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Jeffrey Combs
Jeffrey Alan Combs was born in Oxnard, California September 9th 1954. He was raised in Lompoc, California and studied Performing Arts at various institutions including the Professional Actor's Training Program at the University of Washington in Seattle. He started his acting career in theatre and made his feature film debut in 'Honky Tonk Freeway' as a Drive-In Teller. In 1983, he made his horror debut as Stu in Troma's production of 'Frightmare'. This would be the beginning of a prolific career in the horror genre, becoming quite an iconic figure. Most of this is down to his portrayal of Herbert West in the calssic 80's gorefest ' Re-Animator' and its sequels. He has become closely associated with the horror writer HP Lovecraft, having appeared in 5 films relating to his work ( Re-Animator, From Beyond, The Lurking Fear, Necronomicon and Castle Freak). In addition to this he has turned in an award worthy performance as Edgar Allen Poe, in the Masters of Horror episode 'The Black Cat'.
Although he is mostly known for his work in horror he has given many memorable performances in a wide array of films from Love And A .45, Brutal, Fortress, Death Falls and one of his most critically acclaimed performances, as Special Agent Milton Dammers in Peter Jackson's The Frighteners. No role is too small, no character too bizarre, just when you think he has tackled pretty much everything, he'll come back with another gripping performance.
Known mostly for his film work, he also has a large fanbase in the realm of television. He played the role of Dr Kevin Burkhoff in The 4400, a scientist who has the weight of the world on his shoulders but it is for his work in the Star Trek universe that he is mostly recognised for. As well as playing one off characters in several incarnations of the series he also played the Vorta, Weyoun in Deep Space Nine (a character that is highly revered by fans of the show) and Commander Shran in Enterprise.
He continues to work on various projects and also goes to conventions when his schedule permits it to meet up with the fans. An actor of many talents and a vast amount of work, there is more to him than meets the eye.
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Parasomnia
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Dylan Purcell, Patrick Kilpatrick, Jeffrey Combs
Director: William Malone
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In "Parasomnia", a stylish horror/thriller film from director William Malone (House on Haunted Hill, Masters of Horror) Danny Sloan is looking for something solid in his life. After his girlfriend leaves him, he realizes that something is missing. Once he goes to visit a friend in rehab, he happens ..read more »
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Wizard Of Gore
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Kip Pardue, Bijou Phillips, Crispin Glover
Director: Jeremy Kasten
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In the darkly phantasmagorical world of the carnival magician and sideshow hypnotist, the gruesome "illusions" of Montag the Magnificent are unique in that they seem to become retroactive reality long after the the tricks are done. Is it coincidence, or circumstantial evidence of the world's most ..read more »
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Faust: Love Of The Damned
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Mark Frost, Jennifer Rope, Jeffrey Combs
Director: Brian Yuzna
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John Jasper experiences a life changing moment when his girlfriend is murdered. Full of grief and out for revenge he sells his soul for demonic power. But soon all hell is let loose and he is out of control...
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House On Haunted Hill
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Taye Diggs, Peter Gallagher, Chris Kattan
Director: William Malone
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Steven Price (a very hammy Rush) is a wealthy amusement park owner who invites several strangers to his shrewish wife's birthday party, this year held in the abandoned Vannacutt Institute for the Mentally Insane. There, he offers a prize of one million dollars to each party-goer who can spend the ..read more »
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The Frighteners
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Jeffrey Combs
Director: Peter Jackson
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When his hometown is struck by a series of mysterious deaths that appears to be the work of a malicious supernatural killer, a psychic private investigator (Michael J. Fox) who is able to communicate with the dead attempts to get to the bottom of things and put a stop to the murders. But even with ..read more »
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from 7,358 members
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Dillinger And Capone
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Don Stroud
Director: Jon Purdy
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When the FBI kill the wrong brother, Scarface (Al Capone) traces the real John Dillinger and forces him to plan one final bank heist. With his wife and son held by the Mob, John must make a success of his biggest bank job to date...
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47%
from 104 members
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Love And A .45
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Gil Bellows, Renee Zellweger, Rory Cochrane
Director: C.M. Talkington
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A pair of dangerous lovers turn fugitive when the guy and his psycho partner kill a girl during a robbery. Like Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue, they take the money and run for the border. Features an alternative rock soundtrack with the Meat Puppets, the Butthole Surfers, the Jesus and Mary Chain and others.
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from 247 members
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Castle Freak
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Jonathan Fuller
Director: Stuart Gordon
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The Reilly family inherit an ancient Italian castle which soon reveals something evil in the dungeons. Their beautiful but blind daughter Rebecca becomes the object of its monstrous obsessions and everyone who stands in its way comes to a grisly end...
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Trancers 2
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Megan Ward
Director: Charles Band
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Los Angeles, 1991. It's been six years since Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson), a cop from the future, wiped out the last of the Trancers, those zombie-like creatures whose mission is murder. Now Jack's got that funny feeling again...he knows they're back. And he's ready to give them the fight of his life. ..read more »
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Bride Of Re-Animator
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Claude Earl Jones
Director: Brian Yuzna
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The Re-Animator's back in this gory sequel. This time, the twisted Dr. Herbert West (Jeffery Combs) is aiming not just to restore life, but to create it from spare body parts. His warped genius has given birth to hideous and disgusting combinations, both animal and human, but his desire to create ..read more »
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Pit And The Pendulum
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Oliver Reed, Jeffrey Combs, Lance Henriksen
Director: Stuart Gordon
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Lance Henriksen plays Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor of the infamous Spanish Inquisition, which is in full swing when THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM begins. The heretic-burning fires of the Auto da fe are raging all across Spain, the people live in fear, and no one dares speak a word against Torquemada ..read more »
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Re-Animator
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Bruce Abbott, David Gale, Robert Sampson
Director: Stuart Gordon
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Herbert West (Jeffery Combs) has found the secret to eternal life--or so he thinks. West needs fresh cadavers to continue his experiments in the re-animation of dead tissue, so he enlists the help of young medical student Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) to steal bodies from the local morgue. Despite all ..read more »
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Urgency
Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Brian Austin Green, Scott William Winters
Director: Kantz
Certificate: 
Tony West is a successful pharmaceutical executive living in LA with his loving wife Sofia. But after a day of tense negotiations with potential buyers, Tony comes home to find his wife kidnapped - and the kidnappers demand he bring $50,000 to them within 90 minutes or she's dead. The police are ..read more »
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Voodoo Moon
on DVD
Starring: Eric Mabius, Charisma Carpenter, John Amos
Director: Kevin Van Hook
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Cole and Heather are the two survivors of a demonic force that killed everyone else in their hometown twenty years ago. Heather can see into the future and Cole has become an exorcist and now they must return to the place where it all began and fight against the demon that ruined their lives.
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Beyond Re-Animator
on DVD
Starring: Jason Barry, Jeffrey Combs
Director: Brian Yuzna
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A doctor serving a prison sentence for mass murder continues to experiment on the animals that frequent his cell. With the arrival of a new doctor at the jail he finds his services needed...
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Horror In The Attic
on DVD
Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Seth Green, Wendy Robie
Director: Jeremy Kasten
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When Trevor regains consciousness in a sanatorium he is told that he sacrificed his fiancee in some bizarre ritual. But his grip on reality is tested when he realises that the other patients are being killed one by one...
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Cyclone
on DVD
Starring: Heather Thomas, Dar Robinson, Martin Landau
Director: Fred Olen Ray
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A military scientist develops a turbo-charged motorcycle with an unlimited power source. When he is murdered by assassins, it is up to his girlfriend to deliver the top secret machine into the rightful hands.....
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38%
from 58 members
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Star Trek Enterprise - Season 4
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock
Certificate: 
The fourth Star Trek series blasts off with Scott Bakula starring as Captain Jonathan Archer. Set before the original 1960's series, Enterprise tells the story of the first ship to bear that legendary name and of the early days of space discovery. This release features all the episodes from Season ..read more »
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Great entertainment, but not as good as some of Jackson's other films. 5 October 2004
...laugh-out-loud humor and the characters were entertaining (I particularly liked Jeffrey Combs as a massively overdone FBI investigator).
This film isn't as good as some o...
Overlooked classic 30 October 2006
