Dying to Belong 1997  PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: Hilary Swank, Sarah Chalke, Jenna von Oy, Laurel Holloman, Jennifer Warren, Gregory Alan Williams, Tracy Middendorf, Isabella Hofmann, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Michael Flynn, Amanda Wilmshurst, Melissa Pace
College freshman Lisa Connors (Hilary Swank) and her new roommate Shelby Blake (Jenna von Oy) are pledging Phi Gamma Beta sorority. The girls endure weeks of hazing, and then during hell week Shelby falls from the clock tower on campus and dies. Shelby's death was not a suicide, and, with help from her boyfriend Steven (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Lisa sets out to uncover the truth about events occurring that fateful night.
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Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning 1995 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruce Paltrow
Cast: Randy Quaid, Alex McArthur, Ving Rhames, Eddie Jones, Alan Blumenfeld, Ron Perkins, Steven Flynn, Johann Carlo, Tracy Middendorf, Mary-Joan Negro
The detectives of NYC's 87th precinct are highlighted in the first of a series of made-for-TV films based on Ed McBain stories. In this episode, a serial killer is on the loose with female track and field stars on his hit list. The detectives are hot on the trail.
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El Cortez 2006 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stephen Purvis
Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Bruce Weitz, Glenn Plummer, Tracy Middendorf, James McDaniel, Peter Onorati, Shelley Malil, David Johann, Robin Adair, Kathleen LaGue, Joseph Griffin, Deborah Cresswell, Edoardo Ballerini, Pat Crawford Brown
Manny DeSilva (Lou Diamond Phillips) is an autistic ex-con who, after being released from five years in prison, tries to start a new life as a night clerk at the Reno hotel, El Cortez. Manny makes friends with wheelchair-bound gold prospector Popcorn (Bruce Weitz), and all goes well–until the detective (James McDaniel) who first arrested him arrives on the scene and tells Manny to keep an eye on the comings and goings of drug dealer Jack Clay (Glenn Plummer). When Clay's girlfriend Theda (Tracy Middendorf) gets involved, secrets rise to the fore, and the result is a deadly game of murder.
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New Nightmare 1994  R, 112 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
aka: A Nightmare on Elm Street 7
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Jeff Davis, Miko Hughes, David Newsom, Matt Winston, Wes Craven, Rob LaBelle, Marianne Maddalena, Gretchen Oehler, John Saxon, Robert Shaye, Tracy Middendorf, Bodhi Elfman
Lots of screaming is about all one can say concerning this "Nightmare" movie in which actors from previous "Freddy Krueger" films return for more slashing. Of special note, Robert Englund appears as himself, opposing his old character, Freddy. And you thought the series ended with #6.
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| 1. Dying to Belong (1997)
2. Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995)
3. El Cortez (2006)
4. New Nightmare (1994)
aka: A Nightmare on Elm Street 7
aka: Wes Craven's New Nightmare
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