mikea's - Rented List
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When Martha (Maren Jensen) marries into a close knit sect she finds herself shunned as an outsider by its fanatical members, but when her husband dies mysteriously while riding a tractor expressly forbidden as a tool of the devil, things take a darker turn. Marked as a incubus by her neighbours, time is running out for Martha and her visiting friends, as plagued by nightmares and fearing for their lives, they face the violent fury and retribution of old time religion. - Director:
- Wes Craven
- Cast:
- Maren Jensen, Percy Rodrigues, Sharon Stone
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Flying at 37,000 feet in a state-of-the art aircraft, Kyle Pratt's (Jodie Foster) six-year-old daughter Julia vanishes without a trace. Or did she? No one on the plane believes Julia was ever onboard. And now Kyle, desperate and alone and fighting for her sanity, can only count on her own wits to unravel the mystery and save her daughter. - Director:
- Robert Schwentke
- Cast:
- Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean
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When a rogue scientist (Michael Madsen) discovers a nest of giant eggs in the dark recesses of a rainforest he thinks he's stumbled across his fame and fortune. But little does he know that the eggs belong to the terrifying 'River Devil' - a vicious, deadly cross between piranha and anaconda. Soon the beast is on the loose, hunting for its unborn children and leaving a trail of death and devastation in its wake... - Director:
- Jim Wynorski
- Cast:
- Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter, Shandi Finnessey
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In a last ditch effort to save his marriage, Alex (Dominic Brunt) travels with his estranged wife to an isolated country cottage. Little do they realise, their problems are about to get much, much worse as a horrifying viral pandemic takes hold in the outside world, turning into frenzied, flesh-hungry cannibals. With just makeshift weapons and his wits to protect them, Alex prepares for an epic slaughter fest with the undead. It is only when the infection spreads to his beloved wife that Alex faces the hardest challenge of all... - Director:
- Dominic Brunt
- Cast:
- Dominic Brunt, Joanne Mitchell, Eileen O'Brien
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While the vast majority of genre geeks seemed to be jerking each other off to "Hobo with a Shotgun", cult horror fanatics were getting turned onto "Dear God No!". Made without studio backing, or the big-mouthed noise of the Quentin Tarantino crowd and all those hipsters who gobbled up "Troll 2" like it was "cool", "Dear God No!" is a biker flick that successfully employed do-it-yourself movie making techniques to create a film that feels like a direct product of the Seventies. It's brimming with exploitation value, including topless tommy gun toting Nixon strippers, a blood soaked burnout on a nun's chest, and even a psychotic Bigfoot that ravages the Georgian woods. "Dear God No!" is a homage to sleazy bikersploitation ripped from the pages of early Seventies rebel filmmaking - a wild and trippy ride through southern biker culture soaked in gasoline and beer. - Director:
- James Bickert
- Cast:
- Jett Bryant, Madeline Brumby, Paul McComiskey
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A group of students join the army as alternative to a stretch in prison after each having a run in with the law. When they realise that they have been thrown into an experimental facility with a mad doctor who plans on using stem cell research to turn them into ultimate killing machines, they must first destroy his other creations and save themselves. - Director:
- David Mitchell
- Cast:
- Michael Madsen, Mac Fyfe, Steve Arbuckle
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Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in this sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the best there is at extraction: stealing valuable secrets inside the subconscious during the mind's vulnerable dream state. His skill has made him a coveted player in industrial espionage but has also made him a fugitive and cost him dearly. Now he may get a second chance if he can do the impossible: inception, planting an idea rather than stealing one. If they succeed, Cobb and his team could pull off the perfect crime. But no planning or expertise can prepare them for a dangerous enemy who seems to predict their every move. An enemy only Cobb could have seen coming. - Director:
- Christopher Nolan
- Cast:
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page
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Our greatest discovery will become the world's greatest threat when a scientist on the verge of a medical breakthrough begins testing on a young chimpanzee named Caesar. But when the chimp develops human-like intelligence and emotions, an epic battle ensues to determine the dominant species on the planet! - Director:
- Rupert Wyatt
- Cast:
- James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto
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Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) is on a mission to identify a bomber who destroyed a train just hours earlier and who plans to kill thousands more with a much larger explosion in the heart of Chicago. A top-secret program, named 'Source Code', allows Colter to exist briefly as another man in the parallel reality of the doomed commuter train. Each time he returns to the train, Colter has just eight minutes to uncover the bomber's identity. The more he learns, the more convinced he becomes that he can prevent the deadly blast from ever happening - unless time runs out first - Director:
- Duncan Jones
- Cast:
- Scott Bakula, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan
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Escaping the city for a weekend away, company man Ken (Eoin Macken) and his girlfriend Rachel (Anna Skellern) meet up with an old friend, the exotic and worldly Marco (Anthony Jabre). Their plan is simple - tour the local coast for a relaxing weekend in the wilderness. Things hit a snag when Marco spots a beautiful young girl, the sultry and seductive Silka (Tereza Srbova), waving for help off the shore of one of the many secluded islands. But if anyone needs help now, it's them... - Director:
- Andrew Hull
- Cast:
- Eoin Macken, Anna Skellern, Tereza Srbová
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Welcome to the future. Biological war has decimated life on Earth. Los Angeles is a windswept ghost town where Robert Neville tools his convertible through sunlit streets foraging for supplies. And makes damn sure he gets undercover before sundown, when other 'inhabitants' emerge. The Omega Man adapts Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend into a high-impact high-tension saga of a fate not so far removed from reality. Charlton Heston is Neville, fending off attacks by The Family, sinister neopeople spawned by the plague. He also becomes a man with a mission after meeting Lisa (Rosalind Cash), another uninfected survivor - and guardian of some healthy children representing our species' hope. - Director:
- Boris Sagal
- Cast:
- Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash
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I Went To The Dance (1989)J'ai Ete Au Bal
"I Went To The Dance" is such an infectious music film on Louisiana French and Zydeco music that it's hard to stay seated...It is a feast of folkloric scholarship, human history, regional colour and irresistible music, an inspiring 'must-see' for anyone interested in American folkways or music. The film contains all the pertinent info... blended with wonderful performances and recollections of the various musicians... The Cajun sense of lost love comes through in almost all the songs, but if the theme is sad, the music is unusually exhilarating." Comment by: Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle.
"An exuberant tribute to the continuing vitality of Louisiana's Cajun and Zydeco music... (Illuminated by) passion, humour and common sense...The one thing common to all of (Les Blank's) films is the superior journalist's gift for being able to share his enthusiasms without seeming to manipulate the subjects... Guaranteed to send everyone out of the theatre feeling good and probably better." Comment by: Vincent Canby, The New York Times.
"The combination of Strachwitz's scholarship and Blank's ever-keen appreciation of regional colour and style make "I Went To The Dance" a model of its type, a must-see for lovers of roots and traditional music, and an eye-opener for anyone curious about American culture...Witty insightful narration...remarkable archival footage, creatively compiled and edited by Blank's long-time collaborator Maureen Gosling...manages to capture all the eccentricity, authenticity and electricity that keep Cajun and Zydeco alive and kicking." Comment by: Terry Lawson, Dayton Daily News- Director:
- Les Blank
- Cast:
- Barry Jean Ancelet, Michael Doucet, Clifton Chenier
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Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985)Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
Following on from the first Howling, the details of TV journalist Karen White's death remain a mystery. During her funeral her brother Ben (Reb Brown) is approached by a strange figure by the name of Stefan Crosscoe (Christopher Lee). Stefan claims to be a werewolf hunter and is convinced that Karen (Hana Ludvikova) had transformed into a creature of the night. He is also convinced that a supernatural uprising is about to take grip of the world. An uprising lead by the evil wolf queen Stirba (Sybil Danning): mother of all harlots and all abominations of the earth. From the mean streets of L.A to the surreal, hazardous lands of Transylvania, Ben and Stefan have vowed to destroy any beast that stands in their way and Stirba's plans of world domination. - Director:
- Philippe Mora
- Cast:
- Christopher Lee, Annie McEnroe, Reb Brown
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Antropophagus (1980)The Grim Reaper
A group of young tourists take an unexpected side trip to a small, mysterious Greek Island. When they arrive they find the island's village deserted except for a strange woman who wanders the streets and disappears as quickly as she is seen. Attempting to return to their ship, they find it has drifted away from the shore. They must spend the night on the island, waiting for the tide to come in again. In the house they decide to use, they find a blind 15 year old girl swinging a knife in panic. She stabs one of the men before they can subdue her. She then tells them of a madman who stalks the island and smells of death and blood. One by one, the small group faces the terrors of the island. Their numbers dwindle until Julie (Tisa Farrow) discovers the madman's horrible secret, locked away in a hidden room amid the decaying corpses of his victims. But before she can find her remaining companions, he lunges at her from the darkness and stalks her through the crumbling mansion. Even as she runs from him, she knows that she will have to face him in her final confrontation with 'The Grim Reaper'. - Director:
- Joe D'Amato
- Cast:
- Tisa Farrow, Carolyn De Fonseca, Susan Spafford
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Crimewave (1985)The XYZ Murders / Broken Hearts and Noses
Extermination is not just a business. It's a way of life! When Ernest Trend (Edward R. Pressman) of Odegard-Trend Security decides to hire a pair of exterminators instead of a hit man to rid him of his business partner he thinks he has found the perfect solution. But when they murder the wrong person accidentally and realise their crime has been witnessed, they seek to frame a poor video surveillance man for the murder, whatever the cost! - Director:
- Sam Raimi
- Cast:
- Louise Lasser, Brion James, Paul L. Smith
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