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Crew: Vestron Pictures

Big Man on Campus (1989)

29 July 199915 November 2019
Big Man on Campus (1986) poster

Modernised Hunchback of Notre Dame Comedy

Categories: Fantasy.
Ratings: 3.
Directors: Jeremy Kagan.
Actors: Allan Katz, Corey Parker, Tom Skerritt, Melora Hardin, Jessica Harper and Cindy Williams.
Crew: Jeremy Kagan, Allan Katz, Arnon Milchan, Bojan Bazelli, Michele Burke and Vestron Pictures.
Themes: Comedies, Parodies of Other Films, Deformity and Disfigurement and Films of 1989.

Blue Steel (1990)

2 January 200119 February 2020
Blue Steel (1990) poster

Psycho Stalks Rookie Cop

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: Kathryn Bigelow.
Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown, Kevin Dunn, Louise Fletcher, Philip Bosco and Elizabeth Peña.
Crew: Kathryn Bigelow, Eric Red, Edward R. Pressman, Oliver Stone and Vestron Pictures.
Themes: Psychos and Serial Killers, Psycho-Thrillers and Films of 1990.

Fear (1990)

4 August 20003 May 2024
Fear (1990) poster

Psychic Link with a Serial Killer

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 3.5.
Directors: Rockne S. O'Bannon.
Actors: Ally Sheedy, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael O'Keefe, Lauren Hutton, Stan Shaw and Keone Young.
Crew: Rockne S. O'Bannon, Richard Kobritz and Vestron Pictures.
Themes: Clairvoyance and Precognition, Psychos and Serial Killers, Psycho-Thrillers and Films of 1990.

The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

7 June 200323 December 2024
The Lair of the White Worm (1988) poster

Snake Priestess/Campy Horror

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: Ken Russell.
Actors: Hugh Grant, Amanda Donohoe, Peter Capaldi, Sammi Davis, Catherine Oxenberg, Paul Brooke and Stratford Johns.
Crew: Ken Russell, Bram Stoker and Vestron Pictures.
Themes: Religion, Cults, Horror Comedy, Human-Animal Hybrids and Films of 1988.

Parents (1989)

9 January 201131 January 2025
Parents (1989) poster

Paranoia Comedy/Boy Thinks His Parents Are Cannibals

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: Bob Balaban.
Actors: Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis and Deborah Rush.
Crew: Bob Balaban and Vestron Pictures.
Themes: Paranoia, Cannibalism, Black Comedy and Films of 1989.

Slaughter High (1986)

1 March 200017 March 2025
Slaughter High (1986) poster

Slasher Film

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 0-.
Directors: George Dugdale, Mark Ezra and Peter Litten.
Actors: Caroline Munro, Simon Scuddamore and Gary Martin.
Crew: George Dugdale, Mark Ezra, Peter Litten, Steve Minasian, Dick Randall, Coast to Coast Productions and Vestron Pictures.
Themes: Slasher Films, Psychos and Serial Killers and Films of 1985.

Spacerage: Breakout on Prison Planet (1985)

21 October 200723 September 2024
Spacerage: Breakout on Prison Planet (1985) poster

Interstellar Prison Escape

Categories: Science Fiction.
Ratings: 0.5.
Directors: Conrad E. Palmisano.
Actors: Michael Paré, Richard Farnsworth, John Laughlin, Lewis Van Bergen, Frank Doubleday, William Windom, Dennis Redfield and Lee Purcell.
Crew: Conrad E. Palmisano and Vestron Pictures.
Themes: Planetary Adventure, Prisons, Other Planets, Action Films and Films of 1985.

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989)

17 August 20223 July 2025
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989) poster

Modern Vampires

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: Anthony Hickox.
Actors: David Carradine, Bruce Campbell, Jim Metzler, Maxwell Caulfield, Morgan Brittany, Deborah Foreman, M. Emmet Walsh, John Ireland, Dana Ashbrook, Dabbs Greer, Elizabeth Gracen, Bert Remsen and George Buck Flower.
Crew: Anthony Hickox and Vestron Pictures.
Themes: Vampires, Westerns, Monster Hunters, Count Dracula and Films of 1989.

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  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
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  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
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  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
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