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518,396 | 8,239,592 | 304,850 | 8 | A nifty martial arts comedy romp | Wily ace thief Trinity ( nicely played to the cocky hilt by Steve Tartalia ) steals the sacred dragon ball from Shaolin Temple . The dragon ball gets misplaced . Trinity joins forces with gruff , determined Interpol agent Bambino ( an engagingly bearish turn by Roberto Lopez ) , formidable karate master Meng Ray ( the ... |
518,358 | 8,239,592 | 78,990 | 8 | An amiably silly redneck comedy romp | Tom Selleck and Jerry Reed are utterly engaging as rascally , penniless , down-on-their-luck cowboy drifters Will and J . D . , who find themselves stuck in Nashville , Tennesse . A lovely young woman ( the gorgeous Morgan Fairchild ) mistakes the pair for private detectives and hires the affable duo to find her missin... |
518,467 | 8,239,592 | 71,318 | 8 | A very creepy and effective little 70's B sci-fi / horror flick | How's this for a really inspired and effective handy-dandy sci-fi / horror combo premise : Let's take your basic randomly selected motley assortment of everyday folks gathered together in a deep , isolated , self-contained underground nuclear fall-out shelter so they can survive an impending end-of-the-world holocaust ... |
518,475 | 8,239,592 | 94,262 | 8 | A twisted horror splatter ode to 80's VHS mania | Steven Emory ( the affable Art Neill ) runs a video rental outlet in a sleepy small New Jersey town . The unfriendly locals frequently watch gruesome horror movies . One day a customer leaves behind a videocassette with what appears to be an actual real filmed murder on it . When Steven decides to investigate matters o... |
519,237 | 8,239,592 | 439,294 | 8 | An immensely funny and entertaining tongue-in-cheek low-budget horror anthology movie send-up | Fed-up B-horror scream queen Rebecca Raven ( a winningly spirited and self-deprecating performance by the adorable Misty Mundae ) gets sacked by the low-rent studio that regularly employs her . Raven goes to a remote house in the country to rest while sleazeball hack director Frank ( a deliciously smarmy Michael R . Th... |
518,328 | 8,239,592 | 135,363 | 8 | A very cool documentary on the 70's daredevil scene | An excellent , very observant and illuminating Crown International Pictures documentary which offers an intimate and minutely detailed portrait of a traveling roadshow of fearless , courageous , even downright foolhardy nomadic carnival daredevils known collectively as the Death Riders . The Death Riders , a truly spec... |
519,368 | 8,239,592 | 389,475 | 8 | A pleasant surprise | The drab tranquility of the sleepy little town of Rockville gets harshly thrown out of wack after four teens are viciously murdered . It's up to stalwart Sheriff Duncan ( a strikingly good portrayal by the usually lacking Joe Estevez ) and sincere , but rather inept Deputy Charlie Fisher ( the engagingly geeky Circus S... |
518,246 | 8,239,592 | 71,323 | 8 | Nifty martial arts mortality tale | Decent , honest , simple Chinese country farmhand and ace martial artist Tai-Lin ( a fine and likable performance by Jason Pai Piao ) goes to a big city in the Phillippines to seek his fortune . Tai-Lin befriends scruffy petty street hoodlum Siao-Mao ( amusingly played to the wormy hilt by Ruel Vernal ) and gets a job ... |
518,310 | 8,239,592 | 82,804 | 8 | A nifty little early 80's haunted house horror chiller | The late 70's and early 80's saw a surprising rash of entertainingly trashy low-budget haunted house chiller dillers , resulting in the vigorously pulpy " The Evil , " the not half bad " The Hearse , " the dreary " Death Ship , " the enjoyably sleazy " The House Where Evil Dwells , " and this pleasingly lurid outing , ... |
518,024 | 8,239,592 | 140,174 | 8 | Beware the deadly dweeb in the delivery van ! | I absolutely love this delectably cheap'n'cheesy late 60's exploitation trash psycho howler . Hopelessly geeky bespectacled dweeb Howard ( a hilariously histrionic performance by Robert Gribbin , who overemotes to the point where you swear he's going to give himself a nosebleed ) drives a delivery van for the local lau... |
518,399 | 8,239,592 | 1,302,189 | 8 | Amusing DVD extra | This neat ten minute short is featured as an extra on the DVD for the enjoyably nasty redneck horror zombie splatter hoot " Trailer Park of Terror . " It's a cool and funny series of mock interviews with the cast members who portray the colorfully vile , hateful and repulsive hillbilly stereotype zombie characters . Ni... |
518,583 | 8,239,592 | 75,229 | 8 | A solid and exciting action thriller | A group of vicious , nefarious terrorist scum kidnap the stalwart , protective wife ( a plucky , spirited Susannah York ) and kids of wealthy industrialist Jonas Bracken ( finely played by Robert Culp ) . So Jonas , assisted by York's macho , take-charge mercenary ex-husband Jim McCabe ( an excellently wry and laconic ... |
519,147 | 8,239,592 | 48,991 | 8 | A nicely spooky sci-fi / horror flick | The Kelley Family find themselves in considerable jeopardy when an evil alien force with the power to control minds lands nearby their ranch and causes all the animals to go into a lethal rage . Director David Kramarsky relates the absorbing story at a steady pace and does a sound job of creating an eerie atmosphere . ... |
518,270 | 8,239,592 | 71,330 | 8 | A terrifically gritty , exciting and tough-minded Italian crime vigilante thriller knockout | Cagey , hard-working , obstinate no-nonsense scientist Franco Nero gets kidnapped during a brutal bank heist by a trio of vicious , nasty crooks . The hoods severely pummel Nero , take him along for a wild , harrowing car chase , and leave Nero forever scarred psychologically by the distressful experience . When the po... |
518,453 | 8,239,592 | 148,746 | 8 | An enjoyably tawdry serving of 60's soft-core smut | New York suburbanite housewife Lynn Merrick ( dishy brunette Terri Steele ) likes expensive things . Lynn drives into the city and works for a special " agency " so she can earn some extra money . Said agency caters to various clients with all kinds of kinky sexual tastes . Director Al Ruban , who went on to produce se... |
518,032 | 8,239,592 | 75,249 | 8 | A very warm & engaging , but clichéd rags-to-riches showbiz film | A remarkable example of cinematic alchemy at work , with a trite'n'turgid lump of lead script ( penned by numbingly mediocre Hollywood hack nonpareil Jole Schumacher , no less ) being magically converted into a choice chunk of exquisitely gleaming 24-carat musical drama gold thanks to brisk direction , fresh , engaging... |
518,223 | 8,239,592 | 82,782 | 8 | A very good and effectively creepy early 80's seasonal slasher flick | The stupendous success of John Carpenter's holiday horror slasher classic " Halloween " not surprisingly beget a rash of similar seasonal slice'n'dice fright flicks . " My Bloody Valentine " is one of the better low-budget copies made at the height of the early 80's teen body count craze . The story is nothing special ... |
519,280 | 8,239,592 | 51,434 | 8 | An enjoyably odd picture | Rugged big game hunter Dan Fuller ( a solid and likable performance by Lance Fuller ) discovers much to his dismay that his lovely new bride Laura ( a nicely sexy portrayal by fetching brunette Charlotte Austin ) has a most troubling and peculiar affinity for gorillas . Dan is forced to shoot his pet ape Spanky ( Steve... |
518,156 | 8,239,592 | 277,986 | 8 | An enjoyable killer animal horror flick | Gutsy reporter Jennifer ( a winningly spunky performance by fetching blonde Sarah Downing ) poses as the troubled Samantha so she can be admitted into the mysterious sanitarium Brookdale Institute in order to research a possible expose on the place . Jennifer uncovers more than she bargained for when she discovers that... |
518,945 | 8,239,592 | 86,443 | 8 | A very cool and enjoyable low-budget 80's sci-fi / Western time travel favorite | Fred Ward gives a typically credible and engaging performance as Lyle Swann , a hotshot off-road motorcycle champion who becomes lost in the Mexico desert while in the middle of a motorcross race . Swann accidentally stumbles across a top secret government base that's conducting a time travel experiment and gets transp... |
519,167 | 8,239,592 | 86,434 | 8 | An immensely entertaining Italian rip-off of " First Blood " | Noble Native American Thunder ( likable Mark Gregory ; Trash in " 1990 : The Bronx Warriors " ) returns to his small desert home town only to discover that an ancient Indian burial ground is being demolished by construction workers . Thunder tries to stop them to no avail . He gets beat up and run out of town but retur... |
519,203 | 8,239,592 | 63,607 | 8 | Jayne Mansfield's sad , haunting and underrated cinematic swan song | This cheap and offbeat , yet astute and absorbing slice of everyday life drama centers on the forlorn and unfortunate plights of the down in the dumps occupants of a seedy urban apartment complex . Writer / director Matt Cimber displays real skill and sensitivity at capturing the underlying sense of despair , regret , ... |
518,902 | 8,239,592 | 125,806 | 8 | An enjoyably quick'n'painless piece of French soft-core crime thriller fluff | Assertive Monica ( slim brunette fox Joelle Coeur ) and her more passive gal pal Jackie ( zaftig blonde looker Gilda Arancio ) are a couple of nubile and attractive young drifters who stumble across a big and beautiful abandoned house in the middle of nowhere . The girls decide to crash for the night at this swanky abo... |
518,138 | 8,239,592 | 90,849 | 8 | A terrifically wacky'n'tacky Troma trash treat | A leak at a nuclear power plant contaminates a crop of marijuana . Teenagers who smoke the toxic pot transform into crazed murderous mutants . One nerdy kid spazzs out and takes a fatal spill out of a window . A vicious gang of deranged goons called the Cretins led by the insane Spike ( a gloriously gonzo portrayal by ... |
518,893 | 8,239,592 | 82,107 | 8 | A really fun martial arts action romp | Reformed criminal Bruce ( handsome , charismatic chopsocky film star Bruce Le ) decides to go straight and settle down with his girlfriend after he gets released from prison . The gang he used to work for kidnap the fetching young daughter of an American ambassador ( co-producer Dick Randall in a small role ) . Bruce g... |
518,537 | 8,239,592 | 400,329 | 8 | A nifty low-budget supernatural shocker | A motley bunch of young college news students check out the mysterious town of Acheron , a weird hamlet that's located in a remote fog-shrouded woodland area . They discover that not only is Acheron populated by an array of deadly and unrestful spirits who come out at night , but also that the ungodly place feeds on pe... |
518,552 | 8,239,592 | 90,837 | 8 | Good , silly 80's teenkill body count horror fun | Oh yes , the 80's . That glorious magical era when oversexed naughty teenagers got brutally offed in one cheerfully trashy low-budget Grade B fright feature after another . Well , this time it's a group of kids who are partying in a shopping center after hours who include the adorable Kelli Maroney of " Night of the Co... |
518,567 | 8,239,592 | 75,278 | 8 | A really enjoyable 70's drive-in romp | Three nubile young prison inmates - - fiery Carrie ( slinky blonde Jillian Kesner ) , sassy Chicago ( lovely eyeful Janice Heiden ) , and fragile Mitzi ( foxy brunette June Fairchild ) - - are chosen for an unorthodox college study on human behavior that's being conducted by shrink Professor Blalock ( a solid turn by W... |
518,143 | 8,239,592 | 105,690 | 8 | An infectiously absurd escapist action hoot | A vicious band of terrorist hijackers lead by bitter and vengeful covert operative William Stranix ( the always fine Tommy Lee Jones in peak wicked form ) take over a Navy battleship in order to get their evil hands on an arsenal of nuclear missiles . It's up to cynical and disgraced former Navy Seal turned measly cook... |
517,964 | 8,239,592 | 82,084 | 8 | An enjoyably bent early 80's killer kid horror hoot | This agreeably perverse and oddball early 80's teen body count flick may never reach the astonishingly bent pinnacle of the deeply unsettling and criminally underrated murderous moppets movie " Devil Times Five , " but it's still an above average killer kid opus nonetheless . The slim , but serviceable plot centers on ... |
518,575 | 8,239,592 | 82,083 | 8 | An oddly appealing piece of cheerfully cheap'n'cheesy 80's horror monster schlock | How's this for a novel premise : a foul , carnivorous , subterranean monster whose exact origin is never properly disclosed feasts upon sundry teenagers , pretty young honeys , cops , bums and little old ladies who are all unfortunate enough to be treading on the beach when the sucker is on the prowl , thereby puzzling... |
518,046 | 8,239,592 | 79,665 | 8 | An excellent , engrossing and unjustly forgotten 70's prison drama sleeper | One of the best , most grimly realistic and , alas , very neglected and under-appreciated 70's prison films , a meticulously detailed and unflinching portrait of the harsh , rigidly set and strictly enforced caste system which exists within your average penitentiary . Thomas Waites gives a fine , sturdy , quietly menac... |
518,703 | 8,239,592 | 265,870 | 8 | A really amusing and entertaining Grade Z schlock camp hoot | Professor John Coleman ( nicely played by John Holland ) gets abducted by a group of evil Nazis . Coleman's decent , morally upright son-in-law Phil ( likable Walter Stocker ) and his sweet wife Kathy ( lovely Audrey Claire ) go to the South American country of Mandoras to save him . They discover the living disembodie... |
519,048 | 8,239,592 | 55,902 | 8 | A nifty little devil cult horror flick | Succussful businessman Rick Turner ( a solid performance by Robert Alda ) experiences seductive visions of wicked and alluring witch Bianca Milan ( a deliciously sultry portrayal by breathtaking blonde beauty Linda Christian ) . Frank gets drawn to a toy doll shop run by the suave Francis Lamont ( smoothly played by Ne... |
518,065 | 8,239,592 | 75,389 | 8 | A fun and charming fantasy adventure romp | 1898 . Hearty geologist Professor Otto Lindenbrock ( a solid performance by Kenneth More ) , his sweet and gutsy niece Glauben ( lovely Ivonne Sentis ) , her eager , but clumsy soldier fiancé Axel ( affable Pep Munne ) , and rugged shepherd porter Hans ( brawny Frank Brana ) embark on a stirring , but perilous expediti... |
518,402 | 8,239,592 | 105,636 | 8 | A real cracking action thriller winner | Eager beaver Vince ( a fine performance by Bill Paxton ) and his more cynical buddy Don ( the always excellent William Sadler ) are two Arkansas firemen who stumble across a map to a fortune in gold . Vince and Don go to a rundown derelict factory located in a dangerous East St . Louis ghetto neighborhood to retrieve t... |
518,794 | 8,239,592 | 66,561 | 8 | A really fun flick | The time : Sometime in the very distant ( nonexistent ) past . A tribe of evil primitive cave folks sacrifice gorgeous blonde women to the gods in order to be protected from lethal predatory dinosaurs . The lovely and feisty Sanna ( the remarkably shapely and beautiful Victoria Vetri , a delicious " Playboy " Playmate ... |
518,884 | 8,239,592 | 90,788 | 8 | Ruggero Deodato's enjoyable entry in the popular 80's summercamp slasher genre | Ruggero Deodato's rather belated entry in the then trendy " Friday the 13th " - inspired 80's summercamp slasher horror sub-genre is a much more solid , enjoyable and even fairly scary fright feature than it's usually given credit for being . The dead simple story can be summed up in a single sentence : a hairy , homel... |
518,974 | 8,239,592 | 55,872 | 8 | An offbeat and interesting early 60's post-nuke sci-fi oddity | Following a devastating nuclear holocaust mankind is forced to create a race of highly intelligent and adoptable humanoid robots ( derisively referred to as " clickers " ) in order to rebuild civilization . Problems arise when the robots ' remarkable evolution threatens mankind's status as the master race . A fanatical... |
518,795 | 8,239,592 | 110,557 | 8 | Harvey Keitel is the scariest villain ever in a 90's kiddie flick ! | The plot for this family feature is pretty negligible ( an eminently insufferable should-be lovable'n'huggable little girl adopts a cuddly capuchin who's been trained to steal things as a pet and hides the little bugger from her disapproving parents ) , but fortunately this film does have one tremendous ace up its othe... |
518,849 | 8,239,592 | 75,359 | 8 | A bleak and cynical , yet still gripping thriller | A very bleak and cynical 70's all-star cast suspense thriller about a crazed motiveless sniper who for no rationale reason decides to blow away a bunch of spectators in a crowded stadium during a football game . It's up to ramrod police chief Charlton Heston , assisted by coldly efficient SWAT team commander John Cassa... |
518,111 | 8,239,592 | 75,347 | 8 | A very enjoyable Disney adventure romp | The south just after the Civil War . Brave young David Burnie ( likable Johnny Doran ) and his equally gutsy best buddy Thad ( an appealing performance by Billy Attmore ) gain possession of a map for a treasure located somewhere in the Florida Keys . The lads are assisted by charming rascal Jim Burnie ( a fine Robert F... |
518,136 | 8,239,592 | 90,773 | 8 | A potently harsh'n'harrowing New Zealand " Deliverance " variant | A coed contingent of five rowdy street-savvy city kids venture into the remote woods for a weekend of fun and excitement ; they get more than they bargained for when they run afoul of a mean , nasty , reclusive , obsessively self-reliant and misanthropic forest-dwelling psycho hermit ( a first-rate rip-snorting villain... |
519,408 | 8,239,592 | 75,339 | 8 | A satisfyingly sleazy Cheri Caffaro 70's drive-in trash movie treat | Buxom , leggy , shapely , irresistibly trashy platinum blonde 70's schlock action movie bombshell Cheri Caffaro , who rather uncomfortably resembles a cheap dime-store Dolly Parton clone , struts her electrifying el skanko woman hot stuff to the sizzling low-rent max as cagey , sexy and very deadly international hit ba... |
518,899 | 8,239,592 | 82,146 | 8 | A very funny and charming comedy | Runtish nice guy caveman Atouk ( a wonderfully engaging performance by Ringo Starr ) has the hots for the gorgeous , but stuck-up and self-absorbed Lana ( luscious Barbara Bach , who looks simply stunning in her skimpy two piece fur bikini outfit ) . Atouk gets banished from his tribe by hulking brute chief Tonda ( fea... |
519,042 | 8,239,592 | 75,334 | 8 | Much better than its poor reputation would suggest | I finally saw this infamous final theatrical fright feature from the legendary Hammer Studios and was pleasantly surprised to find out that it was nowhere near as bad as its many detractors claim . In fact , I thought this movie was quite good . Granted , it's got its flaws ( the much-ridiculed silly monster hand puppe... |
519,205 | 8,239,592 | 156,894 | 8 | An amusingly silly tongue-in-cheek gay biker romp | This flick sure ain't your run of the mill biker exploitation item . The biker gang in this highly peculiar picture are a bunch of openly swishy and flamboyant homosexuals who encounter various forms of harassment and prejudice while embarking on a road trip to a Los Angeles drag convention . During their merry trek ou... |
519,242 | 8,239,592 | 79,758 | 8 | By no means a good movie , but a very enjoyable and strangely endearing bad one | I must confess that I've always had a special abiding fondness for this admittedly clunky and all-thumbs big budget major studio fright film failure . Sure , it's pretty goofy and inept , what with John Frankenheimer's jarringly erratic direction , poky pacing , a painfully unsubtle and oversincere pro-ecology / anti-p... |
519,243 | 8,239,592 | 71,150 | 8 | The devil made her do it | A bitter and sexually frustrated crippled young woman ( superbly played with absolutely fearless abandon by Carla Gravina ) renounces her faith in God . Since said lovely young lady was in a previous life a witch who got burned at the stake as a heretic 400 years ago , this makes it doubly easy for Satan to take posses... |
517,930 | 8,239,592 | 86,320 | 8 | A deliciously sick and deviant early 80's summer camp slasher flick | Shy , repressed teenage girl Angela ( winningly played by Felissa Rose ) makes her first trip to Camp Arawak with her nephew Ricky ( the solid Jonathan Tiersten ) . Several mean teens at the camp start to mercilessly pick on Angela . Before you can say " here we go again , " the body count starts to mount , with a hand... |
518,384 | 8,239,592 | 90,735 | 8 | A fun 80's action thriller | Master thief Sam Quint ( Tommy Lee Jones in peak rough'n'tumble craggy form ) is hired by the government to steal data from a shady organization . Quint hides the data in an experimental supercar called the Black Moon . The Black Moon gets ripped off by sassy ace automobile booster Nina ( a winning performance by the i... |
518,827 | 8,239,592 | 66,767 | 8 | A fun 70's crime caper outing | Wily thief Duke Anderson ( the always fine Sean Connery in wonderfully charming form ) gets out of prison after serving ten years and immediately devises a plan to steal a bundle from the fancy Upper East Side New York City apartment complex his classy call girl mistress Ingrid ( winningly played with sexy and spunky a... |
518,755 | 8,239,592 | 101,745 | 8 | A really nice and charming comedy | Ambitious yuppie doctor Ben Stone ( a supremely assured and affable performance by Michael J . Fox ) completes his internship at a Washington hospital and rushes off to Los Angeles for a cushy high-paying job as a plastic surgeon . En route to California Ben finds himself stranded in the quaint small South Carolina ham... |
519,053 | 8,239,592 | 59,878 | 8 | A good deal of dopey fun | This completely ridiculous tongue-in-cheek adolescent sci-fi comedy romp represents 60's kitsch at its most delightfully dumb and inoffensive . The plot alone is pure silliness : A precocious little squirt scientific genius named - - what else ? - - Genius ( none other than future " Happy Days " TV show star and mainst... |
518,010 | 8,239,592 | 52,104 | 8 | A delectably tacky 50's sci-fi kitsch hoot | Four men on a space ship - - ramrod Captain Neal Paterson ( stolid Eric Fleming ) , smooth ladies man Lt . Larry Turner ( smarmy Patrick Waltz ) , jolly Professor Konrad ( a delightfully lively Paul Birch ) and antsy comic relief Lt . Mike Cruze ( annoying Dave Willock ) - - land on the planet Venus and discover that m... |
517,990 | 8,239,592 | 218,495 | 8 | A very funny and inspired handy dandy combo parody of both " The Blair Witch Project " and " The Wizard of Oz " | Perky Dorothy Gale ( delightfully played with infectiously spunky aplomb by the adorable Meredith Salenger ) , the abjectly craven Cowardly Lion ( a hilariously whiny Curtis Eames ) , the brave Tin Man ( a fine Guy Stevenson ) , and the witless the Scarecrow ( solid Ron Repple , Jr . ) get hopelessly lost in the woods ... |
519,366 | 8,239,592 | 71,120 | 8 | An off-beat & intriguing 70's made-for-TV oddity | The always excellent Stacy Keach stars in this compellingly quirky mid 70's TV movie curio as a freelance photographer driving through the deep South who encounters a strange family of hillbilly kids who include John ( " The Deer Hunter " ) Savage , Arlene ( " The French Connection " ) Farber and Robby ( " Ode to Billy... |
518,709 | 8,239,592 | 75,393 | 8 | A shamefully ignored and underrated 70's redneck action exploitation gem | Anarchy and lawlessness reign supreme in the podunk hick hamlet of Elk Hills . The town elders deputize tough , cagey Vietnam veteran Aaron ( a wonderfully robust and engaging performance by Kris Kristofferson ) and several of his fellow vet buddies to clean up the place . The plan goes sour when Aaron and his cruel cr... |
519,175 | 8,239,592 | 79,803 | 8 | An immensely enjoyable piece of chopsocky action junk | Shrewd , suave Chang Wong ( a solid and amiable performance by the handsome and charismatic Bruce Li ) and his redoubtable female partner ( superbly essayed with delicious vigor by the foxy Angela Mao ) devise an elaborate scheme to take out a heroin drug ring led by the nefarious Paul ( nicely played by the enormous P... |
518,352 | 8,239,592 | 82,000 | 8 | The amazing exploding torso movie ! | From Luigi Cozzi , the same dependably derivative dimestore cinema ace who blessed us with the marvelously mindless " Star Wars " copy " Starcrash , " comes this equally unoriginal , but still immensely enjoyable , often funny and excessively tacky Italian " ALIEN " cash-in . Severely demented'n'tormented German astron... |
517,921 | 8,239,592 | 131,789 | 8 | A pretty goofy 70's porn flick riot | Legendary 70's porn stud Harry Reems of " Deep Throat " and " The Devil In Miss Jones " fame portrays Roger , a meek , lonely , dorky guy who works as a dog walker for rich , horny Ms . Mammal ( hysterically overplayed by 70's hardcore character actress Mary Stuart ) . While gawking and making faces at the gorilla cage... |
519,298 | 8,239,592 | 56,027 | 8 | A really enjoyable Italian muscleman movie | Noble gladiator Rezio ( a fine and engaging performance by the handsome Richard Harrison ) gets freed by evil emperor Rabirio ( a nicely smug and hateful Leo Anchoriz ) and put in charge of an army . When Rezio learns of Rabirio's cruelty towards slaves , he joins a rebel army to overthrow the wicked tyrant . Directors... |
518,401 | 8,239,592 | 90,659 | 8 | A hugely enjoyable Grade B action film | Rugged ex-cop World War II veteran Burt Roth ( a marvelously crusty Lee Van Cleef ) and his equally tough Vietnam veteran bartender son Jim ( a typically fine David Carradine ) lock horns with ruthless Yakuza mobster Akira Tanaka ( a deliciously wicked Mako ) over who's got dibs on a priceless jade statue . Capably dir... |
518,857 | 8,239,592 | 59,792 | 8 | A superior sci-fi / horror hybrid from the masterful Mario Bava | A spaceship crew goes to a remote distant world to investigate a distress call . They run afoul of a race of malevolent disembodied aliens who wish to possess their minds and take over their bodies . Acclaimed Italian fright film director Mario Bava , working from an inspired and intriguing script by Ib Melchior and Lo... |
519,327 | 8,239,592 | 79,828 | 8 | Another enjoyable yuletide TV special winner from Rankin / Bass | The evil wizard Winterbolt ( deliciously voiced with plummy aplomb by the great Paul Frees ) gets reawakened from his centuries of slumber and decides to take over Christmas from Santa Claus . He gives Frosty the Snowman and his family magic amulets so they can go see a circus in July without melting . Moreover , Winte... |
519,010 | 8,239,592 | 149,022 | 8 | An enjoyably lowbrow piece of early 70's Southern-fried soft-core smut | Bethal Buckalew , who churned out such choice , often innocuous and brashly facetious country-themed 70's soft-core sizzlers as " The Dirty Mind of Young Sally , " " Tobacco Roody , " " Sassy Sue , " and the uncharacteristically sadistic roughie " Below the Belt " for Harry Novak's unceasingly cut-rate schlock feature ... |
518,268 | 8,239,592 | 71,095 | 8 | The Cinefear DVD is very good | It always ticks me off when the drooling fanboy geeks on various internet web sites specializing in rare , obscure and offbeat cult cinema savagely ridicule particular DVDs because the transfers aren't polished and spit-shined to crystalline sparkling perfection or the discs don't have enough fancy-schmancy extras to a... |
519,028 | 8,239,592 | 94,998 | 8 | A delightfully schlocky sci-fi / horror trash hoot | Sasquatch splatter schlock reaches its seriously stupid jaw-dropping zenith with this incredibly idiotic low-budget direct-to-video sci-fi / horror atrocity . A gaggle of bonehead kids venture into a spooky forest called Demon Woods looking for Bigfoot . Well , these immature collegiate dolts find Bigfoot all right : H... |
518,439 | 8,239,592 | 90,666 | 8 | A cool made-for-TV sci-fi / action flick | Rugged former secret government agent Henry Stanton ( a fine performance by Robert Conrad ) gets called out of retirement by the agency he used to work for to stop crafty , lethal and resourceful renegade cyborg assassin Robert Golem ( nicely essayed with smooth intensity by Richard Young ) . Shrewd'n'sassy scientist M... |
519,382 | 8,239,592 | 958,826 | 8 | Marvelously messed-up monkey movie madness | Representing good'n'gross nickel'n'dime exploitation horror sludge at its most feverishly enthusiastic and righteously offensive , Keith Crocker's deliciously scurrilous indie effort " The Bloody Ape " stands out as a terrifically trashy serving of top-rate tacky fun that's loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's seminal sh... |
518,524 | 8,239,592 | 86,339 | 8 | An enjoyably lightweight action adventure romp | Rough'n'tumble professional burglar and safe cracker Rick Spear ( the late , great David Warbeck in fine rugged form ) is hired by smarmy , crippled British millionaire Lord Dean ( a pleasingly smooth portrayal by John Steiner ) to retrieve a sacred scepter that belonged to the god Gilgamesh from a temple in Istanbul .... |
518,452 | 8,239,592 | 86,337 | 8 | A charming and touching fantasy sleeper | Troubled Lori Anderson ( superbly played by Sarah Jessica Parker ) is trying to recover from the untimely death of her father in a plane crash . Nice young Terry Stockton ( a solid and likable performance by Tom Shea ) also dies in a plane crash , but his spirit lives on and forms a special bond with Lori . Lori and Te... |
519,254 | 8,239,592 | 86,340 | 8 | An enjoyably inane piece of early 80's sword and sorcery trash | Busty'n'lusty medieval twins Mira ( Leigh Harris ) and Mara ( Lynette Harris ) vow to seek revenge on the evil sorcerer Traigon ( a constantly snarling Roberto Ballestros ) for both murdering their mother and attempting to kill them when they were little girls . Assisting the lovely ladies are horny barbarian Erlick ( ... |
518,278 | 8,239,592 | 59,821 | 8 | An eerie and elegant horror winner from the unbeatable duo of Vincent Price and Roger Corman | This film marked the final feature out of several horror movies the legendary Vincent Price and director Roger Corman did together that were adaptations of short stories by noted master of the macabre Edgar Allan Poe . Price delivers a typically splendid and commanding performance as Verden Fell , a morose and reclusiv... |
519,318 | 8,239,592 | 52,169 | 8 | An enjoyably creaky 50's horror potboiler | Charming widower Eric ( solid John Hudson ) and his sweet , pretty new wife Jenni ( appealingly played by Peggy Webber ) move into the gorgeous palatial mansion of Eric's late wife . Pretty soon Peggy starts to see an unsettling disembodied skull all over the place . Is she going crazy ? Or is the place really haunted ... |
518,898 | 8,239,592 | 139,418 | 8 | An enjoyable revenge thriller | 1945 , the Philippines . Several members of a platoon of American soldiers not only kill a Japanese general , but also rape and murder the man's wife . His son Kimon witnesses the ghastly event and vows revenge . Thirty-three years later the platoon members get back together in Manila for a reunion . The adult Kimon ( ... |
518,413 | 8,239,592 | 174,360 | 8 | An amateurish , but very enthusiastic and hence hugely enjoyable piece of low budget zombie horror splatter trash | A meltdown at a nuclear power plant causes a majority of people to turn into lethal , rot-faced , shambling zombies who naturally go on a grisly rampage . A ragtag handful of uninfected folks do their best to survive this grueling ordeal . Director / co-writer / producer Todd Sheets displays an appealingly sincere love... |
518,271 | 8,239,592 | 249,224 | 8 | A neat little indie low-budget vampire horror outing | Nice guy Bob Friedman ( a likable turn by Paul Borghese ) meets and falls in love with the sweet and appealing Angela ( a charming portrayal by fetching blonde looker Sarah Watchman ) . Bob and Angela get married . Complications ensue when Bob discovers that Angela is really a vampire who has to occasionally kill folks... |
519,314 | 8,239,592 | 117,226 | 8 | A solid and engrossing mystery thriller | Tom Berenger gives a typically excellent and engaging performance as Ernest DeWalt , a retiring , laid-back and amiable former cop turned crime novelist and college professor who's asked by the fiery , enticing Elizabeth Laughton ( well played by the lovely Valeria Golino ) to investigate the murder of her unfaithful h... |
518,055 | 8,239,592 | 110,410 | 8 | A quite entertaining , but very loose H . P . Lovecraft adaptation | Ex-convict Blake Bailey goes to the small burg of Laffert's Corner , Massachusetts to unearth a corpse in the local cemetery that's stuffed with several million dollars . A heinous trio of nasty cooks led by smooth British baddie Jon Finch ( Jerry Cornelius in the fabulously flip sci-fi black comedy blast " The Final P... |
518,243 | 8,239,592 | 66,735 | 8 | A cool giallo from Dario Argento | Rock drummer Roberto Tobias ( a solid portrayal by Michael Brandon ) is stalked by a guy ( sinister Calisto Calisti ) who plans on blackmailing him . After accidentally killing the man , Roberto finds himself being tormented and terrorized by a crazed maniac who witnessed the murder . Said maniac begins bumping off fol... |
518,753 | 8,239,592 | 139,414 | 8 | A very enjoyable horror monster comedy hoot | A giant carnivorous prehistoric crocodile terrorizes a sleepy lakefront New England community in Maine . It's up to nice guy game warden Jack Wells ( a likable turn by Bill Pullman ) , naive big city paleontologist Kelly Scott ( a fine , feisty performance by Bridget Fonda ) , flaky rich ancient mythology buff Hector C... |
518,064 | 8,239,592 | 79,869 | 8 | A really spooky and entertaining low-budget horror anthology winner | A bunch of young adults go deep into the woods to a remote cabin and tell each other several scary urban legend-style stories . First and coolest vignette - A diminutive albino Bigfoot creature stalks a teenage couple who find themselves stuck in the middle of nowhere after their car runs out of gas . Second and most f... |
518,572 | 8,239,592 | 70,782 | 8 | An excellent , unusual and exciting 70's drive-in exploitation variant on your standard prison picture | Token distaff feminist 70's drive-in movie writer / director Stephanie ( " Group Marriage , " " The Student Nurses " ) Rothman's intriguing and intelligent social allegory on how the strong cruelly oppress and viciously lord it over the weak , here cunningly done under the guise of being your standard down'n'dirty grin... |
518,840 | 8,239,592 | 101,577 | 8 | A crackerjack and unjustly ignored sci-fi / horror gem | Created by the shady animal research outfit the Jenner Clinic as an unsightly malformed mutant hybrid of both human and monkey DNA , Chad ( vividly played by Douglas Mann , who skillfully alternates between being quite frightening and surprisingly touching ) is part man , part simian and all-nasty , a hairy , gnarled ,... |
518,479 | 8,239,592 | 70,770 | 8 | A hugely enjoyable tongue-in-cheek British horror anthology hoot | Psychiatrist Dr . R . C . Tremayne ( the always fine Donald Pleasence ) and colleague Dr . Nicholas ( Jack Hawkins in his final film role ) investigate the case histories of four inmates being kept in an experimental asylum . 1st and most whimsical tale , " Mr . Tiger " - Little boy Paul Patterson ( cute Russell Lewis ... |
517,899 | 8,239,592 | 94,929 | 8 | Gross , creepy and underrated | A sterling example of how a threadbare and unpromising premise can be made genuinely creepy and effective thanks to a proficient execution . Granted , the story ain't much : Young fellow Clark ( affable J . Eddie Peck ) and his sweet girlfriend Lisa ( a winning performance by late 80's flash-in-the-pan scream queen cut... |
519,162 | 8,239,592 | 114,568 | 8 | An effectively tense and sleazy thriller | Cunning and lethal blind maniac vagrant Neil ( a wired , intense , bravura performance by the late , great Rick Dean in one of his patented insane villain parts ) terrorizes a handful of folks in a strip club at gunpoint . Neil cruelly uses everyone's individual weaknesses against them . The main target of Neil's twist... |
519,442 | 8,239,592 | 66,905 | 8 | A choice trashy chunk of mean-spirited 70's drive-in exploitation junk | Whiny , mellow dope dealer Harris ( runty Robert Lott ) and moody , scruffy murderer Weed ( burly Michael Stearns ) are a couple of dangerous no-count criminals . The pernicious pair escapes from a chain gang and go on the lam . Director Lee Frost , who also co-wrote the harsh script , did the fairly polished cinematog... |
518,102 | 8,239,592 | 94,918 | 8 | A very enjoyable and unjustly overlooked futuristic sci-fi action flick | In yet another bleak and depressing depiction of the future ( this time as a post-plague , post-World War III , perpetually dark and desolate wasteland run by strict authoritarian " 1984 " ish Big Brother types ) , young lovers Bone ( a solid and engaging portrayal by the handsome Peter Nelson ) and Helen ( a winningly... |
518,927 | 8,239,592 | 70,756 | 8 | An amusingly silly 70's drive-in diversion | A strangely affable piece of fluffy-headed 70's drive-in comedic piffle which lazily coasts along on the faintest whiff of a plot . The story as far as it goes centers on a spacey solar-powered futuristic supervan equipped with lasers and a plush interior created by your standard flaky inventor ( amiable nerd Tom Kindl... |
519,309 | 8,239,592 | 91,121 | 8 | A surprisingly solid mid-80's made-for-TV vehicular " Death Wish " variant | When one thinks of the singularly raw , gritty and hard-hitting cinema of Abel Ferrara ( who's rough'n'tumble films include " Driller Killer , " " Ms . 45 , " and " Bad Lieutenant " ) , several scattered idiot box credits aren't the first thing to spring to mind . But back in the mid-80's the often fiercely indie and u... |
519,193 | 8,239,592 | 86,176 | 8 | An admirably offbeat & ambitious Italian post-nuke sci-fi item | One of the more interesting , creditable and refreshingly offbeat additions to the rather overburdened Italian post-nuke sci-fi / action genre which proliferated in the wake of " The Road Warrior " ' s meteoric success , " Rats " qualifies as one of the few genuinely good movies to be found in notorious spaghetti schlo... |
519,012 | 8,239,592 | 200,753 | 8 | A rather clunky , but overall sincere and touching social drama | Mischievous Johnny Banes ( scrappy Dion Gossett ) has an unfortunate knack for getting into all kinds of trouble : he smokes , lies , steals , rudely disrupts class , doesn't do his schoolwork , and even mugs an old guy for his money ! Worse yet , Johnny's vain struggling actress mother Denise ( nicely played by Sandy ... |
518,038 | 8,239,592 | 82,350 | 8 | A perfectly enjoyable , if totally predictable early 80's Chuck Norris action item | Okay , let's start this review off by stating for the record that this flick sure ain't no groundbreaking work of exceptional cinematic art . However , it's an enjoyably funky little martial arts action item that does the trick quite nicely , getting immediately down to butt-kicking business right from the stirring sta... |
518,189 | 8,239,592 | 82,346 | 8 | Of pigs and geeks | Stanley Coopersmith ( a fine and engaging performance by Clint Howard in his first juicy lead role ) , a paunchy , put-upon misfit techno nerd , gets in touch with Ol ' Scratch via way of a computer hook-up ( ! ) so he can get revenge on the vile antagonistic jerks who constantly accost him at the elite snobby military... |
518,034 | 8,239,592 | 70,743 | 8 | An enjoyably silly and lively comedic 70's drive-in romp | A quirky , fluffy , free-wheeling series of humorous vignettes involving three aspiring student teachers ' seriocomic experiences at Valley High School in California . Susan ( " Blood Sabbath " ) Damante teaches an open-minded , but controversial after school class which promotes a healthy , up-front attitude about sex... |
517,992 | 8,239,592 | 273,896 | 8 | A funky low-budget horror psycho winner | What we got here is a real rarity , a genuine surprise , something that's almost unheard of and all too often hard to find : An extremely good , capably done , and intelligently plotted made-for-video low-budget indie fright flick that doesn't resort to the usual cheap excessive gore and gratuitous T & A in order to gr... |
519,357 | 8,239,592 | 114,608 | 8 | A real wild and gory blast of a horror flick | Mysterious drifter Brayker ( superbly played by William Sadler ) possesses the last of seven ancient keys that the demonic , yet charismatic Collector ( deliciously essayed with lip-smacking sardonic panache by Billy Zane ) needs to acquire in order to destroy humanity . Brayker seeks refuge in a rundown motel . The Co... |
518,316 | 8,239,592 | 66,940 | 8 | A neat little Italian crime drama | Honest , dedicated Commissioner Bonavia ( superbly played by Martin Balsam ) risks both his life and career in order to arrest wily , powerful and evasive mobster Ferdinando D'Ambrosio ( a marvelously slimy portrayal by Luciano Catenacci ) . Bonavia clashes with shrewd , smooth and by-the-book young district attorney T... |
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