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Chris Sarandon
Actor 84 years old

Chris Sarandon

Beckley, West Virginia, USA

Christopher Sarandon Jr. (born July 24, 1942) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night (1985), Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride (1987), Detective Mike Norris in Child's Play (1988), and Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before... Read full bio →

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18 titles
Curse of Chucky

Curse of Chucky

Don Mancini 2013 1h 37m 5.8

After the passing of her mother, a young woman in a wheelchair since birth, is forced to deal with her sister, brother-in-law, niece and their nanny as they say their goodbyes to mother. When people start turning up dead, Nica discovers the culprit might be a strange doll she received a few days earlier.

Safe

Safe

Boaz Yakin 2012 1h 34m 6.1

After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.

Fright Night

Fright Night

Craig Gillespie 2011 1h 46m 6.2

A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and magician.

My Sassy Girl

My Sassy Girl

Yann Samuell 2008 1h 36m 7.7

A sweet Midwestern guy (Bradford) with his life planned out for himself is wooed, groomed, and ultimately dumped by a complicated, elusive gal (Cuthbert).

Bordello of Blood

Bordello of Blood

Gilbert Adler 1996 1h 27m 5.3

Private eye Rafe Guttman (Dennis Miller) is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine (Erika Eleniak) to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by a thousand-year-old vampire (Angie Everhart) and secretly backed by Katherine's boss, televangelist Jimmy Current (Chris Sarandon).

Just Cause

Just Cause

Arne Glimcher 1995 1h 42m 6.7

Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the local police, but they aren't interested - Bobby was their killer.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Henry Selick 1993 1h 16m 8.6

Can Christmas be saved? Bored with the same old scare-and-scream routine, Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, longs to spread the joy of Christmas. But his merry mission puts Santa in jeopardy and creates a nightmare for good little boys and girls everywhere!

The Resurrected

The Resurrected

Dan O'Bannon 1991 1h 45m 6.0

Charles Dexter Ward's wife enlists the help of a private detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote cabin owned by his family for centuries.

Child's Play

Child's Play

Tom Holland 1988 1h 27m 6.9

When serial killer Charles Lee Ray is mortally wounded in a police shoot-out, he uses a voodoo spell to transfer his soul into Chucky, a "Good Guys" doll. Andy receives the doll as a birthday gift, and Chucky soon resumes his killing spree.

The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride

Rob Reiner 1987 1h 39m 7.8

Characters come to life from a classic fairy tale book read by a grandfather to his grandson.

Fright Night

Fright Night

Tom Holland 1985 1h 47m 7.3

Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.

Protocol

Protocol

Herbert Ross 1984 1h 36m

Sweet, unsophisticated Sunny is working as a cocktail waitress. She saves a visiting dignitary and as a reward she gets a top-office job in the Washington beehive. She has to fight against a devious protocol officer but with her charms, she saves the day when she gets involved in an arms deal with an Arab country

Kaze no tani no Naushika

Kaze no tani no Naushika

Hayao Miyazaki 1984 1h 35m 8.1

After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.

The Osterman Weekend

The Osterman Weekend

Sam Peckinpah 1983 1h 43m 7.8

The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security.

Cuba

Cuba

Richard Lester 1979 2h 2m

A British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train the corrupt General Batista's army against Castro's guerrillas while he also romances a former lover now married to an unscrupulous plantation owner.

The Sentinel

The Sentinel

Michael Winner 1977 1h 32m 6.7

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building where she encounters a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants and attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.

Lipstick

Lipstick

Lamont Johnson 1976 1h 29m 4.0

Composer Gordon Stuart brutaly rapes a fashion model, goes to trial, gets freed, comes back and rapes her little sister. She takes revenge.

Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon

Sidney Lumet 1975 2h 5m 8.2

Dog Day Afternoon is a film based on true events and directed by Sidney Lumet. The film stars Al Pacino as a robber who held a bank hostage in Brooklyn, New York.

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