Michael J. Murray Movies
Duke
2012
A troubled veteran finds solace in the companionship of his dog, Duke, after leaving his family. But when his four-legged friend becomes ill, the man leaves Duke at the office of...
Blue-Eyed Butcher
2012
Battered housewife Susan (Sara Paxton) reaches the point of no return with her abusive, immature husband, eventually ties him to their bed and stabs him to death. An ambitious...
When Angels Come to Town
2004
First telecast by CBS on November 28, 2004, When Angels Comes to Town is the third in a series of whimsical TV-movies featuring Peter Falk as an eccentric, all-purpose...
Finding John Christmas
2003
First telecast by CBS on November 30, 2003, the made-for-TV Finding John Christmas is a sequel to the previous year's A Town Without Christmas, with Peter Falk...
Acceptable Risk
2001
William A. Graham directs the medical thriller Acceptable Risk, a made-for-cable adaptation of a story from Coma writer Robin Cook. A scientist (Chad Lowe)...
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
1994
For a couple of years during the mid '90s, the Menendez Brothers, Lyle and Erik, held the country's interest after they stood trial for cold-bloodedly killing their...
Madonna: Innocence Lost
1994
Pop-singer and actress Madonna's meteoric rise to fame is chronicled in this trashy made-for-television movie of her life. Terumi Matthews stars as the...
The Masque of the Red Death
R 1991
A contemporary version of the masterpiece by Edgar Allan Poe follows a photographer (Michelle McBride) as she spies on a soap-opera star at a party in Bavaria. She must...
The Lightning Incident
1991
In this campy thriller, a pregnant sculptor is tormented with terrible nightmares just before the birth of her son. She doesn't recognize the dreams as psychic premonitions until...
Dance Macabre
R 1991
This mundane, predictable psycho-thriller was originally conceived as a sequel of sorts to the 1989 version of Phantom of the Opera, another unsuccessful horror vehicle for...
Love Kills
1991
In this made-for-cable thriller, Virginia Madsen portrays a photographer who discovers that her husband has hired a hit man to rub her out. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi...
The House of Usher
R 1989
Without a doubt the weirdest adaptation of an Edgar Allan Poe tale in recent memory, this lurid production features a raging, leering Oliver Reed as Roderick Usher, who...