Savannah Movies
Carroll Ballard, director of The Black Stallion and Never Cry Wolf, presents another story of an unusual relationship between humans and animals in this drama. Xan (Alexander Michaletos) is a young boy who lives with his father and mother (Campbell Scott and Hope Davis) on a ranch in Kenya. One day, Xan and his folks discover a cheetah cub whose mother has died. With no one to care for the cat, Xan and his family take the cheetah under their wing, and after naming the cub "Dooms" (from "Duma," which means "male cheetah cub" in Swahili), Xan and his new friend become inseparable. However, Xan and his parents discover in time that nature doesn't always have a happy ending planned for a little boy. Duma was based on a book for children called How It Was With Dooms: A True Story From Africa, by Carol Cawthra Hopcraft and Xan Hopcraft, which told the story of Xan's real-life friendship with a cheetah. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alexander Michaletos, Eamonn Walker, (more)
- 1992
When a bunch of sorority bimbettes move into an old home, they are terrorized by the spirit of a murderer who possesses one of them. Which top-discarding screamer is it?? ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
A clueless group of sorority sisters inadvertently triggers the apocalypse when they set out on a weekend camping trip in this unhinged schlock classic starring Betsy Russell and Vince Van Patten. When a group of beautiful young campers arrives at a secluded campsite, they mistakenly assume they are alone until a gang of menacing bikers shows up to harass and terrorize them. As if that wasn't enough to ruin a relaxing weekend in the country, a rampaging Druid giant is soon constructing a mock-Stonehenge on which to commit human sacrifices and the Loch Ness Monster has abandoned his watery home and taken to terra firma to feast on human flesh! With earthquakes, lasers, the Lambada, and sexy starlet Michelle Bauer, this weekend getaway may be the last bash for humanity! ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 1990
- R
This juvenile rehash of The Invisible Man -- done as a combination of T&A sex-comedy and gory horror film -- stars Noel Peters as a sex-crazed mad scientist (given to ridiculous cackling fits) who evades the law by masquerading as a physics teacher at a high school filled to overflow with curvaceous blond bimbos. When the lecherous prof invents a "molecular reorganization" formula that renders him invisible, he finds even more opportunity to ogle the girls' showers and cop the occasional feel. Murdering anyone he suspects may be wise to his shenanigans, the professor eventually begins killing just for the fun of it. Writer-director Riff Coogan may have conceived this mess as a campy, Troma-style sex-and-gore romp, hardly a worthwhile aspiration. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Noel Peters, Shannon Wilsey, (more)
- 1989
Besieged with guilt, a teenage boy feels he's to blame for his friend's accidental death and hides away in the subterranean subway world beneath the streets of New York City. His grief and guilt are assuaged somewhat through two friendships he develops. ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jasmine Guy, Charles S. Dutton, (more)
