Triskaidekafiles

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.

976-EVIL (1988)

976-EVIL (1988)

Writers: Brian Helgeland & Rhet Topham

Director: Robert Englund

Starring:
   Stephen Geoffreys as Hoax
   Jim Metzler as Marty
   Maria Rubell as Angela
   Lezlie Deane as Suzie
   J.J. Cohen as Marcus
   Pat O'Bryan as Spike
   Sandy Dennis as Aunt Lucy

Synopsis: A young nerd living with his psychotically religious mother, and rebellious cousin, gets sucked into the evil world of 976 numbers.  And when I say evil, I mean real evil.  Chaos and death ensue.

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BLOOD FREAK (1972)

BLOOD FREAK (1972)

Writer: Steve Hawks & Brad Grinter

Director: Steve Hawks & Brad Grinter

Starring:
   Steve Hawks as Herschel
   And a bunch of other people

Synopsis: An upright young man named Herschel falls into the wild world of drugs and turkey testing.  After a bad reaction to a combination of illicit substances and bioengineered turkey, Herschel transforms into a strange half man, half turkey abomination with a taste that can only be slaked by draining the blood from addicts.

I couldn't make this up if I tried.

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SHOCKER (1989)

SHOCKER (1989)

Writer: Wes Craven

Director: Wes Craven

Starring:
   
Lt. Don Parker - Michael Murphy
    Jonathan Parker - Peter Berg
    Alison - Cami Cooper
    Horace Pinker - Mitch Pileggi

Synopsis: When a college student stumbles upon a crime scene in a dream, he helps stop a serial killer in a Midwestern US town.  But when the killings continue after his execution, only Jonathan can stop Horace Pinker's killing spree before it starts again.

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Popcorn (1991)

POPCORN (1991)

Writer: Tod Hackett
    From a story by Mitchell Smith

Director: Mark Herrier

Starring:
   
Maggie: Jill Shcoelen
    Toby: Tom Villard
    Suzanne: Dee Wallace Stone
    Mr. Davis: Tony Roberts
    Malcom Mnesyne: Ray Walston
    Assorted others not worth mentioning

Synopsis: A struggling film class decides to throw a horror movie marathon at a local rundown theatre in order to make up for recent budget cuts at their college.  When they find an obscure avant garde film known as "Possessor" that contains imagery eerily reminscient of one of the student's recurring nightmares.  When bodies start piling up during the marathon, it's only a matter of time before the past catches up with all of them.

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