Black Rose of Harlem 1996  R, 87 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Fred Gallo
Cast: Marcus Aurelius, Richard(2) Brooks, Tony Burton, Nick Cassavetes, Paul Eckstein, Maria Ford, Cynda Williams, Rodger Halston, Eb Lottimer, Richard T. Jones
Set in Chicago during the "Roaring Twenties," this is a violent story of mob interference in the love affair of a gorgeous black singer, Georgia (Cynda Williams), and mobster Johnny Varona (Nick Cassavetes).
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The Haunting of Morella 1990  R, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jim Wynorski
Cast: David McCallum, Nicole Eggert, Christopher Halsted, Lana Clarkson, Maria Ford, Jonathan Farwell, John O'Leary, Brewster Gould, Gail Harris, Sandra Knight
Based on Edgar Allan Poe's story, this film–set in colonial America–is about the daughter of an executed witch. Now, the witch wants to return to life by assuming her own identity in her daughter's body.
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Masque of the Red Death 1989 R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Brand
Cast: Adrian Paul, Clare Hoak, Patrick Macnee, Jeff Osterhage, Tracy Reiner, Kelly Ann Sabatasso, Maria Ford, Paul Michael, Michael Leopard, Daryl Haney
This remake of Roger Corman's 1964 film is about the evil prince who enjoys pleasures in his castle while peasants die of the plague. It is still a Corman production, but not at all as good as the earlier version.
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Night Hunter 1995 R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Rick Jacobson
Cast: Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Melanie Smith, Vince Murdocco, Nicholas Guest, Sid Sham, Cash Casey, Maria Ford, Ron Yuan, Michael Cavanaugh, James Lew, Marcus Aurelius
As a child, Jack Cutter (Don "The Dragon" Wilson) escaped when a gang of vampires killed his parents. Years later Jack is a vampire hunter and is out to avenge his parents' death using his martial arts skills. And even vampires can kick-box. Weak acting, directing, etc.
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Ring of Fire 1991  R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Richard W. Munchkin
Cast: Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Maria Ford, Steven Vincent Leigh, Eric Lee, Vince Murdocco, Dale Jacoby, Gary Daniels, Michael Delano, Jane Chung, Michael Jai White
Johnny Woo (Don "The Dragon" Wilson) gets involved in underground, no-holds-barred kickboxing matches between rival gang members and with the girl (Maria Ford) who is caught in the middle.
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Ring of Fire II: Blood & Steel 1993 R, 94 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Richard W. Munchkin
Cast: Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Maria Ford, Sy Richardson, Ian Jacklin, Evan Lurie, Shari Shattuck, Dale Jacoby, Vince Murdocco, Todd Curtis, Gary Robbins, Eric Lee, Michael Delano
Johnny Woo (Don "The Dragon" Wilson) is back and is making wedding plans with fiancee Julie (Maria Ford) when she is kidnapped by a gang led by nasty Kalin (Ian Jacklin). To get her back he must kickbox his way through the underground to reach the hideout.
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Slumber Party Massacre III 1990 R, 77 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Sally Mattison
Cast: Keely Christian, Brittain Frye, Michael Harris, David Greenlee, Lulu Wilson, Brandi Burkett, Maria Ford, Hope Marie Carlton, Maria Claire, Wayne Grace
The beach girls' slumber party is interrupted by a psychotic killer with a drill, and the blood gushes all over the place. Yuck.
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Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls 1989 R, 82 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Katt Shea Ruben
Cast: Maria Ford, Eb Lottimer, Karen Mayo-Chandler, Birke Tan, Marjean Holden, Debra Lamb, Lisa Glaser, Tom Ruben, Virginia Peters, Jeannine Bisignano
There is a lot of gore and sleaze in this follow-on to the successful original. A psycho with a razor is killing the strippers and Shady (Maria Ford), a stripper, has dreams of each murder at the time it actually occurs. Can she stop this nonsense? Plenty of steamy dancing.
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Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter 1993  R, 104 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jean-Paul Ouellette
Cast: Mark Kinsey Stephenson, Charles Klausmeyer, Maria Ford, John Rhys-Davies, Julie Strain, David Warner, Peter Breck, Richard Domeier, Siobhan McCafferty, Shawn T. Lim, Brad Blaisdell, Bryan Clark
College student Randolph Carter (Mark Kinsey Stephenson) teams with Eliot (Charles Klausmeyer) and Professor Warren (John Rhys-Davies) to hunt down the creature that killed students in the previous film. Eliot had had visions of the original house owner, a warlock, who warned that the creature must be destroyed. The professor is able to inject the creature and separate the beast from the woman. But now another blood bath begins as the creature seeks its 'host.'
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| 1. Black Rose of Harlem (1996)
2. Bram Stoker's Burial of the Rats (1995)
3. Dance of the Damned (1988)
4. Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans (1990)
5. The Haunting of Morella (1990)
6. Masque of the Red Death (1989)
7. Night Hunter (1995)
8. Ring of Fire (1991)
9. Ring of Fire II: Blood & Steel (1993)
10. Slumber Party Massacre III (1990)
11. Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls (1989)
12. Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993)
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