Jennifer Delora Movies

Set in a ghetto neighborhood, the film follows the lives -- and deaths -- of a self-destructive street gang. At times, it looks as though an Important Message will emerge from all the wanton bloodshed. But the principal purpose of the film was to make a swift box-office turnover, not to educate. This direct-to-cable endeavor is unrated, but not recommended for impressionable children. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Adventurous viewers not repelled by the title of this horror exploitation-comedy from Frank Henenlotter (director of the splatter cult classic Basket Case) will find a fair share of laughs on display, thanks to Henenlotter's typically energetic devil-may-care brand of gruesome humor. James Lorinz tears up acres of scenery as Jeffrey Franken, a neurotic electrician and aspiring mad scientist, who goes completely 'round the bend after his slightly pudgy girlfriend (former Penthouse pet, Patty Mullen) is shredded by his latest invention, a remote-control lawn mower. Preserving her head in his mom's freezer, he sets out to acquire shapely female parts to rebuild the rest of her, focusing his search on the city's red-light district. After watching a news feature on crack addiction among local prostitutes, Franken hits on the solution and invents a formula for "supercrack," which triggers the spontaneous detonation of anyone who smokes it. After blowing apart a hotel roomful of unfortunate ladies, he spirits their scattered limbs home to his garage laboratory, where his patchwork creation is eventually brought to life in a hilarious lift from The Bride of Frankenstein. Apparently, her brain spent too much time bobbing in the same preservative bath used for the hooker-parts, since she is instantly compelled to peddle her assets on every street corner in town, resulting in the high-voltage deaths of several johns (who are not entirely dissatisfied with their choice of demise). Her exploits reach the attention of sadistic pimp Zorro (Joseph Gonzalez), who, obsessed with finding the person responsible for blowing up his women, tracks her back to Franken's lab for the inevitable (and quite disgusting) confrontation. Basically a collection of crude but hilarious sight gags (Franken's predilection for plunging a power drill into his own skull; the pimp knocked senseless by flying severed limbs) and goofy throwaway dialogue, this may offer guilty pleasures for fans of Henenlotter's comic theater of the absurd. Frankenhooker is available on video in R and unrated versions, some featuring a suitably tacky slipcase, which, when pressed, screeches the words "Wanna date?" ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi

This film has all the requisite ingredients for a ripping slasher yarn: a car filled with hapless teens, a storm, a ramshackle mansion, and a strange hitchiker, and horribly disfigured killers. The nightmare begins when the violent storm erupts and the teen in charge of showing the others the way to an isolated New York lake admits that they are lost. They then pick up the hitcher. As the sun goes down, they decide to seek shelter in the abandoned mansion. There they see a shrine built around a wrecked auto. As they break into the house, the rambunctious youths are unaware of the evil presence within. Before the night is through much blood will flow, and only one will survive. Like many films of this genre, graphic violence and gore abounds as does nudity and simulated sex. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

This classy diptych of campus-based horror tales overcomes its limited budget with imaginative writing and some fairly effective supernatural setpieces. The first installment, "Fright House," involves a devil-worshipping psychiatrist (Jennifer DeLora) performing ritual human sacrifices on a college campus, then disguising the deaths as suicides. After losing his partner while investigating the house where many of the deaths took place, a police detective (Julien Paul Borghese) is granted supernatural aid by the house's former owner. The second tale, "Abadon," is a stylish twist on the vampire formula about a college professor (Jackie James) who continues her late husband's experiments in immortality, unaware that she has unleashed an ageless energy-vampire who begins preying on her students. Her work attracts the interest of a mysterious stranger (Night of the Living Dead's Duane Jones), who has some interesting theories of his own -- and who turns out to be a vampire himself. Munsters fans will be impressed by the stylings of top-billed Al Lewis as a sinister police chief in the first installment. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi

Chuck Vincent directed this R-rated remake of his own hardcore classic Mrs. Barrington (1974). Ivy Barrington (Ruth Collins) is a beautiful woman whose rich husbands keep dying mysteriously after they name her sole heiress to their fortunes. Jane Hamilton, also known as porn's "Veronica Hart," co-stars with Troy Donahue and Jack Carter. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

In this sword-and-sorcery/sci-fi combo, robots have taken over and the few humans not under the domination of the evil "Dark One," are plotting a rebellion. So it's guys with swords against robots with zap guns in this unlikely clasher. ~ Rovi

Porn director Chuck Vincent presents this R-rated yawner about a male stripper (Blake Bahner) and a hooker (Rebecca Lynn) who initially hate each other but predictably fall in love. Jenny Hunter and Brian Ingles also share in a winning lottery ticket. The steamy eroticism is the highlight of this otherwise forgettable feature. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

A handful of teenagers grow up fast when they end up behind bars in this low-budget action drama. Marina (Teresa Farley) was carrying a cache of heroin for her no-good boyfriend when she was arrested during a drug raid. Lori (Carey Zuris) killed the boy she was dating when he tried to force her to participate in a gang-bang. Runaway Paige (Natalie O'Connell) had only been in New York City for a few hours when she was busted for prostitution after being hired to act in a porn film. These three young women are shipped off to the New York Female Juvenile Reformatory, where heavily accented warden Miss Madison (Marita) and her guards struggle to keep their young charges in line. While Marina, Lori and Paige are victims of circumstance, many of their fellow inmates are hardened criminals despite their youth, and drugs, in-fighting and sexual assault are just part of an ordinary day. Also starring Jennifer Delora and Rick Gianasi, Bad Girls Dormitory was written and directed by Tim Kincaid, who had previously directed a number of celebrated gay porn films under the name Joe Gage. Keep an eye peeled during the first shower scene and you'll discover this is the world's only juvenile detention facility that gets its towels from Holiday Inn. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi