Home Sweet Home (1981)

HOME SWEET HOME

WRITER: Thomas Bush

DIRECTOR: Nettie Pena

STARRING: Jake Steinfeld as Jay/The Killer
   Vinessa Shaw as Angel
   Peter De Paula as Mistake
   Don Edmunds as Bradley
   Charles Hoyes as Wayne
   David Mielke as Scott
   Leira Naron as Gail
   Lisa Rodriguez as Maria
   Colette Trygg as Jennifer
   Salee Young as Linda

SYNOPSIS: Guess who's coming to Thanksgiving dinner?  A crazed, escaped mental patient homicidal maniac high on PCP!

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Puppet Master 3 (1991)

PUPPET MASTER 3

WRITER: C. Courtney Joyner

DIRECTOR: David DeCoteau

STARRING: Guy Rolfe as Andre Toulon
   Sarah Douglas as Elsa Toulon
   Walter Gotell as General Mueller
   Ian Abercrombie as Dr. Hess
   Kristofer Logan as Lt. Eric Stein
   Aron Eisenberg as Peter Hertz
   Matthew Faison as Papa Hertz
   Richard Lynch as Major Kraus

QUICK CUT: Before Toulon's puppets were bloodthirsty killers, they lived simple lives as living puppet performers in his show.  But World War II changed all that, and changed Toulon, and things would never be the same again.

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Demons of Ludlow (1983)

DEMONS OF LUDLOW

WRITERS: William Arthur & Alan Ross

DIRECTOR: Bill Rebane

STARRING: Paul Van Hausen as the Preacher
   Stephanie Cushna as Debra
   James R. Robinson as Winifred
   Carol Perry as Ann Schultz
   C. Dave Davis as Mayor Sam Donaldson
   Debra Dulman as Sybill
   Angailica as Ludlow's daughter

QUICK CUT: The New England town of Ludlow is celebrating its bicentenial, and as part of the celebration, the descendant of the town's founder has sent an antique ivory piano as a gift.  Oh, and the piano contains murderous pilgrim demons.  Murderous.  Pilgrim.  Demons.

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Species 2 (1998)

SPECIES 2

WRITER: Chris Brancato

DIRECTOR: Peter Medak

STARRING: Michael Madsen as Preston Lennox
   Natasha Henstridge as Eve
   Marg Helgenberger as Laura Baker
   Mykelti Williamson as Gamble
   George Dzundza as Colonel Burgess
   James Cromwell as Senator Ross
   Myriam Cyr as Anne Sampras
   Sarah Wynter as Melissa
   Baxter Harris as Dr. Orinsky
   Justin Lazard as Patrick Ross

QUICK CUT: Sil's back, but this time she's Eve.  But not evil.  She's on our side, and fighting to stop a new strain of her alien parental DNA strand when it's brought back to Earth during our first manned mission to Mars.  Even though that's not how we got the strand in the first place.  More sex, violence, and plot holes in the Species tradition ensues.

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The Ripper (1985)

THE RIPPER

WRITER: Bill Groves

DIRECTOR: Christopher Lewis

STARRING: Tom Schreier as Richard Harwell
   Mona Van Pernis as Carol
   Wade Tower as Steve
   Tom Savini as The Ripper
   Andrea Adams as Cindy

QUICK CUT: A college professor specialising in famous crimes in cinema coincidentally stumbles upon the lost ring of Jack the Ripper.  A ring which just so happens to contain the spirit of Jack, which is let loose upon the world once more.  Wackiness ensues.

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Lurking Fear (1994)

LURKING FEAR

WRITERS: Short story by H.P. Lovecraft
   Movie by C. Courtney Joyner

DIRECTOR: C. Courtney Joyner

STARRING: John Finch as Bennett
   Blake Bailey as John Martense
   Ashley Lauren as Cathryn Farrell
   Jeffrey Combs as Doctor Haggis
   Allison Mackie as Ms. Marlowe
   Paul Mantee as Father Poole
   Joe Leavengood as Pierce
   Vincent Schiavellia as Knaggs

QUICK CUT: A Lovecraft story about creatures living underneath a town and eating the residents gets run over by a noir story about criminals seeking a buried fortune.  Hilarity ensues.

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Horror High (1974)

HORROR HIGH

WRITER: Jack Fowler

DIRECTOR: Larry N. Stouffer

STARRING: Pat Cardi as Vernon Potts
   Austin Stoker as Lieutenant Bozeman
   Rosie Holotik as Robin Jones
   John Niland as Coach McCall
   Joy Hash as Miss Grindstaff
   Mike McHenry as Roger Davis
   Jeff Alexander as Mister Griggs

QUICK CUT: Take the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, then transplant it to a high school in Texas with a nerdy kid killing his oppresors, and you get Horror High.

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Curse 2: The Bite (1988)

CURSE 2: THE BITE

WRITERS: Susan Zelouf & Federico Prosperi

DIRECTOR: Fred Goodwin

STARRING: Jill Schoelen as Lisa Snipes
   J. Eddie Peck as Clark Newman
   Jamie Farr as Harry Morton
   Bo Svenson as The Sheriff

QUICK CUT: The aftermath of the events at the Gardner farm come home to roost, as the space goo infects more water and more people...wait, what?  This has nothing to do with the first movie?  At all?  Then what's this about?  A radioactive snake bites a guy and turns his arm into a snake?  What does that have to do with a meteor from space poisoning the water supply??  How is this a sequel?  Sigh.

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The Curse (1987)

THE CURSE 1

WRITER: David Chaskin

DIRECTOR: David Keith

STARRING: Wil Wheaton as Zack
   Claude Akins as Nathan
   Malcolm Danare as Cyrus
   Cooper Huckabee as Forbes
   John Schneider as Willis
   Amy Wheaton as Alice
   Steve Carlisle as Davidson
   Kathleen Jordan Gregory as Frances

QUICK CUT: A young farmboy living with a cruel, religious father wishes he could escape into the stars aboard the Enterprise.  Instead, the stars come to him and makes Zack long for the days when his stepfather just backhanded him daily.

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Sssssss

SSSSSSS (1972)

WRITEN BY: Screenplay by Hal Dresner
   Story by Matt Striepeke

DIRECTED BY: Bernard L. Kowalski

STARRING:
  
Strother Martin as Dr. Carl Stoner
   Dirk Benedict as David Blake
   Heather Menzies as Kristine Stoner
   Richard B. Shul as Dr. Daniels
   Tim O. Connor as Kogen
   Jack Ging as Sheriff
   Kathleen King as Kitty
   Reb Brown as Steve Rogers...er, Randall

QUICK CUT: When Dr. Stoner needs a new research assistant for his herpetological research, he recruits David Blake from the local college.  Oh, and he turns him into a snake for shits and giggles.

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Murder Mansion (1972)

MURDER MANSION

WRITER:
   Story by Luis G. De Blain
   Screenplay by Luis G. De Blain & Antonio Troisio

DIRECTOR: Francisco Lara Polop

STARRING:
   Evelin Stewart as Martha Clinton
   Analia Gade as Elsa
   Anna Lisa Nardi as Laura
   Andres Resino as Fred
   Franco Fantasia as Mr. Porter
   Alberto Dalbes as Ernest

QUICK CUT: A whole bunch of people in a whole lot of plotlines all end up in the same mansion, and people start dying.  Who's the madman behind the murders, and why are they dying?  These questions and more will go unanswered in this murder mystery!

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Species (1995)

SPECIES

WRITTEN BY: Dennis Feldman

DIRECTED BY: Roger Donaldson

STARRING: Ben Kingsley as Xavier Fitch
   Michael Madsen as Preston Lennox
   Alfred Molina as Stephen Arden
   Forest Whitaker as Dan Smithson
   Marg Helgenberger as Dr. Laura Baker
   Michelle Williams as Young Sil
   Natasha Henstridge as Sil

Quick Cut: After receiving the code for alien DNA in a response to our SETI experiments, scientists create a human/alien hybrid creature.  Once she escapes and feels the biological imperative to breed, a ragtag team of scientists and a mercenary try to track her down before she makes the human race irrelevant.

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Nail Gun Massacre (1985)

NAIL GUN MASSACRE

WRITEN BY: Terry Lofton

DIRECTED BY: Bill Leslie & Terry Lofton

STARRING:
  
Rocky Patterson as Doc
   Ron Queen as the Sheriff
   Michelle Meyer as Linda
   Beau Leland as Bubba

SYNOPSIS: In the middle of nowheresville, Texas, a person dressed in a biker helmet, a camoflaged jumpsuit, and wielding a nail gun goes on a massacre killing off an endless stream of people and stereotypes as the mystery unfolds of who and why this person is commiting these acts.

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Sideshow (2000)

SIDESHOW

WRITER: Benjamin Carr

DIRECTOR: Fred Olen Ray

STARRING:
  
Jamie Martz as Bobby
   Michael Amos as Tommy
   Scott Clark as Grant
   Jessica Keenan as Melanie
   Phil Fondacaro as Abbot Graves
   Jeana Blackman as Jeanie
   G. Gordon Baer as Lester
   Curran Sympson as Aelita
   Fred Pierce as Hans the Bug Boy
   Ross Hagen as the Sheriff
   Shyra Deland as Digestina
   Melvin Rossi as Conjoino
   Brinke Stevens as Madame Voloska

SYNOPSIS: A group of students visit a travelling carnival and run afoul of the people running the sideshow.  Once a few of them start disappearing, haven't I done this movie before?

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Puppet Master 2 (1991)

PUPPET MASTER 2

WRITERS:  Story by Charles Band
   Screenplay by David Pablan

DIRECTOR: David Allen

STARRING:
  
Elizabeth Maclellean as Carolyn Bramwell/Elsa
   Collin Bernsen as Michael Kenney
   Gregory Webb as Patrick Bramwell
   Charlie Spradlin as Wanda
   Steve Welles as Andre Toulon
   Jeff Weston as Lance
   Nita Talbot as Camille Kenney

SYNOPSIS: The puppety ones are back to wreak vengance upon a group of paranormal investigators looking into the death of Alex Whitaker from the original movie.  And this time, they've brought their creator.

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Freaked (1995)

FREAKED

WRITERS: Tim Burns & Tom Stern & Alex Winter

DIRECTORS: Tom Stern & Alex Winter

STARRING:
  
Alex Winter as Ricky Coogan
   Michael Stoyanov as Ernie
   William Sadler as Dick Brian
   Megan Ward as Julie
   Mr. T as the Bearded Lady
   Brooke Shields as Skye Daley
   Alex Zuckerman as Stuey Gluck
   John Hawkes as Cowboy
   Derek McGrath as The Worm
   Keanu Reeves as Ortiz
   Randy Quaid as Elijah C. Skuggs

SYNOPSIS: A dickish Hollywood star signs on to promote a possibly hazardous chemical, and runs afoul of a freakshow in South America.  While there, he discovers the chemical has properties beyond those he could have ever imagined, as his best asset is turned against him.  Along the way, he learns an important lesson about life and friendship.

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Freakmaker (1974)

FREAKMAKER

WRITER: Screenplay by Robert D. Weinbach & Edward Mann

DIRECTOR: Jack Cardiff

STARRING:
  
Donald Pleasence as Dr. Nolter
   Tom Baker as Lynch
   Brad Harris as Brian
   Julie Ege as Hedi
   Michael Dunn as Burns
   Scott Anthony as Tony
   Jill Haworth as Lauren
   Olga Anthony as Bridget

SYNOPSIS: When the doctor from Halloween needs subjects for his experiments in merging human and plants together into a single superior race, he enlists the aid of Dr. Who after a tragic regeneration lands him a job working at a travelling freakshow.  Wackiness ensues.

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Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994)

DARK ANGEL: THE ASCENT

WRITER: Matthew Bright

DIRECTOR: L. Hassani

STARRING:
  
Daniel Markel as Dr. Max Barris
   Michael Genovese as Detective Harper
   Charlotte Stewart as Mother Theresa
   Nicholas Worth as Father Helliken
   Michael C. Mahon as Detective Greenberg
   Milton James as Mayor Wharton
   Angela Featherstone as Veronica

SYNOPSIS: A young girl from another land ventures forth into the real world with her animal companion, where her strange ways clash with ours.  As she seeks to find her purpose, she creates new clothes out of fabrics laying around the house.  If there was more singing and less killing, this would be Enchanted.

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Corpse Grinders 2 (2000)

CORPSE GRINDERS 2

WRITER: Ted V. Mikels

DIRECTOR: Ted V. Mikels

STARRING:
  
Sean Morelli as Landau
   Andy Freeman as Maltby
   Chuck Alford as Caleb
   Liz Renay as Cleo
   Shanti as Felina
   Paul MacDonald as Dr Howard Glass
   Cara Jo Basso as Angie
   Ted V. Mikels as Professor Mikoff
   Gene Paul Jones as Borath

SYNOPSIS: The nephews of Landau and Maltby team up to revive their uncles' legacy, in more ways than just making the best darn cat food out there.  They also encounter a surprising number of people with exactly the same names and jobs as their uncles met.  Oh, and there's cat aliens looking for a little something to eat lurking around.

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CORPSE GRINDERS (1971)

CORPSE GRINDERS

WRITER: Screenplay by Arch Hall & Joseph Cranston
   Uncredited - Ted V. Mikels

DIRECTOR: Ted V. Mikels

STARRING:
  
Sean Kenney as Dr. Howard Glass
   Monika Kelly as Angie Robinson
   Sanford Mitchell as Landau
   J. Byron Foster as Maltby
   Warren Ball as Caleb
   Ann Noble as Cleo
   Ray Dannis as Mr. Babcock

SYNOPSIS: In need of some cheap supplies for their struggling cat food company, the owners come up with the brilliant idea to use real meat in their recipe.  Real meat from dead human bodies harvested from the local graveyard.  Things get complicated when the cats who eat the food gain a taste for human flesh and begin attacking people.

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