In 1849, on the remote French island of Saint-Pierre off the coast of Newfoundland, an illiterate fisherman commits a drunken, senseless murder and is sentenced to the guillotine. But since the island has no guillotine, the governor must send for one--a process that will take years. Meanwhile, the fisherman is imprisoned in the island fortress; the wife of the garrison commander takes pity on the condemned man, and sets out to rehabilitate him.

Terror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and discovers a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind. Each crew member is slain until only Ripley is left.

Four ordinary men descend a river in two canoes determined to test themselves against a wilderness they think they understand.

A nineteenth century French aristocrat travels through St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum and comes face to face with various people from Russian and European history.

When there's a strangler on the loose in New York, Nick Starkey is assigned to the case. Within days, he is up to his ears in murder, corruption and comedy.

A jet jockey, a science nerd, the U.S. president, and other diverse survivors of a massive attack on earth join forces to defeat the aliens before they can achieve total victory.

Princess Yuki escapes the clutches of an enemy clan. She hides in a secret mountain fortress with her loyal retainers, her faithful military commandant, and her clan's precious gold. They try to escape but on their way it's one chase, swordfight, and hairbreath escape after another.

The story of three troubled yet essentially good people whose lives become deeply connected through a horrific accident.

An easy going drama critic (Grant) discovers that his kind and gentle aunts have a bizarre habit of poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar.