Child's Play (1988)

Released November 9th in the US.
Filmed in Illinois and California.
The story : Policeman Mike Norris is hot on the trail of wanted killer Charles Lee Ray.
During a shoot out between the two , Ray is wounded and his getaway driver leaves him stranded.
Instead of giving up , Ray breaks into a nearby toy store where the shoot out continues.
Ray swears his revenge on Mike and while in so much pain , falls into a stack of Good Guy dolls.
Then he gets an idea.
Ray proceeds to cast his soul into one  of the Good Guy dolls so hes hoping can continue to live on somehow.
A Day or so later , a little boy named Andy is celebrating his birthday.
The one and only thing he would love to have for his special day is a Good Guy doll.
But Good Guy dolls are so very expensive.
Andy's mom finds out that there is a man selling the dolls very cheap and is super excited to get one for Andy.
What are the odds that the doll mom picks up is actually the doll with deceased killer Charles Lee Ray's soul inside of it?
Stars Chris Sarandon , Brad Dourif , Alex Vincent , Catherine Hicks , Juan Ramirez , Dinah Manoff , Jack Colvin , Tommy Swerdlow , Alan Wilder , Ray Oliver , Tyler Hard , Ted Liss
Directed by Tom Holland
Rated R
HORROR

"Hi! I'm Chucky! Wanna Play!?"

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

Released September 26th in the US.
Filmed in the UK.
The story : Brad and Janet have just attended a good friends wedding.
This has inspired the sweet-as-pie couple to get engaged themselves.
Soon the couple is taking a road trip to see their good friend Dr. Everett Scott.
After some time , they get a flat tire.
It is raining miserably and of course they do not have a spare.
Brad suggests he walk back a ways to the castle they past. Janet insists on going along.
Freaked when they see who answers the door at the castle but still they need to use a telephone , Brad and Janet enter the castle.
The Master is throwing his Annual Transylvanian Convention...
Brad and Janet do not get to use the telephone but they do get to witness the awakening of the Masters newest creation , Rocky Horror.
It becomes quite the evening for Brad and Janet. Something to change their lives forever.
Stars Barry Bostwick , Susan Sarandon , Richard OBrien , Patricia Quinn , Nell Campbell , Tim Curry , Meat loaf , Jonathan Adams , Charles Gray , Peter Hinwood 
Directed by Jim Sharman
Rated R
MUSICAL/FANTASY/COMEDY

"Don't dream it. Be it."

The Halloween That Almost Wasn't AKA The Night Dracula Saved the World (1979)

Made for ABC, airing October 28th in the US.
Filmed entirely in New York.
The story: Dracula awakens one evening to learn from the nightly news that Halloween could be over forever.
There is also a rumor that Dracula himself is responsible for Halloween's soon demise.
This angers Dracula as Halloween is his National holiday.
He decides to get all the monsters together at his place.
He blames them for being sell-outs and jokes, responsible for the vicious rumor.
Dracula learns from Winnie the witch that she is solely responsible for the horrible rumors about Halloweens end.
She is simply sick of being the brunt of ugly girl jokes and even more sick of being a witch.
Dracula wants her to fix the problem but she will not budge unless he obeys some rules she has written for him. 
But he is just as stubborn as her.
Stars Judd Hirsh , Henry Gibson , Andrew Duncan , Jack Riley , Robert Fitch , Josip Elic , John Schuck , Mariette Hartley , Jamie Ross , Maggie Peters Ross , Charles Fields , Kristen Williams
Directed by Bruce Bilson
Not Rated
COMEDY/FAMILY/HALLOWEEN

"Very graceful...."

Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977)

Made for TV, airing October 27th in the US.
The story: It is a lovely fall day in Whoville.
But all of a sudden, a sweet-sour wind begins to blow.
Now every Who in Whoville knows you must not get in the way of the sweet-sour wind.
That is a sure sign that the Grinch is coming to town!
When Euchariah decides that he must go to the Uphamisim, he gets caught up in the sweet-sour wind.
Soon he finds himself before the Grinch, who surely tries to scare him into believing a night like this is only for the Grinch.
Stars (voices by ) Hans Conried, Hal Smith , Irene Tedrow , Henry Gibson , Jack DeLeon , Gary Shapiro 
Directed by Gerard Baldwin
Not Rated
AMINATION/FAMILY/FANTASY/HALLOWEEN

Soup and Me (1978)

Made for ABC , airing February 4th in the US.
The story : Soup and Rob are busy raking leaves as punishment while their classmates are all getting ready for the big Halloween party tonight.
Soup and Rob keep running into trouble with larger than them Janice.
She always starts with them and when they laugh at her she causes them more trouble.
Soup and Rob go swimming when Janice shows up. She steals their clothes.
Now they have to sneak into town without clothes and find clothes to put on.
All they find is ladies clothes...
The plan is to borrow without asking permission , a very large pumpkin from Mr Sutter and enter it in the contest at the party for a prize.
Everything they do gets them into trouble.
Stars Shane Sinutko , Christian Berrigan , Mary Margaret Patts , Frank Cady , Owen Bush , Kathleen Stetson
Directed by Dennis Donnelly
Not Rated
COMEDY/FAMILY

"She's worse than the measles."

Bunnicula the Vampire Rabbit (1982)

Made for ABC , airing January 9th in the US.
The story : Mr. Monroe works at the local food processing plant that everyone in town seems to work at.
Lately , there have been quite a few unexplained accidents at the plant.
The boss cannot have this anymore. He doesnt know if the plant is haunted or not , but he cannot take anymore chances of anyone getting hurt.
The boss has decided to close the plant down , possibly even for good.
Now Mr. Monroe is out of a job. This is really bad because there is a Mrs. Monroe , two Monroe children and two pets.
When the family comes to the plant to pick up Mr. Monroe , the kids find a cute and fuzzy bunny in a box.
The bunny has a note along with it but no one can read it , other than the family dog as it is in Russian.
The note tells of the bunnies name being 'Bunnicula'.
When the family cat who reads a lot of books finds out the bunnies name , he is convinced that the cute and fuzzy bunny is a vampire!
Stars (voices by) Willie Tyler , Alan Young , Janet Waldo , Jack Carter , Alan Dinehart , Howard Morris , Joshua Milrad , Pat Peterson 
Directed by Charles A Nichols
Not Rated
ANIMATION/COMEDY/FAMILY/MYSTERY

Halloween Horror Show Presents Elviria's Halloween Special ; MTV's (1986)

Made for MTV, airing October 31st in the US.
The story: Elvira is visiting Salem, Massachusetts - witch capital of the world.
She picks up a few souvenirs at the Salem Witch Museum, gives trick or treating tips, talks to people on the street in Salem, exercises, checks out Halloween costumes on the street, advertises her favorite Halloween carols on vinyl, takes phone calls for people looking to enroll in The Salem State College of Witchcraft and Voodoo, makes Halloween snacks, appears on the 25,000 Pentagram Show, and advertises the Elviria Doll her boyfriend Satan doll his Cool car and Nightmare mansion for 79.99, (breasts sold separately).
Then, Elvira gets arrested by the Salem police.
All the while, these music videos play as follows, in between each skit :
Siouxsie and the Banshees 'Cities In Dust'
Bauhaus 'Bela Lugosi Is Dead'
The Damned 'Plan 9 Channel 10'
Oingo Boingo 'Weird Science'
Ozzy Ozbourne "Bark At the Moon'
Luis Cardenas ' Runaway'
The Cure 'In Between Days'
Paul Boucek 'Hollywood Halloween'
Kommunity FK ' Something Inside Me Has Died'
Landscape 'Norman Bates'
Grace Jones 'Slave To the Rythem'
Iron Maiden 'Wasted Years'
Lords of the New Church 'Dance With Me'
Strange Party 'Imitators'
Eurythmics 'Missionary Man'
The Hitmen 'Bates Motel'
X 'Because I Do'
Madhouse 'House of Fun'
The Ramones 'Psychotherapy'
Billy Idol 'White Wedding'
Bauhaus 'Mask'
Meatloaf 'Bat Out of Hell'
Chacko 'Once Bitten Twice Shy'
David Bowie 'Underground'
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown 'Fire'
Peter Gabriel 'I Dont Remember'
Alice Cooper 'Welcome to My Nightmare'
Queensryche 'Gonna Get Close To You'
Device 'Hanging On a Heart Attack'
Phantom , Rocker & Slick 'My Mistake'
Tim Scott 'Swear'
Siouxsie and the Banshees 'Spellbound'
Finally , Elvira counts down the weirdest, strangest, most bizarre videos of all time :
10. The Damned 'Shadow of Love'
9. Ozzy Ozbourne 'Shot in the Dark'
8. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 'Time Warp'
7. Godzilla 'I Was Afraid To Love Him'
6. Alice Cooper 'The Man Behind the Mask'
5. The Blow Monkeys 'Wicked Ways'
4. Carter Burwell 'Screams of Love'
3. Fred Schneider 'Monster In My Pants'
2. Lou Reed 'No Money Down'
1. Pia Zadora 'Rock It Out'
Stars Cassandra Peterson , George Mcgrath, Julia Sweeney, Mark Pierson, Matthew May, Barbara Chase, Michael Sardo
Directed by Mark Pierson
Not Rated
COMEDY/MUSIC/HALLOWEEN

Malcolm in the Middle : Halloween Approximately (2000)

Made for TV , airing November 8th in the US.
The story : Reese and Malcolm are pretty bummed that this year they actually went trick or treating.
The plan was actually to go vandalizing with Francis but he didnt make it home for Halloween.
A week later , when Francis does get home Reese and Malcolm are okay with missing the big day.
They will just do it next year.
That isnt good enough for Francis though.
This coming weekend , they will use their new ultimate vandalizing weapon.
Stars Justin Berfield , Frankie Muniz , Erik Per Sullivan , Will Jennings , Evan Matthew Cohen , Kyle Sullivan , Bryan Cranston , Jane Kaczmarek , Craig Lamar Traylor , Christopher Masterson , Kevin Brief , Jack Shearer , Kate Asner , Leslie David Baker , Mary Gillis
Directed by Todd Holland
Not Rated
COMEDY/FAMILY/SERIES/HALLOWEEN

The Jeffersons : Now You See It, Now You Don't part 2 (1979)

Made for TV , airing October 28th in the US.
The story : Louise returns home with the state of mind that she will enjoy the rest of the night and stop worrying.
Mister Bentley starts doing some tricks for entertainment when Tom tells everyone they should all get going to the party.
They dont want to miss the costume contest.
Louise stays behind to get a stain out of her dress and will meet up with everyone soon.
Thats when the man she seen commit the murder breaks into her house.
Stars Isabel Sanford , Paul Benedict , Sherman Hemsley , Marla Gibbs , Franklin Cover , Roxie Roker , Patrick Collins , Mimi Cozzens , Billy Stevenson , Danny Wells , Charles Walker , Neal Kaz
Directed by Bob Lally
Not Rated
COMEDY/HALLOWEEN

The Jeffersons: Now You See It, Now You Don't part 1 (1979)

Made for TV , airing October 21st in the US.
The story : Its Halloween. Everyone is going to a Halloween party.
Before the party , Louise has invited everyone over for drinks.
Mister Bentley has brought his telescope.
He wants to set up on the Jeffersons balcony to see the dog star.
When George looks through the telescope , he sees a woman working out.
When Louise catches him , she wants to see what he is looking at.
So she looks through the telescope , only it is facing a different direction now.
Louise sees what she believes is a man being killed.
She decides to go out to the party for some ice and get some air.
But she sees the killer is at the party
Stars Isabel Sanford , Paul Benedict , Marla Gibbs , Sherman Hemsley , Roxie Roker , Franklin Cover , Bill Calvert , James Calvert , Danny Wells , Timothy Gibbs , Patrick Collins , Ned Wertimer , Charles Walker
Directed by Bob Lally
Not Rated
COMEDY/HALLOWEEN

"The killer is a rabbit."

Happy Days : Haunted (1974)

Made for TV, airing October 29th in the US.
The story: Ralph believes that this year his Halloween party will be the best ever.
Every year, Bag and The Demons crash his party.
But this year he knows they will never find out where the party is!
The plan is to have the party at the old, haunted Simpson house.
Ralph knows it's super spooky in there and that will make the chicks scared and clingy.
He sends Richie over to the house to make sure it's all cobwebbed and creepy-like, ready for Saturday night.
Richie takes Joanie along with him but she warns him about the house.
Joanie is freaked even more once inside the house and runs out.
Richie laughs it off but he sees a ghost in the closet while checking out the house.
Now he's all creeped out.
Stars Beatrice Colen , Neil  Schwartz Scott Marshall , Don Most , Anson Williams , Ron Howard , Erin Moran , Tom Bosley , Marion Ross , Henry Winkler , Kathleen Marshall , Lori Marshall , Linda Purl 
Directed by Garry Marshall
Not Rated
COMEDY/FAMILY/SERIES/HALLOWEEN

"If I get my head chopped off Richie Cunningham, I'm gonna tell mom on you!"

Cheers : House of Horrors with Formal Dining and Used Brick (1986)

Made for TV , airing October 30th in the US.
The story : Carla has been saving money for what seems like forever.
She is looking to buy a house for her kids and herself.
Just when she thinks things are looking good , she realizes everything that would fit her family is way out of her price range.
Cliff tells Carla about a great nearby place that has to be in her price range.
It all seems too good to be true but it works out beautifully as Carla rushes into snagging the house up at such a great price.
But when she finds out that the house is built on a prison cemetery and she is hugely superstitious ,  Carla is scared to move in.
Stars Rhea Perlman , Ted Danson , Shelley Long , John Ratzenberger , Kelsey Grammer , Woody Harrelson , George Wendt
Directed by James Burrows
Not Rated
COMEDY

According To Jim : Unruly Spirits (2001)

Made for TV , airing  October 31st in the US.
The story : Its Halloween and thats Jims favorite holiday ever.
He couldnt be more excited about it.
While Cheryl has been hard at work making the kids costumes , little Gracie has been continuously jumping off the bottom step in the other room.
Cheryl is worried that Gracie is going to get hurt and has asked her many times to stop jumping off the step but Gracie still does it.
While getting ready to go trick or treating , Gracie goes to her room to get her stuff to go out.
When she comes back downstairs , Cheryl reminds her to not jump off the step.
But she does anyways.
Cheryl forbids Gracie from going trick or treating and that bothers Jim as well as Gracie.
Jim decides to take Gracie out anyways just to show off their costume.
Meanwhile , Andy is being stalked by an ex-girlfriend and she is really creeping him out!
Stars Courtney Thorne Smith , Kimberly Williams Paisley , Billi Bruno , James Belushi , Taylor Atelian , Larry Joe Campbell , Steven Pierce , Michael McManus , Soleil Borda , Ken Magee 
Directed by Andy Cadiff
Not Rated
COMEDY

"Hun?....Theres a naked policeman dancing on our front lawn...."

Kate & Allie : Halloween ll (1986)

Made for TV , airing October 27th in the US.
The story : It's Halloween night in Greenwich Village and theres a parade going on right outside Kate and Allies place.
Emma and Jenny are dressed for a Halloween party. Chip and his friend Eddie  are dressed for the parade.
Kate is dressed as the Easter bunny and Allie is giving out candy.
When Kate realizes Allie isnt going to dress up and go to the parade , she talks her into dressing as a ghost and going with her.
Kate gets home with someone who she thinks is Allie because they are dressed as a ghost.
Instead , with her is a man who has his real-life deceased ghost wife with him...
Kate and Allie cannot get rid of the man because he insists his wife will not leave.
So they convince him to just leave his wife , because of course they dont believe him.
But after hes gone , some strange ghostly-like things keep happening.
Stars Susan Saint James , Jane Curtin , Fred Koehler , Raymond Rosario , Ari Meyers , Allison Smith , Joan Bodgen , Miles Chapin , Ricky Paull Goldin , Manny Jacobs
Directed by Bill Persky
Not Rated
COMEDY/FAMILY/HALLOWEEN

"Silly rabbit. Tricks are for kids."

Beavis and Butthead : Bungholio , Lord of the Harvest AKA Butt-O-Ween (1995)

Made for MTV , airing October 31st in the US.
The story : It's Halloween night.
Beavis and Butthead are watching a scary movie when the doorbell rings.
When they decide to answer the door , they find two trick or treaters.
Instead of giving candy , Butthead takes their candy and shuts the door but the kids dad brutally retrieves their candy....
Now they have an idea. Seeing how they want candy and there are no laws that say they are too old , they are gonna try it out.
The first place they go , they are told they are too old and they cannot get any candy unless they have costumes.
So they go back home and decide that Beavis will be nads and Butthead will be nachos.
But they still dont get any candy.
Stars (voices by ) Mike Judge , Rottilio Michielli , Adam Welsh , Kristofor Brown
Directed by Mike Judge & Yvette Kaplan
Not Rated
ANIMATION/COMEDY

The Twilight Zone : The Howling Man (1960)

Made for TV, airing November 6th in the US.
The story: David Ellington is on a walking trip in Europe when it begins to pour.
He heads toward the only light that can be seen, at a large building.
Going to the door and asking if he can come in out of the rain, he is refused.
But David does not take no for an answer.
Making his way inside, David is escorted by Brother Christophorus to meet with Brother Jermone.
But just before that,  David experiences a strange howling but no one will acknowledge it.
After David gets the okay to stay, he goes on to find where the howling has been coming from.
David finds a man who claims to have been captured by Brother Jermone, merely for kissing a woman in public.
Feeling badly for the man, David asks about him to Brother Jerome.
Brother Jerome finally tells David that the man is Satan himself and that he had tried for many years to capture him.
Now that he has him he has no intentions of setting him free once again.
Stars HM Wynant , John Carradine , Fredrich von Ledebur , Robin Hughes , Ezelle Poule
Directed by Douglas Heyes 
Not Rated
B&W
SCIFI/HORROR/SERIES/HALLOWEEN

"I don't say they're evil...I say they're mad!"

Prophecy (1979)

Released June 15th in the US.
Filmed in Canada.
The story : Rob is a city doctor who has great people skills.
He is approached one day by a friend.
It seems the friend needs Rob , because of his people skills , to go to Maine.
There is a new lumber mill there which is causing an uproar with the Native American people who live in the area.
The Native Americans believe the land is rightfully theirs but the mill has paid outright for the land , so they call it theirs.
Talked right into it , Rob takes his wife and they fly into Maine.
There they are greeted by the man in charge of all the technicalities to do with the mill.
He tells the couple of a few lumberjacks who have recently gone missing but nothing more.
After meeting some of the Native Americans in the area , Rob gets a better understanding of the recent problems.
What Rob didnt realize was the mill happens to be poisoning the wildlife with their toxic chemicals.
On top of that , there is a mutated killer bear out there hungry for human flesh!
Stars Robert Foxworth , Talia Shire , Graham Jarvis , Richard Dysart , Armand Assante , Victoria Racimo , Tom McFadden , Burke Byrnes , Mia Bendixsen , Johnny Timko , Everett Creach
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Rated PG
SCIFI/HORROR

Home Movie (2008)

Released December 8 , 2009 in the US.
Filmed entirely in Connecticut.
The story : Child psychologist Clare and her Lutheran pastor husband David have relocated their ten-year-old twins Jack and Emily to the middle of nowhere.
This is their chance to start a new life.
From the get go , Jack and Emily are withdrawn and weird.
They do not communicate with their parents while their parents blame themselves for their childrens lack of happiness.
Clare and David discover different creepy doings at the hands of their children on a regular , monthly basis.
It seems every holiday  , when the hope is for happiness , something horrific happens.
When David and Clare are finally at the end of their rope , David attempts an exorcism on the children while Clare prescribes meds.
Two months later , Clare and David believe they have healed their children.
But that is merely a cover-up.
Stars Adrian Pasdar , Cady McClain , Austin Williams , Amber Joy Williams , River ONeal the dog , Christian McNamara
Directed by (& story written) Christopher Denham
Rated R
HORROR/MYSTERY

Starry Eyes (2014)

Released November 14th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : Sarah is a young , struggling , wanna-be actress.
All the people she knows are also trying to make a name for themselves in the film world.
All of Sarah's thoughts revolve around getting her big break and nothing else really seems to matter.
She gets an audition with a prominent production company , which she is very excited about.
She does her best at the audition but the company doesnt seem all that impressed by her.
Annoyed , Sarah goes into the ladies room and has a "tantrum"....
The woman who was at her audition hears this and asks Sarah back.
Demanding that Sarah have another tantrum in order to get a further audition , Sarah has no other choice.
The point of the role is....how far exactly is Sarah willing to let go of herself?
If she cannot , she isnt the right girl for the part.
But Sarah does it. Scared at first , but then there is no going back...
She goes further than she could have ever imagined...and she likes it.
Stars Alex Essoe , Amanda Fuller , Fabianne Therese , Noah Segan , Shane Coffey , Natalie Castillo , Pat Healy , Maria Olsen , Marc Senter , Nick Simmons , Louis Dezseran 
Directed by ( & story written) Kevin Kolsch & Dennis Widmyer
Not Rated
HORROR/SCIFI

"Dreams require sacrifice."

Late Phases : Night of the Lone Wolf (2014)

Released in November of 2014 in the US.
Filmed entirely in New York.
The story : Blind , Vietnam vet Ambrose has just lost his wife.
His only son has found him a nice retirement home to move into and with the help of his trusty seeing eye dog , Ambrose should be just fine.
The first day there , Ambrose meets his new neighbor Delores.
They dont have much time to chat but Ambrose knows Delores is right next door.
Later in that same evening , something attacks Delores in her home.
Ambrose hears the commotion and soon finds the attacker after him.
Ambrose gets away only on the account that his dog fought the attacker away from him.
The next day , Ambrose finds out from a doctor and the police that this sort of thing happens quite regularly.
The police believe the attacks happen due to the retirement home being very close to the woods....
Ambrose is suspicious.
The people who live in his retirement home seem to be too good to be true and hiding things.
Ambrose knows one of them is  a killer.
Stars Nick Damici , Ethan Embry , Karen Lynn Gorney , Rutanya Alda , Tina Louise , Erin Cummings , Lance Guest , Tom Noonan , Larry Fessenden , Haythem Nore , Karon Graves
Directed by Eric Stolze
Not Rated
HORROR/MYSTERY

She-Devil (1989)

Released December 8th in the US.
Filmed in New York and New Jersey.
The story : Ruth Patchett is a happily married women with two teenage children.
Ruth believes she has the most dependable , reliable , trustworthy husband - Bob.
One evening Ruth attends a party with Bob for some people he works for.
There , they both have the chance encounter with famous romance novelist Mary Fisher.
Bob and Mary fall head over heels for each other , resulting in Mary stealing Bob from Ruth.
Bob denies he is seeing Mary and quickly his lies become too much for Ruth to handle.
Bob causes a big fight which results in him chosing to move out on his family.
Now with nothing more to lose , Ruth is hell bent on getting the ultimate revenge.
Stars Roseanne Barr , Ed Begley Jr , Elisabeth Peters , Bryan Larkin , Meryl Streep , Sylvia Miles , Linda Hunt , A Martinez , Mary Louise Wilson , Susan Willis , Robin Leach , Jack Gilpin , June Gable , Nitchie Barrett , Manny Olmo
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Rated PG13
COMEDY

Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore (1974)

Released January 29 , 1975 in the US.
Filmed in New Mexico and Arizona.
The story : When Alice was a little girl all she wanted to do was grow up and be a singer...
As an adult , Alice is a homemaker who hasnt done much with her life other than get and be married and raise their now 12-year-old son.
When they lose the man of the house unexpectedly , Alice has very little options for making money.
The only thing she can do is sing...which she hasnt done since she was young...
So Alice packs up her son and are on their way to Monterey where Alice grew up and plans on picking up where she left off.
But there are quite a few set backs along their way.
Stars Mia Bendixsen , Tammi Connor , Ellen Burstyn , Billy Green Bush , Alfred Ludder lll , Leila Goldoni , Harvey Keitel , Ola Moore , Harry Northup , Marty Brinton , Murray Moston , Dean Casper , Lane Bradbury , Jodie Foster , Dianne Ladd , Vic Tayback , Valerie Curtin , Kris Kristofferson
Directed by Martin Scorcese 
Rated PG
DRAMA

"Well look at my face , I dont sing with my ass!"

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Released November 19th in the US.
Filmed in the UK and New York.
The story : In the quiet little village of Sleepy Hollow , there have been quite a few be-headings in the most recent past.
Long ago , some men of the town had done away with a horseman by beheading him...and it seems he is back for his revenge.
But he is known to have been dead for many years...
From New York comes investigator Icabod Crane.
He is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the murders and bring the criminal to justice.
But Icabod stumbles onto a different kind of revenge. 
Stars Richard Griffiths , Ian McDiarmid , Michael Gough , Christopher Walken , Michael Gambon , Casper Van Dien , Jeffery Jones , Christopher Lee , Johnny Depp , Christina Ricci , Claire Skinner , Lisa Marie , Marc Pickering , Steven Waddington , Miranda Richardson 
Directed by Tim Burton
Rated R
MYSTERY/HORROR

Runaway (1984)

Released December 14th in the US.
Filmed in Canada and Washington.
The story : In the future , everyone uses robots for their daily chores.
Police officer Jack Ramsey works on the robots that seem to go haywire for whatever reason.
He calls these robots 'runaways'.
Jack usually knows just what the problem is when a robot gets off its track.
Lately , there have been many runaways.
But the worst kind of runaways are the ones who have been newly programmed to kill.
Stars Tom Selleck , Cynthia Rhodes , Stan Shaw , Chris Mulkey , GW Bailey , Joey Cramer , Kirstie Alley , Gene Simmons , Michael Paul Chan , Andrew Rhodes , Betty Phillips , Judy Johns , Amber Borycki
Directed by (& story written) Michael Crichton 
Rated PG13
THRILLER/SCIFI

"People make machines. So why should machines be perfect?"

Vampires ; John Carpenter's (1998)

Released October 30th in the US.
Filmed entirely in New Mexico.
The story : Jack Crow is a vampire killer who takes his profession more than seriously.
Ever since he was young , Jack has been killing vampires.
He has a crew of men that help him get the deed done.
One day , they take out a run-down house full of vamps.
After they take out nine ghouls , Jack questions where the master vamp is....because he is never far from his children....
Little does Jack know , someone with a hidden agenda has kept the master alive for his own evil purpose.
Stars James Woods , Daneil Baldwin , Tim Guinee , Gegory Sierra , John  Furlong , Sheryl Lee , Thomas Ian Griffith , Mark Boone Jr , Maximilian Schell , Thomas Rosales Jr , Henry Kingi , Clark Coleman , David Rowden , Mark Sivertsen
Directed by John Carpenter
Rated R
HORROR/THRILLER/MYSTERY/HALLOWEEN

Small Sacrifices (1989)

Made for TV , airing on ABC November 12th in the US.
Filmed in Oregon and Canada.
Based on truths.
The story : On the night of May 19 , 1983 in Springfield , Oregon...Diane Downs arrives at a local hospital.
She tells the doctors that a man on the side of the road flagged her down and shot her three children who were in the car with her.
Diane was shot as well.
The doctors frantically work to save the three childrens lives but one doesnt make it.
Diane claims over and over again that a bushy-haired man who flagged her down shot them.
She claimed she stopped because she thought he needed help.
But over time , people look deeper and deeper into Dianes past....namely the District Attorney assigned to the case and a criminal investigator.
Working closely with Dianes daughter and a psychiatrist , everyone begins to believe that it was Diane who shot her three children and herself.
But why?
Stars Farrah Fawcett , Emily Perkins , Christopher Caravalho , Vicki Wauchope , Gordon Clapp , John Shea , Lynne Cormack , Jane Eastwood , Anne Bradley Jaeger , Elan Ross Gibson , Daryl Chapman , Sean McCann , Garry Chalk , Tom Butler , Ryan ONeal , Maxine Millder , Alana Stewart
Directed by David Greene
Not Rated
DRAMA

Mike's Murder (1984)

Released March 9th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : Betty has known Mike for two years only they havent seen each other in quite sometime.
Mike sees Betty driving past him one day and stops her for a ride.
Mike tells Betty of some trouble he is in.
He is laying low at a friends place for a while til things cool over.
Betty doesnt hear from Mike again for three months.
When he starts calling her on a regular basis , Mike promises to get together with Betty one saturday night but doesnt show.
She just assumes that hes up to his old tricks again.
A couple days later , Betty gets a call that Mike has been murdered.
Now that she has fallen back in love with Mike , Betty wants to find out every detail about what happened to him.
Stars Mike Keyloun , Darrell Lawson , Paul Winfield , Debra Winger , Brooke Alderson , Robert Crosson , Dan Shor , Mark Brandon , William Ostrander 
Directed by (& story written) James Bridges
Rated R
MYSTERY

The Haunted Palace ; Edgar Allen Poe's (1963)

Released August 28th in the US.
Filmed in Virginia.
The story: One hundred and ten years ago, a man named Joesph Curwen damned the sleepy New England town of Arkham.
It was said that Joesph was a devil in disguise.
He had taken another man's finacee as his mistress, along with many other women who no one was to ever see again.
When the yocals of Arkham decided that they had enough of his black magic, they burned him on his own front lawn...
But before they did, Joesph cursed them all and their children too.
Present-day.
Charles Dexter Ward and his bride Ann arrive in Arkham.
They go into the quaintly named 'Burning Man Tavern' for directions.
When the barkeep sees Charles, who eerily resembles Joesph, he decides he will not help him.
Charles and Ann have apparently inherited Joesph Curwens house, who happens to be Charles's great, great grandfather.
Charles and Ann have no idea of Joesphs past with the town but they find out the hard way.
Stars Vincent Price , Cathie Merchant , Darlene Lucht , Debra Padget , Lon Chaney Jr , Elisha Cook Jr , Milton Parsons , Frank Maxwell , Leo Gordon , John Dierkes , Guy Wilkerson , Harry Ellerbe
Directed by Roger Corman
Not Rated
HORROR

Come to Arkham, home of the Freaks! 
My question is, why didnt any of the yocals just move???
:P

The Nest (1988)

Released May 13th in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Elizabeth , the mayors daughter , has been away from home for sometime since her mom past away.
Recently she has come back for a visit and upon arriving her ex - who has since inherited the role of town sherrif , is there to pick her up.
Quite a few things have changed in town since Elizabeths been gone.
She finds out that her self-contained father is in the process of turning her old stomping grounds into a shopping mall.
Also , the town has quite the cockroach problem. But no one takes that too seriously.
That is until enough people start realizing that the cockroaches have decided that flesh is the best food for them.
Stars Robert Lansing , Nancy Morgan , Lisa Langlois , Diana Bellamy , Heidi Helmer , Jack Collins , Stephen Davies , Terri Treas , Jeff Winkless , Karen A Smythe , David Halver , Steve Tannen , Franc Luz
Directed by Terence H Winkless
Rated R
SCIFI/HORROR

The Grace Kelly Story (1983)

Made for TV , airing February 21st in the US.
Filmed in California and Monaco.
Based on truths.
The story : In the early 40s , Grace Kelly is just out of high school wanting to study acting.
Her father doesnt see acting as a good idea for his young daughter but gives her the okay to study.
Grace promises to make her father proud.
She begins doing tv commericals and then gets a part in a broadway play.
Soon she aquires a manager who gets her a contract with MGM.
Usually unsure of herself but going for what she wants , Grace puts her all in every role she tries for.
But nothing she achieves ever seems good enough for daddy.
Falling in love with an older , married twice before gentleman doesnt settle with her parents either.
After winning an Academy Award for best actress in 1955 , Grace travels back to Paris for the Cannes film festival.
That is where she has the pleasure of meeting her future husband , the Prince Rainier of Monaco lll.
Stars Christina Applegate , Cheryl Ladd , Lloyd Bridges , Diane Ladd , Marta DuBois , Salome Jens , Heidi Bohay , Brian Patrick Clark , Boyd Holister , Edith Fellows , Walker Edmiston , Van Corwith , Lomax Study , James Chandler , Jamie Alba , Alejandro Rey , Ian McShane 
Directed by Anthony Page
Not Rated
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA

From a Whisper to a Scream AKA The Offspring (1987)

Released September 25th in the US.
Filmed in California and Georgia.
The story : Beth Chandler is a journalist.
She has just witnessed Katherine White , a woman on death row , meet her demise by lethal injection.
Curious about Katherine , Beth visits with her uncle Julian White.
Beth asks Julian what kind of woman Katherine was to have commited so many murders , from childhood through to her adult life.
Julian explains that it is not the person but rather the small town of Oldfield in Tennessee where many murderers have come from.
Beth doesnt buy it.
So Julian tells her of four stories about murderers from Oldfield.
Stars Susan Tyrell , Martine Beswick , Stanley Burnside , Vincent Price , Terry Kiser , Cameron Mitchell , Miriam Byrd Nethery , Ron Brooks , Thomas Nowell  , Harry Ceasar , Didi Lanier , Ashli Bare , Terence Knox , Megan McFarland , Angelo Rossitto , Rosalind Cash , Gordon Paddison
Directed by Jeff Burr
Rated R
HORROR/MYSTERY/SCIFI