Child's Play 1988  R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Tom Holland
Cast: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff, Tommy Swerdlow, Jack Colvin, Neil Giuntoli, Juan Ramirez, Alan Wilder, Richard Baird, Raymond Oliver, Ted Liss, Tyler Hard, Aaron Osborne
Chucky is six-year-old Andy Barclay's (Alex Vincent) new doll; however, Chucky is possessed by the soul of a dead murderer (Brad Dourif), which leads to the terrorization of Andy through Chucky's evil deeds. Murders take place, and when Andy tells people that Chucky did it, no one pays attention. Andy's mother Karen (Catherine Hicks) asks Detective Mike Norris (Chris Sarandon) to investigate. Because Mike is romantically interested in Karen, he agrees even though he does not believe Andy's stories–until Chucky starts to strangle him. Sequels follow.
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 Fatal Beauty 1987  R, 104 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Tom Holland
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Ruben Blades, Harris Yulin, John P. Ryan, Jennifer Warren, Brad Dourif, Cheech Marin, Charles Hallahan, Neill Barry, Mike Jolly, David Harris, James LeGros, Mark Pellegrino, Fred Asparagus
Tenacious narcotics cop Detective Rita Rizzo (Whoopi Goldberg) is on the trail of drug kingpin Conrad Kroll (Harris Yulin), but, after problems arise, she is taken off the case. Small-time dealers Leo Nova and Earl Skinner (Brad Dourif and Mike Jolly) have hijacked the drug "Fatal Beauty" and have a problem: they do not know that "Fatal Beauty" has been contaminated, is poisonous, and is killing people. Now, Rizzo goes undercover posing as a prostitute, but Kroll has assigned Mike Marshak (Sam Elliott) to keep an eye on Rita, and he becomes her companion as she hunts down Nova and Skinner.
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 Fright Night 1985  R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Thriller
Director: Tom Holland
Cast: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Roddy McDowall, Amanda Bearse, Stephen Geoffreys, Jonathan Stark, Art Evans, Dorothy Fielding, Pamela Brown, Stewart Stern, Nick Savage, Ernie Holmes, Heidi Sorenson, Irina Irvine, Bob Corff
What would you do if a vampire (Chris Sarandon) moved into the house next door? That is what happened to Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) who happens to have an over-active imagination brought on by watching late-night horror movies. No one believes Charley when he tells them about the vampire. Charley's girlfriend Amy (Amanda Bearse) doesn't believe him, thinks he is crazy, and then falls under the vampire's spell. Charley then gets help from Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall) who once acted in horror films but is now the host of a TV show "Friday Night." Together, Peter and Charley set out to rid the neighborhood of the vampire. 1 User Review
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| | awesome flick | Amanda 01/18/2007 | | its one of my favoite 80 films of all time...very good movie |
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The Judge 1949  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Milburn Stone, Katherine DeMille, Paul Guilfoyle, Stanley Waxman, Norman Budd, Jonathan Hale, John Hamilton, Joseph Forte, Jess Kirkpatrick, Herb Vigran, Barney Phillips, Charles Williams, Tom Holland, Bob Jellison, Al Rosman
When defense lawyer Martin Strang (Milburn Stone) suspects that his wife Lucille (Katherine DeMille) is having an affair with court psychiatrist Dr. James Anderson (Paul Guilfoyle), he plots to have her killed. First, he writes a will giving his money to the families who have been hurt by the criminals he defended. Then, he defends William Jackson (Paul Guilfoyle) on a murder charge, wins his freedom, but then is murdered by Jackson. His plan has backfired, but evidence points to Lucile and Dr. Anderson as the murderers. When they are arrested, Anderson kills himself. That act leaves Lucille–who has been left destitute by Martin's will–all alone in the world.
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The Langoliers 1995 PG-13, 180 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Stephen King's The Langoliers
Director: Tom Holland
Cast: Patricia Wettig, Dean Stockwell, David Morse, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Frankie Faison, Baxter Harris, Kimber Riddle, Christopher Collet, Kate Maberly, Bronson Pinchot
In this Stephen King story, several people on an airplane awaken to find that all of the other passengers (and the plane's crew as well) have disappeared. The survivors are able to land the plane but note that time is at a standstill. Now they must contend with the Langoliers, who are out to erase time.
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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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The Temp 1993 R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tom Holland
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Lara Flynn Boyle, Faye Dunaway, Dwight Schultz, Oliver Platt, Steven Weber, Scott Coffey, Dakin Matthews, Colleen Flynn, Maura Tierney, Lin Shaye, Jesse Vint
Kris Bolin (Lara Flynn Boyle) fills in as a temporary office assistant when Peter Dern's (Timothy Hutton) secretary goes on vacation. Murder and mayhem quickly follow her arrival as the corporate office is turned into her own "playhouse."
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Thinner 1996 R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tom Holland
Cast: Michael Constantine, Joe Mantegna, Robert John Burke, Lucinda Jenney, Kari Wuhrer, Daniel von Bargen, Joie Lenz, Time Winters, Howard Erskine, Terrence Garmey
Based on Stephen King's novel (written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman), this is the story of an obnoxious, fat lawyer who grows thinner after being put under the hex of a gypsy. Now he must resort to the underworld to get rid of the spell.
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| 1. Child's Play (1988)
2. Fatal Beauty (1987)
3. Fright Night (1985)
4. The Judge (1949)
5. The Langoliers (1995)
aka: Stephen King's The Langoliers
6. Psycho II (1983)
7. The Temp (1993)
8. Thinner (1996)
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