The Ambulance 1990  R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Megan Gallagher, Richard Bright, Janine Turner, Eric Braeden, Red Buttons, Laurene Landon, Jim Dixon, Jill Gatsby
Innocent people are disappearing in New York City and something must be done. Not a great entry in Director Cohen's repertoire.
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Armed Response 1986  R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Olen Ray
Cast: David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, Mako, Lois Hamilton, Ross Hagen, Brent Huff, Laurene Landon, Dick Miller, Michael Berryman, David Goss
Family revenge is the name of the game in this cheapie with a good cast that could have been much better with decent writing and support acting. When a man and his sleazy partner are hired to regain a statuette for a Japanese leader (Mako), things go awry and the man is killed. The man's dad (Lee Van Cleef) and ex-cop and Vietnam vet brother (David Carradine) set out to get those responsible.
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It's Alive III: Island of the Alive 1987 R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Karen Black, Laurene Landon, James Dixon, Neal Israel, Art Lund, Ann Dane, Macdonald Carey, Gerrit Graham, William Watson, Patch Mackenzie, Rick Garia, C.L. Sussex, Carlos Palomino, Tony Abatemarco
Following on with the story started in "It's Alive!" and "It Lives Again," the monster babies that have survived are shipped off to a remote island to live out their lives. When checked on several years later, it is found that they have reproduced and are ready to invade the mainland. Cohen continues his satire on the issues alive in the 1980s, such as abortion and AIDS, in an effective manner.
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Maniac Cop 1988 R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Lustig
Cast: Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree, William Smith, Robert Z'Dar, Sheree North, Nina Aversen, Nick Barbaro, Lou Bonacki
A police officer, Matthew Cordell (Robert Z'Dar), becomes a killer and murders innocent New York City residents.
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Maniac Cop II 1990 R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Lustig
Cast: Robert Davi, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Robert Z'Dar, Leo Rossi, Clarence Williams III, Lou Bonacki, Paula Trickey
In this sequel to "Maniac Cop," the infamous killer cop, amazingly, has been resurrected and is on the prowl again and on the lookout for victims.
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 Wicked Stepmother 1989  PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Bette Davis, Colleen Camp, Barbara Carrera, David Rasche, Lionel Stander, Tom Bosley, Richard Moll, Evelyn Keyes, Shawn Donahue, Laurene Landon
This was Bette Davis' last film, and it is far from her best. The plot involves a witch (Bette Davis) who marries a widower (Lionel Stander). Bette quit after the first week of filming, and the production went downhill from there.
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| 1. ...All the Marbles (1981)
aka: The California Dolls
2. The Ambulance (1990)
3. Armed Response (1986)
4. I, the Jury (1982)
5. It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
6. Maniac Cop (1988)
7. Maniac Cop II (1990)
8. Wicked Stepmother (1989)
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