Triskaidekafiles

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.

Night of the Demons 3 (1997)

NIGHT OF THE DEMONS

WRITER: Screenplay by Kevin S. Tenney

DIRECTOR: Jimmy Kaufman

STARRING: Amelia Kinkade as Angela
    Kris Holdenreid as Vince
    Gregory Calpakis as Nick
    Patricia Rodriguez as Abbie
    Stephanie Bauder as Holly
    Tara Slone as Lois
    Christian Tessier as Orson
    Joel Gordon as Reggie
    Vlasta Vrana as Dewhurst

QUICK CUT: Coming back for a threepeat, Angela just won't stay dead.  And this time, she's dragging another group of teens into Hull House to kill them off.  As opposed to the other two times she dragged kids to her house to kill them off.

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Night of the Demons 2 (1994)

NIGHT OF THE DEMONS 2

WRITER: Joe Augustyn

DIRECTOR: Brian Trenchard-Smith

STARRING: Christi Harris as Bibi
    Darin Heames as Z-Boy
    Bobby Jacoby as Perry
    Merle Kennedy as Mouse
    Amelia Kinkade as Angela
    Rod McCary as Father Bob
    Johnny Moran as Johnny
    Rick Peter as Rick
    Jennifer Rhodes as Sister Gloria
    Christine Taylor as Terri
    Zoe Trilling as Shirley
    Ladd York as Kurt

QUICK CUT: Angela is back, and this time she has a sister, and a whole Catholic private school to mess with!

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Night of the Demons (1988)

NIGHT OF THE DEMONS

WRITER: Joe Augustyn

DIRECTOR: Kevin S. Tenney

STARRING: Alvin Alexis as Rodger
    Allison Barron as Helen
    Lance Fenton as Jay
    William Gallo as Sal
    Hal Havins as Stooge
    Mimi Kinkade as Angela
    Cathy Podewell as Judy
    Linnea Quigley as Suzanne
    Philip Tanzini as Max
    Jill Terashita as Frannie

QUICK CUT: A group of teens gather at an abandoned funeral home for a Halloween party.  What could possibly go wrong??

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Night of the Demon (1980)

NIGHT OF THE DEMON

WRITER: Screenplay by Mike Williams
    From a story by Jim L. Ball

DIRECTOR: James C. Wasson

STARRING: Michael J. Cutt as Professor Nugent
    Melanie Graham as Wanda
    Paul Kelleher as Sheriff
    Lynn Eastman as Susan Nugent

QUICK CUT: A professor and a group of students wander into the woods to find Bigfoot, and instead find endless flashbacks and gore.

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Night of the Demon (1957)

NIGHT OF THE DEMON

WRITER: Screenplay by Charles Bennett and Hal E. Chester
    Based on a story by Montague R. James

DIRECTOR: Jaques Tourneur

STARRING: Dana Andrews as John Holden
    Peggy Cummins as Joanna Harrington
    Niall McGinnis as Doctor Karswell
    Maurice Denham as Professor Harrington
    Athene Seyler as Mrs. Karswell
    Laim Redmond as Mark O'Brien
    Richard Leech as Inspector Mottram
    Reginald Beckwith as Mr. Meek

QUICK CUT: While investigating the claims of whether or not demons are real, Doctor Holden discovers a deeper world of magic than he ever knew existed.

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The Horror Show (1989)

THE HORROR SHOW

WRITER: Alan Smithee and Leslie Bohem

DIRECTOR: James Isaac

STARRING: Lance Henriksen as Lucas McCarthy
    Brion James as Max Jenke
    Rita Taggart as Donna McCarthy
    Dedee Pfeiffer as Bonnie McCarthy
    Aron Eisenberg as Scott McCarthy
    Thom Bray as Peter Campbell

QUICK CUT: After capturing a brutal serial killer, and watching him be executed, Lucas McCarthy and his family have to deal with Meat Cleaver Max coming back from the dead for revenge.

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The 13th Child (2002)

THE 13TH CHILD: LEGEND OF THE JERSEY DEVIL - VOLUME 1

WRITERS: Michael Maryk and Cliff Robertson

DIRECTOR: Steven Stockage

STARRING: Cliff Robertson as Mr. Shroud
    Lesley-Anne Down as Distrct Attorney Murphy
    Christopher Atkins as Ron
    Gano Grills as Mitch
    Michelle Maryk as Kathryn
    Robert Guillaume as Riley

QUICK CUT: Deep in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, lurks an ancient bit of American folklore, the Jersey Devil.  Now, an investigator for the district attorney and a pair of cops will get down to the bottom of the mystery or die trying.  Probably die trying.

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M.A.R.K. 13 (1990)

M.A.R.K. 13/HARDWARE

WRITER: Richard Stanley

DIRECTOR: Richard Stanley

STARRING: Dylan McDermott as Mo
    Stacey Travis as Jill
    John Lynch as Shades
    William Hootkins as Lincoln
    Iggy Pop as Angry Bob

QUICK CUT: In a nuclear irradiated future where industry and war has used up much of the Earth, a scavenger brings some scrap home to his artist girlfriend, and she uses it in her sculptures.  Oh, and also, the scrap is parts of a homicidal self-repairing killbot that pulls itself back together.

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13 Seconds (2003)

13 SECONDS

WRITER: Jeff Thomas

DIRECTOR: Jeff Thomas

STARRING: April Cole as Kara
    Daniel Rain as Gage
    Kevin Kuras as Mac
    Robert Yensch as Colin
    Sarah Corbin as Talia
    Spencer Stevens as Musato
    Daniel Rowe as Adramalech
    Esa Scott as Shapiro
    Robert Miller as Sidetrack
    Jeff Thomas as Davis

QUICK CUT: A group of musicians go to an abandoned sanitarium or whatever to record their latest album, but the bullshit is not what it seems...

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Halloween II (1981)

HALLOWEEN II

WRITERS: John Carpenter and Debra Hill

DIRECTOR: Rick Rosenthal

STARRING: Donald Pleasence as Sam Loomis
    Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode
    Charles Cyphers as Leigh Brackett
    Lance Guest as Jimmy
    Pamela Susan Shoop as Karen
    Leo Rossi as Budd

QUICK CUT: Michael Meyers is back, and he seems to have some major injuries after taking six bullets to the chest, because he's heading to Haddonfield's local hospital!

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The Creeps (1997)

THE CREEPS

WRITER: Benjamin Carr

DIRECTOR: Charles Band

STARRING: Rhonda Griffin as Anna Quarrels
    Justin Lauer as David Raleigh
    Bill Moynihan as Winston Berber
    Kristin Norton as Miss Christina
    Jon Simanton as Wolfman
    Joe Smith as Mummy
    Thomas Wellington as Frankenstein's Monster
    Phil Fondacaro as Dracula

QUICK CUT: The classic monsters of our nightmares have been brought to life!  Dracula!  Frankenstein's Monster!  The Mummy!  The Wolfman!!  Our only hope at stopping them is a librarian and a private eye slash DVD store clerk!  Oh, and also, the monsters have been brought to life at one third their actual size.  ...Oi.

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Funeral Home (1980)

FUNERAL HOME

WRITER: Ida Nelson

DIRECTOR: William Fruet

STARRING: Kay Hawtry as Grandma
    Lesleh Donaldson as Heather
    Barry Morse as Mr. Davis
    Dean Garbett as Rick
    Stephen Miller as Billy Hibbs
    Alfred Humphries as Joe
    Peggy Mahon as Florie
    Harvey Atkin as Harry

QUICK CUT: Heather returns to her grandmother's home for the summer, and help around the inn.  Oh, and also, it used to be a funeral home.  What could possibly go wrong?

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From Beyond the Grave (1973)

FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE

WRITERS: Screenplay by Robin Clarke and Raymond Christodoulou
    Based on stories by R. Chetwynd-Hayes

DIRECTOR: Kevin Connor

STARRING: Ian Bannen as Christopher Lowe
    Ian Carmichael as Reggie Warren
    Peter Cushing as The Proprietor
    Diana Dors as Mabel Lowe
    Margaret Leighton as Madame Orloff
    Donald Pleasence as Jim Underwood
    Nyree Dawn Porter as Susan Warren
    David Warner as Edward Charlton
    Ian Ogilvy as William Seaton
    Lesley Anne Down as Rosemary Seaton
    Jack Watson as Sir Michael Sinclair
    Angela Pleasence as Emily Underwood
    Wendy Allnut as Pamela
    Tommy Godfrey as Mr. Jeffries
    Ben Howard as Burglar
    John O'Farrell as Stephen Lowe
    Marcel Steiner as The Face

QUICK CUT: At a quiet antiques and knicknacks shop, the old proprietor just tries to sell his wares, while people keep screwing him over.  So his magic items get revenge in the most disproportionate ways possible!

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The Deadly Spawn (1983)

THE DEADLY SPAWN

WRITER: Screenplay by Douglas McKeown
    From a Story by Ted A. Bohus, John Dods, and Douglas McKeown

DIRECTOR: Douglas McKeown

STARRING: Charles Hildebrandt as Charles
    Tom De Fracno as Pete
    Richard Lee Porter as Frankie
    Jean Tafler as Ellen
    Karen Tighe as Kathy

QUICK CUT: A strange mass falls from the stars in a rural part of the country, and the locals have to deal with a basement gobbling up everyone.  Oh, and also, there's a vegetarian luncheon.

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Maniac Cop (1988)

MANIAC COP

WRITER: Larry Cohen

DIRECTOR: William Lustig

STARRING: Tom Atkins as Frank McCrae
    Bruce Campbell as Jack Forrest
    Laurene Landon as Theresa Mallory
    Richard Roundtree as Commissioner Pike
    William Smith as Captain Ripley
    Robert Z'Dar as Matt Cordell
    Sheree North as Sally Noland

QUICK CUT: BRUCE CAMPBELL VERSUS ROBERT Z'DAR!  WHICH CHIN WILL WIN??

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StageFright (1987)

STAGEFRIGHT

WRITER: Screenplay by Lew Cooper

DIRECTOR: Michael Soavi

STARRING: David Brandon as Peter
    Barbara Cupisti as Alicia
    Robert Gligorov as Danny
    John Morghen as Brett
    Clain Parker as Irving Wallace
    Lori Parrel as Corinne
    Martin Philips as Mark
    James E.R. Sampson as Willy
    Ulrike Schwerk as Betty
    Mary Sellers as Laurel
    Jo Anne Smith as Sybil
    Piero Vida as Ferrari

QUICK CUT: An escaped mental patient, and former actor, finds his way to a nearby theatre where a company is rehearsing their upcoming musical.  Once there, well, he starts killin' folk.

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The Boogens (1981)

THE BOOGENS

WRITERS: Story by Tom Chapman & David O'Malley
    Screenplay by David O'Malley & Bob Hunt

DIRECTOR: James Conway

STARRING: Rebecca Balding as Trish Michaels
    Fred McCarren as Mark Kinner
    Anne-Marie Martin as Jessica Ford
    Jeff Harlan as Roger Lowrie
    John Crawford as Brian Deering
    Med Flory as Dan Ostroff
    Jon Lormer as Blanchard

QUICK CUT: Some mining friends and their girlfriends move into a new home in Silver City, Colorado while they work to open a mine.  Oh, and also, while working on that mine, they release rubbery turtle creatures with big nasty pointy teeth.

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Scanners 2: The New Order (1990)

SCANNERS 2: THE NEW ORDER

WRITER: Screenplay by B.J. Nelson

DIRECTOR: Christian Duguay

STARRING: David Hewlett as David Kellum
    Deborah Raffin as Julie Vale
    Yvan Ponton as Commander John Forrester
    Isabelle Mejias as Alice Leonardo
    Tom Butler as Doctor Morse
    Raoul Trujillo as Drak
    Vlasta Vrana as Lt. Gelson
    Dorothee Berryman as The Mayor

QUICK CUT: The Scanners are back, and this time they're Canadian!  Instead of a government conspiracy though, the mastermind here it's a police detective trying to use them to further his own goals of wiping out crime and corruption!

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Killjoy 2

KILLJOY 2 (2002)

WRITER:  Douglass Snauffer
    Tammi Sutton

DIRECTOR: Tammi Sutton

STARRING: Charles Austin as Nic
    Olimpia Fernandez as Charlotte
    Debbie Rochon as Denise Martinez
    Logan Alexander as Harris Redding
    Jermaine Cheeseborough as Eddie
    Nicole Pulliam as Ce-Ce
    Rhonda Claerbaut as Kadja
    Choice Skinner as Ray Ray
    Trent Haaga as Killjoy

QUICK CUT: The clown prince of Hell is back, eventually, to kill more people, and this time he's doing it in the middle of the woods.

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