Posts Tagged ‘cult-director’

Wild Bunch, The (1969)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Action | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Holden, William | Borgnine, Ernest | Ryan, Robert | O'Brien, Edmond | Oates, Warren | Sánchez, Jaime | Johnson, Ben | Fernández, Emilio | Martin, Strother | Jones, L. Q. | Dekker, Albert | Hopkins, Bo | Taylor, Dub | Harper, Paul | Russek, Jorge
Directors: Peckinpah, Sam
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A few months before World War I, an aging band of outlaws led by Pike Bishop rob a Texas bank intent on using the money to retire. When the robbery goes wrong, the gang is forced to flee to Mexico with Bishop’s reformed ex-partner, Deke Thornton, in hot pursuit. With nothing to show for the failed robbery, Bishop’s gang agrees to steal a shipment of guns for General “Mapache” Juerta, to restore their fortunes. With Thornton closing in, and their association with the evil Juerta trying their conscience, Bishop and co. prepare for their lawless past to catch up with them.

Nightmare on Elm Street, A (1984)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Saxon, John | Blakley, Ronee | Langenkamp, Heather | Wyss, Amanda | Garcia, Jsu | Depp, Johnny | Fleischer, Charles | Whipp, Joseph | Englund, Robert | Shaye, Lin | Unger, Joe | Craven, Mimi | Shea, Jack | Call, Ed | Lipton, Sandy
Directors: Craven, Wes
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On Elm Street, Nancy Thompson and a group of her friends including Tina Gray, Rod Lane and Glen Lantz are being tormented by a clawed killer in their dreams named Freddy Krueger. Nancy must think quickly, as Freddy tries to pick off his victims one by one. When he has you in your sleep, who is there to save you?

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Jones, Duane | O'Dea, Judith | Hardman, Karl | Eastman, Marilyn | Wayne, Keith | Ridley, Judith | Schon, Kyra | Craig, Charles | Hinzman, S. William | Kosana, George | Doak, Frank | Cardille, Bill 'Chilly Billy' | McDonald, A.C.
Directors: Romero, George A.
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Chaos descends upon the world as the brains of the recently deceased become inexplicably reanimated, causing the dead to rise and feed on human flesh. Speculation rests on a radiation-covered NASA satellite returning from Venus, but it only remains a speculation. Anyone who dies during the crisis of causes unrelated to brain trauma will return as a flesh-eating zombie, including anyone who has been bitten by a zombie. The only way to destroy the zombies is to destroy the brain. As the catastrophe unfolds, a young woman visiting her father’s grave takes refuge in a nearby farmhouse, where she is met by a man who protects her and barricades them inside. They both later discover people hiding in the basement, and they each attempt to cope with the situation. Their only hope rests on getting some gasoline from a nearby pump into a truck that is running on empty, but this requires braving the hordes of ravenous walking corpses outside. When they finally put their plans into action, panic and personal tensions only add to the terror as they try to survive.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Genres: Comedy
Countries: UK
Actors: Sellers, Peter | Scott, George C. | Hayden, Sterling | Wynn, Keenan | Pickens, Slim | Bull, Peter | Jones, James Earl | Reed, Tracy | Creley, Jack | Berry, Frank | O'Neil, Robert | Beck, Glenn | Stephens, Roy
Directors: Kubrick, Stanley
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U.S. President Merkin Muffley is on the hot line to Moscow with some rather embarrassing news for the Soviet premier: “Hello, Dimitri….I’m fine….Now then, you know how we’ve always talked about the possibility of something going wrong with the bomb….The bomb, Dimitri. The hydrogen bomb….Well, now, what happened is that, uh, one of our base commanders…he went a little funny in the head….and he went and did a silly thing….He ordered his planes to attack your country.” A comedy about an accidental nuclear attack? One that ends with total annihilation, thermonuclear apocalypse? Preposterous! Stanley Kubrick thought otherwise. In the end his thinking prevailed. The mad saga revolves around a psychotic Strategic Air Command officer, Gen. Jack D. Ripper, who lets loose his B-52 bomber squadron on the Soviet Union. Ripper takes this unilateral action because of his paranoid belief that Communists are sapping and contaminating “all our precious bodily fluids” as part of their plan to take over the world.” Unbeknownst to Ripper, his attack will trigger the Russian’s ultimate weapon, the Doomsday Machine, a diabolical retaliatory device set to blow up the planet.

Hand, The (1981)

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Caine, Michael | Marcovicci, Andrea | McEnroe, Annie | McGill, Bruce | Lindfors, Viveca | Murphy, Rosemary | Hobel, Mara | Corley, Pat | Hormann, Nicholas | Marshall, Ed | Fleischer, Charles | Stinson, John | Altman, Richard | Watt, Sparky | Walter, Tracey
Directors: Stone, Oliver
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Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.

Batman (1989)

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: West, Adam | Ward, Burt | Meriwether, Lee | Romero, Cesar | Burgess Meredith | Gorshin, Frank | Napier, Alan | Hamilton, Neil | Repp, Stafford | Blake, Madge | Denny, Reginald | Frome, Milton | Perkins, Gil | Crockett, Dick | Sawaya, George
Directors: Martinson, Leslie H.
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In Gotham City, a dark knight known as Batman helps to defeat evil and keep the city’s citizens safe. When Jack Napier is transformed into the evil, Joker, he promises to take over Gotham City it is up to Batman to stop him in his tracks before it is too late.

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)

Friday, April 17th, 2009
Genres: Action | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Bannister, Reggie | Baldwin, A. Michael | Thornbury, Bill | Henry, Gloria Lynne | Connors, Kevin | Ambuehl, Cindy | Chandler, John Davis | Gardner, Brooks | Scrimm, Angus | Roseen, Irene | Davis, Sarah Scott | Tucker, Duane | Benedek, Claire | Way, Wendy | Beecher, Robert
Directors: Coscarelli, Don
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The Tall Man, that imposing menace from Morningside Mortuary, is back and once again haunting the thoughts of the now-adult Mike and his friend, ex-Ice Cream vendor Reggie. The two continue their hunt for the mysterious figure and in his path of destruction encounter a variety of dangerous situations, friends and enemies. They also must contend with the resurrected dead plus a growing number of the infamous and deadly silver spheres which aid the Tall Man as he sets his sights on indoctrinating Mike and finishing the fight begun so many years ago.

Phantasm II (1988)

Friday, April 17th, 2009
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: LeGros, James | Bannister, Reggie | Scrimm, Angus | Irvine, Paula | Phillips, Samantha | Tigar, Kenneth | Engel, Ruth C. | Major, Mark Anthony | Kushner, Rubin | Travis, Stacey | McNamara, J. Patrick | Baldwin, A. Michael | Gray, Amanda | Quezada, Elizabeth | Gray, Lauren
Directors: Coscarelli, Don
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Mike, following his release from a psychiatric hospital, teams up with old pal Reggie to hunt down the Tall Man, who is at it again. A mysterious, beautiful girl has also become part of Mike’s dreams, and they must find her before the Tall Man does. They reach an Oregon cemetery that has had all the bodies dug up and removed. Realizing this is the work of the Tall Man, they venture inside armed heavily. But the Tall Man still has his deadly flying spheres - and a couple of cronies who will stop at nothing to keep their evil plans a secret.

Phantasm (1979)

Friday, April 17th, 2009
Genres: Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Baldwin, A. Michael | Thornbury, Bill | Bannister, Reggie | Lester, Kathy | Kalbus, Terrie | Jones, Kenneth V. | Harper, Susan | Eastman, Lynn | Arntzen, David | Richmond, Ralph | Cone, Bill | Mann, Laura | Shaw, Mary Ellen | Scotton, Myrtle | Scrimm, Angus
Directors: Coscarelli, Don
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Mike cannot decide what is real and what isn’t, and is plagued by vivid nightmares. He gets the shock of his life when he watches, with binoculars, the conclusion of the funeral of his older brother’s friend—the mortician (the Tall Man), by himself, lifts the casket into the back of a hearse. Mike heads to the grounds of the mortuary, which is home to very bizarre happenings, including a unique security device. Enlisting the help of brother Jody and ice cream salesman Reggie, Mike attempts to vanquish the Tall Man.

Land of Plenty (2004)

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Williams, Michelle | Diehl, John | Toub, Shaun | Pierce, Wendell | Edson, Richard | Young, Burt | Elvin, Yuri | Poindexter, Jeris | White, Rhonda Stubbins | Thomas, Victoria | Kimbrough, Matthew | West, Paul | Parise, Jeffrey Vincent | Lang, Christa | Stearns, Warren
Directors: Wim Wenders
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The Gospels, preached at a Skid-Row mission, contrast with images of LA’s homeless, post-9/11 mistrust, and anti-Muslim violence. Lana cares about the poor - she’s just come to LA from the West Bank, staying at a mission. She seeks her uncle Paul, a burned out Agent-Orange-addled Vietnam War vet, now a vigilante security cop, watching for terrorists two years after 9/11, suspicious of everything, including a Muslim carrying boxes of Borax. Lana and Paul drive to Death Valley, Lana to take the body of a murdered homeless Muslim to his brother, Paul to follow the Borax trail. Does family reconciliation resemble something larger?