Cloak & Dagger 1984  PG, 101 min.
Genre: Family / Action / Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Richard Franklin
Cast: Dabney Coleman, Henry Thomas, Michael Murphy, Christina Nigra, John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan, Eloy Casados, Tim Rossovich, William Forsythe, Robert DoQui, Shelby Leverington, Linden Chiles, William Marquez, Robert Curtin, Wendell Wright
This entertaining film is about lonely, young Davey (Henry Thomas) who is known for making up stories. Davey has his own computer and while playing his favorite video game, "Cloak and Dagger," discovers a plot to smuggle U.S. secret information. He tells his father Hal (Dabney Coleman), but Hal doesn't believe him and thinks that, once more, Davey is living out his fantasies. Davey enlists the aid of his imaginary friend Jack Sprat (also played by Coleman), but Jack cannot help this time. Now, Davey turns to his friend Kim (Christina Nigra) and they find themselves involved with real agents and crooks–all because a microchip is hidden in Davey's video game cassette.
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F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion 1991  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Richard Franklin
Cast: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Rachel Ticotin, Joanna Gleason, Philip Bosco, Kevin J. O'Connor, Tom Mason, Dominic Zamprogna, Tony De Santis, Philip Akin
Special effects expert Rollie Tyler (Byran Brown) agrees (again) to help the police catch a killer. But he finds that there is a big conspiracy afoot, and he and his police buddy (Brian Dennehy) from the original film are on the run again. Lots of special effects, but the story is weak as it tries to exploit the popularity of James Bond.
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Link 1986  R, 103 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Richard Franklin
Cast: Terence Stamp, Elisabeth Shue, Steven Pinner, Richard Garnett, David O'Hara, Kevin Lloyd, Daisey Beavers, Geoffrey Beavers, Caroline John
Professor Phillip (Terence Stamp) conducts experiments with chimpanzees–assisted by zoology student Jane (Elisabeth Shue)–in his old mansion. Link, the mild mannered butler, is an orangutan. When the good professor disappears, Link starts to get aggressive, and things begin to happen. One thing that happens is that the film goes downhill fast.
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Patrick 1978 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Richard Franklin
Cast: Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Rod Mullinar, Bruce Barry, Robert Thompson, Julia Blake, Helen Hemingway, Maria Mercedes, Walter Pym, Frank Wilson, Carole-Ann Aylett, Paul Young
Patrick (Robert Thompson) lies in a hospital bed in a deep coma, having been in this state since he electrocuted his mother and her lover. Though comatose, he has telekinesis powers, and when a new nurse, Kathy (Susan Penhaligon), is assigned to his case, he falls in love and sends messages to her via a typewriter. Likewise, those who would try to shorten his life end up dead. When Patrick knows that his death is imminent, he tries to get Kathy to commit suicide so that she can join him.
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Psycho II 1983 R, 113 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Richard Franklin
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Dennis Franz, Hugh Gillin, Claudia Bryar, Lee Garlington, Tom Holland, Tim Maier, Robert Alan Browne, Jill Carroll, Chris Hendrie, Michael Lomazow, Oz Perkins
Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) has served his time in the mental hospital and has been released, despite objections from one of his victim's relatives (Vera Miles). Norman now befriends a young waitress (Meg Tilly). Norman begins receiving mysterious messages, and murders ensue–including that of the new manager of the Bates Motel. Is Norman again responsible?
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Roadgames 1981 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
aka: Road Games
Director: Richard Franklin
Cast: Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edwards, Grant Page, Bill Stacey, Thaddeus Smith, John Murphy, Steve Millichamp, Alan Hopgood, Robert Thompson, Ed Turley, Angelica La Bozzetta
Truck driver Pat Quid (Stacy Keach) and Pamela (Jamie Lee Curtis) track down a serial killer who is suspected of murdering young women hitchhikers.
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| 1. Cloak & Dagger (1984)
2. F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion (1991)
3. Link (1986)
4. Patrick (1978)
5. Psycho II (1983)
6. Roadgames (1981)
aka: Road Games
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