Cry in the Dark, A ( Evil Angels )
Theatrical Release Date: 11/11/1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Fred Schepisi
Actors: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, David Hoflin, Peter Hosking, Ian Gilmour, Kate Gorman
Distant Thunder
Theatrical Release Date: 11/11/1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Actors: Ralph Macchio, John Lithgow, Kerrie Keane, Reb Brown, Janet Margolin, Tom Bower
Ernest Saves Christmas
Theatrical Release Date: 11/11/1988
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John R. Cherry III
Actors: Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Oliver Clark, Noelle Parker, Gailard Sartain, Billie Bird
Plot: When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new St. Nick a perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kids-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas.
Far North
Theatrical Release Date: 11/11/1988
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sam Shepard
Actors: Jessica Lange, Charles Durning, Tess Harper, Donald Moffat, Ann Wedgeworth, Patricia Arquette
Ghost Town
Theatrical Release Date: 11/11/1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Governor
Actors: Franc Luz, Catherine Hickland, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Penelope Windust, Bruce Glover, Zitto Kazann
Iron Eagle II
Theatrical Release Date: 11/11/1988
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Actors: Louis Gossett Jr., Mark Humphrey, Stuart Margolin, Alan Scarfe, Colm Feore, Sharon Brandon
Spike of Bensonhurst
Theatrical Release Date: 11/11/1988
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Morrissey
Actors: Sasha Mitchell, Ernest Borgnine, Anne DeSalvo, Geraldine Smith, Rick Aviles, Maria Pitillo
Split Decisions
Theatrical Release Date: 11/11/1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Drury
Actors: Craig Sheffer, Jeff Fahey, Gene Hackman, Jennifer Beals, Eddie Velez, John McLiam
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ( Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios )
Theatrical Release Date: 11/11/1988
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Actors: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, María Barranco, Rossy de Palma, Kiti Manver
Plot: When a woman's lover leaver her, she decides to track him down to find out why. His family has no idea and her girlfriend is too busy being worried about the police coming after her for her boyfriend's crimes. Seeking advice, they find a female lawyer - who just so happens to be the ex-lover's new flame - and then things get really complicated.
Dial: Help ( Minaccia d'amore )
Theatrical Release Date: 11/10/1988
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Actors: Charlotte Lewis, Marcello Modugno, Mattia Sbragia, Carola Stagnaro, William Berger, Victor Cavallo
Child's Play
Theatrical Release Date: 11/09/1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tom Holland
Actors: Catherine Hicks, Brad Dourif, Chris Sarandon, Tommy Swerdlow, Dinah Manoff, Alex Vincent
Plot: Charles Lee Ray, a serial killer on the run, is shot and dying when he
performs a voodoo ritual to transfer his soul to a children's doll. This
doll is then given to a small boy who fights for his life as the doll
returns to Charles Lee Ray's killing ways.
