Michael BerrymanFilmography

Brother's War

Actors: Tino Struckmann, Hugh Daly, Hayley Carr, Olivier Gruner, Michael Berryman

Synopsis: In the waning days of World War II, enemies must become allies in order to deliver a message that could change the world. Fighting on the Eastern Front is fierce as the Western Allies and the Russian Red Army continue their advance toward Berlin. For the moment the Allies are united, but a British Read More

Dead Man's Hand: Casino of the Damned

Actors: Robin Sydney, Scott Whyte, Kristyn Green, Kavan Reece, Diane Mizota

Brutal

Actors: Jeffrey Combs, Michael Berryman, Sarah Thompson, Eric Lange, William Sanford

Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield

Actors: Kane Hodder, Adrienne Frantz, Michael Berryman, Priscilla Barnes

Synopsis: Friday the 13th mainstay Kane Hodder stars as the true-life serial killer whose unspeakable atrocities inspired such classic horror films as Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in director Michael Feifer's disturbing frightener. Rural Wisconsin was a quiet place until the man they called "The Read More

Penny Dreadful

Actors: Rachel Miner, Mimi Rogers, Michael Berryman, Mickey Jones

Synopsis: A woman haunted by the childhood car crash that claimed the life of her mother and father finds her worst nightmares coming true when she and her therapist travel back to the scene of the accident in this tale of terror originally released as part of the After Dark Horrorfest. Penny (Rachel Miner) Read More

Fallen Angels

Synopsis: A grim discovery in the basement of a crumbling prison reformatory reveals a demonic secret that cuts to the very base of mankind's struggle against sin in this supernatural thriller starring Michael Berryman, Bill Moseley, Michael Dorn, Adrianne Curry, and Kevin McCarthy. Far beneath the west Read More

The Devil's Rejects

Actors: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, Ken Foree, Matthew McGrory

Synopsis: Directed by the prolific Rob Zombie, The Devil's Rejects is a sequel of sorts to 2003's House of 1000 Corpses, and picks up several weeks after House left off. This time, the clash revolves around the tribe of violent lunatics and decidedly valueless family members of the original film, who have Read More

Two Heads Are Better Than None

Synopsis: Irrepressible kiddie-sitcom icons Kenan and Kel ( Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell) are the whole show in this made-for-cable comedy, described by one dim viewer as "Sleepy Hollow for idiots." Vacationing in New England with Kenan's family, our two heroes are stranded in the middle of nowhere when the Read More

Spy Hard

Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden, Barry Bostwick

Synopsis: The first of several sight gag and slapstick-rich comedies he produced without the team of Jerry Zucker, David Zucker, and Jim Abrahams, this lowbrow comedy from executive producer and star Leslie Nielsen suffers by comparison to his work with the "ZAZ" team. Nielsen plays Dick Steele, secret Read More

Double Dragon

Actors: Robert Patrick, Mark Dacascos, Scott Wolf, Kristina Malandro Wagner, Julia Nickson

Synopsis: In this futuristic martial arts drama based on a popular video game, Los Angeles has been transformed into a watery New Angeles after a long-threatened earthquake devastates the West Coast. Billy Lee (Scott Wolf) and his brother Jimmy (Mark Dacascos) are two martial arts experts who were raised by Read More

The Crow

Actors: Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, David Patrick Kelly, Angel David

Synopsis: Based on the graphic novel by James O'Barr, this fantasy follows Eric Draven (Brandon Lee), a rock musician who is murdered along with his fiancée Shelly (Sofia Shinas) by a group of marauding thugs who terrorize the decaying city in which they live. One year to the day after his death (which Read More

Teenage Exorcist

Actors: Brinke Stevens, Eddie Deezen, Robert Quarry

Synopsis: In this supernatural horror/comedy, a young woman buys an old house and moves in. Unfortunately for her, the house is infested with evil spirits, and she becomes possessed. Among the characters she comes across while being possessed are a goofball pizza delivery boy (Eddie Deezen), a transvestite Read More

Little Sister

Actors: Jonathan Silverman, Alyssa Milano, George Newbern, Jesse Dabson, Jerry Gideon

Synopsis: Taking its cues from the classic Some Like It Hot (1959) and the television series Bosom Buddies (1980-82), this comedy combines the teen campus and cross-dressing subgenres. Jonathan Silverman stars as college freshman Bobby, an eager if naïve student who intends, as a legacy, to pledge his Read More

Wizards of the Demon Sword

Actors: Lyle Waggoner, Russ Tamblyn, Blake Bahner, Heidi Paine, Jay Richardson

Synopsis: This low-budget Troma film makes fun of low-budget sword and sorcery movies. The story centers on the battle for the mythical Sword of Aktar and its kidnapped keeper Ulric. But for a few stop-motion prehistoric creatures, the special effects are less than stellar. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Auntie Lee's Meat Pies

Synopsis: Remember when Karen Black used to be in A-list pictures like Nashville and The Great Gatsby? If you're a diehard Black fan, keep those earlier triumphs in mind while watching Auntie Lee's Meat Pies. Borrowing elements from Sweeney Todd and Motel Hell, the film casts Black as a resourceful baking Read More

Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time

Actors: Marc Singer, Kari Wuhrer, Wings Hauser, Sarah Douglas, James Avery, Charles W. Young

Synopsis: The most fascinating thing about Beastmaster 2 is how well the cartoonish sword-and-sorcery characters blend in to contemporary Los Angeles -- it may as well be documentary. Marc Singer plays Dar, a muscle-headed barbarian whose main claim to fame is his ability to communicate with a wide array of Read More

The Secret of the Golden Eagle

Synopsis: A couple of likeable youths search for a golden icon which has power to turn people prematurely old. They find it is in the hands of some crooks who scheme to use its aging powers for their nasty designs. This film is clean and enjoyable fun for everyone. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Haunting Fear

Actors: Jan-Michael Vincent, Brinke Stevens, Karen Black

Synopsis: Exploitation king Fred Olen Ray bulldozes Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Premature Burial" in this sleazy direct-to-video thriller. B-movie babe Brinke Stevens stars as an heiress tormented night and day by the ever-present phobia of being buried alive. Thanks to hypnotic past-life regression Read More

The Guyver

Actors: Mark Hamill, Vivian Wu, Jack "Wildman" Armstrong, David Gale, Jeffrey Combs

Synopsis: Based on the Japanese comic-book character created by Toshiki Takaya, this hyper-kinetic science fiction fantasy plays like a live-action cartoon. The title initially refers to a mysterious piece of technology capable of generating a powerful bio-mechanical exoskeleton around the body of its Read More

Evil Spirits

Actors: Michael Berryman, Arte Johnson, Karen Black

Synopsis: An interesting bit of casting enlivens this psycho-thriller set in a California boarding house run by eccentric Karen Black with a rogue's gallery of bizarre tenants and more dark secrets than the Bates Motel. Tenants have a habit of disappearing rather abruptly from this particular residence Read More

Solar Crisis

Actors: Tim Matheson, Charlton Heston, Peter Boyle, Annabel Schofield, Tetsuya Bessho

Synopsis: A group of scientists are sent to the sun in 2050 to stop a giant solar flare from destroying the Earth. As the team nears the sun, some members of the team begin to suspect that someone is trying to sabotage their mission. Solar Crisis has very strong special effects and fine acting, making it an Read More

Gorgon Video Magazine

Synopsis: This documentary about the horror/gore film genre is hosted by actor Michael Berryman. It features clips from various '80s horror films. It also includes interviews with horror filmmakers and actors, including director Wes Craven, Troma Films' head Lloyd Kaufman and noted "scream queen" Linnea Quigley Read More

Aftershock

Actors: Elizabeth Kaitan, Chuck Jeffreys

Synopsis: Set in a post-apocalyptic 21st Century, Aftershock offers us a world ruled by an unseen female voice, where scuzzy paramilitary groups wipe out anyone remotely intellectual. Held for interrogation by government flunkey John Saxon is empty-headed mystery woman Sabina (Elizabeth Kaitan). Sabina is Read More

ALF: We Are Family

Synopsis: Fed up with having to stay in hiding, ALF fantasizes about revealing his presence to the world. In his dreams, ALF serves a guest host on David Letterman's late-night NBC talkfest (replete with typical "Dave-isms"), while the Tanners plan a party celebrating his "emergence." Featured as ALF's TV Read More

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Conspiracy

Synopsis: Scripted by Tracy Torme from a story by Robert Sabaroff, this episode gets under way when Captain Picard receives a message from an old friend, Captain Walker Keel (Jonathan Farwell). Rendezvousing with Keel on the planet Dytalix B, Picard is apprised of a sinister conspiracy to take control of Read More

Saturday the 14th Strikes Back

Actors: Jason Presson, Ray Walston, Avery Schreiber, Patty McCormack, Julianne McNamara-Zeile

Synopsis: The sequel to Saturday the 14th, this horror-comedy traces the adventures of nice-guy teen Eddie Baxter (Jason Presson) as he saves the world from the brink of supernatural destruction. After moving into a decrepit, inherited mansion with his family -- a collection of oddballs who eat nothing but Read More

The Barbarians

Actors: David Paul, Peter Paul, Richard Lynch, Eva La Rue, Virginia Bryant

Synopsis: The professional wrestling world's battling "Barbarian Brothers" are featured as the heroes in this sword-and-sorcery fantasy film. They're out to rescue their lovely queen and retrieve a magic ruby, stolen from them years before. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

The Gambler III: The Legend Continues

Actors: Kenny Rogers

Synopsis: This made-for-TV movie is the second follow-up to the astonishingly successful Kenny Rogers as the Gambler (1980). Rogers returns as Old West gambler Brady Hawkes, while Bruce Boxleitner, Rogers' co-star in 1983's The Gambler: The Adventure Continues, is also back as Hawkes' sidekick Billy Read More

The Highwayman

Synopsis: In this adventure, an undercover cop must protect an endangered, unemployed Vietnam vet who has become a hitman's target. The story is also titled The Highwayman. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Voyage of the Rock Aliens

Actors: Pia Zadora, Tom Nolan, Craig Sheffer, Alison La Placa, Michael Berryman

Synopsis: When a collection of alien rock stars descend to earth, a young teenage couple finds themselves caught up in an unusual adventure. The film was shelved for quite some time, hence the presence of octogenarian Ruth Gordon, who died in 1985. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Off the Mark

Actors: Mark Neely, Terry Farrell, Clarence Gilyard, Jr., Norman Alden, Virginia Capers

Synopsis: This uneven comedy came and went quickly in commercial release. An American triathlete (Mark Neely) trains for an upcoming event, with the main competition coming from a pretty Russian exchange student (Terry Farrell). Billy Barty excels in his character role as a diminutive Russian, and the Read More

Armed Response

Actors: David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, Mako

Synopsis: Fred Olen Ray always manages to attract major names to his bargain-basement actioners, and Armed Response is no exception. The scene is Chinatown, where Yakuza boss Mako yearns to get his hands on a stolen jade statue. David Goss, son of retired cop Lee van Cleef and the brother of Vietnam Read More

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, James Doohan

Synopsis: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) concludes the story arc begun with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) and continued in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), but on a wholly new, different, and upbeat note. As the movie opens, months have elapsed since the events in Star Trek III; Read More

Cut and Run

Actors: Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, Willie Aames, Richard Lynch, Richard Bright

Synopsis: In this Italian adventure, the deadly drug manufacturing and export operation of a prominent South- American drug czar is discovered by an investigative TV news correspondent and her cameraman who went to the jungle to look into evidence that a notorious, corrupt colonel is still alive. While in Read More

My Science Project

Actors: John Stockwell, Fisher Stevens, Raphael Sbarge, Dennis Hopper

Synopsis: In this sci-fi comedy, a high school hood, Michael Harlan, procrastinates on his science project until the day before it is due. Hastily seeking to rectify his predicament, the youth begins scouring an abandoned military dump and runs across a strange looking machine with a large crystal orb. He Read More

Weird Science

Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton, Suzanne Snyder

Synopsis: John Hughes's third directorial effort, Weird Science, follows in the tradition of his previous teen-centered films, Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith play the wannabe hipster Gary and his nebbish weak-willed best friend, Wyatt, a pair of Read More

Invitation to Hell

Actors: Susan Lucci, Robert Urich, Joanna Cassidy, Joe Regalbuto, Kevin McCarthy

Synopsis: This minor made-for-TV effort from horror auteur Wes Craven is one of the oddest attempts at seriously blending supernatural horror and science fiction elements, which amounts to a muddled but amusing failure. The convoluted plot involves scientist Robert Urich's experiments with a new spacesuit Read More

The Hills Have Eyes, Part 2

Actors: Michael Berryman, Tamara Stafford, Kevin Spirtas, John Bloom, Janus Blythe

Synopsis: This atrocious sequel to the 1977 horror classic is padded with so much of that film's footage that it seems more like a rerun than a new story. The entire cast seems to have lengthy flashbacks of the previous movie's events, including -- in what must be a cinematic first -- the German shepherd Read More

Deadly Blessing

Actors: Maren Jensen, Susan Buckner, Sharon Stone, Jeff East, Lisa Hartman

Synopsis: Deadly Blessing, a disappointing effort from famed horror-film director Wes Craven, tells the story of a woman's fight against a religious cult which will not stop at murder. Martha (Maren Jensen) lives alone near a conservative, repressive religious cult led by Isaiah (Ernest Borgnine). Martha's Read More

The Fifth Floor

Actors: Bo Hopkins, Diane Hull, Patti D'Arbanville, Sharon Farrell, Mel Ferrer

Synopsis: With a cast sure to please cult and horror fans alike, this pseudo-women's-prison film from director Hikmet Avedis is a good bet for genre followers. Pretty Dianne Hull plays Kelly McIntire, a disco bartender who is poisoned as part of a botched murder scheme and sent to a mental hospital. Once Read More

Un Autre Homme Une Autre Chance

Actors: James Caan, Geneviève Bujold, Francis Huster, Susan Tyrrell, Jennifer Warren

Synopsis: Claude Lelouch's Another Man, Another Chance is set in 1870. Fleeing from the Franco-Prussian war, Jeanne (Genevieve Bujold) and boyfriend Francis (Francis Huster) escape to the American west. Their course does not run smooth, and soon Jeanne is left alone to care for her baby. Meanwhile, American Read More

The Hills Have Eyes

Actors: Susan Lanier, Robert Houston, Virginia Vincent, Russ Grieve, Dee Wallace

Synopsis: Horror auteur Wes Craven followed his threadbare but horrifically compelling cult classic Last House on the Left with this wonderfully demented morality fable about a bloody war of attrition between two extremely different families. The story opens on the journey of the Carters, a mildly Read More

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Actors: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Dean R. Brooks, Scatman Crothers

Synopsis: With an insane asylum standing in for everyday society, Milos Forman's 1975 film adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel is a comically sharp indictment of the Establishment urge to conform. Playing crazy to avoid prison work detail, manic free spirit Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) is sent to the Read More

Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze

Actors: Ron Ely, Paul Gleason, Bill [William] Lucking, Michael Miller, Eldon Quick

Synopsis: George Pal's final film is a kiddie action saga based on the popular comic strip and action book series by Kenneth Robeson. Ron Ely is all flash and charmless brawn as the blonde-haired superhero Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze. When his father is mysteriously murdered, Savage gathers together five Read More