Basket Case 2 1990  R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Frank Henenlotter
Cast: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Annie Ross, Kathryn Meisle, Heather Rattray, Jason Evers, Ted Sorel, Matt Mitler, Beverly Bonner, Leonard Jackson
Duane (Kevin Van Hentenryck) and his mutant twin brother are back, having survived certain death at the end of the previous film. As is often the case, this one just doesn't click like the original. They take refuge in a house of freaks with a reporter hot on their trail. Weird, but it will appeal to some.
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The Brother from Another Planet 1984  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Joe Morton, Daryl Edwards, Steve(2) James, Leonard Jackson, Bill Cobbs, Maggie Renzi, Tom Wright, Ren Woods, Reggie Rock Bythewood, David Strathairn
Joe Morton plays a mute, alien slave who escapes his planet and crashes on Earth–in Harlem. Most who meet him are impressed: he fixes things AND he lets others do all the talking!
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 The Color Purple 1985  PG-13, 152 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Willard E. Pugh, Akosua Busia, Adolph Caesar, Rae Dawn Chong, Dana Ivey, Laurence Fishburne, Desreta Jackson, Leonard Jackson, Bennet Guillory
This story is based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and revolves around a Black family in Georgia where success is learned from lessons in adversity. In 1909, teenager Celie (Desreta Jackson) gives birth to two children and is virtually sold off to sharecropper Alfred (Danny Glover) who marries her and then sells the children. Celie is treated like a slave. Later, Albert moves his mistress Shug (Margaret Avery) into the house. Celie (now played by Whoopi Goldberg) develops a good relationship with Shug and Alfred's take-no-guff daughter-in-law Sofia (Oprah Winfrey). Through their friendships, Celie gains the strength to leave Albert and begin a new life. The film received 11 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actress (Whoopi Goldberg), and two for Supporting Actress (Margaret Avery and Oprah Winfrey). A "must see."
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Ganja & Hess 1972  R, 110 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Blood Couple
Double Possession
Director: Bill Gunn
Cast: Duane Jones, Marlene Clark, Bill Gunn, Sam Waymon, Leonard Jackson, Candece Tarpley, John Hoffmeister, Richard Harrow, Mabel King
In this fascinating story that goes beyond the vampire aspect and looks into the culture of the Black community, Dr. Hess Green (Duane Jones) is stabbed by an ancient dagger and is infected with a vampire virus. Believing he is an African god, he deems that his wife (Mabel King) should also join him as a vampire.
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| 1. Basket Case 2 (1990)
2. The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
3. The Color Purple (1985)
4. Ganja & Hess (1972)
aka: Blood Couple
aka: Double Possession
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