Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 (1987)

December 07, 2011 / Esme Grey

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 2

WRITERS: Story by Lee Harry, Joseph E. Earle, Dennis Patterson, and Lawrence Applebaum
Screenplay by Lee Harry and Joseph E. Earl

DIRECTOR: Lee Harry

STARRING: Eric Freeman as Ricky Caldwell
    James L. Newman as Dr. Henry Bloom
    Elizabeth Cayton as Jennifer
    Jean Miller as Mother Superior
    Corinne Gelfan as Mrs. Rosenberg
    Michael Combatti as Mr. Rosenberg
    Kenneth Bryan James as Chip
    Frank Novak as Loan Shark
    Randy Baughman as Eddie
    Joanne White as Paula
    Nadya Wynd as Sister Mary
    J. Aubrey Island as Orderly
    Randy Post as Loudmouth in Theater

QUICK CUT: Crazy Billy's little brother is now all grown up, and thanks to his brother being shot to death at his feet, he's just as screwed up, and we get to hear all the gory details of his past craziness, as he sits in an interogation room and tells his tale to a psychiatrist.

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Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

December 01, 2011 / Esme Grey

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT

WRITERS: Based on a story by Paul Cami
Written by Michael Hickey

DIRECTOR: Charles E. Sellier, Jr

STARRING: Lilyan Chauvin as Mother Superior
    Gilmer McCormick as Sister Margaret
    Toni Nero as Pamela
    Robert Brian Wilson as Billy
    Linnea Quigley as Denise
    Randy Stumpf as Andy
    Britt Leach as Mr. Sims
    Tara Buckman as Mother
    Will Hare as Grandpa
    Leo Geter as Tommy
    Jeff Hansen as Father
    H.E.D. Redford as Captain Richards
    Amy Stuyvesant as Cindy
    Max Robinson as Officer Barnes

QUICK CUT: After a childhood trauma, a young boy grows up with an intense fear of Santa Claus, a belief in punishment for being naughty, and then he ends up working as a toy store Santa. It's "What Could Possibly Go Wrong: The Movie"!

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The Stuff (1985)

November 26, 2011 / Esme Grey

THE STUFF

WRITER: Larry Cohen

DIRECTOR: Larry Cohen

STARRING: Michael Moriarty as David "Mo" Rutheford
    Andrea Marcovicci as Nicole
    Garrett Morris as "Chococlate Chip" Charlie
    Paul Sorvino as Colonel Spears
    Danny Aiello as Vickers
    Patrick O'Neal as Fletcher
    Scott Bloom as Jason

QUICK CUT: The new taste sensation sweeping across the nation is The Stuff! Everyone loves it, everyone wants it, and no one can have just one bite! The only downside is it eats you back from the inside out, and takes over your body for its own nefarious purposes. Whatever that might be.

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Troll (1986)

November 13, 2011 / Esme Grey

TROLL

WRITER: Ed Naha

DIRECTOR: John Carl Buechler

STARRING: Noah Hathaway as Harry Potter Jr.
    Michael Moriarty as Harry Potter Sr.
    Shelley Hack as Anne Potter
    Jenny Beck as Wendy Potter
    Sonny Bono as Peter Dickinson
    Phil Fondacaro as Malcom Mallory/Troll
    Brad Hall as William Daniels
    Anne Lockhart as Young Eunice
    Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Jeanette Cooper
    Gary Sandy as Barry Tabor
    June Lockhart as Eunice St. Clair

QUICK CUT: At long last, we turn our eyes towards a classic bad movie, in which Harry Potter stumbles into a magical world filled with trolls, wizards, witches, and dangers galore as...hey waitasec!

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Jack-o (1995)

October 26, 2011 / Esme Grey

JACK-O

WRITERS: Screenplay by Patrick Moran

Based on a story by Fred Olen Ray & Brad Linaweaver

DIRECTOR: Steve Latshaw

STARRING: Linnea Quigley as Carolyn Miller

Rebecca Wicks as Linda Kelly

Gary Doles as David Kelly

Ryan Latshaw as Sean/Andrew Kelly

Catherine Walsh as Vivian Machen

Rachel Carter as Julie Miller

Tom Ferda as Jim

Bill Cross as Richard Watson

Helen Keeling as Amanda Watson

John Carradine as Walter Machen

Cameron Mitchell as Dr. Cadaver

Brinke Stevens as Witch

Dawn Wildsmith as Sorceress

QUICK CUT: In the quiet, peaceful town of Oakmoor Crossing, a secret lies long buried. A wizard, on his deathbed, vowed vengeance upon the town, and summoned forth evil forces to do his bidding and get revenge on everyone who killed...hey wait, didn't I review this last year when it was called Demons of Ludlow?!

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WRITERS: Screenplay by Patrick Moran
Based on a story by Fred Olen Ray & Brad Linaweaver

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DIRECTOR: Steve Latshaw

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STARRING: Linnea Quigley as Carolyn Miller
    Rebecca Wicks as Linda Kelly
    Gary Doles as David Kelly
    Ryan Latshaw as Sean/Andrew Kelly
    Catherine Walsh as Vivian Machen
    Rachel Carter as Julie Miller
    Tom Ferda as Jim
    Bill Cross as Richard Watson
    Helen Keeling as Amanda Watson
    John Carradine as Walter Machen
    Cameron Mitchell as Dr. Cadaver
    Brinke Stevens as Witch
    Dawn Wildsmith as Sorceress

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QUICK CUT: In the quiet, peaceful town of Oakmoor Crossing, a secret lies long buried. A wizard, on his deathbed, vowed vengeance upon the town, and summoned forth evil forces to do his bidding and get revenge on everyone who killed...hey wait, didn't I review this last year when it was called Demons of Ludlow?!

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The Thing From Another World (1951)

October 13, 2011 / Esme Grey

THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD

WRITER: Charles Lederer

DIRECTOR: Christian Nyby

STARRING: Margaret Sheridan as Nikki
   Kenneth Tobey as Captain Patrick Hendry
   Robert Cornthwaite as Dr. Carrington
   Douglas Spencer as Scotty
    James Arness as The Thing

QUICK CUT: A typical boring night at a military base in the middle of nowhere Alaska becomes increasingly less boring when they stumble upon an alien spacecraft. Sadly, less boring means more killy.

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The Hazing (2004)

September 26, 2011 / Esme Grey

THE HAZING

WRITER: Rolfe Kanefsky

DIRECTOR: Rolfe Kanefsky

STARRING: Philip Andrew as Doug
   Charmaine Degrate as Justine
   Jeremy Maxwell as Roy
   Nectar Rose as Delia
   Parry Shen as Tim
   Tiffany Shepis as Marsha
   David Tom as Jacob
   Brooke Burke as Jill
   Brad Dourif as Professor Kapps

QUICK CUT: On the night of their initiation, a bunch of college students get trapped in a house where the haunts become all too real, and they get tormented by Brad Dourif.

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Species 3 (2004)

September 13, 2011 / Esme Grey

SPECIES 3

WRITER: Ben Ripley

DIRECTOR: Brad Turner

STARRING: Robin Dunne as Dean
    Robert Knepper as Dr. Abbot
    Amelia Cooke as Amelia
    J.P. Pitoc as Hastings
    Michael Warren as Agent Wasach
    Christopher Neame as Dr. Nicholas Turner
    Patricia Bethune as Colleen
    Joel Stoffer as Portus
    James Leo Ryan as Yosef
    Savanna Fields as Young Sara
    Natasha Henstridge as Eve
    Sunny Mabrey as Sara

QUICK CUT: The hybrid aliens are back for more killing and screwing, but this time Eve is out of the picture, and we focus on a new generation of alien sex machines. Which is the name of my Nickleback cover band.

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The Faculty (1998)

August 26, 2011 / Esme Grey

THE FACULTY

WRITER: Screenplay by Kevin Williamson
Story by David Wechter & Bruce Kimmel

DIRECTOR: Robert Rodriguez

STARRING: Jordana Brewster as Delilah
   Clea DuVall as Stokely
   Laura Harris as Marybeth
   Josh Hartnett as Zeke
   Shawn Hatosy as Stan
   Salma Hayek as Nurse Harper
   Famke Janssen as Miss Burke
   Piper Laurie as Mrs. Olson
   Bebe Neuwirth as Principal Drake
   Robert Patrick as Coach Willis
   Jon Stewart as Mr. Furlong
   Elijah Wood as Casey

QUICK CUT: Aliens decide to take over the world, and start with a school in the middle of nowhere. Because that's a good place for a takeover.

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Puppet Master 5 (1994)

August 13, 2011 / Esme Grey

PUPPET MASTER 5

WRITERS: Screenplay by Steven E. Carr, Jo Duffy, Todd Henschell, and Doug Aarniokoski & Keith Payson

DIRECTOR: Jeff Burr

STARRING: Gordon Currie as Rick Meyers
   Chandra West as Susie
   Ian Ogilvy as Jennings
   Teresa Hill as Lauren
   Nicholas Guest as Hendy
   Willard Pugh as Jason
   Duane Whitaker as Scott
   Guy Rolfe as Andre Toulon

QUICK CUT: More puppets, more demon puppets, more stabby action. You get the drill by now, right? This picks up shortly after Puppet Master 4, and finishes up the half baked, half finished plot of that movie. Just like Harry Potter!

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Oblivion (1994)

July 26, 2011 / Esme Grey

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.

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Sleepwalkers (1992)

July 13, 2011 / Esme Grey

SLEEPWALKERS

WRITER: Stephen King

DIRECTOR: Mick Garris

STARRING: Brian Krause as Charles Brady
   Madchen Amick as Tanya Robertson
   Alice Krige as Mary Brady
   Jim Haynie as Sheriff Ira
   Dan Martin as Deputy Andy Simpson
   Glenn Shadix as Mr. Fallows

QUICK CUT: A young girl falls in love with the new guy in town, who also happens to be a half-cat supernatural creature that feeds on virginal life force. Sucks to be her.

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Sweet Sixteen (1983)

June 26, 2011 / Esme Grey

SWEET SIXTEEN

WRITER: Erwin Goldman

DIRECTOR: Jim Sotos

STARRING: Bo Hopkins as Sheriff Dan Burke
   Susan Strasberg as Joanne Morgan
   Aleisa Shirley as Melissa Morgan
   Dana Kimmell as Marci Burke
   Don Stroud as Billy T.
   Patrick MacNee as Dr. Morgan
   Steve Antin as Hank Burke
   Don Shanks as Jason Longshadow
   Logan Clarke as Jimmy
   Michael Pataki as George Martin
   Sharon Farrell as Kathy
   Henry Wilcoxon as Greyfeather
   Larry Storch as Earl
   Glenn Withrow as Johnny

QUICK CUT: Melissa just moved to a small rural town from the big city, and as all the boys take a hearty interest in the new girl, they each develop a nasty case of dead.

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Sledgehammer (1983)

June 13, 2011 / Esme Grey

SLEDGEHAMMER

WRITER: David A. Prior

DIRECTOR: David A. Prior

STARRING: Ted Prior as Chuck
   Linda McGill as Joni
   John Eastman as John
   Jeanine Scheer as Mary
   Tim Aguilar as Jimmy
   Sandy Brooke as Carol
   Steve Wright as Joey
   Michael Shanahan as Lover
   Maria Mendez as Mother
   Doug Matley as Killer
   Ray Lawrence as The Driver
   Justin Greer as The Boy

QUICK CUT: A group of teens, or college students, or whatever, head out to the middle of nowhere to spend some time in a remote farmhouse. Why are they there? Besides getting drunk and getting killed? Who knows!

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Revenge (1986)

May 26, 2011 / Esme Grey

REVENGE

WRITERS: Story by James Vance
Written by Christopher Lewis

DIRECTOR: Christopher Lewis

STARRING: Patrick Wayne as Michael Hogan
   John Carradine as Senator Bradford
   Bennie Lee McGowan as Gracie Moore
   Josef Hardy as Doctor White

QUICK CUT: The blood cult is back! Joel's brother comes to pay his disrespect, and gets sucked into the unanswered mysteries circling around this Oklahoman town.

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The Brain Machine (1977)

May 13, 2011 / Esme Grey

THE BRAIN MACHINE

WRITERS: Thomas Hal Phillips, Christian Garrison & Joy N. Houck, Jr.

DIRECTOR: Joy N. Houck, Jr.

STARRING: James Best as Reverend Emory Neill
   Barbara Burgess as Dr. Portland
   Gil Peterson as Dr. Morris
   Gerald McRaney as Willie
   Marcus J. Grapes as Judd
   Anne Latham as Minnie Lee
    Doug Collins as Dr. Roth
   Thomas Phillips as the General

QUICK CUT: An EPA project to determine the effects of our predicted ruination of the planet upon the populace is taken over by a military faction more interested into turning it into the latest radical interrogation technique. I think. And it makes even less sense as time goes on.

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The Killer Eye (1999)

April 26, 2011 / Esme Grey

THE KILLER EYE

WRITERS: Benjamin Carr, Matthew Jason Walsh, & Rolfe Kanefsky

DIRECTOR: Richard Chasen

STARRING: Jaqueline Lovell as Rita
   Jonathan Norman as Dr. Jordan Grady
   Nanette Bianchi as Jane
   Costas Koromilas as Morton
   Dave Oren Ward as Tom
   Blake Bailey as Creepy Bill
   Roland Martinez as Joe

QUICK CUT: After experimenting with interdimensional viewing, something escapes from the eighth dimension and wreaks havoc upon an apartment complex. And all it wants is a little love.

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There's Nothing Out There (1992)

April 13, 2011 / Esme Grey

THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE

WRITER: Rolfe Kanefsky

DIRECTOR: Rolfe Kanefsky

STARRING: Craig Peck as Mike
   Wendy Bednarz as Doreen
   Mark Collver as Jim
   Bonnie Bowers as Stacy
   John Carhart III as Nick
   Claudia Flores as Janet
   Jeff Dachis as David
   Lisa Grant as Sally

QUICK CUT: What's your favourite scary movie? A group of teens get hunted down by a gruesome killer while being very aware of the rules of horror movies, and that they may well be in one at this very moment. And no, this is not Scream.

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Ripper 2: Letter From Within (2004)

March 26, 2011 / Esme Grey

RIPPER 2: LETTER FROM WITHIN

WRITERS: Screenplay by Jonas Quastel & John Sheppard
Additional screenplay by Pat Bermel
Story by Evan Tylor & Jonas Quastel

DIRECTORS: Lloyd A. Simandl & Jonas Quastel

STARRING: Erin Karpluk as Molly Keller
   Nicholas Irons as Erich Goeth
   Jane Peachey as Lara Svetlana
   Mhairi Steenbock as Juliette Dureau
   Colin Lawrence as Roberto Edwards
   Myfanwy Waring as Sally Trigg
   Daniel Cooman as Grant Jessup
    Richard Bremmer as Dr. Weisser

QUICK CUT: Molly Keller is still crazy, may or may not be Jack the Ripper's descendant, and still trying to get help. This time, she's subjected to a highly experimental virtual reality treatment to cure her sociopathic tendencies, and it works a little too well.

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Ripper: Letter From Hell (2000)

March 13, 2011 / Esme Grey

RIPPER: LETTER FROM HELL

WRITER: Story by John Curtis and Evan Tylor
Screenplay by Pat Bermel

DIRECTOR: John E. Eyres

STARRING: A.J. Cook as Molly Keller
   Bruce Payne as Marshall Kane
   Claire Keim as Chantal Etienne
   Ryan Northcott as Jason Korda
   Derek Hamilton as Eddie Sackman
   Courtenay J. Stevens as Aaron Kroeker
   Emmanuelle Vaugier as Andy Carter
   Daniella Evangellista as Mary-Anne Nordstrom
   Kelly Brook as Marisa Tavares
   Jurgen Prochnow as Detective Kelso

QUICK CUT: Five years after a massacre, sole survivor Molly Keller is off to college, and another string of murders begins amongst her classmates. Oh, and there's some Jack the Ripper stuff involved, maybe.

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