Ace Up My Sleeve 1975  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Crime and Passion
Director: Ivan Passer
Cast: Karen Black, Omar Sharif, Joseph Bottoms, Elma Karlowa, Bernhard Wicki, Heinz Ehrenfreund, Volker Prechtel, Erich Padalewski, Robert L. Abrams, Franz Muxeneder
Omar Sharif plays a sex-crazed financier who takes one step too far with his secretary (Karen Black)–a decision that leads to their being targeted by her new husband.
|  | |
Airport 1975 1974  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Gloria Swanson, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Karen Black, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark, Helen Reddy, Linda Blair
This sequel to "Airport" falls short of the original as a small plane crashes into the flight deck of a 747. Heston is on the way to save the day as a flight attendant pilots the plane.
| | |
America Brown 2004 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Black
Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Hill Harper, Karen Black, Natasha Lyonne, Elodie Bouchez, Leo Burmester, Frankie Faison, Michael Rapaport, David Dayan Fisher
After high-school football star Ricky "America" Brown (Ryan Kwanten) leaves his Texas home to begin a new life in NYC, he finds refuge in Williamsburg with John Cross (Hill Harper) who had left Texas years before and is now a priest. Ricky becomes involved with waitress Vera (Natasha Lyonne), while Cross has his own problems to deal with–involving an affair with Rosie (Elodie Bouchez).
| | |
The Blue Man 1985 R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Eternal Evil
Director: George Mihalka
Cast: Winston Rekert, Karen Black, John Novak, Andrew Bednarski, Patty Talbot, Lois Maxwell, Vlasta Vrana, Walter Massey, Bronwen Booth, Joanne Cote
Director Paul Sharp (Winston Rekert) of TV commercials is bored with his life until Janus (Karen Black) teaches him the "art" of astral projection. He enjoys the experience until he finds out that when he is absent from his body, the body is taken over by another who commits gruesome murders.
| | |
Born to Win 1971 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Addict
Born to Lose
Director: Ivan Passer
Cast: George Segal, Karen Black, Paula Prentiss, Jay Fletcher, Hector Elizondo, Robert De Niro, Sylvia Simms, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Jose Perez, Jack Hollander, Burt Young, Alex Colon
This comedy/drama features George Segal as a New York City hairdresser who resorts to crime to support his expensive heroin addiction.
| | |
Bound and Gagged: A Love Story 1992 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Daniel B. Appleby
Cast: Chris Mulkey, Ginger Lynn Allen, Elizabeth Saltarrelli, Chris Denton, Karen Black, Mary Ella Ross, Abdul Salaam El Razzac, Andrea Scarpa, Gene Larche, Phyllis Wright
Elizabeth and Leslie (Elizabeth Saltarrelli and Ginger Lynn Allen) are bisexual lovers. Elizabeth keeps running off with other men, and Leslie is married to a brutal man, Steve (Chris Mulkey). After Steve finds out about the relationship, Elizabeth decides Leslie needs to get away. With the help of suicidal (because his wife left him) Cliff (Chris Denton), she kidnaps Leslie, and they head to a dude ranch with various "man stops" along the way. A fair road picture that showcases porn queen Ginger Lynn Allen.
| | |
Burnt Offerings 1976  PG, 115 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, Oliver Reed, Eileen Heckart, Lee Montgomery, Bette Davis, Dub Taylor, Anthony James
A young family–with elderly aunt in tow–rent an old home for their summer vacation and discover, too late, that it is haunted.
| | |
Capricorn One 1978  PG, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston, O.J. Simpson, Hal Holbrook, Karen Black, Telly Savalas, David Huddleston, James Sikking, David Doyle, Lee Bryant, Denise Nicholas, Alan Fudge, Robert Walden
There is a flaw in the design of the spaceship, and as a means of protecting the reputation of NASA, mission controller Dr. James Kelloway (Hal Holbrook) stages a Mars landing that is never meant to take place. The astronauts–(James Brolin, O.J. Simpson, and Sam Waterston)–are removed from the spaceship before it is launched and taken to a studio where they must pretend to be on the journey to Mars. But, journalist Robert Caulfield (Elliott Gould) becomes suspicious and investigates the conspiracy, which will go so far as to end the astronauts' lives as the means of keeping the hoax a secret.
| | |
Charades 1998 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: First Degree
Director: Stephen Eckelberry
Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Erika Eleniak, Jack Scalia, James Wilder, James Russo, Karen Black, Kimberley Kates, Richard Hillman, Robert Fields, James Andronica
Quinn and his wife (James Wilder and Kimberly Kates) host a weekend barbecue for his co-workers. We soon find out that there is a motivation behind the party when Jude (Karen Black) shows up. Jude's husband, who had been the owner of the company, was murdered, and Jude intends to find out "whodunit." A mix of mystery, thriller, and black comedy.
| | |
Children of the Corn: The Gathering 1996 R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Children of the Corn IV
Director: Greg Spence
Cast: Naomi Watts, Karen Black, Brent Jennings, Samaria Graham, Jamie Renee Smith, Brandon Kleyla, William Windom, Mark Salling, Toni Marsh, Lewis Flamagan III, Salle Ellis, Marietta Marich, Jonathan Patterson, Joshua Patterson, Kay Bower
This sequel is not directly related to the others but is more of a restart. Grace (Naomi Watts) returns to Nebraska to help her mother (Karen Black) who has been experiencing nightmares. Then, the town's children become "weird," and the gore begins as adults die in horrific ways.
| | |
Children of the Night 1992 R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tony Randel
Cast: Karen Black, Peter DeLuise, Ami Dolenz, Maya McLaughlin, Evan MacKenzie, Garrett Morris, David Sawyer, Shirley Spiegler Jacobs, Josette DiCarlo, Bekki Vallin, Lloyd J. Kalicki, Daniel Arthur Wray
After vampire Czakyr (David Sawyer) is awakened at the bottom of a flooded church crypt, the townsfolk are turned into vampires. Now it's up to Lucy (Ami Dolenz) who caused the awakening, a town drunk (Garrett Morris) , and a teacher (Peter DeLuise) to save the day.
| | |
Cisco Pike 1972  R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill L. Norton
Cast: Gene Hackman, Karen Black, Kris Kristofferson, Viva, Harry Dean Stanton, Roscoe Lee Browne, Severn Darden, Antonio Fargas, Joy Bang, Allan Arbus
Cisco Pike (Kris Kristofferson) is a rock star-fallen-on-bad-times who gets blackmailed and is forced by a corrupt cop (Gene Hackman) into selling marijuana.
| | |
Club Fed 1990 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Nathaniel Christian
Cast: Burt Young, Judy Landers, Allen Garfield, Lance Kinsey, Karen Black, Sherman Hemsley, Joseph Campanella, Mary Woronov, Lyle Alzado, Wally George, Debbie Lee Carrington
High-ranking FBI official Vince Hooligan (Joseph Campanella) wants to shut down Club Fed, a minimum security federal prison. To that end, he sends in undercover Agent 976, Howard Polk (Lance Kinsey), to stake out the prison in order to uncover criminal activities among the inmates. While on the job, Howard meets and falls for sexy inmate Angelica (Judy Landers), and his worlds–both professional and personal–are turned upside down as he works to save Angelica and the prison as well.
| | |
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean 1982 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black, Sudie Bond, Kathy Bates, Marta Heflin, Mark Patton, Caroline Aaron
Based on the Broadway play, this story takes place at a Woolworth's in Texas where a group of James Dean fans meet.
| | |
Conceiving Ada 1997 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Timothy Leary, Karen Black, Francesca Faridany, John Perry Barlow, John O'Keefe, J. D. Wolfe, Owen Murphy, David Brooks, Esther Mulligan
A computer genius, Emmy Coer (Francesca Faridany), devises software that allows her to communicate with a historical figure of the past. Her connection is with Ada Lovelace (Tilda Swinton)–a 19th-century mathematician who has been credited with writing the first computer program. Ada, the daughter of Lord Byron, was thwarted in her endeavors by the Victorian world's tenets dictating that women should stay home and raise children. Emmy plans to defeat death and give Ada a second chance in the modern-day world.
| | |
Cut and Run 1985 PG-13, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Cast: Lisa Blount, Willie Aames, Karen Black, Leonard Mann, Richard Lynch, Richard Bright, Valentina Forte, Michael Berryman, Gabriele Tinti, Eriq La Salle, John Steiner, Barbara Magnolfi, Luca Barbareschi
The South American drug war is the setting for this movie about freelance journalist Fran's (Lisa Blount) quest for the son, Tommy (Willie Aames), of corporate executives (Richard Bright and Karen Black). Fran and her cameraman Mark (Leonard Mann) travel to the Venezuelan jungles where they deal with brutal natives in the hostile environment. They discover a drug cartel run by corrupt Col. Brian Horne (Richard Lynch) who is holding Tommy captive, and now Fran and Mark are caught up in a life-threatening drug war.
| | |
 The Day of the Locust 1975 R, 142 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith, William Atherton, Geraldine Page, Richard Dysart, Bo Hopkins, Billy Barty, Jackie Earle Haley, Pepe Serna
Nathaniel West's novel makes a fascinating screenplay telling the story of those living on the fringe of success in Hollywood during the 1930s.
| | |
Dixie Lanes 1988  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Don Cato
Cast: Hoyt Axton, Karen Black, Art Hindle, Moses Gunn, John Vernon, Nina Foch, Ruth Buzzi, Tina Louise, Pamela Spingsteen, Christopher Rydell
One would think that Clarence's (Hoyt Axton) return home from World War II would be a grand reunion, but his odd family may be harder to deal with than the war.
| | |
Dogtown 1997 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Hickenlooper
Cast: Trevor St. John, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jon Favreau, Rory Cochrane, Karen Black, Harold Russell, Erin Murphy, Shawnee Smith, John Livingston, Natasha Gregson Wagner
Philip Van Horn (Trevor St. John) returns to his small town in Missouri after several years of trying to make it in Hollywood. He had little luck, but becomes a hometown hero of sorts and pursues his old flame Dorothy (Mary Stuart Masterson) who is now a bored, drunken hairdresser.
| | |
Drive, He Said 1971 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Nicholson
Cast: William Tepper, Karen Black, Michael Margotta, Bruce Dern, Robert Towne, Henry Jaglom, Cindy Williams, David Ogden Stiers, Charles Robinson
This is Jack Nicholson's directorial debut. The story is about the problems encountered by college basketball players as they travel to and from games in other cities.
| | |
 Easy Rider 1969  R, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Dennis Hopper
Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Luana Anders, Luke Askew, Antonio Mendoza, Phil Spector, Robert Walker Jr., Mac Mashourian, Warren Finnerty, Tita Colorado, Sabrina Scharf, Sandy Brown Wyeth, Bridget Fonda
Written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, this story involves two hippies, Wyatt and Billy (Fonda and Hopper), who motorcycle on a long trip from Los Angeles to New Orleans and run into assorted characters–as well as problems of bigotry and violence–along the way. This is Jack Nicholson's first major role, and that alone makes the film worth viewing.
| | |
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.
| | |
Family Plot 1976 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane, Cathleen Nesbitt, Katherine Helmond, Ed Lauter, John Lehne, Warren J. Kemmerling, Edith Atwater
In Alfred Hitchcock's last film, the plot involves the search for a lost heir by a phony medium (Barbara Harris) and her cab driver boyfriend (Bruce Dern). Meanwhile, a jeweler and his girl friend (William Devane and Karen Black) are planning a kidnapping in which they will be paid in diamonds. When the couples cross paths, chaos ensues.
| | |
Firecracker 2004 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Thriller / Drama
Director: Steve Balderson
Cast: Mike Patton, Karen Black, Susan Traylor, Kathleen Wilhoite, Jak Kendall, The Enigma, Katzen, Geroge McArthur, Cathy Berry, Jane Wiedlin, Paul Sizemore, Selene Luna
When the carnival freak show arrives in his small town in Kansas, young Jimmy (Jak Kendall) and his belligerent, alcoholic brother David (Mike Patton) find their lives taking disastrous turns.
| | |
Five Easy Pieces 1970  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Bob Rafelson
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Lois Smith, Susan Anspach, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg, Ralph Waite, Sally Struthers, John P. Ryan, Marlena MacGuire, Richard Stahl, Helena Kallianiotes, Lorna Thayer, William Challee
After an extended separation from his wealthy family, California oil rigger Bobby Eroica Dupea (Jack Nicholson) returns to Puget Sound to visit his ailing father Nicholas (William Challee) with his pregnant girlfriend Rayette (Karen Black) in tow. Bobby cannot stand the atmosphere in his family's upper-class mansion and seduces his uptight brother Carl's (Ralph Waite) fiancee Catherine (Susan Anspach). Now pulled between Rayette and Catherine and his family, Bobby cannot decide which way to go and simply runs away from it all. Several Oscar nominations were received including Best Picture, Actor (Nicholson), and Supporting Actress (Black).
| | |
 The Great Gatsby 1974 PG, 146 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Clayton
Cast: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Sam Waterston, Howard Da Silva, Edward Herrmann, Patsy Kensit, Scott Wilson, Lois Chiles
In this version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, Robert Redford takes on the role of Jay Gatsby who loves Daisy Buchanan (Mia Farrow) and believes that, if he is successful enough in business, Daisy will reciprocate his love.
| | |
A Gunfight 1971 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash, Jane Alexander, Karen Black, Raf Vallone, Dana Elcar, Robert J. Wilke, Keith Carradine, Eric Douglas, Paul Lambert, James Cavasos, Philip L. Mead, George Le Bow, John J. Wallwork, Neil Davis
Two over-the-hill gunslingers, Abe Cross and Will Tenneray (Johnny Cash and Kirk Douglas), meet in a small Western town where Will lives with his wife Nora (Jane Alexander) and their son Bud (Eric Douglas). Abe and Will see the chance to make money by staging a gun duel between themselves and selling tickets for the event with the winner taking all. This is Cash's film debut.
| | |
Gypsy 83 2001 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Todd Stephens
Cast: Sara Rue, Kett Turton, Karen Black, John Doe, Anson Scoville, Carolyn Baumler, Paulo Costanzo, Stephanie McVay, Vera Beren, Eileen Letchworth, Andersen Gabrych
When Gypsy (Sara Rue) and Clive (Kett Turton) leave Sandusky, Ohio, and travel to Manhattan to perform in a "Night of 1,000 Stevies" competition, they experience more than a few adventures along the way.
| | |
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.
| | |
 House of 1000 Corpses 2003 R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Comedy
Director: Rob Zombie
Cast: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Karen Black, Michael J. Pollard, Sheri Moon Zombie, Chris Hardwick, William Bassett, Erin Daniels, Jennifer Jostyn, Rainn Wilson, Walton Goggins, Tom Towles, Matthew McGrory, Harrison Young, Robert Allen Mukes
Jerry, Bill, Mary, and Denise (Chris Hardwick, Rainn Wilson, Jennifer Jostyn, and Erin Daniels) take a road trip looking for roadside attractions to use as the theme of an upcoming book. It is Halloween, 1977, and, when their car breaks down, they seek refuge from a storm in a spooky house. The house just happens to be occupied by the bizarre Firefly family that spends its time kidnapping, torturing, and killing its victims. Now, the Fireflys attack the unsuspecting "visitors" who must do all in their power to escape the "House of 1000 Corpses."
| | |
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died 1998  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Aris Iliopulos
Cast: Billy Zane, Abraham Benrubi, Sandra Bernhard, Karen Black, Mark Boone Junior, Tippi Hedren, Eartha Kitt, Ann Magnuson, Andrew McCarthy, Will Patton
This homage to Ed Wood Jr. is based on one of his scripts. While originally written for a silent movie, the music and sound effects take over to replace Wood's usual bad dialogue. The result is the same!
| | |
The Independent 2000 R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stephen Kessler
Cast: Jerry Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Max Perlich, Anne Meara, Ben Stiller, Roger Corman, Ron Howard, Karen Black, Peter Bogdanovich, Ted Demme, Fred Williamson, Nick Cassavetes, Paul Logan, Julie Strain, Andy Dick
This mockumentary centers on filmmaker Morty Fineman (Jerry Stiller) whose work has involved low-budget exploitation films. Now, on the verge of bankruptcy, Fineman coerces daughter Paloma (Janeane Garofalo) into helping gain recognition by filming the story of a convicted murderer.
| | |
Invaders from Mars 1986  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Karen Black, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman, James Karen, Bud Cort, Louise Fletcher, Eric Pierpoint, Jimmy Hunt, Dale Dye
This remake of the 1953 film is a near disaster. The only interesting comment is that the boy in the earlier film is now the police chief (Jimmy Hunt). A boy (Black's real-life son) sees an alien landing in his back yard, and then sees the townsfolk get taken over. Watch the earlier version.
| | |
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.
| | |
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive 1987 R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Karen Black, Laurene Landon, James Dixon, Neal Israel, Art Lund, Ann Dane, Macdonald Carey, Gerrit Graham, William Watson, Patch Mackenzie, Rick Garia, C.L. Sussex, Carlos Palomino, Tony Abatemarco
Following on with the story started in "It's Alive!" and "It Lives Again," the monster babies that have survived are shipped off to a remote island to live out their lives. When checked on several years later, it is found that they have reproduced and are ready to invade the mainland. Cohen continues his satire on the issues alive in the 1980s, such as abortion and AIDS, in an effective manner.
| | |
The Killer's Edge 1990 R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Blood Money
Director: Joseph Merhi
Cast: Wings Hauser, Karen Black, Robert Z'Dar, Joe Palese, Elaine Pelino, Gino Dentie, Talbot Perry Simons, Wendy MacDonald, Robert Gallo, Walter Cox, Dallas Cole, Addison(2) Randall
FBI agent Barrett (Karen Black) and L.A. policeman Jack Saxton (Wings Hauser) join forces to snare international counterfeiter Miller Richardson (Robert Z'Dar). But the fact that Richardson saved Saxon's life when they were serving in Vietnam gives Saxon pause to reconsider his goal.
| | |
Law and Disorder 1974 R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ivan Passer
Cast: Carroll O'Connor, Ernest Borgnine, Ann Wedgeworth, Anita Dangler, Karen Black, Jack Kehoe, David Spielberg, Pat Corley, Leslie Ackerman, Joe Ragno
Two New Yorkers (Carroll O'Connor and Ernest Borgnine) are fed up with the city's crime rate and become auxiliary policemen to help curb the problem.
| | |
Mascara 1999 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Linda Kandel
Cast: Ione Skye, Lumi Cavazos, Amanda DeCadenet, Steve Schub, Steve Jones, Karen Black, Corey Page, Tara Subkoff, Flea, Barry Del Sherman
Three friends–Rebecca (Ione Skye), Laura (Lumi Cavazos), and Jennifer (Amanda De Cadenet)–struggle to help each other as they travel the long road of failed, romantic relationships.
| | |
Men 1997 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Zoe Clarke-Williams
Cast: Sean Young, Dylan Walsh, John Heard, Richard Hillman, Karen Black, Beau Starr, Shawnee Smith, Glenn Shadix, Annie McEnroe, Shannon Conlon, Kenneth Moskow, Annie Fitzgerald, Keith Odett, Gary Wolf, Eric B. Jones
Stella (Sean Young) lives with her alcoholic ex-boyfriend Teo (Dylan Walsh) and spends her time picking up men for one-night stands. Desiring to become a chef, but happy in her adventures with men, she accepts her ex's offer of a one-way ticket to L.A. Once there, she gets a job as a chef, does well at it, but still likes to continue going through men. After falling for one, she starts thinking that perhaps it is time to settle down. But tragedy strikes. Sean Young is good in this otherwise weak effort.
| | |
Mirror, Mirror 1990 R, 104 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Marina Sargenti
Cast: Karen Black, William Sanderson, Rainbow Harvest, Yvonne De Carlo, Kristin Dattilo, Ricky Paull Goldin, Charlie Spradling, Tom Bresnahan, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ann Hearn
Widowed Susan (Karen Black) moves from L.A. to a small Midwestern town with daughter Megan (Rainbow Harvest). But Megan doesn't get along with her schoolmates and is embittered by her circumstances. One night, while near a large mirror that was in the house when she moved in, she wishes for her father's return, and her father appears. Yes, a demon exists in the mirror, and now she has the means to take vengeance against her classmates.
| | |
My Neighbor's Daughter 1998 TV, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Angel Blue
Director: Steven Kovacs
Cast: Sam Bottoms, Lisa Eichhorn, Yennifer Behrens, Marco Rodriguez, Tessa Konig-Martinez, Karen Black, Jason Graves, Sandor Tecsy, Jamie Comer, Chris Pray
Against her alcoholic father's orders, a teenage Hispanic girl starts an affair with an older man who also is her father's friend. Talk about your exploitation movies! Karen Black makes a brief appearance.
| | |
 Nashville 1975 R, 159 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Ronee Blakely, Lily Tomlin, Ned Beatty, Karen Black, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Murphy, Henry Gibson, Shelley Duvall, Barbara Harris, Scott Glenn, Keenan Wynn, Robert DoQui, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Baxley
On the surface, this film is about the country music business; however, the characters in this story weave together people from all walks of life who represent something much deeper than just the music industry of Nashville. Keith Carradine wrote the Oscar-winning song, "I'm Easy." The film was also nominated for Best Picture, Supporting Actress (both Ronee Blakley and Lily Tomlin), and Director.
| | |
The Outfit 1974 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Flynn
Cast: Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker, Karen Black, Robert Ryan, Timothy Carey, Richard Jaeckel, Sheree North, Marie Windsor, Jane Greer, Henry Jones
When his brother is killed by the Mob, Macklin (Robert Duvall) avenges the murder by attacking Mafia financial operations.
| | |
Power 1980 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barry Shear, Virgil W. Vogel
Cast: Joe Don Baker, Karen Black, Howard Da Silva, Ralph Bellamy, Red Buttons, Jo Van Fleet, Brian Keith, Victor Jory, Paul(2) Stewart, Scott Brady
This TV drama is full of veteran stars, and tells the story of a labor leader's rise to power in the depression era. Could we be talking Jimmy Hoffa here? It's a pretty good show.
| | |
The Pyx 1973 R, 111 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Harvey Hart
Cast: Karen Black, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pilon, Jean-Louis Roux, Yvette Brind'amour, Jacques Godin, Lee Broker, Terry Haig, Robin Gammell, Louise Rinfret, Gerard Parkes, Henry Gamer
Police Sergeant Jim Henderson (Christopher Plummer) investigates the death of a hooker, Elizabeth (Karen Black), who was found dead after falling from a penthouse balcony while clutching a pyx. Henderson uncovers a terrifying cult of Satanists. The film goes back and forth between the current investigation and flashbacks of Elizabeth's life.
| | |
Quiet Fire 1991 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Cast: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Nadia Marie, Lance Lindsay, Robert Z'Dar, Karen Black, Jastero Coviare, David Elliot, Michael Ferrare, Alicia Gilbert, Angela Kassens
Vietnam veteran Jesse Palmer (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) must take matters into his own hands to stop his corrupt, ex-Commanding Officer from winning an election for Senator. But the candidate has plenty of firepower at his disposal.
| | |
Red Dirt 2000 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tag Purvis
Cast: Dan Montgomery Jr., Karen Black, Aleksa Pallandino, Walton Goggins, Peg O'Keef, John Mese, Glenn Shadix, Jo-Ann Robinson
Griffith (Dan Montgomery Jr.) lives in a small, poor town in Mississippi taking care of his crippled aunt (Karen Black) and hopes that some day he can get out of this place and make something of himself. His affair with his cousin is jeopardized when a man comes to town and rents a cabin from Griffith. Griffith has a strong attraction for the man, an attraction he hasn't felt before. Dumb as dirt–red Mississippi dirt.
| | |
Rhinoceros 1973 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Romance
Director: Tom O'Horgan
Cast: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Karen Black, Robert Weil, Joe Silver, Marilyn Chris, Robert Fields, Melody Santangello, Lou Cutell, Don Calfa, Lorna Thayer, Percy Rodriguez
People turn into rhinoceroses in a French village in this "theater of the absurd" adaptation of Eugene Ionesco's play. Stanley (Gene Wilder) is the only one noticing the transformation of everyone else.
| | |
Soulkeeper 2001 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Darin Ferriola
Cast: Rodney Rowland, Kevin Patrick Walls, Robert Davi, Michael Ironside, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Brad Dourif, Karen Black, Deborah Gibson, Ali Landry, Keith Coogan
Two down-on-their-luck thieves are hired to steal an ancient relic that is able to summon demonic creatures. They do the job and–you guessed it–all sorts of monsters are unleashed on the world. Many B-movie horror actors/actresses appear in cameo roles in this silly movie that might be fun for some.
| | |
The Squeeze 1978 R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Diamond Thieves
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, Karen Black, Edward Albert, Lionel Stander, Robert Alda, Angelo Infanti, Antonella Murgia, Peter Carsten, Dan van Husen, Dyane Silverstein, Ron Van Clief, Roy Brocksmith
Chris (Lee Van Cleef) is talked into coming out of retirement for one more heist using his talent to help a German group pull off a million dollar theft. But he gets wind of the fact that his associates intend to kill him after completion of the job, so he beats them to the punch, killing them. However, Chris is wounded in the process. Luckily, he has a perfect nursemaid–Clarisse (Karen Black) to help him recover. One of Lee Van Cleef's weaker films.
| | |
Stir 1998 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Rodion Nakhapetov
Cast: Traci Lords, Andrew Heckler, Daniel Roebuck, Seth Adkins, Tony Todd, Karen Black, Michael J. Pollard, Reno Wilson, Robert Wisdom, Angel Aviles, Darryl Jones, Rodion Nakhapetov
Shortly after Joseph Bekins (Daniel Roebuck) was murdered in a motel room, his widow, Kelly (Traci Lords), and their six-year-old son, Matthew (Seth Adkins), visit the sight of the crime. Kelly is surprised to find Joseph's colleague, Michael (Andrew Heckler), there also. Unbeknownst to them, all fall under the watchful eye of FBI agent Bubba (Tony Todd). Later, Matthew begins having visions of his father's death scene and identifies Michael as the killer. Now, the action really heats up.
| | |
Teknolust 2002 R, 85 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, James Urbaniak, Karen Black, Josh Kornbluth, John O'Keefe, Al Nazemian, Thomas Jay Ryan, Abigail Van Alyn, Paule West, John Pirruccello, Dick Bright
Rosetta (Tilda Swinton) believes that the world would be a better place if artificial life was in the mix. Thus, using her DNA, she creates three clones–Self Replicating Automatons (SRA)–that are part computer and part living organism. But the SRAs require male semen to survive, so one of the SRAs, Ruby, takes care of that need by having sex with men and bringing back the semen for sharing. The men who had the encounters with Ruby break out with a skin rash and a bar code appearing on their foreheads. But, fear not; two investigators (James Urbaniak and Karen Black) are on the case.
| | |
Trilogy of Terror 1975 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Karen Black, Robert Burton, John Karlen, George Gaynes, Jim Storm, Gregory Harrison, Tracy Curtis, Kathryn Reynolds, Orin Cannon
Dan Curtis, of the "Dark Shadows" TV show, brings three interwoven stories to a made-for-TV film–all starring Karen Black. "Julie"-A student is infatuated with his teacher, gets her out on a date, then drugs and photographs her. When he tries to blackmail her, she kills him, and now it starts over with another student. "Millicent and Therese"-Two estranged sisters have opposite personalities. When Millicent tries to kill her sister using a voodoo doll, we find out that they are actually the same person. "Amelia"-This one makes the film and has become a classic in itself. Amelia bought a doll that supposedly contains the soul of a great tribal warrior. When a chain around the doll breaks, the soul is released, and the doll and Amelia fight it out around the apartment. When Amelia thinks she has killed the doll, she finds she is mistaken since the warrior now possesses her. This film broke new ground in TV with its sex and horror theme.
| | |
The Underground Comedy Movie 1999 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Vince Offer
Cast: Gena Lee Nolin, Slash, Michael Clarke Duncan, Joey Buttafuoco, Lightfield Lewis, Karen Black, Rebecca Chaney, Vince Offer, Mongo Brownlee, Michael Parisi
"The Underground Comedy Movie" is a series of sketches involving brutality, masturbation, necrophilia, etc. Sure this movie is disgusting, BUT it is also homophobic, lacks taste, and isn't even funny.
| | |
| 1. Ace Up My Sleeve (1975)
aka: Crime and Passion
2. Airport 1975 (1974)
3. America Brown (2004)
4. The Blue Man (1985)
aka: Eternal Evil
5. Born to Win (1971)
aka: Addict
aka: Born to Lose
6. Bound and Gagged: A Love Story (1992)
7. Burnt Offerings (1976)
8. Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983)
9. Capricorn One (1978)
10. Charades (1998)
aka: First Degree
11. Children of the Corn: The Gathering (1996)
aka: Children of the Corn IV
12. Children of the Night (1992)
13. Cisco Pike (1972)
14. Club Fed (1990)
15. Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)
16. Conceiving Ada (1997)
17. Cut and Run (1985)
18. The Day of the Locust (1975)
19. Dixie Lanes (1988)
20. Dogtown (1997)
21. Drive, He Said (1971)
22. Easy Rider (1969)
23. Evil Spirits (1991)
24. Family Plot (1976)
25. Firecracker (2004)
26. Five Easy Pieces (1970)
27. The Great Gatsby (1974)
28. A Gunfight (1971)
29. Gypsy 83 (2001)
30. Haunting Fear (1991)
31. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
32. I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
33. In Praise of Older Women (1978)
34. The Independent (2000)
35. Invaders from Mars (1986)
36. Invisible Dad (1997)
37. It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
38. The Killer's Edge (1990)
aka: Blood Money
39. Killing Heat (1981)
aka: The Grass Is Singing
40. Law and Disorder (1974)
41. Mascara (1999)
42. Men (1997)
43. Mirror, Mirror (1990)
44. My Neighbor's Daughter (1998)
aka: Angel Blue
45. Nashville (1975)
46. The Outfit (1974)
47. Overexposed (1990)
48. Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
49. Power (1980)
50. The Pyx (1973)
51. Quiet Fire (1991)
52. Red Dirt (2000)
53. Rhinoceros (1973)
54. Soulkeeper (2001)
55. The Squeeze (1978)
aka: Diamond Thieves
56. Stir (1998)
57. Teknolust (2002)
58. Trilogy of Terror (1975)
59. Twisted Justice (1990)
60. The Underground Comedy Movie (1999)
61. You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
In The News
|
