Maniac Cop (1988)

Directed by William Lustig.

Written by Larry Cohen.

Starring Robert Z'Dar, Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon and Richard Roundtree.

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Maniac Cop 2 (1990)

Directed by William Lustig.

Written by Larry Cohen.

Starring Robert Z'Dar, Robert Davi, Claudia Christian and Bruce Campbell.

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Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993)

Directed by William Lustig and Joel Soisson.

Written by Larry Cohen.

Starring Robert Z'Dar, Robert Davi, Robert Forster, Jackie Earl Haley and Caitlin Dulany.

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The Stuff (1985)

Directed by Larry Cohen.

Starring Michael Moriarty and Garrett Morris.

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A product of its time, the 80's, when mass advertising and the tide of junk food began to take over. This is a truly fun and subversive dig at the plastic Reagan 80's by Larry Cohen, who was also responsible for a similarly themed It's Alive in 1974 (although the Stuff turns out to be an all-natural substance from the core of the earth!!).

One of the first "consumer culture gone wrong" horror films (besides the original Dawn of the Dead), The Stuff pays homage to classic films like The Blob and Invasion Of The Body Snatchers while still packing in all sorts of 80's strangeness that makes this a nice piece of memorabilia.

Among my group of friends when I was a young kid, this movie was a video store favourite because it was harmless enough that the parents didn't really care and gross enough to get us our kicks.

Black Caesar (1973)

Directed by Larry Cohen.

Starring Fred Williamson.

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Q The Winged Serpent (1982)

Directed by Larry Cohen. Starring Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine and Richard Roundtree

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The Ambulance (1990)

Directed by Larry Cohen. Starring Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Red Buttons and Eric Braeden (The Young and the Restless!)

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It's Alive (1974)

Directed by Larry Cohen.

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Hell Up In Harlem (1973)

Directed by Larry Cohen. Starring Fred Williamson.

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The Stuff (1985)

Directed by Larry Cohen.