Triskaidekafiles is a love letter to cheesy cinema from the 80s and 90s, with the occasional dip into other eras. if you're a fan of MST3K, Elvira, Joe Bob Briggs, or just bad horror movies in general, Trisk is the place for you.
NEMESIS
WRITER: Rebecca Charles
DIRECTOR: Albert Pyun
STARRING: Olivier Gruner as Alex
Tim Thomerson as Farnsworth
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Angie-Liv
Merle Kennedy as Max Impact
Marjorie Monaghan as Jared
QUICK CUT: Alex Rain, disgraced cop, goes on a quest to find his ex lover Jared, and along the way, maybe he finds himself as well.
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CRITTERS
WRITERS: Story by Dominic Muir
Screenplay by Dominic Muir and Stephen Herek
DIRECTOR: Stephen Herek
STARRING: Dee Wallace Stone as Helen Brown
M. Emmet Walsh as Harv
Billy Green Bush as Jay Brown
Scott Grimes as Brad Brown
Nadine Van Der Velde as April Brown
Don Opper as Charlie McFadden
Terrence Mann as Johnny Steele
QUICK CUT: An infestation of an intrusive species leads to problems on a local farm.
Read MoreM.A.R.K. 13/HARDWARE
WRITER: Richard Stanley
DIRECTOR: Richard Stanley
STARRING: Dylan McDermott as Mo
Stacey Travis as Jill
John Lynch as Shades
William Hootkins as Lincoln
Iggy Pop as Angry Bob
QUICK CUT: In a nuclear irradiated future where industry and war has used up much of the Earth, a scavenger brings some scrap home to his artist girlfriend, and she uses it in her sculptures. Oh, and also, the scrap is parts of a homicidal self-repairing killbot that pulls itself back together.
Read MoreWARNING FROM SPACE
WRITER: Screenplay by Hideo Oguni
DIRECTOR: Koji Shima
STARRING: Keizo Kawasaki as Toru
Toyomi Karita as Hikari Aozora/Ginko
Shozo Nanbu as Dr. Isobe
Bontaro Miake as Dr. Komura
Mieko Nagai as Taeko
QUICK CUT: Starfish aliens come to Earth for mysterious reasons, cause a panic in Tokyo, and decide to turn one of their own into a clone of a popular dancer to communicate with scientists with less screaming and terror. Oh, and also, there's a planet about to crash into us.
Read MoreTHE CLONES
WRITER: Screenplay by Steve Fisher
Original story by Paul Hunt and Lamar Card
DIRECTOR: Paul Hunt and Lamar Card
STARRING: Michael Greene as Dr. Gerald Appleby
Gregory Sierra as Nemo
Otis Young as Sawyer
Susan Hunt as Penny
Stanley Adams as Carl Swafford
John Barrymore Jr. as Brooks Brothers Hippy
QUICK CUT: A scientist narrowly escapes a lab accident, but soon discovers there is someone running around with his face. It's a running chase to figure out what's going on, before someone catches up with him and makes sure there's no duplicates.
Read MoreI COME IN PEACE
WRITER: Jonathan Tydor and Leonard Maas, Jr.
DIRECTOR: Craig R. Baxley
STARRING: Dolph Lundgren as Caine
Brian Benben as Smith
Betsy Brantley as Diane
Matthias Hues as Bad Alien
David Ackroyd as Switzer
Jim Haynie as Malone
Jay Bilas as Good Alien
QUICK CUT: A cop who trusts his gut is caught on the wrong side of some drug lords when a bunch of them gets massacred, and gets teamed up with a straight laced by the book FBI agent trying to solve the case. Oh, and there's also an alien running around with killer CDs and trying to turn people into drugs.
Read MoreBAD CHANNELS
WRITER: Screenplay by Jackson Barr
DIRECTOR: Ted Nicolaou
STARRING: Paul Hipp as Dan O'Dare
Martha Quinn as Lisa Cummings
Aaron Lustig as Vernon Locknut
Michael Huddleston as Corky
Victor Rogers as Sheriff Earl Hickman
Charlie Spradling as Cookie
Melissa Behr as Nurse Ginger
Daryl Strauss as Bunny
Roumel Reaux as Flip Humble
QUICK CUT: A local radio station is upgrading to a nationwide broadcast over station 66, on the same night that it just so happens to be overtaken by an alien looking to abduct a couple girls. Hey, it happens!
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ROBOT WARS
WRITERS: Based on an original idea by Charles Band
Screenplay by Jackson Barr
DIRECTOR: Albert Band
STARRING: Don Michael Paul as Drake
Barbara Crampton as Leda
James Staley as Stumpy
Lisa Rinna as Annie
Danny Kamekona as Wa-Lee
Yuji Okumoto as Chou-Sing
Peter Haskell as Rooney
QUICK CUT: In another future that is vaguely similar to Robot Jox, but NOT THE SAME AT ALL, the last remaining mega robot is all that stands between the North Hemi nation being taken over by the Centros and the Eastern Alliance. Brace yourselves for a lot of futurey sounding locations!
SPLIT SECOND
WRITER: Gary Scott Thompson
DIRECTOR: Tony Maylam
STARRING: Rutger Hauer as Harley Stone
Kim Cattrall as Michelle
Neil Duncan as Dick Durkin
Alun Armstrong as Thrasher
Pete Postlethwaite as Paulsen
Michael J. Pollard as The Rat Catcher
QUICK CUT: In the far flung future of six years ago, detective Harley Stone tracks down a killer leaving heartless bodies in its wake.
ROBOT JOX
WRITERS: Story by Stuart Gordon
Screenplay by Joe Haldeman
DIRECTOR: Stuart Gordon
STARRING: Gary Graham as Achilles
Anne-Marie Johnson as Athena
Paul Koslo as Alexander
Robert Sampson as Commissioner Jameson
Danny Kamekona as Dr. Matsumoto
Hilary Mason as Professor LaPlace
Michael Alldredge as Tex
QUICK CUT: In the near future, after the world has beend devastated by nuclear war, conflicts are resolved by one on one gladiatorial combat. With uh, giant piloted robots. Because that's a thing.
OBLIVION
WRITERS: Based on an original story idea by Charles Band
Story by John Rheaume and Greg Suddeth & Mark Goldstein
Screenplay by Peter David
DIRECTOR: Sam Irvin
STARRING: Richard Joseph Paul as Zack Stone
Jackie Swanson as Mattie Chase
Andrew Divoff as Redeye
Meg Foster as Stell Barr
Isaac Hayes as Buster
Julie Newmar as Miss Kitty
Carel Struycken as Gaunt
George Takei as Doc Valentine
Musetta Vander as Lash
Jimmie F. Skaggs as Buteo
Irwin Keyes as Bork
Mike Genovese as Marshall Stone
Frank Roman as Wormhole
Jeff Moldovan as Spanner
QUICK CUT: On the distant planet of Oblivion in the year 3031, the wild west meets the final frontier, when an outlaw lizard known as Redeye comes to town and kills the local marshall and decides to take over.