List of horror films of 1985
Table:
Title

Director(s)

Cast

Country

Notes

Ref.

Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story

Mario Gariazzo

Elvire Audray, Alma Vernon, Sara Fleszer

Italy

show

Alternative title(s)

White Slave

Attack of the Beast Creatures

Michael Stanley

United States

[1]

The Bad Seed

Paul Wendkos

Lynn Redgrave, David Carradine, David Ogden Stiers

United States

Television film

[2]

Bits and Pieces

Leland Thomas

S.E. Zygmont, Suzanna Smith

United States

[3]

Blood Cult

Christopher Lewis

Charles Ellis, Juli Andelman, Peter Hart

United States

The Bride

Franc Roddam

Sting, Jennifer Beals

United Kingdom
United States

[4]

Cat's Eye

Lewis Teague

Drew Barrymore, James Woods

United States

[5]

Chiller

Wes Craven

Michael Beck, Laura Johnson

United States

Television film

[6]

Creature

William Malone

Diane Salinger, Stan Ivar, Thomas C. James

United States

[7]

Day of the Dead

George A. Romero

Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander

United States

[8]

Demons

Lamberto Bava

Natasha Hovey, Urbano Barberini, Fiore Argento

Italy

[9]

The Doctor and the Devils

Freddie Francis

Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce, Twiggy

United Kingdom
United States

[10]

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

Danny Steinmann

John Shepard, Melanie Kinnaman, Shavar Ross

United States

[11]

Fright Night

Tom Holland

Chris Sarandon, Amanda Bearse

United States

[12]

Future-Kill

Ronald W. Moore

Edwin Neal, Marilyn Burns, Gabriel Folse

show

Alternative title(s)

Night of the Alien
Splatter

Ghoulies

Luca Bercovici

Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres

United States

[13]

Hard Rock Zombies

Krishna Shah

E.J. Curse, Geno Andrews, Sam Mann

United States

[14]

The Hills Have Eyes Part II

Wes Craven

Michael Berryman, Tamara Stafford, Kevin Spirtas

United States
United Kingdom

[15]

Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf

Philippe Mora

Christopher Lee, Annie McEnroe, Reb Brown

United States
United Kingdom
Italy
France

show

Alternative title(s)

Howling II: Stirba – Werewolf Bitch

[16]

Lifeforce

Tobe Hooper

Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay

United States
United Kingdom

[17]

Consulting the table as well as the context snippets provided at the end.

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White Slave is a 1985 cannibal horror/romance film directed by Mario Gariazzo and starring Elvire Audray , Will Gonzalez , Dick Campbell and Andrea Coppola . The film is also known as Amazonia : The Catherine Miles Story and Cannibal Holocaust 2 : The Catherine Miles Story ( in Spain and Germany ) .
Mario Gariazzo ( 4 June 1930 - March 2002 ) was an Italian screenwriter and film director . He wrote for 21 films between 1969 and 1992 . He also directed 18 films between 1962 and 1992 . He was born in Biella , Italy and died in Rome , Italy at age 71 . Gariazzo is known to horror film fans for directing The Eerie Midnight Horror Show in 1974 , and White Slave in 1985 . He also directed the 1978 Italian science fiction film Eyes Behind The Stars . He worked with Klaus Kinski , Ivan Rassimov , Richard Harrison , Ray Lovelock , Martin Balsam and other genre stars .
Michael Stanley ( born March 25 , 1948 as Michael Stanley Gee ) is an American singer-songwriter , musician , and radio personality . Both as a solo artist and with the Michael Stanley Band ( MSB ) , his brand of heartland rock was popular in Cleveland , Ohio , and around the American Midwest in the 1970s and 1980s .
The Bad Seed is a 1985 American made-for-television horror film directed by Paul Wendkos for ABC Television . It is based on the 1954 novel by William March and is a remake of the 1956 movie directed by Mervyn LeRoy .
Abraham Paul Wendkos ( September 20 , 1925 - November 12 , 2009 ) was an American television and film director .
Lynn Rachel Redgrave OBE ( 8 March 1943 - 2 May 2010 ) was an English and American actress . She won 2 Golden Globe Awards , was a two-time Oscar nominee and received Emmy and Tony nominations . A member of the Redgrave family of actors , Lynn trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962 . By the mid-1960s she had appeared in several films , including Tom Jones ( 1963 ) and Georgy Girl ( 1966 ) , which won her a New York Film Critics Award , a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy as well as earning her a nomination for an Academy Award . She made her Broadway debut in 1967 , and performed in several stage productions in New York while making frequent returns to London 's West End . She performed with her sister Vanessa in Three Sisters in London , and in the title role of Baby Jane Hudson in a television production of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane ? in 1991 . She made a return to films in the late 1990s in films such as Shine ( 1996 ) and Gods and Monsters ( 1998 ) for which she received her second Academy Award nomination and won a Golden Globe Award For Best Supporting Actress . Lynn Redgrave is the only person to have been nominated for all of the 'Big Four ' American entertainment awards ( Grammy , Emmy , Oscar , and Tony ) without winning any of them .
David Carradine ( born John Arthur Carradine ; December 8 , 1936 - June 3 , 2009 ) was an American actor best known for playing martial arts roles . He is perhaps best known as the star of the 1970s television series Kung Fu , playing Kwai Chang Caine , a peace-loving Shaolin monk travelling through the American Old West . He also portrayed the titular character of both of the Kill Bill films . David Carradine was a member of the Carradine family of actors that began with his father , John Carradine . The elder Carradine 's acting career , which included major and minor roles on stage and television , and in cinema , spanned more than four decades . A prolific B movie actor , David Carradine appeared in more than 100 feature films in a career spanning more than six decades . He received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his work on Kung Fu , and received three additional Golden Globe nominations for his performances in the Woody Guthrie biopic Bound for Glory ( 1976 ) , the television miniseries North and South ( 1985 ) , and Quentin Tarantino 's Kill Bill : Volume 2 , for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor . Throughout his life , Carradine was arrested and prosecuted for a variety of offenses , which often involved substance abuse . On June 3 , 2009 , he was found dead in a closet in his hotel room in Bangkok , Thailand , due to a fatal autoerotic asphyxiation accident . Films that featured Carradine continued to be released after his death . These posthumous credits were from a variety of genres including action , documentaries , drama , horror , martial arts , science fiction , and westerns . In addition to his acting career , Carradine was a director and musician .
David Allen Ogden Stiers ( /ˈstaɪ.ərz/ STY-ərz ; October 31 , 1942 - March 3 , 2018 ) was an American actor , voice actor , and conductor . Born and raised in Illinois , Stiers attended the University of Oregon before enrolling at the Juilliard School in New York City , from where he graduated in 1972 . He went on to appear in numerous productions on Broadway , and originated the role of Feldman in The Magic Show , in which he appeared for four years between 1974 and 1978 . In 1977 , he was cast as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on the television series M*A*S*H , a role he would portray until the series ' conclusion in 1983 and which earned him two Emmy Award nominations . He appeared prominently in the 1980s in the role of District Attorney Michael Reston in several Perry Mason television films , and voiced a number of Disney characters during the 1990s and 2000s , most notably Cogsworth in 1991 's Beauty and the Beast , Governor Ratcliffe and Wiggins in 1995 's Pocahontas , and Dr. Jumba Jookiba in 2002 's Lilo & Stitch , its sequel films , and Lilo & Stitch : The Series . He appeared in television again on the supernatural drama series The Dead Zone as Reverend Gene Purdy , a role he portrayed from 2002 to 2007 . Stiers continued to contribute voice work for films and television productions in his later years , narrating M. Night Shyamalan 's Lady in the Water ( 2006 ) and having a recurring role on the animated series Regular Show . Stiers spent his later years as a conductor of the Newport Symphony Orchestra . He died at his home in Newport , Oregon , of bladder cancer on March 3 , 2018 .
Blood Cult is a 1985 American direct-to-video slasher film directed and co-edited by Christopher Lewis .
Christopher Lewis ( born 1944 , Los Angeles ) is a writer and film producer , primarily for television .
The Bride is a 1985 British-American horror film directed by Franc Roddam and written by Lloyd Fonvielle , based on Mary Shelley 's novel Frankenstein . The film stars Sting as Baron Charles Frankenstein and Jennifer Beals as Eva , a woman he creates in the same fashion as his infamous monster . The film , an international co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States , was released theatrically on August 16 , 1985 by Columbia Pictures to generally negative reviews from critics . It was a commercial failure , grossing only $ 3.6 million .
Francis George Franc Roddam ( born 29 April 1946 ) is an English film director , businessman , screenwriter , television producer and publisher . He is a graduate of London Film School .
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE ( born 2 October 1951 ) , known professionally as Sting , is an English musician and actor . He was the principal songwriter , lead singer , and bassist for the new wave rock band the Police from 1977 to 1984 , and launched a solo career in 1985 . He has included elements of rock , jazz , reggae , classical , new-age and worldbeat in his music . As a solo musician and a member of the Police , Sting has received 17 Grammy Awards : he won Song of the Year for Every Breath You Take , three Brit Awards , including Best British Male Artist in 1994 and Outstanding Contribution in 2002 , a Golden Globe , an Emmy and four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song . In 2019 , he received a BMI Award for Every Breath You Take becoming the most played song in radio history . In 2002 , Sting received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters , Composers and Authors and was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame . He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Police in 2003 . In 2000 , he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for recording . In 2003 , Sting received a CBE from Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for services to music . He was made a Kennedy Center Honoree at the White House in 2014 , and was awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2017 . With the Police , Sting became one of the world 's best-selling music artists . Solo and with the Police combined , he has sold over 100 million records .
Jennifer Beals ( born December 19 , 1963 ) is an American actress and a former teen model . She made her film debut in My Bodyguard ( 1980 ) , before receiving critical acclaim for her role in Flashdance ( 1983 ) , for which she won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical . Beals appeared in several notable films including Devil in a Blue Dress ( 1995 ) , The Last Days of Disco ( 1998 ) , Roger Dodger ( 2002 ) , The Book of Eli ( 2010 ) , and Before I Fall ( 2017 ) . On television , she starred as Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word ( 2004-2009 ) and later went on to star in the series The Chicago Code ( 2011 ) , Proof ( 2015 ) , and Taken ( 2017 ) . She reprised her role as Bette Porter in The L Word : Generation Q in December 2019 .
Cat 's Eye ( also known as Stephen King 's Cat 's Eye ) is a 1985 American anthology horror film directed by Lewis Teague and written by Stephen King . It comprises three stories , Quitters , Inc. , The Ledge , and General . The first two are adaptations of short stories in King 's Night Shift collection , and the third is unique to the film . The three stories are connected only by the presence of a traveling cat , which plays an incidental role in the first two and is a major character of the third . Its cast includes Drew Barrymore , James Woods , Alan King , Robert Hays and Candy Clark .
Lewis Teague ( born March 8 , 1938 ) is an American film director , whose work includes Alligator , Cat 's Eye , Cujo , The Jewel of the Nile , The Dukes of Hazzard : Reunion ! , Navy SEALs and Wedlock .
Drew Blythe Barrymore ( born February 22 , 1975 ) is an American actress , producer , director , author , model , and entrepreneur . She is a member of the Barrymore family of actors , and the granddaughter of John Barrymore . She achieved fame as a child actress with her role in E.T . the Extra-Terrestrial ( 1982 ) . She is the recipient of numerous accolades , including a Golden Globe , a Screen Actors Guild Award , and a BAFTA nomination . Following a highly publicized childhood marked by drug and alcohol abuse , Barrymore released an autobiography , Little Girl Lost , when she was 16 in 1991 . She went on to appear in a string of successful films throughout the decade , including Poison Ivy ( 1992 ) , Boys on the Side ( 1995 ) , Mad Love ( 1995 ) , Scream ( 1996 ) , Ever After ( 1998 ) and The Wedding Singer ( 1998 ) . The latter was her first collaboration with Adam Sandler ; they have since starred together in 50 First Dates ( 2004 ) and Blended ( 2014 ) . Barrymore 's other films include Never Been Kissed ( 1999 ) , Charlie 's Angels ( 2000 ) , Donnie Darko ( 2001 ) , Riding in Cars with Boys ( 2001 ) , Confessions of a Dangerous Mind ( 2002 ) , Charlie 's Angels : Full Throttle ( 2003 ) , Fever Pitch ( 2005 ) , Music and Lyrics ( 2007 ) , Going the Distance ( 2010 ) , Big Miracle ( 2012 ) and Miss You Already ( 2015 ) . Barrymore made her directorial debut with Whip It ( 2009 ) , in which she also starred , and received a SAG Award and a Golden Globe for her performance in Grey Gardens ( 2009 ) . She starred on the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet until its cancellation in 2019 . In 1995 , Barrymore and Nancy Juvonen formed the production company Flower Films .
James Howard Woods ( born April 18 , 1947 ) is an American actor and producer . His best known roles are Videodrome ( 1983 ) , Once Upon a Time in America ( 1984 ) , Casino ( 1995 ) , Nixon ( 1995 ) , Contact ( 1997 ) , the voice of Hades in Disney 's animated feature Hercules ( 1997 ) and the voice of Falcón in the movie Stuart Little 2 ( 2002 ) . Additionally , Woods has also been nominated for two Academy Awards , one in the Best Actor category for Salvador ( 1986 ) and the other in the Best Supporting Actor category for Ghosts of Mississippi ( 1996 ) . He is the recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards for the television movies Promise ( 1987 ) and My Name Is Bill W. ( 1989 ) . On television , he is known for his lead role in the CBS drama Shark ( 2006-08 ) , his guest appearances in Showtime 's Ray Donovan ( 2013 ) and for voice-acting as himself on various episodes of Family Guy and The Simpsons .
Chiller ( also known as Wes Craven 's Chiller ) is a 1985 American made-for-television horror film directed by Wes Craven and written by J.D . Feigelson . It follows corporate executive Miles Creighton ( Michael Beck ) , who dies and is cryonically preserved in the hopes that he can be revived . Ten years later , the procedure is a success , and Miles returns , but without his soul . The film premiered on CBS on May 22 , 1985 .
Wesley Earl Craven ( August 2 , 1939 - August 30 , 2015 ) was an American film director , writer , producer , and actor . He was known for his pioneering work in the genre of horror films , particularly slasher films , where he mixed horror cliches with humor and satire . His impact on the genre was considered prolific and influential . Due to the success and cultural impact of his works in the horror film genre , Craven has been called a Master of Horror . He is best known for creating A Nightmare on Elm Street ( 1984 ) and Scream ( 1996 ) , featuring the characters of Freddy Krueger , Nancy Thompson , Ghostface , and Sidney Prescott . His other notable films include The Last House on the Left ( 1972 ) , The Hills Have Eyes ( 1977 ) , Swamp Thing ( 1982 ) , The Serpent and the Rainbow ( 1988 ) , Shocker ( 1989 ) , The People Under the Stairs ( 1991 ) , Vampire in Brooklyn ( 1995 ) , Music of the Heart ( 1999 ) , and Red Eye ( 2005 ) .
John Michael Beck Taylor ( born February 4 , 1949 ) , commonly known as Michael Beck , is an American actor , known for his role as Swan in the 1979 film The Warriors , and as Sonny Malone in Xanadu .
Laura Johnson ( born August 1 , 1957 ) is an American actress , known for playing Terry Hartford in the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest from 1983 to 1986 .
The Covenant is a 1985 American television horror film directed by Walter Grauman and starring Jane Badler , Kevin Conroy , Judy Parfitt , Michelle Phillips , and José Ferrer . Its plot follows a group of people attempting to stop a powerful , Satanic family controlling the world 's banks .
Walter E. Grauman ( March 17 , 1922 - March 20 , 2015 ) was an American director of stage shows , films and television shows .
Jane Badler ( born December 31 , 1953 ) is an American actress and singer . She is known for her role as Diana , the main antagonist in NBC 's science fiction series V between 1983 and 1985 . Badler also appeared in ABC 's reimagined version of V in 2011 , again playing an alien named Diana , who this time is the mother of the series ' chief antagonist , Anna . In recent years , Badler has also become an established nightclub singer in Australia , where she now lives , and has released three albums .
Judy Catherine Claire Parfitt ( born 7 November 1935 ) is an English theatre , film and television actress . She made her film debut in a minor supporting part in Information Received ( 1961 ) , followed by supporting role in the BBC television serial David Copperfield ( 1966 ) . She also appeared as Queen Gertrude in Tony Richardson 's 1969 film adaptation of Hamlet . Later credits include as Vera Donovan in the Stephen King film adaptation of Dolores Claiborne ( 1995 ) , and in Girl with a Pearl Earring ( 2003 ) , the latter for which she earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress . Beginning in 2012 , Parfitt has starred on the drama series Call the Midwife as Sister Monica Joan .
Michelle Phillips ( born Holly Michelle Gilliam ; June 4 , 1944 ) is an American singer , songwriter , actress , and former model . She rose to fame as a vocalist in the musical quartet the Mamas and the Papas in the mid-1960s . Phillips garnered critical acclaim for her voice , which was deemed by Time magazine as the purest soprano in pop music . She later established a successful career as an actress in film and television in the 1970s . Phillips is the last surviving original member of the Mamas and the Papas . A native of Long Beach , California , she spent her early life in Los Angeles and Mexico City , raised by her widowed father . While working as a model in San Francisco , she met and married John Phillips in 1962 and went on to co-found the vocal group the Mamas and the Papas in 1965 . The band rose to fame with their popular singles California Dreamin ' and Creeque Alley , both of which she co-wrote . They released five studio albums before their dissolution in 1970 . With John Phillips , she gave birth to a daughter , singer Chynna Phillips . After the breakup of the Mamas and the Papas and her divorce from John Phillips , she transitioned into acting , appearing in a supporting part in The Last Movie ( 1971 ) before being cast as Billie Frechette in the critically acclaimed crime biopic Dillinger ( 1973 ) , for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer . In 1974 , she had lead roles in two television films : the crime feature The Death Squad , and the teen drama The California Kid , in the latter of which she starred opposite Martin Sheen .
José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón ( January 8 , 1912 - January 26 , 1992 ) , known as José Ferrer , was a Puerto Rican actor and theatre and film director . He was the first Puerto Rican-born actor , as well as the first Hispanic actor , to win an Academy Award ( in 1950 for Cyrano de Bergerac ) . In 1947 , Ferrer won the Tony Award for his theatrical performance of Cyrano de Bergerac , and in 1952 , he won the Distinguished Dramatic Actor Award for The Shrike , and also the Outstanding Director Award for directing the plays The Shrike , The Fourposter , and Stalag 17 . Ferrer 's contributions to American theatre were recognized in 1981 , when he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame . In 1985 , he received the National Medal of Arts from Ronald Reagan , becoming the first actor to receive that honor .
Creature ( also known as The Titan Find and Titan Find ) is a 1985 American science fiction horror film directed by William Malone , starring Stan Ivar , Wendy Schaal , Lyman Ward , Robert Jaffe and Diane Salinger . It features early special effects work by Robert and Dennis Skotak , who would go on to design the special effects for Aliens .
William Malone ( born 1953 ) is an American horror filmmaker who directed such films as the 1999 remake House on Haunted Hill , Scared to Death , Creature , and FeardotCom .
Diane Louise Salinger ( born January 25 , 1951 ) is an American actress , voice actress , and comedian .
Day of the Dead is a 1985 American zombie horror film written and directed by George A. Romero . It was produced by Richard P. Rubinstein . The film is the third film in Romero 's Night of the Living Dead series . Romero described the film as a tragedy about how a lack of human communication causes chaos and collapse even in this small little pie slice of society . Day of the Dead was filmed in fall 1984 with above-ground scenes in the Florida cities of Fort Myers and Sanibel and underground scenes near Wampum , Pennsylvania . The film was made on a budget estimated at $ 3.5 million and grossed approximately $ 34 million worldwide . The film was remade twice : the first is the 2008 film of the same name and the second is Day of the Dead : Bloodline ( 2018 ) .
George Andrew Romero ( /rəˈmɛəroʊ/ ; February 4 , 1940 - July 16 , 2017 ) was an American filmmaker , writer , and editor . He is best known for his series of gruesome and satirical horror films about an imagined zombie apocalypse , beginning with Night of the Living Dead ( 1968 ) . This film is often considered a progenitor of the fictional zombie of modern culture . Other films in the series include Dawn of the Dead ( 1978 ) and Day of the Dead ( 1985 ) . Aside from this series , his works include The Crazies ( 1973 ) , Martin ( 1978 ) , Creepshow ( 1982 ) , Monkey Shines ( 1988 ) , The Dark Half ( 1993 ) and Bruiser ( 2000 ) . He also created and executive-produced the 1983-88 television series Tales from the Darkside . Romero is often noted as an influential pioneer of the horror film genre and has been called an icon and the Father of the Zombie Film .
Lori Cardille ( born 1954 ) is an American actress and producer , best known for her role in Day of the Dead ( 1985 ) .
Terry Alexander ( born March 23 , 1947 ) is an American actor , who is best known for his role as John in George A. Romero 's 1985 film Day of the Dead . He had a regular role on the soap opera One Life to Live in the early 1990s , as police chief Troy Nichols . He has also had numerous small roles in films and television shows , along with ads , most notably an AIDS PSA .
Demons ( Italian : Dèmoni ) is a 1985 Italian horror film directed by Lamberto Bava and produced by Dario Argento , starring Urbano Barberini and Natasha Hovey . The screenplay was written by Bava , Argento , Franco Ferrini and Dardano Sacchetti , from a story by Sacchetti . Filming took place in Berlin and Rome .
Lamberto Bava ( born 3 April 1944 ) is an Italian film director . Born in Rome , Bava began working as an assistant director for his director father Mario Bava . Lamberto co-directed the 1979 television film La Venere d'Ille with his father and in 1980 directed his first solo feature film Macabre . Bava continued working in the 1980s and collaborated with Dario Argento on films such as Demons . After 1990 , Bava 's work was predominantly involved with television , such as his Fantaghirò series .
Natasha Hovey ( born August 14 , 1967 ) is a former film and television actress and a radio-hostess . Hovey was born in Beirut , Lebanon , the daughter of an American musician father and a Dutch graphologist mother . She moved to Rome at 7 , and at 16 debuted as actress with a leading role in Carlo Verdone 's Acqua e sapone . Her typical role was the young , pretty high-class girl . She also appeared in commercials , television programs and stage works . In 1998 she moved to Paris and retired from acting . [ citation needed ]
Urbano Barberini Riario Sforza Colonna di Sciarra ( born 18 September 1961 ) , best known as Urbano Barberini or sometimes Urbano Barberini Sforza , is an Italian actor . He is also a translator , theater producer and artistic director . He is fluent in Italian and French languages and is mostly known for starring or appearing in many horror , fantasy and drama films , including the cult classic Dèmoni ( Demons ) . His most recognized role in the English-speaking countries was in his work in Dario Argento 's film Opera though in the English dubbing , his voice was replaced with another actor 's deeper voice . The only DVD that retains his original voice on the English dub is the UK release from Arrow Films .
The Doctor and The Devils is a 1985 British gothic horror film directed by Freddie Francis , and produced by Mel Brooks , through his production company Brooksfilms . It is based upon the true story of Burke and Hare , who in 1828 Edinburgh , Scotland , murdered at least 16 people and sold their bodies for anatomical dissection . The film stars Timothy Dalton as Dr. Thomas Rock ( a character based on the real-life Dr. Knox , to whom Burke and Hare supplied bodies ) and features Jonathan Pryce and Stephen Rea as Fallon and Broom , characters based upon Burke and Hare . The film was directed by Freddie Francis , and features a script adapted by Sir Ronald Harwood from an unproduced screenplay by Dylan Thomas .
Frederick William Francis ( 22 December 1917 - 17 March 2007 ) was an English cinematographer and film director . He achieved his greatest successes as a cinematographer , including winning two Academy Awards , for Sons and Lovers ( 1960 ) and Glory ( 1989 ) . As a director , he was associated with the British production companies Amicus and Hammer in the 1960s and 1970s .
Timothy Dalton ( /ˈdɔːltən/ ; born Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett ; 21 March 1946 ) is a British actor . He is best known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights ( 1987 ) and Licence to Kill ( 1989 ) , as well as Mr. Rochester in Jane Eyre ( 1983 ) , Rhett Butler in the television miniseries Scarlett ( 1994 ) , and Simon Skinner in Hot Fuzz ( 2007 ) . As of February 2019 he appears as Niles Caulder / The Chief in the DC Universe action series Doom Patrol ( 2019- ) .
Jonathan Pryce CBE ( born John Price ; 1 June 1947 ) is a Welsh actor . After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , Pryce began his career as a stage actor in the early 1970s . His work in theatre , including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre 's Hamlet , led to several supporting roles in film and television . His breakthrough screen performance was in Terry Gilliam 's 1985 film Brazil . Critically lauded for his versatility , Pryce has appeared in big-budget films including Evita , Tomorrow Never Dies , and Pirates of the Caribbean , as well as independent films such as Glengarry Glen Ross , The Age of Innocence , Carrington , The New World and The Wife . Pryce 's career in theatre has also been prolific , and he has won two Tony Awards - the first in 1977 for his Broadway debut in Comedians , the second for his 1991 role as The Engineer in the musical Miss Saigon . He was a guest actor as the High Sparrow in the HBO series Game of Thrones in 2015 , before becoming a main cast member in 2016 . Since early 2017 , he has starred as Sir Stuart Strange in the series Taboo . In 2019 , Pryce earned his first Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Pope Francis in The Two Popes .
Dame Lesley Lawson DBE ( née Hornby ; born 19 September 1949 ) is an English model , actress , and singer widely known by the nickname Twiggy . She was a British cultural icon and a prominent teenage model in swinging sixties London . Twiggy was initially known for her thin build ( thus her nickname ) and the androgynous appearance considered to result from her big eyes , long eyelashes , and short hair . She was named The Face of 1966 by the Daily Express and voted British Woman of the Year . By 1967 , she had modelled in France , Japan , and the US , and had landed on the covers of Vogue and The Tatler . Her fame had spread worldwide . After modelling , Twiggy enjoyed a successful career as a screen , stage , and television actress . Her role in The Boy Friend ( 1971 ) brought her two Golden Globe Awards . In 1983 she made her Broadway debut in the musical My One and Only , for which she earned a Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Musical . She later hosted her own series , Twiggy 's People , in which she interviewed celebrities ; she also appeared as a judge on the reality show America 's Next Top Model . Her 1998 autobiography Twiggy in Black and White entered the best-seller lists . Since 2005 , she has modelled for Marks and Spencer , most recently to promote their recent rebranding , appearing in television advertisements and print media , alongside Myleene Klass , Erin O'Connor , Lily Cole , and others .
Friday the 13th : A New Beginning ( also known as Friday the 13th Part V : A New Beginning ) is a 1985 American mystery slasher film directed by Danny Steinmann and starring Melanie Kinnaman , John Shepherd , and Shavar Ross . It is the fifth installment in the Friday the 13th film series . The film is set at a fictional halfway house , where an adult Tommy Jarvis - who killed Jason Voorhees as a child - again fears for his life when a new hockey-masked assailant begins a series of brutal murders . The film features a cameo appearance from Corey Feldman , who portrayed Tommy in the previous film . A New Beginning features a high number of on-screen murders . Aside from its gore and violence , the film has also become known for its explicit nudity and sex scenes , as well as frequent drug use . Peter Bracke 's book Crystal Lake Memories : The Complete History of Friday the 13th details that behind the scenes , the production was plagued with hardcore drug use . Shot in California in 1984 on a budget of $ 2.2 million , A New Beginning was released theatrically on March 22 , 1985 , and grossed $ 22 million at the U.S. box office . The film was initially going to set up a new trilogy of films with a different villain for the series but , after a disappointing reception from fans and a steep decline in box-office receipts from Part III and The Final Chapter , Jason Voorhees was brought back for the next installment Jason Lives and has been the main antagonist in the series since . In addition to weak box office returns , most critics gave the film negative reviews .
Danny Steinmann ( January 7 , 1942 - December 18 , 2012 ) was an American film director . Danny made his debut as both writer and director with the funky hardcore porno picture High Rise ( 1973 ) , on which he used the alias Danny Stone . Steinmann was a production associate on Arthur Hiller 's The Man in the Glass Booth ( 1975 ) and served as an associate producer on the offbeat Gene Roddenberry made-for-TV supernatural fright feature Spectre ( 1977 ) . In addition , Danny headed a production company in Puerto Rico that made TV commercials for such companies as International House of Pancakes , Chase Manhattan Bank and Wesson Oil . Danny directed and co-wrote the perverse psycho horror winner The Unseen ( 1980 ) . Dissatisfied with the finished version of the film , Steinmann attributed his directorial credit to the pseudonym Peter Foleg . He followed this film with the terrifically trashy teen exploitation action/revenge thriller doozy Savage Streets ( 1984 ) . Steinmann hit the relative big time with the mean-spirited slice- ' n'-dice sequel Friday the 13th : A New Beginning ( 1985 ) . Although the movie was a financial success , the production was very troubled and proved to be his cinematic swan song . He was announced as the director for a proposed sequel to the notorious The Last House on the Left ( 1972 ) but , alas , this project never came to be .
John Shepard III ( 1886 - 1950 ) was an American radio executive and merchant . Among his many achievements , he was one of the original board members of the National Association of Broadcasters , having been elected the group 's first Vice President in 1923 . Shepard co-founded a New England radio network , known as the Yankee Network , along with his brother Robert , in 1929-1930 . Shepard was also an early proponent of Frequency Modulation or FM broadcasting : he established the first FM network , when he linked his station in Massachusetts with one in New Hampshire in early 1941 . He also was an early experimenter with home shopping , creating perhaps the first all-female radio station , WASN , in early 1927 ; the station broadcast some music , but mostly focused on shopping news and information about merchandise that listeners could purchase . Additionally , he created a local news network to serve New England , the Yankee News Service , and was instrumental in getting radio journalists the same credentials as print journalists .
Melanie Kinnaman ( born December 18 , 1953 ) is an American dancer , film and stage actress . She is best known for her role as Pam in the 1985 horror film Friday the 13th : A New Beginning . She later co-starred with Eric Roberts in Best of the Best . Kinnaman has also made guest appearances on television in programs such as Hill Street Blues , The People Next Door and Cheers . She is still acting working on projects for stage , television and film .
Shavar Malik Ross ( born March 4 , 1971 ) is an American actor , film director , screenwriter , film producer , editor , photographer , author , and retail entrepreneur . He is known for his recurring television role as Dudley Johnson , Gary Coleman 's best friend in the NBC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes , Alex Weasel Parks in the ABC sitcom Family Matters , and as Reggie The Reckless in the fifth installment of the Friday the 13th movie series Friday the 13th : A New Beginning ( 1985 ) .
Fright Night is a 1985 American horror film written and directed by Tom Holland ( in his directorial debut ) and produced by Herb Jaffe . It stars William Ragsdale , Chris Sarandon , Roddy McDowall , Amanda Bearse , Jonathan Stark , Dorothy Fielding , Stephen Geoffreys , and Art Evans . The film follows young Charley Brewster , who discovers that his next-door neighbor Jerry Dandrige is a vampire . When no one believes him , Charley decides to get Peter Vincent , a TV show host who acted in films as a vampire hunter , to stop Jerry 's killing spree . The film was released on August 2 , 1985 and grossed $ 24.9 million at the box office . Since its release , it has received positive reviews from critics and has become a cult classic . Fright Night , as a franchise , has grown to include a sequel , Fright Night Part 2 , in 1988 , and a remake in 2011 , which was in turn followed by Fright Night 2 : New Blood in 2013 . In 1989 , a Bollywood remake was produced in Hindi entitled Wohi Bhayakar Raat ( वही भंयकर रात ) , starring Kiran Kumar as the vampire .
Thomas Lee Tom Holland ( born July 11 , 1943 ) is an American screenwriter , actor , and filmmaker best known for his work in the horror film genre , penning the 1983 sequel to the classic Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho , directing the first entry in the long-running Child 's Play franchise , and writing and directing the cult vampire film Fright Night . He also directed the Stephen King adaptations The Langoliers and Thinner . He is a two-time Saturn Award recipient .
Christopher Sarandon Jr. ( /səˈrændən/ ; born July 24 , 1942 ) is a Greek-American actor . He is known best for playing Prince Humperdinck in the movie The Princess Bride , the vampire Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night , Detective Mike Norris in Child 's Play ( 1988 ) , and for providing the speaking voice of Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas . He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon .
Amanda Bearse ( born August 9 , 1958 ) is an American actress , director and comedian best known for her role as neighbor Marcy Rhoades/D'Arcy on the Fox sitcom Married . with Children , a sitcom that aired in the United States from 1987 to 1997 , and for her performance in the 1985 horror film Fright Night opposite William Ragsdale .
Future-Kill ( released in the UK as Night of the Alien ) is a 1985 comedy science fiction-horror film about a group of frat boys who are hunted in a futuristic city by mutants . The film was directed by Ronald W. Moore , and stars Edwin Neal , Marilyn Burns , and Gabriel Folse . The poster for the film was designed by renowned artist H. R. Giger .
Edwin Neal ( born July 12 , 1945 ) is an American actor , perhaps best known for his role as the hitchhiker in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre . He has been a top voice talent and actor for years appearing on screen and off , including three voices in Wii 's Metroid Prime 3 . He has worked with Oliver Stone on JFK . He set a record doing 26 different voices in the only completely unedited version of all 103 episodes of Gatchaman ( Battle of the Planets ) , which included the lead villain Berg Katse . Neal also provides three voices in the DC Universe Online game ; those of Two-Face , Killer Croc , and Harvey Bullock .
Marilyn Burns ( born Mary Lynn Ann Burns ; May 7 , 1949 - August 5 , 2014 ) was an American actress . While in high school , Burns made her film debut as a tour guide in Robert Altman 's experimental comedy film Brewster McCloud ( 1970 ) , followed by minor appearances in low-budget independent films where her scenes were ultimately deleted such as Sidney Lumet 's drama film Lovin ' Molly ( 1974 ) . Burns was known for her collaborations with filmmaker Tobe Hooper , having appeared in two of his films . In 1974 , she found box-office success with her leading role as Sally Hardesty in Hooper 's exploitation horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ( 1974 ) , a role she later reprised in Kim Henkel 's sequel Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next Generation ( 1994 ) . Her other film roles include Faye in another Hooper film entitled Eaten Alive ( 1977 ) , Dorothy Grim in Future-Kill ( 1985 ) , and Verna Carson in Texas Chainsaw 3D ( 2013 ) . She is also known for portraying Linda Kasabian in the television miniseries Helter Skelter ( 1976 ) which garnered three Primetime Emmy Award nominations .
Ghoulies is a 1985 American horror comedy film directed by Luca Bercovici in his directorial debut , and co-written with producer Jefery Levy . It stars Peter Liapis , Lisa Pelikan , Michael Des Barres , Jack Nance , Scott Thompson , and Mariska Hargitay in her film debut .
Lisa Pelikan ( born July 12 , 1954 ) is an American stage , film and television actress .
Michael Philip Des Barres ( born 24 January 1948 ) , the 26th Marquis Des Barres , is an English actor and rock singer . He is known for playing the recurring role of Murdoc on the television show MacGyver and for replacing Robert Palmer in the band Power Station , fronting the band at the 1985 Live Aid concert .
Hard Rock Zombies is a 1985 American comedy horror film directed and co-written by Krishna Shah , and starring E.J . Curse , Geno Andrews , Sam Mann , Mick McMains , Lisa Toothman , Jennifer Coe , Ted Wells , and Jack Bliesener . The film was released by Cannon Film Distributors on September 1985 .
Krishna Shah ( 10 May 1938 - 13 October 2013 ) was an Indian-American/Gujarati film and theatre director , screenwriter , playwright , producer , and production/distribution executive . Shah was considered the first Indian to create the crossover between Bollywood and Hollywood . He began his career with international stage plays and also screenplay work for US television , but is perhaps best known for directing the feature films Shalimar and The River Niger . In his middle years , Shah was involved with the low budget cult circuit , directing and/or distributing movies such as Hard Rock Zombies and Ted & Venus , the later of which he executive produced through his Double Helix Films banner . Shah was a perennial of the international film distribution scene , where he spent decades in various sales , production , and leadership capacities . In 1984 , after years of creating nothing but financial and critical failures at both the US and Indian motion picture box office , Shah became famously enraged over the lack of interest in his film catalogue by distributors in his native India , saying , the difference between filmmaking in Hollywood and India is like the difference between steak and curry . In a 2010 interview , Shah said to Dinesh Raheja of Mid Day News , I was the ( M. ) Night Shyamalan of my times . Upon his death in 2013 , iconic Bollywood actress Zeenat Aman described Shah as a very warm and hospitable man .
The Hills Have Eyes Part II is a 1984 American horror film written and directed by Wes Craven . The film stars Tamara Stafford , Kevin Spirtas , John Bloom , Michael Berryman , Penny Johnson , Janus Blythe , John Laughlin , Willard E. Pugh , Peter Frechette , and Robert Houston . The Hills Have Eyes Part II is the sequel to the 1977 film . The film was produced by Barry Cahn , Jonathan Debin , and Peter Locke .
Michael John Berryman ( born September 4 , 1948 ) is an American actor . Berryman was born with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia , a rare condition characterised by the absence of sweat glands , hair , and fingernails ; his unusual physical appearance has allowed Berryman to make a career out of portraying characters in horror movies and B movies . He came to prominence with his roles in One Flew over the Cuckoo 's Nest in 1975 and The Hills Have Eyes in 1977 . He has appeared in several movies and television shows , including Star Trek and The X-Files .
Kevin Blair Spirtas ( born July 29 , 1962 ) is an American actor .
Howling II : Your Sister Is a Werewolf ( also known as Howling II , Howling II : It 's not over yet , and Howling II : Stirba - Werewolf Bitch ) is a 1985 American horror film directed by Philippe Mora and direct sequel to the 1981 film The Howling . The film stars horror film veteran Christopher Lee along with Reb Brown and Annie McEnroe as they try to defeat Sybil Danning 's werewolf queen Stirba and stop a werewolf group 's plans to conquer the world . Although Gary Brandner , author of The Howling novels , co-wrote the screenplay , the Howling II : Your Sister Is a Werewolf is largely unrelated to his 1979 novel The Howling II .
Philippe Mora ( born 1949 ) is an Australian film director .
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee , CBE , CStJ ( 27 May 1922 - 7 June 2015 ) was an English actor , singer and author . With a career spanning nearly 70 years , Lee was well known for portraying villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films , a typecasting he always lamented . His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun ( 1974 ) , Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequel trilogy ( 2002 and 2005 ) , and Saruman in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy ( 2001-2003 ) and the Hobbit film trilogy ( 2012-2014 ) . Lee was knighted for services to drama and charity in 2009 , received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011 , and received the BFI Fellowship in 2013 . Lee considered his best performance to be that of Pakistan 's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah ( 1998 ) , and his best film to be the British cult film The Wicker Man ( 1973 ) . He frequently appeared opposite his friend Peter Cushing in many horror films , and late in his career had roles in six Tim Burton films . Prior to his acting career , Lee served in the Royal Air Force , where he was attached to the No . 260 Squadron RAF as an intelligence officer and later the Special Operations Executive . Following his World War II service he retired from the RAF in 1946 with the rank of flight lieutenant . Always noted as an actor for his deep , strong voice , Lee was also known for his singing ability , recording various opera and musical pieces between 1986 and 1998 , and the symphonic metal album Charlemagne : By the Sword and the Cross in 2010 , after having worked with several metal bands since 2005 . The heavy metal follow-up Charlemagne : The Omens of Death was released on 27 May 2013 , Lee 's 91st birthday . He was honoured with the Spirit of Metal award at the 2010 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards ceremony .
Reb Brown ( born Robert Brown ; April 29 , 1948 ) is an American former football player and actor . Brown is perhaps best known for playing the lead in the television film Captain America and the action war film Uncommon Valor . He is also known for the 1983 cult classic , Yor , the Hunter from the Future , regarded as a B-Movie classic , as well as the sci-fi film Space Mutiny , and for the collaborations with director Bruno Mattei in films Strike Commando and Robowar .