Movie Listings by Genre

Director: Michael O'Herlihy    More Info
Starring: Rod Taylor, Joanna Pettet, Nigel Davenport, Cyril Cusack, Walter Gotell, Alexander Knox

 A plane crashes in Ireland and later it is discovered that the wreck was caused by a bomb. A man (an ex-Green Beret) who lost his family in the disaster sets out to find the perpetrator.

Director: Brian De Palma    More Info
Starring: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Dennis Franz, David Margulies, Ken Baker, Brandon Maggart, Susanna Clemm, Mary Davenport

 Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) tells her psychiatrist (Michael Caine) that her sexual life with her husband is pathetic, and that afternoon she has sex with a stranger that results in her being slashed to death by a blonde woman. A prostitute, Liz Blake (Nancy Allen), witnesses the murder, but the police suspect that she is guilty of the act. Now, Liz is the next intended victim of the murderess, and she joins forces with Kate's son, Peter (Keith Gordon), to catch the killer.

Director: John Carpenter    More Info
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Houseman, Tom Atkins, Nancy Kyes, Charles Cyphers, George "Buck" Flower, Jim Haynie

 Residents of a California seaside town, Antonio Bay, are terrorized when an ominous fog carries in ghosts from a shipwreck. The residents–Councilwoman Kathy Williams (Janet Leigh), young Nick (Tom Atkins), teenager Elizabeth (Jamie Lee Curtis), and priest Fr. Malone (Hal Holbrook)–hear the news from local newscaster Stevie Wayne (Adrienne Barbeau) and piece together clues that reveal the ghosts have arrived because of what the city fathers did to them 100 years ago when they murdered a group of lepers and sent their bodies adrift in the ocean. Now, the ghosts have arrived in the middle of a dense fog to seek revenge.

Director: John G. Avildsen    More Info
Starring: George C. Scott, Marthe Keller, Marlon Brando, John Van Dreelen, John Gielgud, G.D. Spradlin, Richard Lynch, Beatrice Straight

 When Barney Caine (George C. Scott) investigates his friend's murder, he discovers a murderous plot involving the production of synthetic fuel.

Director: Sean S. Cunningham    More Info
Starring: Betsy Palmer, Harry Crosby, Adrienne King, Kevin Bacon, Laurie Bartram, Mark Nelson, Jeannine Taylor, Peter Brouwer, Ari Lehman, Robbi Morgan

 New Jersey's Crystal Lake summer camp is not quite as peaceful as the brochures indicated when, one-by-one, the counselors who re-opened it under the leadership of Steve Christy (Peter Brouwer) are hacked to death by the masked killer Jason (Ari Lehman). The camp had been reopened after 20 years following its closure because of mysterious murders at the camp. Fun for fans of horror shows.

Director: George Bowers    More Info
Starring: Trish Van Devere, Joseph Cotten, David Gautreaux, Donald Hotton, Med Flory, Donald Petrie, Perry Lang, Nicholas Shields, Christopher McDonald, Allison Balson

 Jane (Trish Van Devere) is a young teacher who inherits a mansion from her aunt. She moves in and doesn't understand why her neighbors do not like her until she learns that they believe her aunt was possessed by the devil, and she looks like her aunt. Jane is frightened–especially when she becomes the potential object of destruction by a hearse and its eerie driver that keep appearing at her door.

Director: Dario Argento    More Info
Starring: Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi, Alida Valli, Sacha Pitoeff, Veronica Lazar, Gabriele Lavia, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Leopoldo Mastelloni

 Rose (Irene Miracle) buys a book from an antique dealer and, while reading it, learns about a supernatural force in her New York apartment building. Written by architect E. Varelli (Feodor Chaliapin Jr.), Rose's book gives details about the houses Varelli built for three witches: The Three Mothers. Rose writes to her brother Mark (Leigh McCloskey) in Rome, but, before he can respond, Rose is killed. Mark comes to New York to investigate his sister's murder and, in the process, discovers secret passages within the apartment building and then uncovers the shocking truth about The Three Mothers.

Director: Robert Day    More Info
Starring: Robert Sacchi, Franco Nero, Michelle Phillips, Olivia Hussey, Misty Rowe, Victor Buono, Herbert Lom, Richard Bakalyan, George Raft, Yvonne De Carlo

 This spoof of Humphrey Bogart films stars Robert Sacchi as Sam Marlow who undergoes plastic surgery to look like Bogart and becomes involved in solving a Maltese-Falcon-like crime.

Director: Ivan Nagy    More Info
Starring: Mary Crosby, Gary Frank, Celeste Holm, Carolyn Jones, Shecky Greene, Robin Clarke, Susan Tyrrell, Blackie Dammett, Jim Haynie, Missy Francis

 Unaware that her husband is plotting to kill her, a woman nearly goes insane as a result of numerous disturbing telephone calls. The better version of this story is the 1960 version starring Doris Day and Rex Harrison.

Director: Guy Hamilton    More Info
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis, Edward Fox, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, Elizabeth Taylor, Nigel Stock, Pierce Brosnan, Margaret Courtenay

 In this Agatha Christie mystery, an American movie company is making a film in an old English village. One of the actresses, Marina Rudd (Elizabeth Taylor), had suffered a mental breakdown but is now trying to make a comeback. Unfortunately, she is still plagued by her past and has been receiving death threats. When a pair of murders takes place, Scotland Yard Inspector Craddock (Edward Fox), arrives on the scene with his aunt, Miss Marple (Angela Lansbury), to investigate. Everyone thinks that Marina was the intended victim, but Miss Marple and Craddock look into others involved with the movie set including Marina's husband who is the film's director Jason Rudd (Rock Hudson). Also on the list of suspects are film producer Marty Fenn and his wife Lola Brewster (Tony Curtis and Kim Novak). Determination pays off as Craddock and Miss Marple finally uncover the evidence that identifies the guilty party.

Director: Ted Post    More Info
Starring: Jaclyn Smith, James Franciscus, Mike Connors, Robert Mitchum, Fritz Weaver, Sybil Danning

 A love triangle involving a widow (Jaclyn Smith) and a detective (Robert Mitchum) results in murder.

Director: John Huston    More Info
Starring: Paul Michael Glaser, Susan Hogan, John Colicos, Alexandra Stewart, David Bolt, Patricia Collins

 Doctor Ross (John Michael Glaser) is a psychologist who is faced with a dilemma when he realizes that his patients are being systematically murdered. Really bad.

Director: John Davies    More Info
Starring: Francesca Annis, John Gielgud, James Warwick, Bernard Miles, Eric Porter, Leigh Lawson, Madeline Smith, Robert Longden, Connie Booth, Doris Hare

 Based on the Agatha Christie novel, this complicated, made-for-TV film is long and, at times, hard to follow the convoluted plot. With some humor thrown in, it follows Lady Frances Derwent (Francesca Annis) and Bobby Jones (James Warwick) as they solve the mystery.

Director: Brian De Palma    More Info
Starring: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, Peter Boyden, Curt May, Ernest McClure, Dave Roberts, John Aquino, John McMartin

 Governor George McRyan (John Hoffmeister), a presidential candidate, is killed in a car accident; however, Jack (John Travolta) rescues Sally (Karen Allen) from drowning in the same accident. Jack believes he has evidence that the "accident" was not simply a tire blow out but was really an assassination and becomes involved in intrigue as he tries to get the facts.

Director: Lawrence Kasdan    More Info
Starring: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Mickey Rourke, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, Kim Zimmer, Jane Hallaren, Lanna Saunders, Carola McGuinness

 This is a steamy film with a well-written script about dull, Florida lawyer Ned Racine (William Hurt) who has a relationship with an intriguing woman Matty (Kathleen Turner) who he first sees at an outdoor concert. Later, Matty invites Ned into her home and manipulates him into killing her older husband, Edmund (Richard Crenna). Matty uses Ned because she believes that his legal expertise will ensure not getting caught. But, unplanned events turn the "easy" killing into something else, and Matty and Ned become prime suspects. A real sizzler by Lawrence Kasdan.

Director: Clive Donner    More Info
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson, Richard Hatch, Brian Keith, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roddy McDowall, Rachel Roberts, Johnny Sekka, Paul Ryan

 Charlie Chan (Peter Ustinov) leaves the comfort of retirement when he is asked to solve a series of San Francisco murders. His bumbling grandson Lee Chan, Jr. (Richard Hatch) wants to be a private eye and tries to help but keeps messing up. Although the situation turns crazy, Lee's fiancee Cordelia (Michelle Pfeiffer) sees nothing wrong with his behavior. Amidst the craziness, Charlie deals with his old nemesis, The Dragon Queen (Angie Dickinson), who he had sent to prison many years ago. She is out of prison and determined to get even with Charlie.

Director: Ivan Passer    More Info
Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Heard, Lisa Eichhorn, Ann Dusenberry, Stephen Elliott, Arthur Rosenberg, Nina Van Pallandt, Tony Epper

 Richard Bone (Jeff Bridges), who is falsely accused of murder, joins forces with Vietnam veteran Alex Cutter (John Heard) in a scheme to identify the real killer.

Director: Gary Sherman    More Info
Starring: James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, Dennis Redfield, Nancy Locke, Lisa Blount, Robert Englund, Bill Quinn, Michael Currie, Christopher Allport

 There are bizarre goings-on in usually quiet Potters Bluff, Rhode Island when outsiders passing through town meet with gruesome deaths. But, you can trust the undertaker, William G. Dobbs (Jack Albertson), to take care of the increased death rate.

Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix    More Info
Starring: Frederic Andrei, Richard Bohringer, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Jacques Fabbri, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Deruaz, Roland Bertin, Jean-Jacques Moreau, Thuy An Luu, Anny Romand

 This mystery thriller involves problems encountered by young Parisian courier Jules (Frederic Andrei) when he tapes an opera performance. His tape is confused with one that involves mob action, and his life is thus placed in jeopardy.

Director: Peter Yates    More Info
Starring: William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, James Woods, Christopher Plummer, Irene Worth, Pamela Reed, Steven Hill, Kenneth McMillan, Morgan Freeman

 When a television reporter (Sigourney Weaver) investigates a murder, she interviews the janitor (William Hurt) who happened upon the murder. Unbeknownst to the reporter, the janitor has been an overzealous fan of hers. To keep in contact, he pretends to know more about the murder than he does, thus throwing himself into the murder investigation.

Director: Steve Miner    More Info
Starring: Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King, Kirsten Baker, Warrington Gillette, Betsy Palmer, Stuart Charno, Walt Gorney, Marta Kober, Tom McBride

 A group of teens arrives at a new camp near Camp Crystal Lake where the grisly murders took place five years before. Ginny (Amy Steel) leads the group as they look through the ruins of the old camp. Their snooping upsets the masked killer Jason (Warrington Gillette), and now Ginny tries her best to outwit him.

Director: Lucio Fulci    More Info
Starring: Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni, Giovanni Frezza, Silvia Collatina, Dagmar Lassander, Giovanni De Nava, Daniela Doria, Gianpaolo Saccarola, Carlo De Mejo

 OK, we're talking cult classic here. The Boyle family (Catriona Macoll, Paolo Malco, and Giovanni Frezza) moves into a house near Boston and finds out quickly that there is an old man (Giovanni De Nava) in the basement who has kept himself alive for over 100 years–but he needs body parts to stay alive. A supreme helping of gore, as body parts fly.

Director: Tony Wharmby    More Info
Starring: Cheryl Campbell, James Warwick, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Terence Alexander, Hetty Baynes, Sarah Crowden, Rula Lenska, Lucy Gutteridge, Sandor Eles

 A weekend gathering for fun and games at Lady Eileen's (Cheryl Campbell) old house turns into a murder mystery when two guests turn up dead. A secret society and stolen state secrets add to the mystery that Lady Eileen and her man-about-town friend (James Warwick) must solve. This made-for TV film is based on an Agatha Christie story.

Director: Michael Laughlin    More Info
Starring: Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor, Fiona Lewis, Arthur Dignam, Scott Brady, Charles(2) Lane, Marc McClure, Dey Young, Elizabeth Cheshire

 A series of gory murders committed by a college town's teenagers seems to have a connection to the university psychology department that is run by Dr. Gwen Parkinson (Fiona Lewis). Sheriff John Brady (Michael Murphy) investigates and, through his son Pete (Dan Shor) who had participated in mind-control experiments, finds that the murders appear to have started when Dr. LeSange (Arthur Dignam) ran the mind-control experiments in Parkinson's psychology department. But, LeSange is dead–or is he?–as Brady is about to find out. Special effects are well-executed.

Director: Armand Mastroianni    More Info
Starring: Perry King, Norman Parker, Elizabeth Kemp, Kenneth McMillan, Jon Polito, Joe Morton, Antone Pagan, Barbara Quinn, Thomas DeCarlo, Lou Bedford

 While the "handcuff killer" is on the loose in Manhattan, an art student, Virna Nightbourne (Elizabeth Kemp), has premonitions about the murders and is able to draw pictures of them. She comes to the attention of talk show host Mac McCormack (Perry King) who exploits Virna in an attempt to raise his own ratings.