Abominable 2006  R, 94 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: Ryan Schifrin
Cast: Matt McCoy, Haley Joel, Christien Tinsley, Lance Henriksen, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace, Natalie Compagno, Karin Anna Cheung, Paul Gleason, Ashley Hartman, Rex Linn, Phil Morris, Michael Deak
As if being paralyzed and stranded in a mountain cabin were not enough, Preston Rogers (Matt McCoy) spies a 12-foot monster abducting a college girl and must find a way to convince Sheriff Halderman (Paul Gleason) of the danger in order to save himself and the nearby partying college students from further abductions by the beast.
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The Attic Expeditions 2000  R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jeremy Kasten
Cast: Andras Jones, Seth Green, Jeffrey Combs, Wendy Robie, Ted Raimi, Beth Bates, Shannon Hart Cleary, Alice Cooper, Jerry Hauck, Brenda James
Trevor (Andras Jones) is confined to a mental hospital after killing his girlfriend. His mind is working overtime and can't recall the events–in fact, he believes that perhaps the killing didn't happen at all. Could the mean hospital director (Jeffrey Combs) have anything to do with his condition?
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Beyond Re-Animator 2003 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Brian Yuzna
Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Jason Barry, Bruce Abbott, Elsa Pataky, Enrique Arce, Simon Andreu, Santiago Segura, Nico Baixas, Raquel Gribler, Lolo Herrero, Barbara Elorrieta, Javier Sandoval
Mad scientist Dr. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) is back and is serving prison time for his past deeds. But he has continued his research and now has improved his formula for bringing people back from the dead. He even has help from the prison doctor–whose sister was one of West's victims 13 years previously. But, alas, the results could be disastrous.
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Dead Man Walking 1988  R, 90 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Gregory Dark
Cast: Wings Hauser, Brion James, Jeffrey Combs, Pamela Ludwig, Sy Richardson, Nancy Locke, Joe D'Angerio
When a deadly disease plagues the Earth, an adventurer is hired to locate a girl and bring her back into a zone of safety. Not a bad movie, though not a biggie, either.
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Dillinger and Capone 1995 R, 94 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jon Purdy
Cast: Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Stephen Davies, Catherine Hicks, Don Stroud, Jeffrey Combs, Bert Remsen, Michael C. Gwynne, Clint Howard, Sasha Jenson
To make this film work you must assume that it really wasn't John Dillinger (Martin Sheen) who was shot outside the Biograph Theater, but rather his brother. Then, it makes sense that when Al Capone (F. Murray Abraham) is released from prison several years later and wants someone to recover the millions he has stashed away in the bank, he would turn to John. Of course Capone holds Dillinger's family hostage to ensure the heist is carried out.
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Edmond 2006 R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: William H. Macy, Julia Stiles, Joe Mantegna, Bai Ling, Jeffrey Combs, Denise Richards, Mena Suvari, Dylan Walsh, Russell Hornsby, Debi Mazar, Rebecca Pidgeon, Lionel Mark Smith, Marcus Thomas, Jack Wallace
Bored and discontented, middle-class businessman Edmund Burke (William H. Macy) stops by a tarot reader storefront on his way home from work. The message he receives, "You are not where you belong." encourages him to leave his wife (Rebecca Pidgeon). That act begins his downhill spiral into the city's violent underworld where Edmund responds in kind.
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Faust: Love of the Damned 2000  R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
Director: Brian Yuzna
Cast: Mark Frost, Isabel Brook, Jeffrey Combs, Monica Van Campen, Junix Inocian, Andrew Divoff, Ronny Svensson, Marc Martinez, Jennifer Rope, Leslie Charles, Fermi Reixach, Robert Paterson, Clare Leach, Francisco Maestre, Alex Sarr
In this violent, gory tale, John (Mark Frost) witnesses the murder of his girlfriend by a group of thugs. While in a saddened state, he is visited by M (Andrew Divoff), an agent of the devil. In order to get revenge, John makes a deal with the devil, resulting in his performing monstrous murders on a regular basis.
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 FearDotCom 2002  R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Malone
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea, Udo Kier, Amelia Shankley, Jeffrey Combs, Nigel Terry, Gesine Cukrowski, Michael Sarrazin, Anna Thalbach
Sex and violence reek throughout this horror flick about a Web Site that knows what scares people. Those who log on end up being killed within 48 hours–by whatever each fears most. Sick, sick, sick.
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Felony 1996 R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: David A. Prior
Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Ashley Laurence, Leo Rossi, Lance Henriksen, Joe Don Baker, Charles Napier, David Warner, Patrick J. Gallagher, Corinna Everson, Red West
A SWAT team attempt at a New Orleans drug raid goes awry and results in the massacre of 11 policemen. A TV cameraman (Jeffrey Combs) has the tape of what happened and, as a result, is hunted down by police, the drug pushers, and crooked federal agents.
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Fortress 1993 R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith, Loryn Locklin, Clifton Collins Jr., Lincoln Kilpatrick, Jeffrey Combs, Tom Towles, Vernon Wells, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Alan Zitner, Denni Gordon, Eric Briant Wells, Dragicia Debert, Heidi Stein, Harry Nurmi
Set in the future, this story is about John Henry Brennick (Christopher Lambert) and his wife, Karen (Loryn Locklin), who are thrown into prison for having a baby–in violation of population control laws. Their sentence includes mind control, laser beams for cell bars, and a stomach probe that electronically causes intense pain. Despite the odds, John plots their escape.
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The Frighteners 1996 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Director: Peter Jackson
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace, Chi McBride, Jim Fyfe, Julianna McCarthy, R. Lee Ermey, Jake Busey, Troy Evans, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Angela Bloomfield, Desmond Kelly
When citizens of Fairwater realize they have a problem with ghosts, they call on the services of ghostbuster Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) who has psychic powers that enable him to see ghosts. There have been many mysterious murders in the town, and Bannister joins forces with one victim's widow, Lucy Lunskey (Trini Alvarado), and follows the trail leading to invalid Patricia Bradley (Dee Wallace) and her mother (Julianna McCarthy) to uncover the mystery.
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 Frightmare 1983  R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Horror Star
Director: Norman Thaddeus Vane
Cast: Ferdy Mayne, Luca Bercovici, Nita Talbot, Leon Askin, Jennifer Starrett, Barbara Pilavin, Carlene Olson, Scott Thomson, Donna McDaniel, Jeffrey Combs, Alan Stock, Peter Kastner
Horror film star Conrad Radzoff (Ferdy Mayne) murders his director and shortly thereafter dies himself. Horror film club teens decide to pay tribute to their hero with a party and steal the body for the event. They shouldn't have done that since Conrad is brought back as a zombie by a medium and takes revenge on the youngsters. Really bad, except Ferdy Mayne is fun as the flamboyant Conrad.
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From Beyond 1986 R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ted Sorel, Ken Foree, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Bunny Summers, Bruce McGuire, Del Russell, Dale Wyatt, Karen Christenfeld, Andy Miller, John Leamer, Regina Bleesz
Dr. Edward Pretorious (Ted Sorel) and his assistant Crawford Tillinghast (Jeffrey Combs) create a resonator that stimulates the brain and allows one to see creatures that exist in another dimension. When one of the creatures bites off Dr. Pretorious' head, Tillinghast is suspected of murdering him and placed in a mental ward where his psychiatrist Dr. Katherine McMichaels (Barbara Crampton) believes he is innocent. She encourages him to continue the experiments, and the Pretorious creature returns and draws the others into its labyrinth. Good special effects.
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The Guyver 1991 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Screaming Mad George, Steve Wang
Cast: Mark Hamill, Vivian Wu, Jack Armstrong, David Gale, Michael Berryman, Jimmie Walker, Spice Williams, Peter Spellos, Willard E. Pugh, Jeffrey Combs, David Wells, Deborah Gorman
CIA agent Max Reed (Mark Hamill) sets off to obtain a mysterious box from a scientist, but the scientist is murdered after hiding the box from his killers. Sean (Jack Armstrong) finds the box, and, when he gets into a fight, the box causes him to be encased in armor and become a super-being. But the aliens, who can change into terrifying reptilian creatures, want their device back There is a sequel to this film that is based on a Japanese comic-book character.
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 The House on Haunted Hill 1999 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Malone
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter, Bridgette Wilson, Peter Gallagher, Chris Kattan, Max Perlich, Jeffrey Combs, Janet Tracy Keijser, Peter Graves, James Marsters, Dick Beebe, Slavitza Jovan, Lisa Loeb
Eccentric millionaire Stephen H. Price (Geoffrey Rush) plans a birthday party for his wife Evelyn (Famke Janssen) and offers $1,000,000 to any guest who can stay in a haunted house for one entire night. Once everyone arrives, they realize that they are locked inside. The house was once a mental institution, and it appears that its reputation of being haunted just might be true.
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 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer 1998 R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Danny Cannon
Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brandy Norwood, Freddie Prinze Jr., Mekhi Phifer, Muse Watson, Bill Cobbs, Matthew Settle, Jennifer Esposito, Red West, Jeffrey Combs, John Hawkes, Ellerine Harding, Benjamin Brown, Michael P. Byrne, Michael Bryan French
This is the sequel to "I Know What You Did Last Summer." It stars Jennifer Love Hewitt as Julie James, a survivor of the original film, who heads for a Bahamas vacation with her friends, Karla (Brandy Norwood), Tyrell (Mekhi Phifer), and Will (Matthew Settle). Once there, they run head on into a stalker–with a hook for a hand that he uses to send his message.
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Love and a .45 1994 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: C.M. Talkington
Cast: Gil Bellows, Renee Zellweger, Rory Cochrane, Jeffrey Combs, Jace Alexander, Ann Wedgeworth, Peter Fonda, Tammy Le Blanc, Wiley Wiggins, Jack Nance, Charlotte Ross, Scott Roland, Michael Bowen, Todd Conner, Richard Rothenberg
A white-trash couple, Watty (Gil Bellows) and Starlene (Rene Zellweger), are on the lam after Watty's partner Billy Mack (Rory Cochrane) kills a clerk during a robbery. The couple rob banks and have even become cop killers during their flight as the law and two loan sharks follow in pursuit. TV coverage makes the couple popular in this violent, but somewhat fun, film.
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The Phantom Empire 1986 R, 84 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Fred Olen Ray
Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Sybil Danning, Susan Stokey, Michelle Bauer, Tricia Brown, Ross Hagen, Russ Tamblyn, William Smith, Dawn Wildsmith, Robert Quarry, Michael Sonye, Victoria Alexander
This low budget film finds our hero, Andrew (Jeffrey Combs), and his fellow adventurers looking for lost diamonds. But, instead, they find a new world headed by a queen (Sybil Danning) and chock full of monsters. A fun take-off on old sci-fi serials.
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 The Pit and the Pendulum 1991 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Lance Henriksen, Rona DeRicci, Jonathan Fuller, Frances Bay, Jeffrey Combs, Mark Margolis, Stephen Lee, Oliver Reed, Tom Towles, William Norris
Set during the 15th century at the time of the Spanish Inquisition and shot in a European castle, this version of Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale carries an air of authenticity. The plot involves the evil deeds of the unbalanced Grand Inquisitor Forquemada (Lance Henriksen) who uses the name of God and the Church to support the use of his torture chamber.
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Return to House on Haunted Hill 2007 R, 79 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Víctor García
Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Amanda Righetti, Cerina Vincent, Erik Palladino, Andrew Lee Potts, Steven Pacey, Tom Riley, Calita Rainford, Gil Kolirin, Andrew Pleavin, Chucky Venice, Tatina de Marinis, Laia Gonzalez, George Zlatarev, Stilyana Mitkova
It has been eight years since Sara was the only one who escaped from the house on Haunted Hill. No one believed Sara when she told them that ghosts killed the others who were with her for that night of terror. Now, after Sara apparently committed suicide, her sister Ariel (Amanda Righetti) and Paul (Tom Riley) go to Sara's apartment, and they meet Professor Richard Vannacutt (Jeffrey Combs) who is searching for Sara's journal as a lead to finding the cursed statue of Baphomet that is worth millions and is believed to cause evil doings within the House. Later, treasure hunter Desmond (Erik Palladino) kidnaps Ariel and Paul, and they are taken to the House where others await. The doors close, and this time the reawakened ghosts set out to make sure that not one soul escapes.
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Snide and Prejudice 2001 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Philippe Mora
Cast: Angus Macfadyen, Rene Auberjonois, T.C. Warner, Mena Suvari, Richard Moll, Brian McDermott, John Dennis Johnston, Joseph Bottoms, Sam Bottoms, Brion James, Jeffrey Combs, Richard Edson
Dr. Sam Cohen (Rene Auberjonois) has a unique treatment for his psychotic patients. One patient, Michael (Angus Macfadyen), thinks he is Hitler and has other patients believing they are Nazi followers. Dr. Cohen takes advantage of this as he encourages the patients to present a story of Hitler's life. A good cast but otherwise a plodding comedy/drama.
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Trancers II 1991 R, 87 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Charles Band
Cast: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Megan Ward, Biff Manard, Martine Beswick, Jeffrey Combs, Alyson Croft, Telma Hopkins, Art LaFleur, Barbara Crampton
OK–the original, though cheap, was fun. But this one can't get away with the low production values (as they say) without comment. Jack (Tim Thomerson) got stuck in the past (now, 1991) after dealing with the Trancer problem in 1985. He is married to Lena (Helen Hunt) and another Trancer threat emerges, led by Whistler's (from the original) brother. To help Jack out, the 23rd-century council sends his wife back from the future. And you think he had problems before.
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| 1. Abominable (2006)
2. The Attic Expeditions (2000)
3. Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
4. Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
5. Cyclone (1987)
6. Dead Man Walking (1988)
7. Dillinger and Capone (1995)
8. Edmond (2006)
9. Faust: Love of the Damned (2000)
10. FearDotCom (2002)
11. Felony (1996)
12. Fortress (1993)
13. The Frighteners (1996)
14. Frightmare (1983)
aka: The Horror Star
15. From Beyond (1986)
16. The Guyver (1991)
17. The House on Haunted Hill (1999)
18. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
19. Love and a .45 (1994)
20. The Phantom Empire (1986)
21. The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
22. Re-Animator (1985)
23. Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007)
24. Snide and Prejudice (2001)
25. Trancers II (1991)
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