Anatoly Fradis Movies
- 2005
- R
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A pair of orphaned teens experience an unexpected reunion with their parents in this fourth installment of the long-running Return of the Living Dead franchise. After a traffic accident kills his folks, high-school senior Julian (John Keefe) leads a more or less typical suburban life. Sure, he's a little depressed, and sure, his brother, Jake (Alexandru Geoana), has a problem with matches. But otherwise everything is business as usual. All of that changes when their friend Zeke (Elvin Dandel) is injured in a dirt-bike accident and rushed to the hospital. Although the authorities claim Zeke is dead, he's actually carted off to a secret laboratory by the evil Hybratech corporation, whose scientists plan to experiment on him with a chemical that can reanimate the dead. Unfortunately for Julian and Jake, their uncle Charles (Peter Coyote) is one of the bad guys -- and he's not above using members of his own family as test subjects. With a group of friends in tow, the boys must infiltrate Hybratech's lab, find Zeke, and fend off a horde of angry zombies. Filmed back to back in Romania and Ukraine with Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave, Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis premiered on the SciFi Channel cable network before receiving a DVD release. Both films were directed by Ellory Elkayem, who previously helmed Eight Legged Freaks. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
- Starring:
- Aimee Lynn Chadwick, Cory C. Hardrict, (more)
- 2005
- R
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In this sequel to 1985's Return of the Living Dead, a bunch of horny teens discover that their new designer drug is actually a chemical that turns humans into flesh-eating zombies. Unfortunately, they don't make this discovery until they're in the middle of an enormous outdoor dance party, where the wild costumes and chemically induced shenanigans make it difficult to tell who's a zombie and who's simply having a good time. Although it shares plot points, characters, actors, and crew with Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis, Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave features only a cameo from Peter Coyote, the sole bold-faced name from the previous film. Both movies were co-written by William Butler, who previously acted in 1990's Night of the Living Dead remake, among other horror films. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
- Starring:
- Aimee Lynn Chadwick, Cory C. Hardrict, (more)
Enigmatic rock legend Bob Dylan stars as an enigmatic rock legend (talk about a casting coup!) in this purposefully eccentric satiric comedy. Uncle Sweetheart (John Goodman) is an unscrupulous concert promoter who has figured out a way to cash in on the feelings of doubt and uncertainty that plague his nation, which is being torn apart by civil war and political revolution. Sweetheart has decided he will stage a massive benefit concert, though the unnamed charity would appear to be his checking account. Sweetheart hires television producer Nina Veronica (Jessica Lange) to help promote the show and sell it as a nation-wide cable-cast event, while Sweetheart pulls a few strings to arrange for the perfect headliner -- Jack Fate (Bob Dylan), a legendary songwriter who is currently serving a term in prison. With Fate out from behind bars, Sweetheart and Veronica set out to sell their grand spectacle to the world, though one determined investigative journalist (Jeff Bridges) has set out to throw a spenner into the works of Uncle Sweetheart and his epic fundraiser. Marking the directorial debut of comedy writer Larry Charles, Masked and Anonymous also features Penelope Cruz and Luke Wilson; the film was shown in competition at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, (more)
- 2000
- R
Three tales of unusual erotic delights are brought together in this home video release, which collects episodes from the popular Showtime series Red Shoe Diaries. In "Temple of Flesh," a married couple want to do something different to celebrate their anniversary. They meet up with an uninhibited man and woman who indulge in a sexy escapade in their limousine, which prompts the marrieds to expand their own sensual boundaries. A woman finds herself transfixed by a muscular masked wrestler in "Juarez." And in "The Farmer's Daughter," a young woman who helps tend her father's vineyard discovers a ruggedly handsome bicycle rider she's had her eye on has been injured in a traffic accident. She brings him home to patch his wounds, and as his broken bones heal, he becomes enamored of her wholesome sensuality. Anya Longwell, Neith Hunter, and Irina Grigorieva star in these three episodes; David Duchovny narrates. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Anya Longwell, Justin Carroll, (more)
- 1996
- R
This home video release collects three sensuous stories from the Showtime cable series inspired by Zalman King's hit film. In "Strip Poker," a luscious photographer on vacation spies on her next-door neighbors, who are playing the titular card game; after observing from a distance, she decides it might be more fun to make it a three-handed tournament. A woman finds her grandmother's diary in "Slow Train," and soon her imagination is filled with the details of a long-ago romance. And "Hard Labor" concerns a female advertising executive whose life begins to unravel when she learns that her boyfriend's former lover has her heart set on winning him back. The cast for the three episodes includes Anfisa Nezinskaya, Larisa Tipikina, and Carolyn Seymour. David Duchovny narrates. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Anfisa Nezinskaya, Larisa Tipikina, (more)
- 1995
- R
This softcore exploitation effort from the Roger Corman stable is a peculiar attempt to reinvent Bram Stoker's story as a T&A film featuring marauding babes in rat-pelt bikinis. The story posits an Amazonian group of Victorian-era lesbians who have formed a colony under Queen Adrienne Barbeau. Barbeau is sort of a Pied Piper to a group of vicious rats used in the women's murderous raids on men who have wronged them. In one such attack, the women capture writer Bram Stoker (Kevin Alber), who is recruited to chronicle the women's activities. But the plot is really secondary here. The main point of this film is to show scantily-clad women running around in bikinis, having swordfights and performing topless veil-dances. Barbeau is particularly over-the-top, saying things like "I am the Queen of the vermin!" and sporting hairdos which get progressively bigger and sillier as the film goes on. An amusing second-rate attempt at a Hammer-style historical horror film, this is a fun, trashy timekiller for genre fans. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
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