Death Dimension 1978 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Action / Sci-Fi aka: The Kill Factor
Director: Al Adamson Cast: Jim Kelly, Harold Sakata, George Lazenby, Terry Moore, Aldo Ray, Bob Minor, Patch Mackenzie, Myron Lee, April Sommers, T.E. Forman, Linda Lawrence, Lionel Tarape, Alphonse Walter, James Sperling, William Yin
Dastardly "The Pig" (Harold Sakata) steals a "Freeze Bomb" from the scientist/inventor of the device and sets out to freeze people. But the inventor hid the secrets of the bomb on a chip imbedded under the skin of his assistant, and The Pig is on her trail. Luckily, Detective–and karate expert–Ash (Jim Kelly) is on the case.
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Goodbye, Norma Jean 1976 R, 95 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Buchanan Cast: Misty Rowe, Terence Locke, Patch Mackenzie, Preston Hanson, Edward Ansara, Laurel Barnett, Ivy Bethune
Who ever said biographies had to be based on fact? This film-bio is certainly not. Remade in 1989 as "Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn," this is the story of Marilyn from start to finish.
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Graduation Day 1981 R, 85 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Herb Freed Cast: Christopher George, Patch Mackenzie, E. Danny Murphy, E.J. Peaker, Michael Pataki, Linnea Quigley, Vanna White, Richard Balin, Carmen Argenziano, Beverly Dixon
Just prior to graduation day, members of the high-school track team are being killed off in gross ways–one by one. There are plenty of suspects in this nothing of a film, even considering the fact that "Wheel of Fortune's" Vanna White plays one of the victims.
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It's Alive III: Island of the Alive 1987 R, 91 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Cohen Cast: Michael Moriarty, Karen Black, Laurene Landon, James Dixon, Neal Israel, Art Lund, Ann Dane, Macdonald Carey, Gerrit Graham, William Watson, Patch Mackenzie, Rick Garia, C.L. Sussex, Carlos Palomino, Tony Abatemarco
Following on with the story started in "It's Alive!" and "It Lives Again," the monster babies that have survived are shipped off to a remote island to live out their lives. When checked on several years later, it is found that they have reproduced and are ready to invade the mainland. Cohen continues his satire on the issues alive in the 1980s, such as abortion and AIDS, in an effective manner.
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Serial 1980 R, 86 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Bill Persky Cast: Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Jennifer McAllister, Sally Kellerman, Anthony Battaglia, Bill Macy, Nita Talbot, Christopher Lee, Tom Smothers, Barbara Rhoades, Sam Chew Jr., Pamela Bellwood, Ann Weldon, Peter Bonerz, Patch Mackenzie
Open marriages and consciousness-raising mark life at the end of the 1970s' era as Hippies become part of the "me generation." Kate (Tuesday Weld) leaves her husband Harvey (Martin Mull), and they are amusing to watch as they muddle their way through what they consider to be the confusing lifestyle in Marin County, California. Based on Cyra McFadden's novel.
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| 1. Death Dimension (1978) aka: The Kill Factor
2. Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)
3. Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989)
4. Graduation Day (1981)
5. It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
6. Serial (1980)
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