Jay Richardson Movies

A newly single mother finds you can't always leave your troubles behind in this action drama. Jennifer is a former Olympic champion in the martial arts whose marriage to the wealthy but heartless Daniel Howard has ended in divorce. Disenchanted with her old life, Jennifer and her young daughter decide to start over by moving to Brazil. However, the troubles that led her to leave the United States refuse to leave her be, and she soon finds she must fight her enemies for the sake of her daughter's safety. Sunland Heat stars actors Laura Putney and Jay Richardson, as well as martial arts experts J.J. Perry, Andre Lima, Alex Van Hagen, and Renata Pimentel. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Despite closing a major deal for his firm thanks to his lovely wife submitting to seducing the sleazy client, Chris (Larry Poindexter) loses his job anyway and summarily drives off a bridge to his death. His beautiful young widow, Ann (Kari Wuhrer), is distraught to the point of psychosis and gets it into her now-twisted mind that the best revenge is to kill anyone who had anything to do with Chris losing his job -- that means the boss (Jay Richardson) and Chris' successor, the innocent, diabetic family woman Nicole (Barbara Crampton). Nicole struggles to keep her dysfunctional clan together, but the new housekeeper (guess who?) proves a seductive force on her husband, her college-aged son, and her slutty teenaged daughter. Nothing good can come from this. Also released as Poison and Midnight Vendetta. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide

Richard Moll and Joey Aresco star in this comedy for the whole family. Four kids who've formed a club decide they need a mascot, and get a Dalmatian which they named Vulcan. The pooch, however, accidentally leads them to a dog kidnapping ring when Vulcan is snatched and held hostage. However, the kids in the club are sharper than the bumbling crooks, and they soon track them down, with a little help from one of their parents, who happens to be a police officer. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

When an escaped terrorist threatens to use a nuclear weapon to annihilate a prison and most of Los Angeles in hopes of provoking a catastrophic nuclear conflict between the U.S. and the Arab Middle East, it is up to an incarcerated cop and a courageous team of prisoners to defuse the explosive situation. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

With a big nod towards Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita (1990) this action thriller tells the tale of how ex-policewoman Tara McCormick puts ruthless gangster Tony Stomponato on ice. Tara's journey began when she was hired to kill Stompanato and failed. As a result she is tossed into prison where she meets Josie. Knowing that Tara, despite her mistake, is the woman for the job, the government offers her another shot at Tony in exchange for her freedom. She accepts and the hunt is on. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

When a finalist for "Centerfold of the Year" downs an experimental beauty-enhancing potion concocted by mad-scientist Dr. Lindholm, the unforseen side effects render her a shaply 60 feet tall. Jealous over all the attention, a rival guzzles the elixir, and soon the gargantuan beauties are battling it out and trashing much of Hollywood Boulvard in the process. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

The original 1987 Munchies was a PG-rated horror spoof about a monster with an insatiable appetite for junk food. Though public domain was not forthcoming, a sequel, titled simply Munchie, came out in 1991; this time, the title character was an invisible imp who helped unpopular kids learn how to cope. Both films were chock-full of such TV icons as Harvey Korman, Dom DeLuise, Loni Anderson and Arte Johnson. The 1994 Munchie Strikes Back, starring Lesley-Anne Down and Andrew Stevens, eschewed the "scare" elements altogether and was geared strictly for the kiddie trade. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this supernatural horror/comedy, a young woman buys an old house and moves in. Unfortunately for her, the house is infested with evil spirits, and she becomes possessed. Among the characters she comes across while being possessed are a goofball pizza delivery boy (Eddie Deezen), a transvestite, a priest, zombies, and a horned demon. ~ Brian Gusse, All Movie Guide

The depraved shenanigans at a sex clinic provide the plot of this erotic crime thriller from B-movie director Jim Wynorski. There is something sinister going at the Callister Sex Institute, a surrogate and sexual healing clinic run by therapist Scott Callister (Jay Richardson) and his bisexual wife Dr. Jessica Callister (Delia Sheppard). While investigating allegations of malfeasance, an undercover operative, Monica Waldman (Gail Harris) has been raped and murdered. Her boss, private eye Barry Mitchum (Nick Cassavetes) is determined to nail the Callisters, and so is Kay Egan (Tanya Roberts), whose sister committed suicide after being sexually assaulted at the clinic. After Barry and Kay discover they're after the same goal, they join forces to expose the Callisters, with Kay even going so far as to use her body in an effort to help Barry. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

After making a deathbed promise to his mother that he would never marry, Jack Singer (Nicolas Cage) finds that resolve challenged when his girlfriend, Betsy (Sarah Jessica Parker), begins making noise about wanting to start a family. Worried he might lose her, Jack makes the rash decision that they should fly to Las Vegas that weekend to tie the knot. Feet still cold, Jack spurns Betsy's idea to get married the moment they step off the plane, preferring to procrastinate for a few hours over a game of poker arranged by notorious gambler Tommy Korman (James Caan). Peddling the game as a get-to-know-you thrown by the hotel, Korman steadily raises the stakes on Jack until the novice is in for 65,000 dollars of the house's money on a hand he's sure he'll win -- a straight flush to the jack. When he loses the fixed hand, the flabbergasted Jack has a major problem on his hands. Korman offers an unusual solution: If Betsy, whom Korman spotted in the lobby because of her resemblance to his late wife, will spend the weekend with him, Jack's debt will be forgiven. Betsy initially refuses, considering it a ploy by Jack to postpone the wedding, but soon agrees to fly to Hawaii with Korman, in part because it will teach Jack a lesson. When she finds herself charmed by Korman's smooth and sensitive shtick, her desperate fiancé goes to incredible lengths to win her back, including jumping from a plane with a troop of skydiving Elvises. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide

A woman (Ginger Lynn Allen) is invited to a satanic ceremony--complete with human sacrifice--by her boyfriend (Jesse Kaye), and is accused of being a member when police raid the place. Taken under the wing of an attorney (Wings Hauser), the woman tries to bring the cult to justice before they can silence her. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide

When rookie cops Candy (Elizabeth Kaitan) and Holly (Ginger Lynn Allen) are sent on their first big assignments, they must struggle to stop a gang of female convicts, led by the sinister Melanie (Julia Parton), who is transformed into the mutated monster Malathion after a bout with some toxic waste. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide

Exploitation king Fred Olen Ray bulldozes Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Premature Burial" in this sleazy direct-to-video thriller. B-movie babe Brinke Stevens stars as an heiress tormented night and day by the ever-present phobia of being buried alive. Thanks to hypnotic past-life regression sessions under the guidance of New Age therapist Karen Black, she learns that she was indeed buried alive in a previous existence. Despite her relief at this discovery, Stevens' money-hungry husband (Jay Richardson) still goes through with his plan to place her in a sealed box while she sleeps, hoping it will cause her to die of fright. Instead, she goes completely berserk, breaking free and coming after him with a knife. Though no cheaper than Roger Corman's early forays into Poe territory, this incoherent and sex-laden mess more closely resembles recent exploitation product from Corman's Concorde-New Horizons direct-to-video outfit, and makes 1962's The Premature Burial seem masterful by comparison. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide