Child's Play 1988  R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Tom Holland
Cast: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff, Tommy Swerdlow, Jack Colvin, Neil Giuntoli, Juan Ramirez, Alan Wilder, Richard Baird, Raymond Oliver, Ted Liss, Tyler Hard, Aaron Osborne
Chucky is six-year-old Andy Barclay's (Alex Vincent) new doll; however, Chucky is possessed by the soul of a dead murderer (Brad Dourif), which leads to the terrorization of Andy through Chucky's evil deeds. Murders take place, and when Andy tells people that Chucky did it, no one pays attention. Andy's mother Karen (Catherine Hicks) asks Detective Mike Norris (Chris Sarandon) to investigate. Because Mike is romantically interested in Karen, he agrees even though he does not believe Andy's stories–until Chucky starts to strangle him. Sequels follow.
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Embryo 1976  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Created to Kill
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Rock Hudson, Diane Ladd, Barbara Carrera, Roddy McDowall, Anne Schedeen, John Elerick, Vincent Baggetta, Jack Colvin, Dick Winslow, Joyce Brothers
Dr. Paul Holliston (Rock Hudson) takes science into his own hands with no regard for the consequences when he injects a growth hormone into a human fetus–and suffers the horrifying results of his hubris.
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Hurricane 1974 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Jameson
Cast: Larry Hagman, Martin Milner, Jessica Walter, Barry Sullivan, Will Geer, Michael Learned, Patrick Duffy, Lonny Chapman, Frank Sutton, Ayn Ruymen, Barry Livingston, Jim Antonio, Ric Carrott, Jack Colvin, Alan Landers
Hurricane chasers Major Stoddard (Martin Milner) and Paul Damon (Larry Hagman) rescue victims of a killer hurricane in this made-for-TV disaster film that is based on William C. Anderson's novel "Hurricane Hunters." Actual pictures from 1969's Hurricane Camille add to the great film footage of hurricanes.
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 Jeremiah Johnson 1972  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Charles Tyner, Stefan Gierasch, Allyn Ann McLerie, Matt Clark, Paul Benedict, Josh Albee, Joaquin Martinez, Richard Angarola, Delle Bolton, Jack Colvin, Tanya Tucker
Escaping the Mexican War, Jeremiah (Robert Redford) heads to the Rocky Mountains where he meets Bear Claw (Will Geer) and, with Bear Claw's tutoring, becomes a man of nature who lives off the land and wins the friendship of the Crow Indians. But, after the Crow kill his family, Jeremiah becomes an Indian killer, and his life changes forever. This movie causes the viewer to take a fresh look at one's surroundings and appreciate nature.
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Rooster Cogburn 1975 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Stuart Miller
Cast: John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Jordan, Anthony Zerbe, Strother Martin, John McIntire, Paul Koslo, Jack Colvin, Warren Vanders, Lane Smith
A boozing U.S. marshal (John Wayne), complete with patch over one eye, fights for law and order with a minister's daughter (Katharine Hepburn) as his sidekick. Hepburn and Wayne are a good team in this sometimes-exciting film.
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Scorpio 1973 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield, John Colicos, Gayle Hunnicutt, J.D. Cannon, Joanne Linville, James Sikking, Mel Stewart, Vladek Sheybal, Mary Maude, Jack Colvin, Burke Byrnes, William Smithers, Shmuel Rodensky
The daring world of espionage is the setting for this film about Soviet defector Cross (Burt Lancaster) who tries to escape the bullet of a CIA-blackmailed assassin, Laurier (Alain Delon).
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| 1. Child's Play (1988)
2. Embryo (1976)
aka: Created to Kill
3. Hurricane (1974)
4. Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
5. Rooster Cogburn (1975)
6. Scorpio (1973)
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