Brinke Stevens Movies
Tony Todd Tiffany Shepis, Daniel Roebuck, and George Wendt star in this thriller inspired by the true story of a well-known Arizona cult. Small town therapist Jonathan has recently formed a strange fixation on a local cult that worships a mythological figure who was brutally murdered. With every step that Jonathan takes towards understanding the true inner-workings of the dangerous cult, his chances of escaping with his belief system intact diminishes. Perhaps Jonathan was destined to become yet another covert to this warped belief system from the very beginning. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tony Todd, George Wendt, (more)
The horror that began in director Jason Paul Collum's November Son continues in this sequel about a mother coping with the loss of her son, and wrestling with the realization that she may have driven him to become an obsessive killer. A horror soap opera that doesn't shy away from psychological torment, November Son opens with Emily Hamilton (Judith O'Dea) still mourning the loss of her beloved son Elliot (Jerod Howard). Meanwhile, Nancy (Brinke Stevens) longs for the same kind of love she once shared with Corin (Sean Michael Lambrecht), Maggie (Darcey Vanderhoof) reaches out for a confidante like Jake (Jeff Dylan Graham), and reclusive Marti (Tino Ona Paukstelis) has allowed a secret concerning those in Elliot's life eat away at her psyche for the last two years. Could Eli (Sacha Sacket) and George (Lloyd Pederson) hold the key to helping these wounded women recover from the traumas of their pasts, or will their efforts to force the women to confront their lingering fears and guilt ultimately prove the catalyst for total annihilation? ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Judith O'Dea
The documentary Something to Scream About features Brinke Stevens interviewing nine other women who have made their living being scream queens in low-budget horror movies. The women discuss their careers, the personal sacrifices they have made, and various hazards of the profession. The interview subjects include Debbie Rochon, Lilith Stabs, and Julie Strain. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Brinke Stevens
Director Matt Green and renowned makeup-artist-turned-actor Tom Savini teamed up a mere year after their first outing together, 2002's Blood Bath, for another straight-to-DVD horror flick. Vicious finds Savini playing a mysterious government agent who has been placed in charge of a top-secret military experiment gone horribly awry. The fruit of the experiment is a blood-thirsty beast that feeds on humans. When an unsuspecting group of teens happen upon the forest home of the agent and his "pet," they find themselves on the creature's menu. Brian Bremer and Leigh Hill also star. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tom Savini, Brian Bremer, (more)
- 2002
- R
A cheerleading squad find themselves stranded in the mountains, while a convicted serial killer is on the loose, rampaging the area in yet another pseudo-sequel to The Slumber Party Massacre. With only their wits and pom poms to guide them, a group of six high school teens are led into the wilderness by their coach Ms. Hendricks (ex- Fear Factor winner Tamie Sheffield) and wise-crackin' bus driver Buzzy (Leonard Johnson) when their van breaks down in the middle of the woods. Meanwhile, the manhunt is on for a crazy driller-killer that's escaped from prison, seeking fresh blood and vengeance for those that wronged him in the past. When our gorgeous group finds shelter in a seemingly abandoned cottage, the temperature goes from cold to hot, as hormones rage while the body count piles up. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tamie Sheffield, Charity Rahmer, (more)
Low-budget horror mogul J.R. Bookwalter (The Dead Next Door) directed this second sequel to the mildly successful Witchouse, another in his Tempe studio's productions for B-movie legend Charles Band's Full Moon Pictures. Cult favorite Brinke Stevens takes over the role of Lilith in this installment, which -- being shot on DV in Los Angeles -- represents more modest aims than the glossier 35mm look of the Romanian-lensed Witchouse 2. Like both of its predecessors, however, the film owes a lot to The Blair Witch Project, as Lilith is revived by a pair of documentary filmmakers (Debbie Rochon, Tina Krause) and their friend, an abused woman (Tanya Dempsey) seeking shelter from her past. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
The Frightening is a horror film set in a high school. Not long after Corey Patterson (Matt Twining) and his mother (Brinke Stevens) move into a new town, he is involved in a school rivalry between the popular kids and the outsiders. Soon they all have a deeper problem to deal with. Jack Carlisle III, Robert Donavan, and Tanya Dempsey round out the cast of this film that was directed by David DeCoteau (Final Stab, The Brotherhood, Retro Puppet Master). ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Matt Twining
In this cyber-savvy horror opus, several people surfing the internet stumble upon a site called "horrorvision.com". However, this proves to be no average bit of web design -- folks who click into the site don't survive to browse elsewhere, and it takes a internet expert named Dez and a mysterious stranger named Bradbury to uncover the secret of Manifesto, the villain responsible for the killer web page. Horror Vision stars James Black, Maggie Rose Fleck, Josh Covitt, and scream queen Brinke Stevens. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
In this horror opus from director and cult hero Fred Olen Ray, a group of teenagers visit a travelling carnival and encounter the mysterious Dr. Graves (Phil Fondacaro). As Graves lures the unsuspecting visitors into his spell, they soon learn the horrible secret of just how he finds the human curiosities that populate the carnival's freak show. Jamie Martz, Michael Amos, and Jesica Keenan are among the hapless teenagers, and scream queen Brinke Stevens makes a brief appearance as Madame Voloasca.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 2000
- R
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In this thriller, an airliner on a routine flight over the Pacific Ocean is hijacked by a gang of terrorists, who deliberately crash the plane into the water. As it turns out, the flight was not as routine as everyone imagined -- one of the passengers is carrying computer hardware that controls a key defense satellite, which can be used to launch America's nuclear arsenal. The terrorists are determined to steal the equipment and use it for their own sinister purposes, but a team of Navy SEALs is given the dangerous assignment of rescuing the airliner and its precious cargo before it's too late. Submerged stars Coolio, Nicole Eggert, Dennis Weaver, Fred Williamson, Brent Huff, and Maxwell Caulfield. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Coolio, Brent Huff, (more)
In this comedy for the whole family, a young boy (Justin Berfield) discovers a pair of sunglasses that give him X-Ray vision while visiting his eccentric uncle (Robert Carradine). However, neither of them know that the magic glasses were mislaid by a group of dangerous but inept criminals who will stop at nothing to get them back. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
A boy makes the acquaintence of a 500 pound gorilla, and the two become fast friends. ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gil Gerard, Kevin Dobson, (more)
In this sequel to 1995's Mommy, "Mommy" (Patty McCormack), who had been convicted of murder and sentenced to death, escapes execution when she is wounded in a prison breakout attempt. While she is recovering, a physician convinces the courts that she would be able to live in a halfway house if she takes a violence-suppressing drug that he designed. Although her parole forbids contact with her daughter (who is now living with her sister and brother-in-law), she violates her parole by secretly visiting her one night. When people who are trying to keep her from seeing her daughter start turning up murdered, a local cop starts investigating her. ~ Brian Gusse, All Movie Guide
A pair of down-on-their-luck friends in debt to the mob find that a demented mafia hitman is the least of their worries when they attempt to rob a mysterious newcomer to their town in this sexy tale of terror starring scream queen Brinke Stevens and special-effects wizard Tom Savini. Nick and Tony are in deep trouble with the mob, and if they don't pay back the money that they owe in three days, sadistic hitman Eddie "The Goose" Rao will be more than happy to ensure they are never heard from again. When Nick and Troy's desperate attempts to acquire the money all fail miserably, they set their sights on Amanda -- a mesmerizing town newcomer with a strange reputation and an unusual knack for nocturnal outings. Now trapped between the horrors of hell and the cold grip of the mob, Nick and Troy's fight for their lives turns into a struggle for their immortal souls. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tom Savini, Brinke Stevens, (more)
A handful of people who think they've survived it all are faced with a challenge they never counted on in this futuristic sci-fi story. After much of the Earth is devastated in a nuclear war, a hardy band of survivors -- including scientific and Marine Corps Colonel Paul Hamilton (John Blyth Barrymore), medic Leslie Morgan (Brinke Stevens), computer expert Milo Tyrell (Ted Monte), USMC Sgt. Frank Blaine (Peter Spellos), communications technician Carla Ferguson (J.J. North), and McQueen (Tim Abell), a straggler looking for his lost son -- roam the wastelands in search of food and shelter. Looking for a place to stay, they happen upon an abandoned military facility and break in. However, they soon discover they're not alone; a large and very bloodthirsty creature, created by intelligence agents as a possible weapon, was left behind, and these weary warriors quickly find themselves in the most desperate battle of their lives. Hybrid was directed by B-movie cult hero Fred Olen Ray. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Condensed from the 13-episode series directed by Ted Newsom and hosted by horror movie star Christopher Lee, 100 Years of Horror, the two-hour version, is a celebratory overview of the Hollywood horror genre, rich with film clips from horror movies throughout most of the 20th century. Stars getting screen time here include old masters Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Claude Rains, as well as The Omega Man himself, Charlton Heston, Halloween babysitter Jamie Lee Curtis, and horror dabblers Robert De Niro and Kenneth Branagh. The program includes interviews with directors Roger Corman, Joe Dante, John Carpenter, and Herschell G. Lewis, and with actors (host) Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Claude Rains. Highlights include outtakes from the surprisingly effective Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) and from the 1960 version of The Lost World. ~ Steve Blackburn, All Movie Guide
- 1995
Sometime in the future, cyborg units are threatening to take over the Earth. After their use is outlawed, four female androids are smuggled onto the planet, and it's up to Jack Ford (Marc Singer) to track them down. His efforts to do so take him on a journey from Phoenix to the underwater city of New Angeles, and finally into the nefarious realm of a megalomaniacal kingpin and his army of thugs. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Marc Singer
A family's life is thrown into comical chaos after mom accidentally drinks her inventor husband's latest concoction -- an invisibility potion. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dee Wallace, Barry Livingston, (more)
This Florida-lensed slasher silliness (not surprisingly produced by exploitation overlord Fred Olen Ray) is enlivened only slightly by posthumous cameos from John Carradine and Cameron Mitchell, as well as appearances from B-movie "Scream Queens" Linnea Quigley and Brinke Stevens. The plot is basically a riff on the standard Freddy Krueger-esque supernatural-maniac formula, only here the unstoppable psycho is merely a lumbering ghoul with a big pumpkin for a head, awakened from a cursed sleep on Halloween night by the usual handful of obnoxious teenage morons. Amid confusing flashback sequences and some phony occult blathering (courtesy of the town witch), we're told that Jack-O is the incarnation of a murdered farmer who has returned to avenge himself by taking a scythe to his killers' ancestors, but this particular pumpkinhead's people-reaping spree seems to cover a much broader swath, including a crop of nubile young things -- preferably just out of the shower, or fresh from a randy romp in the local cemetery. Even allowing for a certain camp appeal, there's not an original concept to be found amid the abundant nudity and severed limbs. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Linnea Quigley, Rebecca Wicks, (more)
Patty McCormack, so memorable as the evil, murderous little Rhoda Penmark in 1956's The Bad Seed, is outstanding in this unofficial "sequel" to that film. McCormack's "Mommy" is psychotically obsessed with her 12-year-old daughter Jessica Ann -- so much so that when she finds out Jessica didn't get the "Student of the Year" award again, she solves the problem by murdering the teacher who didn't recommend her for it. She dismisses the killing as inconsequential ("a minor accident"), but the homicide detective assigned to the case suspects her immediately, and an insurance investigator who also suspects her tries to get close to Jessica Ann to find out what really happened. ~ Brian Gusse, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Patty McCormack, Rachel Lemieux, (more)
