Tim Curry
3) Abhorsen
Author
Series
Old Kingdom volume 3
Description
Abhorsen-In-Waiting Lireal and Prince Sameth, a Wallmaker, must confront and bind the evil spirit Oranis before it can destroy all life.
5) Sabriel
Author
Series
Old Kingdom volume 1
Description
Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 1
Description
After the death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 2
Description
After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 9
Description
On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 6
Description
The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at Esme Squalor's seventy-one bedroom penthouse and concocts a new plan for stealing their family fortune.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 8
Description
On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans find themselves in the Heimlich Hospital, with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit.
11) The end
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 13
Description
Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 12
Description
The Baudelaire orphans disguise themselves as employees of the Hotel Denoument and find themselves pursued by the evil Count Olaf and by others.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 10
Description
In the perilous Mortmain Mountains, Klaus and Violet Baudelaire meet another well-read person, who helps them try to rescue Sunny from the villainous Count Olaf and his henchmen as they all near "the last safe place."
14) The vile village
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 7
Description
Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village to raise a child," the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results.
15) Portobello
Author
Description
The Portobello area of West London has a rich personality - vibrant, brilliant in colour, noisy, with graffiti that approach art, bizarre and splendid. An indefinable edge to it adds a spice of danger. There is nothing safe about Portobello...Eugene Wren inherited an art gallery from his father near an arcade that now sells cashmere, handmade soaps and children's clothes. But he decided to move to a more upmarket site in Kensington Church Street....
16) The grim grotto
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 11
Description
Still pursued by the evil Count Olaf, the Baudelaire orphans attempt to reach a very important VFD meeting, but first they must travel in a rattletrap submarine to the Gorgonian Grotto, a dangerous underwater cave, in search of the sugar bowl.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Thirteen-year-old orphan Maria Merryweather is sent away to live with her eccentric uncle, Sir Benjamin at the mysterious Manor. Although crumbling apart, the Manor and the surrounding lands are a place of magic and wonderment, and before long Maria finds herself a part of an ancient feud with the sinister De Noir family.
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (74 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Animated film about a shy young penguin and his lady love. During the penguin mating ceremony bachelor penguins present their sweethearts with a pebble. Hubie has found a perfect pebble, but his chosen lady has another admirer who casts Hubie out to sea to eliminate him as a rival. Many an adventure ensues before true love prevails.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A mixture of fantastical rock opera and horror movie spoof. A couple of ordinary kids have car trouble one dark and rainy night and knock on the door of a looming gothic mansion. They are stunned to learn that they have stumbled into an ongoing convention of kinky characters, hosted by Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad scientist from the planet Transsexual.
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Hercule Poirot accompanies an archeological expedition searching for the skull of John the Baptist in the Syrian Desert. What the team actually finds is a more recent corpse: the body of Lady Boynton, wife of the expedition leader Lord Boynton.