Midnight Express 1978  R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Randy Quaid, John Hurt, Bo Hopkins, Paul L. Smith, Mike Kellin, Norbert Weisser, Michael Ensign, Paolo Bonacelli, Franco Diogene, Kevork Malikyan, Peter Jeffrey
This film is based on the true story of Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) who, as an American college student, was arrested for smuggling hashish in Turkey. The story details the suffering Billy endured during his five-year imprisonment and subsequent escape. The film won two Academy Awards (Best Writing and Musical Score), and four nominations were received, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (John Hurt).
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The Stendhal Syndrome 1996  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi, Luigi Diberti, Paolo Bonacelli, Julien Lambroschini, John Quentin, Franco Diogene, Lucia Stara, Sonia Topazio
Anna Manni (Asia Argento) suffers from Stendhal Syndrome; she becomes dizzy and hallucinates when she sees art masterpieces. But she is a police officer whose assignment is to track down a serial rapist. When he lures her into the Uffizi museum, he will have the upper hand–or will he?
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Tentacles 1977  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis
Cast: John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Henry Fonda, Delia Boccardo, Cesare Danova, Alan Boyd, Sherry Buchanan, Franco Diogene, Claude Akins
This flick takes a dive to the bottom of filmdom. It is a very poor Italian-made movie about a monster octopus that attacks some California coastal residents. Will Gleason, marine biologist, comes to the rescue. How did they get this great cast to do this?
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| 1. Midnight Express (1978)
2. The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
3. Tentacles (1977)
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