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Biff Manard

Shanks (1974)

Shanks (1974)
Rating: ★★
Oct 13, 2021Puppeteer Resurrects the Dead
Puppeteer Resurrects the Deadshanks-19741974The last film of gimmick master William Castle, a head-scratching oddity where mime artist Marcel Marceau plays a puppeteer who gains the ability to bring people back to life and control them like puppets
Director: William Castle
Actors: Marcel Marceau, Cindy Eilbacher, Larry Bishop, Don Calfa, …
Category: Horror
13 October 202113 October 2021 by Roog

Zone Troopers (1986)

Zone Troopers (1986)
Rating: ★★★½
Apr 2, 1999GI's, Nazis & Crashed UFO
GI's, Nazis & Crashed UFOzone-troopers-19861986One of the best films from Charles Band's Empire Productions, a splendid homage to the GI film with a group of soldiers investigating a crashed UFO behind enemy lines
Director: Danny Bilson
Actors: Tim Thomerson, Timothy Van Patten, Biff Manard, Art La Fleur
Category: Science Fiction
2 April 199911 April 2024 by Roog

Trancers II (1991)

Trancers II (1991)
Rating: ★★½
May 1, 1999Time-Travelling Detective
Time-Travelling Detectivetrancers-2-19911991The first of several sequels to Charles Band's Trancers with Tim Thomerson as a hard-boiled time-travelling detective. This does a passably okay job of following up on its predecessor
Director: Charles Band
Actors: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Megan Ward, Biff Manard, …
Category: Science Fiction
1 May 199924 April 2020 by Roog

Recent Posts

  • The Haunting of Morella (1990)
  • The Phantom of the Opera (1990)
  • The Mouse Trap (2024)
  • Mouse of Horrors (2025)
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2025)
  • Deathstalker (2025)
  • The Beast Within (2024)
  • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1943)
  • Night of the Seagulls (1975)
  • The Alpha Test (2020)
  • Hagen (2024)
  • The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025)
  • Keeper (2025)
  • Don’t Open Till Christmas (1984)
  • There’s Something in the Barn (2023)
  • A Creature Was Stirring (2023)
  • Bagman (2024)
  • The Running Man (2025)
  • The Carpenter’s Son (2025)
  • Once Upon a Crime (2023)
  • Cinderella (1977)
  • The Oracle (1985)
  • Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972)
  • The Pod Generation (2023)
  • Bone Face (2025)

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns

Copyright Richard Scheib 1999-2025

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