The Alarmist 1998  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Evan Dunsky
Cast: David Arquette, Stanley Tucci, Kate Capshaw, Mary McCormack, Ryan Reynolds, Tricia Vessey, Ruth Miller, Michael Learned, Lewis Arquette, Hoke Howell
Tommy Hudler (David Arquette) takes on the job of a security systems salesman but soon discovers that the owner of his company, Heinrich Grigoris (Stanley Tucci), uses fear tactics to attract customers-many customers have experienced an unusual number of tragic events. Based on Dunsky's Broadway play "Life During Wartime."
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Columbo: Murder by the Book 1971  TV, 79 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Peter Falk, Jack Cassidy, Martin Milner, Rosemary Forsyth, Barbara Colby, Lynette Mettey, Bernie Kuby, Hoke Howell, Marcia Wallace, Haven Earl Haley
Written by Steven Bochco, this is an entertaining movie about TV cop Columbo and his solution to the murder of a mystery writer.
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Evil Spirits 1991  R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Gary Graver
Cast: Karen Black, Michael Berryman, Arte Johnson, Virginia Mayo, Martine Beswick, Bert Remsen, Debra Lamb, Robert Quarry, Yvette Vickers, Joan Caulfield, Anthony Eisley, Hoke Howell
Boarding-house owner Ella Purdy (Karen Black) listens to the advice of her dead husband and kills off her tenants but keeps their monthly Social Security checks for herself.
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The Glove 1979 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Blood Mad
The Glove: Lethal Terminator
Lethal Terminator
Director: Ross Hagen
Cast: John Saxon, Roosevelt Grier, Joanna Cassidy, Joan Blondell, Jack Carter, Keenan Wynn, Aldo Ray, Michael Pataki, Howard Honig, Hoke Howell, Misty Bruce, Nicholas Worth
Los Angeles bounty hunter Sam Kellough (John Saxon) needs money and to enhance his financial situation takes on the assignment of tracking down psychotic killer Victor Hale (Roosevelt Grier) who has a $20,000 bounty on his head.
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Grand Theft Auto 1977  PG, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Ron Howard, Nancy Morgan, Peter Isacksen, Marion Ross, Barry Cahill, Elizabeth Rogers, Rance Howard, Paul Linke, Clint Howard, Don Steele, James Ritz, Hoke Howell
In this film, Ron Howard's directorial debut, Sam (Ron Howard) elopes with an heiress (Nancy Morgan) in her father's (Barry Cahill) Rolls Royce. Before long, her family and others are in hot pursuit.
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Haunting Fear 1991  R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Fred Olen Ray
Cast: Brinke Stevens, Jan-Michael Vincent, Karen Black, Jay Richardson, Delia Sheppard, Michael Berryman, Robert Clark, Robert Quarry, Hoke Howell, Greta Carlson
Victoria (Brinke Stevens) suffers nightmares about being buried alive and seeks help from a therapist, Dr. Julia Harcourt (Karen Black). Meanwhile, Victoria's husband, Terry (Jay Richardson), is having an affair with his secretary, Lisa (Delia Sheppard), and is plotting Victoria's murder–a bad move because it will drive Victoria completely insane–running off, wielding a knife, and disappearing into the night.
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 Humanoids from the Deep 1980 R, 80 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Barbara Peeters
Cast: Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow, Cindy Weintraub, Anthony Penya, Denise Galik, Frank Arnold, Hoke Howell
Salmon monsters, spawned from pollution, rise from the water to murder men and rape women in the nearby beach town.
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Invisible Dad 1997 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Fred Olen Ray
Cast: William Meyers, Daran Norris, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Steve Scionti, Robert Donovan, Ross Hagen, Charles Dierkop, Karen Black, Nicholas Dunn, Shayna Ryan, Hoke Howell, Gary Graver
While exploring the house that Doug (William Meyers) and his workaholic dad (Daran Norris) just moved into after the latest of several moves, Doug finds a machine left behind by an eccentric inventor. The machine makes wishes come true, and Doug has fun with it until Dad finds it and orders Doug to destroy it. While doing so, the unhappy youth utters that he wished his dad would disappear–and dad becomes invisible. While Dad tries to cope with that, Doug tries to fix the machine. Yuk.
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Kingdom of the Spiders 1977 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John "Bud" Cardos
Cast: William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode, Lieux Dressler, Altovise Davis, David McLean, Natasha Ryan, Joe Ross, Marcy Lafferty, Adele Malis-Morey, Roy Engel, Hoke Howell
A new insecticide has killed off the normal food supply for the Arizona tarantulas. When local farm animals die, vet Rack Hansen (William Shatner) investigates. He determines that the deaths are due to spider venom and calls for help from entomologist Diane Ashley (Tiffany Bolling). As the two search for answers, the migrating spiders approach the town, where the townsfolk become the next delicacy in the spiders' food chain. Interesting tongue-in-cheek humor and background music contribute to the film.
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The Klansman 1974  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Burning Cross
KKK
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, Cameron Mitchell, Lola Falana, Linda Evans, O.J. Simpson, Hoke Howell, David Ladd, Luciana Paluzzi, David Huddleston, Ed Call, John Alderson, John Pearce
Sheriff Bascomb (Lee Marvin) and townsman Breck Stancill (Richard Burton) battle against the Ku Klux Klan in their town.
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Mean Guns 1997 R, 104 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Albert Pyun
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Ice-T, Michael Halsey, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Kimberly Warren, Tina Cote, Yuji Okumoto, Thom Mathews, Hoke Howell, James Mathers, Jahi J.J. Zuri, Jerry Rector
Action abounds in this film involving assassins, weapons, and $10,000,000. Three Syndicate traitors, Marcus (Michael Halsey), Lou (Christopher Lambert), and D (Kimberly Warren) are forced into a survival-of-the fittest contest–the devious plot of Syndicate boss Vincent Moon (Ice-T) to punish those who have screwed up his operations.
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Wizards of the Demon Sword 1991 R, 81 min.
Genre: Action / Fantasy
Director: Fred Olen Ray
Cast: Lyle Waggoner, Russ Tamblyn, Blake Bahner, Heidi Paine, Jay Richardson, Dawn Wildsmith, Dan Speaker, Lawrence Tierney, Michael Berryman, Hoke Howell, Dan Golden
The evil Lord Khoura (Lyle Waggoner) grabs possession of the Knife of Actar and, in the process, kidnaps the sword's keeper, Ulric (Russ Tamblyn). Ulric's daughter, Melina (Heidi Paine), recruits swordsman Thane (Blake Bahner) to help free her father, regain the sword, and save the world.
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| 1. The Alarmist (1998)
2. Columbo: Murder by the Book (1971)
3. Evil Spirits (1991)
4. The Glove (1979)
aka: Blood Mad
aka: The Glove: Lethal Terminator
aka: Lethal Terminator
5. Grand Theft Auto (1977)
6. Haunting Fear (1991)
7. Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
8. Invisible Dad (1997)
9. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
10. The Klansman (1974)
aka: The Burning Cross
aka: KKK
11. Mean Guns (1997)
12. Wizards of the Demon Sword (1991)
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