The Blob
Theatrical Release Date: 08/05/1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chuck Russell
Actors: Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan Leitch, Jeffrey DeMunn, Candy Clark, Joe Seneca
Plot: A deadly creature eats anything in its path - growing all the while. A
group of local teens try to warn the town, but aren't taken seriously
until it's too late.
The Rescue
Theatrical Release Date: 08/05/1988
Overall Rating: 1.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
Actors: Edward Albert, Ellen Barber, Timothy Carhart, James Cromwell, Anne E. Curry, Kevin Dillon
Plot: A team of Navy Seals is sent to destroy a disabled submarine. They are captured before they can return home. The U.S. refuses to go look for them, so their children find a way to get the job done.
Vibes
Theatrical Release Date: 08/05/1988
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ken Kwapis
Actors: Cyndi Lauper, Jeff Goldblum, Julian Sands, Peter Falk, Michael Lerner, Googy Gress
Alice ( Neco z Alenky )
Theatrical Release Date: 08/03/1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Animation/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Actors: Kristýna Kohoutová, Camilla Power
Plot: Jan Svankmajer's surreal version of Alice in Wonderland which mixes a live action girl in a world of stop-motion creations. Don't you dare call this version a fairy tale.
Tin Toy
Theatrical Release Date: 08/02/1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Lasseter
Plot: 1988 Academy Award winner for Best Animated Short about Tinny, a tin-toy trying to escape from Billy the baby.
Pascali's Island
Theatrical Release Date: 08/01/1988
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Dearden
Actors: Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance, Kevork Malikyan, George Murcell, Helen Mirren, Stefan Gryff
Saturday the 14th Strikes Back
Theatrical Release Date: 08/01/1988
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Howard R. Cohen
Actors: Ray Walston, Avery Schreiber, Patty McCormack, Jason Presson, Julianne McNamara, Rhonda Aldrich
Plot: When Eddie Baxter and his family move into an old house, things get really strange. Gramps says he's been talking to his good friend Leonard, who happens to be dead, and Eddie wakes up in the middle of the night to find his Dad sculpting the Statue of Liberty out of chocolate pudding. When Eddie investigates, he learns much more than he expected.
Starlight Hotel
Theatrical Release Date: 08/01/1988
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sam Pillsbury
Actors: Greer Robson, Bruce Phillips, Alice Fraser, Patrick Smyth, Marshall Napier, Peter Phelps
