Once a stalwart of the ex-rental bin, Witchcraft is a sustained riff on Rosemary's Baby with a conventional bit of colonial curse business thrown in. It opens with a pair of witches being burned in Puritan New England, a warlock and his pregnant wife, intercutting the mob justice (in point of fact, witches in America were hanged not burned) with a modern-day woman, Grace (Anat Topol-Barzilai), giving birth. With her new baby, Grace moves into the mansion of her blow-dried yuppie husband (Gary Sloan) and his sinister mother (Mary Shelley, no relation) only to find the place equipped with a hulking mute butler, a haunted mirror and sundry cheap phenomena. When a priest calls to see the baby, he is sick at the sight of the little fellow and then develops a severe case of boils that leads to him hanging himself in front of the heroine. It's not hard to spot the villains behind the conspiracy, and things wind up in the attic with a lively round of decapitations, disembowelments, burnings and sacrifices. Competently directed by Robert Spera, with adequate performances from a no-name cast, a droning synth score and some gruesome moments, it's a thoroughly ordinary picture, no better or worse than hundreds of others. The big mystery is how this 1988 title managed to spin off no fewer than ten sequels, up to the 2000 release Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood. --Kim Newman
With Tim Roth as Oliver Cromwell and Dougray Scott as Sir Thomas Fairfax, the film explores how the love and loyalty between two of the most fasicnating figures of the English Civil War turned to betrayal and political intrigue.
Species (Dir. Roger Donaldson 1995): Men cannot resist her. Mankind may not survive her! When a creature geneticaly engineered through extraterrestrial intelligence escapes from observation scientist Xavier Fitch (Kingsley) assembles an elite team of experts to track it down. The crew - a government assassin (Madsen) an empath (Whitaker) a biologist (Helgenberger) and an anthropologist (Molina) - combines their expertise and traces their prey to Los Angeles. The
Yngwie Malmsteen is captured in two live concerts from Japan and Leningrad.
It's Jaws with claws! When two young couples on a road trip make the fatal decision to take a short cut through a deserted forest they find themselves terrified and stranded with a blown tire in the territory of a clan of colossal bears. In the ensuing panic a female bear is shot and killed only for the bear's mate a monstrous Grizzly to emerge from the darkness to seek vicious revenge. Trapped in their car and fighting for their lives the group must use their wits and every last drop of their survival instinct to escape as they face a fierce showdown to the death.
Life is about to change for Brett Bumpers Martin Van Buren High School's resident brain. Socially inept and head over heels in love with Samantha the school beauty. Brett receives a mysterious package a talisman and the power to make three wishes. Brett makes his first wish - for Samantha to be his date at the school dance then makes a second wish for Samantha to fall in love with him. But evil forces have been awakened by the use of dark magic. A sinister force appears and method
Terry Scott & June Whitfield were the perfect foils for one another happily married but far from dull.
1950s musical comedy starring Frankie Vaughan. When up-and-coming musician Johnny Burns (Vaughan) falls for Joanna Baring (Janette Scott), the daughter of widowed classical musical promoter Frances Baring (Anna Neagle), he does all he can to get on her mother's good side. Upon signing a record deal Johnny uses the cash advance to help out Joanna who is struggling financially. However, when Joanna's mother finds out that Johnny is a pop musician, she is less than impressed.
Mega Shark V Giant Octopus: From the depths of the ocean they came for the most titanic struggle ever witnessed. Two mythical beasts defying the laws of nature and threatening all of humanity in a vicious battle to certain death! '80s pop sensation Debbie Gibson stars as maverick marine biologist Emma MacNeil. She witnesses a catastrophic collision with a rapidly melting glacier unleashing two enormous behemoths trapped in the ice for millions of years locked in terrible mortal combat! With the help of a military specialist tasked with destroying these beasts MacNeil must stop the onslaught of disaster and mayhem. Ships are annihilated planes fall from the sky bridges crumble cities flee for their lives and the world stands on the brink of disaster at the fins and tentacles of the most fearsome monsters on the planet. The fight of a thousand millennia is about to kick off! Lockjaw: Terror scales new heights of intensity when a voodoo curse thought buried in the mists of time reignites the fanged horror of the infamous Kulev Serpent the gargantuan Lockjaw. When his wife is killed in a devastating accident by delinquent vacationers distraught Alan Cade calls upon demonic forces he can barely comprehend to exact his revenge. Once summoned Alan realizes too late that this ancient evil cannot be tamed or reasoned with. It will stop at nothing and no one will be spared. Now the only thing that stands in its way is Army special ops vet and master hunter Nick Kirabo (hip hop superstar DMX - Cradle 2 the Grave and Never Die Alone) who has been waiting for Lockjaw to return. Bear: An idyllic trip into bear country turns into a nightmare when the mini-van carrying two brothers and their partners suddenly blows a tire on a mountain road and rouses the attentions of one of the inhabiting Grizzly population. Defiantly one of the brothers Wall Street hot-shot Sam pulls out a gun and kills the curious creature. Big mistake! As the group head on into the woods the bear's mate a ferocious eight-foot-tall Grizzly arrives on the scene and attacks. As they battle against the surprisingly cunning and intelligent beast secrets between the brothers and their own mates begin to emerge. Trapped inside their van fighting for their lives the group must use their wits and every last drop of survival instinct they have to survive and escape a fierce showdown with the claws of death!
Lester Long never forgets a friend... He has a firm handshake a ready smile and some strange ideas about friendship. His name is Lester Long and when the bodies start piling up he generously decides to share the blame. Now the F.B.I. has got the whole town under observation and Lester has put his new friend Clay over a barrel. The only way for Clay to set things straight is to beat one twisted individual at his own game of deceit and double-crossing!
When a carefree playboy (John Payne) joins the Marine Corps he tests the skill and patience of the tough veteran sergeant (Randolph Scott) who tries to whip him into a real Marine. But as his training proceeds the recruit's cocky selfishness is replaced by selfless valour and he eventually earns the love of a beautiful Navy nurse (Maureen O'Hara). Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography 'To The Shores Of Tripoli' was shot with the co-operation of the US Marine
A film student follows a Melbourne-based hitman in this Australian hit.
A Texas Ranger stands on one side of the border aimed at cleaning up the Mexican drug traffic. A ruthless narcotics kingpin who'll stop at nothing to get his way stands on the other. Friends since childhood now they are deadly adversaries...
A trio of budding astronaut chimps with the Wrong Stuff find themselves on the far side of the galaxy and having to help a planet in need.
A young father is suddenly killed in an automobile accident and to honour his memory his widow and daughter move into the family's dilapidated Victorian estate. Thus begin a series of some very terrifying apparitions.
Titles Comprise: Vampire Secrets: In this fascinating journey through time HISTORY uncovers the ancient folkloric origins of blood-craving creatures from beyond the grave. Bram Stoker: This fascinating programme introduces the man behind one of literature's most enduring creations. MonsterQuest: Movie Monsters Vampires in America: We investigate cases of people who thirst for blood. Can science separate the fact from the fiction surrounding these creatures of the night? Origins Of The Vampire: The fictional vampire is rooted in a grim reality the vampire legend grew out of actual incidents and horrifying encounters with death and the unknown. We investigate the vampire. History's Mysteries The Real Dracula: The exploits of the fictional vampires pale in comparison to the horrors committed by Vlad THE REAL DRACULA! We look at the truth behind the fiction. Cities of the Underworld: Dracula's Underground: We unearth the facts and myths of Bucharest's most famous figure Vlad the Impaler more commonly known as Dracula. Travelling underground to explore secret prisons caves and dungeons.
A small town cop in Illinois investigates the murders of local teenagers eventually tracing the crimes to a research laboratory where mind experiments have been taking place by an insane doctor. An extremely gruesome horror title.
Alicia a plain unpopular college student is paired with Hadley a beautiful privileged coed to work on a sociology project titled ""Lead Follow or Get Out of the Way."" At first rejected Alicia is finally accepted into Hadley's clique where she is introduced to a world of privilege recreational drugs and dangerous thrills. But Alicia's attempts to fit in ultimately land her in the hospital. As the local sheriff (Diggs) tries to determine the chain of events that led to Alicia's
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