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3 MEN AND A BABY (1987, Leonard Nimoy)
THE 3 MUSKETEERS (1973, Richard Lester)
7 DAYS IN MAY (1964, John Frankenheimer)
13 FRIGHTENED GIRLS! (1963, William Castle)
48 HRS. (1982, Walter Hill)
52 PICK-UP (1986, John Frankenheimer)
99 AND 44/100% DEAD (1974, John Frankenheimer)
1990: BRONX WARRIORS (1982, Enzo G. Castellari)
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THE A-TEAM: "TAXICAB WARS" (1983, Gilbert M. Shilton)
THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (1971, Robert Fuest)
ACTION JACKSON (1988, Craig R. Baxley)
ADAM RESURRECTED (2008, Paul Schrader)
ALAMO BAY (1985, Louis Malle)
ALICE COOPER: PRIME CUTS (1991, Neal Preston)
ALIEN NATION (1988, Graham Baker)
ALL THAT JAZZ (1979, Bob Fosse)
ALLIGATOR (1980, Lewis Teague)
ANGEL HEART (1987, Alan Parker)
ANTICHRIST (2009, Lars Trier)
A*P*E (1976, Paul Leder)
APPALOOSA (2008, Ed Harris)
THE APPLE (1980, Menahem Golan)
APRIL FOOL'S DAY (1986, Fred Walton)
ARTHUR (1981, Steve Gordon)
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THE BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS (2009, Werner Herzog)
BALTIKA EXTRA 9 (2008, Russia)
BASKET CASE (1982, Frank Henenlotter)
BATTLE IN HEAVEN (2005, Carlos Reygadas)
BEAT GIRL (1959, Edmond T. Gréville)
BEAT STREET (1984, Stan Lathan)
THE BEGUILED (1971, Don Siegel)
BEST WORST MOVIE (2009, Michael Stephenson)
BIG BLOW (2000, United States)
THE BIG CLEAN (198?, Michael Ironside)
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986, John Carpenter)
"BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA" (1986, The Coup de Villes)
BILL AND COO (1948, Dean Riesner)
THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970, Dario Argento)
BLADE RUNNER (1982, Ridley Scott)
THE BLACK CAT (2007, Stuart Gordon)
BLACK MOON RISING (1986, Harley Cokliss)
BLIND FURY (1989, Philip Noyce)
THE BLOOD OF HEROES (1989, David Webb Peoples)
BLUE COLLAR (1978, Paul Schrader)
BLUE DIAMOND BEER (2005, China)
BLUE STEEL (1989, Kathryn Bigelow)
THE BLOB (1988, Chuck Russell)
BLOOD WORK (2002, Clint Eastwood)
BOARDING GATE (2008, Olivier Assayas)
BODY DOUBLE (1984, Brian De Palma)
BODY OF EVIDENCE (1993, Uli Edel)
BODY PARTS (1991, Eric Red)
BORDERLINE (1980, Jerrold Freedman)
BOXING HELENA (1993, Jennifer Chambers Lynch)
BRAINSCAN (1994, John Flynn)
BROKEN ARROW (1996, John Woo)
BRONX WARRIORS (1982, Enzo G. Castellari)
THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY (1978, Steve Rash)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1992, Fran Rubel Kazui)
BUIO OMEGA (1979, Joe D'Amato)
BULLETPROOF (1988, Steve Carver)
C
CANDYMAN (1992, Bernard Rose)
CANE TOADS: AN UNNATURAL HISTORY (1988, Mark Lewis)
THE CARD PLAYER (2004, Dario Argento)
CARMEN (1983, Carlos Saura)
CARPY & THE CAP'N- PART 1 (2010, Sean Gill)
CARPY & THE CAP'N- PART 2 (2010, Sean Gill)
CARPY & THE CAP'N- PART 3 (2010, Sean Gill)
CASTLE FREAK (1995, Stuart Gordon)
THE CAT (1992, Ngai Kai Lam)
CHAMPAGNE COLA (2009, United States)
THE CHANGELING (1980, Peter Medak)
CHARLES BRONSON'S MANDOM 1-3 (197?, Nobuhiko Obayashi)
CHARLES BRONSON'S MANDOM 4-5 (197?, Nobuhiko Obayashi)
CHARLES BRONSON'S MANDOM 6 (197?, Nobuhiko Obayashi)
CHELSEA ON THE ROCKS (2009, Abel Ferrara)
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE #84: YOU ARE A MONSTER (1988, Edward Packard)
CHOPPING MALL (1986, Jim Wynorski)
C.H.U.D. (1984, Douglas Cheek)
CLASS OF 1984 (1982, Mark L. Lester)
COFFY (1973, Jack Hill)
COMBAT SHOCK (1986, Buddy Giovinazzo)
COMMANDO (1985, Mark L. Lester)
THE COMPANY OF WOLVES (1984, Neil Jordan)
CONQUEST (1983, Lucio Fulci)
COPYING BEETHOVEN (2006, Agnieszka Holland)
THE COTTON CLUB (1984, Francis Ford Coppola)
CRASH (1996, David Cronenberg)
CRITTERS (1986, Stephen Herek)
CRITTERS 2: THE MAIN COURSE (1988, Mick Garris)
CRITTERS 3: YOU ARE WHAT THEY EAT (1991, Kristine Peterson)
CRITTERS 4: THEY'RE INVADING YOUR SPACE (1991, Rupert Harvey)
CRY-BABY (1990, John Waters)
CUTTER'S WAY (1981, Ivan Passer)
CUTTING CARDS (1990, Walter Hill)
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DAD'S OLD FASHIONED BLUE CREAM SODA (2009, United States)
DAGON (2001, Stuart Gordon)
DARK BLUE (2003, Ron Shelton)
THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982, Jim Henson & Frank Oz)
DARK FORCES (1980, Simon Wincer)
DARK PASSAGE (1947, Delmer Daves)
DARK OF THE SUN (1968, Jack Cardiff)
DAVID (1988, John Erman)
DEAD & BURIED (1981, Gary Sherman)
DEAD HEAT (1988, Mark Goldblatt)
DEAD LIKE ME: LIFE AFTER DEATH (2009, Stephen Herek)
DEAD MAN'S CURVE (1986, Roger Vadim)
THE DEAD POOL (1988, Buddy van Horn)
DEADBEAT AT DAWN (1988, Jim van Bebber)
THE DEADLY SPAWN (1983, Douglas McKeown)
DEADLY WEAPONS (1974, Doris Wishman)
DEATH HUNT (1981, Peter R. Hunt)
DEATH WISH (1974, Michael Winner)
DEATH WISH II (1982, Michael Winner)
DEATH WISH 3 (1985, Michael Winner)
DEATH WISH 4: THE CRACKDOWN (1987, J. Lee Thompson)
DEATH WISH V: THE FACE OF DEATH (1994, Allan A. Goldstein)
DEEP RED (1975, Dario Argento)
THE DELTA FORCE (1986, Menahem Golan)
DEMOLITION MAN (1993, Marco Brambilla)
DEMONS 2 (1986, Lamberto Bava)
THE DEVILS (1971, Ken Russell)
DIARY OF THE DEAD (2008, George A. Romero)
DILLINGER (1973, John Milius)
DIRTY HARRY (1971, Don Siegel)
DR. JEKYLL AND MS. HYDE (1995, David Price)
DRACULA (1931, Tod Browning)
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THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE... (1953, Max Ophüls)
EATING RAOUL (1982, Paul Bartel)
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA PROCUREMENT (2009, United States)
THE END (1978, Burt Reynolds)
ENTER THE NINJA (1981, Menahem Golan)
ESCAPE FROM L.A. (1996, John Carpenter)
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981, John Carpenter)
EUREKA (1983, Nicolas Roeg)
THE EVIL THAT MEN DO (1984, J. Lee Thompson)
EXOTICA (1994, Atom Egoyan)
THE EXTERMINATOR (1980, James Glickenhaus)
EXTERMINATOR 2 (1984, Mark Bunztman)
EXTREME JUSTICE (1993, Mark L. Lester)
EXTREME PREJUDICE (1987, Walter Hill)
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FACE/OFF (1997, John Woo)
THE FACULTY (1998, Robert Rodriguez)
FALLING DOWN (1993, Joel Schumacher)
FANCY FOOTWORK (1952, Martin Rackin)
THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX (2009, Wes Anderson & Mark Gustafson)
FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (1975, Dick Richards)
FAREWELL TO THE KING (1989, John Milius)
FAST FORWARD (1985, Sidney Poitier)
FAT CITY (1972, John Huston)
FATAL BEAUTY (1987, Tom Holland)
FEAST II: SLOPPY SECONDS (2008, John Gulager)
FEAST III: THE HAPPY FINISH (2009, John Gulager)
FIRESTARTER (1984, Mark Lester)
FIREWALKER (1986, J. Lee Thompson)
THE FIRM (1993, Sydney Pollack)
FLASHDANCE (1983, Adrian Lyne)
FLASHPOINT (1984, William Tannen)
FLESH + BLOOD (1985, Paul Verhoeven)
FLESHBURN (1984, George Gage)
THE FOG (1980, John Carpenter)
FOR Y'UR HEIGHT ONLY (1981, Eddie Nicart)
FORCED TO KILL (1994, Russell Solberg)
FOREVER MINE (1999, Paul Schrader)
FOXY BROWN (1974, Jack Hill)
FRANKENHOOKER (1990, Frank Henenlotter)
FREDDY VS. JASON (2003, Ronny Yu)
FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE (1991, Rachel Talalay)
FREDDY'S GREATEST HITS- PART 1 (1987, The Elm Street Group)
FREDDY'S GREATEST HITS- PART 2 (1987, The Elm Street Group)
FREEBIE AND THE BEAN (1974, Richard Rush)
FREEJACK (1992, Geoff Murphy)
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART III: IN 3-D (1982, Steve Miner)
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN (1989, Rob Hedden)
THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (1973, Peter Yates)
FROGS (1972, George McCowan)
FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM (1987, Jeff Burr)
FROZEN RIVER (2008, Courtney Hunt)
G
GEEK MAGGOT BINGO (1983, Nick Zedd)
GET CARTER (1971, Mike Hodges)
THE GHOST MAKER: A HALLOWEEN TALE (1988, John Carpenter)
GHOULIES III: GHOULIES GO TO COLLEGE (1991, John Carl Buechler)
A GIRL CUT IN TWO (2008, Claude Chabrol)
THE GIRL ON A MOTORCYCLE (1968, Jack Cardiff)
GOTHIC (1986, Ken Russell)
GRAN TORINO (2008, Clint Eastwood)
LA GRANDE BOUFFE (1973, Marco Ferreri)
GUINNESS- PURE GENIUS: PART 1 (1987-1993, Rutger Hauer)
GUNCRAZY (1992, Tamra Davis)
H
HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (1982, Tommy Lee Wallace)
HANG 'EM HIGH (1968, Ted Post)
HANGOVER SQUARE (1945, John Brahm)
HAPPY (1983, Lee Philips)
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (2008, Mike Leigh)
HARD RAIN (1998, Mikael Salomon)
HARD TICKET TO HAWAII (1987, Andy Sidaris)
HARLEQUIN (1980, Simon Wincer)
HAUSU (1977, Nobuhiko Obayashi)
HEARTBREAK RIDGE (1986, Clint Eastwood)
HELL IN THE PACIFIC (1968, John Boorman)
HELLBOUND (1994, Aaron Norris)
HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II (1988, Tony Randel)
HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II (1987, Bruce Pittman)
HELLRAISER (1987, Clive Barker)
HERO AND THE TERROR (1988, William Tannen)
THE HEROIN BUSTERS (1977, Enzo G. Castellari)
HI, MOM! (1970, Brian De Palma)
HIGH SCHOOL U.S.A. (1983, Rod Amateau)
HIGH SPIRITS (1988, Neil Jordan)
HIS KIND OF WOMAN (1951, John Farrow)
THE HIT (1984, Stephen Frears)
THE HITCHER (1986, Robert Harmon)
THE HITCHHIKER: "DEAD MAN'S CURVE" (1986, Roger Vadim)
THE HITCHHIKER: "HOMEBODIES" (1987, Carl Schenkel)
THE HITCHHIKER: "LAST SCENE" (1986, Paul Verhoeven)
THE HITCHHIKER: "THE LEGENDARY BILLY B." (1987, Chris Thomson)
THE HITCHHIKER: "STRIPTEASE" (1986, Jerry Ciccoritti)
THE HITCHHIKER: "W.G.O.D." (1985, Mike Hodges)
HOMEBODIES (1987, Carl Schenkel)
HOMECOMING (2005, Joe Dante)
HOMICIDAL (1961, William Castle)
HOMICIDE (1991, David Mamet)
HOOPER (1978, Hal Needham)
HOUSE OF WAX (1953, Andre de Toth)
THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959, William Castle)
HOUSE III: THE HORROR SHOW (1989, James Isaac)
HUDSON HAWK (1991, Michael Lehmann)
HUNGER (2008, Steve McQueen)
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990, John McTiernan)
THE HURT LOCKER (2009, Kathryn Bigelow)
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IN THE LOOP (2009, Armando Iannucci)
IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994, John Carpenter)
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984, Steven Spielberg)
INFERNO (1980, Dario Argento)
INTRUDER (1989, Scott Spiegel)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978, Philip Kaufman)
IRISH POTCHEEN (2006, Ireland)
J
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963, Don Chaffey)
JOHN CARPENTER FANFICTION (2010, Sean Gill)
A JOHN WATERS CHRISTMAS (2009, John Waters)
JOHNNY HANDSOME (1989, Walter Hill)
K
KELLY'S HEROES (1970, Brian G. Hutton)
KEOMA (1976, Enzo G. Castellari)
KILLER WORKOUT (1986, David A. Prior)
THE KILLERS (1964, Don Siegel)
KING OF THE ANTS (2003, Stuart Gordon)
KUFFS (1992, Bruce A. Evans)
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LABATT MAXIMUM ICE (1993, Michael Ironside)
THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM (1988, Ken Russell)
THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO (1998, Whit Stillman)
THE LAST DETAIL (1973, Hal Ashby)
LAST SCENE (1986, Paul Verhoeven)
THE LAST SHARK (1981, Enzo G. Castellari)
LEATHERFACE: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3 (1990, Jeff Burr)
THE LEGENDARY BILLY B. (1987, Chris Thomson)
THE LEOPARD MAN (1943, Jacques Tourneur)
LET'S KILL UNCLE, BEFORE UNCLE KILLS US (1966, William Castle)
THE LETTER PEOPLE, EPISODE 1- MEET MR. M (1974, Elayne Reiss-Weimann & Rita Friedman)
THE LETTER PEOPLE, EPISODE 2- MEET MR. T (1974, Thomas McDonough)
THE LETTER PEOPLE, EPISODE 23- MEET MR. G (1974, Thomas McDonough)
LEVIATHAN (1989, George P. Cosmatos)
LIFE AT THE OUTPOST (1979, Skatt Bros.)
LIFEFORCE (1985, Tobe Hooper)
THE LIMITS OF CONTROL (2009, Jim Jarmusch)
LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN (1971, Lucio Fulci)
LONE WOLF MCQUADE (1983, Steve Carver)
THE LOVELESS (1982, Kathryn Bigelow & Monty Montgomery)
M
THE MACHINIST (2004, Brad Anderson)
MACSHAYNE: WINNER TAKES ALL (1994, E.W. Swackhamer)
MAD MONSTER PARTY? (1967, Jules Bass)
MADIGAN (1968, Don Siegel)
MAN ON WIRE (2008, James Marsh)
MANHUNTER (1986, Michael Mann)
MANIAC! (1980, William Lustig)
MANIAC COP 2 (1990, William Lustig)
THE MANITOU (1978, William Girdler)
MARY (2008, Abel Ferrara)
MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986, Stephen King)
THE MECHANIC (1972, Michael Winner)
MEN AT WORK (1990, Emilio Estevez)
THE MERCENARIES (1968, Jack Cardiff)
MESSENGER OF DEATH (1988, J. Lee Thompson)
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL (1997, Clint Eastwood)
METROPOLITAN (1990, Whit Stillman)
MIRACLE MILE (1988, Steve De Jarnatt)
MISSING IN ACTION (1984, Joseph Zito)
MISSION TO MARS (2000, Brian De Palma)
MISTER LONELY (2008, Harmony Korine)
MODESTY BLAISE (1966, Joseph Losey)
MONSTER DOG (1984, Claudio Fragasso)
THE MONSTER SQUAD (1987, Fred Dekker)
MORTUARY ACADEMY (1988, Michael Schroeder)
MOTHER OF TEARS (2008, Dario Argento)
MR. MAJESTYK (1974, Richard Fleischer)
MR. NORTH (1988, Danny Huston)
MURDER ROCK (1984, Lucio Fulci)
MY BEST FRIEND IS A VAMPIRE (1987, Jimmy Huston)
MY OWN WORST ENEMY (2008, Jason Smilovic)
MY SCIENCE PROJECT (1985, Jonathan R. Betuel)
MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE? (2009, Werner Herzog)
MY WINNIPEG (2008, Guy Maddin)
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THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1986, Jean-Jacques Annaud)
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (2007, Jon Turteltaub)
THE NEVERENDING STORY II: THE NEXT CHAPTER (1990, George Miller)
THE NEW YORK RIPPER (1982, Lucio Fulci)
NEW YORK STORIES (1989, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, & Woody Allen)
NIGHT MOVES (1975, Arthur Penn)
THE NIGHT WALKER (1964, William Castle)
NIGHTFALL (1957, Jacques Tourneur)
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD (1989, Stephen Hopkins)
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 6: FREDDY'S DEAD (1991, Rachel Talalay)
NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD (2009, Mark Hartley)
NOWHERE TO HIDE (1987, Mario Azzopardi)
O
O.C. AND STIGGS (1985, Robert Altman)
OBSESSION (1976, Brian De Palma)
THE OCTAGON (1980, Eric Karson)
OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN (1983, George P. Cosmatos)
THE OFFENCE (1972, Sidney Lumet)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO (2003, Robert Rodriguez)
OUT FOR JUSTICE (1991, John Flynn)
THE OUTFIT (1973, John Flynn)
OUTRAGEOUS! (1977, Richard Benner)
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THE PARK IS MINE! (1986, Steven Hilliard Stern)
PAST MIDNIGHT (1991, Jan Eliasberg)
PATTY HEARST (1988, Paul Schrader)
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (2009, Oren Peli)
PELTS (2006, Dario Argento)
PHASE IV (1974, Saul Bass)
PHENOMENA (1985, Dario Argento)
PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (1953, Sam Fuller)
PIECES (1982, Juan Piquer Simón)
PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING (1981, James Cameron)
THE PIRATE MOVIE (1982, Ken Annakin)
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (1991, Stuart Gordon)
PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1965, Mario Bava)
POLTERGEIST (1982, Tobe Hooper & Steven Spielberg)
POOR PRETTY EDDIE (1975, Chris Robinson & David Worth)
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (2005, John Putch)
PREDATOR 2 (1990, Stephen Hopkins)
PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987, John Carpenter)
THE PRINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA (1988, Ron Nyswaner)
THE PRINCIPAL (1987, Christopher Cain)
PRIVATE PARTS (1972, Paul Bartel)
PROM NIGHT (1980, Paul Lynch)
PROM NIGHT II: HELLO MARY LOU (1987, Bruce Pittman)
THE PROWLER (1981, Joseph Zito)
PSYCHO (1998, Gus van Sant)
PUMP UP THE VOLUME (1990, Allan Moyle)
PUSS IN BOOTS (1988, Eugene Marner)
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Q & A (1990, Sidney Lumet)
QUIET COOL (1986, Clay Borris)
R
THE RAGE (1997, Sidney J. Furie)
RAGING BULL (1980, Martin Scorsese)
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981, Steven Spielberg)
RAISING CAIN (1992, Brian De Palma)
RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II (1985, George Cosmatos)
RAMBO III (1988, Peter MacDonald)
RAMBO IV (2008, Sylvester Stallone)
RAWHIDE: "DUEL AT DAYBREAK" (1965, Sutton Roley)
REAL COTTON CANDY (????, United States)
[•REC] (2007, Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza)
RED DAWN (1984, John Milius)
RED DRAGON (2002, Brett Ratner)
RED ROCK WEST (1993, John Dahl)
THE RED SKELTON SHOW: "FANCY FOOTWORK" (1952, Martin Rackin)
REDNECK COUNTY RAPE (1975, Chris Robinson & David Worth)
RENT-A-COP (1987, Jerry London)
THE RESURRECTED (1992, Dan O'Bannon)
THE RESURRECTION OF BRONCHO BILLY (1970, James R. Rokos)
REVENGE OF THE NINJA (1983, Sam Firstenberg)
REVOLVER (1973, Sergio Sollima)
RHINESTONE (1984, Bob Clark)
ROADGAMES (1981, Richard Franklin)
ROADIE (1980, Alan Rudolph)
ROBOT JOX (1990, Stuart Gordon)
ROCK 'N ROLL HIGH SCHOOL (1979, Joe Dante & Allan Arkush)
ROCK 'N ROLL NIGHTMARE (1987, John Fasano)
ROLLER BOOGIE (1979, Mark L. Lester)
ROLLING THUNDER (1977, John Flynn)
THE ROOKIE (1990, Clint Eastwood)
THE ROOM (2003, Tommy Wiseau)
RUNAWAY TRAIN (1985, Andrei Konchalovsky)
RUNNING SCARED (1986, Peter Hyams)
RYAN'S DAUGHTER (1970, David Lean)
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SALSA (1988, Boaz Davidson)
SALUTE OF THE JUGGER (1989, David Webb Peoples)
SATURN 3 (1980, Stanley Donen)
SAVAGE STREETS (1984, Danny Steinmann)
SAVE ME (1994, Alan Roberts)
SCREAMERS (1995, Christian Duguay)
SEE YOU AT THE CAST PARTY, IRONSIDE (2010, Sean Gill)
SEINE GROSSE ERFOLGE (1969, Heino)
THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW (1988, Wes Craven)
SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964, John Frankenheimer)
SHAKES THE CLOWN (1991, Bobcat Goldthwait)
SHARKY'S MACHINE (1981, Burt Reynolds)
THE SHOOTIST (1976, Don Siegel)
SILENT LIGHT (2007, Carlos Reygadas)
SILENT RAGE (1982, Michael Miller)
THE SILENT WORLD (1956, Jacques Cousteau & Louis Malle)
SILVER BULLET (1985, Daniel Attias)
SIMPLE MEN (1992, Hal Hartley)
SLEEPWALKERS (1992, Mick Garris)
SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999, Tim Burton)
SLUGS THE MOVIE (1988, Juan Piquer Simón)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008, Danny Boyle)
SMITHEREENS (1982, Susan Seidelman)
SOUTHERN COMFORT (1981, Walter Hill)
SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE (1983, Lamont Johnson)
SPASMO (1974, Umberto Lenzi)
SPIDER BABY (1964, Jack Hill)
ST. IDES MALT LIQUOR JINGLE (1992, Ice Cube)
ST. IVES (1976, J. Lee Thompson)
THE STAND (1994, Mick Garris)
STAR 80 (1983, Bob Fosse)
STAR CRYSTAL (1985, Lance Lindsay)
STEPFATHER 2: MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY (1989, Jeff Burr)
THE STONE KILLER (1973, Michael Winner)
STRAIGHT TIME (1978, Ulu Grosbard)
STRAIT-JACKET (1964, William Castle)
STREET SMART (1987, Jerry Schatzberg)
STREET TRASH (1987, J. Michael Muro)
STRIPTEASE (1986, Jerry Ciccoritti)
STRIPTEASE (1996, Andrew Bergman)
STROKER ACE (1983, Hal Needham)
STUCK (2008, Stuart Gordon)
THE STUFF (1985, Larry Cohen)
THE SUBSTITUTE (1996, Robert Mandel)
SUBURBIA (1983, Penelope Spheeris)
SUMMER HOURS (2009, Olivier Assayas)
SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD (2010, George A. Romero)
SURVIVAL QUEST (1989, Don Coscarelli)
SURVIVING THE GAME (1994, Ernest R. Dickerson)
SUSPIRIA (1977, Dario Argento)
SWAMP THING (1982, Wes Craven)
SWING SHIFT (1984, Jonathan Demme)
SWITCHBLADE SISTERS (1975, Jack Hill)
T
THE TAKING OF POWER BY LOUIS XIV (1966, Roberto Rossellini)
TALES FROM THE CRYPT: "CUTTING CARDS" (1990, Walter Hill)
TALES OF THE CITY (1993, Alastair Reid)
THE TALL T (1957, Budd Boetticher)
TAPEHEADS (1988, Bill Fishman)
TAXICAB WARS (1983, Gilbert M. Shilton)
TEACHERS (1984, Arthur Hiller)
TELEFON (1977, Don Siegel)
TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN (1958, Joseph H. Lewis)
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974, Tobe Hooper)
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 (1986, Tobe Hooper)
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3 (1990, Jeff Burr)
THEY LIVE (1988, John Carpenter)
THE THING (1982, John Carpenter)
THE THIRD MIRACLE (1999, Agnieszka Holland)
THIRTEEN FRIGHTENED GIRLS! (1963, William Castle)
THIS WOMAN IS DANGEROUS (1952, Felix E. Feist)
THREE MEN AND A BABY (1987, Leonard Nimoy)
THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1973, Richard Lester)
THUNDER ROAD (1958, Arthur Ripley)
THE TINGLER (1959, William Castle)
TOMBSTONE (1993, "George Cosmatos" & Kurt Russell)
TOP GUN (1986, Tony Scott)
TOTAL RECALL (1990, Paul Verhoeven)
TOURIST TRAP (1979, David Schmoeller)
TRANCERS (1985, Charles Band)
TRAPPED ASHES (2006, Various)
TRICK 'R TREAT (2009, Michael Dougherty)
TRON (1982, Steven Lisberger)
TROUBLE THE WATER (2008, "Tia Lessin & Carl Deal")
TRUCK TURNER (1974, Jonathan Kaplan)
TRUE CRIME (1999, Clint Eastwood)
TRUST (1990, Hal Hartley)
TUAREG: THE DESERT WARRIOR (1984, Enzo G. Castellari)
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992, David Lynch)
TWINS (1988, Ivan Reitman)
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UNDER SIEGE (1992, Andrew Davis)
USED CARS (1980, Robert Zemeckis)
V
THE V WORD (2006, Ernest R. Dickerson)
VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS (1970, Jaromil Jires)
VAMP (1986, Richard Wenk)
VAMPIRE'S KISS (1988, Robert Bierman)
VAMPIRE'S SECRET ICE POPS (1993, United States)
VAMPYR (1932, Carl Th. Dreyer)
VIGILANTE (1983, William Lustig)
VIOLENT CITY (1970, Sergio Sollima)
VISION QUEST (1985, Harold Becker)
VISITING HOURS (1982, Jean-Claude Lord)
W
W. (2008, Oliver Stone)
W.G.O.D. (1985, Mike Hodges)
WAITING OUT THE EIGHTIES: PART 1 (1985, The Coupe de Villes)
WAITING OUT THE EIGHTIES: PART 2 (1985, The Coupe de Villes)
THE WANDERERS (1979, Philip Kaufman)
WAXWORK (1988, Anthony Hickox)
WEDLOCK (1991, Lewis Teague)
WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S (1989, Ted Kotcheff)
THE WHITE BUFFALO (1977, J. Lee Thompson)
WHITE DOG (1982, Sam Fuller)
WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART (1990, Clint Eastwood)
WHITE LINE FEVER (1975, Jonathan Kaplan)
WHITE SANDS (1992, Roger Donaldson)
WHO AM I THIS TIME? (1982, Jonathan Demme)
WILD AT HEART (1990, David Lynch)
WILD FOR KICKS (1959, Edmond T. Gréville)
THE WILD ONE (1953, Laslo Benedek)
THE WILLIES (1991, Brian Peck)
WINNING (1969, James Goldstone)
THE WIZARD (1989, Todd Holland)
THE WORST WITCH (1986, Robert Young)
THE WRESTLER (2008, Darren Aronofsky)
X
Y
YOU, THE LIVING (2009, Roy Andersson)
YOU ARE A MONSTER (1988, Edward Packard)
Z
ZERO EFFECT (1998, Jake Kasdan)
ZIP ZAP RAP (1986, Devastatin' Dave the Turntable Slave)
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Film Review: OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN (1983, George P. Cosmatos)
Stars: 3 of 5.Running Time: 88 minutes.
Notable Cast or Crew: Peter Weller (ROBOCOP, NAKED LUNCH, THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI), Kenneth Welsh (SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD, TWIN PEAKS, PERFECT), Maury Chaykin (TWINS, THE ADJUSTER, DANCES WITH WOLVES), Jennifer Dale (THE ADJUSTER, SUZANNE), Shannon Tweed (HOT DOG THE MOVIE, STEEL JUSTICE, ex-Playboy Playmate, and ex of Gene Simmons), Lawrence Dane (SCANNERS, BRIDE OF CHUCKY), Louis Del Grande (SCANNERS, ATLANTIC CITY). Produced by Pierre David and Claude Héroux (VIDEODROME, SCANNERS, THE BROOD, VISITING HOURS).
Tag-line: "Two forces have claimed the house. Only one will survive."
Best one-liner: "You never said anything about rubber gloves, you boneheaded fart."
It's like MOBY DICK, except instead of Captain Ahab, we have Peter Weller. And instead of a great white whale, we have a giant brown rat. And instead of the high seas, we have a New York apartment building (actually filmed in Montreal). It's a familiar tale. You know- He had it all. The perfect wife. The perfect job. The perfect kid. The perfect home.
Until... a mere rodent made his life into a living hell... a succession of grotesque blightings... an obsession beyond human comprehension...
I suppose, the main lesson here being, 'Don't fuck with a man's brownstone.' And so it's war. Peter Weller is taking this infestation personally.
Needless to say, only one of our two combatants will be left standing. But who? And at what cost?
Helmed by creature-feature conoisseur and ghost-director extraordinaire George Pan Cosmatos (RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II, COBRA, LEVIATHAN, and TOMBSTONE), OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN possesses that strangely sterile, alienating 'Canadian horror' vibe that Cronenberg has used to such great effect in films such as THE FLY, CRASH, and DEAD RINGERS.
Of course, this may have something to do with the producers, Pierre David and Claude Héroux, who produced most of Cronenberg's 70's and 80's output. The atmosphere certainly works: we have man, existing in the carefully constructed steel, glass, and concrete compartments he has created for himself. Tubes and vents ensure proper ventilation and waste disposal. Everything fits within the lines and the walls and the gridlike streets and life is good and– SCHLERP SCHLERP SCHLERP–
Next thing you know, the rat is leaving its creepy little footprints on your coffee table. You know, those terrifying, pink, viscous, semi-translucent, soggy fuckin' paws. It's eating your cereal, knockin' your phone off the hook, leavin' its hairs in your sandwich, playin' your piano, and tryin' to chomp your nuts as you're sittin' on the toilet.
My thoughts exactly, Peter Weller.
Filmed with PHASE IV-style macroscopic photography and hideous attention to detail, OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN dashes headlong into the claustrophic, nasty little world of vermin.
Sewer rat POV.
Peter Weller slowly descends into madness– the rat is one tough customer. Can't trap it. Can't poison it. Can't shoot it. Can't even sic the cat on it. Next thing you know, Pete's talking to the stuffed animals. He's reading MOBY DICK. His day job suffers. It's awesomely clichéd: oh, now he's hitting the bottle.
Next he's sifting through microfiche. He's researching the rat. He's discovering there's 24,000 reported rat bites a year. It's becoming an obsession. He loses touch with co-workers. At a company dinner, he just rattles off facts about rats, much to everyone's chagrin.
Including the chagrin of genius character actor, Kenneth Welsh.
He witnesses the miracle of rat birth. He watches Spencer Tracy in THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA. It's man versus nature versus man versus nature. "This isn't some ordinary rat I'm dealing with. It killed my cat." He screams "You want a war, I'll give you a war!" Weller is great. He's always great. He appears to be wearing the same nerdy glasses he later wears in NAKED LUNCH, and he's unraveling at the seams. There are other characters, I suppose, but this is a one man show.
Before you can say, "It's clobberin' time," Weller has devised a rat-smashing implement that can be best described as an 'atomic bear-trap war-club.'
He's gotten to the point where he just sits in his home. In the dark. Wearing a woolen cap. Clutching his atomic bear-trap war-club. Waiting. Like a coiled spring. Waiting. Ready to snap.
There's a final showdown, of course. It's pretty satisfying. Only one of the two rivals will survive. Who will it be? Our hang-dog urban commando? Our twitchy, disease-spreading, four-legged fiend? Will it be "watch and weep, you furry fucker!" or will it be curtains for the man who thinks of his home as his castle? Well, watch the movie and find out.
Three stars. A fine, crittery, jittery time. Not a classic, but it's one of the best 'man versus rat' movies out there.
-Sean Gill
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Film Review: 13 FRIGHTENED GIRLS! (1963, William Castle)
Stars: 4 of 5.Running Time: 89 minutes.
Notable Cast or Crew: Kathy Dunn (RIDE WITH TERROR, KINGS OF BROADWAY), Lynne Sue Moon (TO SIR, WITH LOVE; 55 DAYS AT PEKING), Murray Hamilton (The Mayor in JAWS, THE GRADUATE, THE HUSTLER), Joyce Taylor (TWICE TOLD TALES; ATLANTIS, THE LOST CONTINENT), Hugh Marlowe (ALL ABOUT EVE, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL), Khigh Dhiegh (THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, SECONDS), Charlie Briggs (CHARLEY VARRICK, THE BEGUILED).
Tag-line: "13 TERRIFIED TEENAGERS ON THE RUN!"
Best one-liner: "I definitely shall." (See context below).
AKA: THE CANDY WEB.
What's better than 13 GHOSTS? How 'bout 13 FRIGHTENED GIRLS!
William Castle is a genius. Remarkably, it took me a some time to come to this realization. (And not necessarily quite in the same sense I mean when I make wild claims that Golan and Globus, or the people who created THE LETTER PEOPLE, or those who wrote the CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE novels are geniuses.) The zany shocks, the silly gimmicks, the unabashed joy of filmmaking: they're all genuine, but they're also a smoke-screen. Castle puts on his big jester's cap, tokes on his cigar, and wows us with some trivial, childish entertainments– or so he'd have us think. From HOMICIDAL to LET'S KILL UNCLE, Castle has snuck all sorts of startlingly subversive material into his films, camouflaging it beneath a noisiy, tramping parade of doe-eyed teenyboppers and dopey-grinned whippersnappers.
Ostensibly Castle's take on the Hitchcockian espionage subgenre (see: SABOTAGE, SABOTEUR, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS, THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, etc.), 13 FRIGHTENED GIRLS! delivers silly thrills, cheap scares (i.e., a cat is thrown onto our protagonist by a stagehand),
and more double-crosses than you can shake a stick at. The plot concerns thirteen (actually, fifteen) girls from a Swiss boarding academy who go on holiday to London. The twist: all are daughters of top brass diplomats, each from a different country. The gimmick: all except our two main characters- 'Candy' Hull of America (Kathy Dunn) and Mai-Ling of China (Lynne Sue Moon)- were William Castle contest winners from such varied nations as Sweden, Australia, Liberia, and Argentina. Most of them have very few lines- if any- and while some have character names, most are billed in the credits simply by the nations they represent: "Venezuela." "Japan." "Canada." They all get a great moment at the end where they soullessly wave at the camera like a jaded law office in one of those cheapie late-nite TV commercials.
'Wave to the camera, girls....perfect.'
The gimmick went a step further, too– allow me to explain. Now, the opening sequence depicts Candy- having just taken first prize in the school's Latin competition- earning the wondrous and much-sought-after privilege of driving the school bus to the airport. A ginormous arachnid descends upon the windshield, causing Candy to swerve the vehicle like a drunken banshee down the perilous mountain roads. She crashes (relatively safely), and the opening credits roll.
[They filmed this sequence at least five times over, each time with a different contest winner taking the wheel for the wild ride, releasing those alternate versions only in the home countries. The new DVD shows us what they saw in England, Sweden, France, and Germany.]
In addition to being a possible inspiration for A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2's opening sequence, this is just one of many insane adult situations foisted upon our sixteen-year-old heroine. Let's look at a few other things which would likely not pass muster today in a children's movie:
Candy's attempts to seduce her father's forty-something co-worker and friend (Murray Hamilton), insisting that though he's known her through childhood, now she is a woman:
Candy's Chinese Embassy shenanigans interrupted by the brutal discovery of a body skewered on a meat hook:
Candy further employing her skills of seduction, first on a fellow diplomat's son from Spain–
and then on a Russian-spy-posing-as-a-Dutchman, which gets her into hot water when he drugs her, forcefeeds her scotch, and prepares to fling her off of a precipice:
which naturally leads to an ole 'tables are turned' scenario, and some schweet dummy-flinging:
Now all of that is certainly edgy for a kid's movie, but I'm sure most of you would hesitate before labeling it 'subversive.' So let me tell you a bit about the plot: Candy, wishing to save the neck of her dad's spy buddy Murray Hamilton, becomes an amateur spy herself, Code Name: Kitten. She accomplishes more in a few short days than the entire CIA has in the preceding year. She's spunky, she's zany, and she's thwarting World War III.
When asked about the romantic notions of spydom early in the film, Murray Hamilton explains that they're merely glorified poker players, bluffing at a fancy table with little knowledge of the big picture. Castle proceeds to draw parallels between the folly of nations and the vagaries of little girls–
general fickleness, whiny phone calls, catty cliquishness, bellyaching about prior commitments, needlessly bitchy behavior, pretending to be a know-it-all: it's all par for the course for teenage girls... and world governments. The fearless, simple bravado with which Castle draws these parallels is nothing less than goddamned great. At a time (like any other, I suppose) when the masses are trained to believe that the men with the fingers on the doomsday buttons are crack decision makers and the most rational of human beings, Castle dares to drag them into the mud, to tear off their pompous uniforms, and to reveal the infantile petticoats beneath. We look deeply into the eyes of the men who rule the world, and see not the stalwart visages of Uncle Sam or Chairman Mao, but the scowling faces of catty, spoiled children who have all the integrity of a back alley dealer in Three-Card Monte. (And vote today, by the way!) When the dust settles, we have more faith in a whacky kid with a lotta verve than the stuffy hordes of professional chowderheads. William Castle gives the finger to the government- all governments– throws back his head, laughs heartily, and puffs on that cigar once more. Go ahead, Bill- you earned it.
Four stars.
[And one final, semi-spoilery side note of inappropriateness– ]
In continuing with my observations of what wouldn't quite pass muster in a kid's movie these days–
After an international incident involving the American and Chinese governments, Candy is unveiled as the master spy, and a Mexican standoff ensues, between agents from both nations (China- in a stroke of casting brilliance- being represented by THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE's Khigh Dhiegh).
Murray Hamilton calls for leniency in the name of it being embarassing to China to be outsmarted by a teen girl. Khigh calls for DEATH. Finally, a deal is struck: instead, only a harsh spanking will be delivered to Candy. Wait, WHUTTTTTTTTT?!
As the Americans back away, Khigh calmly drives the point home:
"The spanking- administer it with vigor."
"I definitely shall."
...
And, on that note...
-Sean Gill
Sunday, October 31, 2010
HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Junta Juleil
As you all know, Halloween never really stops on this site, and there'll be plenty of new horror film reviews in the weeks to come, including a PHANTASM retrospective, a few William Castles, and, naturally, some Ironside-related content. In the meantime– enjoy a few of my favorite Halloween articles from the archives– Happy Halloween!
FREDDY'S GREATEST HITS PART 1 AND 2
VAMPIRE'S SECRET ICE POPS
MY BEST FRIEND IS A VAMPIRE
DR. JEKYLL AND MS. HYDE
THE WORST WITCH
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE: YOU ARE A MONSTER
THE CHANGELING
FRANKENHOOKER
HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH
THE LETTER PEOPLE: MEET MR. G
THE NEW YORK RIPPER
TALES FROM THE CRYPT: CUTTING CARDS
THE FACULTY
HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT 2
THE THING
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Film Review: SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999, Tim Burton)
Stars: 4 of 5.Running Time: 105 minutes.
Notable Cast or Crew: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson (THE CRYING GAME, THE HOURS), Michael Gambon (THE LIFE AQUATIC, THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE, AND HER LOVER), Christopher Walken (MCBAIN), Casper Van Dien (STARSHIP TROOPERS), Richard Griffiths (WITHNAIL & I, THE HISTORY BOYS), Ian McDiarmid (RETURN OF THE JEDI, DRAGONSLAYER), Michael Gough (TROG, Alfred in Burton's BATMAN), Christopher Lee, Lisa Marie (ED WOOD, MARS ATTACKS!), and Martin Landau (NORTH BY NORTHWEST, ED WOOD). Music by Danny Elfman. Executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola and Larry J. Franco! Based on the short story by Washington Irving. Written by Kevin Yagher (makeup designer on NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREETs 2-4, Chucky creator for CHILD'S PLAY, and TALES FROM THE CRYPT collaborator) and Andrew Kevin Walker (SE7EN, BRAINSCAN).
Tag-line: "Heads Will Roll."
Best one-liner: "YAHHH!" (said by Christopher Walken).
With ten years of hindsight steering the way, I believe I now possess the proper distance to proclaim that SLEEPY HOLLOW was Tim Burton's last great film. At the time, it felt like something of a letdown- coupled with MARS ATTACKS! and his burgeoning, reckless use of CGI, it seemed as if the man was on a downward spiral. But in (PLANET OF THE APES & CHOCOLATE FACTORY) retrospect, the CGI comes across as nearly prudent; the morbid sense of humor, quite clever; and the thrills and chills strike the perfect notes of an R-rated, 90's retread of THE ADVENTURES OF ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD.
Johnny Depp haplessly prances about this film: exuding inherent worthlessness, babbling reassurances to no one in particular, and fainting at the drop of a hat.
At times it feels like a more wimpish MURDER, SHE WROTE episode- albeit one with buckets of gore- and indeed, one of Johnny's inspirations for the role was none other than Angela Lansbury. The other was Basil Rathbone, and he constructs a hero that is the ANTI-Sherlock Holmes, one who'll pour chemicals on the ground and yabber scientific nonsense to himself, not to- *voila* -solve the crime, but to buy himself a little time as he contemplates his awkward exit strategy. Some have complained that Burton, writer (and makeup legend) Kevin Yagher, and script doctor Tom Stoppard stray too far from the original Irving story, but instead we have a work that does its damndest to integrate every bit of macabre Americana mythology from The Headless Horseman to iron-fisted (or is that Iron Maiden'd?) Puritans to witches and witchcraft, and I, for one, think it works. Hell, the windmill from FRANKENSTEIN even makes an appearance!
The atmosphere is exquisite, too-
Elfman's dark and rumbling score; the misty, overcast New England forest trails; flickering silhouettes cast by a ramshackle oil lamps...
And it's great to see bit parts from legends like Christoper Lee, Martin Landau (who gets his chance to run through the cornfield á la NORTH BY NORTHWEST), a dunderheaded Jeffrey Jones,
a fossilized Michael Gough, and Christopher Walken (a convincing force of sheer, Hessian malevolence, straight from the pit- his sharpened teeth and unruly hair nearly steal the show!).
On the women's side, we have a venomous she-devil played by Miranda Richardson, a waifish Christina Ricci as the love interest,
and an ethereal Lisa Marie as a motherly force (and consider the theory that Burton's decline perfectly coincides with the deterioration oft his relationship with Lisa Marie!- compare to Godard/Karina, George & Marcia Lucas, et al.). Anyway, you sort of get the idea that Burton pitched the entire project as an excuse to put ladies in cleavage-intensifying corsets, but I guess that's okay, too.
Four stars.
-Sean Gill
Side note: Watch for 'Large Marge' from PEE WEE making a (completely theoretical) cameo appearance!
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