Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe 1991 PG-13, 90 min. Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Damian Lee Cast: Jesse Ventura, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Damian Lee, Jerry Levitan, Marjorie Bransfield, Ken Quinn, Marilyn Lightstone, Moses Znaimer, Robert Nasmith, Kris Michaels, Francis Mitchell, James Belushi
Five years ago, with a single touch, alien renegade Secundus (Sven-Ole Thorsen) impregnated Earthling Sonia (Marjorie Bransfield) with a mutant embryo containing powers to destroy the universe. Within minutes, Sonia gave birth to Tommy. Now, an alien cop, Abraxas (Jesse Ventura), comes to Earth in an attempt to arrest Secundus before he obtains the anti-life matter from Tommy (Francis Mitchell).
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Grand Tour: Disaster in Time 1992 TV, 99 min. Genre: Sci-Fi aka: Disaster in Time Timescape
Director: David Twohy Cast: Jeff Daniels, Ariana Richards, Emilia Crow, Jim Haynie, Marilyn Lightstone, George Murdock, David Wells, Nicholas Guest, Time Winters, Robert Colbert
Ben (Jeff Daniels) has been despondent since his wife's tragic death some time before, and now he and his daughter, Hillary (Ariana Richards), are renovating a hotel that they bought in a small, quiet town. A group of travelers arrive and insist on staying at their hotel despite its condition. It turns out that the guests are time travellers who go to scenes of disaster. A good sci-fi flick.
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Heavy Metal 1981 R, 90 min. Genre: Animation / Adventure / Fantasy / Horror
Director: Gerald Potterton, Jimmy T. Murakami Cast: John Candy, Jackie Burroughs, Joe Flaherty, Harold Ramis, Richard Romanus, John Vernon, Eugene Levy, Don Francks, Caroline Semple, Al Waxman, Harvey Atkin, Marilyn Lightstone, August Schellenberg
This animated film is based on the magazine, "Heavy Metal." The plot involves a series of adventures in which everyday people enter the realm of the Lochmnar–a fluorescent green ball that embodies evil.
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Spasms 1983 R, 88 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller aka: Death Bite
Director: William Fruet Cast: Peter Fonda, Oliver Reed, Kerrie Keane, Al Waxman, Marilyn Lightstone, George Bloomfield, Miguel Fernandez, Angus MacInnes, Laurie Brown, Gerard Parkes
Oliver Reed stars as a millionaire hunter who appears to be on the same telepathic wavelength with a deadly serpent he encounters in the forest. Peter Fonda plays a psychologist called into the case to examine the phenomenon. No, thanks.
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| 1. Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe (1991)
2. Grand Tour: Disaster in Time (1992) aka: Disaster in Time aka: Timescape
3. Heavy Metal (1981)
4. In Praise of Older Women (1978)
5. Lies My Father Told Me (1975)
6. Spasms (1983) aka: Death Bite
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