Filmography from : John Landis
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Burke and Hare, John Landis, 2010WILLIAM BURKE and WILLIAM HARE are scratching out a living in 1830s Edinburgh. After yet another failed business venture, they return to Hare’s lodging house to find that their tenant has suddenly died on rent day. As the boys decide how to dispose of the body over a drink, they discover that a corpse can fetch a hefty price. Edinburgh is the centre of the medical universe and the city’s doctors are crying out for more cadavers for their...
Fear Itself, Brad Anderson (1 episode, 2008), Darren Lynn Bousman (1 episode, 2008), Breck Eisner (1 episode, 2008), Larry Fessenden (1 episode, 2008), Stuart Gordon (1 episode, 2008), Mary Harron (1 episode, 2008), John Landis (1 episode, 2008), Ronny Yu (1 episode, 2008), John Dahl (1 episode, 2009), Ernest R Dickerson (1 episode, 2009), Eduardo Rodriguez (1 episode, 2009), Rob Schmidt (1 episode, 2009), Rupert Wainwright (1 episode, 2009), 2009A television series broken down into thirteen separate sixty-minute films from premiere horror writers and directors....
Family, John Landis, 2007Harold is a seemingly peaceful neighbor in a quiet midwestern neighborhood, but underneath, he's a murderous psychopath who sets his eyes on a couple that have moved in across the street....
Masters of Horror, Stuart Gordon (2 episodes, 2005-2007), Dario Argento (2 episodes, 2005-2006), John Carpenter (2 episodes, 2005-2006), Joe Dante (2 episodes, 2005-2006), Mick Garris (2 episodes, 2005-2006), Tobe Hooper (2 episodes, 2005-2006), John Landis (2 episodes, 2005-2006), Don Coscarelli (1 episode, 2005), Brad Anderson (1 episode, 2006), Larry Cohen (1 episode, 2006), Ernest R Dickerson (1 episode, 2006), William Malone (1 episode, 2006), Lucky McKee (1 episode, 2006), John McNaughton (1 episode, 2006), Takashi Miike (1 episode, 2006), Tom Holland (1 episode, 2007), Peter Medak (1 episode, 2007), Rob Schmidt (1 episode, 2007), Norio Tsuruta (1 episode, 2007), 2007Anchor Bay has amassed some of the greatest horror film writers and directors to bring to you the anthology series, "Masters of Horror". For the first time, the foremost names in the horror film genre have joined forces for the series consisting of thirteen one-hour films each season....
Deer Woman, John Landis, 2005When the body of a truck driver is found trampled in his truck, the burnt-out detective Dwight Faraday is assigned for the bizarre case. He arrives to the crime scene in a parking area with Officer Jacob Reed and their investigation discloses that the victim had left a tavern with a gorgeous woman and apparently had been trampled by a heavy animal in the truck cabin. Later, two other bodies of men arrive in the morgue in the same conditions, and...
Innocent Blood, John Landis, 1992Marie [Anne Parillaud] is a vampire living in Pittsburgh. She lives by two cardinal rules: 1) Never play with the food and 2) Always finish the food. By following rule 1, she never gets emotionally involved with anyone off whom she intends to feed. By following rule 2, she creates no new vampires. That is, until she decides one night to eat Italian and gets mixed up with Joey Genaro [Anthony LaPaglia] and Sal 'The Shark' Macelli [Robert Loggia]....
Amazon Women on the Moon, Joe Dante (segments 'The French Ventiloquist's Dummy' [TV cut & DVD only], 'Hairlooming', 'Bullshit or Not', 'Critic's Corner', 'Roast Your Loved One', 'Reckless Youth'), Carl Gottlieb (segments 'Peter Pan Theater' [TV cut & DVD only], 'Pethouse Video', 'Son of the Invisible Man', 'Art Sale'), Peter Horton (segment 'The Unknown Soldier' [TV cut & DVD only]'Two ID's'), John Landis (segments 'Mondo Condo', 'Hospital', 'Blacks Without Soul', 'Don 'No Soul' Simmons', 'Video Date'), Robert K Weiss (segments 'Murray in Videoland', 'Amazon Women on the Moon', 'Silly Paté', 'Video Pirates', 'First Lady of the Evening', 'Titan Man'), 1987A series of short sketches, most of which parody late-night television and the low-budget movies one often finds there. Other skits include a man being attacked by his apartment, a funeral hosted by classic comedians, and a teen-age boy's big night turning into a nightmare....
Into the Night, John Landis, 1985Ed Okin's life is somewhat out of control. He can't sleep, his wife betrays him, and his job is dull. One night, he starts to drive through Los Angeles, and he finally ends in the parking garage of Los Angeles International Airport. Moments later, a beautiful young lady jumps onto his bonnet and he finds himself being chased by four Iranians. What follows is a wild chase through the streets of Los Angeles, and a very funny one too....
Twilight Zone: The Movie, Joe Dante (segment 'It's a Good Life'), John Landis (prologue/segment 'Time Out'), George Miller (segment 'Nightmare at 20,000 Feet'), Steven Spielberg (segment 'Kick the Can'), 1983Four horror/science-fiction segments directed by four of Hollywood's famous directors based on TV's most popular anthology series, bookened by a funny and scary prologue and epilogue featuring Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks. In the first story directed by John Landis (a vague remake of the Twilight Zone episode "A Quality of Mercy") a loud-mouthed bigotted businessman (Vic Morrow) with an intense hatred for Jews, blacks, and Asians, gets the...
An American Werewolf in London, John Landis, 1981Two American college students are on a walking tour of Britain and are attacked by a werewolf. One is killed, the other is mauled. The werewolf is killed but reverts to its human form, and the local townspeople are unwilling to acknowledge its existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on four feet at first but then finds that his friend and other recent victims appear to him, demanding that he commit suicide to...
Schlock, John Landis, 1973A monkey-type monster falls in love with a blind girl, which thinks that he's a giant dog. After kidnapping the girl and fleeing king-kong-like onto the roof of a gym, he gets involved with the army....
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Masters of Horror, Stuart Gordon (2 episodes, 2005-2007), Dario Argento (2 episodes, 2005-2006), John Carpenter (2 episodes, 2005-2006), Joe Dante (2 episodes, 2005-2006), Mick Garris (2 episodes, 2005-2006), Tobe Hooper (2 episodes, 2005-2006), John Landis (2 episodes, 2005-2006), Don Coscarelli (1 episode, 2005), Brad Anderson (1 episode, 2006), Larry Cohen (1 episode, 2006), Ernest R Dickerson (1 episode, 2006), William Malone (1 episode, 2006), Lucky McKee (1 episode, 2006), John McNaughton (1 episode, 2006), Takashi Miike (1 episode, 2006), Tom Holland (1 episode, 2007), Peter Medak (1 episode, 2007), Rob Schmidt (1 episode, 2007), Norio Tsuruta (1 episode, 2007), 2007Anchor Bay has amassed some of the greatest horror film writers and directors to bring to you the anthology series, "Masters of Horror". For the first time, the foremost names in the horror film genre have joined forces for the series consisting of thirteen one-hour films each season....
Deer Woman, John Landis, 2005When the body of a truck driver is found trampled in his truck, the burnt-out detective Dwight Faraday is assigned for the bizarre case. He arrives to the crime scene in a parking area with Officer Jacob Reed and their investigation discloses that the victim had left a tavern with a gorgeous woman and apparently had been trampled by a heavy animal in the truck cabin. Later, two other bodies of men arrive in the morgue in the same conditions, and...
An American Werewolf in Paris, Anthony Waller, 1997The daughter of the werewolf from AWIL is alive and living in Paris where her mother (from the first film) and stepfather are trying to overcome her lycanthropic disease. A trio of American tourists on a thrill seeking trip around Europe manage to stop her from plunging to her death from the top of the Eiffel tower and are embroiled in a horrific but often hilarious plot involving a secret society of werewolves based in the city and a drug which...
Twilight Zone: The Movie, Joe Dante (segment 'It's a Good Life'), John Landis (prologue/segment 'Time Out'), George Miller (segment 'Nightmare at 20,000 Feet'), Steven Spielberg (segment 'Kick the Can'), 1983Four horror/science-fiction segments directed by four of Hollywood's famous directors based on TV's most popular anthology series, bookened by a funny and scary prologue and epilogue featuring Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks. In the first story directed by John Landis (a vague remake of the Twilight Zone episode "A Quality of Mercy") a loud-mouthed bigotted businessman (Vic Morrow) with an intense hatred for Jews, blacks, and Asians, gets the...
An American Werewolf in London, John Landis, 1981Two American college students are on a walking tour of Britain and are attacked by a werewolf. One is killed, the other is mauled. The werewolf is killed but reverts to its human form, and the local townspeople are unwilling to acknowledge its existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on four feet at first but then finds that his friend and other recent victims appear to him, demanding that he commit suicide to...
Schlock, John Landis, 1973A monkey-type monster falls in love with a blind girl, which thinks that he's a giant dog. After kidnapping the girl and fleeing king-kong-like onto the roof of a gym, he gets involved with the army....
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Tales of Halloween, Darren Lynn Bousman (segment 'The Night Billy Raised Hell'), Axelle Carolyn (segment 'Grim Grinning Ghost'), Adam Gierasch (segment 'Trick'), Andrew Kasch (segment 'This Means War'), Neil Marshall (segment 'Bad Seed'), Lucky McKee (segment 'Ding Dong'), Mike Mendez (segment 'Friday the 31st'), Dave Parker (segment 'Sweet Tooth') (as David Parker), Ryan Schifrin (segment 'The Ransom of Rusty Rex'), John Skipp (segment 'This Means War'), Paul Solet (segment 'The Weakthe Wicked'), 2015Ten stories are woven together by their shared theme of Halloween night in an American suburb, where ghouls, imps, aliens and axe murderers appear for one night only to terrorize unsuspecting residents....
Le complexe de Frankenstein, Gilles Penso, Alexandre Poncet, 2015...
Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader, Kevin O'Neill, 2012Aspiring college cheerleader, Cassie Stratford consumes an experimental drug that grants her beauty and enough athletic ability to make the cheer squad. The drug has an unforeseen side effect - Cassie starts to grow and grow and grow....
Machete Maidens Unleashed!, Mark Hartley, 2010A fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking. ...
Tattoos: A Scarred History, SJ Evans, 2009From people with tattoos on every body part, to digital tattoos powered by your blood, this controversial feature documentary will take you on a visually stunning, and to some, disturbing journey into the world of tattoos....
Parasomnia, William Malone, 2008In "Parasomnia," a stylish horror/thriller from director William Malone ("House on Haunted Hill," "Masters of Horror,") Laura Baxter is a young woman, literally a "sleeping beauty," who suffers from a medical condition called "parasomnia." A childhood accident victim, she is actually sleeping her life away, awakening briefly on rare occasions. Art student Danny Sloan falls in love with her, unaware that her hospital neighbor, a terrifying mass...
Spider-Man 2, Sam Raimi, 2004Peter Parker is an unhappy man: after two years of fighting crime as Spider-Man, his life has begun to fall apart. The girl he loves is engaged to someone else, his grades are slipping, he cannot keep any of his jobs, and on top of it, the newspaper Daily Bugle is attacking him viciously, claiming that Spider-Man is a criminal. He reaches the breaking point and gives up the crime fighter's life, once and for all. But after a failed fusion...
The Stand, Mick Garris (4 episodes, 1994), 1994When a government-run lab accidentally lets loose a deadly virus, the population of the world is decimated. Survivors begin having dreams about two figures: a mystical old woman, or a foreboding, scary man. As the story tracks various people, we begin to realize that the two figures exemplify basic forces of good and evil, and the stage is set for a final confrontation between the representatives of each. ...
Sleepwalkers, Mick Garris, 1992...
Spontaneous Combustion, Tobe Hooper, 1990A young man finds out that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before he was born, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him....
Darkman, Sam Raimi, 1990A hideously scarred and mentally unstable scientist seeks revenge against the crooks who made him like that. ...
Into the Night, John Landis, 1985Ed Okin's life is somewhat out of control. He can't sleep, his wife betrays him, and his job is dull. One night, he starts to drive through Los Angeles, and he finally ends in the parking garage of Los Angeles International Airport. Moments later, a beautiful young lady jumps onto his bonnet and he finds himself being chased by four Iranians. What follows is a wild chase through the streets of Los Angeles, and a very funny one too....
An American Werewolf in London, John Landis, 1981Two American college students are on a walking tour of Britain and are attacked by a werewolf. One is killed, the other is mauled. The werewolf is killed but reverts to its human form, and the local townspeople are unwilling to acknowledge its existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on four feet at first but then finds that his friend and other recent victims appear to him, demanding that he commit suicide to...
Death Race 2000, Paul Bartel, 1975In the near future the ultimate sporting event is the deathrace. Contestants get score points for running people down as they speed across the country. The sport has crazed fans who sacrifice themselves to the drivers. An overt agency is trying to bring an end to the immoral deathrace and has infiltrated one of their followers in to the race as a navigator. In the end of the race the lives of the competitors, the President and the deathrace...
Battle for the Planet of the Apes, J Lee Thompson, 1973After conquering the oppressive humans in "Conquest for the Planet of the Apes", Caeser(Roddy McDowal) must now keep the peace amongst the humans and apes. Gorilla General Aldo(Claude Akins) views things differently, and tries to cause an ape civil war. In the meantime, other human survivors learn of the ape city, and decide they want to take back civilization for themselves, thus setting the stage of warring ape factions and humans....
Schlock, John Landis, 1973A monkey-type monster falls in love with a blind girl, which thinks that he's a giant dog. After kidnapping the girl and fleeing king-kong-like onto the roof of a gym, he gets involved with the army....
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