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William Lustig is a Actor, Director, Writer, Producer and Editorial Staff American born on 1 february 1955 at the Bronx (USA)
William Lustig est un réalisateur américain né le 1er février 1955 dans Le Bronx à New York. Il est connu pour sa trilogie des Maniac Cop que Larry Cohen a produits ainsi que pour le film culte Maniac. À noter qu'il apparaît dans deux films de Sam Raimi : Darkman et Evil Dead 3.
Il est le neveu du boxeur Jake La Motta.
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William Lustig est un réalisateur américain né le 1er février 1955 dans Le Bronx à New York. Il est connu pour sa trilogie des Maniac Cop que Larry Cohen a produits ainsi que pour le film culte Maniac. À noter qu'il apparaît dans deux films de Sam Raimi : Darkman et Evil Dead 3.
Il est le neveu du boxeur Jake La Motta.
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American Grindhouse (2010)
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Robert Forster, Allison Anders, John Landis, Fred Olen Ray, Joe Dante, Herschell Gordon Lewis
Roles Himself
Rating70%
Army of Darkness (1992)
, 1h25Directed by Sam Raimi
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Time travel films, Demons in film, Zombie films, Films about disabilities, Comedy horror films
Actors Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie, Ted Raimi, Bridget Fonda
Roles Fake Shemp
Rating73%
After being pulled through a time portal, Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) lands in A.D. 1300, where he is soon captured by Lord Arthur's (Marcus Gilbert) men, who suspect him to be an agent for Duke Henry (Richard Grove), with whom Arthur is at war. He is enslaved along with the captured Henry, his gun and chainsaw confiscated, and is taken to a castle. Ash is thrown in a pit where he fights off a Deadite and regains his weapons from Arthur's Wise Man (Ian Abercrombie). After demanding Henry and his men be set free (as he knew Henry was innocent, and his persecution was simply a witch hunt) and killing a deadite in full view of everyone, Ash is celebrated as a hero. He also grows attracted to Sheila (Embeth Davidtz), the sister of one of Arthur's fallen knights.
Darkman (1990)
, 1h36Directed by Sam Raimi
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Superhero films
Actors Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Larry Drake, Ted Raimi, Bruce Campbell
Roles Dockworker
Rating64%
Scientist Dr. Peyton Westlake is developing a new type of synthetic skin to help acid-burn victims. He is frustrated with a flaw that causes the skin to rapidly disintegrate after 99 minutes. His girlfriend, attorney Julie Hastings, discovers the Bellasarious Memorandum, an incriminating document proving that corrupt developer Louis Strack has been bribing members of the zoning commission. Before she leaves, Westlake asks her to marry him, but she hesitates. When she confronts Strack, he confesses, but shows Julie what he's been planning: To design a brand new city which would create a substantial number of new jobs. He also warns Julie to keep her guard up as mobster Robert Durant wants the document.
Relentless (1989)
, 1h32Directed by William Lustig
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Judd Nelson, Robert Loggia, Leo Rossi, Meg Foster, Ken Lerner, Angel Tompkins
Roles Cop #2
Rating58%
Un jeune policier et un vétéran de la police de Los Angeles font équipe pour élucider une série de meurtres. Les deux policiers retrouvent la trace du tueur en série. Il s'agit d'un fils de policier martyrisé par son père dans son enfance. Le tueur multiplie les meurtres et décide s'attaquer au vétéran et à la jeune recrue....
Relentless (1989)
, 1h32Directed by William Lustig
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Judd Nelson, Robert Loggia, Leo Rossi, Meg Foster, Ken Lerner, Angel Tompkins
Roles Cop #2
Rating58%
Sam Dietz (Leo Rossi) is a rookie Los Angeles detective recently transferred from New York City. He is paired up with veteran detective Bill Malloy (Robert Loggia) in order to find and stop a serial killer. The killer is Arthur "Buck" Taylor (Judd Nelson), the son of a former LAPD cop whose motive for killing is frustration over not having been accepted to the force and failure in the eyes of his father. Taylor chooses his targets by randomly looking up their names in the phone book and skillfully covering up his tracks by using his skills and knowledge that he learned while on the force. While in pursuit of Taylor, both Dietz and Malloy become his next planned targets for murder.
Cameron's Closet (1988)
, 1h27Directed by Armand Mastroianni
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Actors Scott Curtis, Cotter Smith, Mel Harris, Tab Hunter, Kim Lankford, Leigh McCloskey
Roles Ice Cream Eater (uncredited)
Rating50%
10-year-old Cameron Lansing (Scott Curtis) is an introverted, solitary boy with telekinetic and telepathic abilities who lives with his father, Owen Lansing (Tab Hunter), a research scientist. Owen has subjected Cameron to intense psychological testing from a young age in an effort to unbury the hidden powers of the human mind. During a series of mysterious and bizarre circumstances in their rural house one night, Owen is decapitated by a machete, yet the authorities can find no evidence of foul play and rule it out as an accidental death believing he simply fell on it. Cameron goes to live with his mother Dory Lansing (Kim Lankford) and her obnoxious actor boyfriend Bob Froelich (Gary Hudson) in Los Angeles. Both Dory and Bob are unaware of Cameron's paranormal abilities.
Maniac Cop (1988)
, 1h25Directed by William Lustig
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Films about sexuality, Serial killer films, Zombie films
Actors Tom Atkins, Robert Z'Dar, William Smith, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree
Roles Motel Manager
Rating60%
In New York City, a waitress on her way home is assaulted by two muggers and seeks aid from a police officer, who breaks her neck. Over the next two nights, this "Maniac Cop" commits more murders, prompting Lieutenant McCrae (Tom Atkins), who was told by his superiors to suppress eyewitness accounts that the killer was wearing a police uniform, to pass on information to a journalist, in an attempt to protect civilians. Unfortunately, this causes panic and dissent among the city and results in innocent patrolmen being shot to death by paranoid people.
Vigilante (1983)
, 1h30Directed by William Lustig
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Auto-justice
Actors Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Richard Bright, Rutanya Alda, Joe Spinell, Carol Lynley
Roles First Man Exiting Courtroom Elevator (uncredited)
Rating64%
Eddie Marino (Robert Forster) is a factory worker in New York City. He has a wife named Vickie (Rutanya Alda) and an eight-year-old son named Scott. Eddie's friend and co-worker, Nick (Fred Williamson), and two other co-workers, Burke and Ramon, have formed a secret vigilante group because Nick and the group are fed up with the crime in their neighborhoods. Nick and his group are also tired of the police, because the police always fail to protect people. Nick's "group" has support of various residents of the neighborhood who indirectly help them. In one example, a local thug stalks and chases a young woman to a rooftop of an apartment building where the thug robs and then kills her. An old lady who witnesses the thug says nothing to the police, but points out the thug to Nick and his group the next day. Nick and his friends forcibly grab the thug off the streets and place him in their van and drive away. The thug is later found dead in a vacant lot with all of his arms and legs broken and his head bashed in.
Maniac (1980)
, 1h27Directed by William Lustig
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, Tom Savini, Gail Lawrence, Kelly Piper, Rita Montone
Roles Al - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Rating64%
The film starts with a young couple lying on a beach, unaware that they are being watched by an unseen person. The woman asks the man to get some firewood, and as he leaves, the unseen man approaches the woman and slits her throat with a utility razor. The man returns to the campfire and is attacked from behind. The killer wraps wire around the man's neck and pulls, killing him.
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Uncle Sam (1996)
, 1h29Directed by William Lustig
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about domestic violence, Serial killer films, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors P. J. Soles, Bo Hopkins, Isaac Hayes, Anne Tremko, William Smith, Robert Forster
Rating45%
In Kuwait, a military unit uncovers an American helicopter downed by friendly fire at least three years ago. As the wreckage is inspected, Master Sergeant Sam Harper, one of the burnt bodies within, springs to life and kills a sergeant and a major, and returns to an inert state after muttering, "Don't be afraid, it's only friendly fire!"
The Expert (1995)
, 1h32Directed by William Lustig
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors James Brolin, Jeff Speakman, Jim Varney, Alex Datcher, Elizabeth Gracen, Red West
Rating46%
C'était un meurtre brutal qui a envoyé le psychopathe dérangé Martin Kagan en prison. C'est un sous-directeur naïf qui lui a accordé un sursis à exécution. Maintenant, l'instructeur de défense tactique du département de police, John Lomax, veut se venger de la mort de sa sœur bien-aimée.
, 1h25Directed by William Lustig, Joel Soisson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror, Slasher
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Robert Davi, Paul Gleason, Joel Soisson, Jackie Earle Haley, Robert Z'Dar, Caitlin Dulany
Rating50%
A priest practicing the Voodoo arts resurrects Matt Cordell (Robert Z'Dar), who takes his badge and comes back from the dead to do his bidding. Meanwhile, a pair of cameramen who are hoping to make it big come across a convenience store robbery, where a police officer named Katie Sullivan (Gretchen Becker) intervenes in a hostage situation; she manages to wound the suspect but realizes that the clerk is his girlfriend, and she had let him in purposefully to rob the store. There is a crossfire, and while Kate is severely wounded, she ends up killing the clerk in return. When rushed to the hospital, she is rendered comatose and brain dead, much to the chagrin of investigating officer Sean McKinney (Robert Davi). McKinney catches the report of Katie using excessive force in a hostage situation, which portrays the clerk as an innocent victim and threatens to free the badly injured Frank Jessup. Meanwhile, stalking Katie's progress, Cordell goes to the hospital to watch her. He kills one of her supervising physicians with defibrillator paddles, then exposes to high amounts of X-Ray radiation the physician set to sign the warrant to cut Kate's life support. The reporters who had framed Kate are then murdered, as well.
Far Out Man (1990)
, 1h21Directed by Tommy Chong, William Lustig
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Tommy Chong, C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Martin Mull, Shelby Chong, Judd Nelson
Rating49%
An aging hippie goes on a road trip in search of his long lost family. He meets up with his son (Paris Chong, Tommy's real-life son). Together they go off to see America. A majority of Tommy’s real life family have roles; daughter Rae Dawn and wife Shelby both have lines. Chong's former partner Cheech Marin makes an cameo appearance as a passenger in the back of Far Out Man's truck.
Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
, 1h30Directed by William Lustig
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror, Slasher
Themes Medical-themed films, Christmas films, Prison films, Serial killer films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Leo Rossi, Robert Davi, Robert Z'Dar, Michael Lerner, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon
Rating59%
After being impaled by a pipe and plunging into a river at the end of the previous film, the undead Maniac Cop Officer Matthew Cordell acquires a junked police cruiser and continues his killing spree through New York City. Finding a convenience store in the middle of a robbery, he kills the clerk; the thief is subsequently killed in a shootout with police. As Cordell stalks the streets, his enemies Officers Jack Forrest and Theresa Mallory are put back on duty by Deputy Commissioner Edward Doyle, who has the two undergo a psychiatric evaluation under Officer Susan Riley. While Jack is content that Cordell is long gone and wants to go on with his life, Theresa is convinced that Cordell is still alive and plotting his revenge.
Relentless (1989)
, 1h32Directed by William Lustig
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Judd Nelson, Robert Loggia, Leo Rossi, Meg Foster, Ken Lerner, Angel Tompkins
Rating58%
Un jeune policier et un vétéran de la police de Los Angeles font équipe pour élucider une série de meurtres. Les deux policiers retrouvent la trace du tueur en série. Il s'agit d'un fils de policier martyrisé par son père dans son enfance. Le tueur multiplie les meurtres et décide s'attaquer au vétéran et à la jeune recrue....