Eye of the Beholder 1999 R, 109 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Stephan Elliott Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, Patrick Bergin, K.D. Lang, Jason Priestley, Genevieve Bujold, Janine Theriault, Vlasta Vrana, Charles Edwin Powell, Anne-Marie Brown
A surveillance expert (Ewan McGregor) spots Joanna (Ashley Judd) committing a murder and develops an obsession through which he follows her for the next 10 years as she kills again and again on a psychotic killing spree.
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Fear of the Dark 2002 PG-13, 86 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: K.C. Bascombe Cast: Kevin Zegers, Jesse James, Linda Purl, Rachel Skarsten, Charles Edwin Powell
Twelve-year-old Ryan (Jesse James) suffers from an acute fear of the dark. He watches the evil grow as darkness gathers, making his fear greater and greater. Ryan's brother, Dale (Kevin Zegers), is sure that the real problem is that Ryan is just trying to get attention, but when the parents leave him in charge and a storm knocks out power, Dale finds out why Ryan is afraid.
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For Hire 1997 R, 96 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jean Pellerin Cast: Rob Lowe, Joe Mantegna, Bronwen Booth, Charles Edwin Powell, Steve Adams, Jack Langedijk, Marie-Josee Longchamps, Jean-Louis Roux, John Dunn-Hill, Carl Alacchi
Chicago cabbie Mitch (Rob Lowe) has been diagnosed with cancer, and to ensure his loving, pregnant wife has money, he accepts a previously turned-down offer from author Alan Webber (Joe Mantegna) to murder a drug dealer. Things get sticky when the cancer disappears and the drug dealer turns up alive; Mitch is now dragged into a deadly affair.
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Grey Owl 1999 PG-13, 117 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Attenborough Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Annie Galipeau, Nathaniel Arcand, Vlasta Vrana, Graham Greene, David Fox, Charles Edwin Powell, Renee Asherson, Stewart Bick, Stephanie Cole
Based on a true story of trapper Archibald Belaney (Pierce Brosnan), who took on the persona of Grey Owl and became a noted conservationist, this film centers on Belaney's romance with Pony (Annie Galipeau). She taught him to respect nature, but his ensuing fame made him vulnerable to those who would uncover his true identity.
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The Intruder 1999 N/R, 94 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: David Bailey Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charles Edwin Powell, Nastassja Kinski, Molly Parker, John Hannah, Charles Papasoff, Marianne Therien, Mike Tsar, Angelo Tsarouchas, Janis Kershner
A distraught woman (Charlotte Gainsbourg) enters a police station and confesses to the murder of her husband's first wife–but that wife died two years previously. The rest of this remake of "Gaslight" is told in flashbacks: after coming to the U.S. from Europe, our heroine meets and marries Nick (Charles Edwin Powell). Soon after she finds out his first wife had been murdered, strange things go on in and around their apartment. Is she going crazy?
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Lost Junction 2003 R, 95 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Peter Masterson Cast: Neve Campbell, Billy Burke, Jake Busey, Charles Edwin Powell, Michel Perron, David Gow, Norman Mikeal Berketa, Mariah Inger, Amy Sloan, James A. Woods, Matt O'Toole, Carlin Glynn
Jimmy's (Billy Burke) car breaks down in Lost Junction, and along comes Missy (Neve Campbell) to help him out. They hit it off, but there are things about Missy that Jimmy must deal with–such as the body of her dead husband.
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The Pathfinder 1996 PG-13, 94 min. Genre: Adventure
Director: Donald Shebib Cast: Kevin Dillon, Graham Greene, Laurie Holden, Stacy Keach, Russell Means, Jaimz Woolvett, Christian Laurin, Charlotte Sullivan, Charles Edwin Powell, Ralph Kussmann
This film adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's novel stars Kevin Dillon as Pathfinder who, with help from his adoptive father Chingachgook (Graham Greene) and beautiful colonist Mabel (Laurie Holden), breaks into a fort occupied by the French during the French and Indian War.
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Screamers 1995 R, 107 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Christian Duguay Cast: Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis, Jennifer Rubin, Andrew Lauer, Charles Edwin Powell, Ron White, Michael Caloz, Liliana Komorowska, Jason Cavalier, Leni Parker, Sylvain Masse, Henry Ramer, Bruce Boa, Tom Berry
The year is 2078 on the far-away planet Sirius 6B, and robots that scream when they attack threaten the human race. The robots were created by scientists to kill enemies, but they have evolved into human forms that make it impossible to differentiate between them and real humans. When Commander Hendricksson (Peter Weller) and his followers set off to confront the robots in a fight to the finish, will Hendricksson be able to identify the Screamers that are now among his soldiers?
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| 1. Eye of the Beholder (1999)
2. Fear of the Dark (2002)
3. For Hire (1997)
4. Grey Owl (1999)
5. The Intruder (1999)
6. Lost Junction (2003)
7. The Pathfinder (1996)
8. Screamers (1995)
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