Dead Kids
Town population is down... about six feet
1981 · 1h 39m · R
Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Directed by
Michael Laughlin
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
Dead Kids
Overview
When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connection to the mysterious scientific experiments being done at the local university and must stop them before his own son is dragged into the deadly scheme.
Director and cast
- Michael Laughlin Director
- Michael Murphy as John Brady
- Louise Fletcher as Barbara Moorehead
- Dan Shor as Pete Brady
- Fiona Lewis as Gwen Parkinson
- Arthur Dignam as Dr. Le Sange / Nagel
- Dey Young as Caroline
- Marc McClure as Oliver Myerhoff
- Scott Brady as Shea
- Charles Lane as Donovan
- Elizabeth Cheshire as Lucy Brown
More films
Man-Made Monster (1941)
Horror · Science Fiction · PASSED
Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
- Runtime
- 1h
- Director
- George Waggner
- Cast
- Lon Chaney Jr., Lionel Atwill, Anne Nagel
The Kindred (1987)
Horror · Science Fiction · R
Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her last experiment. She also blurts out he had a brother. At the funeral John meets Melissa, who claims to be his mother's biggest fan. Together with some of John's friends they go to Amanda's house, but none are prepared for what they find ...
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Director
- Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow
- Cast
- David Allen Brooks, Rod Steiger, Amanda Pays
Scanners (1981)
Horror · Science Fiction · R
A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Director
- David Cronenberg
- Cast
- Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Horror · Science Fiction · R
Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man fr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Terence Fisher
- Cast
- Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith
Doctor X (1932)
Horror · Mystery · Thriller · Unrated
A wisecracking reporter investigates the cannibalistic 'Moon Killer' murders tied to a medical academy, culminating in a chilling reenactment experiment.
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
- Cast
- Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Crime · Drama · Thriller · R
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as...
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Cast
- Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn
Philadelphia (1993)
Drama · PG-13
Two lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Cast
- Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Mystery · Thriller · R
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mys...
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Cast
- Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
Stop Making Sense (1984)
Documentary · Music · PG
A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Cast
- David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison
Something Wild (1986)
Comedy · Crime · Romance · R
A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Cast
- Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta
Comments
Talk about the film with other members