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Directed by Jerrold FreedmanOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Films about alcoholism,
Films about families,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugsActors Scott Baio,
Lance Kerwin,
Ed Lauter,
Toni Kalem,
Dan Shor,
Mariclare CostelloRating66%
Baio stars as Buff Saunders, a teen hockey player well-liked and respected among his coaches and teammates. He battles to hide the truth from his elders and peers that, like his father, he is an alcoholic. He struggles to remain clean and sober in order not to lose his position on the team and the respect of his friends., 1h52
Directed by Ronald William Miller,
Michael NankinOrigin USAGenres ComedyThemes Children's filmsActors David Naughton,
Michael J. Fox,
Stephen Furst,
Maggie Roswell,
Eddie Deezen,
Andy TennantRating62%
Leon (Alan Solomon), a genius, summons five college students to his apartment and challenges them to participate in his latest game creation: The Great All-Nighter. He tells them about his game and instructs them to form teams. At first, the leaders refuse to play. However, rivalries between them lead all five to change their minds by the game's start time., 1h29
Directed by John CarpenterOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Horror,
CrimeThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Ghost filmsActors Adrienne Barbeau,
Jamie Lee Curtis,
John Houseman,
Janet Leigh,
Hal Holbrook,
Tom AtkinsRating67%
As the Californian coastal town of Antonio Bay is about to celebrate its 100th anniversary, paranormal activity begins to occur at the stroke of midnight. Town priest Father Malone is in his church when a piece of masonry falls from the wall, revealing a cavity containing an old journal, his grandfather's diary from a century ago. It reveals that in 1880, six of the founders of Antonio Bay (including Malone's grandfather) deliberately sank and plundered a clipper ship named the Elizabeth Dane. The ship was owned by Blake, a wealthy man with leprosy who wanted to establish a leper colony nearby. Gold from the ship was used to build Antonio Bay and its church., 1h35
Origin USAGenres HorrorThemes Films about animals,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about families,
Pregnancy films,
Films about religion,
Films about sexuality,
Rape in fiction,
Natural horror films,
Films about child abuseActors Joy Allen,
Terry WilsonRating47%
Bill Nugent, an anthropology professor, awakens in the hospital he was brought to after having been found in the woods with his face mutilated; Nugent had ventured into the wilderness in search of Bigfoot with five of his pupils, all of whom are missing. An inspector interviews Nugent, who begins his story, which starts with Carla Thomas, the daughter of one of the cryptid's victims, asking to accompany Nugent and four of his students on their expedition to find proof of Bigfoot's existence. A flashback depicts Nugent showing Carla and his class recovered footage of Bigfoot attacking a picnicking family, whose remains were never found. Bigfoot's involvement in the disappearance of the family was deemed a hoax by the authorities, who have also labeled evidence suggesting the monster's involvement in other deaths in the area fake. Carla addresses the classroom, reveals the evidence of Bigfoot's involvement in her father's murder appears to have been tampered with, and tells of one woman's account of witnessing the creature maul her lover, who was dragged from the vehicle they were having sex in, and left to die on the windshield., 1h57
Directed by Paul SchraderOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Films about sexuality,
Erotic films,
Films about prostitution,
Erotic thriller filmsActors Richard Gere,
Lauren Hutton,
Héctor Elizondo,
Nina, Baroness van Pallandt,
Bill Duke,
K CallanRating62%
Julian Kaye (Richard Gere) is a male escort in Los Angeles whose job supports his expensive taste in cars, stereophonic equipment and clothes. He is blatantly narcissistic and superficial; however, he claims to take some pleasure in his work from being able to sexually satisfy women., 1h38
Directed by Martin DavidsonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
ActionThemes Films about television,
Superhero filmsActors John Ritter,
Anne Archer,
Bert Convy,
Kevin McCarthy,
Allan Rich,
Harry BellaverRating59%
Steve Nichols is a struggling actor in New York City who takes the job posing as comic-book hero Captain Avenger at comics stores and conventions. He finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger. The costume is for a film he is hired to promote, but Nichols decides to continue being a superhero and discovers that the superhero life is more complex than he initially thought.