 Assault on Precinct 13 1976  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Austin Stoker, Laurie Zimmer, Tony Burton, Nancy Kyes, Darwin Joston, Martin West, Marc Ross, Charles Cyphers, Henry Brandon, Peter Bruni, John J. Fox, Frank Doubleday, Alan Koss, Kim Richards, Gilbert De la Pena
A street gang is trying to get revenge on the man who shot some of their gang members after they accidentally shot his daughter. The father of the dead girl runs into the police station for help, but the police station is about to be closed, and only policeman Ethan Bishop (Austin Stoker) and two secretaries (Laurie Zimmer and Nancy Kyes) are inside with a few prisoners. Now the station is under siege, and war results between the two forces. This movie is surprisingly thoughtful in its treatment of its adversaries.
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Coming Home 1978 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hal Ashby
Cast: Jon Voight, Jane Fonda, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty, Mary Gregory, Kathleen Miller, Beeson Carroll, Charles Cyphers, Willie Tyler, Louis Carello, Olivia Cole, Bruce French, Tresa Hughes
This film does a good, though biased, job of relating people's emotions over the Vietnam War. It tells the story of U.S. Marine Corps Captain Bob Hyde (Bruce Dern) and his wife Sally's (Jane Fonda) affair with paraplegic war veteran Luke Martin (John Voight). Jane Fonda and Jon Voight won Academy Awards for Best Actress and Actor. An Oscar was also awarded for Best Screenplay, and five nominations were received, including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Dern) and Actress (Penelope Milford as Sally's troubled friend Vi).
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 Elvis 1979 TV, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Bing Russell, Robert Gray, Season Hubley, Pat Hingle, Melody Anderson, Ed Begley Jr., James Canning, Charles Cyphers
The TV ratings went through the roof for this film's premiere on February 11, 1979. It is a good account of Elvis' life from boyhood through his 1969 Las Vegas comeback. Excellent voice dubbing of songs by Ronnie McDowell.
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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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 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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 Halloween 1978  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards, Brian Andrews, Arthur Malet, Tony Moran, John Michael Graham, Nancy Stephens, Mickey Yablans, Robert Phalen, Brent Le Page, Adam Hollander
After stabbing his sister to death and then being institutionalized for 15 years, Michael Meyers (Tony Moran) escapes and returns to the scene of the crime for some more good old fashion killing on, you guessed it, Halloween. His psychiatrist Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) is in hot pursuit while Michael spends the day trailing teenager Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her friends Lynda (P.J. Soles) and Annie (Nancy Kyes) around their Illinois town. Laurie has no date for Halloween and takes a baby sitting job while her friends plan on a night of frolic in the house across the street. Laurie spends a quiet evening–until she becomes suspicious and heads across the street to the dark party house. Terrifying! This low budget film spawned several sequels.
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Halloween II 1981  R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Pamela Susan Shoop, Tony Moran, Lance Guest, Dick Warlock, Hunter von Leer, Leo Rossi, Gloria Gifford, Tawny Moyer, Ana Alicia, Ford Rainey, Cliff Emmich, Jeffrey Kramer
Beginning where the last film left off, the only survivor of Michael Myers (Tony Moran) slaughter is Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) who is being taken to the hospital suffering from shock. Myers has eluded the police and arrives at the hospital searching for Laurie. He continues his killing spree–this time nurses and doctors are killed–until his psychiatrist Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) finally catches up with Myers for the big confrontation.
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Hunter's Blood 1987  R, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert C. Hughes
Cast: Sam Bottoms, Kim Delaney, Clu Gulager, Ken Swofford, Joey Travolta, Lee de Broux, Bruce Glover, Billy Drago, Charles Cyphers
"Deliverance" this film is not! However, the storyline is very similar, but this time a group of deer hunters have headed for Arkansas.
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 Major League 1989 R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David S. Ward
Cast: Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Margaret Whitton, James Gammon, Bob Uecker, Rene Russo, Wesley Snipes, Charles Cyphers, Dennis Haysbert, Chelcie Ross, Andy Romano, Steve Yeager, Peter Vuckovich, Stacy Carroll
The new owner of the Cleveland Indians, Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton), wants to break her team's lease and move to Miami. But, the city of Cleveland will not give up its lease unless the year's attendance falls below 800,000. So, Phelps decides to put together the most inept players she can find in order to keep the attendance low. Her players include wild pitcher Rickie Vaughn (Charlie Sheen), Willie Mays Hayes (Wesley Snipes), Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernsen), and, last but not least, Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger). Good plan–until the new team members actually work together and prove that they will end up far from last place as Phelps has planned.
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Our Town 1977  TV, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Hal Holbrook, Ned Beatty, Sada Thompson, Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Ronny Cox, Barbara Bel Geddes, John Houseman, Charlotte Rae, Don Beddoe, Charles Cyphers, Ford Rainey
This TV version of Thornton Wilder's play is a winner with Hal Holbrook starring as the Stage Manager who narrates and plays several roles depicting life in the town of Grovers Corners, New Hampshire, in the early years of the 20th century. Several Emmy nominations were received, including Outstanding Actor (Holbrook), Actress (Sada Thompson), Director (George Schaefer), and Special Drama or Comedy.
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Truck Turner 1974 R, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto, Alan Weeks, Annazette Chase, Nichelle Nichols, Sam Laws, Paul Harris, Charles Cyphers, Scatman Crothers, Dick Miller, John Kramer, Bob Harris, Jac Emil, Stan Shaw, Wendell Tucker
Mack "Truck" Turner (Isaac Hayes), a former football star, is now a bounty hunter hired to track down an evil pimp. Truck kills the pimp in self defense, which incurs the wrath of the pimp's woman (Nichelle Nichols). She hires the ruthless hit man Harvard Blue (Yaphet Kotto) and his gang of killers to exact revenge on Truck. Standard "blaxpoitation" with musical score by–you guessed it–Isaac Hayes.
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| 1. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
2. Big Bad Mama II (1987)
3. Coming Home (1978)
4. Elvis (1979)
5. Escape from New York (1981)
6. The Fog (1980)
7. A Force of One (1979)
8. Halloween (1978)
9. Halloween II (1981)
10. Hunter's Blood (1987)
11. Major League (1989)
12. Our Town (1977)
13. Truck Turner (1974)
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