The Amazing Spider-Man 1977  TV, 92 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Spider-Man
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Cast: Nicholas Hammond, Thayer David, David White, Michael Pataki, Lisa Eilbacher, Jeff Donnell, Hilly Hicks, Dick Balduzzi, Ivor Francis, Barry Cutler, Robert Hastings, Carmelita Pope, Norman Rice, Len Lesser, Ivan Bonar
Based on the Marvel comics superhero, this film was the pilot for a TV series. After being bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker (Nicholas Hammond) becomes super-strong and is able to climb vertical structures with ease, as well as perform other feats–just what one needs to become a super crime fighter. This being his daytime job, he works as a photographer for the newspaper by night. His major task at the moment is saving the world from a mad scientist who blackmails the city by threatening to unleash people programmed to blow themselves up.
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Grandma's House 1989  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Grandmother's House
Director: Peter Rader
Cast: Eric Foster, Kim Valentine, Len Lesser, Ida Lee, Brinke Stevens, Michael Robinson, Craig Yerman, David Donham, Joan-Carol Bensen, Angela O'Neill
Teenager Lynn (Kim Valentine) and her younger brother, David (Eric Foster), move in with their grandparents after their father dies. Supposedly their mother had died when they were young. David sees his grandfather dragging a body around the house, and it is soon clear that something is very wrong. In fact the "body" is their mother (Brinke Stevens) who is kept drugged by her parents because of her mental condition. Creepy at times.
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Shack Out on 101 1955  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dain
Cast: Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Keenan Wynn, Lee Marvin, Whit Bissell, Frank DeKova, Jess Barker, Len Lesser, Donald Murphy, Fred Gabourie
Kotty (Terry Moore) is a waitress in a diner along California's Highway 101 and helps flush out two customers who plot to sabotage the local chemical plant.
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 Slither 1973  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: James Caan, Peter Boyle, Sally Kellerman, Louise Lasser, Allen Garfield, Richard B. Shull, Alex Rocco, Garry Goodrow, Len Lesser, Virginia Sale
An assorted group of offbeat characters search for lost treasure in California. Fun viewing.
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Take This Job and Shove It 1981  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gus Trikonis
Cast: Robert Hays, Art Carney, Barbara Hershey, David Keith, Tim Thomerson, Martin Mull, Eddie Albert, Penelope Milford, George Lindsey, Johnny Paycheck, David Allan Coe, James Karen, Mike Genovese, Len Lesser, Charlie Rich
After being away for 10 years, business executive Frank Maclin (Robert Hays) returns to his hometown of Dubuque, Iowa, to modernize the Pickett Brewery for Charlie Pickett (Art Carney). Maclin organizes the brewery's blue-collar workers who include his old buddies Harry Meade and Ray Binkowski (David Keith and Tim Thomerson). He also finds his ex-girlfriend "J.M." (Barbara Hershey), and their relationship picks up where it once left off. When Frank learns that Pickett is going to resell the brewery, he must consider his position with the company vs. the interests of his worker friends and, in the process, make some very serious choices.
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| 1. The Amazing Spider-Man (1977)
aka: Spider-Man
2. Grandma's House (1989)
aka: Grandmother's House
3. Shack Out on 101 (1955)
4. Slither (1973)
5. Take This Job and Shove It (1981)
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