July 12 • 1991 (Cover)

Jul 12-18, 1991 / Vol. 10 / No. 45

Rorret

Rorret Directed by Pulvio Wetzl, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Lou Castel. Castel plays a Peter Lorre-fashioned psychopathic owner of the Peeping Tom Cinema where he watches the female patrons of his horror movies from behind the screen. He later stalks them to recreate the frights in this 1987 Italian creeper.

The Kill-Off

The Kill-Off 1989. Directed by Maggie Greenwald, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Loretta Gross, Jackson Sims, Steve Monroe, Cathy Haase, Andrew Lee Barrett, Jordan Fox, William Russell. Jim Thompson may be the hottest dead author around. The 1990s have seen three of Thompson’s nihilistic pulp noir novels turned into films: The Grifters, After…

Regarding Henry

Regarding Henry 1991. Directed by Mike Nichols, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, Bill Nunn, Mikki Allen. From the Star Warsand Indiana Jones trilogies to Witness and Working Girl, Ford has had a knack for picking the right scripts, and this is no exception. It’s a Hollywood story if ever…

Problem Child 2

Problem Child 2 1991, PG-13, 91 min. Directed by Brian Levant, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Laraine Newman, Amy Yasbeck, Jack Warden, Gilbert Gottfried, Charlene Tilton. Not even a good spanking could reform the obnoxiously undisciplined Problem Child 2, easily the worst film so far this year. As played…

Tatie Danielle

Tatie Danielle 1990, PG-13, 110 min. Directed by Étienne Chatiliez, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Tsilla Chelton, Catherine Jacob, Laurence Février. What is it with the French these days? Such dark little films they’re sending us… Like the recent Baxter, Tatie Danielle is a skewed bit of black comedy, taking the ordinary –…


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