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.
13/13/13
WRITER: James Cullen Breesack
DIRECTOR: James Cullen Breesack
STARRING: Trae Ireland as Jack
Erin Coker as Candace
Jody Barton as Quentin
Nihilist Gelo as Joe
Tiffany Martinez as Kendra
QUICK CUT: After returning home from a camping trip with the guys, Jack discovers things are not so normal on the most impossible day of the year.
FRIDAY THE 13TH
WRITER: Victor Miller
DIRECTOR: Sean S. Cunningham
STARRING: Betsy Palmer as Mrs. Voorhees
Adrienne King as Alice
Jeannine Taylor as Marcie
Robbi Morgan as Annie
Kevin Bacon as Jack
Harry Crosby as Bill
Laurie Bartram as Brenda
Mark Nelson as Ned
QUICK CUT: Decades after Camp Crystal Lake was shut down after a series of brutal murders, it is at last reopening for business. While a group of young camp counselors struggle to get it back in good repair before then, dark secrets from the past begin to resurface.
THE EXORCIST
WRITER: William Peter Blatty
DIRECTOR: William Friedkin
STARRING: Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil
Max Von Sydow as Father Merrin
Lee J. Cobb as Lt. Kinderman
Jason Miller as Father Karras
Linda Blair as Regan
QUICK CUT: Really? We don't know the plot of this yet? Okay, fine. A young girl becomes possessed by a powerful demon, and is eventually brought face to face with the priest that exorcised it years ago.
BLOOD BEAT
WRITER: Fabrice-Ange Zaphiratos
DIRECTOR: Fabrice-Ange Zaphiratos
STARRING: Helen Benton as Cathy
Terry Brown as Gary
Claudia Peyton as Sarah
James Fitzgibbons as Ted
Dana Day as Sarah
QUICK CUT: When Ted brings his girlfriend Sarah home to meet his parents for Christmas, things get weird when a Samurai ghost decides to crash the party.
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.
MOTHER'S DAY
WRITERS: Charles Kaufman and Warren Leight
DIRECTOR: Charles Kaufman
STARRING: Holden McGuire as Ike
Billy Ray McQuade as Addley
Rose Ross as Mother
Nancy Hendrickson as Abbey
Deborah Luce as Jackie
Tiana Pierce as Trina
QUICK CUT: A pair of backwoods mischief makers kidnap three girls on a getaway weekend and torment them to make their mom happy.
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.