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518,760 | 8,239,592 | 1,080,981 | 8 | An interesting and informative documentary on Edie Sedgwick | This short , but compelling and illuminating documentary interviews a handful of people who knew Edie Sedgwick during her fleeting , but eventful and memorable burst of fame in the 60's . Among the folks interviewed are Edie's supportive brother Jonathan , her loyal friend Richie Berlin , photographer Nat Finkelstein ,... |
519,059 | 8,239,592 | 24,055 | 8 | An entertaining 30's horror romp | The great Boris Karloff gives a typically splendid performance as Professor Morlant , a stubborn , dying Egyptologist who acquires a powerful ancient jewel that's supposed to make him immortal . Morlant comes back to life as a hideously disfigured murderous ghoul after someone steals the jewel from his tomb . Director ... |
518,919 | 8,239,592 | 116,604 | 8 | An excellent seriocomic Australian crime caper romp | A rip-snortingly good seriocomic Australian crime caper romp about Kev and Mick , who are a couple of slothful , shiftless , luckless , jobless , penniless , hopelessly dumb and perpetually beer-blasted couch potato twentysomething slacker meatheads who are constantly hard up for booze money . The dim-witted duo decide... |
519,136 | 8,239,592 | 28,331 | 8 | Tod Slaughter is deliciously hammy in this immensely entertaining 30's low-budget horror quickie | Slimy and deranged Fleet Street , London barber Sweeney Todd ( a gloriously ripe and juicy serving of prime eye-rolling Victorian theatrical ham by Tod Slaughter ) murders costumers for their money and valuables . His baker accomplice Mrs . Lovatt ( a fine performance by Stella Rho ) disposes of the bodies by turning t... |
518,520 | 8,239,592 | 453,533 | 8 | A very creepy and unsettling horror feature | Eager , but sensitive atheist medical student Alison Blanchard ( a fine and sympathetic performance by fetching blonde Corri English ) must overcome her own squeamishness about mortality while taking her gross anatomy class . Things get freaky when the unrestful spirit of the female cadaver she's supposed to dissect tr... |
518,549 | 8,239,592 | 63,013 | 8 | An enjoyably silly piece of vintage 60's psychedelic kitsch | Oh yeah , baby ! Now this film may not be good in a conventional sense of the word , but man is it one hopelessly dated , yet charming and unintentionally amusing slice of swingin ' 60's camp silliness . Rock singer / songwriter , former smack addict , and onetime Mick Jagger main squeeze Marianne Faithful portrays Reb... |
517,989 | 8,239,592 | 59,161 | 8 | A real amusingly awful stinker of a cheap sci-fi alien invasion wash-out | A bunch of evil and deadly aliens land in the remote woods of a sleepy rural community and terrorize the countryside . It's up to decent , clean-cut youth Stan Kenyon ( handsome , smooth-voiced John Ashley ) and his sweet girlfriend Susan Rogers ( fetching brunette honey Cynthia Hull ) to stop them before it's too late... |
519,091 | 8,239,592 | 250,390 | 8 | A very lively and enjoyably over-the-top direct-to-video " Duel " variant | Boy , am I in the minority about this particular film . You see , I thought this movie was a lot of good , silly , rousing fun . Sure , it's a cheesy B-picture , but it does the trick and delivers the stirring goods , which makes it a solid film in my book . Okay , with that obligatory explanation stuff out of the way ... |
517,920 | 8,239,592 | 138,610 | 8 | A very funny 30's comic short | The evil Dr . Wong ( essayed with lip-smacking sinister panache by Val Durand ) abducts prominent scientist Professor Edwin Millstone ( solid Wilfred Lucas ) . Blundering bank guards Monte Collins and Tom Kennedy search through Chinatown to find Dr . Wong and rescue the professor . Director Del Lord maintains a zippy p... |
518,994 | 8,239,592 | 90,006 | 8 | A lively and hugely enjoyable car chase romp | Cliff Robertson contributes one of his sturdy , pleasant , reassuring reliable old pro portrayals as Judd Pierson , a crusty , disillusioned crackerjack race car driver whose career has hit the skids . Despite the efforts of loyal , adoring , wide-eyed mechanic Casey ( a likably relaxed performance by boyish , fluffy-h... |
517,914 | 8,239,592 | 147,310 | 8 | A perfectly foul , harsh and disgusting Nazisploitation flick | All kinds of horrible stuff happens to the luckless lady prisoners at SS Camp 5 . Their fierce and sadistic Nazi captors either force the women to become prostitutes so they can sexually service Nazi officers and boost morale or use them as guinea pigs for barbaric scientific experiments . Director / co-writer Sergio G... |
518,792 | 8,239,592 | 184,386 | 8 | A hilariously horrendous horror anthology hoot | Writer / director Ron Ford thoroughly butchers three classic short stories written by H . G . Wells , Mary Shelley , and Rudyard Kipling in this extremely bad , yet often sidesplitting and hence strangely entertaining micro-budget omnibus outing . First and dopiest tale , " Crystal Gazing " - Nerdy , henpecked antique ... |
519,213 | 8,239,592 | 99,313 | 8 | An enjoyable little low-budget straight-to-video bleakly futuristic sci-fi flick | 2030 : In the grim greenhouse effect ravaged future psychotic android Quinn ( deliciously played to the fabulously freaky hilt by Bill Moseley ; Otis in " House of 1 , 000 Corpses " ) kills a few people in a rundown old TV station because grouchy owner Lathan Hooks ( a lively , although sadly brief turn by Ralph Waite ... |
518,691 | 8,239,592 | 50,432 | 8 | A delightfully dippy and laughable giant monster riot | A lethal gigantic alien buzzard comes to our planet so it can eat folks and lay eggs . The military and a team of scientists join forces to stop the nasty thing . Director Fred F . Sears treats the silly story with remarkable seriousness and maintains a snappy pace throughout . The cast all play their stock cardboard c... |
518,540 | 8,239,592 | 220,136 | 8 | An enjoyably cheesy sequel to the excellent original | The diabolical devil doll returns to wreak more havoc . This time it comes to life and turns into a hideous scaly humanoid lizard beast which terrorizes several folks holding a lavish Halloween birthday party for little girl Tania ( cute Renata del Rio ) on a closed film studio . It's up to occult expert Julio ( the ev... |
519,395 | 8,239,592 | 85,694 | 8 | A nifty little early 80's college-set slasher flick | The seven lady members of the Theta Pi Sorority accidentally kill their overbearing shrew of a house mother Ms . Slater ( a memorably huffy Lois Kelsa Hunt ) and try to dispose of her body by hiding it in a filthy old pool . Unbeknownst to the girls , Ms . Slater has a hideously malformed son named Erik ( the creepy Ch... |
518,022 | 8,239,592 | 75,809 | 8 | A very solid & suspenseful 70's vehicular horror film | An admirably sober-minded entry in the demonic killer car fright film sub-genre , this surprisingly creepy and unnerving picture has a big , ugly , driverless black sedan terrorize the dusty , desolate desert armpit burg of Santa Ynez , New Mexico . It runs over several folks left and right before stalwart Sheriff Wade... |
519,137 | 8,239,592 | 54,285 | 8 | A fun Italian mad scientist horror romp | Gorgeous stripper Jeanette ( well played by luscious blonde looker Susanne Loret ) has her face horribly disfigured in a car accident . Sinister , obsessive scientist Professor Alberto Levin ( a perfectly creepy portrayal by Alberto Lupo ) manages to restore Jeanette's beauty with an experimental serum , but naturally ... |
519,232 | 8,239,592 | 99,278 | 8 | An enjoyably lowbrow piece of diverting junk | Hard-nosed and demanding macho photographer Jack Hackerman ( excellently played to the fiercely rugged hilt by Ross Hagen ) and a handful of models go to a remote rural ranch to shoot pictures for a forthcoming calender . Things turn sour when a crazed cross-dressing misogynistic psycho dressed up like a nurse starts b... |
518,965 | 8,239,592 | 120,380 | 8 | A very solid and enjoyable killer automobile offering | Stephen King's sole directorial effort " Maximum Overdrive " still qualifies as one of the single most horrible cinematic adaptations of his work to date . It's a total mess that's fatally undone by intolerably obnoxious nincompoop characters , sloppy plotting , and a simply dreadful sense of rancidly unamusing toilet ... |
518,088 | 8,239,592 | 165,256 | 8 | A solid and satisfying martial arts revenge item | Karate master Kazuma ( the almighty Sonny Chiba ) gets severely beaten up and crippled by a vicious gang of thugs lead by evil rival Nikaido . Kazuma trains his loyal daughter Yumi ( a fine and moving performance by beautiful brunette Etsuko Shihomi ) in the martial arts so she can exact a harsh revenge on the pernicio... |
518,737 | 8,239,592 | 63,090 | 8 | An utterly tasteless and hence hugely enjoyable Mexican horror splatter hoot | A kindly surgeon performs a heart transplant on his dying son . Naturally , there's a major glitch : said ticker was taken from a gorilla , which somehow causes the once nice kid to mutate into a brutal , brawny , bloodthirsty and hideously ugly apeman who embarks on a repulsively graphic crime spree , raping and killi... |
519,055 | 8,239,592 | 75,830 | 8 | A total bawdy hoot ! | Sweet hairdresser Penny Pittman ( a typically charming and radiant performance by lovely blonde 70's drive-in cinema starlet Candice Rialson ) discovers that her vagina can talk and sing . Penny's helpful agent / psychiatrist Dr . Pearl ( affably essayed by Larry Gelman ) turns Penny and her foul-mouthed speaking cervi... |
518,742 | 8,239,592 | 59,215 | 8 | An uproariously campy 60's horror schlock hoot | A motley assortment of tourists are vacationing on a remote island . The group runs afoul of evil botanist Baron von Meser ( the ubiquitous Cameron Mitchell in top suavely sinister form ) and his lethal giant vampire tree ( ! ) . Director Mel Welles ( Mr . Mushnik in the original " The Little Shop of Horrors " ) treats... |
519,050 | 8,239,592 | 63,097 | 8 | An entertainingly tacky piece of Mexploitation horror schlock | The legendary Boris Karloff ended his illustrious career by making four cheapie fright flick clunkers in Mexico . This is the token moody period Gothic horror entry from the bunch . Karloff gives a typically spry and dignified performance as Matthias Morteval , an elderly eccentric patriarch who invites several of his ... |
519,266 | 8,239,592 | 75,838 | 8 | A very creepy and unnerving 70's low-budget killer kid horror item | Freaky 11-year-old Rosalie ( perfectly played to the eerie hilt by Rosalie Cole ) lives with her cranky widowed pop in the remote woods of the deep South in the 1930's . Strange , snotty and friendless , Rosalie has a most unsettling tendency to hang out in the local misty cemetery . Moreover , the creepy killer kid po... |
518,650 | 8,239,592 | 54,777 | 8 | Hammer's first and sadly only werewolf movie | Spain in the 18th century : Cruel tyrant Marques Siniestro ( a wonderfully wicked Anthony Dawson ) imprisons a poor beggar ( a fine Richard Wordsworth ) in the basement of his castle . The beggar degenerates into a deranged feral state and rapes a mute servant girl ( the stunningly gorgeous Yvonne Romain ) . The servan... |
518,673 | 8,239,592 | 50,381 | 8 | A very enjoyable fantasy adventure | Brave and honest legendary strongman Hercules ( perfectly embodied by the brawny and handsome Steve Reeves ) joins the noble Jason ( solid Fabrizio Mioni ) and his Argonauts on a perilous quest to find the golden fleece . During their dangerous journey Hercules and company encounter a tribe of beautiful , yet lethal Am... |
518,487 | 8,239,592 | 72,331 | 8 | Good , schlocky 70's drive-in horror fun | Mild-mannered high school student Vernon Potts is a strong candidate for the Pencil Neck Geek of the Year Award . The thuggish jocks in his gym class are always ruthlessly picking on him and beating him up . His bitchy English teacher gives him mucho flack for only caring about biology and chemistry . Vernon's negligen... |
518,238 | 8,239,592 | 59,045 | 8 | A nifty period action drama | Noble Viking warrior Rurik ( a strong and credible portrayal by Cameron Mitchell ) vows to protect the fiery Karin ( well played by the lovely Lisa Wagner ) and her spunky son Moki ( the charming Louis Polletin ) from the vile clutches of the savage Hagen ( a perfectly hateful Frank Ross ) and his army of nasty brutes ... |
519,171 | 8,239,592 | 72,348 | 8 | A likable , if rather lightweight 70's blaxploitation romp | Tough , two-fisted Italian Catholic priest Father Charlie ( well played with steely conviction by Lino Ventura ) and rugged ex-cop Lee Stevens ( a solid and charismatic performance by Isaac Hayes ) join forces to find out who's responsible for a recent bank robbery in which one million dollars got stolen . Naturally , ... |
519,400 | 8,239,592 | 93,443 | 8 | A hilariously raucous and original comedy blast | When it comes to gleefully broad , bawdy , lowbrow " Mad " magazine-style " to hell with good taste and proper decorum " - like zany goofball humor , this unfairly overlooked late 80's period horror comedy riot really takes the splendidly sophomoric cake , ravenously gobbles it up with a commendable lack of subtlety an... |
518,242 | 8,239,592 | 68,515 | 8 | Likable tongue-in-cheek comedy Western | Charming , blithely amoral devil-may-care rogue Jesse Smith ( nicely played to the suavely cool hilt by Richard Harrison , who also co-directed this film ) and peaceful , devout straight-arrow Mormon Lester O'Hara ( a lively and credible performance by Donald O'Brien ) are estranged half brothers who reunite after rece... |
518,690 | 8,239,592 | 54,744 | 8 | A fun & enjoyable low-budget early 60's JD hoot | Five delinquent adolescents known collectively as " the Choppers " terrorize the countryside by stripping cars left by the side of the road with ruthless efficiency . The laughably clueless local yokel cops bumble , fumble and stumble around in fruitless circles until the discovery of a lone chicken feather at a crime ... |
519,112 | 8,239,592 | 357,585 | 8 | Beware the beautiful blonde babes from outer space ! | Flirtacious Lily ( the stunningly gorgeous Stefanie Von Pfetten ) and aggressive Constance ( the equally foxy Kim Poirier ) aren't your standard run-of-the-mill tasty hot blonde college babes . They are actually dangerously alluring and enticing extraterrestrials who have come to Earth to mate with human males . Unfort... |
518,904 | 8,239,592 | 103,204 | 8 | More infectiously dumb fun | Stuck-up snob Holly Wells ( a lively performance by the cuddly Ginger Lynn Allen ) and ditsy sweetheart Candy ( an endearingly daffy Elizabeth Kaitan ) can't stand each other , but are forced to work together in order to stop a gang of escaped female convicts lead by the wicked Melanie ( outrageously overplayed with ey... |
518,167 | 8,239,592 | 870,159 | 8 | A charming little documentary | Actress Stella Stevens , looking as lovely and vibrant as ever , candidly talks about portraying whore with a heart of gold Hildy in " The Ballad of Cable Hogue . " Stevens points out that the film was at heart a tragic love story , that star Jason Robards was a perfect gentleman , the vocal for the duet " Butterfly Mo... |
517,934 | 8,239,592 | 76,271 | 8 | A genuinely creepy and superior 70's revolt-of-nature horror outing | After their original prey is killed off by insecticides , a bunch of lethal poisonous arachnids develop a serious case of the mankind munchies and start chowing down on the unsuspecting local yokel residents of the sleepy country hamlet of Verde , Arizona . Pitted against the deadly eight-legged little horrors are amia... |
519,345 | 8,239,592 | 68,491 | 8 | A really cool and enjoyable oddball 70's crime caper flick | This really choice and pleasingly idiosyncratic early 70's low-budget canine crime caper winner delivers the quirky low-key nickel'n'dime junk movie goods with mucho gusto and a welcome dearth of pretense . Irascible criminal mastermind Eddie , fed up with the gross constant ineptitude of his hopelessly fallible human ... |
518,420 | 8,239,592 | 80,080 | 8 | A delightfully dumb lowbrow horror comedy riot | Amiable horny sailors Tom Buckley ( likable Bruce Fairbairn ) and Terry Wayne ( the equally engaging Trey Wilson of " Raising Arizona " fame ) are looking for some female action while on shore leave in the Philippines . The duo run afoul of droll vampire count Richmond Reed ( the ubiquitous John Carradine hamming it up... |
519,446 | 8,239,592 | 68,481 | 8 | A nicely spooky 70's made-for-TV horror winner | Sweet young Diane Shaw ( a fine and sympathetic performance by the comely Belinda J . Montgomery ) is given a place to stay by the seemingly friendly Lilith Malone ( superbly played by the ever reliable Shelley Winters ) following the death of Diane's mother ( Diane Ladd in a strong cameo ) . Diane discovers much to he... |
518,257 | 8,239,592 | 80,081 | 8 | An enjoyably breezy'n'easy Crown International drive-in romp | Cocky , blustery , bored stiff country boy Bobby ( swaggering Bill Adler ) drives his souped-up van to Los Angeles in search of kicks and competition . Bobby falls a over teakettle in love with assertive , self-assured rival lady driver Moon ( adorable ' 74 " Playboy " Playmate of the Year Cynthia Wood ) and befriends ... |
518,998 | 8,239,592 | 418,778 | 8 | A supremely icky and unnerving Japanese horror creepfest | A burn patient at a dank , grimy , rundown and understaffed hospital gets accidentally killed as a result of malpractice one fateful evening . The doctors and nurses responsible for his death decide to cover up the incident . Another hapless fellow with a horrific decomposing rash gets brought into the hospital that sa... |
518,080 | 8,239,592 | 76,191 | 8 | Good , cheesy , retro 50's monster-on-the-loose sci-fi / horror fun | Astronaut Steven West ( stolidly played by Alex Rebar , who subsequently quit acting to write and / or produce such dreadful , eminently disposable fright film tripe as " Demented , " " Home , Sweet Home , " " Terror on Tour , " and " To All A Good Night " ) returns from a successful Saturn mission with a mysterious de... |
518,566 | 8,239,592 | 68,599 | 8 | A super serving of 70's drive-in schlock | A trio of sexy young stewardesses have all sorts of misadventures as they travel all over the world : klutzy eager beaver rookie Toby ( an endearingly daffy performance by busty blonde babe Pat Anderson ) romances handsome doctor David ( likable Richard Young ) while being forced to contend with her meddlesome overbear... |
518,592 | 8,239,592 | 116,393 | 8 | An excellent and underrated crime thriller | Honest black cop Michael Rhoades ( a fine performance by Mario Van Peebles ) takes a stand against a racist group of white vigilante police officers called the Phantoms and does his best to acquire the necessary evidence to bust these guys . Of course , Rhoades immediately finds himself in considerable jeopardy . Direc... |
518,079 | 8,239,592 | 384,833 | 8 | A good , goofy & enjoyably gory giant monster on the loose flick | I bought this immensely enjoyable little direct-to-video giant monster on the loose fright flick as an impulse buy at a local Wal-Mart for only five bucks and am glad that I did , for this funky little B-horror creature feature turned out to be a pleasant surprise . The basic plot centers on a motley assortment of folk... |
518,442 | 8,239,592 | 89,630 | 8 | A nicely spooky and effective supernatural horror murder mystery thriller sleeper | Sensible , independent , down-to-earth young single woman Meg ( the reasonably pretty , but rather plain and refreshingly unglamorous redhead Heather Bolton ) purchases a used Jaguar Mark IV automobile that's haunted by the unrestful spirit ( expressively played to eerily mute perfection by the lovely Perry Piercy ) of... |
518,496 | 8,239,592 | 1,072,422 | 8 | Interesting short | Grief-stricken Derek ( a solid and moving performance by Edwin Navas ) feels guilty following the untimely death of his girlfriend Courtney Everly ( a haunting portrayal by Cara Mantella ) in an automobile accident . Derek seeks refuge in the woods to no avail . Instead he's tormented by ghosts , visions , creepy hillb... |
519,090 | 8,239,592 | 72,400 | 8 | A very strong and absorbing 70's made-for-TV end-of-the-world science fiction winner | This solid 70's end-of-the-world made-for-TV picture has a few striking similarities to William Girdler's " Day of the Animals . " Like that sturdy nature-gone-amok killer animal flick this feature amounts to a very effective and genuinely eerie effort . Stalwart , resolute father Peter Graves , his bookish chip off th... |
518,192 | 8,239,592 | 59,127 | 8 | One of Hammer's best and most enjoyable Dracula pictures | Alan ( solid Charles Tingwell ) , his wife Helen ( ravishing brunette beauty Barbara Shelley ) , Charles ( affable Francis Matthews ) and his spouse Diana ( the equally fetching blonde looker Suzan Farmer ) are traveling through the Carpathian Mountains . The two young English couples find themselves in substantial jeo... |
519,444 | 8,239,592 | 54,691 | 8 | A fun low-budget 50's " The Most Dangerous Game " copy | Johnny Randall ( a solid Robert Reed ; the father on " The Brady Bunch " ) , Betty Scott ( tasty blonde June Kenney ) , Peter Garwood ( the likable Gene Perrson ) , and Jeanne Perry ( fetching brunette Joan Lora ) are four teenagers who find themselves trapped on a remote secluded and uncharted tropical island run by t... |
518,644 | 8,239,592 | 72,424 | 8 | A really fun and enjoyable vintage 70's yuletide TV special | Santa Claus ( robustly voiced by the ever-exuberant Mickey Rooney ) gets a bad cold and decides to take a year off . Ms . Claus ( given an endearingly warm voice by Shirley Booth ) sends bumbling elves Jingle Bells and Jangle Bells along with baby reindeer Vixen to go out into the world to find plenty of holiday cheer ... |
517,932 | 8,239,592 | 128,451 | 8 | A nicely sick and sleazy piece of low-budget Southern-fried Satanic trash | Unhappy and discontent suburban teen Bobby ( expertly played to the obnoxious hilt by Stephen White ) lives in abject misery in the Florida suburbs . He's relentlessly browbeaten by his overbearing stepfather ( a marvelously hateful Eldon Macham ) and equally nasty shamelessly flirtatious tease of an older step sister ... |
517,929 | 8,239,592 | 483,779 | 8 | A really enjoyable low-budget sci-fi / horror flick | Three attractive young couples go to a remote peaceful island off the coast of New England for a weekend frolic . Things turn sour when a crashed meteor creates not only a fierce storm which traps the kids on the island , but also unleashes a lethal humanoid alien creature that goes on a murderous rampage . Writer / di... |
519,037 | 8,239,592 | 76,214 | 8 | A pretty creepy & effective 70's made-for-TV killer animal fright flick | This nicely creepy and enjoyable 70's made-for-TV killer animal horror item centers on a nest of lethal and poisonous ants which are unearthed by a construction crew working on a posh lakeside resort . The ants proceed to attack a few folks and trap a handful of others inside . Among those trapped in the resort are fei... |
518,094 | 8,239,592 | 54,668 | 8 | An enjoyably bizarre Mexican sci-fi / horror oddity | 1661 : Evil and unrepentant sorcerer Baron Vitelius d'Estera ( well played with suitably dour relish by Abel Salazar ) gets burned at the stake for practicing witchcraft . Before he dies the Baron vows to return 300 years later to kill the descendants of his executioners . In 1961 a passing comet resurrects the Baron a... |
519,258 | 8,239,592 | 59,100 | 8 | A nice 60's horror movie blend of vampirism and Satanism | Writer Paul Baxter ( likable William Sylvestor ) and his newfound model girlfriend Karin ( ravishing redhead beauty Tracy Reed ) meet elegant French aristocrat Arman du Moliere ( a supremely suave and sinister portrayal by Hubert Noel ) while vacationing in rural Brittany . Moliere turns out to be a vampire who abducts... |
519,346 | 8,239,592 | 275,056 | 8 | An offbeat and haunting documentary about the 1989 Russian invasion of Afghanistan | Richard Stanley's strange and experimental 32-minute avant garde documentary about the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent formation of the Taliban eschews standard narration in favor of simply presenting the events with a series of oddly lovely and often startling images . Immo Horn's dazzling cinematog... |
518,511 | 8,239,592 | 32,404 | 8 | A fun little Grade B mystery potboiler | Sly , suave Oriental sleuth James Lee Wong ( the always excellent Boris Karloff ) investigates the murder of fierce shipping tycoon Cyrus P . Wenthworth ( a brief , but memorable turn by Melvin Lang ) and uncovers a plot to smuggle contraband bonds into the country . He's assisted by gruff , hard-nosed cop captain Will... |
518,272 | 8,239,592 | 86,014 | 8 | A nifty 80's horror anthology outing | This omnibus affair offers four scary tales altogether . First and most tense story , " Terror in Topanga " - Chainsmoking housewife Lisa ( well played by the lovely Christina Raines ) finds herself being stalked by a vicious escaped psychopath when she goes out late at night for a pack of cigarettes . This vignette cu... |
519,330 | 8,239,592 | 50,251 | 8 | An excellent and enjoyable Japanese science fiction alien invasion winner | A rural town gets completely destroyed . The military investigates and discovers a giant bird-like robot that levels everything in its lethal path . The robot belongs to the Mysterians , an alien race who want a piece of land and human women to mate with . The military refuses to comply with the aliens ' requests and d... |
518,532 | 8,239,592 | 32,390 | 8 | A fun 40's poverty-row Bela Lugosi horror cheapie | The bitter and vindictive Dr . Paul Carruthers ( essayed with deliciously wicked aplomb by Bela Lugosi ) creates huge monstrous killer bats so he can get revenge on his employers who used and exploited him . Carruthers gives his victims a special shaving location that attracts the bats . Smartaleck newspaper reporter J... |
518,273 | 8,239,592 | 72,209 | 8 | A really cool and enjoyable Aussie cult biker winner | Someone is picking off members of the outlaw biker gang the Grave Diggers after one of their number witnesses the assassination of a politician at an outdoor rally in a public park . Straight-laced undercover cop Stone ( stiffly played by Ken Shorter ) infiltrates the club in order to protect them and find out who the ... |
518,672 | 8,239,592 | 922,642 | 8 | An effectively grim and grisly end-of-the-world sci-fi / horror outing | The time : the immediate near future . Society has fallen apart as the direct result of a sudden and unexpected gas shortage . A ragtag group of survivors led by the wise and kindly Professor Darwin ( an excellent performance by Robert Carradine ) seek refuge in an empty and abandoned hospital . Said group find themsel... |
518,244 | 8,239,592 | 403,407 | 8 | A refreshingly offbeat and original vampire horror picture | A race of genetically enhanced vampires called the Brotherhood has peacefully coexisted with human beings for 300 years . Crazed renegade vampire Brother Edgar ( superbly played with frightening intensity Leo Gregory ) starts preying on human beings and plans on changing the natural order of things by infecting everyon... |
519,080 | 8,239,592 | 200,515 | 8 | An enjoyably cruddy piece of slasher schlock | This deliciously cheesy howler gets off to a rip-roaring start with busty blonde babe Sally ( luscious Meredith O'Brien ) doing just what you think with her nerdy boyfriend Vic ( the extremely dorky Vinnie Bilancio ) . Of course , right after they're finished both of them are brutally butchered by maniacal machete-bran... |
518,944 | 8,239,592 | 72,219 | 8 | A nicely eerie , intelligent and involving 70's sci-fi / horror made-for-TV flick | Although her sweet , caring schoolteacher husband David ( the fine George Grizzard ) had a vasectomy three years ago , successful painter Ann Collins ( marvelously played with meticulous focus by the lovely Barbara Eden of " I Dream of Jeannie " fame ) has somehow managed to become pregnant . Even weirder than Ann mira... |
518,100 | 8,239,592 | 46,066 | 8 | A gloriously ludicrous laugh riot | When it comes to hilariously horrible high camp howlers , this exceptionally abominable micro-budget atrocity really takes the cruddy cake . First off , there's the stupendously silly plot : Mad scientist Dr . Arana ( essayed with hammy élan by Jackie Coogan ; Uncle Fester on " The Adams Family " ) conducts evil experi... |
518,434 | 8,239,592 | 422,401 | 8 | A wildly entertaining tongue-in-cheek indie horror splatter treat | A motley assortment of folks go on a tour of a remote backwoods New Orleans , Louisiana swamp area . Of course , our group runs afoul of the vicious , deranged and murderous Victor Crowley ( Kane " Jason " Hodder under lots of impressively grotesque make-up ) , a hideously deformed sick hick who doesn't cotton to any i... |
518,481 | 8,239,592 | 68,371 | 8 | A really enjoyable monster mash | A race of evil aliens ( they're actually giant cockroaches who inhibit the bodies of recently deceased folks ) call upon the ferocious three-headed dragon King Ghidorah and sharp-beaked bird beast Gigan ( he's got a huge buzzsaw in his belly ! ) to destroy us puny helpless humans so they can take over the planet . Luck... |
518,135 | 8,239,592 | 89,826 | 8 | A satisfying conclusion to this hilariously raunchy series | Those rowdy sex-obsessed lads at Angel Beach High are about to graduate . They lock horns once again with their old nemesis Porky ( a perfectly nasty Chuck Mitchell ) , who wants our gang to throw a big championship basketball game and force Meat ( amiable Tony Ganios ) to marry his homely daughter Blossom ( the amusin... |
519,261 | 8,239,592 | 76,144 | 8 | A really fun and enjoyable seriocomic Australian road movie romp | Cocky , fun-loving , smart-mouthed and libidinous womanizing American hellion Tex ( puckish , tousle-haired Joseph Bottoms ) and his shy , quiet , more serious and grown-up Aussie pal Alby ( affable strapping behemoth Grigor Taylor ) are a couple of bored stiff carnival workers who are eager for some fun and excitement... |
518,777 | 8,239,592 | 93,624 | 8 | Good cheesy 80's horror gore fun | A bunch of mostly obnoxious and grossly unappealing teens go to a creepy , remote , rundown old mortuary located nearby a cemetery to attend an anything-goes all-out Halloween party being hosted by freaky occult-obsessed oddball Mimi Kinkade and her vacuous , boy-hungry bimbette friend Linnea Quigley . The loutish , pr... |
519,360 | 8,239,592 | 72,245 | 8 | An entertainingly trashy piece of 70's chopsocky blaxploitation schlock | Feisty Dianna Jackson ( a winningly spunky performance by gorgeous former " Playboy " Playmate Jeanne Bell ) goes to Hong Kong to take out the evil heroin ring that murdered her brother . Dianna's assisted by friendly karate master Joe ( amiable Chiquito ) , faces opposition from undercover narcotics agent Elaine ( lov... |
518,380 | 8,239,592 | 68,367 | 8 | A nicely eerie and haunting giallo winner | Successful sculptor Franco Serpiere ( a solid performance by 007 oneshot George Lazenby , who looks gaunt and worn ) and his adorable daughter Roberta ( sweetly played by cute redhead Nicoletta Elmi of " Bay of Blood " and " Deep Red " ) are spending some quality time together in scenic Venice , Italy . Roberta gets br... |
517,910 | 8,239,592 | 499,464 | 8 | A fun low-budget straight-to-video horror / action romp | A group of vampire hunters called the Nine get the various vampire clans to agree to an uneasy pact . All goes well for a spell until the evil Countess Elizabeth Bathorly ( a deliciously wicked portrayal by the gorgeous Christina Rosenberg ) breaks the pact . The rugged Rufus King ( nicely played with assured macho apl... |
518,632 | 8,239,592 | 68,364 | 8 | A choice cheesy chunk of vintage 70's soft-core drive-in exploitation camp trash | The film that got the whole 70's drive-in exploitation soft-core cheerleader comedy genre ball rolling - - and boy what an endearingly dippy start ! The plot , such as it is , revolves around the five highly active and naughty cheerleader squad members of Amorosa High School in California who help a sweet virginal sixt... |
518,864 | 8,239,592 | 63,272 | 8 | Crazy psychotic 60's stripper chick a-go-go , baby ! | Sweet stripper Lila ( adorable redhead Susan Stewart , who has a really cute funny foreign accent ) gets turned on to LSD by a creepy hippie guy . The bad acid causes Lila to go lethally bonkers . She takes various lecherous men to her grotty warehouse love nest , kills them , and hacks up their bodies with a meat clea... |
518,923 | 8,239,592 | 271,237 | 8 | A nifty made-for-TV supernatural chiller | Affable , but broke Stu ( winningly played by Luke Perry ) , his easygoing friend Tommy ( the equally solid Dan Cortese ) , Stu's fetching fiancé Julia Lee ( lovely Polly Shannon ) , and their nerdy pal Gus ( an amusingly geeky David Hewlett ) go on vacation in Bermuda . They rent a rusty old junker of a boat crewed by... |
518,313 | 8,239,592 | 1,276,405 | 8 | A fun and affectionate homage to 80's horror slasher cinema | This highly entertaining short feature begins with nifty trailers for " Creepshow 2 , " " A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 : The Dream Master , " and this particular movie . Then the simple , but effective and engrossing plot proper kicks in : Cute teenager Tracy Donahue ( a nice performance by pretty brunette Vikki Hallaue... |
518,926 | 8,239,592 | 72,260 | 8 | A choice trashy chunk of 70's Crown International drive-in junk | Shy , awkward , virginal 18-year-old Sean Roberts ( an engaging performance by Jay North of TV's " Dennis the Menace " fame ) becomes involved with sexy , enticing , aggressive 28-year-old teacher Diane Marshall ( gorgeous blonde babe Angel Tompkins ) . The couple are relentlessly terrorized by deranged Vietnam veteran... |
518,121 | 8,239,592 | 93,654 | 8 | An excellent , exciting and underrated 80's action thriller sleeper | Amy Madigan is one of my all-time favorite unsung actresses : She's pretty in a modest , corn-fed sort of way , has one of those dry , throaty , worn-out alto voices which I personally find to be very sultry , and her often short , faded blonde hair ain't nothing to sneeze about , either . Furthermore , Amy also posses... |
518,818 | 8,239,592 | 76,055 | 8 | An offbeat , original and underrated 70's drive-in gem | Naive young lady Christine Delaplane ( a solid and sympathetic performance by the luscious Alisha Fontaine ) goes to New Orleans to find her future and winds up getting a job as a stripper at a local seedy dive . So far , so familiar . But the story takes a surprising and unexpected departure into more fresh and intrig... |
518,306 | 8,239,592 | 403,358 | 8 | A strikingly novel , strange and ambitious , if slightly muddled and overblown horror-fantasy stunner | Now , here's a truly offbeat , startling and incredibly thrilling genre-blending oddity : a dark , serious and surreal horror / fantasy / action / end-of-the-world apocalyptic work of astonishing visionary cinematic sweep and imagination that's at heart an oddball allegory on Flawed Good Vs . Alluring Evil . Two rival ... |
519,287 | 8,239,592 | 388,230 | 8 | A tense , tough-minded & truly terrifying backwoods indie horror item | Now , this is exactly the way a horror film should be done : tense , gritty and grimly serious , with a strong sense of conviction , a winning paucity of pretense , and no silly and unnecessary humor to either detract from or take the edge off of the raw , rattling , kick-you-in-the-gut pure terror and shocking brutali... |
518,803 | 8,239,592 | 123,982 | 8 | A poignant portrait of a doomed May-December romance | Shy and thoughtful 16-year-old misfit punk skateboarder Michael ( an excellent performance by Noah Taylor ) has an ill-advised stormy romantic fling with Sally ( touchingly played by Gillian Jones ) , a lonely and troubled 42-year-old woman who's a friend of his mother . Written and directed with praiseworthy frankness... |
518,332 | 8,239,592 | 173,807 | 8 | A hilariously horrendous hoot | Obviously made to cash-on on the popularity of such vigilante action pictures as " Death Wish " and " The Exterminator , " this uproariously awful crud looks like it was shot on a paltry budget of roughly fifty bucks . After beginning with some badly staged Vietnam war combat footage , the story proper kicks in : Craze... |
518,280 | 8,239,592 | 85,918 | 8 | An enjoyably schlocky 80's low-budget horror exploitation hoot | Lovely and sweet young Susan Farrell ( a respectable performance by deliciously voluptuous blonde bombshell Bobbie Bresee ) suffers from an especially nasty family curse : she gets possessed by the spirit of an evil and lethal , yet enticing distaff demonic spirit that takes over the first born daughters of every line ... |
519,381 | 8,239,592 | 279,919 | 8 | A very enjoyable Bigfoot documentary | The meteoric success of " The Legend of Boggy Creek " not only led to two sequels , but also beget a flood of like-minded documentaries all striving to both provide photographic evidence of the ever-evasive creature's existence and bilk bucks from the wallets of innumerable drive-in theater patrons . " The Legend of Bi... |
517,954 | 8,239,592 | 63,330 | 8 | A hugely enjoyable early 60's Mexican horror flick | Four archaeologists take a sacred idol from a holy temple . Evil and powerful voodoo priest Zandor ( robustly played by Quintin Bulnes ) puts a curse on the four men and their loved ones . The guys are stalked and killed by lethal dolls armed with sharp poison needles . Director Benito Alazraki maintains a brisk pace t... |
518,099 | 8,239,592 | 68,425 | 8 | An enjoyably dreadful piece of sci-fi schlock | An evil lethal bright orange yellow fireball comes to earth and goes on a rampage in a remote lakeside area ; the flaming thing rolls over various hapless folks and reduces them to ashes . It's up to nerdy scientist Dr . Iane Thorne ( blandly played by Marvin Howard ) to figure out a way to stop it before it's too late... |
518,906 | 8,239,592 | 262,753 | 8 | Gloriously ludicrous trash | An evil , clawed , cackling witch woman unleashes a savage humanoid snake monster that embarks on a brutal killing spree in a major city . The ever-suave Richard Harrison has to fend off several assassins who want his magic ring and must find the witch in order to stop her . Meanwhile , fetching lady reporter Helen fea... |
518,522 | 8,239,592 | 165,720 | 8 | An enjoyable period martial arts action romp | Three brave and noble warriors form a group called the Dream Sword who travel across the countryside to vanquish all kinds of evildoers . The Dream Sword eventually create their own dynasty . Rival wicked clans join forces in order to defeat the Dream Sword . Director Chao-Yung Li , working from a complex and lively sc... |
519,181 | 8,239,592 | 98,068 | 8 | An odd , intriguing and strikingly original horror black comedy winner | The cosy suburbs in the blandly conventional 50's . Awkward and introspective little boy Michaal ( a nicely subtle and low-key performance by the extremely scrawny and tiny Brian Madorsky ) suspects that something is seriously amiss with both his square , stern dad ( a supremely creepy Randy Quaid ) and cheery mom ( a ... |
519,131 | 8,239,592 | 228,196 | 8 | A very neat and enjoyable sci-fi / action / Western hybrid winner | The time : The bleak near future . The place : The desolate town of Hartford City . Noble lawman Jack Holt ( the solid Frank Stewart ) gets killed by several goons who work for Hawk ( a perfectly sinister Loren Blackwell ) , an evil insurance company mogul who governs over the burg with an iron fist . Jack's easygoing ... |
518,383 | 8,239,592 | 58,753 | 8 | A nifty 60's witchcraft horror feature | Vengeful witch Vanessa Whitlock ( strikingly played by the slim , sharp-featured Yvette Rees , who looks like Barbara Steele ) gets resurrected in the present day after her grave is desecrated by land developers . Vanessa , assisted by angry warlock Morgan Whitlock ( a fine , forceful performance by Lon Chaney , Jr . )... |
518,462 | 8,239,592 | 76,535 | 8 | A hugely enjoyable fantasy adventure romp | One of a handful of modestly budgeted , but enthusiastically pulpy fantasy action-adventure features based on Edgar Rice Burrough's hugely enjoyable boys ' own novels ( other entries in this particular cycle include " The Land That Time Forgot " and " At the Earth's Core " ) , this characteristically cheap'n'cheerful r... |
518,309 | 8,239,592 | 73,820 | 9 | An excellent , very entertaining and even quite frightening 70's made-for-TV horror anthology treat | The always arresting and outstanding Karen Black displays impressive and exceptional range and skill in this hugely enjoyable three story made-for-TV horror omnibus outing . In the first pretty good tale Black essays the role of a shy college professor who gets seduced and blackmailed by a scheming male student ( nicel... |
519,217 | 8,239,592 | 88,044 | 9 | A splendidly sleazy 80's teen revenge thriller exploitation pip | Linda Blair was at the height of her 80's trash exploitation fame when she starred in this delectably down and dirty grindhouse sleaze howler as Brenda , an over-aged high school " bad girl " senior who's the leader of the tough all-girl gang the Satins . Trouble rears its ugly head when the Satins run afoul of a bruti... |
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