the plot (if that’s what you want to call it) had to do with two young women (mid-20ish) making a “house call,” if you will, and basically “forcing” an older man to engage in some rather kinky sexual acts with him. I don’t remember how long the movie was although I seem to recall that it wasn’t particularly long. Also, that my mother, who caught us watching it together more than once, was NOT happy about me seeing it (come to think of it she probably wasn’t all that thrilled that my dad was watching it, either. But then my mom always has been somewhat of a prude). I tried posting a question about it on IMDB once and I don’t think it’s ever been answered. If anybody on the SDMB saw a movie back then that they think is the one I attempted to describe and they can remember the name of it and are interested in letting me know what that name is it would be MUCH appreciated. Thanks!
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home?
This movie appeared on, I think, ABC on on Sunday, that had an intro and commercial breaks based on the Wizard of Oz. this was either in the late 60’s or early 70’s. I think it was a dubbed Italian or French movie.
A scientist discovers how to shrink animals into small statues. By accident, he shrinks his daughter. A comedy, I suppose and I could swear it was acted by the same actors as in the movie, “How to Steal a Million” Eli Wallach as the doc, Audrey Hepburn as the daughter and Peter O’Toole as the love interest. 
And this one is certainly not it, but since it does feature a space wheel station, The Terrornauts (1967).
Very similar image, but polar opposite for character.
I’m not sure about the movie, but the intros/commercial bumpers sound like the show “Off To See The Wizard.” It was before my time, but another network tried to compete with The Wonderful World of Disney by presenting family movies on this particular show, with cartoon bumpers based on The Wizard of Oz, animated by Chuck Jones. (For some reason, the Wizard was an actual wizard in these bumpers, not a con man pretending he had magic powers.)
The movie may have been foreign had a pippy long stocking feel as I remember it. It was a kids movie but seemed very dark. I feel like I saw it on Cinemax as a kid in the mid eighties. The only thing I can remember is that it was about two kids a boy and a girl and the villian was a painter who would trap kids in his paintings. Any idea what this is? It has been bugging me for years.