Roy Frumkes Movies
Suburban outcast Joseph strikes fear in the hearts of his tormentors by resurrecting the story of a vicious black wolf that was once rumored to stalk his small town. At first, Joseph was comfortable with the fact that he didn't fit in. But when his dog disappears, his girlfriend walks out on him, and vandals trash his house, Joseph decides that it's time to strike back. After making quick work of his foster parents, the unhinged psycho sets his sights on everyone else who has made his life a living hell. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- 2003
Two brothers fall for the same woman in this romantic comedy from Rocco Simonelli (The Substitute) and Roy Frumkes (Street Trash). Michael (James Lorinz) is a magazine columnist living in New York City. A sensitive guy with a pleasant demeanor, he's the total opposite of his amoral, womanizing brother Frankie (Robert Mobley). When Frankie hooks up with beautiful bartender Lila (Barbara Sicuranza, Anamorph), Michael agrees to go on a date with her kinky biker roommate (Joan Jett). Sibling rivalry starts to heat up, however, when Lila realizes she has more in common with nice guy Michael than she does with bad boy Frankie. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- James Lorinz, Barbara Sicuranza, (more)
A troubled man is trying to decide if his anxieties are real or imagined in this independent psychological drama. In the wake of his breakup with his girlfriend, Liz (Katheryn Winnick), Joe (Desmond Askew) is starting to fall apart. Slowly sinking into a sea of paranoid delusions, Joe is convinced that nearly everyone is out to get him -- in his mind, Liz is sleeping with practically everyone, his analyst (Michael Panes) is in cahoots with Liz in an effort to drive him mad, his boss is circulating a highly unflattering memo about him at work, and his best friend, Alex (J. Richey Nash), has betrayed him. Oh, and there are monsters tracking him, too. But is Joe really paranoid or do his fears have some firm basis in fact? Fabled is the first feature film from Ari Kirschenbaum, who served as director, screenwriter, and editor. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Desmond Askew, Michael Panes, (more)
- 1999
- R
Treat Williams and Claudia Christian star in this action movie about a mercenary who pays a visit to an old Army buddy who is now a college professor. When the professor's daughter is brutally assaulted by a pack of amoral jocks from the school football team, the mercenary disguises himself as an instructor at the college to deal out justice against the thugs who ruined the young girl's life. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Treat Williams, Rebecca Staab, (more)
- 1998
- R
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In this action movie an ex-mercenary poses as a teacher and enters a tough urban school so he can exact revenge upon his brother's killer. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Treat Williams, B.D. Wong, (more)
An ex-mercenary (Tom Berenger) becomes a take-no-prisoners teacher in a drug-ridden, gang-infested Miami high school in this campy morality tale about restoring lost American virtues to the inner city. Berenger's character, Shale, has no first name, a shadowy past as a patriotic gun-for-hire, and is temporarily unemployed and living with an idealistic teacher, Jane Hetzko (Diane Verona). Jane has angered a school gang leader, Juan Lucas (Marc Anthony), by asking the principal to get him transferred after he has threatened her in the schoolyard. After Jane is kneecapped by a gang member, Shale fakes a resume and becomes a substitute teacher, Mr. Smith. He lectures his class on the lessons of Vietnam ("We were fighting Communism") while looking for a way to get revenge on Juan. When he challenges the school's tolerance for student misbehavior, Smith is fired by the slimy principal, Claude Rolle (Ernie Hudson), an ex-cop who is running for City Council and doesn't want to rock the boat. Shale stays because he cites a union rule requiring two weeks' notice. During that period, tensions escalate and eventually Shale intervenes in a gang war that degenerates into a school-destroying inferno of violence. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Starring:
- Tom Berenger, Ernie Hudson, (more)
- 1992
- NR
Cult film director Roy Frumkes scripted this Danish shocker about seven psychotic brothers on a quest to bring the ultimate evil to earth by using their unknowing lost sister as a birthing vessel. Plagued by horrifying nightmares and visions of the seven brothers painting ominously embryonic symbols with human blood, Emalee Lucas begins to unravel the increasingly threatening legend of the brothers and discover the truth about her mysterious past. Isolated by the military in a secret location, Emalee is telepathically drawn to them as she begins to realize the horrifying fate in store for her. Will Emalee learn the truth about her role in the fate of mankind in order to prevent herself from becoming the mother of ultimate destruction, or will she learn the secret of stopping the threatening and increasingly terrifying plot in time to save mankind from an unimaginable evil? ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Monique Van de Ven, Esmee de la Bretoniere, (more)
This documentary showcases the career of director George A. Romero, whose horror films of the '60s and '70s (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead) revolutionized the horror genre. Shown are interviews with Romero as well as with some of the casts and crews from his films. Also shown are some behind-the-scenes footage from Two Evil Eyes, and clips from other Romero films such as Martin. ~ Brian Gusse, Rovi
This shocker will most likely appeal to fans of pitch-black beyond-bad-taste comedy. Others may find it highly offensive and gory as it chronicles the fate of homeless Brooklyn winos when they get into some tainted wine and begin melting into slimy puddles of human goo. The wine, called "Tenafly Viper," is being sold by the owner of a liquor store who found it lying around in his basement and sells it to the bums for a buck. It is later revealed that the wine was deliberately spiked by the government. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Mike Lackey, Vic Noto, (more)
- 1982
In this comedy a producer of "B" movies makes a film featuring a has-been cowboy star in the hopes that he can bring back his failing studio. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Chuck McCann, Robert Staats, (more)
This offbeat comedy finds a rotund, daydreaming projectionist (Chuck McCann) who fantasizes that he is the super hero Captain Flash. He imagines his nemesis to be Renaldi (Rodney Dangerfield), whom the projectionist refers to as "the Bat." Renaldi demands the lobby floor to be so clean he can eat off it. The film uses superimposition of older films, the first to employ such techniques. The projectionist imagines Rinaldi to be in league with the forces of evil like Hitler, Mussolini and space aliens. He is under the delusion that he must save a female co-worker (Ina Balin) from the clutches of the evil Bat. The projectionist summons such heroes as Errol Flynn, Gary Cooper and the US Marine Corp to save her from imagined danger. This is the first feature length film for director Harry Hurwitz, who also appears as an usher. This also marks the film debut for Rodney Dangerfield, who had recently changed his name from his given name of Jack Roy and opened a nightclub. The film premiered at the Rochester Film Festival in 1969. It has earned cult status over the years and is in the archives of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Chuck McCann, Ina Balin, (more)
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