Glen Morgan Movies

The "boys next door" are Roy Alston (Maxwell Caulfield) and Bo Richards (Charlie Sheen), typical California teens freshly graduated from high school. Daunted by the prospect of the real world, the boys decide to go on one last fling in L.A. But it's not all clean, wholesome fun; in fact, Caulfield and Sheen launch their weekend bash by beating up a gas-station attendant, throwing a glass bottle at an old woman, and murdering gay-bar patron Chris (Paul C. Dancer). Somewhere along the line, Bo becomes repelled by their violence spree, but Roy seems to be sexually aroused by all the misery he's causing. And so it goes, without real rhyme or reason, until the bloody denouement. Director Penelope Spheeris later helmed Wayne's World, The Little Rascals, and The Beverly Hillbillies. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Mulder and Scully journey to Alaska to find out why a group of scientists at an Arctic research station has apparently cut off all communication with the outside world. For this assignment, the two agents are teamed with a geologist, a toxicologist, and a physician. Upon their arrival, Mulder, Scully, and their cohorts are targeted for extinction by a highly intelligent -- and very, very old -- parasite. Written by James Wong and Glen Morgan, "Ice" was originally telecast November 5, 1993. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

After spending several weeks searching for his missing partner, Scully, Mulder tracks her down at a Washington, D.C., hospital. He learns that she is comatose and on life support -- but when he tries to find out why, he is told to mind his own business and go home. Mulder tries to solve the mystery and save his partner's life with the help of Scully's sister, Melissa (Melinda McGraw), and a member of The Lone Gunman. Scripted by Glen Morgan and James Wong to accommodate Gillian Anderson's maternity leave from The X-Files, "One Breath" first aired November 11, 1994. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Grieving over her father's sudden death, Scully nonetheless begins investigating a series of abductions and killings. Each murder is predicted by Luther Lee Boggs (Brad Dourif), a Death Row inmate. As Mulder hastens to rescue a kidnapped couple by following the clues provided by Boggs, Scully hopes that the condemned man will be able to contact the spirit of her recently deceased father (Don S. Davis). Originally telecast January 7, 1994, "Beyond the Sea" was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Mulder is dismayed when serial killer Eugene Tooms (Doug Hutchison), whom he'd sent to prison, is released on parole. It is Mulder's contention that not only will Tooms kill again, but that the ex-convict is a mutant who has been committing murders for nearly 100 years. Against the orders of his superiors, Mulder sets up a 24-hour surveillance of Tooms -- and, of course, he is nearly victimized by the killer's latest murder spree. A follow-up to the first-season episode "Squeeze," "Tooms" was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. It first aired April 22, 1994. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Mulder is summoned to a small suburban community in Pennsylvania, where an inexplicable murder spree has occurred. The killers are all local residents, otherwise peaceful individuals who have been whipped into a frenzy by subliminal electronic messages. Joined in his investigations by Scully, Mulder traces the cause of the murders to a rare chemical agent that affects only those who are plagued by phobias -- a description that could apply to nearly one-quarter of the town's population. First telecast September 30, 1994, "Blood" was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Although they have conducted an exhaustive search, the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms is unable to locate Vernon Ephesian (Michael Massee), leader of a Jonestown-like cult. Amazingly, Mulder succeeds where the ATF fails -- but is unable to explain why. With Scully's assistance, Mulder probes into his own psyche...and discovers that he may have experienced several previous lives. First broadcast November 3, 1996, "The Field Where I Died" was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Created by Chris Carter of X-Files fame, the Fox sci-fi crime thriller series Millennium starred Lance Henriksen as Frank Black, a former Washington, D.C.-based FBI agent who in the opening season returned to his native Seattle with wife Catherine (Megan Gallagher) and daughter Jordan (Brittany Tiplady). Gifted with a sixth sense enabling him to "see" through the eyes of dangerous criminals, thereby helping him keep one step ahead of those criminals in order to stop their reigns of terror, Frank utilized his talent on behalf of the Millennium Group, a secret organization purportedly dedicated to thwarting serial killers and also preparing humanity in case one of the various "end of the world" scenarios floating around turned out to be true. Frank also offered his services as a criminal profiler to his old friend Lt. Bob Bletcher (Bill Smitrovich), a Seattle homicide detective. Catherine provided indirect assistance to her husband in her capacity as a counselor to crime victims and trauma patients. During the series' first season, Frank dealt mainly with straightforward murder cases, but after the bizarre death of Bob Bletcher, he devoted more and more of his time to cases involving the supernatural. In these, he was occasionally aided by Millennium Group representative Peter Watts (Terry O'Quinn).

Later on, the pressures of their work led Frank and Catherine to separate, whereupon Frank and his daughter Jordan (who had apparently inherited vestiges of her dad's "gift") were left alone in their Seattle home. Replacing Bletcher as Frank's police liaison was Det. Bob Geibelhouse (Stephen James Lang), while Frank's new Millennium Group contact was Lara Means (Kristen Cloke). It gradually dawned on Frank that the Millennium Group was not as beneficent and altruistic as it first appeared, and in fact may have been using Frank's psychic talents as part of a campaign to take over the world. Things got curiouser and curiouser as the series progressed, culminating in an apocalyptic second-season finale in which a deadly virus was decimating the populace, killing Catherine and rendering Frank insane.

When Millennium was unexpectedly renewed for a third season, the producers hastily "re-invented" the events of season two, so that the virus was not nearly as all-consuming as it had been cracked up to be; also Frank had completely recovered from his mental breakdown (many of the horrific sights he and the audience had witnessed were written off as "delusions"), and had moved to the Washington, D.C., suburb of Falls Church, VA, with his daughter Jordan in tow. Despite having developed a deep mistrust for bureaucracy, Frank nonetheless utilized his psychic skills on behalf of the FBI, working with agents Andy MacLaren (Stephen E. Miller) and Emma Hollis (Klea Scott) as well as Barry Baldwin (Peter Outerbridge) of the Critical Incidents Response Group. All the while, Frank conducted a personal investigation of the Millennium Group, his suspicions having been confirmed that the organization was up to no good. First telecast October 25, 1996, Millennium officially ended its network run on May 21, 1999, though the series' "true" final episode was seen later as an entry on The X-Files. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In Mulder's absence, Scully accepts a date from Ed Jerse (Rodney Rowland), a handsome but slightly shabby divorcé. Scully is unaware that Ed is controlled by the tattoo on his arm, depicting a Bettie Page-style dominatrix. Having already committed murder at the behest of the tattooed image, Ed targets Scully as his next victim. An uncredited Jodie Foster supplies the voice of Ed's "killer tattoo." Written by Glen Morgan and James Wong, "Never Again" was originally seen on February 2, 1997. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this teenage horror film, a young man avoids the hand of death, only to find that he can't get away from it so easily. On the way to Paris with his high-school French club, Alex Browning (Devon Sawa) has a vivid premonition of the plane crashing and killing all its passengers. After Alex and some other passengers demand to be let off the flight, his premonition turns out to be true, and the jet explodes during takeoff. While the FBI is convinced that Alex was involved in some kind of foul play, the passengers who got off the flight are all dying in horrible ways, as if whoever determined that the passengers would perish is punishing those who cheated death. Final Destination marked the feature directorial debut of James Wong, a producer and director for the TV series The X Files. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

A young man uses his vermin pals to exact revenge upon the people who've domineered his life in this remake of the 1971 cult classic. Starring Crispin Glover in the role originated by Bruce Davison, Willard concerns the mundane, repressed existence of the twentysomething title character, who lives at home with his nagging mother (Jackie Burroughs) and works at a shipping company for a stern, authoritarian supervisor (R. Lee Ermey). When Willard becomes fascinated with a gaggle of rats living in his decrepit home, they become both his friends and his aggressors, as he sics them upon anyone who crosses his path. But one rat, Ben, isn't so amenable to Willard's orders, and a horrifying test of wills begins. Willard was brought to the screen for the second time by writer/director Glen Morgan and producer James Wong, who previously worked together on episodes of The X-Files as well as the features Final Destination and The One. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide

Death once again shows he's determined to get what he wants in this teen-centric thriller. Wendy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is a high school student hanging out with her friends at an amusement park one night when they decide to ride on the roller coaster. Wendy, however, has a premonition that something horrible will happen, and finds a way to save herself shortly before the ride goes off the rails, killing most of its passengers, including her boyfriend, Jason (Jesse Moss), and best friend, Carrie (Gina Holden). However, while Wendy may have survived the night at the park, she soon discovers that a malevolent spirit is following her and her classmates as they begin dying in strange and horrible ways. Wendy learns that a series of snapshots taken that evening give clues to the mayhem that followed her pals, and she teams up with Kevin (Ryan Merriman), Carrie's sweetheart, to try to warn the potential victims about the fates soon to befall them. Final Destination 3 was directed and co-scripted by James Wong, who also helmed the first two films in the franchise. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide