PUPPET MASTER (1989)

PUPPET MASTER (1989)

WRITER:
   Story by Charles Band and Kenneth J. Hall
   Screenplay by Joseph G. Collodi

DIRECTOR: David Schmoeller

STARRING:
  
Paul Le Mat as Alex Whitaker
   Irene Miracle as Dana Hadley
   Matt Roe as Frank Forrester
   Kathryn O'Reilly as Carissa Stamford
   Jimmie F. Skaggs as Neil Gallagher
   Introducing Robin Frates as Megan Gallagher
   William Hickey as Andre Toulon

SYNOPSIS: A group of psychic researchers are drawn to a hotel in California where you can check out any time you like, but the killer puppets on the loose may have something different to say about that.

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WAXWORK 2 (1991)

WAXWORK 2 (1991)

WRITER: Anthony Hickox

DIRECTOR: Anthony Hickox

STARRING:
  
Zach Galligan as Mark Loftmore
   Monika Schnarre as Sarah Brightman
   Martin Kemp as Baron Frankenstein
   Bruce Campbell as John Loftmore
   Michael Des Barres as George
   Marina Sirtis as Gloria
   John Ireland as King Arthur
   Patrick MacNee as Sir Wilfred
   David Carradine as the Beggar
   Alexander Godunov as Scarabus

SYNOPSIS: The adventures of Zach continue with an all-new, all-different yet still easily confused Sarah, as they jump around time and space to try and save Sarah from a horrible fate in the electric chair.  Chaos ensues.

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WAXWORK (1988)

WAXWORK (1988)

WRITER: Anthony Hickox

DIRECTOR: Anthony Hickox

STARRING:
  
Zach Galligan as Mark Loftmore
   Deborah Foreman as Sarah
   Michelle Johnson as China
   Dana Ashbrook as Tony
   Miles O'Keefe as Count Dracula
   Charles McCaughan as Inspector Roberts
   J. Kenneth Campbell as Marquis De Sade
   John Rhys Davies as Werewolf
   Patrick Macnee as Sir Wilfred
   David Warner as Lincoln

SYNOPSIS: A bunch of college kids have nothing better to do, so head off to the new waxwork in town, which speaks levels of their boredom.  While at the waxwork, one by one they get sucked into the other worlds represented by the displays, as part of an evil plot to ressurect the worst men of history.  And an alien.

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JACK FROST (1996)

JACK FROST (1996)

STORY: Jeremy Paige & Michael Cooney

WRITER: Michael Cooney

DIRECTOR: Michael Cooney

STARRING:
  
Chris Allport as Sam
   Stephen Mendell as Agent Manners
   Rob La Belle as Stone
   Eileen Seeley as Anne
   Shannon Elizabeth as Jill Metzner
   Scott MacDonald as Jack Frost

SYNOPSIS: A brutal serial killer escapes capture and becomes bonded with a pile of snow, continuing his rampage as a psychotically evil snowman.

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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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