181. Comic Book Confidential
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ron Mann
Actors: Frank Miller, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Robert Crumb, William M. Gaines, Jack Kirby
Plot: For those who consider comics for kids, this documentary takes a serious look into the artistic merit of the comic book medium, including interviews with the many talented authors and artists behind these tales.
182. A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Actors: Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Beatrice Boepple, Erika Anderson, Valorie Armstrong, Danny Hassel
Plot: Alice, who survived Freddy in the past, is pregnant but is finding that
Freddy has different plans for her unborn baby.
183. Parents
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bob Balaban
Actors: Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, Bryan Madorsky, Juno Mills Cockell, Kathryn Grody
Plot: A boy learns that his 1950/1960's, straight-laced parents are cannibals.
184. Babar: The Movie
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Alan Bunce
Actors: Gordon Pinsent, Elizabeth Hanna, Lisa Yamanaka, Bobby Becken, Sarah Polley, Marsha Moreau
185. Beverly Hills Vamp
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fred Olen Ray
Actors: Britt Ekland, Eddie Deezen, Tim Conway Jr., Tom Shell, Michelle Bauer, Jillian Kesner
186. Cookie
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Susan Seidelman
Actors: Peter Falk, Dianne Wiest, Emily Lloyd, Michael V. Gazzo, Adrian Pasdar, Jerry Lewis
187. Meet the Feebles
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Donna Akersten, Stuart Devenie, Mark Hadlow, Ross Jolly, Brian Sergent, Peter Vere-Jones
Plot: A group of puppets inhabiting a Muppets-type show must deal with real life including cheating lovers, drug addiction, disease, crime and murder.
188. We're No Angels
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Neil Jordan
Actors: Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Demi Moore, Hoyt Axton, Bruno Kirby, James Russo
Plot: Two bogus priests are really escaped convicts who haven't got a prayer of
sidestepping a police blockade and making it across the U.S.-Canadian
border, unless they manage to successfully pass themselves off as
clergymen.
189. Shocker
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Michael Murphy, Peter Berg, Mitch Pileggi, Sam Scarber, Ted Raimi, Camille Cooper
Plot: A high school athlete develops a strange connection to a serial killer
through his dreams. His father is a homicide detective who has been
working on capturing the serial killer plaguing the town. One night, he
has dreams that his family is murdered by the serial killer. He
identities the killer -- a television repairman named Horace Pinker.
Using his dream as evidence, Pinker is sentenced to death in the
electric chair. Before his execution, Pinker makes a pact with the devil
so when he is electrocuted, the electricity from the chair will give his
spirit powers of evil. Causing his spirit to travel in and out of
people's bodies prompting the host to commit murder.
190. Sing
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Richard Baskin
Actors: Lorraine Bracco, Peter Dobson, Jessica Steen, Louise Lasser, George DiCenzo, Patti LaBelle
