Christopher Atkins Filmography

100 Million B.C.

Actors: Michael Gross, Christopher Atkins, Greg Evigan

Synopsis: Prehistoric terror comes to contemporary Los Angeles when time traveling scientists mistakenly return to the modern era with a carnivorous dinosaur in tow. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

Caved In: Prehistoric Terror

Actors: Christopher Atkins, Colm Meaney, Angela Featherstone

Synopsis: Deep in the endless tunnels of a subterranean cave, an ancient species lies patiently in waiting for the creatures of the surface to step out of the sun in director Richard Pepin's horrific voyage into the black pit of the unknown. Rumor has it that a vast treasure lies hidden deep within an Read More

Spiritual Warriors

Actors: Jsu Garcia, Robert Easton, Shyla Cruize, Leigh Taylor-Young

Payback

Actors: Christopher Atkins, Angie Everhart, Costas Mandylor, Tanner Gill, Laura Lane

Synopsis: Costas Mandylor, Angie Everhart, and Christopher Atkins headline this thriller about a traumatized big city cop who moves his family to the country in hopes of forgetting his violent past, only to be targeted for death by the same psychopath responsible for killing his partner. After seeing his Read More

Under the Gun

Actors: Jesse Bean, Christopher Atkins, John Doe

Synopsis: When a successful businessman's life takes a sharp turn for the worse, he targets his co-workers for death in actor-turned-director Jesse Bean's dark directorial debut. The trouble starts when Dan (Bean) loses an important promotion to co-worker Bill (Christopher Atkins). As tension begins to take Read More

Quigley

Actors: Curtis Armstrong, Christopher Atkins, Gary Busey, Oz Perkins

Synopsis: William Byron Hillman's family comedy Quigley stars Gary Busey as a cold-hearted billionaire. Early in the film he dies. After dying, he learns that he will only get into heaven if he learns lessons about compassion and selflessness. In order to have a chance, he is reincarnated on Earth as a Read More

Tequila Express

Actors: Anne Jensen, Christopher Atkins

Synopsis: A good private eye goes up against a gang of crooked cops in this action thriller. Alice Jeffries (Anne Jensen) is an American college student who heads down to Mexico for spring break with one of her best friends. However, their vacation turns sour when the young women are arrested on drug Read More

The Stoneman

Synopsis: Happy Days and Karate Kid star Pat Morita heads up the cast of this 2002 low-budget horror film about what happens in the wake of the discovery of a mysterious mummy. Amid a flurry of debate over the validity of the finding, Dr. Stevens (Morita) brings the suspected missing-link's remains back to Read More

Stage Ghost

Actors: Edward Albert, Christopher Atkins

Synopsis: An empty stage coach pulls into a remote station where U.S. Marshal Coburn (Edward Albert) has brought his prisoner, a bank robber named Bronson (Christopher Atkins), for a meal with other would-be coach passengers. But before they can load up, the station master (John Vernon) and his wife are Read More

Lima: Breaking The Silence

Synopsis: In late 1996, a group of armed revolutionaries invaded the Japanese embassy in Lima, Peru, and took the staff (which included a number of high-echelon politicians) hostage in a bid to win freedom for 400 political prisoners being held in Peruvian jails. Lima: Breaking the Silence is a Read More

Little Unicorn

Actors: Joe Penny, Emma Samms, David Warner, George Hamilton, Christopher Atkins

Mutual Needs

Actors: Charlotte Lewis, Rochelle Swanson, Richard Grieco, Christopher Atkins, Dee Wallace

Synopsis: An ambitious prostitute displays a keen grasp on the concept of supply and demand when she helps a low-level office guy win a high paying job, so he'll become a regular customer. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

It's My Party

Actors: Eric Roberts, Gregory Harrison, Lee Grant, Marlee Matlin, Paul Regina

Synopsis: In this bittersweet comedy drama, a man nearing the end of his life seeks closure with his family and friends, and he confronts the issues of the right to die. Nick Stark (Eric Roberts) is a successful architect who is openly gay. He was involved in a committed relationship with Brandon Theis (Gregory Harrison Read More

Angel Flight Down

Synopsis: This made-for-TV suspense drama gets under way as a medical emergency aircraft en route to Denver crashes in the snowy Rockies. Fortunately, the pilot, the two paramedics, the two-year-old patient and her father all manage to survive the crash. Unfortunately, the little girl's already critical Read More

Fairy King of Ar

Crew: Co-producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Corbin Bernsen, Glynis Barber, Malcolm McDowell, Jameson Baltes, Brittney Bomann

Synopsis: Corbin Bernsen and Malcolm McDowell star in an enchanting tale of fairies and giants that the whole family will enjoy. Since as far back as Kyle and Evie Preston can remember, their grandmother told fantastical tales about elves who had been trapped underground by giants for thousands of years. Read More

Project: Shadowchaser III

Actors: Samuel Bottoms, Christopher Atkins, Christopher Neame, Frank Zagarino, Musetta Vander

Synopsis: In this sci-fi thriller, a collision between a space station and a derelict ore freighter leads to a terrifying discovery. Listed as lost in space 25 years before, the ore freighter Siberia appears out of nowhere and despite the efforts of the communications station that is trapped in orbit around Read More

Signal One

Synopsis: The finale in this Australian thriller contains extremely graphic violence and sexual scenes that may be disturbing to some viewers. The plot follows Martin Bullet, an L.A. cop who is on suspension for shooting an unarmed suspect, to his new job with the New South Wales police department in Read More

Trigger Fast

Bullet Down Under

Guns of Honor

Synopsis: Two former Confederate officers (a father and son) dispatched to Mexico to issue pardons to rebels in hiding become caught up in the Mexican struggle against the French. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide Read More

Exchange Lifeguards

Actors: Christopher Atkins, Elliott Gould, Julian McMahon, Rebecca Cross, Christopher Pate

Synopsis: A surfin' beach in Australia provides the setting for this comedy which chronicles the struggles between youthful surfers and an evil capitalistic developer determined to destroy their turf. Mike McCain is an L.A. developer. His wife and business partner are plotting to double-cross him and take Read More

Outrage

Actors: Francesca Neri, Antonio Banderas, Walter Vidarte, Eulalia Ramon

Synopsis: An attractive circus performer (Francesca Neri) gets gang raped and takes justice in her own hands using her shooting skills. Things go awry, however, and she ends up on the run from the police. This undistinguished melodrama is not a high point in the career of celebrated Spanish director Carlos Saura Read More

Dracula Rising

Actors: Christopher Atkins, Stacey Travis, Doug Wert

Synopsis: This Roger Corman production was undoubtedly conceived to capitalize on the success of Francis Ford Coppola's romantic vampire epic Bram Stoker's Dracula, though the Count himself is not actually a character. The story involves LA artist Theresa (Stacey Travis), who has fallen under the sensual Read More

Die Watching

Synopsis: In this erotic thriller a Hollywood porno director does far worse than seduce aspiring starlets upon his casting couch. His favorite trick is to tape them to chairs, focus a live camera on them and a monitor in front so they can watch while he strangles them to death. The strange series of deaths Read More

Shoot

Synopsis: When the boss of an illegal gambling ring hires photographer Katie Tracy (DeDee Pfeiffer) to work for him on a high-stakes game, she quickly finds herself in all kinds of trouble. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Fatal Charm

Synopsis: Originally made for cable-television, this thriller centers on the attempts of an innocent teenage girl to prove that the boy she has her eye upon is not a ruthless serial killer. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Wet and Wild Summer!

Actors: Christopher Atkins, Elliott Gould

Synopsis: Bobby McCain (Christopher Atkins) travels to an Australian beach to close a land development deal for his father (Elliott Gould) and to masquerade as a lifeguard to get the skinny on any potential competition. Once there, Bobby becomes sympathetic to the plight of the attractive club-owner who is Read More

Let Him Have It

Actors: Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Clare Holman, Tom Bell

Synopsis: The Derek Bentley Case has been an uneasy blight on the British legal system since the early 1950s. Two young, frightened boys were caught by police trying to break into to a building. One of the boys had a gun. When the policeman reached out to the youth to turn over the gun, his friend shouted Read More

King's Ransom

Synopsis: Some of the world's richest men secretly gather at an exclusive casino in order to bid on the recently purloined, priceless Japanese Emperor's Pearl. Unfortunately, few have any idea that by coming to the illegal auction that they have put themselves and their fortunes in grave danger. ~ Sandra Read More

Listen to Me

Actors: Kirk Cameron, Jami Gertz, Amanda Peterson, Tim Quill

Synopsis: A college debate team heads to Washington to argue the abortion issue in front of the Supreme Court. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Shakma

Actors: Christopher Atkins, Amanda Wyss, Ari Meyers, Roddy McDowall

Synopsis: A group of medical research scientists decide to take a break and play a little Dungeons and Dragons. This horror film follows what happens when one of their experiments comes forth to join them. Bloody mayhem ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Mortuary Academy

Actors: Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Perry Lang, Tracey Walter, Christopher Atkins

Synopsis: Sam Grimm (Perry Lang) and his brother Max (Christopher Atkins) stand to inherit the mortuary academy that bears their family name in this black comedy. The two brothers must first graduate, and their progress is monitored by school manager Dr. Paul Truscott (Paul Bartell) and the academy's top Read More

Beaks: The Movie

Actors: Christopher Atkins, Michelle Johnson, Sonia Infante

Synopsis: Spanish hack Rene Cardona, Jr. (of Aztec Mummy fame) directed this gory rip-off of The Birds (not a parody as its goofy title suggests) which follows a reporter/photographer team (Michelle Johnson & Christopher Atkins) as they investigate frequent reports of lethal bird attacks on humans. They Read More

Secret Weapons

Synopsis: In this exploitation film, the KGB trains a sexy young spy-trainee to become an "all-American" temptress capable of seducing the secrets out of many US officials and businessmen. She will then use the resulting information to blackmail these men into serving her government. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Read More

Aladdin and His Magic Lamp

The Dresser

Actors: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker, Eileen Atkins

Synopsis: The complicated relationship of two men who have given their lives to the theater forms the basis for this acclaimed drama. During World War II, an aging but once famous Shakespearean actor, addressed by his cast and crew only as "Sir" (Albert Finney), continues to tour the British theater circuit Read More

A Night in Heaven

Actors: Christopher Atkins, Lesley Ann Warren, Robert Logan, Carrie Snodgress

Synopsis: Veering off in several thematic directions at once, A Night in Heaven starts with a torrid student-teacher romance which becomes somewhat derailed by adding on a failing marriage, political allusions related to NASA, a frustrated sister of the teacher, and several additional characters, many of Read More

Oliver Twist

Actors: George C. Scott

Synopsis: Clive Donner directs Oliver Twist, the 1982 made-for-TV version of the classic Dickens novel. Richard Charles plays Oliver Twist, an orphan boy who gets kicked out of his juvenile workhouse when he asks for some more food. He is sent to work as an apprentice, but he quickly escapes and joins a Read More

The Pirate Movie

Actors: Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton, Bill Kerr, Maggie Kirkpatrick

Synopsis: An introverted girl who yearns for popularity (Kristy McNichol) attends a pirate festival in her seaside community, featuring a swordplay demo led by a curly haired hunk (Christopher Atkins). After selecting Mabel (McNichol) to participate in the act, the instructor invites her aboard his boat for Read More

The Child Bride of Short Creek

Synopsis: Originally made for television and based on a true story from the '50s, this film concerns a rural Arizona town that deals in polygamy. Specifically, a boy is shocked that his father (Christopher Atkins), a veteran of the Korean War, wishes to take a 15-year-old girl for another wife. ~ John Bush Read More

Swan Lake

The Blue Lagoon

Actors: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William Daniels, Elva Josephson

Synopsis: This 1980 version of the oft-filmed Henry Devere Stackpoole novel The Blue Lagoon was the first to be stamped with an "R" rating. The basic story remains unchanged. Two very small children, a boy and a girl, are shipwrecked on a lush tropical island. They are cared for by fellow castaway Leo Read More

Equus

Actors: Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, Harry Andrews

Synopsis: Richard Burton plays a psychiatrist who attempts to discover why young Peter Firth has taken to mutilating live horses. In probing Firth's psyche, Burton discovers that the source of the boy's obsession is his mother, Joan Plowright, who has raised Firth with a convoluted set of values. Even as he Read More

The Devil Within Her

Actors: Joan Collins, Eileen Atkins, Donald Pleasence, Ralph Bates, Caroline Munro

Synopsis: This weird British hybrid of The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby and It's Alive! stars Joan Collins as a stripper who spurns the advances of a lecherous dwarf and is subsequently cursed by a monstrous baby -- which emits horrifying demonic howls and attacks everyone within reach, including his parents Read More

Inadmissible Evidence

Actors: Nicol Williamson, Eleanor Fazan, Jill Bennett, Peter Sallis, David Valla

Synopsis: Based on a play by John Osborne, this is one of those movies where the audience pulls for the protagonist but has a hard time actually saying that he IS a protagonist. A highly unlikeable fellow, this protagonist is an attorney in all the ways that make this more an epithet than a profession. He's Read More