|
Video Vault
|
Written by Larry Clow
|
|
Thursday, 03 January 2008 |
|
Columbia Pictures, 1981
starring: Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Lawrence Dane and Tracey Bregman
directed by: J. Lee Thompson
the plot: Virginia
Wainwright (Anderson) is on the cusp of her 18th birthday, and, while
her life looks good on the surface, she carries a dark secret. The
teenager returned to school following a terrible accident that killed
her mother and caused Virginia to lose most of her memory. Working with
her psychiatrist, Dr. David Faraday (Ford), has helped some memories
return. But, it’s when she hangs out with her friends—the popular
clique at her school known as the “Top Ten”—that other, more tragic
memories surface. During a race over an opening drawbridge one night,
Virginia begins having flashbacks of her accident. Soon thereafter, she
begins to feel as though she’s being stalked by someone, and her
friends start disappearing one by one. Virginia pulls closer to her
best friend, Ann (Bregman), and the two are left helpless as the Top
Ten slowly reduce in numbers. Days before her birthday, Virgina’s
father (Dane) is called away on business and Virginia is left home
alone.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by Larry Clow
|
|
Thursday, 27 December 2007 |
|
Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, 1968
starring: John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli and Adolfo Celi
directed by: Mario Bava
the plot: In a nameless
European city, a super-thief known only as Diabolik (Law) becomes a
thorn in the side of both law enforcement and the city’s criminals.
When Diabolik steals $10 million out from under the watchful eye of
Inspector Ginko (Piccoli), the lawman decides to crack down on all the
city’s criminals in the hopes of catching Diabolik. This raises the ire
of Valmont (Celi), the ruthless leader of the city’s criminal
syndicate, who pledges to capture Diabolik in order to take the heat
off his own illegal activities. While Ginko publicizes the appearance
of a rare emerald necklace in order to lure Diabolik into the open,
Valmont arranges the kidnapping of Eva Kant (Mell), Diabolik’s lover
and partner in crime.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by Larry Clow
|
|
Thursday, 20 December 2007 |
|
American International Pictures, 1971
starring: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North and Peter Jeffrey
directed by: Robert Fuest
the plot: Across London, prominent
physicians are meeting their end in a series of increasingly bizarre
deaths. One doctor is found drained of his blood, another the victim of
a vicious attack by vampire bats. Scotland Yard Inspector Trout
(Jeffrey) is put on the case, but the attacks—all patterned after the
mythical 10 plagues of Egypt—baffle him. That is, until he meets Dr.
Vesalius (Cotten), who reveals the hidden connection among the
physicians. Four years earlier, all of them operated on Dr. Anton
Phibes (Price) and his wife following a terrible car accident. Phibes’
wife died on the operating table, and Phibes himself was believed to
have died in the car wreck. However, Phibes, a highly skilled surgeon,
musician and student of theology, actually survived the accident, but
faked his death in order to hide his hideously scarred face. In the
intervening years, Phibes and his assistant (North) conceived an
elaborate plan for revenge against the team of physicians that Phibes
blamed for his wife’s death. As Trout and Vesalius race across London
and attempt to stop Phibes’ attacks, the mad doctor manages to stay
several steps ahead of them, using disguises, intricate traps and other
tricks to elude authorities.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by Larry Clow
|
|
Thursday, 13 December 2007 |
|
Alliance Communication Corp., 1986
starring: Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn and Randy Quaid
written and directed by: Mike Marvin
the plot: Packard
Walsh (Cassavetes) and his cadre of motorhead thugs use their souped-up
cars to terrorize a small desert town. Using threats of violence and
deadly drag races to keep the town’s teens in line, Packard and his
crew seem unstoppable. But all of that changes when Jake Kesey (Sheen)
shows up. Jake’s appearance coincides with the sudden arrival of a
mysterious drag racer who directly challenges Packard’s gang to a
series of increasingly dangerous races. Soon, Jake is found cozying up
to Packard’s girlfriend, Keri (Fenn), and befriending Billy Hankins
(Matthew Barry), whose brother, Jamie, was murdered by Packard months
earlier.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by Larry Clow
|
|
Wednesday, 05 December 2007 |
|
Troma Films, 1988
starring: Sean Bowen, Rick Washburn, Carolyn Beauchamp and Tod Johnson
directed by: Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz
the plot:
A routine flight on Tromaville Airlines goes terribly awry for a group
of hapless passengers when the engines fail and the plane crashes on
what appears to be a deserted Caribbean island. The ragtag band of
survivors includes Taylor (Bowen), an average dude from Tromaville;
Lydia (Beauchamp), a haughty woman who doesn’t take kindly to Taylor’s
advances, and Parker (Washburn), a Vietnam vet turned car salesmen who
immediately puts his survivalist skills to use. As the crash survivors
soon discover, the island is populated by a gang of highly trained
terrorists. Led by the pig-faced Col. Schweinhart (Johnson), the
terrorists are preparing a fiendish plot of unthinkable proportions—a
hostile takeover of America!
|
|
Read more...
|
|
| | << Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >>
| | Results 19 - 27 of 153 |
|
|
Home
News
Features
Music
Film
Art
Literary
Food
Stage
Outside
All Stories
