What Kind of Vacation Is THIS?!? Witch Story (1989)

When Ed (Gary Kerr) and Marie Hayes (Elise Hirby) lose their parents in a strange accident, they are distraught. But not for long because they soon decide to leave New York and head south to Florida with their best friends. The destination? The old family manse that is forty miles away from anywhere. It’s a […]

You Are What You Dream: Underworld (1985)

Roy Bain (Larry Lamb) would rather spend his days painting than getting involved with old, bad influences like gangster-turned-industrialist Motherskille (Steven Berkoff). However, when Bain’s old flame Nicole (Nicola Cowper) is kidnapped by persons unknown, Motherskille hires the former gumshoe to take one last case. The investigation leads Bain to Pepperdine (Ingrid PItt) an exclusive […]

1 Blood Sacrifice = 13 Years of Power: Prime Evil (1988)

Alexandra Parkman (Christine Moore) is carrying around quite a bit of bad baggage, thanks to her creepy abusive dad. He’s gone, now, and she’s a grown woman, but she can’t stomach the idea of being touched, which makes things difficult for her fiancé Bill King (Tim Gail). She’s the head of a shelter for abused […]

You Shouldn’t Go Home Again: The Lurkers (1987)

When she was young, Cathy (Christine Moore) was terrified of imaginary monsters, which her pathological mother said would “get” her. These spectral beings waited in the stairwell or in the walls of her bedroom, emerging after dark to gaze upon her, to murmur or wail, to reach for her. Nightmarish situation, but not as much […]

Never Listen to the Crocodile With a Woman’s Face: Santet (1988)

When Bisman tires of his sickly wife, he murders her and blames santet (black magic). Because he is a businessman and gangster with quite a bit of power in his small, Indonesian village, Bisman convinces his thuggish allies that Quran reading Muslim priest Sarma (Novie Charndra) was responsible. Vigilante justice sees him burned for the […]

And Don’t It Make Your Brown Eyes Greeeen: Ghoulies (1985)

Orphaned Johnathan Graves (Peter Liapis) is moving back to the old family home and bringing his girlfriend Rebecca (Lisa Pelikan) with him. The house is a fixer upper, but nevertheless a sprawling manor with grounds. While searching around the place, trying to get a feel for the family he never knew, Johnathan discovers a large […]

Calling Up What Cannot Be Put Down: The Church (1989)

In the days of the Teutonic Knights (around the year 1000 C.E./A.D.), a gang of afflicted, demonic disease bearing infidels were put to the sword. Before evil energies could resurrect the bodies and seek revenge, a priest (Enrico Osterman) demanded that the mass grave be covered and consecrated. Later, a church would be erected on […]

The Hotel with a Witch in the Walls: Witchery (1988)

When Rose Brooks (Annie Ross) gets an opportunity to invest in a hotel, she wants to take a look at the property first. So, packing up her family—husband Freddie (Robert Champagne), pregnant daughter Jane (Linda Blair), and grandson Tommy (Michael Manchester)—as well as crew like architect Linda Sullivan (Catherine Hickland) and realtor Jerry Giordano (Rick […]

Evil Dead Three … Or Not: Ghosthouse (1988)

Ham radio enthusiast Paul (Greg Rhodes) catches a strange signal one night. A man calling for help just before murderous screams and some creepy carnival music (slooowed down to be even more eerie, naturally) interrupt. He and his girlfriend Martha (Lara Wendel) are soon on the trail of the signal, suspecting they might have overheard […]

Don’t Make Me Disqualify You: Fatal Games

The Falcon Academy of Athletes is gearing up to deliver some of the brightest and best candidates for the Olympics. The seven who survive this grueling regimen of diet, heavy training, and steroids/drug treatments will go to nationals. From there, to competing in the global spotlight. Several of the top contenders from Falcon’s various disciplines […]

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