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- DirectorDan CurtisStarsRobert BurtonJohn KarlenGeorge GaynesThree bizarre horror stories, all of which star Karen Black in four different roles playing four tormented women.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsJohn TravoltaGlynnis O'ConnorRobert ReedThe girl next door makes a teen born with immune deficiencies want to leave his germ-free bubble.
- DirectorDonald WryeStarsLinda BlairJoanna MilesAllyn Ann McLerieA young girl runs away from her abusive family and ends up in a girls' juvenile detention center, where she's raped and brutalized by her sadistic peers. Only one honest social worker shows interest in helping her.
- DirectorJohn KortyStarsWilliam ShatnerRuth RomanWendell BurtonA 15-year-old girl in late-1960s America is sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs and eventually seeks help.
- StarsMark HarmonFrederic ForrestGeorge GrizzardThe story of serial killer, Ted Bundy.
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsKurt RussellRichard YniguezNed BeattyThe infamous story of Charles Whitman, "America's favourite sniper" (in Stephen King's words), is told here once again.
- StarsBrian DennehyMichael RileyMargot Kidder"To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.
- DirectorMichael SwitzerStarsBruce GreenwoodGreg KeanArlen Dean SnyderDramatization looks at the tumultuous relationship that existed between rock group The Beach Boy's Brian and Dennis Wilson and their father, Murry. It also examines their struggles with drugs and alcohol.
- DirectorLee PhilipsStarsLinda BlairMartin SheenJeanne CooperAn escaped mental patient kidnaps an illiterate teenage farm girl and takes her to his mountain hideaway, where they become friends--and, eventually, lovers.
- DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsRobert MitchumJames SpaderLance KerwinA father serving time for murder convinces his three teenage sons that his life is being threatened by fellow inmates and that they should break him out of jail. However, when his sons succeed in the jailbreak attempt, the father brings along his cell-mate, a former two time killer, and soon the sons find themselves involved in the pair's murderous crime spree.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsElizabeth MontgomeryFionnula FlanaganEd FlandersIn 1893 Massachusetts, Lizzie Andrew Borden is put on trial for murdering her father and stepmother with an axe.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellShelley WintersBing RussellBiographical movie about the famous rock singer Elvis Presley.
- DirectorSteve GethersStarsRichard CrennaDennis FarinaBilly ZaneThe true chilling story of the "two of a kind", killin' cousins Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, better known as the Hillside Stranglers, is told in this TV drama. The movie concentrates on the killers story, as well as on the life of Officer Bob Grogan, who investigated their case. Look for the real Bob Grogan as the Washington cop who arrests Kenneth Bianchi!
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsLinda BlairLarry HagmanVerna BloomThis movie is a teaching tool about a teenage girl struggling with alcoholism to cope with her feelings of insecurity and the usual problems of adolescence.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsEve PlumbLeigh McCloskeyLynn CarlinA 15-year-old girl runs away from home and arrives in Hollywood, but winds up becoming a prostitute to support herself and gets involved with a tough-talking pimp.
- DirectorLee PhilipsStarsStockard ChanningEdward AsnerJim BackusAfter an accident causes an ugly duckling girl to undergo reconstructive surgery, she emerges from behind the bandages a ravishing beauty. It's payback time when she uses her new attractiveness to exact revenge on those who wronged her.
- StarsCindy PickettJohn AshtonCorin NemecThe harrowing true account of Steven Stayner, who was kidnapped by a perverted pseudo-priest and his lackey during the 1970s. As he gets older, he realizes that he needs to try to make an escape and get back home.
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsJames Earl JonesEstelle ParsonsBarnard HughesIn the early 1960s, a married couple undergo hypnosis, which unlocks memories of a forgotten event on a lonely road. Soon they believe they were abducted by extraterrestrials.
- DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsHal HolbrookMichael LearnedMare WinninghamA teenage runaway attempts to readjust to home and family life in Minnesota after returning home after years of working on the streets of New York City as a hooker and tries desperately to regain her parents' understanding and love.
- DirectorJohn NewlandStarsKim DarbyJim HuttonBarbara AndersonA young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.
- DirectorAllan ArkushStarsRick PetersBob GuntonAlyson CourtA "mockumentary" about Elvis's real-life trip to the White House to become a federal marshal under the DEA, but meets the President instead. Along the way, the film exposes Elvis's humor, drug problem, and even him pulling a gun out at a doughnut shop.
- DirectorBruce HartStarsDenise MillerRex SmithBarbara FeldonThirteen-year-old Jessie is in love with Michael, a 17-year-old guitar instructor and aspiring musician. When she finally captures his interest, she lies and tells him she's 16. But what will Michael do when he discovers the truth?
- DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsHal HolbrookMartin SheenJoe Don BakerTeenager Nick Salter visits his divorced father Doug and meets Dad's new friend Gary McLain. But Doug enjoys Gary's company more than the company of women. Nick must then learn to deal with Doug's homosexuality.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsKathleen BellerBlythe DannerTony BillA teenage girl is harassed by a stalker who torments her with threatening notes and phone calls.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsDarren McGavinCarol LynleySimon OaklandAn abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsScott JacobyPippa ScottJohn LarchA perverted teenage boy who lives in the walls of a house finds the house sold to a family after his mother dies, then he falls for one of the new residents.
- DirectorRod HolcombStarsMelissa Sue AndersonMary Beth McDonoughPatrick CassidyVivian has magic powers. She doesn't hesitate to save her boyfriend David from failing in school by murdering teachers. However, David has gotten tired of her and is putting his charm on a new girl in school, Robin. Robin discovers that she also has magic powers, and it comes to a mental showdown between the two women over David.
- DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsRaul JuliaJohn P. RyanPhillip ClarkOn March 13, 1964, Catherine "Kitty" Genovese was attacked and viciously stabbed to death several times by a psychopath while nearby residents watched but did nothing to help.
- DirectorFrank De FelittaStarsCharles DurningRobert F. LyonsClaude Earl JonesIn a small Southern town, four vigilantes wrongfully execute a mentally-challenged man, but after the court sets them free mysterious "accidents" begin to kill them off one by one.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsLinda BlairLee PurcellJeremy SlateA teenage girl's life is turned upside down after her cousin moves into her house, and as time goes by she begins to suspect that she may be a practitioner of witchcraft.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsColm MeaneyTina KellegherRuth McCabe20 year old Irish girl Sharon Curly lives at home with her large family. But notoriety in her neighbourhood suddenly arrives when, after a night out on the town, she becomes pregnant and refuses to divulge the identity of the baby's father.
- DirectorKaren ArthurStarsRichard CrennaMeredith BaxterPat HingleSeattle veteran cop Richard Beck becomes a sexual assault victim and must deal with the painful aftermath.
- DirectorTom McLoughlinStarsTim MathesonBrooke AdamsRobert RuslerA man and his family return to his hometown, where he is then harassed by teenagers who died when he was a kid.
- DirectorRobert GreenwaldStarsFarrah FawcettPaul Le MatRichard MasurAn abused battered wife has had enough of her husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsDarren McGavinJo Ann PflugSimon OaklandA reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood.
- DirectorAllan ArkushStarsRenée ZellwegerHowie MandelPatricia ChildressAs the rock 'n' roll craze sweeps across America, a rebellious young woman sets out to prove the new fad is here to stay. She and her friend start their own band and open a hoppin' nightclub where the local teens can hang out.
- DirectorE.W. SwackhamerStarsValerie HarperRichard RomanusNicholas PryorA housewife is stalked by a psycho after she sees him murder a highway patrol officer.
- DirectorPaul ShapiroStarsScott BaioPeter SpenceJessica SteenAlex admits to his best friend Brad that he is gay.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsLauren HuttonDavid BirneyAdrienne BarbeauA woman is being watched in her apartment by a stranger, who also calls and torments her. A cat-and-mouse game begins.
- DirectorWilliam WiardStarsParker StevensonShelley SmithSlim PickensAfter having a nervous breakdown, a rock singer has to spend some time in hospital. A private nurse is hired, and with her he buys a new house, a fantastic house in the country. The nurse, Sheila, can't remember the first years of her life, but this house seems strangely familiar to her. Also, there is this strange old woman who claims that Sheila's real name is Margaret. People who cause Sheila pain or who try to tell her the real story of what happened in this house, they die in strange ways: Tanya, the girlfriend of the singer, and the Library woman who wants to give her some newspaper articles. Can Sheila find out the truth behind all this and can she escape the house that possessed once and wants to possess once more?
- DirectorMichael LandonStarsLance KerwinBrian KeithDeAnn MearsA young boy who still wets the bed finds escapism from his abusive mother and his own embarrassment by going running after school.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsVic MorrowCliff De YoungMichael ConstantineOn October 30, 1938, Orson Welles's radio play "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provokes mass panic.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsBen GazzaraElizabeth AshleyMichael DouglasA woman begins to receive ominous phone calls from her nephew, who died 15 years earlier. With each phone call, a family member dies. Will she be the next in line?
- DirectorEmilio EstevezStarsCharlie SheenEmilio EstevezRafer WeigelBiopic of notorious Mitchell Brothers who opened up a successful San Francisco strip club and thriving porn business that led to a downward spiral of power and greed.
- DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsRobert CulpMarlyn MasonBeah RichardsOne man decides to wage war against a gang of teenage punks besieging an affluent California community. Based on a true incident.
- DirectorJerrold FreedmanStarsScott BaioLance KerwinEd LauterA popular high school hockey player hides the fact that he is an alcoholic.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsVanessa RedgraveLynn RedgraveBruce A. YoungAn elderly, bedridden former movie star is "cared for" by her sister, who hates her and keeps her a virtual prisoner in the family mansion.
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsRobert ReedArlene GolonkaSylvia SidneyA man who is the pillar of his community has a secret - he has a compulsion to make obscene telephone calls.
- DirectorMichael TuchnerStarsKristy McNicholBruce DavisonEsther RolleA young American girl meets a German prisoner of war.
- DirectorMichael Toshiyuki UnoStarsGuy BoydAmy SteelMax PerlichThis is a miniseries that tells the story of a nuclear family and how it survives despite the modern-day pressures that make it difficult to maintain the conventional family arrangement that become common in America in the post-war era.
- DirectorMarvin J. ChomskyStarsDavid SoulLouis Gossett Jr.Linda PurlThe sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles Police detective Kyle York was murdered working the streets a few years ago. Since his reform, he has teamed with Officer Russ Garfield to clear the streets of underage girls working in prostitution. Pretty, young runaway Hailey Atkins has been turned out. Down deep she wants to go straight, but has had great difficultly escaping her pimp, and doesn't even have a place to go. York and Garfield go out on a limb to try and help.
- DirectorRobert MarkowitzStarsNancy McKeonDale MidkiffGraham JarvisA victim of domestic violence winds up in an ongoing struggle to get the police to take her seriously, until the abuse escalates to the worst extreme.
- StarsFarrah FawcettRyan O'NealGordon ClappA peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's emergency room.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsBen GazzaraEileen BrennanRobby BensonA sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure on him from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.
- StarsDavid SoulJames MasonLance KerwinA novelist and a young horror fan attempt to save a small New England town which has been invaded by vampires.
- DirectorBarnet KellmanStarsScott BaioSheree NorthEric SchiffSet in the backyard of a blue-collar South Philadelphia neighborhood early in the summer of 1973, the comedy-drama focuses on the 21st birthday celebration of Harvard student Francis Geminiani. In attendance are his divorced blue collar father Fran and Fran's widowed girlfriend Lucille, next-door neighbor Bunny Weinberger and her overweight son Herschel, and Francis' classmates, the wealthy WASP Hastings siblings; Judith (who seeks romance with Francis) and Randy (the object of Francis' unexpressed affection), who have arrived unexpectedly, much to their friend's dismay. All are dysfunctional to varying degrees, and the interactions among them provide the play with its comic and dramatic moments. {This information was obtained from Wikipedia}
- DirectorRod AmateauStarsMichael J. FoxNancy McKeonTodd BridgesSet in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique.
- DirectorAlf KjellinStarsShirley JonesMercedes McCambridgePamela Sue MartinAn unmarried teacher in a school for unwed mothers finds herself becoming too emotionally attached to her students and their problems.
- StarsAlice CooperVincent PriceClifford AllenAlice Cooper's live concert stage-show, based on his 1978 album, From the Inside.
- DirectorMichael O'HerlihyStarsLeif GarrettMilo O'SheaBibi BeschA teenage boy gets a job as a Pony Express rider in the Nebraska Territory not long before the Civil War breaks out.
- DirectorJack BenderStarsJonelle AllenShari BelafonteLeVar BurtonPhil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night. Once the dead have returned, Pitchford Cove will never be the same again....or will it?
- DirectorHenning SchellerupStarsJeff GoldblumPaul SandMeg FosterAngered that Katrina has grown fond of schoolmaster Crane, Brom Bones determines to scare off the interloper by filling his head with spooky tales of a Headless Horseman. Crane disparages the legends, until one fateful ride home in the dark of night.
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsLynda CarterSteve ForrestGranville Van DusenA beautiful telephone operator is stalked by a murderous madman.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsBarbara StanwyckBarbara ParkinsRoddy McDowallOn her way home from a stay at a mental institution after a traumatic rape, a woman realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsDavid JanssenBarbara RushBradford DillmanAfter several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.
- DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsMartin BalsamCatherine BurnsChuck ConnorsA hired killer hunts down a schoolteacher to get something she has. She doesn't know what it is, but he's already killed twice to get it.
- DirectorJohn NewlandBuzz KulikStarsArthur KennedyTeresa WrightTom HapperA childless middle-age couple adopt a troubled youth they find living in their crawlspace and attempt to get him to rejoin society with tragic results.
- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsElizabeth MontgomeryEileen HeckartSue Ane LangdonA wealthy woman is trapped during a storm in a house with no electricity or phone. A killer has murdered her sister, stuffed the body in the basement, and is now after her.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDarren McGavinSandy DennisRalph BellamyA young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife.
- DirectorKlaus LemkeStarsHans-Jürgen ModschiedlerGerd KruskopfMichael-Thomas KrannichIn Hamburg, a rocker biker gang helps a kid avenge his brother who was murdered by a rival gang, a mortal enemy of rocker gangs.
- DirectorSutton RoleyStarsHoward DuffLeslie NielsenSheree NorthThe wives of three wealthy men are kidnapped and held for a $3 million ransom, but one of the men doesn't want to pay his share.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsRichard HatchBruce DavisonPamela BellwoodOn Jan and Dean's rise to the top of the music industry, a horrible car accident leaves Jan Berry incapacitated and their dreams shattered. With the help of Dean and others, Jan slowly recovers, learning again to walk and talk. A comeback to the music industry seems impossible, but Jan's willingness to try and with Dean the duo aim for another chance.
- StarsGünter LamprechtClaus HolmHanna SchygullaIn late-1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city's criminal underworld.