Essential 90's b-movies, exploitation flicks, and so-bad-it's-good gems
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- DirectorTony MaylamStarsRutger HauerKim CattrallAlastair DuncanIn a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner, and has haunted him ever since. He soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEmbeth DavidtzMarcus GilbertWhen Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsTimothy BalmeDiana PeñalverElizabeth MoodyA young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.
- DirectorTetsuro TakeuchiStarsGuitar WolfDrum WolfBass WolfOnly legendary Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf can stand between a race of aliens from destroying earth with an army of zombies.
- DirectorMichele SoaviStarsRupert EverettFrançois Hadji-LazaroAnna FalchiA cemetery man must kill the dead a second time when they become zombies.
- DirectorWilliam LustigStarsRobert DaviRobert Z'DarCaitlin DulanyA priest practicing the Voodoo arts resurrects Matt Cordell, who takes his badge and comes back from the dead to do his bidding.
- DirectorCraig R. BaxleyStarsDolph LundgrenBrian BenbenBetsy BrantleyA Renegade Cop is forced to work with an FBI Agent in order to bring down a group of Drug Dealers with sinister plans.
- DirectorBob LoganStarsCorey FeldmanJack NanceSarah DouglasRicky is the hottest water-ski instructor around and he has just been rehired by his former employer/camp to whip up attendance. But the camp is in serious financial trouble and the owner of a rival, more popular, camp wants to buy them out. Therefore they will have to engage in a mean, winner-takes-all competition that will settle the row once and for all.
- DirectorFraser C. HestonStarsMax von SydowEd HarrisBonnie BedeliaA mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
- DirectorJohn McNaughtonStarsRae Dawn ChongDon GordonTom TowlesAliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body he occupies is damaged, he is forced to find another.
- DirectorJohn Carl BuechlerStarsEvan MacKenzieKevin McCarthyEva LaRueA college teacher brings the little creatures back to his campus, where they proceed to terrorize the faculty and students.
- DirectorMark DelaroyStarsKira Reed LorschScott HaynesBrad BartramSex Files FBI agent Forrest returns, investigating a fungus that turns women into nymphomaniacs, and a mysterious hotel room where people disappear.
- DirectorRusty CundieffStarsClarence Williams IIICorbin BernsenJoe TorryA funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsJenny SeagroveDwier BrownCarey LowellA young couple with a newborn baby don't realize that the nanny they hired is a magical nymph who sacrifices infants to an evil tree.
- DirectorRobert LongoStarsKeanu ReevesDolph LundgrenDina MeyerA data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.
- DirectorWilson YipStarsJordan ChanEmotion CheungSam LeeA group of young shoppers and employees must band together when a zombie outbreak over runs their Hong Kong shopping center in the middle of the shopping day.
- DirectorEric RedStarsJeff FaheyLindsay DuncanKim DelaneyAfter losing his arm in a car accident, a criminal psychologist has it replaced with a limb that belonged to a serial killer.
- DirectorChris WalasStarsBill PaxtonMichael IronsideMarshall BellA business man buys a house, but he has a hard time trying to get rid of its previous tenant, a dirty bum.
- DirectorCraig R. BaxleyStarsBrian BosworthLance HenriksenWilliam ForsytheA tough Alabama cop is blackmailed by the FBI into going undercover in a violent Mississippi biker gang.
- DirectorFrank HenenlotterStarsJames LorinzJoanne RitchiePatty MullenA medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes.
- DirectorJohn FlynnStarsEdward FurlongFrank LangellaT. Ryder SmithA teenager is part of an interactive video game where he kills innocent victims. Later, the murders become real.
- DirectorAdam SimonStarsBill PullmanBill PaxtonBud CortIn a showdown of man versus machine, Martin plunges into a chaotic nightmare trying to save his mind from the megalomaniacal corporation.
- DirectorTodd MorrisStarsDeborah TwissBenja K. ThomasRene AlbertaA woman comes to New York City from Ohio to escape an abusive husband and gets entangled with murderous female vigilantes who prey on abusive men.
- DirectorStephen NorringtonStarsBrad DourifEly PougetWilliam HootkinsAfter a mad genius inventor of killer robots and cyborgs at Chaank Armaments Corp. kills execs, he unleashes his ultimate death machine on the new cute CEO firing him.
- DirectorBrett LeonardStarsJeff FaheyPierce BrosnanJenny WrightA simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.
- DirectorReginald HudlinStarsChristopher ReidRobin HarrisChristopher MartinKid decides to go to his friend Play's house party, but neither of them can predict what's in store for them on what could be the wildest night of their lives.
- DirectorChristian DuguayStarsPeter WellerRoy DupuisJennifer RubinA military commander stationed off planet during an interplanetary war travels through the devastated landscape to negotiate a peace treaty, but discovers that the primitive robots they built to kill enemy combatants have gained sentience.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsChristopher LambertLoryn LocklinKurtwood SmithIn a future, private underground prison/Fortress, the inmates are computer controlled with CCTV, dream readers and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife are inside but want to escape before birth.
- DirectorJames MelkonianStarsMichael KopelowBradford TatumChina KantnerJoe and Hubbs are a pair of rockers who are on a quest for 'chicks.' This is the tale of their adventures over one night.
- DirectorClive BarkerStarsCraig ShefferDavid CronenbergAnne BobbyA troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
- DirectorJane SimpsonStarsMimi RoseSheeri RappaportJennifer RubinA group of girls at a Catholic boarding school get mixed up in the occult.
- DirectorRingo LamStarsChow Yun-FatSimon YamAnn BridgewaterTwo disreputable friends get tied in with a group of criminals who turn out to be excessively violent and deceptive.
- DirectorÁlex de la IglesiaStarsÁlex AnguloArmando De RazzaSantiago SeguraBent on committing as many sins as possible to avert the birth of the beast, a Catholic priest teams up with a Black Metal aficionado and an Italian connoisseur of the occult. Now, he must become an unrelenting sinner. Is there still hope?
- DirectorRichard KletterStarsPaul ReiserSusan NormanRichard GantA man working at an ultramodern corporate building finds himself and a colleague trapped inside with a homicidal security system hell-bent on killing them both after perceiving them as a "threat".
- DirectorTibor TakácsStarsRutger HauerMark DacascosYvonne SciòWhen a man is murdered in Moscow, experimental bionic research brings him back to life. He then sets out to find his murderers and money that was stolen during the crime.
- DirectorLewis TeagueStarsRutger HauerMimi RogersJoan ChenA male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot electronically attached to a female prisoner.
- DirectorFlorian FlickerStarsRainer EggerDani LevyMercedes EchererThe sun blazes down from the sky with destructive power; exposing oneself to its light means death. People have transposed everyday existence to the night. In the metropolis of HALF WORLD a culture based on various languages and lifeforms has grown rampant. Everyone is looking for a way to survive.
- DirectorJan SverákStarsPetr FormanEdita BrychtaZdenek SverákIn this movie, TV sets are full of life. If a person is in TV (e.g. because it was filmed on the street) it has a double that's right in the TV set. This double needs energy from the true character to survive. Each time, the real human watches TV, his Double will pull life energy from him. So there's a mysterious Death-serial. Many persons die in front of their TV set and nobody knows why. Olda, the main character, is one of the persons, that get more and more weak. He is near death, till Fisarek, the natural healer appears.He teaches Olda how he can resist this magic force and how he can fight it.
- DirectorJeffrey LauStarsStephen ChowKaren MokYat-Fei WongA cast of new faces and old favorites to take on ghostbusting in a film full of both laughs and thrills.
- DirectorJee-woon KimStarsPark In-hwanNa Moon-heeSong Kang-hoA family opens a mountain inn where their first guest commits suicide. Suddenly all their guests befall horrible fates.
- DirectorPen-Ek RatanaruangTom Pen-Ek RatanaruangStarsTasanawalai OngartittichaiBlack PhomtongLalita PanyopasA woman, fired from a financial coorporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of her door, and decides to keep it. However, the people that left it there soon want it back.
- DirectorJohn HamburgStarsSam RockwellSteve ZahnMichael LernerTwo bad singers are mistaken for top safe-crackers at a bar; a gangster boss orders them to break into three safes or else.
- DirectorJohn BrunoStarsJamie Lee CurtisDonald SutherlandWilliam BaldwinAfter outrunning a typhoon at sea, a strong-willed tugboat navigator and her crew discover a high-tech alien life form that's taken control of a Russian research vessel and aims to destroy on a massive scale.
- DirectorRenny HarlinStarsAndrew Dice ClayLauren HollyWayne NewtonA vulgar private detective is hired to find a missing groupie and is drawn into a mystery involving a series of murders tied to the music industry.
- DirectorHark TsuiStarsJean-Claude Van DammeRob SchneiderLela RochonA fashion designer must join forces with a C.I.A. agent to combat terrorism.
- DirectorRachel TalalayStarsLori PettyIce-TNaomi WattsA girl is among the few survivors of a dystopian Earth. Riding a war tank, she fights against the tyranny of a mega-corporation that dominates the remaining potable water supply of the planet.
- DirectorLee HarryStarsJun ChongJeff RectorDavid HombWhen the J.P.'s sadistic leader Priest gets out of prison, he learns that his former lover has fallen for the leader of the Tigers. Both rival gangs declares an all-out gang war.
- DirectorMatthew BrightStarsNatasha LyonneMaría CeledonioDavid Alan GrierA teenage prostitute escapes from a juvenile prison with a 16-year-old serial killer and both go on a destructive road trip to Mexico in this twist on the "Hansel and Gretel" fairy tale.
- DirectorCraig BaldwinStarsMaurice BishopJimmy CarterFidel CastroIn the year 1000, aliens from the planet Quetzalcoatl flee their dying planet and take refuge under the Earth's surface. Disturbed by 1950s American atomic testing, the aliens strike back at the USA in such varied schemes as the replicant Castro, the psychic vampire regime in Grenada and the Allende plot to alter the Earth's axis. Only covert action by the CIA can stop the dreaded Quetzals.
- DirectorLarry CohenFred WilliamsonStarsFred WilliamsonJim BrownPam GrierWhen a gang shoots his father, Bookman (Fred Williamson) returns to his hometown, rounds up some of his own people and begins an all-out war to restore the neighborhood to its rightful sense of justice.
- DirectorPaul LynchStarsShannon TweedRobert DaviAndrew Dice ClayAndrew Dice Clay takes over a hotel during a beauty pageant taking several pageant contestants hostage since one of them is a rich senator's daughter.
- DirectorWings HauserStarsWings HauserLinda BlairCole HauserA married couple is separated because of the husband's drinking. They are reunited to seek justice when their homosexual son is murdered by Neo- Nazi skinheads.
- DirectorV.V. Dachin HsuMichael W. LeightonStarsGeorge ChakirisWings HauserPamela LudwigA vampire arrives in Los Angeles to investigate a recent series of murders which bear the hallmarks of vampire attacks. Wanting to track down the murderer, he hires a private investigator who herself is obsessed with vampire mythology.
- DirectorRick GroelTells the story of a man who travels across country, from San Francisco to Brooklyn, dressed up as a clown. He does this in an effort to recreate a similar voyage undertaken by a man in the midst of an existential crisis some years earlier
- DirectorGiuseppe AndrewsStarsBill NowlinGiuseppe AndrewsRuth EstesGuiseppe Andrews stars as Coney Island, a young man who is dealing with a lot of the issues facing today's youth: divorce, unemployment, sexual inadequacy and a gigolo father who has just been released from prison! Ever the optimist, Coney Island spends his days singing songs of hope to senior citizens and riding miniature broncos at his favorite playground. Pushed by his unfulfilled girlfriend to grow up, Coney Island turns to Daddy Bill (Bill Nowlin) for advice in the ways of love, embarking on a grotesque and wildly hilarious journey of self discovery.
- DirectorChuck VincentStarsWings HauserKathy ShowerLinda BlairHarry Ross (Wings Hauser), comes apart when he catches his wife sleeping with another man. To fix his marriage, he devises the insane plan of sleeping with another woman (Linda Blair). Then of course, all sorts of disaster breaks out.
- DirectorJohn KozakStarsDanial SprintzKevin DoerksenAlison NorthcottSet in the modern suburbs of Winnipeg, this bleak and uncompromising drama follows four teenagers as they wreak increasingly violent havoc with a sociopathic detachment. Over two days, the bored and resentful youngsters assert themselves through desperate and deadly acts.
- DirectorMatt JaissleStarsIsaac CooperSteve SheppardGary BrowningA cannibal rapist rises from the grave as a flesh-eating zombie sex maniac. Two Seattle cops, a satanic cult and a flying demon fetus try to stop the lust-crazed ghoul before he can kill again.
- DirectorZale DalenStarsBilly BlanksJalal MerhiWolf LarsonA maniacal leader trains assassins to become more efficient killing machines through virtual reality. A Federal Service Agent is assigned to infiltrate the mysterious academy.
- DirectorSteve CohenStarsBilly BlanksRoddy PiperRichard NortonElmo Freech is a private investigator who is contacted by CIA agent John Portland, who suffers from amnesia, to reveal a dubious case of drug smuggling involving big fish from Washington, D.C. and the CIA.
- DirectorSteve DiMarcoPaul ZillerStarsBilly BlanksRoddy PiperBobbie PhillipsThe sister of a former U.S. Green Beret, is involved in a love affair with a mobster, endangering seriously her life. His brother will make his best efforts to save her from her boyfriend and his friends, fighting with or without external help. But perhaps this tough cop, Rossi, could help him... or stop him...
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsTim ThomersonJackie Earle HaleyKamala LopezA hard-boiled intergalactic policeman lands on Earth, where he is thirteen inches tall.
- DirectorChristian DuguayStarsLiliana KomorowskaValérie ValoisSteve ParrishA young female scanner turns from a sweet young thing into a murderous, power-crazed villain after she takes an experimental drug developed by her father. Her brother, who is also a scanner, is the only one powerful enough to stop her.
- DirectorDamián Acosta EsparzaStarsJuan ValentínOlga RiosBruno ReyAfter breaking out of jail, a team of punks goes after their arch-nemesis to ruin his daughters' birthday party. Then, they head back to their hideout. But, vengeance awaits them, Mexican-style.
- DirectorMark L. LesterStarsBradley GreggTraci LindMalcolm McDowellThree ex-military robots are reprogrammed as teachers and secretly placed in a school where most students are part of organized gangs. They begin to respond violently to unruly students, and their military training starts to take over.
- DirectorTjardus GreidanusStarsChristian MalcolmBruce J. MitchellShane MarceauFleeing from the cult that murdered his father, a teen is aided in his quest to find the lost city of the fabled Ziox by a secretive drifter.
- DirectorGregory DarkStarsWings HauserAlex CordG. Gordon LiddyJohn Miller is an politician wanting to become mayor. He founds a group called S.Q.U.A.D. whose mission is to get rid of all street scum by any means necessary.
- DirectorTony ZarindastStarsDennis BrownCharles D. CherrierMarcelo ColacilliA female cop goes undercover to trap a dangerous serial killer.
- DirectorRicardo IslasStarsMartín CabreraRicardo IslasBloody crimes shake a little village. A bunch of teenagers discover the cause of these killings is a werewolf that has arrived to stay. Things turn real wild when the werewolf discovers them.
- DirectorCharles Philip MooreStarsMaria FordCharlie SpradlingJessica MarkWhen a controversial rock star is stalked by a psychotic fan, undercover cop Brit Alwood is called in to help. But when Brit's kid sister Jo finds out about the crime, she sets out for revenge. Pulled into the dark, erotic world of sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll, Jo is forced to confront the crazed mind of a vicious serial killer.
- DirectorMark L. LesterStarsDolph LundgrenBrandon LeeCary-Hiroyuki TagawaTwo L.A. cops with opposing views on what is the best way to uphold the law have to work together to bring down the Yakuza, while trying to protect a beautiful woman.
- DirectorAndy SidarisStarsErik EstradaDona SpeirRoberta VasquezAfter a failed assassination attempt on her partner, DEA agent Donna Hamilton discovers that the crime lord responsible for her father's death is coming after her and her associates.
- DirectorKeita AmemiyaStarsYûko MoriyamaKunihiro IdaYukijirô HotaruBounty hunters Iria and Bob travel to Earth to capture an escaped bio-engineered fighting machine called Zeiramu.
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsChristopher LambertIce-TMichael Halsey100 people, who have betrayed The Syndicate, are gathered in a prison opening the next day. They are given weapons and 6 hours to kill each other. The 3 remaining share $10,000,000.
- DirectorDon CoscarelliStarsReggie BannisterA. Michael BaldwinBill ThornburyMike and Reggie continue to hunt the mysterious Tall Man, discovering along the way that the invasion has already begun.
- DirectorLucas LoweStarsLoren AvedonRichard JaeckelDon StroudA cop goes undercover in Thailand to avenge his brother's death in this martial arts film.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsTim ThomersonHelen HuntMegan Ward6 years after a time cop returns home from battling future alien zombies, his settled life is turned upside down when a mad scientists creates more.
- DirectorNgai Choi LamStarsSiu-Wong FanMei Sheng FanKa-Kui HoRiki-Oh, a young man who has superhuman strength, is incarcerated in a private prison, where inmates are treated like slaves. He is forced to use his unstoppable form of martial arts to destroy the corrupt officials and their lackeys.
- DirectorJames D.R. HickoxStarsDaniel CernyRon MelendezJim MetzlerTwo brothers connected to the murderous children's cult of Gatlin, Nebraska are taken to Chicago by an adoptive couple.
- DirectorAndreas SchnaasStarsMatthias KerlRalf HessMathias AbbesTwo doctors are trying to stop a rampant epidemic of zombieism. They fend off zombies spilling many a gallon of blood in the process.
- DirectorDavid LaiCorey YuenStarsTamara GuoFarini CheungWai-Tak WongA martial arts girl (Tamara Guo) teams up with a female cop (Farini Cheung) to smash and kick their way to final justice!
- DirectorFred Olen RayStarsJan-Michael VincentJohn Phillip LawRoss HagenKol is an evil guy about to be executed on a distant spaceship. He manages to escape on a shuttle and make his way to some woods in America. The commander of the spaceship decides to send out The Alienator to execute Kol at all costs. Kol meets up with some teens and Ward Armstrong and together they all try not to get killed by the pursuing Woman of Death - The Alienator.
- DirectorWrye MartinBarry PoltermannStarsNorman MosesTina Ona PaukstelisJohn KishlineA young, unwed, pregnant girl is made an offer she can't refuse. Marry a rich young man with a wealthy estate to please his dying mother, and she'll be well taken care of. What she doesn't know is the family has plans to sacrifice her baby!
- DirectorJames YukichStarsRobert PatrickMark DacascosScott WolfTwo brothers have half of a powerful ancient Chinese talisman. An evil gang leader has the other half, and determines to get the brothers' half and have a complete medallion so he can gain absolute power.
- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsDavid CarradineRobert TessierAnna RapagnaIn the future, a cop protects a reporter from crooked, renegade cops who think she knows too much about them.
- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsDavid CarradineTed PriorPatrick CullitonSequel to 'Future Force' has John Tucker's son traveling back in time 30 years to save his father from being killed by thugs he is currently pursuing back in 1990.
- DirectorPierre DavidStarsDaniel QuinnDarlanne FluegelRichard GroveSam Staziak, a rookie cop with the Los Angeles Police Department, is also a 'scanner' (psionic). When a string of murders begins to decimate the police department, Sam faces sensory overload and possible insanity as he uses his powers to hunt the man responsible for the killings.
- DirectorSteve BarnettStarsDaniel QuinnPatrick KilpatrickKhrystyne HajeA demonic 'scanner' terrorizes Los Angeles and the only person who can stop him may not have the neurons for the job.
- DirectorLloyd KaufmanStarsJane JensenWill KeenanValentine MieleTromeo, a filmmaker, falls in love with Juliet, the daughter of a former partner who tried to steal his business from him.
- DirectorMartin KunertStarsMichael RookerRobert PatrickDiane DiLascioAn F.B.I. Agent (Michael Rooker) and a female cop (Diane DiLascio) join forces to stop renegade cops who are killing the bad guys. Robert Patrick is the leader of the renegades, and Louis Mandylor is a reluctant young cop that is brought into the hit team.
- DirectorJohn WooStarsJean-Claude Van DammeLance HenriksenYancy ButlerA woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her missing father. In the process, they discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance.
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsJean-Claude Van DammePowers BootheRaymond J. BarryA former fireman takes on a group of terrorists holding the Vice President and others hostage during the seventh game of the NHL Stanley Cup finals.
- DirectorBrian YuznaStarsCorbin BernsenLinda HoffmanMichael StadvecAn extremely successful dentist goes off the deep end after he catches his wife cheating on him.
- DirectorRobert KurtzmanStarsTammy LaurenAndrew DivoffAngus ScrimmA demonic djinn attempts to grant its owner three wishes, which will allow him to summon his brethren to Earth.
- DirectorJack SholderStarsHolly FieldsChris WeberAl FosterThe evil Djinn is awakened once more, and must collect 1001 souls to begin the Apocalypse.
- DirectorAaron NorrisStarsChuck NorrisMichael ParksAl WaxmanA Cop goes undercover as a Hitman to bring down a criminal organization.