Dr. Phibes Rises Again 1972  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Fuest
Cast: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Valli Kemp, Hugh Griffith, Peter Cushing, Beryl Reid, Terry-Thomas, Fiona Lewis, Peter Jeffrey, Milton Reid
The diabolical Doctor Phibes (Vincent Price) is back again–still trying new ways to bring his dead wife back to life. This time, he looks for an Egyptian drug that he believes holds the key to his quest.
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 Dracula 1973  TV, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Jack Palance, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport, Pamela Brown, Fiona Lewis, Penelope Horner, Murray Brown, Virginia Wetherell, Barbara Lindley, Sarah Douglas, George Pravda, Hana Maria Pravda, Fred Stone
This version of Bram Stoker's novel, about the vampire Count Dracula who feeds off the blood of London's citizens in order to survive, features Jack Palance as the terrible Count Dracula.
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The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me But Your Teeth.. 1967  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror
aka: The Fearless Vampire Killers
Dance of the Vampires
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Alfie Bass, Jessie Robins, Sharon Tate, Ferdy Mayne, Iain Quarrier, Terry Downes, Fiona Lewis, Ronald Lacey, Sydney Bromley, Andreas Malandrinos
[Full title: "The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me But Your Teeth Are in My Neck"] Vampire hunter Professor Abronsius (Jack MacGowran) and his bumbling assistant, Alfred (Roman Polanski), arrive in a remote Slovanian village in search of vampires. They quickly become involved with an assortment of weird vampires when the innkeeper's daughter (Sharon Tate) is kidnapped by head vampire Count von Krolock (Ferdy Mayne). A funny and scary caper–with an excellent soundtrack–from a master director, Roman Polanski.
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The Fury 1978 R, 117 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Irving, John Cassavetes, Andrew Stevens, Fiona Lewis, Charles Durning, Carol Rossen, Joyce Easton, Daryl Hannah
When a teenager with psychic powers is kidnapped by a government that wants to make use of those powers, his father (Kirk Douglas) will go to any extreme to retrieve his son from its clutches. He is helped by a girl (Amy Irving) who has similar powers. A good, but violent, film that is typica of Directorl De Palma. Daryl Hannah's first film.
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Innerspace 1987 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Dante
Cast: Martin Short, Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, Fiona Lewis, Vernon Wells, Robert Picardo, Henry Gibson, Kenneth Tobey, Kathleen Freeman, Dick Miller
An experiment in which a shrunken man piloting a ship is to be injected into a rabbit is altered. Instead, the tiny man-in-ship is injected into a grocery clerk (Martin Short). This sets the stage for Short to display his comedic abilities.
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Strange Behavior 1981  R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
aka: Dead Kids
Director: Michael Laughlin
Cast: Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor, Fiona Lewis, Arthur Dignam, Scott Brady, Charles(2) Lane, Marc McClure, Dey Young, Elizabeth Cheshire, Beryl Te Wiata, Jim Boelsen
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.
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Strange Invaders 1983 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Laughlin
Cast: Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid, Michael Lerner, Louise Fletcher, Wallace Shawn, Fiona Lewis, Kenneth Tobey, June Lockhart, Charles(2) Lane
This film represents good satire on the 1950s science fiction genre. The plot involves Charles Bigelow's (Paul Le Mat) plight when he searches for his ex-wife and daughter. He ends up in Illinois where he runs into aliens who seem caught in the 1950's styles and customs. When Bigelow relates his story to a tabloid, the aliens head for him, and the chase is on.
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Stunts 1977 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
aka: Who Is Killing the Stuntmen?
Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: Robert Forster, Fiona Lewis, Joanna Cassidy, Bruce Glover, Ray Sharkey, Richard Lynch, Darrell Fetty, James Luisi, Candice Rialson, Malachi Throne, Dave Shelley
After his brother is killed while performing a motion picture stunt, Glen (Robert Forster) takes his place on the set, and soon his stunt friends begin to suffer fatal accidents as well. Glen is determined to uncover the mystery and does–while dangling from a helicopter as part of an intended plot to kill him. Will our hero escape certain death and catch the perpetrator?
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Wanda Nevada 1979  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Peter Fonda
Cast: Peter Fonda, Brooke Shields, Fiona Lewis, Luke Askew, Henry Fonda, Paul Fix, Ted Markland, Severn Darden
A gambler, Beaudray Demerille (Peter Fonda), wins Wanda Nevada (Brooke Shields) in a poker game. The duo obtains a map indicating a gold strike, and they head for the Grand Canyon in search of the fortune.
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| 1. Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
2. Dracula (1973)
3. The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me But Your Teeth.. (1967)
aka: The Fearless Vampire Killers
aka: Dance of the Vampires
4. The Fury (1978)
5. Innerspace (1987)
6. Lisztomania (1975)
7. Strange Behavior (1981)
aka: Dead Kids
8. Strange Invaders (1983)
9. Stunts (1977)
aka: Who Is Killing the Stuntmen?
10. Wanda Nevada (1979)
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