Released October 3rd in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story: A counselor for troubled teens takes a bunch of kids out into the wilderness for some camping.
Little does anyone of them realize until they get out there that many marijuana croppers rule the area with an iron fist and it isn't exactly a great place to stay.
Regardless the group makes the best of their time there until one of the kids' dogs gets attacked and killed.
This puts the dogs' owner over the edge and he hits the road that night alone without telling the counselor.
No one really questions what caused the dogs death until after taking it to the vet.
It seems there is an even larger problem than the croppers that no one knows about.
The deer ticks that live in the woods have been exposed to a growth chemical, making them even larger and more dangerous than they would be regularly.
Stars Clint Howard , Seth Green, JD Stone, Alfonso Ribeiro, Rosalind Allen, Peter Scolari, Virginya Keehne, Dina Dayrit, Ami Dolenz, Ray Oriel, Rance Howard, Barry Lynch
Directed by Tony Randel
Rated R
HORROR/SCIFI
Made for SyFy, airing August 13th in the US.
Filmed in South Africa...
The story: It's young Harley's birthday and there isn't anything he likes better than the Banana Splits gang...
No one that knows Harley, well except for his best friend, really like the Banana Splits.
It's a super retro show that no one besides Harley and his best buddy even watches anymore.
But the fans are out there.
This year Harley's mom has made sure to pick up tickets for a live taping of the Banana Splits for the whole family and of course Harley's best bud.
At the last minute they find out Harley's friend is sick and cannot go so his mom invites another classmate who isn't exactly friends with Harley or into the Banana Splits, but she goes along.
The same day they arrive the longtime airing show gets canceled, and the show they are about to see is the last, but no one outside the studio knows that.
But the Banana Splits gang knows, and they aren't happy about it.
Stars Naledi Majola , Sara Canning , Daniel Fox , Richard White , Finlay Wojtak Hissong , Dani Kind , Romeo Carere , Steve Lund , Maria Nash , Celina Martin , Hiroshan Naidoo , Vash Singh
Directed by Danishka Esterhazy
Rated R
SCIFI/HORROR/COMEDY
"The show must go on!"
Released sometime in May of 1988 in the US.
Filmed in Canada.
The story: Cynthia is just being released from an institution.
After a tragic accident, she blames herself for, she is said to be better now.
Husband Jeff is a pilot and has invited some of their friends to take a weekend trip with them via a private plane.
All sounds great and everyone is super excited about getting away until they run into some trouble with the plane and have no choice but to stop on an island no one knows about.
Jeff works at getting the plane up and running again but just cannot fix it so he tells the others they should begin looking around the island for some civilization.
While looking they happen upon a house which they all go inside of.
As soon as they step inside they believe they have time-traveled into a distant time and get a kick out of it all.
Then, the owners of the house arrive.
The owners, an older couple, who like to be called "Ma" and "Pa" are nice enough but a bit eccentric.
They invite them all to stay until they can catch a boat that should be by any day now.
But as time goes on, things get really creepy around the house and then, everyone meets Ma & Pa's youngins' , who happen to be a lot older than they think they are and have an even stranger way about them than Ma and Pa do.
Stars Sarah Torgov, Mark Erickson, Terence Kelly, Caroline Barclay, Mark Lindsey Chapman, Fiona Hutchinson, Stephen Shellen, Rod Steiger, Yvonne DeCarlo, Janet Wright, Michael Pollard
Directed by John Hough
Rated R
HORROR
Made for TV, airing December 9th in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story: Young Alice is bored.
She really really would like to attend the tea party her mother is throwing but she isn't old enough.
When mother sends Alice out to get her sister, she finds her reading a book without pictures, which Alice believes is quite pointless.
Just when Alice least expects it, she sees a rabbit running about.
Alice chases the rabbit , asking for him to stop.
But before she can catch up to him, she falls in a hole.
Now still chasing after the rabbit, Alice loses sight of him.
Although she finds a door...
After opening the door she finds another and yet another until one actually opens onto a room, a room of doors that is.
The doors inside the room are all different sizes and only the smallest one is unlocked.
But Alice cannot fit.
Then a potion appears, which she drinks that changes her from big to small.
Now she can fit but she cannot reach the key to the doors!
Then, a cake appears which Alice eats which changes her to big once again, only much too big to fit through the door.
That's when she begins to cry and without any warning, she is swept through a doorway on her tears and into a very peculiar world.
A world of which Alice just wants to go home from.
Stars Natalie Gregory , Sheila Allen , Sharee Gregory , Red Buttons , Sherman Hemsley , Shelley Winters , Donald O Connor , Scott Baio , Sammy Davis Jr , Martha Raye , Imogene Coca , Telly Savalas , Roddy McDowell , Anthony Newley , Arte Johnson , Jayne Meadows , Ringo Starr
Directed by Harry Harris
Rated TV PG
FANTASY/ADVENTURE/MUSIC
Released August 11, 2000, in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story: Megan is a squeaky clean high school cheerleader who believes she is happy with her life.
Her parents, friends, and boyfriend, on the other hand, suspect Megan is a lesbian.
One day after school Megan returns home to an intervention.
She is told she will be sent to a conversion home where she will learn to be straight.
Without a choice, Megan goes to live at her new home until she learns to convert.
While there Megan learns a lot about herself alright, a lot more than she ever would have had she not gone.
Stars Natasha Lyonne , Brandt Willie , Mink Stole , Bud Cort , Michelle Williams , Katie Donahue , Danielle Rene , RuPaul , Cathy Moriarty , Eddie Cibrian , Melanie Lynskey , Clea DuVall
Directed by Jamie Babbit
Rated R
COMEDY/DRAMA
Released October 5th in the US.
Filmed in California and New York.
The story: Ian Shrager and Steve Rubell met while attending college.
Ian was an introverted business-minded fellow while Steve was an extroverted social butterfly.
The two were quite ambitious from the get-go.
Ian went on to become a lawyer and Steve opened a chain of steak restaurants.
When Steve decided to expand quickly but began struggling Ian became his lawyer, stepping in to keep the creditors at bay.
That's when the two became business partners.
After owning a nightclub in Queens, the duo wanted to expand on that idea in Manhattan.
They wanted to own and operate a nightclub that was unlike anything else of its kind.
When they opened Studio 54 in seedy West Manhattan, their ambitions paid off and their dreams became an over-the-top reality.
Stars Ian Schrager , Norma Kamali , Bob Colacello , Nile Rodgers , Steven Gaines , Michael Overington , Paul Marantz , Scott Bromley , Richie Williamson , Jack Dushy , Carmen DAlessio , Mark Benecke , Sandy Linter , Scotty Taylor , Myra Sheer , Harry King , Gerald Renny , Anthony Hayden Guest , Ron Galella , Robert Dupont , Richard Dupont , Bill Berstein , Tieg Thomas
Directed by Matt Tyrnauer
Rated TVMA
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY
(A 2018 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE)
Released September 21st in the US.
Filmed entirely in Georgia.
The story: Young Lewis has just lost his parents in a tragic car accident.
His Uncle Jonathan, who he has never met , brings Lewis to live with him.
Soon after arriving Lewis gets a visit from his deceased mom which makes him spooked by his new home.
But when he begins the understanding that Uncle Jonathan is a Warlock and the house he is now living in belonged to a famous magician, things start making more sense.
Lewis becomes fascinated by learning magic and Uncle Jonathan helps teach him.
Good thing too because when Lewis wakes the dead to impress a potential friend he has to help calm the storm he has unintentionally brought on.
Stars Owen Vaccaro , Jack Black , Cate Blanchett , Colleen Camp , Lorenza Izzo , Vanessa Anne Williams , Sunny Suljic , Kyle MacLachlan , Renee Elise Goldsberry , Braxton Bjerken , Eli Roth
Directed by Eli Roth
Rated PG
FANTASY/MYSTERY
