The movie stars Gregg Henry, a Judge Reinhold-resembling actor, along with Pernell Roberts of Bonanza fame, Robin Mattson as the love interest Jenny, and Grant Goodeve as the villain jock.

Hot Rod (1979) Plot

Starting out with the main character, Brian Edison, driving towards the small town of Lyons. California to participate in the national drag race in a few weeks. He picks up a hitchhiker who is heading to the town for his new job as a DJ for the local radio station. They soon realize that the town is owned by the corrupt root beer company king, T.L. Munn (played by Robert Culp) who has bribed the sheriff into doing his bidding. The root beer magnate and his corrupt cops spend the majority of the film sabotaging Brian’s chances at winning the race, giving him tickets right and left and ultimately destroying his engine.

Despite the setbacks, almost everyone in the town has a vendetta against T.L. Munn and they help Brian put together a new car, a Willys coupe which he drops a Hemi engine into.

The film is full of tropes, like Brian stealing the girlfriend from the cocky son of the root beer magnate, spontaneous block parties, and some good-old stick-it-to-the-man vibes. The theme of the story is like Footloose or Rambo for car people. Ultimately, the corrupt police and the businessman who owns them get their just deserts.

The car is very much a car guy’s film, though, and it stays accurate enough to the hobby. The jargon makes sense, instead of the typical movie jawing-on, they spend a good amount of time getting greasy, and they choose rare cars like the Willys coupe, rather than going for just any old Mustang or Challenger.

Gil

Gil attended film school in Los Angeles for a short time before leaving for better. He worked in film & media production for several years, traveling to 50+ countries. Obsessed with feel-good 80s teen comedies, sword-and-sorcery films, and gritty sci fi noir, Gil is a fan of the weird and campy. His favorite films include Blade Runner, Alien, Mad Max, and Drive.

She is perhaps best known for appearing in One Tree Hill. Her other appearances include Star Trek: The Next Generation and Honey, I Shrunk The Kids television show. She has three children, all of whom are in acting, and she still appears in television shows to this day.

Barbara Alyn Woods Filmography

Repossessed (1990)
Circuitry Man (1990)
The Terror Within II (1991)
Delusion (1991)
The Waterdance (1992)
Dance with Death (1992)
We’re Talkin’ Serious Money (1992)
Flesh and Bone (1993)
Frankie Starlight (1995)
Striptease (1996)
Just Friends (1996)
The Confidence Man (2001)
Port City (2009)
Taste It: A Comedy About the Recession (2012)
Walk. Ride. Rodeo. (2019)

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Barbara Alyn Woods in Star Trek: The Next Generation

Barbara Alyn Woods in Star Trek: The Next Generation

Barbara Alyn Woods in Star Trek: The Next Generation

Barbara Alyn Woods in Star Trek: The Next Generation

Gil

Gil attended film school in Los Angeles for a short time before leaving for better. He worked in film & media production for several years, traveling to 50+ countries. Obsessed with feel-good 80s teen comedies, sword-and-sorcery films, and gritty sci fi noir, Gil is a fan of the weird and campy. His favorite films include Blade Runner, Alien, Mad Max, and Drive.

Yeah, weird right? Is that last egg an…avocado? I’m not sure.

Well, today we’re super excited to interview Hank Kellerman, director of the upcoming sci-fi comedy film Devilution, for the Cult Celebrities blog.

Tell us a little bit about your beginnings. Your origin story, so to speak. How did you get into filmmaking, and what made you choose this path over others?

When I was in 7th grade I vividly remember watching a movie on the SyFy channel called Raptor Planet and just because it had the name raptor in it, I decided to leave it on. To my disappointment, and surprise, when the raptors showed up they were crude, roughly animated, and had little lighting or texture applied to make them fit in the scene. I thought to myself, “How did this ever get made? Don’t they know that doesn’t look good?” And that was just the beginning for my love of cheesy effects, loose plot lines and acting that isn’t capable of any awards.

When I went to college I started my degree pursuing marketing, given I was creative with things and enjoyed learning about people. Also upon leaving for college I began growing my collection of movies. All sorts of bad ones and people would come to my dorm room and I would have so no-name movie on and they’d have to stay and watch out of curiosity and then I’d smile as they would leave after five minutes due to “this movie sucks.” But I loved every one of ‘em. I transferred schools and after some deliberation decided to pursue a degree in Digital Media Production with an Emphasis on film. Unfortunately, me being the forward thinker, I knew that it would be difficult to get the type of job I truly wanted and I wanted a safe career path. So back to marketing I went. I graduated with my degree and a minor in creative writing where every story I wrote I always had the intention of turning it into a film some day.

After working in the real world for three years or so and finally sitting down to finish up the first draft of Devilution, I decided it was time to try and make a splash in the world of cinema. However, after reading the script thoroughly it was clear that no one else would be interested in making my film and so I decided that the only way to see it on the big screen was to do it myself. And here we are!

Give us some background on Devilution, your upcoming film, and why you chose to make this specific movie.

Devilution began roughly seven or eight years ago. My older brother Pete and I was just sitting around the campfire joking around and the idea came up about birds turning back in to dinosaurs and how crazy that would be. We laughed it off and a few days later I had written an outline. Then I forgot about it for a while. It sat on my hard drive and I’d occasionally tell my buddies about this idea for a movie I had, going through the story line, the twist and turns, and just using it for fun.

Believe it or not, Devilution was not supposed to be the first movie that Rusty Hay Wagon Circus Films was going to make. We were working on a documentary about my family and a situation that involved losing the house all my siblings grew up in due to the city growing around us, but we tossed it out when we tried to figure out what kind of movies should RHWCF make? And the answer of great movies with low budgets and strange stories was obvious.

Devilution allowed us to take full control of everything and gave us the opportunity to make something no one had ever seen before and I think that is what’s important. The basic plot of the movie is that a meteorite lands and contains a new element which (of course) causes birds to de-evolve into their ancestor of a raptor and then a ragtag team of friends must hold out and figure out how to survive long enough for the military to arrive and save them.

Devilution is my baby and I knew I wanted my first film to be special and I don’t think they get more special that this. On top of the awesome story, I knew we could do all the work ourselves with locations we had access to and friends willing to act in exchange for a hot lunch or dinner and continental breakfast!

What are your favorite 5 films, and how do they influence your work?

Dead Alive- (sometimes called Braindead) This movie above all others is one I love showing to my friends. Peter Jackson’s early work all has this look and feel of uneasiness and goofiness. And the New Zealand accents throughout the film are icing on the cake. This movie, more than anything, serves as inspiration of “If someone can start their career making a movie like this, then work up to Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit or King Kong…why can’t I?”

Bad Taste- Another awesome film from the back of the closet in Peter Jackson’s house. Aliens invading earth to eat humans? Why not shape them like potatoes mixed with soft serve ice cream? Everything about it is great. Great costumes, story, locations- and not to mention the VFX. Peter Jackson was incredible in his use of practical effects in this movie.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space- Talk about a carnival! This film is a personal favorite and another staple in my “movie night with friends” collection. The story is wild, the Klown creatures are perfect, and the writing fits everything that is going on perfectly. Another one that teaches me that any story is capable of being told. If people believe Killer Klowns from Outer Space is a bad movie, they just haven’t paid attention. (And not to mention that awesome theme song!)

Razorteeth- Mark Polonia (who I consider to be one of the kings of SOV film), has created dozens of awesome movies with low-budgets, creative effects and plot lines that draw the viewer in, even if the acting isn’t Oscar worthy. I love creature features and this one is no exception. All of his movies with monsters make me really want to explore the world of practical creature effects in future films. (We tried getting real raptors for Devilution but just getting the mass quantities of meals required was outside our budget so we had to settle for CGI.)

Tremors- This movie became a household title and between Reba and Kevin Bacon starring as folks fighting of mutant worm creatures, it’s no surprise. Didn’t really influence me in particular, but definitely in my top five for entertainment factor.

Which part of filmmaking do you enjoy the most – editing, effects, writing, shooting, acting, etc?

I definitely enjoy the writing aspect of it. I have yet to act (though I will come this fall), but writing the story and visualizing everything in your head as you go page by page is very rewarding. Taking something from concept, to script, then to hear others reading your script, and now to be editing footage of people reading lines on camera is an experience like no other.

Tell us a little bit about your current production setup: cameras, equipment, editing stack?

For Devilution our goal was to keep expenses as low as possible and so we focused on using equipment we already had.The entire movie was shot on a single Sony CX900. No special lenses or extra cameras to help so shooting was a bit tedious. For sound we were using a Taskar shotgun mic, attatched to a length of PVC pipe. I built a tripod dolly with some wood and also built a “steadicam” rig out of PVC pipe and the shots all turned out much better than I expected (though I think my expectations were low!) For Devilution we tried wherever possible to just use natural light, and only occasionally using a small LED panel for a fill light where needed. Maybe a handful of those shots will make the final cut.

For editing I am using Adobe Premiere. VFX is Adobe After Effects and Blender. I have never had formal education on these softwares but am more of a self-taught type. I will just say this: If I wasn’t confident that I could edit the movie and do the majority of the VFX myself…Devilution would not have been made.

If you were given $100,000 to spend on a movie production, what would you spend it on?

Wow. First of all I would probably laugh since someone thinks I need $100K to make one of my movies. (Well I do, but I manage…) I’d get a better camera, probably the Black Magic Pocket Camera and hire a Cinematographer and PA and sound person for the shoot. For Devilution there were times when I was running camera, sound, directing, and supervising the script so an extra hand or two would be appreciated on set! I’d get a couple of locations that would be unique to film in as well! Whatever is left over would go towards some kick-ass special effects and custom creature/monster models.

After Devilution is released, what’s next for you and Rusty Hay Wagon Circus Films?

Though we had the ability to make a few sequels for Devilution, the plan is to shoot our next feature film this November. It’s a different than Devilution, but will have the same witty story and dialogue that people will come to expect from RHWCF after Devilution. After that one it is on to the next project we have slated which, should things go to plan, will start shooting next summer sometime. In the meantime we will continue to fine tune some scripts we have written in the hopes of collaborating with someone or selling them to be made for the big screen.

Thanks so much for talking to us, Hank. We’ll leave our readers with another trailer for Devilution.

Hank Kellerman is the director and writer of Devilution, a sci fi comedy film releasing in late 2019. You can follow Rusty Hay Wagon Circus on their website.

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Gil

Gil attended film school in Los Angeles for a short time before leaving for better. He worked in film & media production for several years, traveling to 50+ countries. Obsessed with feel-good 80s teen comedies, sword-and-sorcery films, and gritty sci fi noir, Gil is a fan of the weird and campy. His favorite films include Blade Runner, Alien, Mad Max, and Drive.

The film was shot in locations that were all just a few minutes from the director’s house, and the movie was conceptualized by a South American theater owner who had an animatronic dinosaur available for two weeks which he wanted to get some use out of.

Tammy and the T-Rex (1994) Plot

A cheerleader named Tammy (played by Denise Richards) hangs out with her football player boyfriend Michael (played by Paul Walker) along with her gay friend Byron (played by Theo Forsett). However, an old ex named Billy (played by George Pilgrim) shows up with his group of thugs and starts bullying Michael. They start to fight, but when the police show up they arrest the bully and the trio is left in peace.

Elsewhere, a large dinosaur (a T-Rex) is looming inside a huge warehouse being worked on by two scientists, Dr. Wachenstein (played by Terry Kiser) and his assistant Helga (played by Ellen Dubin). The dinosaur turns out to be a robotic creation, and Dr. Wachenstein’s intention is to surgically implant a human brain into the dinosaur to give it life.

That night, Michael visits Tammy after hours. However, Billy and his group is out of jail and angry, looking for revenge. They beat up Michael and take him to a zoo, throwing him into a section with wild cats. Lions attack Michael and he passes out.

The evil doctor, Wachenstein, says that Michael is dead, but he secretly removes his living brain and surgically inserts it into the dinosaur’s robotic skull. Michael wakes up, now in the body of the robotic T-Rex, and escapes from the warehouse. He finds his bullies and terrorizes them, and finds Tammy who finally comes to the realization that the dinosaur is actually her boyfriend. She wants to find a better body for his brain to reside, however they must escape Dr. Wachenstein who is chasing them. Michael, as the T-Rex, kills Wachenstein but is then destroyed himself by police. Tammy gets Michael’s brain from the T-Rex’s wreckage and takes it home, hooking up the brain to her personal computer in her room. Michael has the ability to see out of the computer through a video camera, and seeing Tammy in her room initiates an electrical overload to the brain circuits.

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Denise Richards in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Paul Walker in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Denise Richards in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Paul Walker and Denise Richards in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Denise Richards in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Denise Richards in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Denise Richards in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Denise Richards in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Denise Richards in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Denise Richards in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

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Denise Richards in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

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Paul Walker in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

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Paul Walker in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Paul Walker and Denise Richards in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Denise Richards in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

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Denise Richards in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Denise Richards in Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Gil

Gil attended film school in Los Angeles for a short time before leaving for better. He worked in film & media production for several years, traveling to 50+ countries. Obsessed with feel-good 80s teen comedies, sword-and-sorcery films, and gritty sci fi noir, Gil is a fan of the weird and campy. His favorite films include Blade Runner, Alien, Mad Max, and Drive.

There’s a whole world of independent film producers who direct movies on no- to low-budgets, and then go on to see significant success in the community. Usually these producers are genre specific (indie horror films are a huge part of folks who come here) but also in other genres like sci-fi or fantasy.

Between the two of us (Gil & Stu) we’ve had more years of experience in marketing and movies than we’d like to admit. And we’ve seen some interesting patterns in how a film is successfully marketed.

And here’s the deal: promoting your movie doesn’t necessarily have to be expensive!

While having a marketing budget definitely helps your chances (and, let’s be honest, you won’t really be able to market your movie successfully without spending something) there are some solid movie promotion ideas that work great. You just have to have a long-term approach to your movie promotion strategy. And, not to mention, be willing to put in some hard work.F

Let’s go over some of the best film promotion ideas for those on a strict budget.

1) Create Your Own Website For Your Movies

We’re not talking about social media pages. We’re also not talking about free Blogspot blogs or Tumblr accounts. We’re talking about real, established, long-term websites with a real .com domain.

The good news is, if you’re the sort of person who is shooting and editing films, you also have the tech savviness to register a domain and set up a WordPress site.

The main importance of doing this is that you fully control everything on the website. Your film promotion strategy should not be dependent upon the whims of Facebook or Twitter, who can (and do) change their algorithms and guidelines at any time. You will get hardly any organic (non-paid) reach on most social media platforms, so building your own site is crucial to long-term success.

2) Build An Email List For Your Fans

It sounds old-school, but building & maintaining an email list is one of the most underrated forms of movie marketing. It’s very powerful. Wonder why? Because every single person on the internet has an email address. There isn’t a more universal medium, and especially not one which you can fully control. First message your friends & family to get them on the list, follow up with the cast and crew from your films, and then post messages on your social platforms to get people to sign up. Then, make sure the website that you created in step 1 has an email signup button, so all the visitors to your site have the chance to sign up to your list.

3) Use Social Media To Promote Your Films

Yes, in the above two points we dropped some hints about how social media isn’t the end-all for movie promotion. And it’s true, it’s not perfect. But you absolutely do need to have a presence, because many people will interact and like your pages. Make sure to set up cross-posting (so that if you post a blog article, for example, it shoots over automatically to Twitter or Tumblr, for example). You’ve find that sometimes, getting traction on a platform like Facebook means you have to spend money to boost a post.

4) Get Press Coverage For Your Local Production

This is an easy way to get some local interest drummed up in your film. Since you’re likely paying local people to be on the crew, and local up-and-coming stars are appearing in your film, it’s a really good way to get some serious attention from the community.

Here’s the secret: don’t pay anyone who promises to get you some news articles. It’s really easy to do it yourself, no need to pay a “PR person” to do it. Here’s why: local papers are always excited to get some local news in their pages. Call up every single paper and magazine and niche publication in your area (even in a small city, there will be dozens) and pitch them your production. Someone will bite, and you’ll find you get some nice links to your website and some people messaging you about helping out with the movie.

5) Advertise your movie trailer with YouTube pre-roll ads

This is one of the least-used and most-underrated forms of advertising your film. You might think that it costs a lot of money, but that’s not the case. Advertising online can be risky if you’re doing it for the first time or if you have a limited budget, but if your campaign is set up correctly, and targeted towards the correct demographics you can get a view for $0.05 to $0.10.

If you’ve got a $1000 trailer advertising budget, that means you could get upwards of 20,000 people seeing your film. If you use advanced placements, you can put it in front of other, similar clips on YouTube so that you can get super targeted views: for example, 20,000 horror movie fans in the midwest seeing your trailer!

6) In-person indie film festivals

Most of the movie production ideas so far have been digital, but you can’t forget showing up to a film festival and meeting a lot of folks face to face. It can be a little expensive, but it’s totally worth it. You will get plugged in to the local scene in a way you can’t ever do online.

If you can get your film into a festival, even better.

7) Get Early Reviews For Your Film

And last but not least, getting early reviews for your film is huge, and if done appropriately this can generate a lot of pre-release buzz for your movie. You know those quotes in the trailers of every indie film, sort of like “A harrowing tale of Southern Gothic justice. – Atlanta Herald”. Here’s how to get reviews for your film:

First, talk to local press and try to get them to review your films. This really only works if the publication has a dedicated film critic or a culture section, and if your film is big enough for them to invest their time and effort into reviewing it. It shouldn’t cost anything, but it can be really hard to get your film reviewed.

Get a movie review website to review your film. Make sure they’re reputable, have a big readership, and check to see what their other reviews are like. Usually it does cost (for example, as of 2019 here at Cult Celebrities we review movies for $35) but hey, we gotta make money somehow. Contact us if you’re interested, yo.

We hope that this selection of movie promotion ideas has been helpful. We’ve done our fair share of film marketing (from YouTube pre-roll, to showing up to festivals, to running one of the most popular B-movie sites on the planet! Got any of your own? Shoot them over to us!

Gil

Gil attended film school in Los Angeles for a short time before leaving for better. He worked in film & media production for several years, traveling to 50+ countries. Obsessed with feel-good 80s teen comedies, sword-and-sorcery films, and gritty sci fi noir, Gil is a fan of the weird and campy. His favorite films include Blade Runner, Alien, Mad Max, and Drive.

Matt Spease, who has been making horror films since the early 2000s at least, has returned with a sequel to Indestructible: Afterlife. Directed by Matt Spease with a screenplay by John Vasiliou, the character of James Kirby, out for vengeance, comes back with an even more shocking presence.

The movie opens with a cornered cop, Robert Kersey (played by Dark Night Films veteran Jade Michael LaFont) who is up against James Kirby on the second floor of a small house. He keeps pumping bullet after bullet into Kirby, who won’t die. “Just…stay…down!” the cop says, before finally knocking him backwards with another shot.

Indestructible indeed, the cop crawls over to check the body. Kirby whispers something about Kersey’s daughter before dying. Kersey rushes downstairs, checking on his daughter Stephanie, but suddenly Kirby is back. The daughter, played by Lauren Lasseigne, unloads on Kirby and finally putting his lights out.

V. Duwane Ledbetter as the mayor

He keeps coming back, a common thread throughout the film. Escaping the cops and the city mayor, who won’t believe he’s still alive, Kirby escapes through the back door and finds refuge with an old man who helps him recover his health.

A year later, Kersey is at a mental hospital because of his insistence that Kirby is still alive, and his daughter has been taken from him, living with a foster family, the daughter of whom is played by Emmi Mullen.

While in a coma, Kirby sees a detective he killed long ago. The detective tries to reason with him and tell him to not revenge himself against the girl who shot him. Kirby, who controls his dream realm, sends a message through the dead detective to the living world, then wakes from his coma. He instantly resumes his killing spree, slaughtering hunters in the woods, slaughtering a trio of impertinent teens cruising in a Mustang, while ultimately climaxing in a brutal showdown at a house party, a scene reminiscent of several other Dark Night Films releases over the past few years.

Jordan Phipps as Phoebe

The movie sees the return of several actors who’ve starred in previous Matt Spease films, including Rick Vyper as a crazy old man, Miracle Davis as Tina Anderson, V. Duwane Ledbetter as the mayor, and of course Matt Spease himself as the main character, James Kirby. The movie also brings in some newer faces of local actors, like Jordan Phipps as Phoebe, one of the unfortunate teen trio.

Matt Spease as James Kirby

It’s clear that Indestructible: Reckoning has taken a step up in quality. While some of the previous Dark Night Films were clearly shot on videotape, Spease has transitioned to HD with the use of smartphones, and the results make much more watchable cinematography. The lighting, stability, and cinematography is solid, and a higher resolution makes it that much clearer.

After watching the movie, it’s one of Dark Night Film’s most solid releases yet. It’s not a perfect movie, but most of the imperfections arise from budgetary reasons rather than the filmmaking itself. The negatives that stand out are understandable – like the cops driving Toyotas rather than police cruisers. But that’s a small issue. Indestructible: Reckoning is sure to be another dependable hit for Dark Night fans and anyone who likes gritty, southern, low-budget slashers.

You can visit the Dark Night Films website and grab a copy for yourself. The movie releases officially on July 23rd, 2019.

Gil

Gil attended film school in Los Angeles for a short time before leaving for better. He worked in film & media production for several years, traveling to 50+ countries. Obsessed with feel-good 80s teen comedies, sword-and-sorcery films, and gritty sci fi noir, Gil is a fan of the weird and campy. His favorite films include Blade Runner, Alien, Mad Max, and Drive.

So to kick things off, let’s start with some of the most well known and get progressively weirder and less known. It was a weird time, and this list of 1981 films will reinforce that.

Looker (1981)

Susan Dey in Looker (1981)

The 1981 scifi movie Looker is a Michael Crichton classic, although not as well known as some of his other films. It was a huge commercial success on release, and still has a cult following. The movie stars James Coburn as the most well-known actor, and also was an important step in the career of Susan Dey. The movie was the first to use CGI for displaying a realistic character.

Dragonslayer (1981)

Dragonslayer (1981)

Although Dragonslayer is a 1981 sword-and-sorcery film and might be considered obscure by today’s standards, it was actually one of the highest budget genre films produced in the entire decade of the 1980s, so it was fairly mainstream. The film falls flat especially considering it was competing with some super-low-budget sword & sorcery films in those years.

Knightriders (1981)

Knightriders (1981)

This 1981 drama film (one of the first popular showcases of roleplaying in culture) was a unique contribution from the famous horror director George Romero, and it’s kept it’s place firmly cemented as a cult film that holds up pretty well even in the present day. The movie involves a troupe of renaissance festival performers who travel from fest to fest, jousting on motorcycles. It’s weird.

Evilspeak (1981)

Clint Howard in Evilspeak (1981)

The horror movie Evilspeak is a horror film directed by Eric Weston and starring Clint Howard. The movie has since become a cult classic. The movie revolves around a military academy student who, obsessed and driven to rage through bullying, is possessed by a spirit through a computer and unless hellfire upon his surroundings.

Graduation Day (1981)

Graduation Day (1981)

The horror movie Graduation Day is an American horror flick in the teen slasher genre. Directed by Herb Freed, it stars the famous scream queen Linnea Quigley and Deborah Dutch along with a part from Vanna White, obviously known from the game show Wheel of Fortune.

Great White (1981)

Great White (1981)

This 1981 shark movie is so obscure in the United States because of one special fact: it was banned from theatrical distribution in the US because it was such a blatant ripoff of Jaws. An Italian sharksploitation film, the movie has essentially the exact same plot as Jaws and has a relatively low production value. It did well outside the US, capitalizing on the craze of shark movies that surfaced in the 1980s. It stars James Franciscus, Ennio Girolami, Giancarlo Prete, Vic Morrow, Stefania Girolami Goodwin, Massimo Vanni and Micaela Pignatelli.

X-Ray (1981)

Barbi Benton in Hospital Massacre (1981)

The 1981 film X-Ray, a horror movie known also by the alternative title Hospital Massacre, was a movie directed by Boaz Davidson and starring Barbi Benton (a former country western singer turned actress).

That’s our list of 1981 films, perhaps a bit more obscure and cultish than most lists. Check these movies out and let us know how you enjoyed them!

Gil

Gil attended film school in Los Angeles for a short time before leaving for better. He worked in film & media production for several years, traveling to 50+ countries. Obsessed with feel-good 80s teen comedies, sword-and-sorcery films, and gritty sci fi noir, Gil is a fan of the weird and campy. His favorite films include Blade Runner, Alien, Mad Max, and Drive.

Empire International Pictures was started in 1983, and produced films until bankruptcy in 1989. Full Moon was founded after Empire’s bankruptcy, and continues to this day.

Charles Band was born into an artistic family in Los Angeles, with his grandfather being a famous artist, his brother a composer, and his father the director Albert Band. He has been married twice, and has four children.

Charles Band Filmography

Last Foxtrot in Burbank (1973)
Mansion of the Doomed (1975)
Cinderella (1977)
Crash! (1977)
End of the World (1977)
Auditions (1978)
Laserblast (1978)
Fairy Tales (1979)
Tourist Trap (1979)
The Day Time Ended (1980)
The Best of Sex and Violence (1980)
Famous T&A (1982)
Parasite (1982)
Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983)
The Alchemist (1983)
Filmgore (1983)
The Dungeonmaster (1984)
Ghost Warrior (1984)
Trancers (1984)
Walking the Edge (1985)
Ghoulies (1985)
Re-Animator (1985)
Savage Island (1985)
Underworld (1985)
Zone Troopers (1985)
Breeders (1986)
Crawlspace (1986)
Dreamaniac (1986)
Eliminators (1986)
From Beyond (1986)
Troll (1986)
Vicious Lips (1986)
Necropolis (1986)
Robot Holocaust (1986)
TerrorVision (1986)
Creepozoids (1987)
Dolls (1987)
Enemy Territory (1987)
Mutant Hunt (1987)
The Princess Academy (1987)
Prison (1987)
Valet Girls (1987)
Assault of the Killer Bimbos (1988)
Buy & Cell (1988)
Catacombs (1988)
Cellar Dweller (1988)
Ghost Town (1988)
Ghoulies II (1988)
Pulse Pounders (1988)
Transformations (1988)
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
Arena (1989)
Deadly Weapon (1989)
Puppet Master (1989)
Intruder (1989)
Robot Jox (1989)
Crash and Burn (1990)
Puppet Master II (1990)
Trancers II (1991)
Spellcaster (1991)
Doctor Mordrid (1992)
Trancers III (1992)
Seedpeople (1992)
Prehysteria! (1993)
Puppet Master 4 (1993)
Robot Wars (1993)
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993)
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993)
Castle Freak (1995)
Head of the Family (1996)
Hideous! (1997)
The Creeps (1997)
Blood Dolls (1999)

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Gil

Gil attended film school in Los Angeles for a short time before leaving for better. He worked in film & media production for several years, traveling to 50+ countries. Obsessed with feel-good 80s teen comedies, sword-and-sorcery films, and gritty sci fi noir, Gil is a fan of the weird and campy. His favorite films include Blade Runner, Alien, Mad Max, and Drive.

Her film career began in 1982 with the film Smrt gospodina Goluze, as Anka. She appeared in many Yugoslav films throughout the 1980s. She moved to Italy and began appearing in Italian films, with her last film being released around 1991.

Savina became a psychotherapist and began practicing in Rome.

Savina Gersak Filmography

Smrt gospodina Goluze (1982) as Anka
Il diavolo e l’acquasanta (1983) as Silvana
Cudo nevidjeno (1984) as Amerikanka
The Lone Runner (1986) as Analisa Summerking
Iron Warrior/Rautasoturi (1987) as Princess Janna
In the Name of the People (1987) as Marika
The Maverick (1988) as Ema
Afghanistan: The Last War Bus (1989) as Linda Cain
Sonny Boy (1989) as Sandy
Curse II: The Bite (1989) as Iris
Beyond the Door III (1989) as Sava
Soldier of Fortune (1990) as Hamlulu
Midnight Ride (1991) as Lara

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Savina Gersak in Sonny Boy (1989)

Savina Gersak and Miles O’Keeffe in The Lone Runner (1986)

Savina Gersak in The Lone Runner (1986)

Savina Gersak in The Lone Runner (1986)

Savina Gersak in The Lone Runner (1986)

Savina Gersak in Midnight Ride (1991)

Savina Gersak in Cudo nevidjeno (1984)

Savina Gersak in Cudo nevidjeno (1984)

Savina Gersak in Cudo nevidjeno (1984)

Savina Gersak in Iron Warrior (1987)

Savina Gersak in Iron Warrior (1987)

Savina Gersak and Miles OKeeffe in Iron Warrior (1987)

Savina Gersak in Iron Warrior (1987)

Savina Gersak in Iron Warrior (1987)

Gil

Gil attended film school in Los Angeles for a short time before leaving for better. He worked in film & media production for several years, traveling to 50+ countries. Obsessed with feel-good 80s teen comedies, sword-and-sorcery films, and gritty sci fi noir, Gil is a fan of the weird and campy. His favorite films include Blade Runner, Alien, Mad Max, and Drive.

Cyrielle Clair Filmography

Le Professionnel (1981) as Alice Ancelin
La Belle captive (1983)
Sword of the Valiant (1984) as Linet
Code Name: Emerald (1985)
Sword of Gideon (1986) as Jeanette Von Lesseps
Triple Agent (2004)
Frantz (2016)

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Cyrielle Clair in La Belle captive (1983)

Cyrielle Clair in La Belle captive (1983)

Cyrielle Clair in La Belle captive (1983)

Cyrielle Clair in La Belle captive (1983)

Miles O’Keeffe in Sword of the Valiant (1984)

Cyrielle Clair in Sword of the Valiant (1984)

Cyrielle Clair and Miles O’Keeffe in Sword of the Valiant (1984)

Gil

Gil attended film school in Los Angeles for a short time before leaving for better. He worked in film & media production for several years, traveling to 50+ countries. Obsessed with feel-good 80s teen comedies, sword-and-sorcery films, and gritty sci fi noir, Gil is a fan of the weird and campy. His favorite films include Blade Runner, Alien, Mad Max, and Drive.