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Karen Black
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Karen Black - filmography
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Repo Chick
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Jaclyn Jonet, Miguel Sandoval, Chloe Webb
Director: Alex Cox
Certificate: 
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Iconoclastic filmmaker Alex Cox offers a unique look at California consumer culture in the midst of the post-millennium financial meltdown in this surreal comedy. Pixxi De La Chasse (Jaclyn Jonet) is a self-centered daughter of privilege who spends her days getting into one scrape after another and ..read more »
 
36%
from 142 members
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The Single Woman
(2009)
Starring: Judd Nelson, Patricia Arquette, Margot Kidder
Director: Kamala Lopez
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A Single Woman is a distinct, lively portrait of Jeannette Rankin (the first American woman elected to Congress; also a suffragette, peace activist and reformer) that takes us from her childhood in 1880's Montana, to her last television interview in 1972. Deliciously political, occasionally ..read more »
45%
from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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Watercolors
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Tye Olsen, Kyle Clare, Greg Louganis
Director: David Oliveras
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When a gifted, young artist arrives at the opening of his first New York exhibition his erotic paintings trigger memories of his first love, a troubled athlete whose depression and self-denial led to suicide. Through a series of flashbacks we see Danny and Carter struggle with their mutual ..read more »
62%
from 375 members
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Ghost Writer
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Alan Cumming, David Boreanaz, Anne Heche
Director: Alan Cumming
Certificate:
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Jonathan Vandermark, is a music teacher with a weakness for young men with great aspirations and without a penny to his name. When one man, Sebastian enters his life and takes advantage of John's charity, his life and afterlife will be changed forever.
33%
from 2,274 members
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Dr Rage
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Andrew Divoff, Denice Duff, Stephen Polk
Director: Jeff Broadstreet
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In his eagerness to create a revolutionary new drug, Doctor Timothy Straun has taken science to a new level of madness. He has no code of ethics and utilises the homeless and convicts as guinea pigs in his controversial research into human rage. Sometimes he resorts to experimenting on himself...
32%
from 60 members
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Firecracker
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Karen Black, Mike Patton, Susan Traylor
Director: Steve Balderson
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Meek, reclusive and talented, Jimmy (Jak Kendall) is emotionally imprisoned by his abusive, alcoholic older brother David (Mike Patton) and his fanatically religious mother, Eleanor (Karen Black). He finds escape in the neon glow of a travelling sideshow carnival. Clad in red satin and gifted with ..read more »
33%
from 241 members
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House of 1000 Corpses
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Sid Haig, Karen Black, Bill Moseley
Director: Rob Zombie
Certificate:
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Rob Zombie, the heavy metal hero who has released such albums as SINISTER URGE and HELLBILLY DELUXE as a solo act and ASTRO-CREEP 2000 with his band, White Zombie, takes on the world of horror movies in this very bloody, very entertaining tale that rips off the old car-trouble story in which a ..read more »
57%
from 8,559 members
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Curse Of The Forty Niner
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Karen Black, John Philip Law, Richard Lynch
Director: John Carl Buechler
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Be careful what you wish for. Six money-hungry teen-somethings are off on a quest to find the lost gold in the haunted hills of Suttersville known back in the days of the gold rush for their wealth in gold, but they may just be getting more than they bargained for. Legend has it that the late gold ..read more »
39%
from 271 members
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Teknolust
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, James Urbaniak
Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
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When Rosetta Stone (Swinton), bio-geneticist, breeds three half-human half-robots (Self Replicating Automatons) by combining her own DNA with computer software, she also creates a set of unanticipated tribulations. Her clones keep her company, entertain her, and listen to her problems. Their only ..read more »
45%
from 70 members
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Gypsy 83
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Sara Rue, Kett Turton, Karen Black
Director: Todd Stephens
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Two young misfits head for New York City to celebrate their idol and muse, Stevie Nicks, at The Night of 1,000 Stevies. Along the road, in order for them to escape their painful pasts, they must discover their strengths and learn self-acceptance.
59%
from 219 members
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Soul Keeper
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Rodney Rowland, Kevin Patrick Wallis, Brad Dourif
Director: Darin James Ferriola
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Two thieves steal an ancient relic, but its value is in summoning demon spirits. This acts as the catalyst for a full unleashing of a demon lord who seeks human souls. Having learned their lesson that petty thievery can only bring trouble and pagan evil, the robbing duo now enlist the help of an ..read more »
45%
from 126 members
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Conceiving Ada
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Francesca Faridany, Timothy Leary
Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
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Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves. She manages to reach the world of Ada Lovelace, founder of the idea of a computer language and proponent of the possibilities of the "difference engine." Ada's ideas were stifled ..read more »
36%
from 16 members
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Haunting Fear
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Jan-Michael Vincent, Karen Black, Delia Sheppard
Director: Fred Olen Ray
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Prolific B-movie director Fred Olen Ray bring this loose adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's Haunting Fear to the screen. Brinke Steven stars as Victoria, a woman who has terrifying dreams of being buried alive. Her husband Terry (Jan Michael Vincent) sends her to Dr. Harcourt (Karen Black) for ..read more »
40%
from 57 members
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Eternal Evil
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Karen Black, Winston Rekert, Lois Maxwell
Director: George Mihalka
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A worshipper of black magic and the occult teaches an infatuated young man the art of astral projection, to be able to travel outside his body. He begins to experience bizarre nightmares.....or are they night-mares ?
34%
from 39 members
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Cut and Run
(1985)
Starring: Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, Richard Lynch
Director: Ruggero Deodato
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A cameraman and a reporter head into the jungle searching for the missing son of a TV producer hoping to find a big story. What they get caught up in is a drug war which threatens to take their own lives.
45%
from 17 members
Currently unavailable
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Savage Dawn
(1985)
Starring: George Kennedy, Richard Lynch, Karen Black
Director: Simon Nuchtern
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A motorcycle gang invades a small desert town, terrorizing everyone. Nobody's able to stop them until an ex-Vietnam combat hero (Lance Henriksen) arrives to visit a friend (George Kennedy).
Although he'd hoped there would be no more violence in his life, he finds it impossible to ignore the ..read more »
34%
from 20 members
Currently unavailable
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Bad Manners
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Martin Mull, Karen Black, Anne De Salvo
Director: Robert Houston
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Five children in an orphanage take a blood oath to become a family, and not let anyone separate them. When one of their number is adopted, the remaining four devise a crazy kidnap scheme to rescue their 'brother'.
38%
from 96 members
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The Squeeze
(1978)
Starring: Lee Van Cleef, Karen Black, Lionel Stander
Director: Antonio Margheriti
Certificate: 
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In this crime drama a safe cracker comes out of retirement to pull off one last caper. The Germans behind the theft are planning to steal $1 million; unbeknownst to the safe cracker, they are also planning to kill him afterward. As soon as he finds out, he begins plotting his revenge.
60%
from 4 members
Not available for rental
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Burnt Offerings
(1976)
Starring: Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith
Director: Dan Curtis
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A family of vacationers, including Oliver Reed and Karen Black as the parents, rents a sprawling mansion for the summer and soon discovers that all is not as it should be. Among other equally strange things, dead plants come back to life, and the swimming pool kills bathers.
51%
from 237 members
Not currently released
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Family Plot
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Bruce Dern, Karen Black, William Devane
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Hitchcock's diabolically funny and exciting movie about a search for a missing heir proved to be his final film. Starring Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane, and Karen Black, Family Plot is the story of a cabbie (Dern) and a psychic (Harris) who team up to find a dead man who's not really ..read more »
59%
from 1,197 member
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Capricorn One - Blu-ray
(1976)
Starring: Karen Black, David Doyle, Hal Holbrook
Director: Peter Hyams
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The government attempts to fake a mission to Mars, but when the astronauts learn that part of the scenario includes a 'tragic accident' on the way home, they attempt an escape. A forerunner of the non-stop action suspense movie with terrific aerial stunts and an all-star cast.
68%
from 703 members
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The Great Gatsby
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern
Director: Jack Clayton
Certificate: 
This third film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel was one of the most hyped movies of the summer of 1974. Robert Redford stars as self-made millionaire Jay Gatsby, who uses his vast (and implicitly ill-gotten) fortune to buy his way into Long Island society. Most of all, Gatsby ..read more »
63%
from 2,036 members
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Rhinoceros
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Karen Black
Director: Tom O'Horgan
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This adaptation of Ionesco's absurdist classic was part of the American Film Theater series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. Gene Wilder stars as Stanley, a depressive young man who abhors virtually all ..read more »
50%
from 222 members
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The Outfit
(1973)
Starring: Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker, Karen Black
Director: John Flynn
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A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death in this drama based on a novel by Donald E. Westlake. Earl Macklin (Robert Duvall) is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother. ..read more »
72%
from 7 members
Currently unavailable
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Born To Win
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Robert De Niro, George Segal, Karen Black
Director: Ivan Passer
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A man is driven to plan a robbery of a New York restaurant to support his hundred dollar a day heroin habit. A witty comment on respectable people turned into outlaws by drug laws more dangerous than the drugs themselves. AKA "The Addict."
42%
from 282 members
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Drive, He Said
(1971)
Starring: William Tepper, Karen Black, Bruce Dern
Director: Jack Nicholson
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Hector is a star basketball player for the College basketball team he plays for, the Leopards. His girlfriend, Olive, doesn't know whether to stay with him or leave him. And his friend, Gabriel, who may have dropped out from school and become a protestor, wants desperately not to get drafted for ..read more »
45%
from 9 members
Currently unavailable
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Five Easy Pieces
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach
Director: Bob Rafelson
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A disaffected man seeks a sense of identity in one of the key films of Hollywood's 1970s New Wave. Once a promising pianist from a family of classical musicians, Bobby Eroica Dupea (Jack Nicholson, in his first major starring role) leads a blue-collar life as an oil rigger, living with needy ..read more »
67%
from 3,839 members
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Easy Rider - Blu-ray
(1969)
Starring: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
Director: Dennis Hopper
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A landmark in film history, EASY RIDER blew the studio doors open for more young directors than any film before or since, helping to create the wide-open climate that would lead to the production of many outstanding films in the 1970s. As its director, Dennis Hopper is usually given the lion's ..read more »
68%
from 514 members
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You're a Big Boy Now
(1966)
Starring: Elizabeth Hartman, Geraldine Page, Peter Kastner
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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A man strives to free himself from his strict moral upbringing, meeting a man-hating actress and a girl who tries to seduce him, as well as having to deal with his landlady along the way. Comedy, starring Peter Kastner, Elizabeth Hartman, Geraldine Page and Julie Harris
55%
from 2 members
Currently unavailable
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The Straun House
Starring: Andrew Divoff, Karen Black
Director: Jeff Broadstreet
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Loosely based on a true story, THE STRAUN HOUSE follows a man with an anger problem who's committed to an insane asylum-and subjected to terrifying experiments, with disastrous results. The game cast, directed by Jeff Broadstreet, includes Andrew Divoff, Karen Black, and John Kassir.
45%
from 2 members
Currently unavailable
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Blue Tooth Virgin
Starring: Austin Peck, Bryce Johnson, Tom Gilroy
Director: Russell Brown
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Two writers must face a dilemma that is common to anyone who has ever had an artistic friend: What happens when you have to give feedback, and the news isn't good? Sam, an aspiring screenwriter, and David, a successful magazine editor, have been pals for years. When David doesn't appreciate Sam's ..read more »
20%
from 1 member
Currently unavailable
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Legends Series - Va Va Voom
on DVD
Starring: Cher, Ann-Margret, Raquel Welch
Certificate: 
Cher, Ann-Margret, Raquel Welch, Cybill Shepherd, Brooke Shields and Karen Black sing high-production, song and dance renditions of the big hits of the '60s and '70s. Culled from lost early footage of '70s TV specials, here is rare footage of Hollywood's sexiest screen sirens performing live at ..read more »
45%
from 28 members
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