Black Rainbow 1989  R, 102 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce, Mark Joy, Ron Rosenthal, John Bennes, Linda Pierce, Olek Krupa, Marty Terry, Ed Grady
Fake medium Martha Travis (Rosanna Arquette) travels from town to town with her alcoholic father (Jason Robards) bilking audiences who want to hear from dead loved ones. But at one show she receives a mental image of a man who was murdered, and his wife is in the audience. The wife insists he is not dead, but his murder soon occurs. This new-found talent results in the killer marking Martha as his next victim. Not bad.
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Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice 1992  R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: David Price
Cast: Terence Knox, Paul Scherrer, Rosalind Allen, Christie Clark, Ned Romero, Ryan Bollman, Ed Grady, John Bennes, Wallace Merck, Joe Inscoe, Leon Pridgen, Kellie Bennett, Robert C. Treveiler, Marty Terry, Ted Travelstead
Once again, the children of the corn are killing adults in the Nebraska farmlands. A struggling reporter, John (Terence Knox), and his son Danny (Paul Scherrer) arrive on the scene looking for a story. Danny makes friends with Micah (Ryan Bollman), but Micah is possessed by "He Who Walks Behind the Rows," and the horrors begin.
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The Night Flier 1997  R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Stephen King's The Night Flier
Director: Mark Pavia
Cast: Miguel Ferrer, Julie Entwisle, Dan Monahan, Michael H. Moss, John Bennes, Beverly Skinner, Rob Wilds, Richard K. Olsen, Elizabeth McCormick, J.R. Rodriguez
Richard Dees (Miguel Ferrer), a reporter for the tabloid, "Inside View," tracks down the story of a series of vampire killings that take place around rural airports to get the scoop on fellow reporter, Katherine Blair (Julie Entwisle). One of the better adaptations of a Stephen King story.
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The Portrait 1993  TV, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Cecilia Peck, Paul McCrane, Donna Mitchell, Mitchell Laurance, William Prince, Augusta Dabney, John Murphy, John Bennes
Margaret (Cecilia Peck-Gregory's real-life daughter) returns home after a long absence to finish a portrait of her parents (Peck and Bacall). But things are not the way they used to be in her childhood, such as the house being sold and her father showing the effects of aging.
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| 1. Black Rainbow (1989)
2. Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)
3. The Night Flier (1997)
aka: Stephen King's The Night Flier
4. The Portrait (1993)
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