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.
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.
BLOOD RAGE
