Michael Moriarty

  • Larry Cohen – Q (1982)

    1981-1990CrimeHorrorLarry CohenUSA

    Quote:
    NYPD detectives Shepard and Powell are working on a bizarre case of a ritualistic Aztec murder. Meanwhile, something big is attacking people of New York and only greedy small time crook Jimmy Quinn knows where its lair is.Read More »

  • Larry Cohen – The Stuff (1985)

    1981-1990ComedyHorrorLarry CohenUSA

    A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world.Read More »

  • Karel Reisz – Who’ll stop the rain (1978)

    1971-1980ActionCrimeKarel ReiszUSA

    Synopsis:
    Ray Hicks (Nolte) is an ex-Marine who served in Vietnam first in combat and now as a merchant seaman, which allows him to come and go between Vietnam and the US. This provides him a unique opportunity to smuggle things from Southeast Asia to home, but he’s never done anything like the request from his journalist friend John Converse (Michael Moriarty, in another laid back but outstanding performance): bring 2 kilos of pure heroin from Vietnam and deliver it to his wife at home, and collect a cool 10 grand for his efforts.Read More »

  • Larry Cohen – A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987)

    1981-1990ClassicsHorrorLarry CohenUSA

    Plot:
    Joe Weber is an anthropologist who takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem’s Lot unaware that it is populated by vampires. When the inhabitants reveal their secret, they ask Joe to write a bible for them.Read More »

  • John Carl Buechler – Troll (1986)

    1981-1990CanadaFantasyHorrorJohn Carl Buechler

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    An evil troll, Torok, the transformed state of the ex-husband of an old friendly witch named Eunice St. Clair, has chosen her apartment building to be the heart of the restoration of the world he once knew. To do this he uses an Emerald ring, and takes possession of a little girl named Wendy, whose brother Harry immediately suspects something wrong. Torok, often in the form of the little girl, goes into each occupant’s apartment, hideously transforming people into plant pods.Read More »

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