92 in the Shade 1975 R, 93 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas McGuane Cast: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Margot Kidder, Burgess Meredith, Harry Dean Stanton, Sylvia Miles, Elizabeth Ashley, William Hickey, Louise Latham, Joe Spinell
Set in Key West, this is the film adaptation of Thomas McGuane's novel about competition between captains of fishing boats.
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The Amityville Horror 1979 R, 117 min. Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Stuart Rosenberg Cast: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton, Michael Sacks, Helen Shaver, Val Avery, John Larch, Amy Wright, Natasha Ryan, K.C. Martel, Meeno Peluce, Irene Dailey
When newlyweds George and Kathy Lutz (James Brolin and Margot Kidder) move into the house of their dreams, unbelievable horrors haunt the hapless couple. This story is based on real-life events that took place in a house in New York, which was once the scene of a gory, mass murder.
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Black Christmas 1974 R, 93 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller aka: Silent Night, Evil Night Stranger in the House
Director: Bob Clark Cast: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Marian Waldman, Andrea Martin, James Edmond, Art Hindle, Lynne Griffin, Doug McGrath
It's the day before Christmas when the obscene phone calls start at the sorority house, and the killing of sorority sisters begins. It appears that the killer is in the attic. A pretty good slasher film that set a standard for those to follow. Margot Kidder is great as the foul-mouthed sister.
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Common Ground 2000 R, 105 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Donna Deitch Cast: Eric Stoltz, Brittany Murphy, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, James LeGros, Jason Priestley, Mimi Rogers, Margot Kidder, Steven Weber, Edward Asner, Beau Bridges
Set in the small town of Homer, Connecticut, this film contains three short stories about three generations of Homer's residents. Changing attitudes toward gays and lesbians are examined as they change from 1950 until the present day.
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Gaily, Gaily 1969 PG, 107 min. Genre: Comedy aka: Chicago, Chicago
Director: Norman Jewison Cast: Beau Bridges, Melina Mercouri, Brian Keith, George Kennedy, Hume Cronyn, Margot Kidder, Wilfrid Hyde-White, John Randolph, Melodie Johnson, Roy Poole, Charles Tyner, Joan Huntington
Based on Chicago journalist Ben Hecht's reminiscences, this story is about Ben Harvey (Beau Bridges) who is a young cub reporter under the wing of an older reporter. The setting is Chicago during the early 1900s.
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The Great Waldo Pepper 1975 PG, 108 min. Genre: Adventure
Director: George Roy Hill Cast: Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Bo Brundin, Susan Sarandon, Geoffrey Lewis, Edward Herrmann, Philip Bruns, Roderick Cook, Margot Kidder, Scott Newman
Barnstorming pilot Waldo Pepper (Robert Redford) really wishes he was back in World War I flying missions against the Germans. As an ex-war ace, he dreams of his dogfights in a bygone era.
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Halloween II 2009 R, 101 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller aka: Halloween 2
Director: Rob Zombie Cast: Tyler Mane, Scout Taylor-Compton, Danielle Harris, Brad Dourif, Sheri Moon Zombie, Malcolm McDowell, Brea Grant, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Chase Wright Vanek, Caroline Williams, Dayton Callie, Richard Brake, Octavia Spencer, Margot Kidder, Richard Riehle
In this sequel, Laurie (Scout Taylor-Compton) is still in the hospital when her brother Michael (Tyler Mane) appears on the scene and kills people in the hospital. Laurie survives, but now, on the anniversary of the massacre, Laurie will learn that the horrors of eating body parts will continue.
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The Hi-Line 1999 PG, 104 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Ron Judkins Cast: Rachael Leigh Cook, Ryan Alosio, Tantoo Cardinal, Margot Kidder, Stuart Margolin, Rainer Judd, Peter Walther, Dana Latsch, Philip Winchester, Albert J. Kalanick
Sam (Ryan Alosio) arrives in Vera's (Rachael Leigh Cook) hometown pretending to be interviewing possible employees for a discount store. But, he is really carrying a letter from Vera's deceased father, and, when Vera finds out that her parents adopted her, she sets out with Sam to find her birth mother.
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The Reincarnaton of Peter Proud 1975 R, 104 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: J. Lee Thompson Cast: Michael Sarrazin, Jennifer O'Neill, Margot Kidder, Cornelia Sharpe, Paul Hecht, Tony Stephano, Anne Ives, Norman Burton, Fred Stuthman, Steve Franken
Professor Peter Proud (Michael Sarrazin) senses that he met a violent end in a previous life. Now, flashbacks draw him to a suburban town in Massachusetts where terror awaits.
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Sisters 1973 R, 93 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Brian De Palma Cast: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley, Lisle Wilson, Barnard Hughes, Olympia Dukakis, Dolph Sweet, Mary Davenport, Burt Richards, Cathy Berry
In this suspense-filled film, newspaper reporter Grace Collier (Jennifer Salt) witnesses Danielle Breton (Margot Kidder) murdering her date. While investigating, Grace learns that Danielle was a Siamese twin, and the separated sister may be involved in the murder. Lots of suspense.
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Some Kind of Hero 1981 R, 97 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Pressman Cast: Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Ronny Cox, Lynne Moody, Olivia Cole, Paul Benjamin, David Adams, Martin Azarow, Shelly Batt
A Vietnam vet (Richard Pryor) returns home to find surprises and personal problems after his six years imprisonment as a POW.
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Superman II 1980 PG, 127 min. Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Romance aka: Superman 2
Director: Richard Lester Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Sarah Douglas, Susannah York, Jack O'Halloran, Terence Stamp, Clifton James, E.G. Marshall, Marc McClure, Leueen Willoughby, Robin Pappas
Superman (Christopher Reeve) is back, and he is still fighting for law and order. Terrorists are threatening to blow up the Eiffel Tower and destroy Paris with a nuclear warhead. When reporter Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) tries to interview the terrorists, she finds herself held hostage. Superman rescues Lois and tosses the bomb into space where its blast awakens Kryptonian villains–Zod (Terence Stamp), Non (Jack O'Halloran), and Ursa (Sarah Douglas) who had been exiled to outer space. Now, the Kryptonians arrive on Earth and attempt to take over the planet. Meanwhile, Lois has learned that Clark Kent and Superman are the same person, and Superman must decide whether to become a normal man and share his life with Lois or retain his super powers and save Earth from the villains.
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Superman III 1983 PG, 125 min. Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Richard Lester Cast: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughn, Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure, Jackie Cooper, Pamela Stephenson, Gavan O'Herlihy, Nancy Roberts, Graham Stark, Gordon Rollings, Henry Woolf, Peter Wear
Computer genius Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor) is used by Ross Webster (Robert Vaughn) who is planning to take over the world. The plans include toying with a weather satellite to ruin the coffee bean trade in Columbia and a synthetic form of Kryptonite to turn Clark Kent and Superman (Christopher Reeve) into two personalities.
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 1987 PG, 91 min. Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi aka: Superman 4
Director: Sidney J. Furie Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Mariel Hemingway, Jon Cryer, Marc McClure, Sam Wanamaker, Jim Broadbent, William Hootkins, Mark Pillow, Damian McLawhorn, Stanley Lebor, Don Fellows, Robert Beatty
Superman (Christopher Reeve) has a quest for world peace. To that end, he addresses the United Nations to announce that he will rid the world of all nuclear weapons. At the same time, the evil Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) has made a clone of Superman, and the clone is ruining Superman's reputation.
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Superman: The Movie 1978 PG, 143 min. Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Romance / Thriller aka: Superman
Director: Richard Donner Cast: Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Valerie Perrine, Ned Beatty, Glenn Ford, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure, Phyllis Thaxter, Jackie Cooper, Trevor Howard, Jack O'Halloran, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Susannah York
Off the pages of comic books and onto the large screen comes "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman!" This film has everything going for it with Christopher Reeve doing a good job as Superman and Margot Kidder playing girl reporter Lois Lane to a tee. The film won an Oscar for Best Special Achievement and received three other nominations.
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To Catch a Killer 1992 TV, 188 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Eric Till Cast: Brian Dennehy, Michael Riley, Margot Kidder, Meg Foster, Martin Julien, Scott Hylands, David Eisner, Gary Reineke, Tony De Santis, Mark Humphrey
Originally a TV miniseries, this is a good, but gruesome, account of respected businessman John Wayne Gacy (Brian Dennehy) who was also a serial killer. By the time the police caught up with him, he had raped and killed 30 boys.
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Trenchcoat 1983 PG, 91 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Tuchner Cast: Margot Kidder, Robert Hays, David Suchet, Gila von Weitershausen, Daniel Faraldo, Ronald Lacey, John Justin, Leopoldo Trieste
A corrupt stenographer and amateur mystery writer, Mickey Raymond (Margot Kidder), vacations on Malta where she becomes involved in the world of cocaine smuggling, murder, and international intrigue. Disney.
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Tribulation 2000 PG-13, 95 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller aka: Apocalypse III: Tribulation
Director: Andre van Heerden Cast: Gary Busey, Margot Kidder, Howie Mandel, Nick Mancuso, Leigh Lewis, Gerry Quigley, Sherry Miller, Lawrence Bayne, Joseph Ziegler, Jennifer Baxter, Nigel Shawn Williams, Wayne Best, Costa Kamateros, Patrick Gallagher, Nichole Nordeman
This is the third entry in the Christian Apocalypse series that is based on Biblical prophecy. Policeman Tom Canburo (Gary Busey) is too busy to worry about religious matters, but his deeply religious sister (Margot Kidder) continues to work on him. As events unfold, Tom has his hands full when he comes up against the powerful anti-Christ.
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Willie and Phil 1980 R, 115 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Mazursky Cast: Michael Ontkean, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Jan Miner, Tom Brennan, Laurence Fishburne, Natalie Wood, Kristine DeBell, Julie Bovasso, Kaki Hunter
After viewing Truffaut's "Jules and Jim," Willie (Michael Ontkean) and Phil (Ray Sharkey) reenact the story as friends and lovers of the very liberal Jeannette (Margot Kidder).
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| 1. 92 in the Shade (1975)
2. The Amityville Horror (1979)
3. The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
4. Black Christmas (1974) aka: Silent Night, Evil Night aka: Stranger in the House
5. Body of Evidence (1988)
6. Common Ground (2000)
7. Gaily, Gaily (1969) aka: Chicago, Chicago
8. The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
9. Halloween II (2009) aka: Halloween 2
10. Heartaches (1981)
11. The Hi-Line (1999)
12. Honky Tonk (1974)
13. Little Treasure (1985)
14. The Reincarnaton of Peter Proud (1975)
15. Sisters (1973)
16. Some Kind of Hero (1981)
17. Superman II (1980) aka: Superman 2
18. Superman III (1983)
19. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) aka: Superman 4
20. Superman: The Movie (1978) aka: Superman
21. To Catch a Killer (1992)
22. Trenchcoat (1983)
23. Tribulation (2000) aka: Apocalypse III: Tribulation
24. Willie and Phil (1980)
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