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518,982 | 8,239,592 | 83,111 | 8 | A tense , gritty and harrowing " Deliverance " variant | 1973 : Nine excessively macho , arrogant and incompetent National Guardsmen doing basic weekend maneuvers in the Louisianna bayou get hopelessly lost . One of the Guardsmen ( an amusingly puckish Lewis Smith ) loses his cool and fires at some local Cajuns with a machine gun that's loaded with blanks . The understandabl... |
517,956 | 8,239,592 | 470,705 | 8 | A dark , disturbing and often wickedly funny portrait of a severely messed-up codependent relationship | Sad , lonely and rundown Agnes ( a marvelously fierce and heartbreaking performance by Ashley Judd ) isn't having a good time of it : she resides in a dingy , squalid motel room , works at a sleazy lesbian bar , and her no-count abusive ex-husband Jerry ( a surprisingly creepy and convincing portrayal by Harry Connick ... |
519,440 | 8,239,592 | 60,789 | 8 | Amusingly goofy Italian spy spoof | The immense success of the James Bond movies in the 60's not surprisingly beget a slew of entertainingly campy cheapo cash-in copies . This tongue-in-cheek Italian romp might very well be one of the silliest of the whole lot . Diabolical madman Rether ( a deliciously wicked Folco Lulli ) sabotages all the U . S . moon-... |
518,617 | 8,239,592 | 65,643 | 8 | A pleasingly nice'n'naughty piece of choice 70's soft-core smut | Saucy , husky-voiced , totally liberated and uninhibited free spirit Sally McGuire ( a winning performance by the lusciously bouncy'n'bountiful redhead soft-core starlet Sharon Kelly ) gleefully disrupts the drab tranquility of a sleepy armpit California burg by broadcasting from the back of her mobile van . Sally's sh... |
519,178 | 8,239,592 | 69,979 | 8 | An immensely enjoyable Italian male buddy Mafia crime opus | Steely , powerful gangster supreme Frankie Diomede ( the always terrific Lee Van Cleef in fine rugged form ) has himself arrested and sent to prison so he can rub out a traitorous partner sans detection . Fawning goofball small-time hood and wiseguy wannabe Tony Breda ( an amiable portrayal by Tony Lo Bianco ) gets bus... |
518,711 | 8,239,592 | 65,692 | 8 | A strikingly original and compelling experimental oddity | In the late 60's up until the late 70's Stacy Keach appeared with pleasing regularity in a sizable volume of seriously offbeat try-and-do-whatever defiantly unconventional and noncommercial oddball indie movies . These pictures include John Huston's beautifully downbeat " Fat City , " the gloomy dope addict feature " W... |
518,797 | 8,239,592 | 64,691 | 8 | A real kitschy 60's sci-fi Western hoot | A gang of nefarious criminals lead by arrogant evil rich jerk J . J . Hubbard ( nicely essayed with deliciously wicked relish by Warren Mitchell ) plan on hijacking a small asteroid made of valuable sapphire and landing it on the moon . It's up to stalwart space pilot for hire Captain William H . Kemp ( a likable perfo... |
519,180 | 8,239,592 | 53,219 | 8 | An entertaining sequel to the classic original | Late scientist Andre Delambre's ambitious son Philippe ( a solid and sympathetic performance by the handsome Brett Halsey ) decides to continue his father's experiments with teleportation . His worried uncle Francois ( the always superb Vincent Price ) disapproves . Philippe gets betrayed by his treacherous assistant R... |
517,916 | 8,239,592 | 83,017 | 8 | Oh those naughty Nazis ! | Loyal , fanatical and ambitious SS officer Hans Schellenberg ( a perfectly slimy and over-the-top crazed portrayal by Gabriele Carrara ) is assigned by General Berger ( a fine Ivano Stacioli ) to find traitors who exist amidst the top echelon of the Third Reich . Hans gathers together ten beautiful whores to accomplish... |
517,993 | 8,239,592 | 53,240 | 8 | A neat Russian fantasy outing | Evil witch Louhi ( wizened old crone Anna Orochko ) kidnaps sweet fair maiden Annikki ( lovely blonde Eva Kivi ) from her peaceful village in order to get her rugged blacksmith and magician brother Ilmarinen ( solid Ivan Voronov ) to build her a magical device known as a sampo . After honest , decent woodmans Lemminkai... |
517,941 | 8,239,592 | 65,677 | 8 | A nifty giallo outing | Beautiful , but sexually repressed young housewife Minou ( a marvelously luminous performance by luscious redhead stunner Dagmar Lassander ) gets assaulted on the beach by a cunning blackmailer ( a compelling portrayal by Simon Andreu ) who tells Minou that her struggling businessman husband Peter ( smoothly played by ... |
518,153 | 8,239,592 | 197,857 | 8 | A choice filthy chunk of vintage 70's drive-in sleaze | Sullen , reserved Frank ( excellently played with brooding intensity by Gary Kent , who also doubled as the movie's production manager ) and his retarded , infantile brother John ( a genuinely creepy portrayal by John Stoglin ) are a couple of severely misogynistic wackos who get their sick kicks abducting lovely young... |
519,013 | 8,239,592 | 70,078 | 8 | A hugely enjoyable Amicus horror anthology winner | Dismal fates befall various customers who buy items at a seedy antique shop run by a sinister proprietor ( a splendidly creepy Peter Cushing ) . 1st and most chilling tale , " The Gate Crasher " - Edward Charlton ( the always fine David Warner ) purchases a mirror which has a murderous ghost residing inside of it who f... |
518,937 | 8,239,592 | 236,638 | 8 | A pleasingly nice'n'nasty French horror outing | A motley coed quintet of attractive , but untalented young thespians are hired by a flaky , testy , crippled millionaire ( a wonderfully loud and flamboyant turn by Francois Berleand ) who resides in an opulent castle abode located deep in the remote woods to put on a play for his scarily quiet autistic grandson . A vi... |
519,160 | 8,239,592 | 91,680 | 8 | A total gut-busting riot | Affable aspiring cartoonist Hoops McCann ( a wonderfully engaging performance by John Cusack ) and his best buddy George ( the deliciously deadpan Joel Murray ) go to Nantucket for the summer following graduation from high school . Hoops , George , and several newfound pals come to the aid of Cassandra ( Demi Moore at ... |
518,062 | 8,239,592 | 299,754 | 8 | A grimly compelling short film | Frustrated artist Christopher ( a fine performance by Mark Baranowski ) can't handle failure and rejection anymore , so he commits suicide by taking an overdose of pills . His loving wife Yvette ( well played by the fetching Ryli Morgan ) discovers her husband's corpse , sinks into a heavy funk , strips naked , and kil... |
518,920 | 8,239,592 | 74,455 | 8 | The decay and decline of Western civilization | Tobe Hooper's worthy and shamefully underrated fright film follow-up to his phenomenal debut horror movie " The Texas Chainsaw Massacre " rarely gets the attention and appraisal it truly deserves . Neville Brand delivers a gloriously crazed , intense and uninhibited performance as certifiably nuts backwoods motel propr... |
519,026 | 8,239,592 | 197,851 | 8 | An amusing send-up of cruddy Bigfoot documentaries | This often amusing and always enjoyable parody of cheesy 70's Sasquatch documentaries pokes jolly fun at schlockmeister filmmakers in general by making the main character a Grade D blood'n'guts dreck horror flick hack director who decides to do a Bigfoot documentary . The doc is sponsored by a local beer company ; grat... |
518,750 | 8,239,592 | 486,051 | 8 | A nice'n'spooky little horror sleeper | A sassy lady college student ( sharply played by the lovely Emily Blunt ) hitches a ride with a sullen oddball classmate ( a marvelously brooding performance by Ashton Holmes ) for a cross country jaunt so she can get home for the Christmas holidays . The pair get caught in a snow storm and find themselves stuck on a r... |
518,159 | 8,239,592 | 83,052 | 8 | A touching domestic drama | Vain , neglectful former race car driver turned automobile dealership owner Ken Colby ( a fine portrayal by Tony Lo Bianco ) and his sweet , but fed-up wife Valentine ( a marvelously warm and appealing performance by Karen Black ) are having marital problems . Not only does Ken have his hands full with his faltering bu... |
518,020 | 8,239,592 | 74,434 | 8 | Don't go to the dismally dingy drive-in of death and doom | A choice cheesy chunk of wonderfully rancid and wretched two-cent 70's grind-house garbage about a putrid Califonia passion pit that's beset by a shocking series of gruesome murders perpetuated by some mystery maniac . It's up to a couple of bumbling and portly homicide detectives played by ubiquitous B-movie bit playe... |
518,662 | 8,239,592 | 91,651 | 8 | Klaus Kinski shines in this moody , melancholy and atmospheric vampire horror picture | Late , great wacko fruitbag iconoclastic actor Klaus Kinski gives a marvelously threatening , overwhelming , terrifyingly bestial and sometimes even strangely touching performance as Nosferatu , an evil , indestructible , all-powerful vampire who preys upon an affluent aristocratic family in Venice , Italy during the b... |
519,056 | 8,239,592 | 74,433 | 8 | A very funny and entertaining 70's low-budget comedy treat | This enjoyably wacky and frantic film centers on a single wild'n'crazy night at a Texas drive-in theater called the Alamo . The interconnecting stories include nice , but shy guy Orville Hennigson ( the supremely affable Glenn Morshower ) taking sweet , yet sassy Glowie Hudson ( adorable brunette spitfire Lisa Lemole )... |
519,354 | 8,239,592 | 83,040 | 8 | A solid and exciting revenge action thriller | 1968 , Saigon : An elite group of army soldiers leave their Vietnamese political officer guide Nguyen ( well played by Park Jong Soo ) behind after they get ambushed by the Vietcong . Ten years later the embittered Nguyen tracks down and kills the various squad members . Among the targets of Nguyen's lethal wrath are t... |
518,388 | 8,239,592 | 70,039 | 8 | Another solid horror winner from the ever-reliable Paul Naschy | Evil warlock Alaric De Marnac ( the one and only Paul Naschy ) gets beheaded for his crimes against humanity in 15th century France . His wicked mistress Mabille De Lancre ( ravishing redhead Helga Line ) is also tortured and executed . In the modern age Alaric's descendant Hugo ( Naschy again ) , painter Maurice Rolan... |
518,015 | 8,239,592 | 435,653 | 8 | A pleasingly spooky and unsettling supernatural horror chiller | Three old college friends - - mature Harris ( Dominic Purcell ) , happy-go-lucky Sid ( Marcus Thomas ) and sultry Kira ( the lovely Josie Maran ) - - are reunited at the funeral of a fellow college chum . After the funeral they all sneak into a cemetery at night , get drunk , read a sinister incantation poem , and danc... |
519,274 | 8,239,592 | 122,070 | 8 | A fun 80's slasher flick | Hot-tempered macho jerk Charlie ( the extremely annoying John Batis ) and his more amiable easygoing buddy Steve ( likable Dean Russsell ) go hiking in a remote forest . Their wives Sharon ( pretty brunette Tomi Barrett ) and Teddi ( lovely blonde Ann Wilkinson ) also go camping in the same exact woodland area . They n... |
518,834 | 8,239,592 | 82,966 | 8 | Another creepy and gory winner from Italian horror master Lucio Fulci | The Boyle family - - father Norman ( likable Paol Malco ) , mother Lucy ( lovely Katherine MacColl ) and their cute son Bob ( angelic blonde tyke Giovanni Frezza ) - - move into a large mansion in Masachussets . They discover much to their dismay that a past owner was a demented wacko named Dr . Freudstein ( Giovanni D... |
518,981 | 8,239,592 | 74,419 | 8 | A hilariously horrible and hence enjoyable howler of a 70's killer animal horror flick | The 70's revolt-of-nature fright film craze reaches its uproariously abysmal apex with this gloriously ghastly , yet often funny and hence strangely enjoyable stinker . For reasons which are never completely clarified the numerous assorted canines in a sleepy armpit California college hamlet join into one huge vicious ... |
517,996 | 8,239,592 | 70,140 | 8 | An immensely entertaining female warrior romp | Fiery Antiope ( well played with admirable gusto by gorgeous blonde stunner Alena Johnston ) becomes queen of a mighty tribe of formidable Amazon women and enforces a strict code to keep them strong . Bitter rival Oreitheia ( a suitably fierce portrayal by lovely brunette Sabine Sun ) tries to have Antiope dethroned . ... |
518,554 | 8,239,592 | 78,749 | 8 | A fun'n'funky piece of early 80's Italian sci-fi / horror splatter cheese | A surprisingly groovy , frenetic and fairly suspenseful subterranean creature feature earthbound " ALIEN " swipe about these ravenous shape-changing extraterrestrial rock monsters which prey upon a vapid assortment of spelunking youths exploring a deep , dark , dank remote cave . The ham-fisted direction , tin-eared di... |
517,969 | 8,239,592 | 435,631 | 8 | A hugely enjoyable piece of low-budget horror / action trash | Rough'n'tumble half-breed holy akicker demon hunter Jake Greyman ( a superbly rugged portrayal by Sean Patrick Flanery of " The Boondock Saints " ) fights various forms of evil for the Catholic Church . He's assigned by Cardinal White ( nicely played by William Bassett ) to stop nefarious lustful hell spawn Asmodeus ( ... |
519,199 | 8,239,592 | 74,415 | 8 | Good silly 70's Southern-fried drive-in movie fun | After their moonshiner pappy ( Mark Millner ) gets bumped off by big , nasty bossman Dade ( a splendidly smarmy'n'slippery turn by unsung fat guy thesp Stanley Adams ) , Millner's two spitfire daughters Patsy and Dixie decide to get revenge by stealing Dade's tremendous amounts of money and redistributing the cash back... |
519,000 | 8,239,592 | 74,408 | 8 | One of Jess Franco's best and most disturbing horror movies | Seemingly compassionate and respectable Dr . Dennis Orloff ( a creepily credible and compelling Klaus Kinski ) is really the vicious and evasive serial killer Jack the Ripper , a savage sexual psychopath who preys on prostitutes in Victorian-era 19th century London , England . It's up to dedicated Scotland Yard Inspect... |
518,856 | 8,239,592 | 65,738 | 8 | A typically solid and enjoyable Hammer horror entry in the Frankenstein series | Baron Victor Frankenstein ( splendidly played to icy perfection by the always terrific Peter Cushing ) has become completely driven , ruthless and obsessed with his research . Frankenstein forces nice young psychiatrist Dr . Karl Holst ( a fine Simon Ward ) and his equally sweet fiancé Anna Spengler ( an appealing turn... |
518,556 | 8,239,592 | 82,951 | 8 | A really nasty , effective and above average early 80's slasher item | June 28th , 1945 : A jilted World War II soldier dressed in combat fatigues pitchforks his two-timing girlfriend and her lover during a graduation dance . June 28th , 1980 : When the graduation dance is held again after many years of inactivity , the grisly murders start anew . Director Joseph ( " Missing in Action , "... |
518,146 | 8,239,592 | 122,037 | 8 | A totally funky late 80's zombie horror splatter blast | Mysterious amnesia victim Jane Doe ( a game portrayal by luscious brunette stuntwoman Cheryl Lawson ) gets sent to an asylum where twenty years ago the deranged Dr . Colin Ramzi ( a pleasingly creepy Danny Gochnauer ) was conducting sadistic brain experiments on the hapless inmates . A sudden earthquake resurrects Dr .... |
518,609 | 8,239,592 | 74,395 | 8 | A very grim , graphic and downright nasty serving of Italian Nazi exploitation filth | The hapless Jewish female prisoners at an SS Special Section concentration camp are subjected to all kinds of torture , sadism and depravity by their brutal Nazi captors . Fed up with all the gross mistreatment they are forced to endure on a regular basis , the women join together to plot to escape and turn the tables ... |
519,234 | 8,239,592 | 814,140 | 8 | A nifty and informative making of documentary . | This very thorough and engrossing featurette covers the making of the spooky low-budget indie horror film " Room 6 . " The people who are interviewed are co-writer / co-producer Mark A . Altman , actress Ellie Cornell , producer Mark Gottwald , special effects make-up artist Robert Hall , director / co-writer Michael H... |
518,114 | 8,239,592 | 74,383 | 8 | Gloriously ludicrous 70's martial arts exploitation trash | A multi-racial trio of lethal and indestructible ace martial artist assassins - white guy ( beefy Ron Marchini ) , black dude ( brawny Joshua Johnson ) , Asian man ( lithe Michael Chong ) - - go around the city and bump off various folks for their evil dragon lady boss Madame Lee ( a hysterically campy and vampy Mari H... |
518,912 | 8,239,592 | 35,679 | 8 | An enjoyably creaky Grade B mystery thriller potboiler | A motley group of people are forced to seek shelter at a remote inn run by the snooty , sarcastic , but suave Amos Bradford ( a perfectly unctuous George Zucco ) because of a raging thunderstorm that has flooded out the bridge and the roads alike . These eclectic individuals include a vengeful escaped convict whom Brad... |
519,016 | 8,239,592 | 416,664 | 8 | An enjoyably screwy mess | Screenwriter Joyce moves to a remote old house so she can work on a script . She winds up being terrorized by a rot-faced , razor-fingered , Freddy Kruegeresque freaky demon spirit dude . Meanwhile , spunky lady private investigator Jackie butts heads with a gang of nasty criminals . Director Edgar Jere sloppily blends... |
518,820 | 8,239,592 | 104,534 | 8 | A very funny and enjoyable Peanuts Noel holiday special | The Peanuts gang return for this breezy and entertaining romp . The ever-hapless Charlie Brown tries without any success to sell wreaths door to door in order to raise twenty-five dollars so he can buy a gift for the adorable Peggy Jean , Peppermint Patty struggles with a book report , Sally tries to memorize the one l... |
518,311 | 8,239,592 | 100,705 | 8 | A really fun and enjoyable low-budget futuristic sci-fi hoot | In the bleak near future Los Angeles has become a dangerous war zone with cops pitted against assorted law-breaking lowlifes . Sergeant Arliss Ryder ( well played with customary wired intensity by the always great Wings Hauser ) has an electronic device put into his back that turns him into an out-of-control psychotic ... |
518,635 | 8,239,592 | 100,707 | 8 | A strong , gritty and disturbing portrait of the grim plight of destitute homeless kids | From the makers of the phenomenal , trend-setting " psycho murders peel artists " milestone " Stripped to Kill " and the outstanding offbeat existential vampire horror knockout " Dance of the Damned " comes this grim , tough , unflinchingly realistic down'n'dirty exploitation thriller about young , strung-out , totally... |
519,379 | 8,239,592 | 65,760 | 8 | Corman's enjoyably screwball end-of-the-world hippie counterculture oddity | This gloriously gaga dippy hippie early 70's end-of-the-world counterculture cinematic artifact deals with a man-made airborne germ warfare virus which accelerates the aging process , thus killing off everybody who's twenty-five and older . Only young kids are left to inherit the world and maintain some semblance of ci... |
518,378 | 8,239,592 | 65,761 | 8 | A solid and engrossing early Dario Argento giallo mystery thriller | Determined newspaper reporter Carlo Giordani ( an excellent and engaging performance by James Franciscus ) and shrewd , feisty blind puzzle maker Franco Arno ( superbly played by Karl Malden ) join forces to investigate a brutal bunch of shocking murders . The duo uncover a sinister medical conspiracy which places them... |
518,149 | 8,239,592 | 47,590 | 8 | A very likable nifty 50's sci-fi delight | Kindly Professor Arnold Nordstrom ( the excellent Taylor Holmes ) and humane , no-nonsense Dr . Ralph Harrison ( a lively and engaging performance by Charles Drake ) create a robot called Tobor ( Lew Smith in a cool metallic suit ) who can feel human emotions and has superhuman strength . Tobor develops a telepathic li... |
519,358 | 8,239,592 | 117,826 | 8 | An amusingly lowbrow horror comedy romp | Goody-goody two shoes Katherine Verdoux ( blonde cutie Erica Eleniak ) hires sleazy private investigator Rafe Gutman ( a deliciously smarmy and sarcastic Dennis Miller ) to finding her obnoxious missing punk brother Caleb ( a perfectly grating Corey Feldman ) . Rafe traces Caleb to a remote whorehouse on the edge of to... |
518,725 | 8,239,592 | 74,597 | 8 | A very amusing & enjoyable 70's cross country road race romp | This immensely lively and entertaining 70's tongue-in-cheek cross country road race romp stars Michael Sarrazin as the rich businessman who sponsors an illegal event from New York to Long Beach , California which attracts a colorfully flaky assortment of hardcore nutty car race enthusiasts . Among the race's kooky part... |
519,008 | 8,239,592 | 87,289 | 8 | A very cute , funny and charming French comedy version of " Frankenstein " | Brilliant cybernetics expert Victor Frankenstein ( an extremely able and affable performance by Jean Rochefort ) fulfills his infamous family heritage by creating Frank ( an endearingly oafish portrayal by 60's French pop singer Eddy Mitchell ) , a cultured , but clumsy and super strong humanoid being . Victor teaches ... |
519,141 | 8,239,592 | 320,708 | 8 | A pleasingly creepy Mexican supernatural shocker | An evil witch gets burned at the stake , but vows to return and get her revenge prior to being torched . A hundred years later a family - - architect father Fernando ( Julio Aleman ) , naggy pregnant wife Lorena ( attractive Nuria Bages ) , daughter Gaby ( Gianella Hassle Kus ) , twin sons Pedrito ( Ernesto East ) and ... |
518,492 | 8,239,592 | 95,900 | 8 | A hilariously horrendous late 80's satanic horror schlockfest | A nasty sect of evil monks led by the sinister Father Thomas Seaton ( dreadfully overplayed with shameless eye-rolling hammy brio by William Beckwith ) sacrifice virgins every thirteen years in order to appease Lucifer and remain immortal for perpetuity . The sect plans on carving up sweet , but repressed goody-goody t... |
519,135 | 8,239,592 | 109,294 | 8 | A very cool and inspired Western sleeper | Armand Assante gives a marvelously assured and charismatic performance as Canaan , a blind and embittered Civil War veteran turned roving gunslinger who travels across the country with a baby in tow . Canaan stops off in a lawless small town and runs afoul of a foul gang of desperadoes led by the ruthless Alacran ( Rob... |
519,448 | 8,239,592 | 57,160 | 8 | A fun 60's horror quickie | Architect Scott Campbell ( a solid Ronald Foster ) and his wife Nancy ( a spunky performance by the fetching Merry Anders ) check out an old castle located on a remote hillside in California . They are joined by lawyer Joseph Schiller ( nicely played by Richard Crane ) and his snippy spouse Loy ( a charming turn by the... |
518,686 | 8,239,592 | 60,418 | 8 | A nifty & absorbing Monte Hellman Filipino action thriller | Monte Hellman's unique , obscure , deliberately paced and highly cerebral cinematic meditations on all-consuming and often self-destructive obsession may not be everyone's cup of tea , but for those discriminating viewers who are seeking a bold change of pace from more mundane mainstream multiplex fare such sterling He... |
518,780 | 8,239,592 | 52,846 | 8 | A winningly cheap'n'cheerful piece of 50's giant monster creature feature fun | More divinely dumb no-budget shot-in-Texas over-sized thingofabobbit on the murderous rampage creature feature tomfoolery from the same fine folks who gave us the equally inane , but still immensely entertaining " The Killer Shrews . " This time it's a laughably lethargic giant mutant reptile terrorizing libidinous tee... |
518,892 | 8,239,592 | 100,504 | 8 | A delightfully raucous blast of inspired teen comedy stupidity | Rowdy high school student Jessie Davis ( Corey Feldman in peak mischievous form ) and his gnarly band the Eradicators take a stand against evil and oppressive authoritarian new vice principal Doctor Vadar ( the sublime Mary Woronov at her most divinely wicked and over the top ) , who refuses to let the Eradicators play... |
518,837 | 8,239,592 | 140,581 | 8 | A terrifically tasteless and trashy hoot | This sublimely sleazy and wonderfully warped jaw-dropper rates highly as the greatest cheeseball low-budget indie fright flick ever made about a grotesquely misshapen murderous mutant fetus . In fact , I'm pretty sure this deliciously dreadful and disgusting doozy might very well be the only horror movie thus far ever ... |
518,762 | 8,239,592 | 47,559 | 8 | A nifty 50's low-budget sci-fi alien invasion flick | A major American city gets evacuated because of an impending alien invasion . A motley assortment of six desperate people - - shrewd , dashing Richard Denning , feisty , but lonely and depressed Kathleen Crowley , raucous drunk Richard Reeves , Reeves ' brassy dame main flame Virginia Grey , antsy , panicky paranoid Mo... |
517,906 | 8,239,592 | 95,924 | 8 | Nifty little late 80's sci-fi / horror sleeper | Young boy David ( a winning performance by Joey Lawrence of the TV show " Blossom " ) is spending the week with his estranged , hard-working father Bill ( the always solid Cliff De Young ) and new stepmother Ellen ( a fine Roxanne Hart ) . David notices that the electricity in the house has taken on a lethal and malevo... |
518,626 | 8,239,592 | 360,033 | 8 | Pretty strong stuff | Eager former cop turned aspiring crime writer Ann Rule ( an excellent performance by Barbara Hershey ) documents a brutal series of murders stretching from Utah to Seattle . Unbeknonst to Ann , the killer is the extremely smart , charming and affable Ted Bundy ( a chilling and convincing portrayal by Billy Campbell ) ,... |
518,053 | 8,239,592 | 100,528 | 8 | A hugely enjoyable monster-on-the-loose horror romp | One part end-of-the-world thriller , two parts werewolf-like nocturnal beast on the rampage horror picture , and all parts quick-moving , animated , get right down to business butt-stomping fun , this hugely enjoyable romp makes for a most pleasant surprise . An ancient rhunestone that's the prison for a centuries old ... |
518,374 | 8,239,592 | 65,851 | 8 | Not your standard Frankenstein flick | This offbeat and inspired spoofy early 70's Hammer horror entry sure ain't your average Frankenstein flick . For starters , Baron Victor Frankenstein ( deliciously played with blithely amoral aplomb by Ralph Bates ) is anything but a Victorian gentleman ; instead he's a thoroughly depraved and decadent womanizing heel ... |
518,081 | 8,239,592 | 65,852 | 8 | A hilariously horrible hoot from our reliably schlocky pal Al Adamson | This uproariously atrocious Al Adamson $1 . 50 sci-fi / horror patch-up job rates highly as one of Al's single most sublimely stinky pictures to ever disgrace celluloid . This beautifully bad and berserk baby boasts John Carradine at his all-time crankiest , Brother Theodore's gut-busting wheezing histrionic opening na... |
518,859 | 8,239,592 | 65,854 | 8 | A worthy and hugely entertaining British horror anthology winner | No-nonsense Inspector Hollaway ( a solid turn by John Bennett ) investigates the disappearance of a famous thespian and uncovers the wicked past history of a creepy old house . First and most mundane tale , " Method for Murder " - Successful author Charles Hillyer ( nicely played by Denholm Elliott ) is haunted by imag... |
519,081 | 8,239,592 | 74,529 | 8 | An excellent and unjustly overlooked action / revenge winner | An evil corporation tries to pressure a bunch of Arkansas farmers and ranchers to sell their land so they can strip-mine it for coal . The fiercely proud and stubborn Hunter family refuse to give in . This leads to a bitter conflict that results in several casualties . Eventually the take-charge no-nonsense Tom Hunter ... |
518,601 | 8,239,592 | 74,540 | 8 | A delightfully dreadful 70's killer mutant animals running amok horror howler | Notorious Grade D fright flick schlockmeister extraordinaire Bert I . Gordon really outdoes himself with this deliciously cheesy cinematic bastardization of a classic H . G . Wells short story . Some mysterious gloop which bubbles forth from out of the ground causes all the animals such as rats , wasps and even chicken... |
518,796 | 8,239,592 | 265,138 | 8 | A hilariously ridiculous mess | Poor Maria is married to a hideously abusive and impotent old cripple . She's having an affair with the hunky gardener Roberto . Her cousin runs Roberto over with his car . Maria goes to an old witch lady and has a spell done so both she and Roberto will be reincarnated twenty years later . Cue twenty years later . Mar... |
519,086 | 8,239,592 | 87,198 | 8 | An amusingly lowbrow redneck soft-core comedic romp | Treacherous Cora ( robustly played with mucho lip-smacking gusto by the incomparable Shelley Winters ) marries men and then murders them for their money . Cora more than meets her match in Ellie ( a spunky performance by juicy blonde beauty Sheila Kennedy ) , who's the smart and sexy daughter of Cora's latest victim . ... |
518,090 | 8,239,592 | 100,589 | 8 | A laughably lousy slasher variant starring a lethal berserk baboon | Slice'n'dice fright flicks featuring glassy-eyed psycho fruitcake killers hacking up jerky teenagers with all the charisma and personality of used , parched Play Dough were all the rage in the 80's , so it was only a matter of time before some desperately reaching hack screenwriter decided to cook up a would-be " high ... |
518,014 | 8,239,592 | 100,586 | 8 | A solid , satisfying and underrated sci-fi / horror sleeper | Stalwart Captain Hickock ( a solid and engaging performance by David Beecroft ) is sent to investigate the mysterious death of a member of a dream research project that's conducting experiments in a vast and isolated subterranean lab . Head scientist Dr . Van Fleet ( a brief , but cool appearance by the always terrific... |
517,900 | 8,239,592 | 74,504 | 8 | A pleasant diversion | I own a G-rated alternate cut of this film entitled " The Treasure of Jamaica Reef ; " I watched it and found it to be a very pleasant and enjoyable diversion . A motley assortment of intrepid and adventurous divers who include Stephen Boyd as the laid-back leader , a pre - " Charlie's Angels " Cheryl Ladd as the token... |
519,438 | 8,239,592 | 122,116 | 8 | An incredibly awful ( and hilarious ) 70's blaxploitation hoot | Successful and respected black doctor Kenneth Kincade ( the hopelessly wooden J . Walter Smith , who comes across like a poor man's William Marshall ) and his family move into an affluent California suburb populated by grotesquely hateful and intolerant evil snobby white jerks . Said jerks not only protest in front of ... |
519,422 | 8,239,592 | 78,379 | 8 | A fun 70's redneck drive-in exploitation flick | Rugged ace stunt driver Clay McCarthy ( a not half bad performance by the Duke's son Patrick Wayne ) , his shy , amiable aspiring country singer brother Dale ( affable Mitch Vogel ) , and their hot babe sister Sugar ( super cutie Lindsay Bloom ) are held up and have their van stolen by a trio of escaped convicts while ... |
519,328 | 8,239,592 | 57,295 | 8 | A creepy , bizarre and highly effective Japanese horror oddity | A yacht containing seven people gets damaged in a severe storm and winds up on a deserted island . The shipwreck survivors run afoul of both poisonous mushrooms that cause them to mutate and grotesque humanoid fungi monsters that inhabit the place . While the premise sounds laughable and ridiculous , this film works re... |
518,319 | 8,239,592 | 74,729 | 8 | A nice'n'slimy serving of nasty Italian Nazisploitation sleaze | Compassionate Maria Black ( well played by the lovely Lorraine De Salle ) is forced to work as a medical assistant at a Nazi concentration camp and witnesses firsthand the various brutal and inhumane scientific experiments being conducted by the Third Reich at the place . Director / co-writer Bruno Mattei delivers the ... |
517,984 | 8,239,592 | 299,988 | 8 | A surprisingly solid and enjoyable belated sequel | Still severely traumatized by his near fatal run-in with deranged roving serial killer John Ryder , Jim Halsey ( ably reprised by C . Thomas Howell ) decides to surmount his demons by returning back to the lonely stretch of West Texas backroads where the initial agonizing ordeal occurred . Jim's gutsy and loving girlfr... |
518,170 | 8,239,592 | 95,775 | 8 | A nifty little Italian monster horror picture | Best-selling horror novelist Cheryl ( a solid and sympathetic performance by the lovely Virginia Bryant ) , her husband Tom ( the likable Paolo Serra ) , and their son Bobby ( nicely played by Patrizio Vinci ) go to a remote castle located in the countryside for summer vacation . Local legend claims that the area is cu... |
517,970 | 8,239,592 | 64,939 | 8 | A pleasingly nasty'n'scuzzy piece of low-grade biker trash from the always reliable Al Adamson | This fabulously fetid flick may very well be the foulest , most offensive and utterly insalubrious hunk of disgusting biker exploitation junk to ever ooze its vile way onto celluloid . In fact , if this wonderfully rancid cheeseball was any more slimy and abhorrent , the negative would probably have fungus growing all ... |
519,336 | 8,239,592 | 57,320 | 8 | A solid and satisfying 60's soft-core sexploitation melodrama from the ever-reliable Joe Sarno | Shrewd , unhappy and pragmatic housewife and part-time stenographer Joan Rand ( excellently played by sultry brunette Tammy Latour ) starts her own suburban prostitution ring that caters to a rich clientèle . Pretty soon Joan has a booming business on her hands . Meanwhile her drunken neglected husband has an affair wi... |
519,271 | 8,239,592 | 87,132 | 8 | A total trashy hoot | Celebrity impressionist Carl C . Clooney ( a marvelously manic Michael Pataki ) , hulking aggressive rapist Dick Peters ( Bob Minor in peak lecherous form ) , and gay Bruce Wilson ( the supremely wacky Stephen Stucker of " Airplane ! " fame ) are a trio of dangerous sexual deviates who escape from an asylum for the cri... |
518,298 | 8,239,592 | 74,703 | 8 | A fun'n'funky 70's blaxploitation horror flick | New Orleans , 1942 : Vicious , abusive hoodlum J . D . Walker ( a sneering , splendidly nasty turn by David McNight ) slices a woman's throat with a switchblade , then gets promptly shot dead for committing the brutal , heinous misdeed . Cut to New Orleans in 1976 : Sweet , likable , struggling law student Ike ( freque... |
519,245 | 8,239,592 | 83,296 | 8 | Michael Ironside makes for a memorably nasty and scary psycho in this underrated early 80's Canadian woman-in-jeopardy thriller | Vicious misogynistic psycho par excellence Colt Hawker ( a truly chilling and convincing portrayal of seething brutality by the always intense and effective Michael Ironside , who's positively terrifying in a substantial full-blown villain role ) assaults feisty and outspoken feminist TV reporter Deborah Ballin ( a fin... |
519,001 | 8,239,592 | 87,127 | 8 | A deliciously cheesy chunk of early 80's low-budget sword and sorcery sleaze | Muscular blond-maned wannabe heroic scruffy barbarian Deathstalker ( the hunky Rick Hill ) gets assigned by the all powerful King Tulak to rescue his lovely fair maiden daughter Princess Codille ( stunningly beautiful'n'bountiful Playboy Playmate Barbi Benton ) from the vile clutches of evil sorcerer Oghris ( a delecta... |
518,186 | 8,239,592 | 100,403 | 8 | An enjoyably over-the-top sequel to the excellent original | This jaunty , ultra-violent sequel to the top-drawer original has the titular nasty extraterrestrial ( the massive Kevin Peter Hall ; the murderous mutant bear in " Prophecy " ) hunting for hapless'n'helpless human prey in bleakly futuristic Los Angeles , which by 1997 has been turned into a brutal and chaotic urban wa... |
518,414 | 8,239,592 | 52,929 | 8 | An enjoyable 50's sci-fi / horror outing | Evil invisible aliens resurrect the dead in order to take over the Earth . It's up to an intrepid handful of folks to figure out a way to stop them before it's too late . Competently directed by Edward L . Cahn , with a steady pace , a roaring melodramatic score by Paul Dunlap , a reasonable amount of spooky atmosphere... |
519,434 | 8,239,592 | 83,215 | 8 | A gloriously bizarre soft-core oddity | A hippie love cult led by the stern , yet charismatic the Divine One ( perfectly embodied by the delicious Laura Gemser ) lures young innocents for their money and corrupts them in the name of their cause . The blithely passive and brainwashed cult members fornicate like bunnies , frolic about in their birthday suits ,... |
518,749 | 8,239,592 | 57,226 | 8 | A solid and enjoyable Hammer vampire outing | Gerald Harcourt ( affable Steven de Souza ) and his wife Marianne ( fetching Jennifer Daniel ) are two newlyweds who experience car trouble in a remote rural area . They seek refuge in a nearby small village . While staying in the village the Harcourts meet one Dr . Ravna ( the extremely suave Noel Willman ) . Unbeknow... |
518,739 | 8,239,592 | 462,200 | 8 | Samuel Jackson and Christina Ricci are both outstanding in this strong and poignant tale of sin and redemption | Reclusive and angry former blues singer turned farmer Lazarus ( superbly played by the always excellent Samuel L . Jackson ) is in a hurting way after his wife Rose leaves him after twelve years of unhappy marriage . Brassy and tormented trampy white trash nymphomaniac Rae ( a remarkably raw and startling performance b... |
518,679 | 8,239,592 | 57,242 | 8 | An excellent and unjustly overlooked early 60's Cold War era drama sleeper | This extremely chilling and quietly powerful early 60's doomsday drama benefits substantially from Frank Perry's intelligent , understated direction , Eleanor Perry's equally smart and perceptive script , and the uniformly outstanding acting from an exceptional mostly kid cast . An alarm signifying an imminent nuclear ... |
518,539 | 8,239,592 | 347,588 | 8 | A nifty Mexican sci-fi / horror outing | In a bleak near future the world has really gone to seed due to severe pollution . Toxic smog , acid rain , and grotesquely mutated animals are all direct results of this environmental decay . Ruthless industrialist Roberto Cervantes ( a nicely reprehensible portrayal by Gerardo Albarran ) makes matters worse by illega... |
518,433 | 8,239,592 | 884,747 | 8 | An excellent period action drama winner | The evil Kuan ( a perfectly hateful Shek Kin ) steals two swords from the peaceful martial arts sect the Supreme Gate . Strong , willful master swordswoman Yuk Bin ( superbly played by the lovely Betty Loh Ti ) gets ousted from the Supreme Gate for being Kuan's daughter . Things become worse for Yuk Bin after she's bli... |
519,045 | 8,239,592 | 78,522 | 8 | A wonderfully wacky 70's car chase comedy | A wacky , sprightly and thoroughly enjoyable pre - " Repo Man " car repossession nab ' em , chase ' em and crash ' em comic caper yarn that's set in ritzy Beverly Hills and infused with a distinctly easy'n'breezy sense of extremely 70's nutty irreverent humor . Darren McGavin , as chronically crusty , frazzled , excita... |
519,153 | 8,239,592 | 69,850 | 8 | An enjoyable slice of giallo Eurotrash fun | A vicious killer brutally bumps off prostitutes at a swanky Paris bordello run by the stern Madame Colette ( the lovely Anita Ekberg ) . The hard-boiled Inspector Pontaine ( an amusing performance by Humphrey Bogart impersonator Robert Sacchi ) investigates the murders . Propable suspects include the hot-headed Antoine... |
518,267 | 8,239,592 | 69,851 | 8 | An amusingly bad and absurd piece of horror exploitation schlock | Suave and charming Count Frankenstein ( Rossano Brazzi , who surprisingly keeps his dignity and a straight face throughout ) kicks depraved , perverted , sniveling dwarf Genz ( the great Michael Dunn in his ignominious final film role ) out of his castle for being a disgusting little degenerate creep . Genz befriends O... |
518,593 | 8,239,592 | 492,754 | 8 | A nifty indie horror winner | 19-year-old teenager Claire Parker ( a strong and engaging performance by the pretty Lauren Currie Lewis ) has nightmarish premonitions of her forthcoming savage death at the evil hands of vicious killer Duke Desmond ( a superbly creepy portrayal by Chris Ferry ) . Can Claire avoid this grisly fate or is she destined t... |
518,870 | 8,239,592 | 83,261 | 8 | A creepy , perverse and underrated early 80's horror sleeper | Los Angeles TV news reporter Jennifer ( the beautiful Barbara Bach of " The Spy Who Loved Me " fame ) and her two assistants Karen ( the appealingly spunky Karen Lamm ) and Vicki ( the pretty Lois Young , who not only gets killed first , but also bares her yummy bod in a tasty gratuitous nude bath scene ) go to Solvang... |
519,014 | 8,239,592 | 113,449 | 8 | A deliciously cheesy serving of low-budget horror trash | Man , I can't believe the largely harsh and negative comments for this movie . Okay , it sure ain't no sophisticated work of cinematic art . But it is a good deal of entertainingly tacky fun . For starters , the titular pumpkin-headed supernatural killer dude has to be one of the single most laughably silly and unscary... |
518,052 | 8,239,592 | 100,466 | 8 | Not your run of the mill vampire horror picture . A fresh , interesting and genuinely inspired take on the bloodsucker premise | Brilliant , but eccentric scientist Dr . John Alcore ( the always marvelous Christopher Plummer ) hires nice guy virus expert and pharmaceutical genius Owen Urban ( an engaging portrayal by Andrew Stevens ) to help him with his groundbreaking experiments on genetic engineering and life extension at his clinic the Life ... |
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