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James Karen - filmography


  • More Brains (2011)
    Starring: Jules Brenner,  Don Calfa,  James Dalesandro
    Director: Bill Philputt
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The definitive Return of the Living Dead documentary is the ultimate biography of one horrors greatest films. With interviews from the complete cast & crew of the film. It feature the last ever interview of writer/Director Dan O'Bannon. With over 2 hours of extras this documentary is a must for ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 3 members
    Due for release on 19th March 2012
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  • Dark And Stormy Night on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Jim Beaver,  Jennifer Blaire,  Larry Blamire
    Director: Larry Blamire
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A strange and mysterious group of strange, mysterious people gathers in the old dark house of the Cavinder Estate for the reading of the will of the late Sinas Cavinder. Strangest and most mysterious of this group is he unseen psychopathic killer who is killing the attendees one by one.
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 56 members
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  • Apt Pupil on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Ian McKellen,  Brad Renfro,  Bruce Davison
    Director: Bryan Singer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Based on the novella by Stephen King, director Bryan Singer's follow-up to THE USUAL SUSPECTS is a harrowing psychological thriller about the relationship that forms between a boy and the neighbor he discovers is a Nazi war criminal. After a brief lesson in history class, star pupil Todd Bowden (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,938 member
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  • Girl (1998)
    Starring: Dominique Swain,  Sean Patrick Flanery,  Tara Reid
    Director: Jonathan Kahn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bored with her privileged, straightlaced life, eighteen-year-old Andrea Marr (Dominique Swain from LOLITA) decides to spend her final summer before college seeking out life experience and pursuing boys. Tagging along with some classmates struggling to start a band, she immerses herself into ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 88 members
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  • Piranhas on DVD (1995)
    Starring: William Katt,  Alexandra Paul,  Darlene Carr
    Director: Scott Levy
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A school of genetically altered, flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into the wild. They must be stopped before they can spawn and threaten the unsuspecting residents of Lost River Lake. A technologically advanced remake of the original 1978 Roger Corman cult fave.
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 411 members
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  • The Unborn on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Brooke Adams,  Jeff Hayenga,  James Karen
    Director: Rodman Flender
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Brad and Virginia Marshall will do anything to have a baby. They seek the help of a renowned fertility specialist who finally helps them conceive. But, plagued by strange symptoms during pregnancy, Virginia discovers the horrible truth about the specialist.....
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 40 members
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  • Lies Before Kisses on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Jaclyn Smith,  Ben Gazzara,  Nick Mancuso
    Director: Lou Antonio
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A wealthy publisher is accused of murdering a prostitute he had once spent the night with. The accusations appear false until his own son testifies against him. Desperate to discredit her stepson, the publisher's wife tries to clear her husband's name, but is drawn deep into a tangled web.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 58 members
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  • Wall Street - Blu-ray (1987)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Charlie Sheen,  Martin Sheen
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oliver Stone opened fire on the greed decade of the 1980s with this morality tale set on Wall Street. The film stars Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, an ambitious rookie stockbroker from a blue-collar background who is magnetised by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a Mephistophelean superbroker who ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 2,556 members
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  • Wall Street (1987)
    Starring: Michael Douglas,  Charlie Sheen,  Martin Sheen
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oliver Stone opened fire on the greed decade of the 1980s with this morality tale set on Wall Street. The film stars Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, an ambitious rookie stockbroker from a blue-collar background who is magnetised by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a Mephistophelean superbroker who ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 8,104 members
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  • The Return of the Living Dead (1984)
    Starring: Clu Gulager,  James Karen,  Don Calfa
    Director: Dan O'Bannon
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Middle-aged family man Frank (Jim Karen) trains teenaged Freddy (Thom Matthews) for his new job at a medical supply warehouse. In an effort to impress and frighten his young charge, practical joker Frank reveals that the warehouse basement contains a cannister full of a mysterious chemical capable ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 3,462 members
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  • The Return of the Living Dead - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: Clu Gulager,  James Karen,  Don Calfa
    Director: Dan O'Bannon
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Middle-aged family man Frank (Jim Karen) trains teenaged Freddy (Thom Matthews) for his new job at a medical supply warehouse. In an effort to impress and frighten his young charge, practical joker Frank reveals that the warehouse basement contains a cannister full of a mysterious chemical capable ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 40% from 1 member
    Due for release on 9th April 2012
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  • Poltergeist on DVD (1982)
    Starring: JoBeth Williams,  Craig T. Nelson,  Beatrice Straight
    Director: Tobe Hooper,  Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Life is very pleasant for the close-knit Freeling family until a host of otherworldly forces invades their peaceful suburban home. It starts with just an odd occurrence or two, but soon their house is transformed into a swirling supernatural sideshow. The forces at work are anything but friendly, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 5,324 members
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  • Poltergeist - Blu-ray (1982)
    Starring: JoBeth Williams,  Craig T. Nelson,  Beatrice Straight
    Director: Tobe Hooper,  Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A peaceful suburban home suddenly becomes a gateway for enraged ghosts who kidnap a little girl and take her to their twilight world. Hiring paranormal experts, the girl's family attempts to discover why she was taken and how to get her back. Great performances by all in this superlative ghost story.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,321 member
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  • Film (1965)
    Starring: Buster Keaton,  James Karen,  Nell Harrison
    Director: Alan Schneider
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A man scrambles through a silent grey landscape to his sparsely decorated room, where he systematically rids himself of every possible witness to his existence: pets, mirror, a picture of a staring ancient god, photos of his own past. But also watching him is someone else, embodied by the gaze of ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 3 members
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  • Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965)
    Starring: Marilyn Hanold,  James Karen,  Lou Cutell
    Director: Robert Gaffney
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    During a solo space mission to Mars, NASA astronaut Col. Frank Saunders (Robert Reilly) - who happens to be an experimental android-- is shot down by an alien warship. Frank survives the attack, crash-landing on Puerto Rico. The space aliens-led by Princess Marcuzan (Marilyn Hanold) and her putty-..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 13 members
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  • Hardbodies 2 on DVD
    Starring: Brad Zutaut,  Fabiana Udinio,  James Karen
    Director: Mark Griffiths
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    There's only one thing Scott and Raggs like more than a good time... and that's a good time with girls. So when they get the chance to star in a low-budget movie opposite a boatload of topless Greek beauties they're on a plane for Rhodes faster than you can say 'lights... camera...action!
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 48 members
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James Karen facts

5 most recent films

More Brains - 2.0 stars
Jack And The Beanstalk - 3.0 stars
Dark And Stormy Night - 2.5 stars
Apt Pupil - 3.0 stars
Girl - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Poltergeist - 3.5 stars
Poltergeist - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Wall Street - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Moonlighting - Season 3 - 3.5 stars
Moonlighting - Season 1 and 2 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Return of the Living Dead - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Time Walker - 3 stars
Hardbodies 2 - 2.0 stars
More Brains - 2.0 stars
The Unborn - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Robert Ellenstein - 12 times - show films
Allyce Beasley - 12 times - show films
Cybill Shepherd - 12 times - show films
Bruce Willis - 12 times - show films
Rebecca Stanley - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Robert Butler - 12 times - show films
Peter Werner - 7 times - show films
Burt Brinckerhoff - 7 times - show films
Dan O'Bannon - 3 times - show films
Steven Spielberg - 3 times - show films