Chopping Mall 1986  R, 76 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
aka: Killbots
Director: Jim Wynorski
Cast: Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, John Terlesky, Russell Todd, Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Dick Miller, Gerrit Graham, Mel Welles, Karrie Emerson, Barbara Crampton, Nick Segal, Suzee Slater, Angela Aames, Paul Coufos
Teenagers who work at the mall decide to have a midnight party at their store. Elaborate security assures that no unauthorized person can enter the area, but something goes wrong with the security system, robots are released, and murders ensue. Good special effects.
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Fraternity Vacation 1985  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Frawley
Cast: Stephen Geoffreys, Sheree J. Wilson, Cameron Dye, Leigh McCloskey, Tim Robbins, Matt McCoy, Amanda Bearse, John Vernon, Nita Talbot, Barbara Crampton
Three fraternity brothers (Stephen Geoffreys, Cameron Dye, and Tim Robbins) head off to Palm Springs for Spring break after the father of one has paid off the other two to take his son along. Thus begins their adventure. For teens only.
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From Beyond 1986  R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ted Sorel, Ken Foree, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Bunny Summers, Bruce McGuire, Del Russell, Dale Wyatt, Karen Christenfeld, Andy Miller, John Leamer, Regina Bleesz
Dr. Edward Pretorious (Ted Sorel) and his assistant Crawford Tillinghast (Jeffrey Combs) create a resonator that stimulates the brain and allows one to see creatures that exist in another dimension. When one of the creatures bites off Dr. Pretorious' head, Tillinghast is suspected of murdering him and placed in a mental ward where his psychiatrist Dr. Katherine McMichaels (Barbara Crampton) believes he is innocent. She encourages him to continue the experiments, and the Pretorious creature returns and draws the others into its labyrinth. Good special effects.
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The Godson 1998  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Hoge
Cast: Kevin McDonald, Rodney Dangerfield, Dom DeLuise, Fabiana Udenio, Lou Ferrigno, Paul Greenberg, Carol DeLuise, Bob Hoge, Barbara Crampton, Irwin Keyes
The mob family has fallen on hard times, and Oddfather Calzone (Dom DeLuise) decides to step down. But his youngest son, weird Guppy (Kevin McDonald), must take the reins since #1 son has accidentally been buried alive and #2 son has gone off his rocker. Maybe sending Guppy to Mafia University will help. There, Guppy meets the rival mob boss, the Rodfather (Rodney Dangerfield), and his beautiful daughter, Don Na (Fabiana Udenio). There's going to be a war, it seems, in this unfunny comedy disaster.
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Space Truckers 1997  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar, Charles Dance, George Wendt, Shane Rimmer, Birdy Sweeney, Vernon Wells, Barbara Crampton, Denis Akiyama
It's 2196 and John Canyon (Dennis Hopper), an independent trucker who is constantly hassled by the big corporations and has his profits taken by his corrupt boss, delivers genetically altered square pigs (for ease of stacking). He agrees to haul a secret cargo bound for Earth, and takes off with two cohorts (Stephen Dorff and Debi Mazar). Engine troubles, space pirates, and a cargo that is an army of robots to take over the Earth add to the "fun". OK, but clearly B-class.
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Trancers II 1991 R, 87 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Charles Band
Cast: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Megan Ward, Biff Manard, Martine Beswick, Jeffrey Combs, Alyson Croft, Telma Hopkins, Art LaFleur, Barbara Crampton
OK–the original, though cheap, was fun. But this one can't get away with the low production values (as they say) without comment. Jack (Tim Thomerson) got stuck in the past (now, 1991) after dealing with the Trancer problem in 1985. He is married to Lena (Helen Hunt) and another Trancer threat emerges, led by Whistler's (from the original) brother. To help Jack out, the 23rd-century council sends his wife back from the future. And you think he had problems before.
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| 1. Chopping Mall (1986)
aka: Killbots
2. Fraternity Vacation (1985)
3. From Beyond (1986)
4. The Godson (1998)
5. Kidnapped (1986)
6. Re-Animator (1985)
7. Space Truckers (1997)
8. Trancers II (1991)
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