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, 1h26
Directed by Paul BartelOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Comedy,
Horror comedy,
Horror,
SlasherThemes Films about families,
Films about sexuality,
Erotic films,
Comedy horror filmsActors Lucille Benson,
John Rollin Lupton,
Laurie Main,
Stanley Livingston,
Paul BartelRating63%




When Cheryl and her roommate quarrel, Cheryl moves into her aunt's skid-row hotel in downtown L.A. rather than return home to Ohio. The lodgers are strange, Aunt Martha is a moralizer obsessed with funerals, murder is afoot, and the inexperienced and trusting Cheryl may be the next victim. She wants to be treated like a woman, and she's drawn to George, a handsome photographer who longs for human contact but sleeps with a water-inflated doll and spies on Cheryl as she bathes. Jeff, a neighborhood clerk, may be Cheryl's only ally in what she doesn't realize is a perilous residence haunted by family secrets. And, what happened to Alice, a model who used to have Cheryl's room?
, 1h23
Directed by Paul BartelOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Horror comedy,
Horror,
CrimeThemes Films about sexuality,
Erotic films,
BDSM in films,
Films about prostitution,
Serial killer films,
Comedy horror films,
Erotic thriller films,
Children's filmsActors Mary Woronov,
Robert Beltran,
Paul Bartel,
Ed Begley Jr.,
Buck Henry,
Edie McClurgRating67%




Paul and Mary Bland are a wine dealer and a nurse, respectively, who bemoan their low status in life and dream of opening a restaurant. An exceptionally prudish couple, they sleep in separate beds and disapprove of sex, except for "a little hugging and kissing". After Paul is fired from his job at a wine shop, the couple are left relatively penniless and the chances that they will ever realize their dream quickly diminish. Their plight is exacerbated by the fact that they live in an apartment building that is a regular site of swinger parties.
, 1h33
Directed by Paul BartelOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Action,
AdventureThemes Sports films,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Auto racing films,
Road moviesActors David Carradine,
Bill McKinney,
Veronica Hamel,
Gerrit Graham,
Robert Carradine,
Sylvester StalloneRating55%




The Trans-America Grand Prix is an illegal race held every year between Los Angeles (Santa Monica Pier) and New York City. Recently released from jail, where he was serving a sentence for killing a girl while driving drunk, racing driver Coy "Cannonball" Buckman (David Carradine) hopes to win the race and get his career back on track. Racing team Modern Motors have promised a contract to either him or his arch-rival Cade Redman (Bill McKinney) who is also in the race - the contract will go to whichever of them wins. Coy is still on probation and when his parole officer, Linda Maxwell (Veronica Hamel), with whom he is having an elaborate affair, discovers he will be crossing state lines in violation of his parole, she attempts to stop him, only to have him force her to accompany him on the race.
, 1h35
Directed by Paul BartelOrigin USAGenres ComedyThemes Films about sexuality,
Bisexuality-related films,
Erotic films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Jacqueline Bisset,
Ray Sharkey,
Mary Woronov,
Robert Beltran,
Ed Begley Jr.,
Wallace ShawnRating58%




Clare Lipkin is a recent widow, dealing with everything from house guest Lisabeth, to Lisabeth's libidinous ex, Howard, to family problems. She is also being haunted by the ghost of her recently deceased husband, Sidney.
, 1h24
Directed by Paul BartelOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Action,
Western,
Spaghetti WesternThemes Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Transgender in film,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Divine,
Lainie Kazan,
Tab Hunter,
Cesar Romero,
Geoffrey Lewis,
Henry SilvaRating59%




Dance-hall girl Rosie Velez (Divine), lost in the desert, is helped to safety by gunman Abel Wood (Tab Hunter). In the town of Chili Verde, at the saloon of Marguerita Ventura (Lainie Kazan), word of a treasure in gold brings Abel into conflict with outlaw Hard Case Williams (Geoffrey Lewis) and his gang.
, 1h27
Directed by Paul BartelOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Films about sexuality,
Erotic filmsActors Nancy Allen,
David Naughton,
Alice Ghostley,
Cork Hubbert,
Laurence Luckinbill,
Bill EngvallRating49%




Lois Thornedyke, the daughter of a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, writes a scandal column for a New York city tabloid. She gets a chance to upgrade her career when she uncovers a conspiracy reaching into city government at the same time she is being romanced by the city's Mayor. Lois and her quirky sidekicks pit naivete against evil and go undercover. Unfortunately, what they discover is not for publication...
, 1h24
Directed by Charles B. Griffith,
Paul Bartel,
Lewis TeagueOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Comedy,
ActionThemes Sports films,
Films about television,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Films set in the future,
Auto racing films,
La téléréalité,
Political films,
Road movies,
Dystopian filmsActors David Carradine,
Simone Griffeth McDonald,
Sylvester Stallone,
Louisa Moritz,
Martin Kove,
John LandisRating61%




In 2000, during the 20th annual race, a resistance group led by Thomasina Paine (Harriet Medin), a descendant of 1770s American Revolutionary Thomas Paine, plans to rebel against Mr. President's regime by sabotaging the race, killing most of the drivers, and taking Frankenstein hostage as leverage against the President. The group is assisted by Paine's great granddaughter Annie (Simone Griffeth), Frankenstein's latest navigator. She plans to lure him into an ambush to be replaced by a double. Despite a pirated national broadcast made by Ms. Paine herself, the resistance's disruption of the race is covered up by the government and instead blamed on the French, who are also blamed for ruining the country's economy and telephone system. The game has sadistic rules, where killing a baby and physically challenged people will give the player extra points. Machine Gun Joe (Sylvester Stallone) is the main opposition to Frankenstein.
, 1h22
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
CrimeThemes Transport films,
Road moviesActors Rose McGowan,
Aki Aleong,
Paul Bartel,
E. E. Bell,
James Brolin,
Art LaFleurRating53%




Lewis and Clark and George opens with Salvator Xuereb (playing Lewis) and Dan Gunther (Clark) at a water tank site wearing prison jump suits. The scene is desert scrub and the two state prison escapees have just located a buried metal box with a loaded revolver, treasure map, and Cuban cigars. A road trip begins as the two hike off through the desert to find the treasure.