Kiersch, Fritz

Children of the Corn

The murder rate is as high as an elephant's eye in this flaccid adaptation of Stephen King's short story. While driving through Nebraska en route to a new job, medico Burt (Peter Horton) and his wife Vicky (a pre-Terminator Linda Hamilton) nearly run over a mutilated boy who staggers from the cornfields. Seeking help, they enter the town of Gatlin, whose under-20 residents have butchered their parents per the decree of junior-grade holy roller Isaac (John Franklin), who preaches the word of a being called "He Who Walks Behind the Rows." King's original story (from his 1978 collection Night Shift) was a lean and brutal mélange of Southern-gothic atmosphere and E.C. Comics-style gore, which scripter Greg Goldsmith effectively neutralizes by adding a youthful narrator (a grating Robbie Kiger) and putting an upbeat spin on the story's morbid conclusion. Fritz Kiersch's direction is TV-movie flat, with the sole inspired moment (hideous religious iconography glimpsed during a bloody "service") delivered as a throwaway. Aside from Horton and Courtney Gains (as Isaac's hatchet man Malachai), the performances are dreadful, and the depiction of the Lovecraftian monster-god as a sort of giant gopher inspires more laughter than terror. Amazingly, the film spawned six sequels; Franklin (Cousin Itt in the Addams Family films) later appeared in and wrote 1999's Children of the Corn 666. --Paul Gaita

Tuff Turf

Winners Take All

Get ready for high-octane racing thrills with "the most awesome motocross movie ever" (LA Weekly)! A "well-crafted and action-packed" (The Hollywood Reporter) adventure that captures the rush of daredevil racing over crippling terrain Winners Take All features a hot young cast breathtaking action sequences and some of the most incredible motocross stunts ever filmed!Friends since childhood motocrossers Rick Melon and "Bad" Billy Robinson clash when Billy walks off with a corporate sponsor a personal manager and Rick s girlfriend. On the course Rick displays lightning-quick reflexes and steely courage but he is never first at the finish line. Then he meets Judy a skilled rider who coaches him for the ultimate showdown with Billy!System Requirements: Running Time 103 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG UPC: 027616919359 Manufacturer No: 1007885

Children of the Corn (Divimax Edition)

The murder rate is as high as an elephant's eye in this flaccid adaptation of Stephen King's short story. While driving through Nebraska en route to a new job, medico Burt (Peter Horton) and his wife Vicky (a pre-Terminator Linda Hamilton) nearly run over a mutilated boy who staggers from the cornfields. Seeking help, they enter the town of Gatlin, whose under-20 residents have butchered their parents per the decree of junior-grade holy roller Isaac (John Franklin), who preaches the word of a being called "He Who Walks Behind the Rows." King's original story (from his 1978 collection Night Shift) was a lean and brutal mélange of Southern-gothic atmosphere and E.C. Comics-style gore, which scripter Greg Goldsmith effectively neutralizes by adding a youthful narrator (a grating Robbie Kiger) and putting an upbeat spin on the story's morbid conclusion. Fritz Kiersch's direction is TV-movie flat, with the sole inspired moment (hideous religious iconography glimpsed during a bloody "service") delivered as a throwaway. Aside from Horton and Courtney Gains (as Isaac's hatchet man Malachai), the performances are dreadful, and the depiction of the Lovecraftian monster-god as a sort of giant gopher inspires more laughter than terror. Amazingly, the film spawned six sequels; Franklin (Cousin Itt in the Addams Family films) later appeared in and wrote 1999's Children of the Corn 666. --Paul Gaita

The Hunt

From the director of Children of the Corn.If you don't know you're the prey how can you survive ... THE HUNTOn a chilly fall morning Jack Hamberg his eight-year-old stepson and cameraman Atticus Monroe head into the woods to make an instructional hunting video when their outing takes a disturbing turn. While trespassing on restricted land they stumble upon the relics of a bizarre religious monument and soon realize they're being stalked by someone or something not of this earth!The Hunt is an alarmingly frightening film that combines horrific elements of The Blair Witch Project and Predator. You'll be on the edge of your seat from beginning to shocking end!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: R UPC: 014381292428 Manufacturer No: GMP2924DVD

Swamp Thing - The Series

When an attempt on Dr. Alec Holland's life leaves him consumed by deadly chemicals and fire the swamps of Louisiana transform him into a superhuman creature hell-bent on ridding the swamp - and the world - of the evil that men do. Included are the first 22 episodes in the order they were meant to be seen! Also included are exclusive interviews with Swamp Thing co-creator Len Wein and actor Dick Durock.System Requirements:Running Time: 540 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 826663107319 Manufacturer No: SF10731

Surveillance

In this adrenaline-pumping thriller from Fritz Kiersch director of the cult classics Children of the Corn and Tuff Turf Armand Assante (The Mambo Kings Judge Dredd) stars as Harley an out-of-control mall security guard whose perfect work record masks a horrifying reality of deception blackmail and murder. Guaranteed to send a chill through anyone who's ever gone shoppingSystem Requirements:Run time: 90 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/CRIME Rating: R UPC: 014381292527 Manufacturer No: GMP2925DVD

Children of the Corn [UMD for PSP]

The murder rate is as high as an elephant's eye in this flaccid adaptation of Stephen King's short story. While driving through Nebraska en route to a new job, medico Burt (Peter Horton) and his wife Vicky (a pre-Terminator Linda Hamilton) nearly run over a mutilated boy who staggers from the cornfields. Seeking help, they enter the town of Gatlin, whose under-20 residents have butchered their parents per the decree of junior-grade holy roller Isaac (John Franklin), who preaches the word of a being called "He Who Walks Behind the Rows." King's original story (from his 1978 collection Night Shift) was a lean and brutal mélange of Southern-gothic atmosphere and E.C. Comics-style gore, which scripter Greg Goldsmith effectively neutralizes by adding a youthful narrator (a grating Robbie Kiger) and putting an upbeat spin on the story's morbid conclusion. Fritz Kiersch's direction is TV-movie flat, with the sole inspired moment (hideous religious iconography glimpsed during a bloody "service") delivered as a throwaway. Aside from Horton and Courtney Gains (as Isaac's hatchet man Malachai), the performances are dreadful, and the depiction of the Lovecraftian monster-god as a sort of giant gopher inspires more laughter than terror. Amazingly, the film spawned six sequels; Franklin (Cousin Itt in the Addams Family films) later appeared in and wrote 1999's Children of the Corn 666. --Paul Gaita

Fatal Charm

Children of the Corn [Region 2]

The murder rate is as high as an elephant's eye in this flaccid adaptation of Stephen King's short story. While driving through Nebraska en route to a new job, medico Burt (Peter Horton) and his wife Vicky (a pre-Terminator Linda Hamilton) nearly run over a mutilated boy who staggers from the cornfields. Seeking help, they enter the town of Gatlin, whose under-20 residents have butchered their parents per the decree of junior-grade holy roller Isaac (John Franklin), who preaches the word of a being called "He Who Walks Behind the Rows." King's original story (from his 1978 collection Night Shift) was a lean and brutal mélange of Southern-gothic atmosphere and E.C. Comics-style gore, which scripter Greg Goldsmith effectively neutralizes by adding a youthful narrator (a grating Robbie Kiger) and putting an upbeat spin on the story's morbid conclusion. Fritz Kiersch's direction is TV-movie flat, with the sole inspired moment (hideous religious iconography glimpsed during a bloody "service") delivered as a throwaway. Aside from Horton and Courtney Gains (as Isaac's hatchet man Malachai), the performances are dreadful, and the depiction of the Lovecraftian monster-god as a sort of giant gopher inspires more laughter than terror. Amazingly, the film spawned six sequels; Franklin (Cousin Itt in the Addams Family films) later appeared in and wrote 1999's Children of the Corn 666. --Paul Gaita