241. Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Stephen Chiodo
Actors: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, John Vernon, Michael Siegel, Christopher Titus
Plot: Evil aliens who happen to look a lot like clowns arrive in a small town and begin to harvest the population. A small group figures out the plan but can't convince anyone in power to do anything, so armed with an ice cream truck, they plan their own mission.
242. Watchers
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jon Hess
Actors: Michael Ironside, Corey Haim, Duncan Fraser, Dale Wilson, Barbara Williams, Colleen Winton
243. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Signorelli
Actors: Cassandra Peterson, William Morgan Sheppard, Daniel Greene, Susan Kellermann, Edie McClurg, Jeff Conaway
Plot: When her great-aunt dies, famed horror hostess Elvira heads for the
uptight New England town of Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted
house. But once the stuffy locals get an eyeful of the scream queen's
ample assets, all hell breaks loose.
244. The Lair of the White Worm
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi, Sammi Davis, Stratford Johns
Plot: A Scottish archaeologist, Angus Flint, uncovers a strange skull at the site of an old convent. Later, at a village party, he is introduced to Lord James D'Ampton, who has just inherited a plot of land. He learns of an old legend about the D'Ampton Worm, a huge dragon-snake that was purported to be killed by D'Ampton's ancestors when he cut it in half. Over the next several days, disappearances and murders, along with the theft of the skull, leads Flint to believe the legend might not only be true - but that the creature may yet live.
245. Switching Channels
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Actors: Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson, George Newbern
246. Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles A. Nichols, Ray Patterson
Actors: Casey Kasem, Don Messick, Ruta Lee, Zale Kessler, Glynis Johns, Hamilton Camp
247. Star Slammer
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fred Olen Ray
Actors: Sandy Brooke, Susan Stokey, Ross Hagen, Marya Gant, Aldo Ray, Richard Hench
248. Promised Land ( Ziemia obiecana )
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Actors: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn, Anna Nehrebecka, Tadeusz Bialoszczynski, Bozena Dykiel
249. The House on Carroll Street
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Yates
Actors: Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin, Jessica Tandy, Jonathan Hogan, Remak Ramsay
250. homme au chapeau de soie, L'
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Maud Linder
Actors: Max Linder, Maud Linder, Sarah Bernhardt, Benoit Constant Coquelin
