Brenda Cooney Movies
Machines fight for control of a world destroyed by man in this ultra-low-budget sci-fi saga from filmmaker James Felix McKenney. A global war has left the surface of the Earth uninhabitable, and the few humans who have lived through the conflict have been driven underground in order to survive. The Girl (Christine Spencer) lives in a subterranean bunker that she shares with several rattletrap robots of her own design. The Girl occupies herself by watching old videotapes of a scientist who was her friend and mentor before the apocalypse, but lately she has other things on her mind. Another survivor (Brenda Cooney) has established a robot army, and is using the machines to lay claim to the remains of the Earth. As the Girl constructs her own mechanical security force, she discovers the Enemy Leader has a dangerous surprise in his arsenal -- the ability to turn the Girl's robot friends against her. The ranting scientist in Automatons is played by Angus Scrimm, best known to horror film buffs as "the Tall Man" from the Phantasm franchise. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Laree Love, Don Wood, (more)
Adventure and horror merge in this morbid tale of two 18th century grave robbers who make it their mission to hunt down the undead abominations that refuse to accept their rightful place in the ground. Arrested by towering holy man Father Duffy (Ron Perlman) and threatened with the guillotine for robbing graves with his mentor, Willie Grimes (Larry Fessenden), apprentice ghoul Arthur Blake (Dominic Monaghan) agrees to make a full confession in exchange for a steady flow of whiskey. Arthur's story begins when he was just a young boy stealing jewelry from corpses in order to eat. Later, Arthur formed a partnership with Willie, and the pair went to work ensuring the walking dead learned to rest in peace. Now, with the specter of death looming ever closer, Arthur agrees to tell his tale to the very man charged with deciding his ultimate fate. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dominic Monaghan, Larry Fessenden, (more)
Germany, 1945: as the pressure intensifies to close down the Nazi's most notorious death camp, the women prisoners, the desperate POWs, and one fearless Russian front fighter join forces to defeat their sadistic captors and escape to freedom. Adolf Hitler's grip on Europe is about to be broken, but for the prisoners of Stalag 69 the end can't come soon enough. Monstrous SS commandant Helmut Schultz has been using his prisoners for a series of sickening experiments. With a devoted crew of torture experts to cater to his every perverse whim, Schultz has transformed Stalag 69 into a carnival of torment and human suffering. But when the women prisoners meet an escaped cabaret dancer, a daring plan for freedom is suddenly set into motion. Meanwhile, the American, British, and Russian POWs have hatched their own plan for escape, and a battle-hardened Russian named Natasha sheds her inhibitions while coolly dispatching any Nazi who dares to cross her path. Pressure is mounting for the SS soldiers in charge to close up the camp and liquidate the prisoners, but before that can happen all hell will break loose. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tatanya Kott, Gordanna Jenell, (more)
A coed struggling to pay her rent ends up taking the wrong part-time job in writer-director Ti West's old-school 1980s-set horror flick, The House of the Devil. Samantha (Jocelin Donahue) is a sweet-natured and retiring young woman, unlike her rambunctious, loud, and self-assured best buddy, Megan (mumblecore stalwart Greta Gerwig). After moving into a new apartment, Samantha is desperate for a way to make a few more bucks. When Mr. Ulman (Tom Noonan) comes on campus looking for a babysitter, Samantha jumps at the opportunity. Once she convinces Megan to give her a ride to the creepy old Ulman house, Samantha learns that the job is not quite what was advertised. Ulman and his wife (Mary Woronov) don't even have a child. He tells Samantha that she just has to stay in the house with his elderly mother-in-law while he and the missus go out to celebrate the lunar eclipse. When she balks at the change of plans, he offers her more money. As the night goes on, it becomes clear that Samantha is a much bigger part of the Ulmans' plans for the evening than she would ever want to be. West established his genre credentials with low-budget cult favorites The Roost (which also starred Noonan) and Trigger Man. The House of the Devil also stars A.J. Bowen and Dee Wallace. The movie had its world premiere in the Midnight section of the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jocelin Donahue, Greta Gerwig, (more)
