TALISMAN
WRITER: Benjamin Carr
DIRECTOR: David DeCoteau as Victoria Sloan
STARRING: Billy Parish as Elias
Walter Jones as Jacob
Jason Adelman as Burke
Ilinca Goia as Lilia
QUICK CUT: Just an averag boarding school for boys in the middle of nowhere Europe, until it is suddenly besieged by some dude with glowing eyes ripping out hearts. Well, that's one way to ruin your test scores.
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ROBOT WARS
WRITERS: Based on an original idea by Charles Band
Screenplay by Jackson Barr
DIRECTOR: Albert Band
STARRING: Don Michael Paul as Drake
Barbara Crampton as Leda
James Staley as Stumpy
Lisa Rinna as Annie
Danny Kamekona as Wa-Lee
Yuji Okumoto as Chou-Sing
Peter Haskell as Rooney
QUICK CUT: In another future that is vaguely similar to Robot Jox, but NOT THE SAME AT ALL, the last remaining mega robot is all that stands between the North Hemi nation being taken over by the Centros and the Eastern Alliance. Brace yourselves for a lot of futurey sounding locations!
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RETRO PUPPET MASTER
WRITER: Original story by Charles Band
Screenplay by Benjamin Carr
DIRECTOR: Joseph Tennent
STARRING: Greg Sestero as Young Toulon
Brigitta Dau as Ilsa/Elsa
Jack Donner as Afzel
Stephan Blackehart as First Servant
Guy Rolfe as Elder Toulon
QUICK CUT: As we near our 100th review, and on this Friday the 13th, journey back with us to a time beyond time, puppets before puppets, and witness the creation of the Puppet Master, in this final review from the boxed set, and one of the main influences behind Trisk.
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KILLJOY
WRITER: Carl Washington
DIRECTOR: Craig Ross
STARRING: Angel Vargas as Killjoy
Vera Yell as Jada
Lee Marks as Jamal
"D" Austin as Monique
Jamal Grimes as Michael
Corey Hampton as T-Bone
Rani Goulant as Baby Boy
Arthur Burghardt as Homeless Man
William L. Johnson as Lorenzo
QUICK CUT: A young man dies before his time, and a year later, the instrument of his revenge is called forth from beyond the grave, paited in white makeup, and somehow manages to not be Brandon Lee.
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DEATHBED
WRITER: John Strysik
DIRECTOR: Danny Draven
STARRING: Tanya Dempsey as Karen
Brave Matthews as Jerry
Joe Estevez as Art
Meagan Magnum as Female ghost
Dukey Flyswatter as The Strangler ghost.
QUICK CUT: A couple move into a nice little apartment in LA, and slowly discover that their cozy new home has a rather dark past.
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ROBOT JOX
WRITERS: Story by Stuart Gordon
Screenplay by Joe Haldeman
DIRECTOR: Stuart Gordon
STARRING: Gary Graham as Achilles
Anne-Marie Johnson as Athena
Paul Koslo as Alexander
Robert Sampson as Commissioner Jameson
Danny Kamekona as Dr. Matsumoto
Hilary Mason as Professor LaPlace
Michael Alldredge as Tex
QUICK CUT: In the near future, after the world has beend devastated by nuclear war, conflicts are resolved by one on one gladiatorial combat. With uh, giant piloted robots. Because that's a thing.
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ARCADE
WRITER: Screenplay by David S. Goyer
DIRECTOR: Albert Pyun
STARRING: Megan Ward as Alex Manning
Peter Billingsley as Nick
John DeLancie as Difford
Sharon Farrell as Alex's mom
Seth Green as Stilts
A.J. Langer as Laurie
Norbert Weisser as Albert
QUICK CUT: When Dante's Inferno gets a preview of the hot new video game Arcade, no one suspects that it is secretly alive and killing people.
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CURSE OF THE PUPPET MASTER
WRITER: Benjamin Carr
DIRECTOR: David Decoteau, by way of Victoria Sloan
STARRING: George Peck as Dr. Magrew
Emily Harrison as Jane
Josh Green as Robert
QUICK CUT: Those puppets you just can't keep down are back again, and this time they're hanging out in cages while their new puppet master with no connection to any previous movie tries to get a dimwitted fella with a gift for carving to make a new puppet.
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PUPPET MASTER 5
WRITERS: Screenplay by Steven E. Carr, Jo Duffy, Todd Henschell, and Doug Aarniokoski & Keith Payson
DIRECTOR: Jeff Burr
STARRING: Gordon Currie as Rick Meyers
Chandra West as Susie
Ian Ogilvy as Jennings
Teresa Hill as Lauren
Nicholas Guest as Hendy
Willard Pugh as Jason
Duane Whitaker as Scott
Guy Rolfe as Andre Toulon
QUICK CUT: More puppets, more demon puppets, more stabby action. You get the drill by now, right? This picks up shortly after Puppet Master 4, and finishes up the half baked, half finished plot of that movie. Just like Harry Potter!
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OBLIVION
WRITERS: Based on an original story idea by Charles Band
Story by John Rheaume and Greg Suddeth & Mark Goldstein
Screenplay by Peter David
DIRECTOR: Sam Irvin
STARRING: Richard Joseph Paul as Zack Stone
Jackie Swanson as Mattie Chase
Andrew Divoff as Redeye
Meg Foster as Stell Barr
Isaac Hayes as Buster
Julie Newmar as Miss Kitty
Carel Struycken as Gaunt
George Takei as Doc Valentine
Musetta Vander as Lash
Jimmie F. Skaggs as Buteo
Irwin Keyes as Bork
Mike Genovese as Marshall Stone
Frank Roman as Wormhole
Jeff Moldovan as Spanner
QUICK CUT: On the distant planet of Oblivion in the year 3031, the wild west meets the final frontier, when an outlaw lizard known as Redeye comes to town and kills the local marshall and decides to take over.
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THE KILLER EYE
WRITERS: Benjamin Carr, Matthew Jason Walsh, & Rolfe Kanefsky
DIRECTOR: Richard Chasen
STARRING: Jaqueline Lovell as Rita
Jonathan Norman as Dr. Jordan Grady
Nanette Bianchi as Jane
Costas Koromilas as Morton
Dave Oren Ward as Tom
Blake Bailey as Creepy Bill
Roland Martinez as Joe
QUICK CUT: After experimenting with interdimensional viewing, something escapes from the eighth dimension and wreaks havoc upon an apartment complex. And all it wants is a little love.
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PUPPET MASTER 4
WRITERS: Screenplay by Todd Henschell, Steven E. Carr, Jo Duffy, and Doug Aarniokoski & Keith Payson.
DIRECTOR: Jeff Burr
STARRING: Gordon Currie as Rick Myers
Chandra West as Susie
Jason Adams as Cameron
Teresa Hill as Lauren
Felton Perry as Dr. Carl Baker
Stacie Randall as Dr. Leslie Piper
Guy Rolfe as Andre Toulon
QUICK CUT: Toulon's puppets are back AGAIN, and this time their history is arguably delved into as the source of their magic life-giving elixir shows up to stop the secrets of it from being discovered. Meanwhile, a tech geek is trying to create artificial life while playing with robots.
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PUPPET MASTER 3
WRITER: C. Courtney Joyner
DIRECTOR: David DeCoteau
STARRING: Guy Rolfe as Andre Toulon
Sarah Douglas as Elsa Toulon
Walter Gotell as General Mueller
Ian Abercrombie as Dr. Hess
Kristofer Logan as Lt. Eric Stein
Aron Eisenberg as Peter Hertz
Matthew Faison as Papa Hertz
Richard Lynch as Major Kraus
QUICK CUT: Before Toulon's puppets were bloodthirsty killers, they lived simple lives as living puppet performers in his show. But World War II changed all that, and changed Toulon, and things would never be the same again.
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LURKING FEAR
WRITERS: Short story by H.P. Lovecraft
Movie by C. Courtney Joyner
DIRECTOR: C. Courtney Joyner
STARRING: John Finch as Bennett
Blake Bailey as John Martense
Ashley Lauren as Cathryn Farrell
Jeffrey Combs as Doctor Haggis
Allison Mackie as Ms. Marlowe
Paul Mantee as Father Poole
Joe Leavengood as Pierce
Vincent Schiavellia as Knaggs
QUICK CUT: A Lovecraft story about creatures living underneath a town and eating the residents gets run over by a noir story about criminals seeking a buried fortune. Hilarity ensues.
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SIDESHOW
WRITER: Benjamin Carr
DIRECTOR: Fred Olen Ray
STARRING:
Jamie Martz as Bobby
Michael Amos as Tommy
Scott Clark as Grant
Jessica Keenan as Melanie
Phil Fondacaro as Abbot Graves
Jeana Blackman as Jeanie
G. Gordon Baer as Lester
Curran Sympson as Aelita
Fred Pierce as Hans the Bug Boy
Ross Hagen as the Sheriff
Shyra Deland as Digestina
Melvin Rossi as Conjoino
Brinke Stevens as Madame Voloska
SYNOPSIS: A group of students visit a travelling carnival and run afoul of the people running the sideshow. Once a few of them start disappearing, haven't I done this movie before?
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PUPPET MASTER 2
WRITERS: Story by Charles Band
Screenplay by David Pablan
DIRECTOR: David Allen
STARRING:
Elizabeth Maclellean as Carolyn Bramwell/Elsa
Collin Bernsen as Michael Kenney
Gregory Webb as Patrick Bramwell
Charlie Spradlin as Wanda
Steve Welles as Andre Toulon
Jeff Weston as Lance
Nita Talbot as Camille Kenney
SYNOPSIS: The puppety ones are back to wreak vengance upon a group of paranormal investigators looking into the death of Alex Whitaker from the original movie. And this time, they've brought their creator.
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DARK ANGEL: THE ASCENT
WRITER: Matthew Bright
DIRECTOR: L. Hassani
STARRING:
Daniel Markel as Dr. Max Barris
Michael Genovese as Detective Harper
Charlotte Stewart as Mother Theresa
Nicholas Worth as Father Helliken
Michael C. Mahon as Detective Greenberg
Milton James as Mayor Wharton
Angela Featherstone as Veronica
SYNOPSIS: A young girl from another land ventures forth into the real world with her animal companion, where her strange ways clash with ours. As she seeks to find her purpose, she creates new clothes out of fabrics laying around the house. If there was more singing and less killing, this would be Enchanted.
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PUPPET MASTER (1989)
WRITER:
Story by Charles Band and Kenneth J. Hall
Screenplay by Joseph G. Collodi
DIRECTOR: David Schmoeller
STARRING:
Paul Le Mat as Alex Whitaker
Irene Miracle as Dana Hadley
Matt Roe as Frank Forrester
Kathryn O'Reilly as Carissa Stamford
Jimmie F. Skaggs as Neil Gallagher
Introducing Robin Frates as Megan Gallagher
William Hickey as Andre Toulon
SYNOPSIS: A group of psychic researchers are drawn to a hotel in California where you can check out any time you like, but the killer puppets on the loose may have something different to say about that.
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