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Foundation date 1 january 1985
Anchor Bay Entertainment is an American home entertainment and production company. It is a division of Starz Media, which is a unit of and a joint venture with Starz Inc., which owns 75%, and The Weinstein Company, which owns 25%. It was owned by IDT Entertainment until 2006 when IDT was purchased by Starz Media. Anchor Bay markets and sells feature films, series, television specials and short films to consumers worldwide. In 2004, Anchor Bay agreed to have its movies distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and renewed their deal in 2011.
Anchor Bay also has a film studio known as Anchor Bay Films which mainly distributes independent theatrical films.
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(1948)Filmography of Anchor Bay Entertainment (220 films)
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, 1h31Directed by Don Coscarelli
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Horror comedy, Action, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Gloria Lynne Henry, Cindy Ambuehl, John Davis Chandler, Angus Scrimm
Immediately after his apparent demise at the end of Phantasm II, a new Tall Man emerges from a dimensional portal. At the same time, the hearse that carries Liz and Mike explodes. Reggie finds Liz dead but saves Mike from the Tall Man by threatening to kill them all with a grenade. The Tall Man retreats with Liz's body and threatens to return for Mike when he's well again. After Mike spends two years comatose in the hospital, he has a near death experience in which his dead brother Jody and the Tall Man appear. As he wakes from his coma, he is attacked by a demonic nurse, but Reggie appears and helps him to fight her off. Back at home, the Tall Man arrives via dimensional fork, fights off Reggie, transforms Jody into a charred sphere, and draws Mike through the gate with him.
, 1h34Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about religion, Serial killer films
Actors Terence Knox, Ryan Bollman, Paul Scherrer, Christie Clark, Rosalind Allen, Sean Bridgers
The plot involves Hemingford, Nebraska, a town near Gatlin (the original film's setting). The people of Hemingford decide to adopt the surviving children from Gatlin, intending to help them start new lives. Unfortunately for the well-meaning locals, the children go out to the cornfield where one of the cult members, Micah, is possessed by He Who Walks Behind The Rows, the demonic entity the cult worships.
Cold Dog Soup (1990)
, 1h27Directed by Alan Metter
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action
Actors Randy Quaid, Frank Whaley, Christine Harnos, Sheree North, Nancy Kwan, Dante Basco
Randy Quaid plays a zen taxi driver whose passenger is trying to dispose of his date's dead dog Jasper. The driver is respected by the peculiar groups he interests in the dog's corpse and effects, and the one-gloved heroine becomes more interested in him than in her date.
Fatal Mission (1990)
, 1h24Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Peter Fonda, Tia Carrere, Mako Iwamatsu, Ted Markland, James Mitchum, Joonee Gamboa
A CIA agent posing as a journalist (Peter Fonda) assassinates a North Vietnamese official then escapes into the jungle, where he comes across a beautiful female spy (Tia Carrere). At first they're enemies, but come to the realization that they must work together if they want to get out alive.
Iguana (1989)
, 1h28Directed by Monte Hellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Horror
Actors Everett McGill, Fabio Testi, Michael Madsen, Jack Taylor, Joseph Culp
In the 19th century, a bizarrely disfigured harpooner named Iguana Oberlus (Everett McGill), suffers abuse from peer sailors on board of a whaling vessel. One night he escapes and continues to live on a remote island of the Galápagos Islands. There, he proclaims himself the ruler of the island and declares war on humanity. Anyone who happens to find himself on the island faces the cruel tyranny of Iguana. He enslaves shipwrecked sailors, and Carmen (Maru Valdivielso) is forced to become his mistress.
Getting It Right (1989)
, 1h42Directed by Randal Kleiser
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about virginity
Actors Jesse Birdsall, Jane Horrocks, Helena Bonham Carter, Bryan Pringle, Lynn Redgrave, John Gielgud
The film concerns the late coming of age of protagonist Gavin Lamb (Birdsall), a painfully shy 31-year-old virgin still living at home with his parents and who works as a hairdresser in a West End salon. The socially awkward Gavin forges sudden romantic connections with three very different women: a sultry millionairess (Redgrave), an idiosyncratic recluse (Bonham Carter), and a single mother (Horrocks) who is a junior hairdresser at his salon.
Powwow Highway (1989)
, 1h28Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors A Martinez, Gary Farmer, Wes Studi, Amanda Wyss, Sam Vlahos, Joanelle Romero
A member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe of Lame Deer, Montana Buddy Red Bow (Martinez), a quick-tempered activist, is battling greedy developers. On the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation he tries to persuade the council to vote against a strip-mining contract.
Dead Ringers (1988)
, 1h56Directed by David Cronenberg
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Children's films, Jumeaux ou jumelles
Actors Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Shirley Douglas, Jill Hennessy, Stephen Lack, Jacqueline Hennessy
Elliot and Beverly Mantle are identical twins and gynecologists who jointly operate a highly successful clinical practice in Toronto that specializes in the treatment of female fertility problems. Elliot, the more confident and cynical of the two, seduces women who come to the Mantle Clinic. When he tires of them, the women are passed on to the shy and passive Beverly, while the women remain unaware of the substitution.
Cheerleader Camp (1988)
, 1h29Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Dance films, Sports films
Actors Betsy Russell, Leif Garrett, Lucinda Dickey, Lorie Griffin, George Buck Flower, Teri Weigel
Alison (Betsy Russell) is a cheerleader at Lindo Valley who is struggling with feelings of inadequacy and anxiety. She has a dream in which she is performing a cheerleading routine to an empty stadium; suddenly, her arms are slashed open. She awakens only to realize she had been dreaming. With her fellow cheerleaders, boyfriend, Brent (Leif Garrett), and friend Timmy (Travis McKenna), Alison heads to a remote cheerleader camp called Camp Hurrah to compete in a contest, led by the icy Miss Tipton (Vickie Benson).
Freeway (1988)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Darlanne Fluegel, James Russo, Billy Drago, Richard Belzer, Michael Callan, Clint Howard
Sarah 'Sunny' Harper becomes a witness to the work of a spree killer, shooting people on the freeway. First protected by a former cop named Frank Quinn, she later joins him trying to find the killer.
Survival Quest (1988)
, 1h36Directed by Don Coscarelli
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Actors Lance Henriksen, Mark Rolston, Steve Antin, Paul Provenza, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney
License to Drive (1988)
, 1h28Directed by Greg Beeman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Transport films, Road movies, Buddy films, Children's films, Teen movie
Actors Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Heather Graham, Carol Kane, Richard Masur, Michael Manasseri
Les Anderson (Haim) is a 16-year-old living in Southern California who is trying to get his driver's license and has a crush on one of the more popular and attractive girls in school, Mercedes Lane (Graham).
Neon Maniacs (1986)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Leilani Sarelle, Victor Brandt, Andrew Divoff, P.R. Paul, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson
In the heart of San Francisco, the legions of the damned lay waiting beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. As night falls, they are unleashed upon the city to carve terror into the souls of the innocent. But when one young woman named Natalie (Leilani Sarelle) escapes a bloody teen slaughter, she cannot convince anyone that a rampaging army of psychotic 'monsters' has mutilated her friends. Now haunted, hunted and having a hard time in high school, Natalie must arm herself and her classmates for one final bizarre battle against the horror of the "neon maniacs." Some of the scenes were filmed at Hollywood High School.
Reform School Girls (1986)
, 1h34Directed by Kristine Peterson, Tom DeSimone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Sybil Danning, Pat Ast, Linda Carol, Tiffany Helm, Denise Gordy, Darcy DeMoss
The film is a satire of the women in prison film genre and deliberately implements many of the tropes commonly found in such films. Such scenes include nude shower scenes, fight scenes, and a suggested romantic relationship between one of the inmates and an administrator. The overall plot involves a new influx of girls coming to the school. They are immediately confronted with Charlie Chambliss (Williams) who is the de facto leader of the school and has an exceedingly close relationship with the head of the ward, Edna (Ast). Charlie and her circle are given special privileges by Edna and it is suggested that Charlie and Edna enjoy a more intimate relationship. Charlie runs a secret society of girls who are loyal to her and to whom she offers protection. The two main new girls break several of Edna's rules and are punished decisively for their infractions.
Fraternity Vacation (1985)
, 1h34Directed by James Frawley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Stephen Geoffreys, Tim Robbins, Sheree J. Wilson, Cameron Dye, Leigh McCloskey, Amanda Bearse
Wendell Tvedt est réputé pour son extrême maladresse. Ses parents décident de l'envoyer en vacances à la plage en demandant à deux de ses camarades de lycée de s'occuper de lui...