Grizzly II : Revenge (1983)

Released January 8 , 2021...

Filmed entirely in Hungary.

The story: After poachers decide to take out some baby grizzly bears, a giant mother grizzly is heated.

Unknowingly, of course, a small group of teens decide to camp for the night in the Yellowstone National Forest where the poachers exacted their terror, on their way to a major weekend rock concert.

Of course, the teens don't make it to the show, but now the forest rangers are working closely with the director of bear management to keep anyone else from getting attacked.

The park ranger, along with the bear manager, tries to stop the concert from happening, but the Superintendent of Summit will not listen, putting many people, including her own life, at risk.

Stars Nigel Dolman , Steve Inwood , Deborah Foreman , George Clooney , Laura Dern , Charlie Sheen , Deborah Raffin , Louise Fletcher , John Rhys Davies , Dick Anthony Williams , Ian McNiece

Directed by Andre Szots

Not Rated

SEQUEL/THRILLER

Good Boy ; Into the Dark (2020)

Made for Hulu as part of Hulu's Blumhouse horror anthology Into the Dark , released on instant streaming June 12th in the US.

Season 2. Episode 9.

The story : Maggie is a woman who would like to meet someone , fall in love , get married and have a baby.

But things aren't really working out. She has been looking into freezing her embryos in case she doesn't get the chance she hopes for , before she's too old.

Her work as a journalist for a local newspaper has recently let her down as well.

Due to new management , she is forced to take a pay cut , getting paid only per article while working from home.

Now , completely isolated , Maggie decides maybe she should try her hand at adopting a dog.

At the shelter she finds what appears to be the perfect pooch for her.

After taking him home and bonding with her new pet who she names Reuben, Maggie realizes she did make the right choice.

Only one problem , if someone does Maggie dirty , Reuben will see to it that they learn a lesson...

Stars Judy Greer , Mena Joo , Steve Guttenberg , Travis Schuldt , Maria Conchita Alonso , Elise Neal , Vincent Washington , Chico , Veronica Diaz Cameron , Ellen Wong , McKinley Freeman , Tatiana Carr , Parisa Fakhri , Vincent Foster , Iman Nazemzadeh , Marina Valle , Aaron Eisenberg

Directed by Tyler MacIntyre

Rated TVMA

SCIFI/THRILLER/HORROR/SERIES/TV

Golden Girls : Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas (1989)

Released on NBC, airing December 16th in the US.

Season 5. Episode 12.

The story: It is only two days before Christmas, and it's really too hectic at the stores to go running around shopping for gifts.

Dorothy suggests that they put their names in a bowl, and whoever's name each one of them picks is the only gift they need to buy.

At first, Rose disagrees with the idea.

But after giving it some thought, she believes it's a good idea.

Her church is serving Christmas dinner to the poor, hungry people in the neighborhood, and Rose volunteered to help serve, so that will give her all the Christmas spirit she needs.

After opening their presents and Blanche is happy with the gift Rose gave her , Dorothy asks if the church could use more help.

Rose assures her they could , that's when Blanche decides she wants to help too.

While helping , Blanche and Dorothy are saddened to see so many children at the dinner.

Then , Dorothy finds out that the man in the Santa suit that arrived with the rest of the people for dinner is Stan which she never seen coming.

Stars Bea Arthur , Herb Edelman , Rue McClanahan , Estelle Getty , Betty White , Matt McCoy , Cynthia Lea Clark

Directed by Terry Hughes

Rated TVPG
COMEDY/CHRISTMAS/SERIES/TV

"Who's for some fresh, baked Christmas cookies?"
"Rose, why are the cookies in the shapes of American flags and Liberty bells?"
"I couldn't find the Christmas cookie cutters, so I used the Fourth of July cutters instead."
"I wonder where President Bush stands on eating the flag."

Golden Girls : 'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas (1986)

Released on NBC, airing December 20th in the US.

Season 2. Episode 12. 

The story: This year for Christmas, the girls have plans to go home to spend the holidays with their families, which they are all really looking forward to.

But before they go, Rose has suggested that they have a small Christmas celebration together and swap gifts that they made for each other instead of buying them, and everyone agrees.

On Christmas Day, Rose is helping at the Grief Counseling Center.

When Dorothy and Blanche show up to get Rose, they end up having to wait a bit while Rose deals with a man who is struggling with money problems.

Just as they are on their way out, a man dressed as Santa Claus enters the room.

Rose greets him, telling everyone Santa has come to visit.

That's when Santa keeps them all hostages.

Stars Bea Arthur , Estelle Getty , Betty White , Rue McClanahan , Craig Richard Nelson , Sam Anderson , Terry Kiser , Teddy Wilson , Buddy Daniels Friedman

Directed by Terry Hughes 

Rated TVPG
COMEDY/CHRISTMAS/SERIES/TV

"Rose, I love it. This will come in a lot handier than those pearl earrings....the next time I'm lost in the woods with a stack of pancakes."

Good Boy (2025)

Released October 3rd in the US.

Filming location(s) unknown.

The story: Todd is a very sick man.

He has been receiving experimental treatment for his illness, but things aren't going well.

Alongside him is his faithful dog, Indy.

When Todd decides he needs to get away, he takes Indy out to his grandfather's old house in the woods.

There, many strange things happen to the point that the whole experience is a completely terrifying one for Indy.

No matter what happens out there though, Indy stays by Todd's side, always guarding and watching over him with his life.

Stars Indy the dog, Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, Larry Fessenden, Max the dog , (voice) Anya Krawcheck, (voice) Stuart Rudin , Hunter Goetz, Noah Manzoor

Directed by Ben Leonburg

Rated PG13

THRILLER/MYSTERY/HORROR

Get Low (2009)

Released April 27 , 2010, in the US.

Filmed in Georgia.

The story: Felix Bush is a hermit who has been living alone for the last 30 years.

One day, while out working on his land, Felix is approached by someone he doesn't know and told that someone that he does know has passed.

This gets Felix thinking. He would like to arrange a funeral for himself.
He travels to the friend's funeral to pay his respects and afterwards finds himself at the church in town.

After Felix takes care of an unforeseen situation, he makes his way back home.

The very next day, the town's two funeral directors make their way to Felix's place, the younger of the two having to be the one who approaches him for practice.

When Felix realizes why the men are there, he sits down for some arranging.

Felix asks how the funeral would go, meaning who would attend and what would be said.

The young funeral director explains that it would be people who know him.

But not many people know Felix, and he knows this. But he also realizes that many people have heard stories about him.

Whether they are true or not, no one really knows.

So Felix comes up with the idea that anyone who has a story to tell about Felix should be invited to his funeral and tell that story.

Although he wants the after party before his funeral so he is able to attend.

All of this seems really out of the ordinary for the funeral directors, but they are willing to uphold his wishes.

What no one learns until after all the arrangements have been made, though, is that Felix has a secret that he wants out, and this is the only step towards that happening.

Stars Robert Duvall , Gerald McRainey , Lucas Black , Lori Beth Sikes , Bill Murray , Bill Cooper , Linds Edwards , Andrea Powell , Chandler Riggs , Danny Vinson , Sissy Spacek , Bill Cobbs

Directed by Aaron Schneider

Rated PG13

DRAMA/COMEDY/MYSTERY

The Good Liar (2019)

Released November 15th in the US.

Filmed entirely in England.

The story: Roy is a conman. He's good at stealing people's money from under their noses.

His victims don't usually see the warning signs and their money is usually stolen before they realize they have been duped.

Recently Roy is trying his hand at meeting up with a wealthy woman via a dating app.

Very quickly he meets Betty and the two make plans to meet in person over dinner.

The two hit it off and begin seeing each other regularly.

When Betty realizes that Roy lives on the fourth floor of his building and has a bad leg, she quickly invites him to stay with her at her home.

This only makes the two closer, with a lot of reserve from Betty's grandson.

Roy finally introduces Betty to his accountant, who is actually his partner in his scheming.

Betty falls for their plan and gives them all of her money.

But right before Roy is off with Betty's money for good, the tables are turned.

Stars Ian McKellen , Helen Mirren , Russell Tovey , Jim Carter , Mark Lewis Jones , Lucian Msamati , Johannes Haukur Johannesson , Tunji Kasim , Laurie Davidson , Phil Dunster , Spike White , Stella Stocker , Nell Williams , Daniel Betts , Celine Buckens , Lily Dodsworth Evans , Aleksandar Jovanovic

Directed by Bill Condon

Rated R
DRAMA/MYSTERY

Glitter and Greed : The Lisa Frank Story (2024)

Released as a four-part mini-series, airing on Amazon Prime instant streaming December 5th in the US.

Filming location(s) unknown.

The story: Journalist Tracie Egan Morrissey grew up knowing and loving Lisa Frank designs.

When she was a young teen, if you didn't have Lisa Frank items, you weren't cool.

A year or so ago, a friend of Tracie's was attending Grad school.

Tracie thought it would be fun to get her friend some Lisa Frank school supplies, but Tracie couldn't find any...

She began wondering what happened to Lisa Frank with all of her whimsical, out-of-this-world fantastic products and started doing some research.

What Tracie found was less than flattering. She found articles upon articles of lawsuits from contractors and former Lisa Frank employees.

Let us get back to the beginning, where it all started...

Lisa Frank grew up in Detroit, Michigan. She attended college in Tuscon, Arizona - majoring in Art Education.

Trying to make a living while attending school, Lisa began selling other artist's products. 

She soon tried her hand at making jewelry and made some decent money, selling to high-end stores.

Not only was Lisa an artist but she was quite the savvy businesswoman.

After a while, Lisa realized that stickers were a very up-and-coming trend that she wanted in on.

In 1979, at 24, Lisa formed Lisa Frank Inc., starting her business by making stickers.

In 1981, Lisa began hiring illustrators. 

She knew what kind of product she wanted to put out and she knew exactly who her audience was - pre-teen girls.

Lisa Frank Incs first big contract came in 1982, making a million from Spencer's Gifts.

Lisa herself did not create the art but she oversaw every bit of it.

She was seen as complicated and demanding but that also seemed necessary for the desired result.

In 1982, artist James Green got lucky and was hired when he beat another artist at making the Lisa Frank logo.

James became the first full-time artist in the company.

Right-hand man to Lisa and taking on the leadership role for the company, Lisa and James worked with each other on every aspect of the company.

By 1989, the company had begun making school supplies in a way no one else was making them.

Then came the 1990s and Lisa Frank Inc. only grew and grew, it even had two of its own retail stores in Tucson.

But some of the employees began feeling overwhelmed, underappreciated, and most definitely underpaid.

By 1994, Lisa and James were married.

Their first son was born in 1995. Their second in 1999.

After all of this, James began taking over running the company while Lisa worked from home, and soon, many employees began either leaving on their own or being fired from the company.

In the 2000s, the artwork shifted and it became less about unicorns and rainbows and more about the young girls who loved those unicorns and rainbows getting older.

This didn't sit with all the artists. But it worked for others.

To boot, the woman who was the head of human resources for the company began firing anyone for any one good reason she or James could think of.

While Lisa was at home with her children, James was left to run the company, along with the woman from human resources.

By 2005, James and Lisa's marriage was completely done and she wanted him out of her company completely.

From that point on, things were never the same.

The success was always there but Lisa Frank herself had changed and not for the better.

Stars Tracie Egan Morrissey, Patty Sjolin, James Green, Joshua Lakes, Rondi Kutz, Toni De Luz, Quentin Eckman, Megan Noli, Bailey Sarian, Phillip Cyr, Peter Georgotas, Jennifer Mara, Rhonda Rowlette, Christopher Glembotzky, Mary Sholl, Carly Mark, Jessica Romano, Carlos Terrazas

Directed by Arianna LePenne

Not Rated

DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES/TV

"You don't treat the people that love you like shit!"

Gimme Shelter (2013)

Released January 24, 2014 in the US.

Filmed in New Jersey.

Based on truths.

The story: 16-year-old Agnes AKA Apple has had a tough life.

Bounced around from foster home to foster home.

Being done with that all and seeking out her biological mother, only to learn that she is an addicted prostitute who just cares about Apple for the welfare check.

Apple is now done with all of it.

She runs out on her mother to find her real father, whom she has never met.

Apple meets her father but he now has a wife and children.

Her father is trying to get to know her but his wife is not, making things hard as well.

When her father's wife realizes Apple is pregnant, she wants Apple to get rid of the baby.

But she refuses.

Out on the streets, Apple is just doing what she can to survive.

But when she steals a car and wrecks it , her life finally begins to change for the better.

Stars Vanessa Hudgens, Rosario Dawson, Peter Epstein, Brendan Frasier, Stephanie Szostak , James Earl Jones,  Ann Dowd, Emily Meade, Dascha Polanco , Candice Smith, Tashiana Washington

Directed by (& story written) Ron Krauss

PG13

DRAMA

Grand Theft Parsons (2003)

Released June 18 , 2004 in the US.

Filmed entirely in California.

Based on truths.

The story : 1973 , Joshua Tree , California.

26-year-old musician Gram Parsons has just overdosed in his room at the Joshua Tree Inn.

A woman spending time with him and freaking out that he is dead makes a frantic phone call to Gram's best friend and road manager , Phil Kaufman.

Phil instantly begins setting in motion a plan that stemmed from a pact between the two friends.

The pact is that when one of them dies , the other is to burn his friends body in the desert of Joshua Tree...

Phil cannot give up on this pact and will not.

Without telling anyone about what he is up to , Phil rents a hurse that comes along with a driver who happens to own the hurse, steals Grams body from an airport where Gram's stepfather is to pick it up and proceeds to get Grams' body out to Joshua Tree.

The pact proves to be not an easy task , causing much confusion and chaos , but Phil perserveres.

Stars Gabriel Macht , Danielle Sapia , Johnny Knoxville , Jamie McShane , Robert Alan Beuth , Marley Shelton , Christina Applegate , Scott Adsit , Sara Arrington , Mary Pat Gleason , David Caffrey , Alexa Sheehan , Wesley Mann , Jim Cody Williams , Kay E Kuter , Michael Shannon , Robert Forster

Directed by (& story co written) David Caffrey

Rated PG13

HISTORY/COMEDY/DRAMA

"Oh. Okay. It's a 200 hundred dollars worth of surprise?"

"No. No. No. It's more of a 50 dollars surprise."

Get To the Heart : The Barbara Mandrell Story (1997)

Made for CBS, airing September 28th in the US.

Filmed in California.

Based on truths.

The story: From the beginning, Barbara was a star.

Born to two musically inclined parents, by the time Barbara could walk she could play just about every instrument as well as sing.

After being noticed while helping her father sell amplifiers, Barbara found herself performing onstage.

Next, she was performing on stage in front of millions of TV viewers.

Soon all the hecticness of performing took its toll on her parents, and instead of becoming rich and famous, they were all content to just continue performing locally.

At sixteen, Barbara was still performing with her family, along with the love of her life Ken, for the locals.

When Barbara and Ken married, she decided to retire and just live as Ken's wife.

But when Ken had to go away on leave, Barbara got the performing bug once again.

Soon, she was famous, touring her album, and then, she was the star of her own TV show, taking her two younger sisters along for the ride.

This time around, Barbara became tired of being away from her family so much.

When she was ready once again to finally give up show business, she was involved in a horrible accident that almost cost her everything.

Stars  Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, Dwight Schultz, Lisa Blout, Tonya Watts, Lisa Haun, Maureen McCormick, Portia Dawson, Jaime Dudney, John Doe, Greg Kean, Brittney Lee Harvey, Evan Rachel Wood, Jesse Littlejohn, Robert Clothworthy, Leonard Kelly Young, Kenny Rogers, Joe Bays

Directed by Jerry London

Rated PG
BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY/DRAMA/MUSIC

The Guilty (2021)

Made for Netflix, airing on instant streaming, October 1st in the US.

Filmed in California.

The story: Wildfires are currently taking over Los Angeles.

This keeps the LAPD super busy, not to mention there is a complete lack of patrol cars to go around for normal emergencies.

Joe Baylor is working as a 911 dispatcher after getting in trouble in the line of duty.

He is annoyed, impatient, struggling with the air quality, and going through a separation which causes him to not get to see his young daughter as much as he would like.

Joe has been taking routine 911 calls all morning until he gets a really serious one.
A woman calls him from her cell phone and from what Joe can make out, she has been abducted.

He does his best to help, going above and beyond, and asking as many questions as possible.

The call consumes Joe until he can make sure for certain that the woman is safe.

Stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Maurice Webster, Christina Vidal, Adrian Martinez, David Castaneda, Becky Wu, Oscar Balderrama,  (voice) Riley Keough, (voice) Peter Sarsgaard, Eli Goree, Ethan Hawke, Da Vine Joy Randolph, Christiana Montoya, (voice) Edi Patterson, (voice) Dru Knapp, (voice) Paul Dano, (voice) Gillian Zinser

Directed by Antoine Fuqua

Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER

"Broken people help broken people."

Going In Style (1979)

Released December 25th in the US.

Filmed in New York and Nevada.

The story: Joe, Al, and Willie are three elderly men who share a home together.

They get by on welfare assistance, but barely.

One day, Joe decides he is sick and tired of sitting in the park every day, looking at the same old things.

He is also sick of suffering financially.

Joe comes up with an idea. Joe wants to hold up the local bank and he wants to take Al and Willie along as his accomplices.

Al and Willie think Joe's idea is a crazy one, but then again, they really have nothing to lose.

Stars George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg, Charles Hallahan, Pamela Payton Wright, Siobhan Keegan, Brian Neville, Constantine Hartofolis, Jean Shevlin, James Manis, Tito Goya, William Pabst, Christopher Wynkoop, John McComb, Melvin Jurdem, Joseph Sullivan, Bob Markoff

Directed by (& story partly written) Martin Brest

Rated PG
COMEDY/DRAMA

"Jesus Christ. Crying and pissing your pants, like a 3-month-old baby. You know, I guess the whole goddamned cycle is complete now."

The Gingerdead Man (2005)

Released November 8th in the US.

Filmed entirely in California.

The story: Sarah, her father, and her brother are patrons in a diner when a killer named Millard Findelmeyer begins taking people out.

Sarah gets a talking to by the Findelmeyer. She ends up being the only one whose life he spares. 

Shortly thereafter, Findelmeyer is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to death by the electric chair.

Sarah and her mother Betty are now left to run Betty's Bakery without their father, son, and brother.

Betty is beginning to lose it as there is a big-money competitor bakery across the street, while Sarah tries her best to keep things running smoothly.

They do have a couple friends that help around the bakery.

A package arrives at the bakerys' backdoor marked "Grandmas Gingerbread Cookie seasoning."

Sarah decides to use it.

Then, she finds out that Findelmeyer was fried in the electric chair and his remains were sent to his mother...

Soon, that gingerbread man that she innocently put in the oven ends up reining his torture on Sarah and all those around her.

Stars Gary Busey,  Newell Alexander, Robin Snyder, Margaret Blye, Larry Cedar, Alexia Aleman, Jonathan Chase,  Ryan Locke, Harland Band, Zalman Band, Jacquelyn Band, Diane Collins

Directed by Charles Band

Not Rated

HORROR/SCIFI/COMEDY

A Good Person (2023)

Released March 24th in the US.

Filmed entirely in New Jersey.

The story: Allison has a great life...

She is about to be married to Nathan, the love of her life.

The day after their engagement party, Allison is en route to try on wedding dresses with soon-to-be sister-in-law Molly and her husband Jesse.

But things do not go as planned.

The next thing Allison knows is waking up in the hospital.

Then she learns the grim reality. 

Fast forward one year.

Allison is now addicted to painkillers. She sits home day and night, alone, wallowing in her pain and sorrow.

She has broken all ties with Nathan and lives a very self-destructive life.

When she has exhausted all her efforts to get that next high, she decides to go to a meeting.

There she is surprised to find Daniel, the man who would have been her father-in-law.

Feeling extremely guilty and unable to deal, Allison runs, even though Daniel tries coaxing her to stay.

After some time, she returns, only after dragging herself through the mud some more and Daniel befriends her.

Even though Daniel is also struggling with what happened, he takes into consideration that Allison needs help from supportive friends.

Stars Florence Pugh, Chinaza Uche, Nichelle Hines, Toby Onwumere, Molly Shannon, Mike Menendez, Celeste OConnor, Morgan Freeman, Ignacio Diaz Silverio, Nancy Ellen Shore, Ryann Redmond, Alex Wolff, Brian Rojas, Zoe Lister-Jones, Sydney Morton, Oli Green

Directed by (& story written) Zach Braff

Rated R
DRAMA

The Grinch ; Dr. Seuss' (2018)

Released November 9th in the US.

The story: It is Christmas time in Whoville, the home of the Whos.

All the Whos are completely full of Christmas spirit because they love Christmas the most.

But the Grinch, who lives above Whoville, hates Christmas.

When he wakes to find he is out of food, he realizes he has to go into Whoville for some shopping.

He will despise every second of going into Whoville, where he believes during Christmas time, the Whos are most deceptive.

All the Grinch happens upon are joyful Whos and he cannot stand any of it.

After doing his shopping, the Grinch is accidentally bumped into by Cindy Lou Who, who is busily trying to mail a very important letter to Santa Claus.

She wants Santa to help her mother, who she loves very much and believes his helping her and giving her what she wants and needs is a lot more important than anything she could wish for.

The Grinch then bumps into Mr. Bricklebalm, who believes he is friends with the Grinch.

He informs the Grinch that the mayor has made it official that the Christmas celebration tree this year will be three times bigger.

When he gets home, he feels even worst and alone too, which upsets him something awful.

While playing chess with his dog Max, the Grinch's house is disturbed by Mr. Bricklebalm flying a giant Christmas tree into town.

When the Grinch tries taking out the tree and his plan backfires, it dredges up all his unhappy Christmas memories.

He then comes up with an even more sinister plan.

He will dress in a Santa Claus disguise on Christmas Eve and steal all of the Whos Christmas.

Little does he realize, Cindy Lou Who is planning on staying up all Christmas Eve to talk to Santa in person.

Stars (voices by) Pharrell Williams, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Tristan OHare, Sam Lavagnino, Ramone Hamilton, Angela Lansbury, Scarlett Estevez, Michael Beattie, Lori Alan, Carlos Alazraqui, Doug Burch, Cathy Cavadini, Tucker Chandler

Directed by Yarrow Cheney & Scott Mosier

Rated PG
REMAKE/ANIMATION/COMEDY/FAMILY/CHRISTMAS

"To kindness and love. The things we need most."

The Good Nurse (2022)

Released on Netflix, airing on instant streaming October 26th in the US.

Filmed in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

Based on truths.

The story: It is 2003 in New Jersey.

Amy is a single mother of two young girls, working as an ICU nurse.

She is battling a heart condition that she cannot let anyone at her work know about, for fear of losing her job.

Amy is a very compassionate person who does as much as she possibly can for her patients but it does take a toll on her.

One day while Amy is being reprimanded by her boss she learns the hospital hired someone who will be working along with her.
When Charles and Amy meet they hit it off right away and quickly become close friends.

Charles is a single parent of two young daughters as well but does not live close to his family.

He has taken his current job to be closer to his girls but his wife has moved further away.

Soon, patients at the hospital begin dying with apparently no life-threatening symptoms.

When the hospital fires Charles due to believing he is responsible for the deaths but won't admit to that, the hospital is advised to call in law enforcement to investigate.

Without much more help from the hospital, the police turn to Amy to help them put Charles behind bars and out of hospital work for good.

Stars Jessica Chastain, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Alix West Lefler, Devyn McDowell, Denise Pillott , Dartell McRae, Eddie Redmayne, Judith Delgado, Joseph Fugelo, Jesus Papoleto Melendez, Ajay Naidu, Jennean Farmer, Noah Emmerich, Nnamdi Asomugha, Navya La Shay

Directed by Tobias Lindholm

Rated R
HISTORY/MYSTERY BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA

God Knows Where I Am (2016)

Released April 7th in the US.

Filming location(s) unknown.

The story: Linda Bishop was once a brilliant, loving woman with many friends.

She had a very good childhood with loving parents and an older sister whom she was very close with.

Linda went on to marry and have one daughter.

Three years later, she was a single mother working at a local Chinese restaurant.

One day,  out of the blue, Linda moved herself and her young daughter from New Hampshire to Florida.

Linda believed the Chinese Mafia was after her...

What people really didn't realize though was that Linda was mentally ill.

Linda could no longer care for herself like she had.

But when she didn't take her prescribed medications like she should have, things didn't get any better.

Back in New Hampshire, Linda was arrested but deemed unstable to serve prison time due to her mental illness.

She was sent to and treated at the New Hampshire State Mental Hospital.

When she was released, no one who knew and loved her was notified.

Linda was now homeless.

She wandered around New Hampshire until she found herself taking shelter in an old, vacant farmhouse.

No one ever suspected her living in the farmhouse.

Linda kept herself alive for three months, eating only apples.

After thinking and rethinking of what she should do to be free of the restraints of the home and be on her way once again, she rested assured that God was the only one who could save her.

Stars (voice) Lori Singer, Matthew Nelson, Brian Smith, Lora Goss, Joan Bishop, Jennie Duval, Wayne Di Geronimo, Kevin Carbone, Kathy White, Doug Bixby, Caitlin Murtagh, Thomas Scarlato

Directed by Jedd & Todd Wider

Not Rated

DOCUMENTARY/BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY

Gate 2 : The Trespassers (1990)

Released February 28, 1992, in the US.

Filmed in Canada.

The story: It's been five years since Glen found the door to hell in his backyard.

Glen has since moved away but the house still remains.

For the last two years, Glen's friend Terry who lives next door hasn't been able to stop staring at the house.

Terry believes they did everything all wrong and he has finally figured out what to do to summons the minions back the right way.

Terry returns to the house to summons the demons but some neighborhood bullies - Moe, John, and Liz, decide to join him.

Moe and John believe it's all stupid until the summonsing actually works.

But John freaks and kills the one that shows up.

Terry takes it home, but not before making his wish.

A few nights later, Terry learns that the dead minion has been heeled and has escaped from the jar he put it in.

But this time around he knows how to handle the situation.

He needs the minions' energy to help his father and it seems to be helping.

Although after hanging out with Liz, and her wishing for a bunch of things that aren't necessary, even though Terry explained not to, things go in a bad direction.

Stars Louis Tripp, Simon Reynolds, Pamela Adlon, James Villemaire, Neil Munro, James Kidnie, Irene Panzer, Larry OBrey , Gerry Mendicino, Elva Mai Hoover, Mark Saunders, Edward Leefe, Layne Coleman, Anita Olenick, Carl Kraines, Andrea Ladanyi, Todd Postlethwaite

Directed by Tibor Takacs

Rated R
SEQUEL/SCI-FI/HORROR

"Chicks, man. Who needs demons when you got chicks...."

Anthropophagus AKA The Grim Reaper (1980)

Released October 9, 1981, in the US.

Filmed in Greece and Italy.

The story: A bunch of tourists decide to take a trip to a fantastic, hidden island with a woman they have just befriended.

Their new friend claims to have visited the island before, although she hasn't been in some time.

Right from the beginning, things seem doomed for the group.

Little do they realize though, one of the only two inhabitants left on the island is a flesh-eating killer.

Stars Simone Baker , Mark Logan , Tisa Farrow , Serena Grandi , Saverio Vallone , Margaret Mazzantini , Mark Bodin , Bob Larson , Rubina Rey , George Eastman , Zora Kerova , Joe DAmato

Directed by Joe DAmato

Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR