Brain of Blood 1972  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
aka: The Creature's Revenge
The Undying Brain
Director: Al Adamson
Cast: Kent Taylor, Grant Williams, John Bloom, Regina Carrol, Vicki Volante, Angelo Rossitto, Reed Hadley, Zandor Vorkov, Richard Smedley, Gus Peters, Margo Hope, Bruce Kimball, Irv Saunders, Alex Elliot
King Amir, the leader of an Arab country, appears doomed to die. But not to worry, mad Doctor Trenton (Kent Taylor) has a new technique to transplant brains. When the King is brought in, time is limited to complete the job, so when an appropriate recipient isn't found quickly, Trenton transplants Amir's brain onto the body of his grotesque assistant. When Amir awakens and looks at his new body, he goes on a rampage. And there's even more weird stuff going on in the basement, and elsewhere, in this, another low-budget film from Director Adamson.
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 Casino 1995  R, 171 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles, Alan King, Kevin Pollak, L.Q. Jones, Dick Smothers, Frank Vincent, Pasquale Cajano, Vinny Vella, Joseph Rigano, John Bloom, Melissa Prophet
Accomplished gambler Sam "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro), who plays by the rules, enters the mob-controlled Las Vegas scene in the 1970s when he becomes an operator of the Tangiers Casino. His best friend, Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci), is a Mafia under-boss who robs locals and cheats his way to the top of the gambling world. Now, Las Vegas hustler Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone) becomes part of their lives when Ace falls in love with her. This leads to the downfall of Ace, Ginger, and Nicky as they seek new heights in the world of drugs and violence. The message of this film is that greed, lust, and corruption lie just below the surface glitz that is Las Vegas.
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The Dark 1979 R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
aka: The Mutilator
Director: John "Bud" Cardos
Cast: William Devane, Cathy Lee Crosby, Richard Jaeckel, Keenan Wynn, Warren J. Kemmerling, Biff Elliot, Jacquelyn Hyde, Casey Kasem, Vivian Blaine, John Bloom, Russ Marin, Vernon Washington
A seven-foot alien either decapitates or shoots laser beams into the eyes of victims as it stalks the streets of L.A. Reporter Roy Warner (William Devane), writer Zoe Owens (Cathy Lee Crosby), and police detective Dave Mooney (Richard Jaeckel) try to unravel the mystery.
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Dracula vs. Frankenstein 1971 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
aka: Blood of Frankenstein
The Revenge of Dracula
Director: Al Adamson
Cast: J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Eisley, Regina Carrol, Greydon Clark, Angelo Rossitto, Anne Morrell, Jim Davis, Russ Tamblyn, Zandor Vorkov, William Bonner, John Bloom, Forrest J Ackerman, Shelly Weiss, Maria Lease
This film brings together J. Carrol Naish as Dr. Frankenstein and Lon Chaney Jr. as Frankenstein's mute assistant Groton in their final film. Judith (Regina Carrol) is searching for her missing sister who, it turns out, has been killed by Groton. Frankenstein is running a house of horrors and experiments on Groton's victims. Judith teams up with Mike (Anthony Eisley) in the search for her sister. Meanwhile, Count Dracula (Zandor Vorkov) unites with Dr. Frankenstein to bring back the monster and ensure a good supply of blood. They succeed, Judith and Mike are confronted by the monster, and a deadly battle ensues.
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The Hills Have Eyes Part II 1985 R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Michael Berryman, Tamara Stafford, Kevin Spirtas, John Bloom, Janus Blythe, Colleen Riley, Penny Johnson, John Laughlin, Willard E. Pugh, Robert Houston, Susan Lanier, Lance Gordon, Michael Berryman, David Nichols, Edith Fellows
When a bus carrying a load of bikers breaks down in the desert, some of the passengers wander off and soon are attacked by cannibals–in the same part of the desert where the Carter family ran into trouble in the original film.
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| 1. Brain of Blood (1972)
aka: The Creature's Revenge
aka: The Undying Brain
2. Casino (1995)
3. The Dark (1979)
aka: The Mutilator
4. Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
aka: Blood of Frankenstein
aka: The Revenge of Dracula
5. The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)
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