Frankenstein Unbound 1990 R, 85 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi / Drama
Director: Roger Corman Cast: John Hurt, Raul Julia, Bridget Fonda, Nick Brimble, Catherine Rabett, Jason Patric, Michael Hutchence, Mickey Knox, Catherine Corman, William Geiger, Myriam Cyr, Terri Treas, Cynthia Allison, Isabella Rocchietta, Matt Cassidy
Time traveler Dr. Joe Buchanan (John Hurt) goes back to the 1800s in Switzerland where he runs into Mary Shelley (Bridget Fonda) and the characters from her story: Dr. Frankenstein (Raul Julia) and his monster (Nick Brimble). Corman came back into directing for this one–after two decades of producing.
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Gothic 1986 R, 90 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Ken Russell Cast: Natasha Richardson, Julian Sands, Gabriel Byrne, Myriam Cyr, Timothy Spall, Alec Mango, Andreas Wisniewski, Ken Russell
An 1816 meeting of friends and cohorts–Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Godwin, and Lord Byron–at their Swiss villa brought on the challenge to write ghost stories. The culmination of that meeting was Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley's tale of "Frankenstein," which was completed two years later. This is the story of that 1816 meeting. It's a sex-filled, blood-and-guts-filled weekend.
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Species II 1998 R, 92 min. Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Peter Medak Cast: Michael Madsen, Natasha Henstridge, Marg Helgenberger, Mykelti Williamson, George Dzundza, James Cromwell, Justin Lazard, Myriam Cyr, Richard Belzer, Peter Boyle
Astronauts land on Mars and discover there IS life there. Problems develop when one astronaut (Justin Lazard) becomes infected by an alien DNA that is out to "fxxx the human race out of existence."
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| 1. Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
2. Gothic (1986)
3. Species II (1998)
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