Dark Asylum 2001  R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Gregory Gieras
Cast: Paulina Porizkova, Judd Nelson, Jurgen Prochnow, Larry Drake, Radu Banzaru, Jules Cezar Botokoly, Florin Busuioc, Jeff Burr, Mircea Caraman, Earl Carroll
A serial killer, "The Thrasher" (Larry Drake), is captured and is now in an asylum. Maggie (Paulina Porizkova), a psychiatrist, is on night duty when he frees himself from his high-tech lockup and goes after her. There doesn't seem to be a way out of the place for Maggie in this cat-and-mouse game.
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Eddie Presley 1993  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Burr
Cast: Duane Whitaker, Joe Estevez, Stacie Bourgeois, Clu Gulager, Roscoe Lee Browne, Ted Raimi, Quentin Tarantino, Tim Thomerson, Lawrence Tierney, Ian Ogilvy, Willard E. Pugh, Daniel Roebuck
Things just aren't going well for insecure loser Eddie (Duane Whitaker) who lives in his van. He just received a suspension from his job as a watchman and hasn't had a gig for some time as an Elvis impersonator. His spirits are lifted when he gets a job in a sleazy nightclub closing for a terrible magician, but his life still continues to go downhill.
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Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III 1989 R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jeff Burr
Cast: R.A. Mihailoff, Kate Hodge, William Butler, Ken Foree, Viggo Mortensen
A couple are diverted to a back road as they travel in Texas, and the next thing you know they are being pursued by a mask-wearing, chainsaw-wielding cannibal who seeks food for his family. Major cuts to keep the film down to an "R" rating helped make this sequel a real loser.
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The Offspring 1987  R, 99 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: From a Whisper to a Scream
Director: Jeff Burr
Cast: Vincent Price, Clu Gulager, Terry Kiser, Harry Caesar, Cameron Mitchell, Rosalind Cash, Susan Tyrrell, Martine Beswick, Angelo Rossitto, Lawrence Tierney
Vincent Price narrates this anthology of horror tales about people and events that took place in the same small town over a period of years.
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Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy 1989  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jeff Burr
Cast: Terry O'Quinn, Meg Foster, Caroline Williams, Jonathan Brandis, Henry Brown, Mitchell Laurance, Miriam Byrd-Nethery, Leon Martell, Renata Scott, John O'Leary, Glen Adams, Eric Brown
The Stepfather (Terry O'Quinn) is back, having escaped from the mental institution. He takes up shop as a marriage counselor and meets the perfect woman, Carol Grayland (Meg Foster), and her son Todd (Jonathan Brandis). He is soon taking care of anyone, in his special way, who gets in the way of his plans for the perfect family. Another sequel follows.
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| 1. Dark Asylum (2001)
2. Eddie Presley (1993)
3. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1989)
4. The Offspring (1987)
aka: From a Whisper to a Scream
5. Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989)
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