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For what it is . . . it's a fun ride .
Football star Brian " Boz " Bosworth attempted to start an acting career with this very fun bit of escapism , as a suspended Alabama cop who is coerced by the FBI into participating in a sting operation . He will infiltrate a particularly ruthless motorcycle gang known as " The Brotherhood " , led by " Chains " Cooper ...
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Another highly original piece of work from Larry Cohen .
Deeply religious police detective Peter Nicholas ( Tony Lo Bianco ) investigates bizarre incidents in which seemingly normal people embark on violent rampages , after which they always make the same dying confession of " God told me to " . The investigation leads Nicholas on an increasingly odd journey , not only towar...
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I thought this was pretty entertaining .
Los Angeles is engulfed in flame , lava , ash and the like when a volcanic eruption happens underground . Mike Roark ( Tommy Lee Jones ) , the head of the Office of Emergency Management , is the requisite hero , with Dr . Amy Barnes ( Anne Heche ) filling the role of the exposition-quoting scientific expert . For a nat...
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A real hoot of a backwoods horror comedy spectacle .
Co-writer / director Tim Sullivan pays fond tribute to the immortal Herschell Gordon Lewis with this 21st century version of Lewis's heralded " Two Thousand Maniacs ! " If you're not already familiar with the story , it involves vengeance-crazed Southern folks who mask their unwavering blood-lust with good ol ' Souther...
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By Grabthar's Hammer , It Works !
This is a spoof of Star Trek , and the pop culture phenomenon it started , using the has-been actors of a Trek-like TV series who now do no more than make personal appearances at conventions . However , they are forced to take on the roles of real space adventurers when they are approached for help by genuine alien bei...
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Too bad we don't see pictures like this nowadays . . .
From one of the foremost exploitation experts of decades past , Jack Hill , comes this outlandishly fun girl-gangs flick . Lace ( Robbie Lee , of the previous years ' " Big Bad Mama " ) is the leader of the girl gang " The Dagger Debs " , affiliated with a male gang known as " The Silver Daggers " . Trouble brews when ...
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One of the best pictures from the late 1970's / early 1980's Roger Corman vault .
The first solo directing effort for Joe Dante , future director of movies like " Gremlins " and " Innerspace " . Heather Menzies plays Maggie McGowan , a skip tracer who enlists the aid of surly local Paul Grogan ( Bradford Dillman ) in her search for a pair of missing youngsters . Their search leads them to a top-secr...
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The life of a repo man is always intense .
Highly original 1980's cult classic has Emilio Estevez in one of his best early roles : new wave punk Otto , taken under the wing of veteran car repossessor Bud ( a truly excellent Harry Dean Stanton ) . Otto soon learns to love the life of a repo man . Meanwhile , a ' 64 Chevy Malibu with a nasty secret in the trunk i...
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Not Until The Fat Lady Sings !
Earth comes under attack by EXTREMELY hostile aliens who hover enormous spaceships over Earth's major cities and reduce them to rubble . The fate of mankind ends up resting in the hands of a diverse group of people : a pilot ( Will Smith ) , a computer genius ( Jeff Goldblum ) and none other than the President of the U...
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There is no end , only a new beginning .
The Baldwin family - dad / husband Harry ( Ray Milland , doubling here as director ) , mom / wife Ann ( Jean Hagen ) , son Rick ( Frankie Avalon ) , and daughter Karen ( Mary Mitchel ) - are going for a camping trip in the country . While driving through the country , they find out that nuclear war has devastated Los A...
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William Smith is the man .
A group of bikers is recruited by the military for a daring rescue operation during the Vietnam War . The trouble is , can these fun-loving hooligans stay focused long enough to complete the mission ? An Army captain does his best to supervise / babysit them . Directed with typical assured efficiency by action speciali...
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Premium-Quality H2O .
Bobby Boucher ( Adam Sandler ) is a slow-witted mama's boy who loves his work : he's the waterboy for a college football team . After taking tons of abuse from the players , he is fired by the coach ( Jerry Reed ) , and he ends up connecting with Coach Klein ( Henry Winkler ) who discovers Bobby's hidden talent : if yo...
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Very Good !
Hunter ( Denzel Washington ) is recruited to be the new XO for submarine commander Ramsey ( Gene Hackman ) at a time when the United States and Russia are poised on the brink of a nuclear war . At one point in the film , the sub receives a message that is incomplete . Ramsey believes it's his duty to fire his nukes whi...
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The ' Great Teacher ' Story Once Again . . .
Morgan Freeman plays " Crazy Joe " Clark , a veteran educator who accepts the challenge of restoring a nightmarish inner-city school to its former days of glory . . . and inspiring the students to actually start learning . Based on a true story . While stories of ' Great Teachers ' have been around for some time now - ...
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Entertaining and worth checking out .
Breakdown is a better than average thriller pitting Jeff Taylor ( Kurt Russell ) , a more or less ordinary guy , against a quartet of nasty , slimy kidnapper-extortionists , led by semi truck driver Warren " Red " Barr ( the late , great J . T . Walsh ) . Jeff and wife Amy ( Kathleen Quinlan ) obviously have had more...
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Chucky continues his psychotic carnage !
Andy Barclay ( Alex Vincent ) the young would-be victim of the first " Child's Play " , is now boarding with foster parents . Unfortunately , the Chucky doll from the first movie is resurrected ( because the company that makes the Good Guys dolls wants to dispel the negative publicity ) but we all already know what a s...
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Corman delivers another fun adaptation of Poe material .
This is an entertaining three-part horror anthology taken from works by Edgar Allan Poe , scripted by Richard Matheson and produced & directed by Roger Corman . While not without flaws , it's stylish film-making and is well performed by a distinguished cast of thespians . It explores the ideas of what happens after dea...
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A charming low-budget sci-fi winner .
At a remote space station , Max ( Don Opper ) is the loyal assistant to Dr . Daniel ( Klaus Kinski ) , a devoted scientist . Max also happens to be a very lifelike android with a healthy interest in human relationships . On his own initiative , he allows three people , who happen to be criminals on the lam , to enter t...
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This is John Candy's show all the way !
The late , great John Candy does well as stressed-out air traffic controller Jack Chester , who's actually ORDERED to go on a vacation . He and his family ( Karen Austin , Kerri Green , Joey Lawrence , Aubrey Jene ) travel to Florida and rent a home for the summer , where obligatory misadventures take place . Jack also...
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A stylishly macabre melange of surreal scenes .
A very young and beautiful Jennifer Connelly has an early career top-billed role as Jennifer Corvino , daughter of a famous actor , who is sent to a girls school in Switzerland . Jennifer has an uncanny way of bonding with insects that is encouraged by local entomology professor John McGregor ( Donald Pleasence in a de...
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Carpenters ' early and excellent foray into made-for-TV movies .
Leigh Michaels ( Lauren Hutton ) is the new director of live TV at a small time station who receives the attention of a frighteningly persistent psycho who continuously phones her . With her likable new love interest Paul Winkless ( David Birney ) and friendly co-worker Sophie ( Carpenters ' ex-wife and frequent perfor...
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Well worth seeing .
A psychiatrist ( Sigourney Weaver ) who's an expert on serial killers is targeted by a devious , brainy psycho who's intent on making history by paying homage to murders committed by monsters such as Berkowitz , Dahmer , and Bundy . While not totally without flaws ( yes , I can see some of the holes in the script ) , t...
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The boys are back in town ! ! !
Nick Nolte plays Jack Cates , an edgy , sullen , and world-weary San Francisco police detective who temporarily paroles young convict Reggie Hammond ( Eddie Murphy ) so Hammond can help him catch psychotic thief and murderer Albert Ganz ( James Remar ) . One of the first , and absolute best , " mismatched-partners " co...
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A truly gripping thriller .
Jim Halsey ( C . Thomas Howell ) is driving / delivering a car to a buyer in California , when he makes the mistake of picking up a hitchhiker who calls himself John Ryder ( Rutger Hauer ) . Ryder relentlessly pursues Halsey throughout the desert , appearing and disappearing at will , causing havoc and bloodshed wherev...
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It certainly seemed simple enough . . .
Based on Scott B . Smith's novel ; scripted by the author himself . This is a story of three men ( Bill Paxton , Billy Bob Thornton , Brent Briscoe ) who find a staggering amount of cash in a downed airplane . Their decision to hold on to this money until they can figure out what to do with it turns out to be a very ba...
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An intense and gripping thriller .
A mysterious black Sedan appears in the desert outside the small town of Santa Ynez , New Mexico , and proceeds to mow down assorted townspeople . Stoic and reliable Sheriff Wade Parent ( a solid James Brolin ) and his men eventually realize something infinitely powerful is driving this demonic vehicle of death , and t...
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Temper , Temper !
Failed hockey player Happy Gilmore ( Adam Sandler ) is persuaded by disabled former golf pro Chubbs Peterson ( athlete-turned-actor Carl Weathers , in an amusing character role ) to turn his attention to golf instead . When Happy's grandmother ( Frances Bay ) loses her home to the IRS , Happy has added incentive to sta...
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The title is misleading . . . but it's still interesting .
In what may be the performance of his career , veteran character actor Dick Miller , who's popped up in LOTS of movies both big and small , plays Walter Paisley , a nerd and a wimp who works as a busboy in a coffee shop . He idolizes the beatniks and otherwise arty types who frequent the place and more than anything lo...
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Here's a new reason to hate lawyers !
Mitch McDeere ( Tom Cruise ) is persuaded to join a prominent Memphis law firm , and everything seems so perfect that you just know it's too good to be true . And it is . The firm works for the Chicago mob , and for anybody who tries to leave the firm after learning the truth . . . well , need I say more ? The FBI , pe...
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Campy and cheesy B-picture is a lot of fun .
In this movies ' vision of the year 1999 ( it's amusing to watch this sort of thing now , since almost a decade has passed since the year portrayed in this film ) , gang violence has become very predominant across the country . One enterprising company named Megatech has come up with the solution : enlist a trio of cyb...
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Good B-movie junk from the 1980's !
Several innocent people in NYC get slaughtered by a mysterious figure dressed as a cop . Police officer Jack Forrest ( Bruce Campbell ) is conveniently singled out to be the prime suspect , while detective Frank McCrae ( Tom Atkins ) tries to identify the real culprit . Solid , chilling little movie is an enjoyable gui...
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Violent Eurotrash movie packs a mean punch .
Robert Mitchums ' son Christopher ( who bears a definite resemblance to his legendary father ) is the laid-back lead and title character in this Italian / Spanish co-production , a crime and revenge story that delivers impressive doses of female flesh and nasty violence . Ricco has been in prison thanks to the machinat...
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Holy s # # t , it's the attack of Eddie Munster !
Lucy ( Dianne Wiest ) moves with her sons Michael ( Jason Patric ) and Sam ( Corey Haim ) to California where Michael gets mixed up with local teenage gang , headed by David ( Kiefer Sutherland ) , that is actually a group of vampires . " The Lost Boys " is an entertaining modern vampire movie with lots of flash , styl...
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A fine werewolf tale from Hammer .
Based on the novel " The Werewolf of Paris " by Guy Endore but set in Spain , this effective little story starts with a beggar being imprisoned by a nasty nobleman . This poor soul turns feral after many years of confinement and ends up raping a mute servant girl before expiring . The girl gives birth to a son on Chris...
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A fun and funky blast of choice blaxploitation .
Cooler-than-cool Isaac Hayes essays the title role here , a slick former football pro turned skip tracer . He and partner Jerry ( amiable Alan Weeks ) go after thuggish pimp Gator ( Paul Harris ) and are forced to shoot and kill the cretin when he refuses to go quietly . This incurs the lethal wrath of Gators ' woman D...
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Don't forget a steady supply of body bags . . .
Dramatic action classic features Sylvester Stallone as one of his two iconic film characters ( the other being Rocky Balboa , of course ) : John Rambo is a sullen and traumatized Vietnam veteran who starts his own private war in the Northwestern United States when ignorant , bullying small-town sheriff Will Teasle ( Br...
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Smart , amusing and fun : a great 80's genre movie .
A comet is passing Earth and the entire population is getting ready for the big show . However , the next morning brings devastating results : everybody who was outside has turned to dust , those who were briefly exposed are metamorphosing into zombies , and it seems as if two teenagers , level-headed Regina ( Catherin...
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Grim and grisly grocery store slaughter .
The staff of a grocery store , on the night that they're told that they will soon have to find new jobs , are lined up for slaughter by a nasty and most sadistic maniac , in this very enjoyable late entry in the slasher film cycle . Director Scott Spiegel goes a little overboard in the early going with his crazy ideas ...
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People always go away so they can forget where they were .
Director George A . Romeros ' own personal favorite out of his entire oeuvre is a thoughtful , and original take on vampire tales . The title character is a young man , believably portrayed by debuting John Amplas , who believes himself to be a vampire . He's had this idea drilled into his head for a long time , especi...
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A pleasure to watch in a variety of ways .
Fran ( Marianne Morris ) and Miriam ( Anulka ) are two mesmerizing bisexual beauties in this 1974 entry in the erotic vampire film cycle of the 1970's . They prey on unwary motorists , but bring some trouble on themselves in acquiring their newest victim , Ted ( Murray Brown ) . In their vicinity are two vacationing lo...
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1 , 2 , Freddy's Coming For You . . .
A quartet of teenagers ( Heather Langenkamp , Amanda Wyss , Nick Corri , Johnny Depp ) are all having the same nightmare , in which they are pursued by undead being Freddy Krueger ( Robert Englund ) , a child murderer executed years ago by a vengeful mob . It's up to Nancy ( Langenkamp ) to figure out how to combat thi...
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Thoroughly entertaining nature-strikes-back horror scores a bulls-eye .
Arizona veterinarian " Rack " Hansen ( William Shatner ) probes the death of farmer Walter Colbys ' ( Woody Strode ) prize calf ; entomologist Diane Ashley ( Tiffany Bolling ) shows up to inform them that the cause of death was spider venom . Then the culprits - a seemingly never-ending army of tarantulas - show up to ...
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Intriguingly grim and creepy little film .
Actor Laurence Harvey made his final feature film appearance in this interesting mid-70's shocker which he also directed ( and also apparently helped to edit while on his deathbed ) . The Oscar nominee plays Jason Henry , living in seclusion with sister Grace ( the beautiful Joanna Pettet ) . Into their lives comes you...
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Enjoyable late 70's low-budget horror flick .
A group of young adults get stranded in the back of the beyond , where the only place in the vicinity is a museum full of wax dummies , and the only form of help is affable local Mr . Slausen ( Chuck Connors ) . As night falls , the kids get picked off in record time . An odd , freaky B movie that combines the creepine...
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The real star of the movie is obviously Rick Baker .
Astronaut Steve West ( Alex Rebar ) and his comrades undertake a space mission that sees them flying through the rings of Saturn . His comrades are killed instantly , but it would seem that they are in fact the lucky ones . Steve returns to Earth a constantly oozing mass of humanoid pulp ; as he turns into a savage kil...
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A great crime drama with a typically fine Al Pacino performance .
Pacino plays Carlito Brigante , a former criminal who gets out of prison after a five year stretch . He's vowed to go straight , and hooks up with old flame Gail ( Penelope Ann Miller ) while enjoying a new gig as the boss of a night club . However , his loyalty to his hopelessly corrupt attorney Dave Kleinfeld ( an ex...
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Christopher Lee makes a triumphant return to one of his best-known roles .
Very entertaining belated sequel to " Horror of Dracula " in which two vacationing couples - Charles ( Francis Matthews ) & Dianna ( Suzan Farmer ) and Alan ( Charles Tingwell ) & Helen ( Barbara Shelley ) - are lured to Draculas ' castle . The good count is resurrected that very night by loyal servant Klove ( Philip L...
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As sexy as a B movie gets . . .
This endearing bit of 1970's era schlock is about a maniacal plan to turn unsuspecting women into sex-driven predators who are determined to make sure that the local male population dies happy , if you know what I mean . Government agent Neil Agar ( tough and stolid B movie veteran William Smith , looking quite handsom...
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Very likable and funny horror for a younger audience .
Entertaining PG-13 extravaganza for the kid in all of us . Dracula ( a dapper Duncan Regehr ) materializes in modern times , rounding up other such horror movie icons as The Mummy , The Wolf Man , The Gill Man , and Frankensteins ' monster ( Tom Noonan ) . Dracula is in search of a special amulet and needs his fellow c...
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Good work by first-time director Bill Paxton .
Actor Paxton made his directorial debut with this chilling , dark , and competently made thriller about a widowed mechanic ( Paxton himself ) who ropes his two sons into participating in savage ax murders , claiming that the victims are not human beings at all but " demons " , and that they have been selected by God to...
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Instant cult stuff .
Inventive , silly-as-can-be B movie that has simple , no-brainer fun with a ridiculous premise . Nasty alien beings that look like clowns arrive in the woods outside a small town . They have a variety of ingenious methods of disposing of their dumber-than-dumb human victims ( popcorn guns , anyone ? ) . Amiable goofbal...
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Thrill me , Mr . Dekker !
This well-loved 1986 movie is about an alien experiment that crashes to Earth in 1959 ; immediately , a slimy little alien slug leaps inside a guy's mouth and he ends up in cryogenic suspension for 27 years . First year university students Chris ( Jason Lively ) and J . C . ( Steve Marshall ) attempt to pilfer his corp...
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An emotionally charged character study .
Terry ( John Savage ) has been in prison for two years for a sex crime . He returns home to his doting mother Thelma ( screen legend Ann Sothern ) , but it's obvious his mind has taken a fateful turn for the worse . A sullen , withdrawn , and brooding individual , Terry develops an unhealthy fixation on Thelmas ' new t...
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A superior thriller !
Jane ( Pamela Franklin ) and Cathy ( Michele Dotrice ) are two comely young British nurses on a cycling trip in rural France . After they have a row spurned by Cathy's desire for an extended rest , Jane pedals off and leaves Cathy on her own . Before long , she's feeling guilty , and when Cathy never turns up anywhere ...
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This is my kind of place !
Foul-mouthed , hot-tempered criminal Seth Gecko ( George Clooney ) and his disgusting , idiotic brother Richie ( played by writer Quentin Tarantino ) leave a trail of bodies in their wake as they head for Mexico . They take a vacationing family ( Harvey Keitel , Juliette Lewis , Ernest Liu ) hostage and arrive at their...
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Good and overlooked vampire film .
Kate Davis ( Chantal Contouri ) is abducted by a cult who inform her of her lineage ( she's supposed to be a descendant of real-life historical figure Elisabeth Bathory ) and believe that they can help fulfill her destiny . Confining her to a " farm " where they harvest human beings for their blood , they hope to conve...
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Ideal no-brainer action vehicle for Chuck Norris .
The veteran action star is Col . Braddock , a former prisoner of war who goes back to Vietnam and is determined to bring back the American soldiers that the Vietnamese government denies are still being held there . " Missing in Action " is all business . Director Joseph Zito knows just what the audience demands , and d...
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A solid little thriller .
Dennis Pitt ( Anthony Perkins ) , a pathetic , eccentric young man being released from a mental institution after a long ago arson , is prone to fantasizing . When he spies luscious high school student Sue Ann Stepanek ( Tuesday Weld ) , he worms his way into her life by concocting an elaborate story about being a CIA ...
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A sad , poignant tale of innocence lost , this is not your usual vampire tale .
Lila Lee ( 1970's drive-in flick star Cheryl " Rainbeaux " Smith ) is the angelic daughter of Alvin Lee , a gangster on the run . Lilas ' guardian is The Reverend ( played by director Richard Blackburn ) . One day , Lila receives a letter from a mystery lady named Lemora ( Lesley Gilb ) , who tells her that her father ...
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Worth catching for hardcore horror fans .
Full-blooded horror story about two teen-aged sisters , Brigitte ( Emily Perkins ) and Ginger ( Katharine Isabelle ) who are both morbid , obsessed with death , and seemingly joined at the hip . One night , they are in a wooded area , on the edge of their suburb , intending to play a prank on a classmate . However , Gi...
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Since Nightbeast technically is active in the daytime . . .
. . . They could have called him 24-Hour-Beast , but that wouldn't exactly roll off the tongue , would it ? My first film from Do-It-Yourself regional film-maker Don Dohler is a standard " unfriendly alien comes to Earth and tears up the locals " B plot . And of course someone has to try to stop our ugly marauder . It'...
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Well-wrought ghost story .
Four people , including parapsychologist Dr . Lionel Barrett ( Clive Revill ) and his wife Ann ( Gayle Hunnicutt ) , mental medium Florence Tanner ( Pamela Franklin ) and physical medium Ben Fischer ( Roddy McDowall ) investigate the psychic phenomena of a sprawling mansion with the expected skeletons in its closet . A...
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Solid low-budget psychological horror that just oozes menace .
In a small rural community , a series of graphic murders - the murder weapon in this case is a pair of scissors - is baffling the police and terrifying the citizens . Forlorn farm woman Ingrid ( May Britt ) , who clearly has had a traumatic incident in her past , Ingrids ' uncle Carl ( Cameron Mitchell ) , and the loca...
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Definitely deserving of its cult status .
Director Richard Franklin and screenwriter Everett De Roche , who also gave us the great 1981 thriller " Roadgames " , team up here for this modest yet effective tale . The title character , played by Robert Thompson , murders his mum and her lover , then ends up in a comatose state for the next three years . As he lay...
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Check your brain at the door and you may have a blast with this one .
Paula Powers ( Nancy Morgan ) defies snooty , filthy-rich jerk father Bigby ( Barry Cahill ) by taking off in his prized Rolls Royce , intending to marry lover Sam Freeman ( Ron Howard , also making his directorial debut here ) . As more and more people take off in pursuit of the two , it turns into a circus , especial...
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An effectively disturbing little movie .
In this combination of sci-fi / horror and political conspiracy thriller , a company named Clonus is making copies of human beings ; these clones are kept docile and , for the most part , not particularly curious , in a facility in the California countryside where they're constantly being trained before they are sent t...
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Yes , I can say that the buzz is real . . . this is as good as people say .
Bloody historical epic as well as a period piece horror film , this takes place during a time of civil unrest in England , as Royalists are fighting the Parliamentary party for control . During this time , some unscrupulous people seek to eliminate the thorns in their side by exploiting superstitious fears , and accusi...
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A good deal of fun .
Smooth , dapper gangster Morgan ( a most enjoyable Robert Quarry ) desires the nightclub of a man named Langston ( Larry D . Johnson ) . Morgan is yet another of those " I won't take no for an answer " types and has his thugs beat Langston to death . Langston's furious lover Diana " Sugar " Hill ( the impressively gorg...
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That's Life .
Two young men ( Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence ) are paired together by circumstance in 1932 New York City ; while travelling in the South , they are framed for murder and are sent to Mississippi State Prison where they spend the majority of their lives ( over fifty years ! ) . For me , what really made it work was s...
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Really good ; I always have a good time watching this one .
Third " Nightmare " movie in which Freddy continues to terrorize the dreams of the last of the Elm Street children . They all end up in the psychiatric wing of a hospital where dedicated doctor Neil Gordon ( Craig Wasson ) and original survivor Nancy Thompson ( Heather Langenkamp ) work overtime to help and protect the...
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Don't expect a horror movie , and you might like it .
Amiable combination of dark comedy and thriller in which Craig Lewis ( Jeff East ) goes to college on a track scholarship . He makes friends with Barney ( Charles Martin Smith ) and they undergo initiation for entrance to a fraternity . They have to run in freezing cold weather wearing only jockstraps . When Barney fal...
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Smart and lots of fun to boot .
A very affable Nathan Baesel plays the title character , an aspiring slasher aiming to take his place among the greats - Jason , Freddy , Michael . His every move is followed by a documentary film crew - Angela Goethals , Britain Spellings and Ben Pace - as he makes preparations for his first mass slaughter . " Behind ...
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A lewd and likable lowbrow comedy .
This sexploitation comedy is just so upbeat and blatantly comedic it's hard to resist . The title girls have lives that pretty much revolve around sex . A new member of their team , Jeannie ( nude model Stephanie Fondue ) is a wallflower who is recruited because it isn't believed she'll get into the same trouble as the...
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A very interesting and original thriller .
As a follow-up to his wonderful tongue-in-cheek nature-strikes-back horror movie " Squirm " , the always original cult director Jeff Lieberman concocted this provocative thriller . It seems that the people who took an acid named Blue Sunshine 10 years ago at Stanford University are all of a sudden suffering delayed rea...
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Entertaining trash .
Virginal nice-guy high school teen Sean ( Jay North ) is seduced by his impossibly sexy teacher Diane ( a smokin ' hot Angel Tompkins ) in this nicely tawdry sleaze fest from Hikmet Avedis . Also lusting after Diane is Ralph ( veteran bad guy actor Anthony James ) , a pathetic , deranged creep who starts stalking after...
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A good example of low budget horror movie-making .
This memorable cult classic from 1974 was the big breakout film for writer / composer / director Tobe Hooper . It's a story , one of several to be inspired by the exploits of Ed Gein , about five young people who travel to an old family home which unfortunately happens to be too close to the abode of an ultra creepy fa...
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Amiable dark comedy / splatterfest .
Ritchie ( Stephen Dorff ) is an American in Russia in debt to a mobster named Groznyi ( Sean Pertwee ) ; after screwing up a diamond robbery at the outset of the movie , Ritchie is given a final chance to pay up : obtain a cross from a family living in an apartment building . Saddled with a loose cannon accomplice who ...
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A well-done thriller worth checking out or re-visiting .
William Petersen of ' C . S . I . ' fame plays Will Graham , a former FBI agent whose capture of brilliant psychopath Hannibal Lecter ( Brian Cox ) left him with both physical and psychological damage . He's living an idyllic life now in Florida when his old colleague Jack Crawford ( Dennis Farina ) implores him to hel...
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A compelling saga of revenge .
Madeleine ( Christina Lindberg ) is rendered mute after a horrible childhood rape . 15 years later , her life takes a new turn for the worse when , after missing a bus , she accepts a ride from Tony ( Heinz Hopf ) , who unsurprisingly turns out to be a real monster , getting her hooked on heroin and forcing her into wo...
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Absolutely priceless stuff !
Prolific horror author Stephen King made his only directorial effort to date with this hilariously silly adaptation of his short story " Trucks " . It's so laughable , in fact , that I now believe King had to have had his tongue in his cheek making it . As the film opens , a text informs us that the Earth is passing in...
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We can live together as mates .
Director Paul Schrader presents a " Cat People " for the 80's in what nowadays would probably be labeled a " re-imagining " . Working from a screenplay by Alan Ormsby , he crafts a compelling story of myth , sexual awakening , and obsession . While the classic 1942 version of the story is revered for its power of sugge...
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Very enjoyable .
Returning to the Western genre for the first time since " The Outlaw Josey Wales " , Clint Eastwood produced , directed , and acted in this tale of an unnamed soul , referred to only as " Preacher " , who supplies desperately needed support for a community of " tin panners " who mine for gold the hard way . A local tyc...
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Two cops , wishing me luck . . . I'm doomed .
Veteran director John Carpenter created a great , classic B thriller with this witty , stylish little piece - although it went virtually unnoticed at the time of its release , taking a while to develop a " cult " reputation . A small group of cops , secretaries and convicts are forced to band together in order to prote...
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I've always enjoyed this particular Stephen King short story .
So to see it come to life is especially fun . William Hurt plays Jason Renshaw , a coldly efficient hit man who bumps off a toy company CEO in the opening minutes . Shortly after arriving back at his own apartment , he receives an unexpected package : an assortment of toy soldiers , weapons , and helicopters . As one m...
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Lots of laughs in great 1983 Steve Martin film .
Steve Martin plays brilliant brain surgeon Dr . Michael Hfuhruhurr ( when he says it , it sounds like Huh-FURRRR ) , renowned for his " screw top " method . He makes the mistake of falling for self-serving , vampish Dolores Benedict ( Kathleen Turner ) , but finds reason to live when he falls even harder for disembodie...
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An excellent vanguard zombie film .
Two young newlyweds on vacation in Haiti ( Madge Bellamy , John Harron ) fall victim to the machinations of sinister Murder Legendre ( the great Bela Lugosi ) . Murder is a sugar plantation boss who controls a legion of zombie helpers with the help of some zombie powder ; when the young couples ' host ( Robert Frazer )...
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More ghoulish fun with horror icons Lee and Cushing .
Emmanuel Hildern ( Peter Cushing ) is a scientist / researcher who believes that evil is actually a disease for which he intends to find a cure . He's discovered a very unusual skeleton , one that he hopes will throw all ideas of evolution out the window . Also part of the plot is his ( half ) brother James ( Christoph...
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A fun and engaging Bigfoot picture .
College students Pahoo ( Dennis Fimple ) and Rives ( John David Carson ) travel to the Louisiana swamps to locate trapper Joe Canton ( Jack Elam ) , who's made a claim that a " creature " killed his partner . They're eager to prove the existence of Bigfoot , and see this as their chance . Written by Jim McCullough Jr ....
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Peace And Understanding ? What A Novel Idea .
Klaatu ( Michael Rennie ) , a man from another planet , arrives on earth with a robot companion ( Lock Martin ) with the attention of addressing all the governments of Earth . He wants them to work towards peace and understanding , or Earth will be faced with the prospect of destruction . Forget about the cheesy effect...
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Enjoyable killer animal feature .
This is a genuinely gripping movie about abandoned dogs on a forest island which form a pack and go on a rampage . It's up to marine biologist Jerry ( an engaging Joe Don Baker ) to save his own family as well as some bankers and company who are on a fishing vacation . Comparisons to the previous years ' " Dogs " are a...
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A bright and original horror comedy .
Michael Laemle ( Bryan Madorsky ) is an introverted child who's just moved to a new town with his parents . His parents are Nick ( Randy Quaid ) and Lily ( Mary Beth Hurt ) , two conformist types who are always eager to push leftover meat on him . Michael comes to wonder where the meat comes from , noting that all they...
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An enjoyably outrageous W . I . P . parody .
Unlucky Jennifer ( Linda Carol ) is busted after assisting her boyfriend in an armed robbery , and sent to Pridemore , a juvenile detention facility . The usual sleazy shenanigans ensue , including the struggle against the obese and flamboyant matron ( Pat Ast , a delight in a deliberately over-the-top performance ) an...
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An excellent thriller that deserves to be better known .
Carl ( Bruce Campbell ) is just being released from prison , but he's already got plans for a major heist . Due to the bumbling of his none-too-reliable partner Patrick ( Jeremy Roberts ) , things unravel pretty quickly as one thing after another goes wrong . Drawing inspiration from Alfred Hitchcocks ' classic movie "...
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A creepy horror film with a decent premise .
Four young Americans are having the time of their life on a Mexican vacation . They make the acquaintance of Matthias ( Joe Anderson ) , who invites them to accompany him to a Mayan temple where Matthias's brother and some others have been exploring . When they reach the place , some awfully intimidating locals threate...
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I Was Impressed .
Compelling , heartbreaking true story of a small-town massacre in Florida in the 1920's that starts when a white woman is assaulted by her lover and falsely claims that a black man had done it . Ving Rhames plays a " Mr . Mann , " a loner / war veteran who comes to the aid of the townsfolk . This has got to be one of t...
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Grim and potent low-budget shocker .
When a plane crash causes an experimental virus , designed for use as a biological weapon , to spread in the small town of Evans City , PA , the military is called in to try to contain the situation . Martial law is implemented , while scientists feverishly try to come up with an antidote . People who contract the viru...
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Thoroughly entertaining revenge-driven blaxploitation classic .
Pam Grier had the biggest hit of her career with this tough and gritty blaxploitation film . Playing the title role , she shows incredible poise and conviction , in addition to her undeniable sex appeal . Coffy is a nurse seething after her kid sister has become a drug addict . Knowing full well that the cops are on th...
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A thoroughly enjoyable B horror movie .
Reliable small town doctor Paul Beecher ( John Beal ) gets a hold of some experimental regression pills extracted from vampire bats ; mistaking them for his migraine pills , he starts taking them and becomes addicted to taking them . Slowly it dawns on him that it's causing him to mutate into a hideous fiend that preys...
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It's too bad that this would be Brandon Lee's swan song . . .
Eric Draven ( Brandon Lee ) , a rock musician , and his fiancée Shelly are brutally murdered by thugs representing depraved master criminal Top Dollar ( Michael Wincott ) . One year later , Eric is brought back to life - and guided by a crow - so that he can seek vengeance on these scummy lowlifes . Although the idea o...
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When " Free Willy " attacks . . .
Ignorant fisherman Captain Nolan ( Richard Harris ) tries to harpoon a male killer whale . He misses it ( although he does take a chunk out of its dorsal fin ) and harpoons the animal's pregnant mate . When both the female and its cub die , the male embarks on a mission of vengeance . Of course , the whole idea of an a...