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.
LEPRECHAUN 3
WRITER: David Dubos
DIRECTOR: Brian Trenchard-Smith
STARRING: Warwick Davis as the Leprechaun
John Gatins as Scott
Lee Armstrong as Tammy
Marcelo Tubert as Gupta
John DeMita as Fazio
Caroline Williams as Loretta
Michael Callan as Mitch
QUICK CUT: The adventures of the Leprechaun take him to Las Vegas, where luck rules supreme, as he once again searches for his missing gold and get into trouble.
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LEPRECHAUN 2
WRITERS: Turi Meyer and Al Septien
DIRECTOR: Rodman Flender
STARRING: Warwick Davis as The Leprechaun
Charlie Heath as Cody
Shevonne Durkin as Bridget
Adam Biesk as Ian
James Lancaster as William O'Day
Sandy Baron as Morty
QUICK CUT: Luck has run run out for Bridget, as a curse dating back 1000 years comes back to haunt her, when the familiar gold-loving Leprechaun comes to claim his bride on St. Patrick's Day.
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WRITER: Mark Jones
DIRECTOR: Mark Jones
STARRING: Warwick Davis as The Leprechaun
Jennifer Aniston as Tory
Ken Olandt as Nathan
Mark Holton as Ozzie
Robert Gorman as Alex
Shay Duffin as O'Grady
John Sanderford as J.D
QUICK CUT: A father and daughter from LA move out to the sticks to find a simpler life. What they find is crazier than they could've imagined; a leprechaun who wants his gold back, and is willing to kill for it.
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CORPSE GRINDERS 3
WRITER: Marc Gras and Manolito Motosierra
DIRECTOR: Manolito Motosierra
STARRING: Pedro Garcia Oliva as Arnie
Ricardo Pastor as Ted
Manuel Rodriguez as Bill
Tam Sempre Miro as Grizzly
Garrick Tutt as Mr. Morris
John Martino as Mr. Gualtieri
QUICK CUT: Ugh. The Lotus Cat Food Company is back again, and once more they can't seem to keep their company under control and stop their employees from grinding up corpses to put in their cat food. Seriously guys, you gotta work on this! Once is a mistake, twice is a coincidence, three times is a pattern!
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.
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
WRITER: Wes Craven
DIRECTOR: Wes Craven
STARRING: John Saxon as Lt. Thompson
Ronee Blakely as Marge Thompson
Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson
Amanda Wyss as Tina Gray
Nick Corri as Rod Lane
Johnny Depp as Glenn Lantz
Robert Englund as Fred Krueger
QUICK CUT: When the nightmares affecting the sleep of high school students start to become all too real, it falls upon Nancy to get to the bottom of things.
FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE ORPHAN
WRITER: John Ballard
DIRECTOR: John Ballard
STARRING: Peggy Feury as Aunt Martha
Mark Owens as David
QUICK CUT: When a young boy's parents die, his aunt comes to care for him. In order to cope, David starts a new religion of his strange monkey god, and his quest to find toast.
13/13/13
WRITER: James Cullen Breesack
DIRECTOR: James Cullen Breesack
STARRING: Trae Ireland as Jack
Erin Coker as Candace
Jody Barton as Quentin
Nihilist Gelo as Joe
Tiffany Martinez as Kendra
QUICK CUT: After returning home from a camping trip with the guys, Jack discovers things are not so normal on the most impossible day of the year.
FRIDAY THE 13TH
WRITER: Victor Miller
DIRECTOR: Sean S. Cunningham
STARRING: Betsy Palmer as Mrs. Voorhees
Adrienne King as Alice
Jeannine Taylor as Marcie
Robbi Morgan as Annie
Kevin Bacon as Jack
Harry Crosby as Bill
Laurie Bartram as Brenda
Mark Nelson as Ned
QUICK CUT: Decades after Camp Crystal Lake was shut down after a series of brutal murders, it is at last reopening for business. While a group of young camp counselors struggle to get it back in good repair before then, dark secrets from the past begin to resurface.
THE EXORCIST
WRITER: William Peter Blatty
DIRECTOR: William Friedkin
STARRING: Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil
Max Von Sydow as Father Merrin
Lee J. Cobb as Lt. Kinderman
Jason Miller as Father Karras
Linda Blair as Regan
QUICK CUT: Really? We don't know the plot of this yet? Okay, fine. A young girl becomes possessed by a powerful demon, and is eventually brought face to face with the priest that exorcised it years ago.
BLOOD BEAT
WRITER: Fabrice-Ange Zaphiratos
DIRECTOR: Fabrice-Ange Zaphiratos
STARRING: Helen Benton as Cathy
Terry Brown as Gary
Claudia Peyton as Sarah
James Fitzgibbons as Ted
Dana Day as Sarah
QUICK CUT: When Ted brings his girlfriend Sarah home to meet his parents for Christmas, things get weird when a Samurai ghost decides to crash the party.
BLOOD RAGE
WRITER: Richard Lamden
DIRECTOR: John M. Grissner
STARRING: Louise Lasser as Maddy
Mark Soper as Terry/Todd
Jayne Betnzen as Julie
Julie Gordon as Karen
James Farrell as Artie
Chad Montgomery as Gregg
Lisa Randall as Andrea
William Fuller as Brad
QUICK CUT: A joyous Thanksgiving dinner is ruined by an untimely reunion involving an evil twin and an escape from a mental institution. Pass the leftovers, it's time to get stuffed with Blood Rage!
THE DAY AFTER HALLOWEEN
WRITERS: Screenplay by Chris & Everett De Roche
DIRECTOR: Simon Wincer
STARRING: Chantal Contouri as Madeline
Robert Bruning as Elmer
Sigrid Thornton as Angela
Vincent Gil as Daryl
Hugh Keays-Byrne as Linsey
QUICK CUT: In what may be the worst abuse of an inappropriately named movie ever, a movie that has absolutely nothing to do with Halloween, or November 1st, and instead follows the adventures of an up and coming model as she tries and avoids a deadly stalker.
TRICK OR TREAT
WRITER: Story by Rhet Topham
Screenplay by Michael S. Murphey, Joel Soisson, Rhet Topham
DIRECTOR: Charles Martin Smith
STARRING: Marc Price as Eddie Weinbauer
Tony Fields as Sammi Curr
Lisa Orgolini as Leslie Graham
Doug Savant as Tim Hainey
Elaine Joyce as Angie Weinbauer
Gene Simmons as Nuke
Ozzy Osbourne as Rev. Aaron Gilstrom
QUICK CUT: When heavy metal superstar Sammi Curr dies suddenly, his biggest fan gets ahold of a unique copy of Sammi's final album, triggering a series of events that will lead to his idol's ressurection.
TALES THAT WITNESS MADNESS
WRITER: Original screenplay by Jay Fairbank
DIRECTOR: Freddie Francis
STARRING: Kim Novak as Auriol
Georgia Brown as Fay
Joan Collins as Bella
Jack Hawkins as Nicholas
Donald Houston as Sam
Michael Jayston as Brian
Suzy Kendall as Ann/Beatrice
Peter McEnery as Timothy
Michael Petrovitch as Kimo
Donald Pleasence as Tremayne
Russell Lewis as Paul
Leon Lissek as Keoki
Mary Tamm as Ginny
Zohra Segal as Malia
Frank Forsyth as Uncle Albert
QUICK CUT: A doctor shows off his patients to a colleague in a series of vignettes, all tying back together in hopes of not seeming too crazy himself.
THE BURNING MOON
WRITER: Olaf Ittenbach
DIRECTOR: Olaf Ittenbach
STARRING: Beate Neumeyer as Julia Sanders
Bernd Muggenthaler as Cliff Parker
Rudolf Hob as Father Ralf
Andre Stryi as Justus
Kurt Nauder as Frank
Olaf Ittenbach as Peter
QUICK CUT: A young, troubled youth is given the task of watching over his sister after he gets the shit kicked out of him, and decides to send her off to sleep with two utterly horrifying bedtime stories that would make Merlin say that's just too far.
RETRO PUPPET MASTER
WRITER: Original story by Charles Band
Screenplay by Benjamin Carr
DIRECTOR: Joseph Tennent
STARRING: Greg Sestero as Young Toulon
Brigitta Dau as Ilsa/Elsa
Jack Donner as Afzel
Stephan Blackehart as First Servant
Guy Rolfe as Elder Toulon
QUICK CUT: As we near our 100th review, and on this Friday the 13th, journey back with us to a time beyond time, puppets before puppets, and witness the creation of the Puppet Master, in this final review from the boxed set, and one of the main influences behind Trisk.
THE REDEEMER: SON OF SATAN
WRITER: William Vernick
DIRECTOR: Constantine S. Gochis
STARRING: Damien Knight as John
Jeanetta Arquette as Cindy
Nick Carter as Terry
Nikki Barthen as Jane
Michael Hollingsworth as Roger
Gyr Patterson as Kirsten
T.G. Finkbinder as The Redeemer
Christopher Flint as Christopher
QUICK CUT: Six old friends attend their suspiciously vacant high school reunion, and are soon set upon one of the bizarrest killers I have ever written about. Ever.
HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM
WRITER: Aben Kandel & Herman Cohen
DIRECTOR: Arthur Crabtree
STARRING: Michael Gough as Edmond Bancroft
June Cunningham as Joan Berkley
Graham Curnow as Rick
Shirley Ann Field as Angela
Geoffrey Keen as Supt. Graham
Gerald Andersen as Dr. Ballan
John Warwick as Inspector Lodge
QUICK CUT: When a series of strange murders using weapons mimicking ones stored in Scotland Yard's Black Museum, crime writer Edmond Bancroft may be the only one who can find the culprit.
GARGOYLES
WRITERS: Stephen and Elinor Karpf
DIRECTOR: B.W.L. Norton
STARRING: Cornel Wilde as Mercer Boley
Jennifer Salt as Diana Boley
Grayson Hall as Mrs. Parks
Bernie Casey as The Gargoyle
QUICK CUT: When demons arise for the first time in over 500 years, it falls to a scientist who just happened to stumble upon them to stop their return before it is too late for humanity. Oh, we are so boned.