A gang of train robbers, including Alphonse (Frankie Howerd), stash the loot in an abandoned building, that later becomes the new home of St. Trinians, thanks to a grant from the new minister of education (Raymond Huntley). While Headmistress Amber Spottiswood (Dora Bryan), Flash Harry (George Cole), and the girls of St. Trinian’s return to
Assassin Harry Hawkins (Alastair Sim), who specialized in eliminating insufferable blowhards, comes out of retirement to bump off egotistical Sir Gregory Upshott (Raymond Huntley). Unfortunately for Hawkins, a minor mistake has put incompetent vacuum-cleaner salesman, William Blake (George Cole), and sexy bride-to-be, Ann Vincent (Jill Adams), on his tail. They all head to The Green Man inn,
Commander Jack Rankin (Robert Horton) volunteers for a mission to destroy an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. But while planting the explosives, the team accidentally picks up a piece of alien slime which grows into deadly monsters when taken to the space station. Rankin must stop the slime, as well as deal with his
Two features and four faux trailers combine to bring back the feeling of 1970s grind house theaters. In the first feature, Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror, a virus transforms people into mutating zombies. Mysterious Wray (Freddy Rodriguez), his ex-girlfriend, go-go dancer Cherry (Rose McGowan), an anesthesia dart-wielding doctor, (Marley Shelton), the sheriff (Michael Biehn), and their
Long ago, a Kingdom was split by feuding brothers. Since then, the two countries have fought. With one about to lose, their sorcerer (Larry Drake) tricks the king into letting him summon the ancient protector of the land, a gryphon. With the creature firmly under his control, the sorcerer moves to take over both Kingdoms.Â
The street-hoods are eagerly awaiting news of where Nathan Detroit (Frank Sinatra) is holding the illegal crap game. Nathan needs a thousand dollars to secure a location and doesn’t have the money. When big time gambler Sky Masterson (Marlon Brando) brags that he can pick up any girl, Nathan sees an opportunity and bets him
A group of teen hackers, including ‘Crash Override’ (Jonny Lee Miller), who had been arrested as a child for breaking into government computers, ‘Acid Burn’ (Angelina Jolie), a girl with a chip on her shoulder, and ‘Cereal Killer’ (Matthew Lillard), the class clown, must band together to stop a corporate computer criminal (Fisher Stevens) who
Years after he killed his sister, the now grown Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and stalks babysitters. I didn’t see Halloween in ’78. Then it was a phenomenon. It was the beginning of a new kind of film (Not really; Bay of Blood was the beginning, but everyone didn’t start copying it till Halloween). By
Starting where Halloween finished, Michael Myers continues his killing spree; his main target, Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis), is now a patient at the local hospital. Attempting to save her and stop Michael is Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence). By the time 1981 strolled along, any originally in the Slasher sub-genre had been drained away. Dozens of look-a-like, feel-a-like
Doctor Dan Challis (Tom Atkins), suspicious after a man is murdered in the hospital, runs off with the victim’s daughter (Stacey Nelkin) to investigate a Halloween mask company that may hold clues to the killing. The company’s CEO, Mr. Cochran (Dan O’Herlihy), is in charge of an army of androids, and has evil plans involvingÂ
Michael Myers returns to his hometown to kill his niece, Jamie, and anyone else that gets in his way. Also returning is Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence), who along with the police and Jamie’s foster sister, try to save Jamie and stop Michael. Remember how in Halloween 2, Michael died, getting shot and then burned? Well, funny thing,