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.
REGENERATED MAN
WRITER: Screenplay by Ted A. Bohus and Jack Smith
Story by Ted A. Bohus
DIRECTOR: Ted A. Bohus
STARRING: Arthur Lundquist as Dr. Bob Clarke
Cheryl Hendricks as Kathryn Mirtz
Andrew Fetherolf as Tony "Oni" Agar
Kevin Schinnick as Creature
QUICK CUT: One night, a bunch of thugs raid a lab and force a scientist to ingest a concoction of chemicals that leave him transformed into the engine of revenge and justice...Darkman! ...Wait, no. Scratch that last part.
KILLJOY
WRITER: Carl Washington
DIRECTOR: Craig Ross
STARRING: Angel Vargas as Killjoy
Vera Yell as Jada
Lee Marks as Jamal
"D" Austin as Monique
Jamal Grimes as Michael
Corey Hampton as T-Bone
Rani Goulant as Baby Boy
Arthur Burghardt as Homeless Man
William L. Johnson as Lorenzo
QUICK CUT: A young man dies before his time, and a year later, the instrument of his revenge is called forth from beyond the grave, paited in white makeup, and somehow manages to not be Brandon Lee.
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THE ASTRAL FACTOR
WRITERS: Screenplay by Arthur C. Pearce
Story by Arthur C. Pearce & Earle Lyon
DIRECTOR: John Florea
STARRING: Robert Foxworth as Lt. Charles Barrett
Stefanie Powers as Candy Barrett
Sue Lyon as Darlene DeLong
Mark Slade as Detective Holt
Alex Dreier as Dr. Ulmer
Frank Ashmore as Roger Sands
QUICK CUT: A convicted criminal discovers the ability to become invisible through meditation, using it to escape prison and continue his killing spree
FINAL EXAM
WRITER: Jimmy Huston
DIRECTOR: Jimmy Huston
STARRING: Cecile Bagdadi as Courtney
Joel S. Rice as Radish
Ralph Brown as Wildman
Deanna Robbins as Lisa
John Fallon as Mark
Timothy L. Raynor as The Killer
QUICK CUT: As the school year draws to a close, a crazed killer decides to audit a few students and give them failing grades.
EMBRYO
WRITER: Screenplay by Anita Doohan and Jack W. Thomas
Script by Jack W. Thomas
DIRECTOR: Ralph Nelson
STARRING: Rock Hudson as Dr. Paul Holliston
Dianne Ladd as Martha Douglas
Anne Schedeen as Helen Holliston
John Elerick as Gordon Holliston
Jack Colvin as Dr. Jim Winston
Roddy McDowall as Frank Riley
Barbara Carrera as Victoria
QUICK CUT: After a scientist saves an unborn puppy with a new medical treatment and rapidly grows it to adulthood, he decides to try it on a human foetus. What could possibly go wrong??
KILLER'S MOON
WRITER: Alan Birkinshaw
DIRECTOR: Alan Birkinshaw
STARRING: Anthony Forrest as Pete
Tom Marshall as Mike
Nigel Gregory as Mr. Smith
Jane Hayden as Julie
Alison Elliot as Sandy
Georgina Kean as Agatha
QUICK CUT: A bus carrying a girl's school choir group breaks down in the British countryside. On the plus side, they're not far from a seasonal hotel getting ready to open up. On the downside, a barbershop quartet of crazed deviants has escaped into those same woods and fields and are closing in.
THE VIDEO DEAD
WRITER: Robert Scott
DIRECTOR: Robert Scott
STARRING: Roxanna Augesen as Zoe Blair
Rocky Duvall as Jeff Blair
Vickie Bastel as April Ellison
Sam David McClelland as Joshua Daniels
Jennifer Miro as The Woman
QUICK CUT: After buying a new house and finding a cursed television in the attack, Zoe and Jeff run afoul of zombies crawling out of the televisoon.
DEATH SHIP
WRITER: Screenplay by John Robins
Story by Jack Hill and David P. Lewis
DIRECTOR: Alvin Rakoff
STARRING: George Kennedy as Captain Ashland
Richard Crenna as Trevor Marshall
Nick Mancuso as Nick
Sally Ann Homes as Margaret Marshall
Kate Reid as Sylvia
Victoria Burgoyne as Lori
Jennifer McKinney as Robin Marshall
Danny Highman as Ben Marshall
Saul Rubinek as Jackie
QUICK CUT: When the final voyage of Captain Ashland's tenure as a cruise ship captain ends with his vessel pulling a Titanic, he and the survivors end up on an abandoned vessel that picks them up from a certain, floaty death. And then the Nazis appear.
A BUCKET OF BLOOD
WRITER: Charles B. Griffith
DIRECTOR: Roger Corman
STARRING: Dick Miller as Walter Paisley
Barboura Morris as Carla
Antony Carbone as Leonard de Santis
Julian Burton as Maxwell H. Brock
Ed Nelson as Art Lacroix
Judy Bamber as Alice
Myrtle Damerel as Mrs. Swicket
Burt Convy as Lou Raby
Lynne Storey as Sylvia
QUICK CUT: A struggling artist struggles no more when he discovers you can make very life-like creations...through murder.
DEATHBED
WRITER: John Strysik
DIRECTOR: Danny Draven
STARRING: Tanya Dempsey as Karen
Brave Matthews as Jerry
Joe Estevez as Art
Meagan Magnum as Female ghost
Dukey Flyswatter as The Strangler ghost.
QUICK CUT: A couple move into a nice little apartment in LA, and slowly discover that their cozy new home has a rather dark past.
FIEND WITHOUT A FACE
WRITER: Screenplay by Herbert J. Leder
Original story by Amelia Reynolds Long
DIRECTOR: Arthur Crabtree
STARRING: Marshal Thompson as Major Jeff Cummings
Kynaston Reeves as Professor Walgate
Kim Parker as Barbara Griselle
Stanley Maxted as Colonel Butler
Terence Kilburn as Captain Al Chester
James Dyrenforth as Mayor
Robert MacKenzie as Constable Gibbons
QUICK CUT: On the outskirts of tiny Canadian town, a US Air Force base has opened up. Once people start falling dead, the blame is pointed squarely at the bases nuclear reactor, but the truth is stranger than any of them may think. Think. Get it? Because it's killer brains.
BLOODY NEW YEAR
WRITER: Screenplay by Frazer Pearce
DIRECTOR: Norman J. Warren
STARRING: Suzy Aitchison as Lesley
Nikki Brooks as Janet
Colin Heywood as Spud
Mark Powley as Rick
Catherine Roman as Carol
Julian Ronnie as Tom
QUICK CUT: A group of young adults run away from some self-caused mischief, and end up on a remote island with an empty resort, despite the place being decorated for a New Year's party. And then things get weird.
TREES 2: THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL
WRITERS: Michael V. Pleckaitis
Jim Lawter
DIRECTOR: Michael V. Pleckaitis
STARRING: Kevin McCauley as Ranger Mark Cody
Philip Gardiner as Max Cooper
Mary Ann Nilan as Helen Cody
Brandi Lynn Coppock as Agent Bentley
Ron Palillo as Dougie Styles
Lorne Lakin as Deputy Dusty
Trish Dunn as Darla Styles
Raymond Michaud as Mayor Jim Swindell
Brian Reid as Agent Royce
Peter Randazzo as Squint
QUICK CUT: Just when you thought it was safe to watch a bad movie, Trees barfs up a sequel about Ranger Cody still being tormented by living, killer trees as a large group of them rampage through Hazelville, Vermont.
TREES
WRITER: Michael Pleckaitis
DIRECTOR: Michael Pleckaitis
STARRING: Kevin McCauley as Mark Cody
Peter Randazzo as Squint
Philip Gardiner as Max Cooper
Mary Ann Nilan as Helen
Raymond Michaud as Swindell
QUICK CUT: Did you ever think Jaws was just an okay movie, but what it really needed was to be about killer pine trees? Too bad, because that's what you're watching.
SAVAGE WEEKEND
WRITER: David Paulsen
DIRECTOR: David Paulsen
STARRING: Christopher Allport as Nicky
James Doerr as Robert Fathwood
David Gale as Mac Macauley
Devin Goldenberg as Jay Alsop
Marilyn Hamlin as Marie Sales Petis
Kathleen Heaney as Shirley Sales
Jeffrey David Pomerantz as Greg Petis
Willian Sanderson as Otis
QUICK CUT: A group of people head off on a vacation weekend in the woods for no particularly good reason, other than getting them isolated and killable.
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