Debbie Rochon Movies

Makeup effects specialist David P. Barton's directorial debut is this fairly atmospheric straight-to-video horror film about three jokers who accidentally kill the son of a witch named Abigail (cult favorite Debbie Rochon). As might be expected, the witch unleashes her vengeance on them, first seducing the trio and then using their own devilish offspring to destroy them. There are some memorable images of rotting, scythe-wielding zombies shuffling through the misty woods which is reminiscent of The Fog (1979), the expected gory violence, and appearances from genre regulars Trent Haaga, Jeff Dylan Graham, and Tom Hoover (Polymorph) to keep things lively. This was the final collaboration between J.R. Bookwalter's low-budget horror factory at Tempe Entertainment and Charles Band's slightly more upscale Full Moon Pictures. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

A lonely man living in a rundown hotel room sets out on a disturbing journey upon learning that a local woman has gone missing in director Eric Thornett's haunting horror mystery. Noble leads a life of isolated solitude, but when a strange series of notes appear from under the door of his decrepit room bearing some rather odd instructions, he begins to wonder if he might not be so alone after all. Haunted by visions of a horrific white mask in the small hours of sleep and questioned by a pair of detectives as to the whereabouts of a missing girl, Noble soon begins to wonder if his grasp on reality may be slipping. When an elusive stranger arrives at Noble's door imploring him to seek out the answers to all of his questions by embarking on a strange mission, the chance to find out just what's controlling his strange altered reality proves much too powerful to resist. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Facing one's fears becomes a death warrant in this independent horror film. It's Halloween, and a group of friends who earlier spent some time discussing their favorite horror movies find themselves listening to an underground radio station, which is presenting a call-in show in which listeners are encouraged to discuss their deepest fears for the benefit of the audience. While the twenty-something bohemians call in with the hopes of being purged of their anxieties, a different fate awaits them -- an unbalanced former nurse (Debbie Rochon) is also listening to the show, and she sets out to track down each caller, and murder them in a manner that reflects their worst fear. American Nightmare also stars Chris Ryan, Brandy Little, and Johnny Sneed. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

A lonely young woman looking for some company ducks into a Manhattan bar, only to be greeted by an exotic woman with a talent for storytelling and a curious bloodlust in a dark and exotic tale starring Debbie Rochon, Maria Ortiz, and Jenny Wallace. As the grip of the undead tightens on the throat of the living, a woman named Caroline (Wallace) plots with her thieving boyfriend to hold up the hottest nightclub in town. The job hits an unexpected snag, however, when a shapely blonde vampire interrupts the proceedings to claim the criminal female as her blood bride. From Cannibal Hookers and Vampire Cop director Donald Farmer comes a terrifying nightmare told from an undeniably sensual female point of view. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Seduction Cinema's most prolific director, John Bacchus, helmed this standard softcore genre send-up. As usual, there's a good deal of bawdy humor, nudity, simulated lesbian sex, and the omnipresent Darian Caine in the lead. This time around, Caine plays Mistress Helena Frankenstein, who is killed in a horseback riding mishap. Her husband, Victor (John P. Fedele), the great great grandson of the infamous doctor, must find a new brain for Helena and bring her back from the dead. It should come as no surprise to fans of the Seduction line (which also includes The Erotic Witch Project and Play Mate of the Apes) that the new brain happens to come from the skull of a lesbian nymphomaniac, or that the revived Helena shares her unknowing donor's passionate desire for the touch of female skin. After a while, Helena's wanton seduction of the women of Karlstadt vexes the villagers into forming an angry mob, but even they soon fall prey to Helena's unearthly charms. Jade DuBoir and Victoria Vega co-star with John Link, Michael Raso, and cult favorite Debbie Rochon. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

This straight-to-video, no-budget movie comes from E.I. Entertainment and stars Lilith Stabs with scream queen Debbie Rochon in a collection of T & A-riddled horror vignettes all told by a creepy funeral director. The segments are titled "The S&M Killer," "Confessions," "The Town," "Vampires," and "The Cremainder," featuring everything from human sacrifice and lesbianism to vampires and sado-masochism. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

A serial killer is hours away from her execution. In the meanwhile, she bides her time by titillating, among other things, her executioner with a handful of stories of previously executed criminals, which she learned of through their ghosts. ~ All Movie Guide

Notorious schlock and psychotronic production company Troma (known for such classics as Toxic Avenger and Class of Nuke 'Em High) hails Tromeo and Juliet, its contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's love tragedy, a "thrill-a-minute, body-piercing, computer sex, sapphic, car-crashing extravaganza." Set in New York City, the tale centers on the Ques and the Capulets. The bitter feud begins when father Capulet steals father Que's Silky Films production company. As enemies, the two warring clans are always doing horrible things to each other. Tromeo Que is a computer nerd who spends much time fondling himself in front of his favorite sexy CD-ROMs until he falls in love with lovely Juliet and proposes to her while she sits upon a toilet. The film, seemingly aimed at adolescent boys, features violence, considerable gore, profanity, vulgar situations (featuring buckets of fake vomit), and the graphic depiction of body piercing. (Of course, if it didn't, it wouldn't be a Troma film.) ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

This interesting horror film stars Debbie Rochon as "Scream Queen" Raven Quinn, whose next-door neighbor Wayne (Grant Kramer) is an obsessively psychotic fan. Wayne prays to an altar of Raven in his living room, then begins dressing like Santa Claus and murdering her female co-stars when he feels betrayed. Despite being full of the usual scenes of naked women being stabbed and rended with garden trowels, this film has a bit more on its mind. It is really the first comment by the Scream Queen industry on itself and the possibly dangerous fans who slaver over slick magazines and films that trade on women covered in blood, many of them feigning death. It is a disturbing subgenre, but one which director John Russo (editor of Scream Queens Illustrated) knows intimately, and it is comforting to see that he understands its potential downside. Mainstream horror fans should enjoy the film too, especially with cameos from Marilyn Eastman and Karl Hardman of Night of the Living Dead (which Russo co-wrote) and a fine lead performance by Rochon. When she recites monologues defending her career choices and worrying about some of her obsessive fans, she sounds as if she speaks from experience and delivers a message that many of her real-life fans need to hear. This film, for all its flaws, just might represent a small step toward maturity for a subgenre hopelessly mired in self-denial and dangerous pandering. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

Arthur Lindquist is The Regenerated Man in this tacky horror offering. Lindquist plays a scientist who has developed a serum that regenerates human flesh. Through a series of incredible plot complications, he's forced to drink the formula himself. As a result, he transforms into an insatiable, vampiric beast. Fortunately, he only targets criminals, but who knows how long he'll be so selective? This R-rated baby-scarer might have benefited from such intangibles as better writing, direction and acting. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Leo Blockman (Scott Baker) was an obnoxious male-chauvinist pig, the sort of man who would call out sexually suggestive remarks to women on the street. After he is chased into the Hudson river by one of the irate women he has insulted, and drowns, he comes out changed. At first he doesn't realize it and is as foul-mouthed and obnoxious as ever, but he's become a good looking woman, Cleo (Jane Hamilton. His problems are compounded when he/she is hit on by the same sort of lowlifes that he once was. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

A very inexperienced rock band flirts with fame thanks to a valuable assist from the media in this comedy-drama directed by veteran music producer Lou Adler. Corinne Burns (Diane Lane) is a fifteen-year-old orphan who gains a measure of local notoriety when she quits her job at a burger stand during a live television newscast. Corinne has few prospects but plenty of nerve, and she's formed a band with her sister Tracy (Marin Kanter) and cousin Jessica (Laura Dern) called the Stains. While checking out a gig by veteran hard rock band the Metal Corpses, led by flamboyant singer Lou Corpse (Fee Waybill), opened by British punk upstarts the Looters, Corrine sneaks backstage to ask advice just as Lou demands tour manager Lawnboy (Barry Ford) find a new opening act. Lawnboy impulsively gives the Stains the gig, and while the first show for the girls (who've had all of three practices) is little short of a disaster, Corrine's skunk-stripe hairdo, provocative clothes and defiant declaration "We don't put out" captures the attention of a television reporter who covered her before. A story on the evening news about the Stains turns the band into a cult sensation, and Looters lead singer Billy (Ray Winstone) tries to offer her some advice and emotional support as the Stains rise from opening act to headliners, but Corinne and her friends learn that their new fans are a very fickle breed. Shot in 1980 but released to only a handful of theaters in 1982, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains gained a potent cult following after it appeared on cable television, largely among punk rock fans -- the Looters featured Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols on guitar and drums as well as Paul Simonon from the Clash on bass, while L.A. punk troublemakers Black Randy and the Metrosquad briefly appear as themselves. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide