Mike Mendez Movies
His ungrateful preppy son competing against his unfaithful, gold-digging wife for his sizable fortune, a deceased mascot turned porn mogul pits the sniveling pair against one another by having them coach competing teams of midgets and mascots in this comedy starring Gary Coleman. As the competition gets underway, the little people discover that size doesn't always matter while their cartoonish counterparts attempt to stay sober long enough to take the top prize. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Three twentysomethings learn the hard way about how to behave in a cemetery in this independent horror story. Harris (Dominic Purcell), Sid (Marcus Thomas), and Kira (Josie Maran) are three longtime friends who are reunited under unfortunate circumstances when their pal Devin dies in an auto accident. After attending Devin's funeral, the three stage an impromptu wake at a nearby roadhouse, and after lots of drinking they return to his grave to pay their final respects. Sid finds a note on Devin's grave which contains what appear to be lyrics to a song; the revelers begin singing the song and dancing around the cemetery, trampling the nearby graves. It isn't long before Devin's friends discover they've made a serious mistake; the poem they sang was actually a magic spell, and by reciting it as they disrespect the dead they've awakened angry spirits, who begin terrorizing them in their homes. Worst of all, paranormal investigator Vincent (Tchéky Karyo) informs Harris that there's only one sure way to stop the ghosts from bothering them -- death. The Gravedancers received its world premiere at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dominic Purcell, Josie Maran, (more)
- 2006
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Occult authority Dan Burstein leads an informative investigation into the world of the esoteric while contrasting the practice of modern magicians against the skeptical responses of contemporary scientists in a program designed to alter the way viewers perceive the day-to-day reality that surrounds them. In addition to highlighting the accomplishments made by such innovative minds as Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and Galileo, Burstein also scrutinizes the claims made by occult practitioners to draw parallels between recent discoveries about the mind and the physical world and the beliefs of the ancient Greek and Egyptian societies. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Adrienne Barbeau stars in this campy horror flick about dead nuns and the undead. The film opens with the legendary massacre at the St. Francis Boarding School for Girls. One night in 1960, a disgruntled former student saunters into the school chapel and kills a bunch of nuns and a priest with a shotgun. The deranged student, young Christine (Oakley Stevenson), then douses the mother superior with gasoline and sets her on fire with the flick of a lit cigarette. Forty years later, the shuttered school is a popular haunt for drunken frat boys and pasty-faced goths. When the cops make their usual bust of trespassing revelers, black-bedecked Mo (Megahn Perry) sticks around, only to be kidnapped for a Satanic human sacrifice. The inept devil worshippers inadvertently call up a real live demon when they stab Mo. Most of the ersatz Satanists are either butchered or rendered evil ghouls. Fortunately, Clarissa (Joanna Canton), the obligatory "nice-girl" in the band, manages to flee the school and find refuge with Christine (Barbeau), who was recently released from a mental asylum. With some coaxing, Christine agrees to break out the armaments and fight against the demons. Rap star Coolio appears as a freaked-out cop in the film. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Starring:
- Adrienne Barbeau
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