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  • Black Christmas
  • Black Christmas review by DJM666 from Walsall, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Good, but not the classic it is made out to be 17 February 2006
    ...times. There is good acting from a good cast (Olivia Hussey is very good, while John Saxon and Margot Kidder are both good), and the movie just about stands the test of t...   Read customer review

John Saxon - filmography


  • War Wolves on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Michael Worth,  John Saxon,  Tim Thomerson
    Director: Michael Worth
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jack Ford leads a special forces unit back to the United States to hunt down Jake Gabriel, a soldier who has been infected with the werewolf virus that turns man into wolf. Little does Jack know that three of the female soldiers in his unit have also been infected and have already transformed into ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 209 members
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  • God's Ears (2008)
    Starring: Margot Farley,  Michael Worth,  John Saxon
    Director: Michael Worth
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    An autistic boxer and a nomadic stripper form a tenuous friendship that helps them both to better understand the world that appears to have left them both behind. Noah Connelly (Michael Worth) is an aspiring boxer from Oakland, California. Most of Noah's days are spent cleaning the floors at his ..read more »
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  • Trapped Ashes on DVD (2006)
    Starring: John Saxon,  Dick Miller,  Ken Russell
    Director: Joe D,  Sean S. Cunningham
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Seven strangers on a Hollywood movie studio tour are trapped inside an infamous House of Horror and forced to tell their most terrifying stories to get out alive...
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 123 members
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  • Beverly Hills Cop 3 on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Eddie Murphy,  Judge Reinhold,  Hector Elizondo
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Eddie Murphy is back as Axel Foley, the maverick detective who took Beverly Hills by storm. When a seemingly regular bust in Detroit uncovers a deadly underground operation, Axel heads to Los Angeles to corner the criminal leader. The corrupt headquarters of the killer happen to be Wonder World, an ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 9,707 members
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  • Wes Craven's New Nightmare on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Robert Englund,  Heather Langenkamp,  Miko Hughes
    Director: Wes Craven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Freddy's back, only this time he's not confined to dreams in this macabre film within a film. Heather Langenkamp, star of the original NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, along with other actors and director Craven all appear as themselves. When Heather's husband is mysteriously killed her son begins to have ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 4,393 members
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  • Hell Master on DVD (1992)
    Starring: John Saxon,  David Emge,  Amy Raasch
    Director: Douglas Schulze
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In 1969 the brilliant scientist, Professor Jones (Saxon - toupee present) has been beavering way on a new drug to increase the powers of psychic's. While successful for some, the results for others were horrific; turning people into drooling demons desperate for one more fix of the drug. An ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 79 members
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  • Zombie Death House on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Dennis Cole,  Dennis Cole,  Anthony Franciosa
    Director: John Saxon
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In this graphically violent exploitation film, an insane colonel tests out his newly invented virus, HV8-B, designed to significantly alter the behavior of convicts serving life sentences. As soon as they are injected, the unwilling subjects become mad-killers. Later they become slimy walking ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 83 members
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  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Robert Englund,  John Saxon,  Heather Langenkamp
    Director: Charles Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    The third story of the continuing misadventures of the fiendish Freddy Krueger. This time he is out to terrorise a group of Elm Street kids who are confined to a mental hospital for sleep disorders and suicide attempts. His presence is not quite what the doctor ordered.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 6,342 members
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  • Tenebrae on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Anthony Franciosa,  John Saxon,  Daria Nicolodi
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A virtual style-fest from Italian horror mastermind Dario Argento, TENEBRAE was originally released in butchered form in the United States as UNSANE. Anthony Franciosa portrays Peter Neal, an American mystery novelist promoting his latest release in Rome. It's not long, however, until a killer is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,048 members
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  • A Nightmare on Elm Street - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: John Saxon,  Johnny Depp,  Ronee Blakley
    Director: Wes Craven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A hellish, razor-fingered monster enters the dreams of the teenage residents of a bucolic town and systematically slaughters them in their sleep--until one courageous young woman does battle with the predatory fiend. An excellent, surprisingly surrealistic genre entry from the master, Wes Craven.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 707 members
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  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 1 on DVD (1984)
    Starring: John Saxon,  Johnny Depp,  Ronee Blakley
    Director: Wes Craven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A hellish, razor-fingered monster enters the dreams of the teenage residents of a bucolic town and systematically slaughters them in their sleep--until one courageous young woman does battle with the predatory fiend. An excellent, surprisingly surrealistic genre entry from the master, Wes Craven.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 13,365 members
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  • Tenebrae - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: Anthony Franciosa,  John Saxon,  Daria Nicolodi
    Director: Dario Argento
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A virtual style-fest from Italian horror mastermind Dario Argento, TENEBRAE was originally released in butchered form in the United States as UNSANE. Anthony Franciosa portrays Peter Neal, an American mystery novelist promoting his latest release in Rome. It's not long, however, until a killer is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 208 members
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  • Wrong Is Right on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Sean Connery,  Robert Conrad,  Katharine Ross
    Director: Richard Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Broad political farce which follows the exploits of a world-travelling TV news correspondent Patrick Hale (Sean Connery) working for the World Television Network, who uncovers a terrorist plot to get hold of a nuclear bomb to sell to a Middle-Eastern oil country. This is an often funny yet ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 167 members
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  • Beyond Evil on DVD (1980)
    Starring: John Saxon,  Michael Dante
    Director: Herb Freed
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A honeymooning couple move into a spacious colonial mansion, and soon find that it is haunted by a vengeful 100 year old ghost. The evil spirit causes a series of near fatal accidents and possesses the wife.
    1.5 stars out of 5 34% from 657 members
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  • Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
    Starring: Richard Thomas,  Robert Vaughn,  John Saxon
    Director: Jimmy T. Murakami
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Science-fiction tale about the harmless inhabitants of the planet Akir, whose tranquility is suddenly threatened by a wicked tyrant who plans to take over their planet. To prevent this, a noble young man sets out to find a few good soldiers who will help him defeat the cruel overlord. Will the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 82 members
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  • The Electric Horseman on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Robert Redford,  Jane Fonda,  Valerie Perrine
    Director: Sydney Pollack
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A cowboy-turned-huckster unexpectedly finds love as he tries to regain his self-respect in this romantic comedy drama. Sonny Steele (Robert Redford) is a one-time rodeo star whose career as a cowboy has ground to a halt. He makes a good living as a spokesman for Ranch Breakfast, a sugar-coated ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 442 members
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  • Fast Company (1979)
    Starring: William Smith,  Claudi Jennings,  John Saxon
    Director: David Cronenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Though known for his thinking-person's horror flicks, director David Cronenberg provides a realistic, compelling portrait of the race car circuit in FAST COMPANY. Lonnie "Lucky Man" Johnson (William Smith) knows that his sponsor, Fast Company Motor Oil, wants to let him go in favor of a younger, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 9 members
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  • The Swiss Conspiracy on DVD (1975)
    Starring: David Janssen,  Senta Berger,  John Ireland
    Director: Jack Arnold
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An all-action thriller, where the head of a Swiss bank hires an ex-U.S. agent to find out why five of his customers are being blackmailed. He tracks down the five victims and uncovers some particularly nasty secrets ...
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 22 members
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  • Black Christmas on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Keir Dullea,  Olivia Hussey,  Keir Dullea
    Director: Bob Clark
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Often cited as one of the key films in the evolution of the slasher film and directed by genre veteran Bob Clark (CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS), this holiday season horror is not for the faint of heart. The few remaining residents of a Canadian sorority house are celebrating the onset ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,565 members
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  • Enter The Dragon - Blu-ray (1973)
    Starring: Bruce Lee,  John Saxon,  Ahna Capri
    Director: Robert Clouse
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Lee (played by Bruce Lee) is a martial arts teacher living in Hong Kong. His reputation as a kung-fu master ensures that he is invited to compete at various tournaments. One of his more recent invitations is from a Mr Han. The British government is very interested in Mr Han. They believe he is ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 1,745 member
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  • Enter The Dragon on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Bruce Lee,  John Saxon,  Ahna Capri
    Director: Robert Clouse
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    One of the most popular kung fu films ever, and perhaps the peak of the famed Bruce Lee's career, Enter the Dragon achieved success by presenting a series of superbly staged fighting sequences with a minimum of distractions. The story finds Lee as a martial-arts expert determined to help capture ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 12,515 members
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  • Joe Kidd on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Robert Duvall,  John Saxon,  Don Stroud
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Clint Eastwood stars as the title character in this low-key, moderately politicised variation of his spaghetti westerns. In New Mexico in the late 1890s, the fiery Louis Chama (John Saxon) leads a group of Mexican-American peasants in a fight for their land after the evidence of their ownership has ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,705 member
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  • The Appaloosa on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Marlon Brando,  Anjanette Comer,  Anjanette Comer
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Marlon Brando plays Matt Fletcher a bone-weary saddle trap, tired of life on the range who wants to settle down and breed horses. His dream is shattered when the prize Appaloosa stallion is stolen by a Mexican bandit.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 114 members
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  • Night Caller - Colour Version on DVD (1965)
    Starring: John Saxon,  Maurice Denham,  Patricia Haines
    Director: John Gilling
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The inhabitants Ganymede need to find mates from another world or they will become extinct. They soon discover a suitable breeding stock amongst the females of planet Earth. After receiving an unusually high number of reports of missing women, policeman Detective Hartley (Alfred Burke) begins to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 12 members
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  • War Hunt on DVD (1962)
    Starring: John Saxon,  Robert Redford,  Charles Aidman
    Director: Denis Sanders
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    No one is a better soldier than Pvt. Raymond Endore (John Saxon), at least in his own mind. Stationed in Korea as the conflict between the United States and the Asian nation is coming to an end, Endore sleeps while his platoon works to gear up for his nightly patrols of the area. These patrols used ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 90 members
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  • Posse From Hell on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Audie Murphy,  John Saxon,  Zohra Lampert
    Director: Herbert Coleman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Audie Murphy plays a gunslinger put in charge of a posse. His quarry is a four-man bandit gang that has robbed the local bank, killed several citizens and abducted leading lady Zohra Lampert. Though Lampert is obviously a New York-based actress, it is John Saxon who plays the tenderfoot ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 20 members
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  • Portrait in Black (1960)
    Starring: Lana Turner,  Anthony Quinn,  Richard Basehart
    Director: Michael Gordon
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Wanting to be free of her crippled husband but not his enormous fortune, a glamorous wife talks her lover, who is also her spouse's personal physician, into injecting poison into the ailing industrialist. This crime melodrama chronicles the chain of events that leads to the murderous lovers' ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 16% from 3 members
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  • This Happy Feeling (1958)
    Starring: Debbie Reynolds,  Curd Jürgens,  John Saxon
    Director: Blake Edwards
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    On a stormy night, young woman asks another guest at party to rescue her from her lecherous boss and take her to the train station. When her rescuer suggests that she stop at his place to get out of her wet clothes, she dashes from his car. The door she knocks on for help is the home of a retired ..read more »
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  • Mario Bava - Vol. 1 (5 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Lidia Alfonsi,  Barbara Steele,  John Richardson
    Director: Mario Bava
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This collection presents five giallo classics from legendary Italian horror director Mario Bava: THE MASK OF SATAN (1960), BLACK SABBATH (1963), THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1963), KNIVES OF THE AVENGER (1965), and KILL BABY KILL (1966).
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 420 members
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  • Enter The Dragon - HD
    Starring: Bruce Lee,  John Saxon,  Ahna Capri
    Director: Robert Clouse
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Featuring masterful kung fu action by the legendary Bruce Lee, ENTER THE DRAGON is one of most renowned martial arts film of all time. The opium-smuggling plot is secondary to amazing and violent action scenes. The 25th anniversary edition features additional footage, an interview with Lee's widow, ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 598 members
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John Saxon facts

5 most recent films

War Wolves - 2.0 stars
God's Ears - 3 stars
Trapped Ashes - 2.0 stars
Beverly Hills Cop 3 - 3.0 stars
Wes Craven's New Nightmare - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Enter The Dragon - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Enter The Dragon - HD - 4.0 stars
Enter The Dragon - 3.5 stars
A Nightmare on Elm Street - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
A Nightmare on Elm Street 1 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

God's Ears - 3 stars
This Happy Feeling - 3 stars
Portrait in Black - 1.0 stars
No Escape, No Return - 1.5 stars
The Cynic, The Rat And The Fist - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Meat Loaf - 8 times - show films
George Wendt - 8 times - show films
Martin Donovan - 8 times - show films
Jeffrey Combs - 8 times - show films
Jason Priestley - 8 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Mike Garris - 8 times - show films
Stuart Go - 8 times - show films
John Dante - 8 times - show films
Rob Schmidt - 8 times - show films
Mario Bava - 6 times - show films