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519,348 | 8,239,592 | 70,730 | 8 | A fun little semi-documentary on daredevils | Writer / director Mark Lester's immensely enjoyable Southern-fried 70's drive-in yarn spins the semi-autobiographical tale of Dusty Russell , a former moonshine runner turned acclaimed professional automobile daredevil who made his name jumping over an increasingly large number of cars in the traveling daredevil show "... |
518,854 | 8,239,592 | 56,127 | 8 | A neat early 60's low-budget sci-fi romp | A team of astronauts go to Uranus and discover that not only is the supposedly barren planet hospitable ( there's a lush , verdant green forest were there ought to be dry desert ! ) , but also encounter several beautiful young women . But underneath this pleasant facade lurks an evil alien brain which can manipulate me... |
519,025 | 8,239,592 | 86,154 | 8 | A remarkably solid and satisfying belated sequel to the classic original | Norman Bates ( a strong and touching portrayal by Anthony Perkins ) gets released from the sanitarium after spending twenty-two years under psychiatric treatment . Nervous and vulnerable , Norman gets a job at a diner , befriends flaky young waitress Mary ( nicely played by the adorable Meg Tilly ) , and struggles to m... |
518,597 | 8,239,592 | 56,112 | 8 | A delightful fantasy adventure treat | Brave , noble , resourceful farmboy turned knight Jack ( well played with dashing aplomb by Kerwin Mathews ) has to rescue fair damsel Princess Elaine ( a charming performance by the lovely Judi Meredith ) from the vile clutches of powerful evil sorcerer Pendragon ( essayed with marvelously sinister brio by Torin Thatc... |
518,154 | 8,239,592 | 66,928 | 8 | An interesting and incisive Italian political Western | Tight-lipped and blithely indifferent gunslinger Marco ( a fine and intense Terence Hill in a refreshing change-of-pace serious role ) gets hired by evil land baron Don Antonio ( the always excellent Fernando Ray ) to assassinate a man who's planning to start a revolution amongst the local oppressed and impoverished pe... |
519,032 | 8,239,592 | 66,827 | 8 | A satisfyingly sleazy slice of Italian slasher trash | A murderous mystery maniac wearing a hood and cape brutally butchers staff and patients alike at a posh all female asylum run by Dr . Keller ( the one and only Klaus Kinski sporting modish long hair ) . Director Fernando Di Leo ( who also co-wrote the sordid script with Nino Latino ) really pours on the hardcore raunch... |
518,253 | 8,239,592 | 82,379 | 8 | A superior early 80's " Friday the 13th " rip-off | One of the better " Friday the 13th " - inspired let's hack up a bunch of attractive young adults in a breathtaking remote sylvan setting slasher fright features to flood theaters in the early 80's . Not just content to emulate the basic story from that horror film hit , the screenwriters ( " Dead and Buried " scribe R... |
519,155 | 8,239,592 | 63,790 | 8 | An enjoyably hokey piece of cheap 60's sci-fi cheese | A group of astronauts and their big , clunky robot find themselves stranded on Venus . They run afoul of various prehistoric monsters and kill a Pteradactyl who's worshiped as a god by a bunch of lovely young ladies led by Moana ( the delectable blonde bombshell Mamie Van Doren ) . Director Peter Bogdanovich's debut fe... |
518,129 | 8,239,592 | 188,203 | 8 | An amiably silly piece of 70's drive-in piffle | Here's a perfectly brainless , senseless , shiftless , witless , virtually plot less and basically pointless 70's drive-in car chase comedy time capsule relic that's ripe to bursting with all the right rotten stuff so it can measure up as a fine bit of lobotomized " we're all just having a little fun " dippy entertainm... |
517,942 | 8,239,592 | 70,696 | 8 | A deliciously slimy and sordid piece of pure 70's exploitation swill | Depraved , sadistic dwarf Olaf ( a genuinely creepy and unnerving portrayal by Torben Bille ) and his boozy , overbearing mother Lila Lash ( a perfectly wicked performance by Clara Keller ) abduct lovely young ladies , hook them on heroin , imprison the gals in the dungeon-like attic of their shabby boardinghouse , and... |
519,240 | 8,239,592 | 94,862 | 8 | A fun late 80's killer doll horror winner | The evil spirit of vicious serial killer Charles Lee Ray ( the ever creepy Brad Dourif ) gets transferred into the body of a popular doll . Plucky single mother Karen Barclay ( superbly played by Catherine Hicks ) purchases the doll as a birthday present for her son Andy ( an endearingly sweet performance by Alex Vince... |
518,366 | 8,239,592 | 66,845 | 8 | An enjoyably trashy horror murder mystery potboiler | After a wealthy old geezer dies , his four greedy and no-count backstabbing kids get together at the family mansion so they can get their grubby paws on his sizable inheritance . Naturally , there's a catch : They all have to spend an entire week at the estate before they can collect the dough . Of course , a vicious k... |
518,005 | 8,239,592 | 94,860 | 8 | A worthy and supremely creepy Italian horror shocker winner | A group of alleged Devil worshipers are killed by knights in medieval Europe . A large Gothic church is built over the site were the massacre took place . In the modern age the sealed crypt which keeps the ancient evil at bay gets broken . A motley assortment of folks find themselves trapped in the church with the dead... |
519,272 | 8,239,592 | 129,797 | 8 | An authentically grimy piece of 70's drive-in horror junk | The wealthy De Lorca family has suffered from the curse of vampirism throughout the centuries . Suave patriarch Carlos ( decently played by Paul Everett ) invites four lovely young women to his creepy isolated opulent estate . Carlos singles out rich blonde Yvonne ( the supremely snotty and unappealing Dolores Heiser )... |
518,666 | 8,239,592 | 70,680 | 8 | Burt Reynolds excels in this tough and exciting 70's private eye mystery action thriller | The ever-cool Burt Reynolds gives a typically fine and credible performance as Shamus McCoy , a scruffy , but smooth and studly rugged womanizing private detective who's hired by flaky rich guy E . J . Hume ( a pleasingly offbeat turn by Ron Weyand ) to find a killer and retrieve a fortune in stolen diamonds . During h... |
518,454 | 8,239,592 | 843,873 | 8 | A gloriously ludicrous laugh riot | Ladies and gentlemen , we've really got ourselves a winner here . Actually we don't , but boy is this film an often hilarious and always entertaining horrible hoot of a stinker . Poor Alma ( fetching Julia Ruiz ) is suffering from an ancient Mayan curse that causes lethal poisonous snakes to grow inside of her body . A... |
518,140 | 8,239,592 | 66,863 | 8 | A creepy , quirky and effective early 70's devil worship horror flick | A young couple - - father Ben ( solid Charles Bateman ) , wife Nicky ( the lovely Ahna Capri ) and their daughter KT ( the cute Geri Reischl of " I Dismember Mama " fame ) - - find themselves trapped in a small California desert town populated by hysterical lunatics . Worse yet , there's a pernicious Satanic cult that'... |
518,134 | 8,239,592 | 70,672 | 8 | A solid and thrilling 70's cop flick | A team of tough rogue New York cops led by the rugged , hard-nosed Buddy Manucci ( superbly played by the always excellent Roy Scheider ) go after a group of nasty mobsters involved in a kidnapping ring after one of their number gets killed by them . Director Philip D'Antoni , the producer of " Bullet " and " The Frenc... |
518,000 | 8,239,592 | 760,186 | 8 | A really fun horror / action hybrid romp | An elite commando squad led by the rugged Hawk ( an engaging performance by Casper Van Dien ) and his equally tough longtime buddy Grieves ( the hulking , deep-voiced Kevin Grevioux , who's excellent ) run afoul of lethal and powerful vampires in a South American rain forest . Grieves gets turned into a vampire and bec... |
518,325 | 8,239,592 | 470,000 | 8 | A genuinely creepy zombie horror flick | Young widow Karen Tunny ( winningly played by the lovely Lisa Heuring ) and her two daughters - - brash teenager Sarah ( spunky hottie Scout-Taylor Compton ) and sweet , perky moppet Emma ( adorable sprite Chloe Moretz ) - - inherit a rundown house located deep in the remote Pensylvannia forest after their father dies ... |
518,066 | 8,239,592 | 51,786 | 8 | A hugely enjoyable 50's sci-fi / horror precursor to " Alien " | An expedition to Mars picks up Colonel Edward Carruthers ( an excellent performance by Marshall Thompson ) , who's the sole survivor of a previous disastrous mission to the red planet . A strong , lethal and seemingly indestructible reptilian alien beast ( Ray " Crash " Corrigan in a cool rubber suit ) also stows away ... |
519,294 | 8,239,592 | 91,024 | 8 | Unpleasant , but undeniably gripping and potent | Marjorie ( a splendid and riveting performance by Farrah Fawcett ) narrowly avoids being assaulted in her car by vicious serial rapist Joe ( superbly played with frightening conviction and intensity by James Russo ) . However , Joe steals her wallet and finds out where Marjorie lives . He pays her a visit one fateful d... |
518,960 | 8,239,592 | 94,886 | 8 | Victor Salva's supremely creepy and effective debut horror feature | A trio of dangerous psychopaths escape from a nearby asylum and murder three circus clowns . The deranged fruitcakes dress up in the clowns ' garish costumes and make-up . They proceed to besiege a large mansion where three brothers - - jittery Casey ( the solid Nathan Forrest Winters ) , friendly Geoffrey ( winningly ... |
518,368 | 8,239,592 | 70,908 | 8 | A true oddity | Dean Stockwell gives a deliciously droll and wired portrayal of Jack Whittier , a hotshot presidential press assistant who gets bitten by a werewolf while on assignment in Budapest , Hungary . Whittier comes back to the United States and begins terrorizing the nation's capitol , turning into a werewolf whenever there's... |
518,529 | 8,239,592 | 56,201 | 8 | An enjoyably inane Mexican horror wrestling hoot | A mad doctor who's referred to as - - what else ? - - " the mad doctor " kidnaps women so he can use them as objects for his nefarious brain transplant experiments . The doctor , assisted by the brutish humanoid ape beast Gomar ( an idiot mute strongman with the brain of a gorilla who when he's decked out in some chint... |
517,918 | 8,239,592 | 63,980 | 8 | A deliciously sordid 60s soft-core sleazefest | A psychiatrist treats a bevy of lovely , but deviant female patients . Said patients are a pretty messed-up bunch . Sadist Vickie derives sick kicks from beating up guys and then tying them up . Unhappily married Sherry is addicted to engaging in dirty sex with total strangers . Insatiable teenage nympho Kathy just can... |
519,157 | 8,239,592 | 82,198 | 8 | A supremely tough , gritty and exciting sword and sorcery fantasy action winner | Conan ( Arnold Schwarzenegger in the tailor-made role that launched his career ) vows to get revenge on evil cult leader Thulsa Doom ( a grandly wicked James Earl Jones ) , who killed both of Conan's parents and everyone in his village . Conan is assisted by the brave Valerie , Queen of Thieves ( a fine performance by ... |
518,293 | 8,239,592 | 86,050 | 8 | Good , silly early 80's low-budget cheesy horror fun | Famous and mysterious recluse Raymar , who's some kind of lethal telekinetic psychic vampire , abruptly dies under bizarre circumstances . Nice girl high school student Julie Wells ( a warm and sympathetic performance by the lovely Meg Tilly ) wants desperately to be accepted by the snobby clique the Sisters ( played t... |
518,770 | 8,239,592 | 59,588 | 8 | An enjoyably silly mid 60's Italian low-budget sci-fi hoot | A destructive series of freakish natural disasters decimate the earth . The cause of said disasters turns out to be a barren , yet lethal , living and breathing asteroid that's hurtling through space on a collision course with our world . It's up to an intrepid team of astronauts led by courageous ramrod Commander Jack... |
518,424 | 8,239,592 | 153,206 | 8 | An amusingly broad and goofy porno comedy from the always dependable Joe Sarno | Hopelessly gawky'n'geeky mama's boy Melvin ( played to endearingly nerdy perfection by Doug Stone ) discovers sexy genie Amara ( the absolutely adorable blonde dish Chris Jordan ) in a bottle . Amara grants Melvin five wishes . Melvin wishes that he can become his favorite hardcore movie stars so he can make love to be... |
519,322 | 8,239,592 | 70,893 | 8 | A jaw-dropping marvel of gut-busting ineptitude | The mummy of long dormant , but powerful Haitian voodoo priest Gatanebo ( a chromedomed Aldo Sambrell , who's appeared in countless Italian spaghetti westerns ) gets revived on a luxury South Seas ocean cruise liner as a big buff bald guy and proceeds to terrorize the passengers . Gatanebo beheads several folks , occas... |
517,915 | 8,239,592 | 101,467 | 8 | A fun Italian zombie splatter romp | Six black slaves are resurrected as lethal and vengeful zombies through voodoo and go on a gruesome spree in Brazil . Vacationing British guy Kevin ( smooth Kevin Van Hoven ) , his spunky American girlfriend Jessica ( fetching blonde Sonia Curtis ) , and Sonia's whiny , annoying brother Dick ( the extremely obnoxious J... |
518,843 | 8,239,592 | 82,213 | 8 | A very funny low-budget send-up of ALIEN | This delightfully goofball " Airplane " - style spoof of ALIEN in particular and lovably lousy 50's sci-fi cheapie clunkers in general has the daffy crew of the spaceship U . S . S . Vertigo - - pompous macho jerk captain Leslie Nielson , obsessive , glory-seeking mad doctor Patrick MacNee ( " Knowledge is my candy ! "... |
519,259 | 8,239,592 | 70,868 | 8 | Another worthy and entertaining horror anthology outing from those fine folks at Amicus | A quintet of men find themselves trapped in a deep , mysterious high-rise building basement where they relate their recurring nightmares to each other . 1st and most eerie tale , " Midnight Mess " - Ruthless criminal Rogers ( a solid Daniel Massey ) tracks down his sister Donna ( a marvelously sinister Anna Massey ) to... |
518,123 | 8,239,592 | 75,655 | 8 | A solid and touching 70's made-for-TV drama | This surprisingly strong and absorbing made-for-TV drama tackles the pretty sordid subject of male prostitution with admirable taste and restraint . Sensitive aspiring artist Alexander Duncan ( an excellent and convincing performance by Leigh McCloskey ) winds up adrift , desperate and penniless in Los Angeles after he... |
518,599 | 8,239,592 | 56,233 | 8 | A nifty nudie fantasy romp | Young marine biologist Dr . Samuel Jamison ( a likable performance by director George Rowe in his only acting gig ) discovers a bunch of lovely and enticing lady mermaids while searching for buried treasure located deep in the ocean nearby an isolated Mexican island . Writer / director John Lamb gives this simple tale ... |
518,041 | 8,239,592 | 75,662 | 8 | A nifty and interesting little low-budget 70's drive-in variant on " The Andromeda Strain " | A surprisingly solid , engrossing and reasonably tense $1 . 98 one set wonder drive-in sci-fi thriller in the same strange , deadly disease from outer space medical chiller vein as " The Andromeda Strain . " The Viking space probe returns from Mars with an unwanted guest : a weird , fatal , positively unknowable plague... |
518,918 | 8,239,592 | 75,656 | 8 | A deliciously cheesy low-budget sci-fi schlock hoot | Perpetually all-thumbs Baltimore , Maryland no-budget sci-fi dreck picture filmmaker Don Dohler strikes out with enjoyably abysmal results with his first ill-advised foray into " I got money , I have no clue how to direct , but I'll make myself a motion picture because I want to " Do It Yourself dimestore cinema . The ... |
519,355 | 8,239,592 | 70,834 | 8 | A satisfyingly sleazy sliver of vintage 70's drive-in exploitation trash | Totally bonkers psycho Alan ( Zalman King in robust , divinely unhinged and uninhibited gonzo form ) and his more mellow , but still quite lethal brother Peter ( a sedately sinister Robert Porter ) are a pair of odious , malefic , resolutely vile and unwholesome degenerate biker louts who gleefully torment , terrorize ... |
518,137 | 8,239,592 | 86,129 | 8 | A worthy follow-up to the excellent original | Director / co-screenwriter Bob Clark follows up his surprise hit original with this solid and often sidesplitting sequel . This time those rowdy lads at Angel Beach High are pitted against a bunch of uptight killjoy religious fanatics led by the smarmy Reverand Flaval ( a perfectly slimy Bill Wiley ) who object to a Sh... |
517,919 | 8,239,592 | 59,541 | 8 | One of Ted V . Mikels ' better movies | Hunky , lecherous businessman Cliff ( handsome Gary Kent ) and his sweet , lovely wife Mindy ( the adorable Lee Anna ) move from Grand Rapids , Michigan to Los Angeles , California . They take up residence in an apartment complex where several alluring young ladies also live . Pretty soon Cliff is having an affair with... |
519,253 | 8,239,592 | 82,247 | 8 | A solid and exciting chase action thriller winner | The Yukon territory in 1931 . Rugged , laconic loner trapper Albert Johnson ( a splendidly terse and stoic Charles Bronson ) saves a badly wounded canine from a brutal dogfight . The guys involved in the dogfight decide to pay Johnson a visit . Johnson shoots and kills one of the men in self-defense . Tough Mountie Ser... |
519,419 | 8,239,592 | 66,950 | 8 | An entertaining comedic pirate romp | Wily and suave buccaneer Blackie ( a smooth and charming portrayal by the always solid Terence Hill ) clashes with several fellow pirate captains while trying to get exclusive dibs on both a fortune in gold and enticing fair damsel Isabel ( the ravishing Silvia Monti ) . Director Lorenzo Gicca Palli and screenwriter Ge... |
519,445 | 8,239,592 | 66,954 | 8 | An engrossingly creepy 70's made-for-TV thriller | Albert Graves ( splendidly played by Arthur Kennedy ) and his wife Alice ( a top-drawer performance by Teresa Wright ) are a nice middle-aged couple who discover young , homeless , troubled Richard Atley ( a frightfully edgy portrayal by Tom Happer ) residing in a crawlspace in the basement of their house . They adopt ... |
518,180 | 8,239,592 | 66,952 | 8 | A deliciously groovy 70's drive-in cult horror treat | Robert Quarry gives a suavely sinister and mesmerizing performance as Count Yorga , a smooth , cultured and highly dangerous Bulgarian vampire who's posing as a psychic medium in modern-day 70's Los Angeles , California . Yorga preys on several young ladies and incurs the wrath of their boyfriends , who find that killi... |
518,411 | 8,239,592 | 197,116 | 8 | More amusingly crummy zombie horror splatter junk from Todd Sheets | Tireless and irrepressible Do-It-Yourself indie schlock horror blunder wonder Todd Sheets works his cinematic ( anti ) magic once again with this third delightfully dreadful installment in this perfectly pathetic series of cheap'n'cheesy micro-budget shot-on-video horror zombie gorefests . This time a bunch of zombies ... |
518,365 | 8,239,592 | 86,113 | 8 | A pleasingly perverse and twisted early 80's killer kid horror hoot | Here's a particularly weird , warped and flat-out unsettling little low-budget killer kid horror favorite . This truly strange offering centers on 12-year-old oddball Jamie , a friendless , sexually precocious and socially maladjusted pre-pubescent teen creep whose sole pal is a teddy bear with glowing red eyes that oc... |
518,412 | 8,239,592 | 197,115 | 8 | A deliciously cheesy zero budget zombie splatter laugh riot | Do-It-Yourself indie horror auteur Todd Sheets returns with another entertainingly atrocious nickel'n'dime shot-on-video clunker that's basically just a feeble excuse to sling around a lot of watery blood and gleaming guts as often as possible . An evil demonic scarecrow resurrects the dead as ravenous rot-faced zombie... |
518,674 | 8,239,592 | 116,953 | 8 | An enjoyably off-center black comic parody of gangster movies | Loopy , but shrewd and formidable mob boss Vic ( an excellent performance by Richard Dreyfuss ) gets released from a mental hospital . Several of Vic's fellow criminal cohorts who include volatile henchman " Brass Balls " Ben London ( a gloriously manic and over-the-top hammy portrayal by Gabriel Byrne ) , the smarmy J... |
518,449 | 8,239,592 | 51,948 | 8 | A hugely enjoyable 50's horror creature feature romp | A giant , ugly prehistoric fish causes any living thing which comes into close contact with it to revert to a wild , brutal and murderous primitive state : a friendly German Shepard turns into a fanged ferocious wolf , a dragonfly transforms into a big killer insect , and , worst of all , amiable college professor Arth... |
519,443 | 8,239,592 | 70,828 | 8 | A taut and gripping 70's made-for-TV thriller | Businessman Chuck Brenner ( a strong and engaging performance by James Brolin ) gets mugged and knocked unconscious in the bathroom at a department store . When Chuck comes to , he finds himself locked inside the store with a bunch of ferocious Doberman guard dogs . Writer / director Frank De Felitta , who also wrote t... |
519,436 | 8,239,592 | 1,414,345 | 8 | An amusing horror comedy short | A miserable henpecked sci-fi movie fan ( a solid performance by writer / director Jason Knuth ) wishes that his shrewish and nagging wife ( a perfectly bitchy Beth Knuth ) was dead . The wife gets killed in an automobile accident , but comes back to life as a pesky rot-faced zombie . This short'n'sweet little horror co... |
518,806 | 8,239,592 | 82,276 | 8 | A wonderfully wretched Grade Z horror gore schlock howler | Since I'm a hardcore aficionado of Grade Z garbage I must confess I was really looking forward to this notoriously lousy piece of absolute grindhouse horror splatter trash . I just recently snagged a copy of this brain-numbing bilge on DVD and dared to give it a stare . WOW ! This sure ain't your garden variety bad fli... |
518,196 | 8,239,592 | 66,982 | 8 | An eerie , offbeat and interesting early 70's Hammer Gothic horror oddity | Wicked , decadent Baron Zorn ( a robust , rip-snorting portrayal by Robert Hardy ) keeps both his frail daughter Elisabeth ( touchingly played by the delicately comely Gillian Hills ) and tormented son Emil ( Shane Briant in his excellent film debut ) locked up inside his dismal castle because of a hereditary family cu... |
518,735 | 8,239,592 | 82,279 | 8 | An amusingly awful early 80's collegiate slasher hoot | Your average garden variety psychotic nutcase ( deliciously essayed with unhinged glee by Stephen Sachs ) knocks off various dim-witted young " adults " ( to use the term very loosely ) in Dayton Hall University , which is being closed down for demolition . Featuring dreadful acting by the entire cast ( Daphne Zuniga m... |
518,967 | 8,239,592 | 75,729 | 8 | A solid and unjustly forgotten 70's blaxploitation sleeper | Calivin Lockhart gives an excellent and affable performance as the Baron , an idealistic and impractical independent filmmaker who's struggling to get his first completed movie distributed . Calvin's a starry-eyed , woolly-headed dreamer with delusions of grandeur who gets a painful and jarring crash course in brutal ,... |
518,979 | 8,239,592 | 70,788 | 8 | A bleak & gritty , yet solid & engrossing British kitchen sink drama | Set in a plausibly dreary and defiantly anti-nostalgic late 50's era Britian , this grimly serious kitchen sink drama relates the turbulent up and down tale of one Jim MacLaine ( superbly played by David Essex of " Rock On " fame ) , a discontent working class bloke who wants to be a rock star so he can successfully tr... |
518,493 | 8,239,592 | 1,297,815 | 8 | An enjoyable horror comedy short | Suave vampire Anton ( smoothly played by Jeremy Harrison ) and his sultry spouse Monica ( deliciously essayed with supremely sexy and wicked aplomb by Becky Biggs ) plan to have attractive , but sexually frustrated young couple Christopher ( an endearingly whiny performance by Jason Amerson ) and Jill ( a perfectly upt... |
518,538 | 8,239,592 | 75,740 | 8 | A pleasingly sleazy and mean-spirited serving of down'n'dirty Italian crime action trash | Sadistic no-count killer Nanni Vitali ( excellently essayed with lip-smacking wicked relish by Helmut Berger ) and three equally brutish hoodlums escape from prison . The foul foursome embark on a savage spree of rape , murder and robbery . Vitali even abducts and defiles frightened hapless lass Giuliana Caroli ( a sol... |
518,486 | 8,239,592 | 68,271 | 8 | An enjoyably goofy tongue-in-cheek sequel to the classic 50's original | This belated purposefully campy sequel to the ' 58 cult sci-fi / horror classic has old gooey being thawed out and going on a voracious feeding frenzy in a sleepy small Southern California town . It's up to amiable hippie Robert Walker , Jr . and his sweet girlfriend Gwynne Gilford to stop the lethal gelatinous sentien... |
519,230 | 8,239,592 | 72,604 | 8 | An amiably silly and harmless tongue-in-cheek Western comedy romp | The ever-solid and charming Fred " the Hammer " Williamson stars as a rugged itinerant gunslinger who becomes the reluctant constant patsy for slick'n'shrewd con man Richard Pryor . The crafty duo experience a series of goofy misadventures in the Old West in this amiably inane and inconsequential piece of low-budget bl... |
518,288 | 8,239,592 | 116,714 | 8 | A sad , sometimes funny , often sobering and underrated sleeper | I'm actually a big fan of this movie and consider it to be quite underrated . By now anyone who bothers to read these reviews knows the plot , so I won't waste your time with yet another synopsis . Instead , I'll just explain certain aspects of this film which make it in my book a genuinely solid and touching picture .... |
518,131 | 8,239,592 | 165,223 | 8 | An amusingly awful piece of chopsocky schlock | An evil drug cartel uses vampires to ensure that they retain their power . Some guy wearing a motorcycle helmet who looks like he's wrapped in tin foil - - he resembles a poor man's Inframan - - battles said vampires . Meanwhile criminal mastermind Steven Cox gets sprung from the joint and tries to hook back up with wi... |
518,531 | 8,239,592 | 80,362 | 8 | A prime twisted piece of Italian horror nunsploitation trash | A series of brutal murders occur in a convent . Stalwart , no-nonsense priest Father Valerio ( well played by Carlo De Mejo ) investigates the killings and discovers that the devil himself might be responsible for all the mayhem . Director / co-writer Bruno Mattei does an expert job of creating and sustaining a potentl... |
518,226 | 8,239,592 | 85,627 | 8 | Lucio Fulci's very cool and interesting futuristic sci-fi / action flick | Framed for the murder of three guys who killed his wife by an all-powerful megalomaniacal master computer , nice guy reigning " bloodbike " champion Drake ( the ruggedly appealing Jared Martin ) is forced to engage in a ferocious only one winner allowed mass televised old Rome-style gladiatorial combat game called " Th... |
519,402 | 8,239,592 | 68,282 | 8 | A deliciously down'n'dirty 70's distaff drive-in movie variant on " The Defiant Ones " | Brassy , just looking out for herself black hooker Pam Grier and earnest , considerate of others white chick revolutionary Margaret Markov escape from jail , disguise themselves as nuns ( the sight of Pam and Margaret running around the Phillippines in nun's habits is well worth the price of purchase alone ) and go on ... |
518,525 | 8,239,592 | 165,230 | 8 | A hilariously horrendous high camp hoot | Virtuous white ninja Gordon ( the ever suave Richard Harrison ) vows revenge on the evil Kogan ( outrageously overplayed with eye-rolling hammy brio by Tao Chiang ) and his no-count squad of nasty black ninjas after they murder his sweet girlfriend Lori ( the lovely Maria Francesca in a too brief cameo ) . Meanwhile , ... |
518,419 | 8,239,592 | 59,297 | 8 | A very enjoyable and suspenseful thriller from William Castle | Libby Mannering ( cute brunette Andi Garrett ) and Kit Austin ( adorable blonde Sarah Lane ) are a couple of fun-loving teenage girls who get their kicks calling strangers over the phone and exclaiming " I saw what you did and I know who you are ! " . Libby and Kit find themselves in considerable jeopardy when they pul... |
518,808 | 8,239,592 | 80,354 | 8 | A delightfully lively and witty giant monster on the loose horror creature feature treat | A 36-foot giant lethal mutant alligator that's the net result of 12 years of eating animal corpses with an experimental growth hormone in them which have been illegally dumped in the sewers by a nefarious big corporation comes above ground and goes on the expected grisly people-noshing spree in Chicago in this delightf... |
518,364 | 8,239,592 | 124,307 | 8 | Bill Rebane's good'n'goofy Sasquatch cinema romp | A pair of no-count crackers are savagely killed by Bigfoot after they abduct the enormous fellow's young ' un . A slimy businessman ( an outrageously hammy turn by Richard Kennedy ; the evil Nazi general in " Ilsa : She Wolf of the SS " ) who wants to snare the full-size galoot so he can cruelly exploit Sasquatch for h... |
517,973 | 8,239,592 | 93,200 | 8 | An extremely charming and funny indie comedy gem | Director / co-writer Robert Townsend gives a wonderfully engaging performance as eager and affable aspiring actor Bobby Taylor , who's having trouble getting that one major role that will launch his career . While waiting for his big break Bobby daydreams about being a movie star . Townsend delivers a pointed , incisiv... |
518,174 | 8,239,592 | 63,145 | 8 | A delectably dreadful doozy | Bickering couple Norman ( stolid Corveth Ousterhouse ) and Leilla ( pretty blonde Shirley Bonne ) find themselves hopelessly lost in some remote rural region . They seek assistance from deranged redneck farmer Greely ( a game performance from beefy veteran exploitation picture regular Bill Thurman ) , who locks them bo... |
519,356 | 8,239,592 | 93,231 | 8 | A very charming 80's comic fantasy variant on " Faust " | Sweet , but lonely computer nerd Bradley Brinkman ( the engagingly gawky Steve Levitt ) ain't pleased with his lackluster lot in life . So he sells his soul to sexy spirit O'Brien ( the astonishingly hot Deborah Shelton ) and the gleefully wicked main evil dude Dr . D ( a delightfully droll James Coco ) so he can becom... |
518,881 | 8,239,592 | 68,232 | 8 | A very solid , satisfying and even superior sequel | The first of three follow-ups to the popular " Tombs of the Blind Dead , " this is one of those rare sequels that's actually a good deal better than the original . While the initial feature has its moments ( the climactic train massacre sequence is an absolute gut-wrenching tour-de-force of heart-stopping horror ) and ... |
518,181 | 8,239,592 | 68,230 | 8 | A hugely enjoyable all-star British Amicus horror anthology romp | Young psychiatrist Dr . Martin ( the always fine Robert Powell ) goes to a sanitarium for the incurably insane for a job interview . He expects to talk to one Dr . Starr , but winds up conversing with the wheelchair-bound Dr . Rutherford ( a marvelous Patrick Magee ) instead . Rutherford challenges Martin to find out w... |
519,054 | 8,239,592 | 59,283 | 8 | An enjoyably tawdry 60's no-budget exploitation potboiler | Frustrated and unhappy restless sweet young thing Myrtle Pennypacker ( adorable blonde dish Shirley Boyd ) goes off the deep end after she discovers that abusive husband George ( writer / director Dale Berry ) is cheating on her . Myrtle gets committed to an asylum , but escapes and tracks George down so she can kill t... |
519,088 | 8,239,592 | 72,625 | 8 | An enjoyably silly comedic soft-core romp | Longtime favorite 70's soft-core starlet Sharon Kelly lands one of her best starring roles in this enjoyably junky outing as the eponymous Alice Goodbody , a lovably ditsy waitress at a Hollywood greasy spoon diner who dreams of celluloid superstardom . One fateful day she makes the acquaintance of perpetually on the m... |
518,700 | 8,239,592 | 110,667 | 8 | A fun sequel to the enjoyable original | Snarky Shirley Finnerty ( a nicely bitchy performance by luscious brunette Zoe Trilling ) and her friends from St . Rita's High School decide to have a Halloween party at the infamous Hull House . The kids find out that stories pertaining to the place being haunted are anything but silly or far-fetched . The malevolent... |
518,642 | 8,239,592 | 89,963 | 8 | An enjoyably trashy piece of biker exploitation schlock | Rough'n'tumble , laconic , no-nonsense former Green Beret Vietnam veteran Stryker ( a typically fine performance by Lance Henrikson ) goes to visit his old soldier buddy Tick Rand ( the always affable George Kennedy ) in a small Arizona desert town . Unfortunately , a gang of ferocious bikers led by the vicious Pigiron... |
519,188 | 8,239,592 | 380,687 | 8 | A fine return to fabulously freaky fright film form by the always worthwhile Jeff Lieberman | Longtime favorite quirky horror cult movie director Jeff Lieberman , the swell fellow who blessed us with such enjoyably idiosyncratic terror treats as " Squirm , " " Blue Sunshine , " " Just Before Dawn , " and " Remote Control , " makes a triumphant belated return to fabulously freaky form with this wickedly funny an... |
518,028 | 8,239,592 | 75,913 | 8 | A superior 70's revolt-of-nature fright feature | Man's foolish , environmentally unsound overuse of aerosol spray cans causes the ozone layer to deplete ; this in turn makes all the animals in the High Sierras go totally crazy and become nastily aggressive , brutally assaulting and , yes , even killing numerous hapless homo sapiens . A motley bunch of bitchy , irrita... |
518,440 | 8,239,592 | 63,172 | 8 | A hugely entertaining Japanese monstermash | In 1999 all the big monsters have been put on a remote and secure island . An evil horde of alien invaders make the various giant monsters turn on mankind and trash major cities all over the world . An intrepid band of humans must find a way to defeat the aliens or else destroy all the monsters before it's too late . D... |
518,029 | 8,239,592 | 85,540 | 8 | Still yet another enjoyably trashy Italian post-nuke sci-fi picture | Okay , we all know the post-nuke sci-fi action picture score by now . Well , here we go again . Once more what's left of society following a devastating nuclear holocaust has degenerated into total every-man-for-himself , kill-or-be-killed , survival-of-the-fittest barbarism . The callous , haughty upper class get thei... |
517,928 | 8,239,592 | 75,931 | 8 | An eerie , gripping and intelligent sci-fi / horror thriller | Obsessive scientist Alex Harris ( well played by Fritz Weaver ) gets so caught up in his work making the brilliant super computer Proteus IV that he neglects his fed-up , beautiful wife Susan ( a terrific performance by the lovely Julie Christie ) , leaving her all alone in their fancy fully automated home . Proteus IV... |
518,230 | 8,239,592 | 85,515 | 8 | An intriguingly odd and atmospheric , if rather slow and muddled horror-Western item | The American Frontier , 1750 : A motley bunch of Irish pioneers led by the meek Reverand Will Smythe ( a strikingly quirky performance by Dennis Lipscomb ) trespass onto sacred Native American territory that's haunted by a malevolent devil witch who turns pesky interlopers into tortured souls whose faces are implanted ... |
519,435 | 8,239,592 | 808,276 | 8 | A supremely eerie and effective Norwegian slasher winner | Five teenage snowboarders - - mature , composed , take-charge Jannicke ( superbly played by Ingrid Bolso Berdal ) , nice guy Eirik ( a fine performance by Thomas Alf Larsen ) , jocular Morten Tobias ( a wonderfully engaging portrayal by Rolf Kristian Larsen ) , amorous Mikal ( a solid turn by Endre Martin Midtstigen ) ... |
519,412 | 8,239,592 | 116,622 | 8 | An intriguing true life made-for-TV drama | Kindhearted social activist and filmmaker Micki Dickoff ( a fine performance by Veronica Hamel ) is shocked when she discovers that her sweet and optimistic childhood best friend Sunny Jacobs ( wonderfully played with endearing radiance by Mimi Rogers ) has been incarcerated for fifteen years in prison for allegedly ki... |
517,999 | 8,239,592 | 782,399 | 8 | A wickedly funny black comedy hoot | Seemingly nice and mild-mannered suburbanite bachelor Harold Thompson ( splendidly played with jolly aplomb by George Wendt ) just wants to have the perfect family and will do anything to get it , including and especially murder . Lovely young Celia Fuller ( an appealing performance by the gorgeous Meredith Monroe0 and... |
518,091 | 8,239,592 | 50,610 | 8 | A cool 50's sci-fi alien invasion flick | A horde of evil invading aliens unleash a giant robot named Kronos on our planet . Kronos goes on a rampage . It's up to stalwart scientist Dr . Leslie Gaskell ( well played by Jeff Morrow ) to figure out a way to stop Kronos before it's too late . Director Kurt Neuman , working from a clever script by Louis Goldman , ... |
519,052 | 8,239,592 | 215,658 | 8 | A very energetic and entertaining 60's grindhouse thriller gem | Nutty rich lady Virginia Marcus ( a deliciously wicked and vampy performance by Eileen Lord ) offers three folks who are all murderers - - sniveling heroin addict Buddy ( twitchy Ed Brandt ) , haughty actor Charles Freeman ( a perfectly snooty Frank Grace ) , and brutish champion wrestler Rocco ( essayed with snarly ap... |
519,423 | 8,239,592 | 72,695 | 8 | An offbeat and interesting 70's road movie curio | Mature , stable Jesse ( a solid performance by Richard Hatch ; Apollo on " Battlestar Galactica " ) , his more nutty and impulsive immature best friend Pat ( an effectively loopy and intense portrayal by Doug Chapin ) , Jesse's caring fiancé Kathy ( nicely played by the lovely Susanne Benton of " A Boy and His Dog " fa... |
518,333 | 8,239,592 | 99,160 | 8 | A tense and exciting psychological thriller | Jamie Lee Curtis gives a superb and winning performance as Megan Turner , an eager and gutsy , but neurotic and vulnerable rookie cop who blows away a supermarket hold-up guy ( an electrifying cameo by Tom Sizemore ) on her first night of active duty . Demented Wall Street broker Eugene Hunt ( a terrifyingly intense an... |
518,198 | 8,239,592 | 99,153 | 8 | A good'n'gruesome little redneck horror romp | This cheerfully ( and uproariously ) gruesome tongue-in-cheek Southern-fried horror opus centers on the demented hayseed Pruitt clan - - crackpot religious fanatic papa Jake ( delightfully played to the cackling wacko hilt by Danny Nelson ) , his sweet-natured portly oaf son Roy ( an endearingly goofy Ralph Pruitt Vaug... |
518,781 | 8,239,592 | 68,308 | 8 | A neat 70's made-for-TV Western | Mean and formidable bounty hunter Kinkaid ( a suberbly hard-edged portrayal by Clink Walker ) nabs likable outlaw Billy Riddle ( an engaging performance by John Ericson ) in order to collect the substantial reward that's been placed on his head . Kinkaid and Riddle go trekking across a remote desert region . Riddle's n... |
519,129 | 8,239,592 | 54,416 | 8 | A solid and inspired Hammer adaptation of the classic story | 1874 , London . Obsessive and reclusive weakling Dr . Jekyll ( superbly played by Paul Massie ) creates a formula that causes him to transform into his evil and impulsive id run amok alter ego Mr . Edward Hyde , who stirs up much trouble and eventually tries to take over Jekyll's meek personality altogether . Director ... |
518,460 | 8,239,592 | 106,950 | 8 | An excellent and exciting futuristic prison winner | In a grim totalitarian near future married couples are allowed to have only one kid . John Brennick ( a solid and engaging performance by Christopher Lambert ) and his pregnant wife Karen ( well played by the fetching Loryn Locklin ) get arrested for trying to have a second child . They are both sent to a brutal subter... |
518,612 | 8,239,592 | 93,315 | 8 | An enjoyably dopey mid 80's Crown International Pictures teen comedy romp | Amiable college varsity Coach Chip Williams ( the always solid Richard Roundtree of " Shaft " fame ) has to whip his wacky team of misfit players into shape for a major regional tournament being held in Las Vegas . Said wacky misfits include charming stud muffin on wheels the Kid ( hunky Scott Strader ) , affable mello... |
518,801 | 8,239,592 | 75,850 | 8 | Al Adamson's stunningly bad sci-fi soft-core musical comedy marvel | Late , great Grade Z drive-in exploitation filmmaker par excellence Al Adamson really outdoes himself with this gloriously ghastly sci-fi soft-core musical comedy atrocity which plumbs deliciously dismal and dopey depths in sheer celluloid silliness and jaw-dropping stupidity . In the grim totalitarian future of 2047 s... |
518,204 | 8,239,592 | 154,013 | 8 | A hilariously horrendous tongue-in-cheek porno comedy hoot | Picture an episode of " Happy Days " gone incredibly seedy , with lots of foxy naked women and scuzzy hardcore sex scenes , with the added attraction of a fantastic rockabilly score and plenty of amusingly leering humor , and you'll have a good idea of what this enjoyably mindless 50's nostalgia-tinged mess is like . W... |
518,962 | 8,239,592 | 54,385 | 8 | A really enjoyable redneck stock car racing drive-in flick | Rory Calhoun ( Farmer Vincent in " Motel Hell " ) gives a dead bang-on solid portrayal as Mitch Cooper , a smoothly charming former moonshine runner turned professional stock car racer who , after wrecking both his car and his ankle in a brutal smash up , takes time off from racing to teach cocky eager beaver kid Les Y... |
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