Back to School 1986  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Metter
Cast: Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon, Robert Downey Jr., Paxton Whitehead, M. Emmet Walsh, Adrienne Barbeau, Ned Beatty, Severn Darden, Terry Farrell, William Zabka, Sam Kinison, Robert Picado, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
The inhibited son of an offensive millionaire is humiliated when his father enrolls in his university in order to help him achieve popularity. Eventually, they gain understanding of each other as their celebrity grows. Rodney Dangerfield, as the father, actually gets respect.
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Bram Stoker's Burial of the Rats 1995  TV, 85 min.
Genre: Adventure / Horror / Thriller
Director: Dan Golden
Cast: Kevin Alber, Adrienne Barbeau, Maria Ford, Olga Kabo, Vladimir Kuleshov, Eduard Plaxin, Leonid Timtsunik, Maya Menglet, Katiya Batanova, Nikolai Penkov, Elena Puzova, Inna Khokhlushkina, Pavel Ostroukhov, Aleksandr Pyatkov, Yuriy Kutsenko
Roger Corman is at it again! This time, young Bram Stoker (Kevin Alber) of Dracula fame is captured by a female cult with their flesh-loving rats. The women in the cult punish evil men, and now Bram must decide whether or not to escape from the women.
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Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death 1989  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action
aka: Piranha Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
Director: J.F. Lawton
Cast: Shannon Tweed, Bill Maher, Karen M. Mistal, Adrienne Barbeau, Brett Stimely, Barry Primus, Jim McKrell, Paul Ross, Vicky Verner, Alan David Gelman, Pat Crawford Brown, Christopher Doyle, Lloyd Gordon, James Trenton, Bushito
An avocado shortage has hit the country, and the government asks Professor Margo Hunt (Shannon Tweed), the head of Feminist Studies at a Southern California university, to help. A vicious tribe of Piranha Women, who kill and eat males, inhabits the California Avocado Jungle. Margo's job is to negotiate with the tribe. Her guide is Jim (Bill Maher), and on the way they meet various challenges such as mean hippos and barracudas and also run across a tribe of wimpy men called Donnahews. Naturally, there are lots of scantily-clad women.
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The Convent 2000 R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Mike Mendez
Cast: Adrienne Barbeau, Joanna Canton, Richard Trapp, Megahn Perry, Coolio, David Gunn, Bill Moseley, Oakley Stevenson, Jim Golden, Dax Miller
An unhappy former student kills several nuns and a priest in a girls' boarding school in 1960. Now, 40 years later, young Satan worshippers frequent the old boarded-up school. When a real demon is accidentally called back, the "fun" begins. Will the former student (Adrienne Barbeau), who started all of this and who has been released from a mental institution, be able to help?
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Creepshow 1982  R, 122 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: George A. Romero
Cast: Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, E.G. Marshall, Carrie Nye, Viveca Lindfors, Ted Danson, Ed Harris, Gaylen Ross, Stephen King, Warner Shook, Robert Harper, Jon Lormer, Don Keefer
Five different stories–each revolving around a fatal flaw–make up this movie. The fifth story, for example, is about a neat freak who literally lives in a completely sterile environment and encounters, of all things, cockroaches. The screenplay is by Stephen King from the story "The Crate." King has a bit part in one of the stories. Naturally, macabre entertainment.
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Escape from New York 1981 R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Kurt Russell, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Van Cleef, Donald Pleasence, Harry Dean Stanton, Isaac Hayes, Season Hubley, Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Charles Cyphers, Frank Doubleday, John Stobel, Bob Minor, John Diehl, George "Buck" Flower
Set in 1997, this is the story of the skyjacking of Air Force One resulting in the President of the United States (Donald Pleasence) being held hostage. Master criminal and war hero Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is sent into the Manhattan stronghold to rescue the President.
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Father Hood 1993 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Darrell James Roodt
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Halle Berry, Sabrina Lloyd, Brian Bonsall, Michael Ironside, Diane Ladd, Bob Gunton, Adrienne Barbeau, Georgann Johnson, Marvin J. McIntyre, William Bumiller, Vanessa Marquez, Martha Velez, Ray DeMattis, Josh Lucas
Jack's (Patrick Swayze) children (Sabrina Lloyd and Brian Bonsall) have been treated poorly while in foster care, so the petty crook dad takes them from the home at gunpoint. Thus begins an odyssey that takes them across country.
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Fly Me to the Moon 2008 G, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure
aka: Fly Me to the Moon 3D
Director: Ben Stassen
Cast: Kelly Ripa, Nicollette Sheridan, Christopher Lloyd, Ed Begley Jr., Tim Curry, Trevor Gagnon, Philip Bolden, David Gore, Adrienne Barbeau, Robert Patrick, Buzz Aldrin, Doug Stone, Cam Clarke, Steve Kramer, Scott Menville
This 3-D film is about three young houseflies–Nat (voice of Trevor Gagnon), Scooter (voice of David Gore), and I.Q. (voice of Philip Bolden)–who are stowaways on Apollo 11's first manned space mission to the Moon. They got the idea from their Grandpa (voice of Christopher Lloyd) who had told them stories about when he stowed away on Amelia Earhart's Trans-Atlantic flight. As they board the spaceship, Nat, Scooter, and I.Q. encounter problems when they are discovered and placed in a test tube where they remain until an electrical short interferes with the ship's engine. They escape the tube and repair the faulty wire. All goes well for awhile–until the Russians send fly-spy Yegor (voice of Tim Curry) to sabotage the flight in an effort to prevent the Americans from returning to Earth. Will Yegor succeed, or will Nat, Scooter, and I.Q. come to the rescue?
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The Fog 1980 R, 91 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Adrienne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Houseman, Tom Atkins, Nancy Kyes, Charles Cyphers, George "Buck" Flower, Jim Haynie, James Canning, Ty Mitchell, John F. Goff, Regina Waldon, Darrow Igus
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.
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Having Babies 1976  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Desi Arnaz Jr., Adrienne Barbeau, Ronny Cox, Harry Guardino, Tom Kennedy, Linda Purl, Richard Masur, Jan Sterling, Karen Valentine, Jessica Walter
This drama tells the story of four couples as they decide to have babies by natural (Lamaze) methods. It was probably more timely then than now and spawned two sequels and a TV series.
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Jailbreakers 1994 R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Shannen Doherty, Antonio Sabato Jr., Kerri Randles, Adrien Brody, Adrienne Barbeau, Vince Edwards, Charles Napier, George Gerdes, Dana Barron, Sean Whalen, Talbert Morton, Louan Gideon, Julie St. Claire
Angel (Shannen Doherty) is a high-school cheerleader who falls for rebel biker Tony (Antonio Sabato Jr.), a wrong-side-of-the-tracks thief. She joins him in his "work" but flees when he is caught and sent to jail. Of course, he breaks out of jail and is now on her trail in order to continue their escapades. Originally made for Showtime TV network.
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The Next One 1984  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Time Traveller
Director: Nico Mastorakis
Cast: Keir Dullea, Adrienne Barbeau, Jeremy Licht, Peter Hobbs, Phedon Georgitsis, Betty Arvaniti
Widow Andrea (Adrienne Barbeau), who lives on a Greek Island with her son Timmy (Jeremy Licht), finds a stranger, Glenn (Keir Dullea), on the beach where he had washed ashore. She takes him home and cares for him while he recuperates. He has awesome powers, and he reveals that he is a time traveler and has a brother who traveled even farther back in time–2,000 years farther. Is he the second Jesus Christ?
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Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island 1998 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Mystery
Director: Jim Stenstrum, Hiroshi Aoyama, Kazumi Fukushima
Cast: Scott Innes, Billy West, Mary Kay Bergman, Frank Welker, B.J. Ward, Adrienne Barbeau, Tara Strong, Cam Clarke, Jim Cummings, Mark Hamill, Jennifer Leigh Warren, Ed Gilbert
"Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island" is a magical adventure in animation. The story is about the "grown-up" Scooby-Doo gang–Daphne (voice of Mary Kay Bergman) who is now a TV show hostess, her cameraman Fred (voice of Frank Welker), Shaggy (voice of Billy West), Scooby-Doo (voice of Scott Innes), and Velma (voice of B.J. Ward)–heading for a zombie-infested Louisiana island. They arrive, and Lena (voice of Tara Strong) takes them to the home of Simone (voice of Adrienne Barbeau) whose gardener Beau (voice of Cam Clarke) is suspected of causing bizarre incidents. While they investigate, the gang finds themselves caught between cat creatures and zombies. Luckily, Beau turns out to be an undercover detective, and all ends happily.
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Spring Break Lawyer 2001 R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Cohn
Cast: Brad Raider, Sean Murray, Busy Philipps, Gary Grubbs, Adrienne Barbeau, Travis Wester, Chris Wylde, Michael Spound, Shashawnee Hall, Joel Brooks, deMann, Roberto Raad, P.J. Byrne, Jennifer Garms, Jacob Head
Jay (Brad Raider) is kicked out of law school and, with his buddy, medical-school-flunkey Nick (Sean Murray), Jay sets up a law office on the beach to take care of the legal problems resulting from the wild beach parties. And their business takes off.
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Swamp Thing 1982 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, David Hess, Nicholas Worth, Don Knight, Dick Durock, Al Ruban, Ben Bates, Nannette Brown, Reggie Batts, Mimi Craven, Karen Price, Bill Erickson, Dov Gottesfeld
Based on the comic book character, this is the story of Doctor Alec Holland's (Ray Wise) strange odyssey during which he turns himself into the slimy title character. Holland is trying to save the world from hunger by combining plant and animal cells. His lab is being protected by government agent Alice Cable (Adrienne Barbeau), but criminal mastermind Arcane (Louis Jourdan) breaks into the lab, kills Holland's sister Dr. Linda Holland (Nannette Brown) who works with him, and the formula spills on Holland. During the confusion, Alice escapes with Arcane in pursuit, and she is rescued by a green man who is actually Holland transformed by his formula into the Swamp Thing (Dick Durock).
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Two Evil Eyes 1990 R, 120 min.
Genre: Horror / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Dario Argento, George A. Romero
Cast: Adrienne Barbeau, Ramy Zada, E.G. Marshall, Harvey Keitel, Madeleine Potter, Bingo O'Malley, Martin Balsam, Kim Hunter, Sally Kirkland, John Amos, Jeff Howell, Holter Graham, Tom Atkins, Jonathan Adams
European horror master Dario Argento teams up with George A. Romero ("Night of the Living Dead") to present two adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's tales: "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" and "The Black Cat." The latter is the better of the two, though both reduce the stories to plenty of gore. Previously made by Roger Corman in 1962 ("Tales of Terror" with Vincent Price).
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| 1. Back to School (1986)
2. Bram Stoker's Burial of the Rats (1995)
3. Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
aka: Piranha Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
4. The Convent (2000)
5. Creepshow (1982)
6. Escape from New York (1981)
7. Father Hood (1993)
8. Fly Me to the Moon (2008)
aka: Fly Me to the Moon 3D
9. The Fog (1980)
10. Having Babies (1976)
11. Jailbreakers (1994)
12. The Next One (1984)
aka: Time Traveller
13. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)
14. Spring Break Lawyer (2001)
15. Swamp Thing (1982)
16. Two Evil Eyes (1990)
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