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INDEX OF ALL TITLES P-R The Ratings: —Terrible —Disappointingly Poor —Mediocre —Fair But Not Great —Very Good —A Masterpiece Title Director/Year Theme Rating Stars P P2 Franck Khalfoun 2007 Imprisonment Psycho-Thriller Rachel Nichols, Wes Bentley Pacific Heights John Schlesinger 1990 Psycho Tenant Matthew Modine, Michael Keaton, Melanie Griffith The Pacifier Adam Shankman 2005 Action Hero Becomes Babysitter Comedy Vin Diesel, Brittany Snow The Pack Robert Clouse 1977 Killer Dogs Joe Don Baker, Richard B. Shull A Page of Madness Teinosuke Kinugasa 1926 Madness/Surrealism ½   The Pagemaster Maurice Hunt, Joe Johnston 1994 Adventures in the Land of Fiction ½  Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd Pale Blood V.V. Dachin Hsu 1990 Vampire George Chakiris, Wings Hauser Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Albert Lewin 1951 Immortally Cursed Sea Captain/Romantic Fantasy ½ Ava Gardner, James Mason Pandorum Christian Alvart 2009 Space Mission Gone Wrong Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster Panic in Year Zero! Ray Milland 1962 Nuclear War/Ruthless Survivalism Ray Milland, Frankie Avalon Pan’s Labyrinth Guillermo Del Toro 2006 Girl Discovers Magical Realm Sergi Lopez, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones Paparazzi Paul Abascal 2004 Celebrity Eliminates Paparazzi ½ Cole Hauser, Tom Sizemore Paperhouse Bernard Rose 1989 Girl Builds a House in Dreams ½ Charlotte Burke, Ben Cross Paprika Satoshi Kon 2006 Anime/Dream Therapy Device ½ [Animation] Paranoia (Adam Simon, 1989). Refer to Brain Dead. Paranoid John Duigan 2000 Imprisonment Psycho-Thriller Jessica Alba, Iain Glen Paranormal Activity Oren Peli 2007 Haunting Mockumentary ½ Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat Paranormal Activity 2 Tod Williams 2010 Haunting Mockumentary Katie Featherston, Sprague Grayden Paranormal Activity 3 Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman 2011 Haunting Mockumentary Christopher Nicholas Smith, Lauren Bittner Parasite Charles Band 1982 Chestbursting Nasty ½ Robert Glaudini, Demi Moore The Parasite Murders (David Cronenberg, 1975). Refer to Shivers. Parents Bob Balaban 1989 Paranoia Comedy/Boy Thinks His Parents Are Cannibals Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt Parsifal Hans Jürgen Syberberg 1982 Wagner Opera/Arthurian Legends   Party Line William Webb 1988 Phone Chatline Psycho-Thriller Richard Hatch, Leif Garrett, Richard Roundtree A Pass from the Back Gil Mehmert 2004 Toy Footballer Comes to Life ½   The Passion of Ayn Rand Christopher Menaul 1999 SF Writer-Philosopher Biopic Helen Mirren, Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy Passion of Mind Alain Berliner 2000 Woman’s Double Life in Dreams Demi Moore, Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgård The Passion of the Christ Mel Gibson 2004 Christian Torture Film Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci Passionate Revenge Nicholas Medina 1996 Female Stalker/Erotica ½ Shauna O’Brien, Paul Michael Robinson Passport to Pimlico Henry Cornelius 1949 London Suburb Becomes a Foreign Country Comedy Stanley Holloway, Hermione Baddeley Past Perfect Jonathan Heap 1996 Assassins from the Future/Action Eric Roberts, Nick Mancuso Patlabor: The Mobile Police Mamoru Oshii 1989 Anime/Police Amok-Robot Squad ½ [Animation] Patrick Richard Franklin 1978 Psychic Coma Patient Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann The Patriot Dean Semler 1998 Action Film/Biowarfare Outbreak Steven Seagal, Camilla Belle Paul Greg Mottola 2011 Science-Fiction Fans Encounter an Alien Comedy Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig Paws Karl Zwicky 1997 Talking Dog Billy Connolly, Nathan Cavaleri Paycheck John Woo 2003 Precognition/Action Film Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart Peacemaker Kevin S. Tenney 1990 Alien Cop and Criminal Fight on Earth Robert Forster, Hilary Shepard The Peanut Butter Solution Michael Rubbo 1985 Gonzo Children’s Film   Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure Tim Burton 1985 Overgrown Adolescent’s Kitsch Adventures Pee-Wee Herman Peggy Sue Got Married Francis Coppola 1986 Time Travel/Housewife Revisists Her Youth Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage The People That Time Forgot Kevin Connor 1977 Prehistoric Lost World ½ Patrick Wayne, Sarah Douglas, Doug McClure The People Under the Stairs Wes Craven 1991 Children Imprisoned in the Basement Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, Ving Rhames The People vs. George Lucas Alexandre O. Philippe 2011 Stars Wars Fandom Documentary [Documentary] Percy Ralph Thomas 1971 Penis Transplant Comedy Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Britt Ekland Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief Chris Columbus 2010 Greek Gods in the Present Day Logan Lerman, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean Percy’s Progress Ralph Thomas 1974 Last Fertile Man on Earth Comedy ½ Leigh Lawson, Denholm Elliott, Vincent Price Perdita Durango Alex de la Iglesia 1997 Outlaw Lovers/Santeria Sorceror Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem Perfect Blue Satoshi Kon 1998 Anime/Psycho-Thriller [Animation] Perfect Creature Glenn Standring 2006 Alternate World of Vampires Dougary Scott, Saffron Burrows A Perfect Getaway David Twohy 2009 Tourist Psycho-Thriller Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich The Perfect Nanny Rob Malenfant 2000 Psycho Babysitter Tracy Nelson, Bruce Boxleitner Perfect Strangers Gaylene Preston 2003 Abduction Thriller/Ambiguous Ghost Rachael Blake, Sam Neill The Perfect Tenant Doug Campbell 2000 Psycho-Thriller ½ Maxwell Caulfield, Linda Purl The Perfect Wife Don E. Fauntleroy 2001 Psycho-Thriller ½ Shannon Sturges, Perry King Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Tom Tykwer 2006 Killer with a Hyper-Acute Sense of Smell Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Hurd-Wood The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of Yik-Yak (Just Jaeckin, 1984). Refer to Gwendoline. The Perils of Pauline Herbert B. Leonard, Joshua Shelley 1967 Heroine’s Campy Adventures Pamela Austin, Pat Boone, Terry-Thomas Persecution Don Chaffey 1974 Psycho-Thriller Lana Turner, Ralph Bates Personal Column Douglas Sirk 1947 Psycho-Thriller Lucille Ball, George Sanders Pet Semetary Mary Lambert 1989 Resurrection of the Dead/Stephen King Adaptation ½ Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby Pet Semetary II Mary Lambert 1992 Resurrection of the Dead Edward Furlong, Clancy Brown, Anthony Edwards Pet Shop Hope Perello 1995 Shape-Changing Alien Pets Terry Kiser, Leigh Ann Orsi Peter Pan Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske 1953 Disney Animation/Children’s Adventures in a Magic Land [Animation] Peter Pan P.J. Hogan 2003 Children’s Adventures in a Magic Land Rachel Hurd-Wood, Jason Isaacs Peter Rabbit and Tales of Beatrix Potter (Reginald Mills, 1971). Refer to Tales of Beatrix Potter. Pete’s Dragon Don Chaffey 1977 Boy and Invisible Dragon/Disney Film Helen Reddy, Mickey Rooney, Shelley Winters Phantasm Don Coscarelli 1979 Dream Horrors/Other-Dimensional Grave Robbers Mike Pearson, Angus Scrimm Phantasm II Don Coscarelli 1988 Dream Horrors/Other-Dimensional Grave Robbers ½ James Le Gros, Angus Scrimm Phantasm III Don Coscarelli 1994 Dream Horrors/Other-Dimensional Grave Robbers ½ Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm Phantasm: Lord of the Dead (Don Coscarelli, 1994). Refer to Phantasm III. The Phantom Simon Wincer 1996 Comic-Book Superhero Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Catherine Zeta-Jones The Phantom Paolo Barzman 2009 Comic-Book Superhero ½ Ryan Carnes, Sandrine Holt, Isabella Rossellini The Phantom Empire Otto Brower, Breezy Eason 1935 Serial/Lost Underground City Gene Autry, Frankie Darro The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues Dan Milner 1955 Atomic Sea Monster Kent Taylor The Phantom of the Megaplex Blair Treu 2000 Phantom in the Multiplex/Kid’s Caper Movie Taylor Handley, Mickey Rooney The Phantom of the Opera Rupert Julian 1925 Disfigured Madman Beneath the Opera House ½ Lon Chaney Sr, Mary Philbin The Phantom of the Opera Terence Fisher 1962 Disfigured Madman Beneath the Opera House/Hammer Film Herbert Lom, Michael Gough Phantom of the Opera Robert Markowitz 1983 Disfigured Madman Beneath the Opera House ½ Maximilian Schell, Jane Seymour The Phantom of the Opera Dwight H. Little 1989 Disfigured Madman Beneath the Opera House/Time Travel Robert Englund, Jill Schoelen The Phantom of the Opera Dario Argento 1998 Madman Beneath the Opera House Asia Argento, Julian Sands The Phantom of the Opera Joel Schumacher 2004 Disfigured Madman Beneath the Opera House/Musical Adaptation Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson The Phantom of the Paradise Brian De Palma 1974 Phantom of the Opera Rock Musical Parody William Finley, Paul Williams The Phantom of the Rue Morgue Roy Del Ruth 1954 Trained Killer Ape Karl Malden, Steve Forrest The Phantom Planet William Marshall 1961 Miniature Planet Dean Fredericks, Francis X. Bushman The Phantom Tollbooth Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow 1970 Journey into Absurdist Realm/Animation Butch Patrick Phantom Town Jeff Burr 1998 Haunted Western Town Jim Metzler, Belinda Montgomery Phantoms (Charles Band, 1990). Refer to Meridian. Phantoms Joe Chappelle 1998 Evil Force Takes Over a Small Town/Dean R. Koontz Adaptation Ben Affleck, Peter O’Toole, Rose McGowan Phenomena Dario Argento 1985 Italian Psycho-Thriller/Insect Telepathy ½ Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence Phenomenon Jon Turteltaub 1996 Man Gains Expanded Mental Powers John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker The Philadelphia Experiment Stewart Raffill 1984 Time Travel Michael Paré, Nancy Allen Philadelphia Experiment II Stephen Cornwell 1993 Alternate History/Nazis Rule ½ Brad Johnson, Gerrit Graham Phone Byeong-ki Ahn 2002 Korean Ghost Story/Haunted Phone Calls   Phone Booth Joel Schumacher 2002 Man Trapped in a Phone Booth by a Psycho Sniper ½ Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker Photographing Fairies Nick Willing 1997 Fairies and Altered Perception Toby Stephens, Ben Kingsley Pi Darren Aronofsky 1998 Reality-Bending Mathematics Sean Gullette, Ben Shenkman The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes Quay Brothers 2005 Surrealism Cesar Sarachu, Gottfried John, Assumpta Serna The Picnic at Hanging Rock Peter Weir 1975 Unexplained Disappearance Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, John Jarrett The Picture of Dorian Gray Albert Lewin 1945 Eternally Youthful Libertine Hurd Hatfield, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury Pieces J. Piquer Simon 1983 Slasher Film ½ Christopher George, Linda Day, Paul Smith Pink Floyd – The Wall Alan Parker 1982 Descent into Madness/Rock Musical Bob Geldof The Pink Panther Strikes Again Blake Edwards 1976 Bumbling Police Inspector Comedy ½ Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down Pinocchio Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen 1940 Disney Animation/Living Puppet Boy [Animation] Pippi Goes on Board Olle Hellbom 1970 Anarchic Girl Inger Nilsson Pippi in the South Seas Olle Hellbom 1970 Anarchic Girl Inger Nilsson Pippi Longstocking Olle Hellbom 1969 Anarchic Girl Inger Nilsson Pippi Longstocking Clive Smith 1997 Anarchic Girl/Animation [Animation] Pippi on the Run Olle Hellbom 1973 Anarchic Girl ½ Inger Nilsson Piranha Joe Dante 1978 Killer Fish Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy Piranha Scott Levy 1995 Killer Fish William Katt, Alexandra Paul Piranha Alexandre Aja 2010 Killer Fish Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O’Connell Piranha II: Flying Killers James Cameron 1981 Killer Fish Tricia O’Neil, Lance Henriksen Piranha 3D (Alexandre Aja, 2010). Refer to Piranha. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Gore Verbinski 2007 Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest Gore Verbinski 2006 Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler ½ Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Rob Marshall 2011 Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Gore Verbinski 2003 Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler ½ Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom Pit and the Pendulum Roger Corman 1961 Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation Vincent Price, Barbara Steele The Pit and the Pendulum Stuart Gordon 1991 Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation/Inquisition Horrors Lance Henriksen, Rona De Ricci Pitch Black David Twohy 2000 Planetary Survival Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell Plague Ed Hunt 1978 Plague Outbreak ½ Daniel Pilon, Kate Reid The Plague Luis Puenzo 1992 Plague Outbreak William Hurt, Robert Duvall, Raul Julia The Plague Hal Masonberg 2006 Zombified Children James Van Der Beek, Ivana Milicevic The Plague Dogs Martin Rosen 1982 Animation/Talking Escaped Lab Animals Voices: John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin The Plague of the Zombies John Gilling 1966 Hammer Zombie Film Andre Morell, Jacqueline Pearce Plan 9 from Outer Space Edward D. Wood Jr 1959 Alien Invasion/Classic Bad Movie Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Vampira Planet 51 Jorge Blanco 2009 Animation/Human Astronaut Seen as an Alien Invader ½ Voices: Dwayne Johnson, Justin Long Planet Earth Marc Daniels 1974 Post-Holocaust Women Rule Society John Saxon, Diana Muldaur Planet of Blood (Curtis Harrington, 1966). Refer to Queen of Blood. Planet of the Apes Franklin Schaffner 1968 Planet of Talking Apes Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter Planet of the Apes Tim Burton 2001 Planet of Talking Apes ½  Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth Planet of the Vampires Mario Bava 1965 Mysterious Planet/Alien Possessed Dead Barry Sullivan, Angel Aranda Planet Terror Robert Rodriguez 2007 Zombie Film Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin Play It Again Sam Herbert Ross 1972 Romantic Advice from Humphrey Bogart’s Ghost Comedy Woody Allen, Diane Keaton Play Misty for Me Clint Eastwood 1971 Female Stalker Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter Pleasantville Gary Ross 1998 Trapped Inside a 1950s TV Show ½ Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy Pleasurecraft Franklin Vallette 1999 Space Opera/Erotica Juan Carlos, Amber Newman The Pledge Sean Penn 2001 Psycho-Thriller ½ Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright Penn The Plumber Peter Weir 1978 Sinister Handyman Judy Morris, Ivor Kants Pluto Nash (Ron Underwood, 2002). Refer to The Adventures of Pluto Nash. Pocahontas Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg 1995 Disney Animation/First Meeting Between English & American Indians Voices: Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World Tom Ellery, Bradley Raymond 1998 Disney Animation/Pocahontas Goes to England Voices: Irene Bedard, Billy Zane Pokemon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back Kunihiko Yuyama 1998 Animation/Cute Creatures [Animation] Pokemon the Movie 2000 (Kunihiko Yuyama, 1999). Refer to Pokemon: The Power of One. Pokemon: The Power of One Kunihiko Yuyama 1999 Animation/Cute Creatures ½ [Animation] The Polar Express Robert Zemeckis 2004 Animation/Train Journey to the North Pole Tom Hanks Poltergeist Tobe Hooper 1982 Haunting ½ JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson Poltergeist II: The Other Side Brian Gibson 1986 Haunting JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson Poltergeist III Gary Sherman 1988 Haunting Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Lara Flynn Boyle Pom Poko Isao Takahata 1994 Anime/Raccoons Declare War on Humanity [Animation] Pontypool Bruce McDonald 2008 Zombie Film/Deadly Contagion in the English Language Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle, Georgina Reilly Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea Hayao Miyazaki 2008 Anime/Fish Girl Becomes Human [Animation] Pootie Tang in “Sine Your Pitty on the Runy Kine” Louis C.K. 2001 Funky Incomprehensible Superhero Lance Crouther, Chris Rock Pop Skull Adam Wingard 2007 Drug Hallucinations and Madness ½   Popcorn Mark Herrier 1991 Movie Theatre Slasher/Genre Homages ½ Jill Schoelen, Dee Wallace Stone Popeye Robert Altman 1980 Gonzo Comic-Strip Character ½ Robin Williams, Shelley Duval Population / 436 Michelle MacLaren 2006 Sinister Small Town Jeremy Sisto, Charlotte Sullivan Porco Rosso Hayao Miyazaki 1992 Anime/Talking Pig Aviator [Animation] Portal Geoffrey Schaaf 2009 Motel in a Mysterious Timeloop   Portrait of Jennie William Dieterle 1948 Supernatural Romance Joseph Cotten, Jennifer Jones The Possessed(Lucio Fulci, 1982). Refer to Manhattan Baby. Possessed Anders Rønnow-Klarlund 1999 Plague/Possession by the Devil ½ Ole Lemmeke, Udo Kier Possessed Steven E. de Souza 2000 The “True Story” That Inspired The Exorcist ½ Timothy Dalton, Christopher Plummer Possessed By the Night Fred Olen Ray 1993 Mind-Controlling Creature Shannon Tweed, Sandahl Bergman Possession Andrzej Zulawski 1981 Marriage Breakdown/Surrealism/Monsters Isabelle Adjani, Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill The Possession of Joel Delaney Waris Hussein 1972 Possession ½ Shirley MacLaine, Perry King Possible Loves Sandra Werneck 2001 Alternate Life Pathways   Postal Uwe Boll 2007 Videogame Adaptation/Bad Taste Satire Zack Ward, Dave Foley The Postman Kevin Costner 1997 Post-Holocaust Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Olivia Williams Posthumous Memoirs Andre Klotzel 2001 Dead Man Narrates His Life Story   Postmortem Albert Pyun 1997 Serial Killer Thriller Charlie Sheen, Ivana Milicevic Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead Lloyd Kaufman 2006 Zombie Chicken Mutations/Bad Taste Splatter/Troma Film   Powder Victor Salva 1995 Psychically Gifted Alienated Teenager Sean Patrick Flanery, Lance Henriksen The Power Byron Haskin 1967 Psychic Supermind George Hamilton, Suzanne Pleshette, Michael Rennie Power Rangers: The Movie Bryan Spicer 1995 Teen Power-Suit Superheroes ½ Paul Freeman, Amy Jo Johnson, Jason Frank Practical Magic Griffin Dunne 1998 Modern Witches Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman The Preacher’s Wife Penny Marshall 1996 Angelic Visitation ½ Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston Precious Find Philippe Mora 1996 Gold Prospectors in Outer Space Rutger Hauer, Brion James, Joan Chen Predator John McTiernan 1987 Action/Humans Hunted by Alien Sportsman ½ Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers Predators Nimrod Antal 2010 Action/Humans Hunted by Alien Sportsmen Adrien Brody, Alice Braga, Topher Grace Prehysteria! Albert & Charles Band 1994 Baby Dinosaurs Brett Cullen, Austin O’Brien Prehysteria! 2 Albert Band 1994 Baby Dinosaurs   Prehysteria! 3 Julian Breen 1995 Baby Dinosaurs Whitney Anderson, Bruce Weitz Prelude to a Kiss Norman Rene 1992 Bodyswap Alec Baldwin, Meg Ryan Premature Burial Roger Corman 1962 Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation ½ Ray Milland, Hazel Court Premonition Mennan Yapo 2007 Clairvoyant Visions Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon The President’s Analyst Theodore J. Flicker 1967 Spy Comedy/Political Satire James Coburn, Godfrey Cambridge The Prestige Christopher Nolan 2006 Rival Victorian Stage Magicians Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale Prettykill George Kaczendar 1987 Psycho-Thriller David Birney, Season Hubley, Susannah York Prey Andrew McBain 2004 Australian Monster Movie ½   The Price of Milk Harry Sinclair 2000 Kiwi Magical Realism Danielle Cormack, Karl Urban Priest Scott Stewart 2011 Future World of Vampires/Vampire Hunter Clerics Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q Primer Shane Carruth 2003 Mysterious Scientific Experiment/Time Travel Shane Carruth, David Sullivan Primeval Michael Katelman 2007 Giant Killer Crocodile Dominic Purcell, Brooke Langton, Orlando Jones Prince Charming Allan Arkush 2000 Fairytale Prince in the Modern Day Sean Maguire, Martin Short, Christina Applegate Prince of Darkness John Carpenter 1987 The Devil and Quantum Physics Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker The Prince of Egypt Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells 1998 Animation/The Biblical Exodus Voices: Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Mike Newell 2010 Videogame Adaptation/Arabian Nights Adventure Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton Prince of Space E. Wakabayashi 1959 Japanese Space Opera   Prince Valiant Anthony Hickox 1997 Sword and Sorcery/Comic-Strip Adaptation Stephen Moyer, Katherine Heigl, Joanna Lumley Princes and Princesses Michel Ocelot 1999 Animated Fairytale Anthology [Animation] Princess Anders Morgenthaler 2006 Animation/Anti-Porn Vigilante [Animation] The Princess and the Cobbler (Richard Williams, 1994). Refer to The Thief and the Cobbler. The Princess and the Frog Ron Clements, John Musker 2009 Disney Animation/Animal Transformation ½ Voices: Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos The Princess and the Goblin Jozsef Gemes 1992 Animation/Fairytale Voices: Rik Mayall, Joss Ackland The Princess Bride Rob Reiner 1987 Fairytale Romance/Swashbuckler Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon Princess Mononoke Hayao Miyazaki 1997 Anime/Epic Fantasy [Animation] Princess of Mars Mark Atkins 2009 Planetary Adventure Antonio Sabato Jr, Traci Lords Princess of the Sun Philippe Leclerc 2007 Ancient Egypt Adventure/Animation ½ [Animation] Prison Renny Harlin 1988 Haunted Prison ½ Viggo Mortensen, Lane Smith Prisoner of the Cannibal God (Sergio Martino, 1978). Refer to Slave of the Cannibal God. Prisonship (Fred Olen Ray, 1986). Refer to The Adventures of Taura: Prison Ship Star Slammer. The Prize of Peril Yves Boisset 1983 Future Human Hunting TV Gameshow Gerard Lanvin, Michel Piccoli Project: ALF Dick Lowry 1996 Annoying Alien Vistor Comedy Jensen Daggett, Miguel Ferrer, Martin Sheen Project Moon Base Richard Talmadge 1953 Expedition to the Moon Ross Ford, Donna Martell Project: Shadowchaser John Eyres 1992 Android Terrorist Martin Kove, Meg Foster, Frank Zagarino Project Shadowchaser II John Eyres 1994 Android Terrorist ½ Bryan Genesse, Frank Zagarino Project Shadowchaser III John Eyres 1995 Shapechanging Killer Android ½ Sam Bottoms, Christopher Neame, Frank Zagarino Project X William Castle 1968 Future Mental Probing/Reality Simulations Christopher George, Monte Markham Project X Jonathan Kaplan 1987 Save the Chimpanzees Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt Prom Night Paul Lynch 1980 Slasher Film ½ Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen Prom Night Nelson McCormick 2008 Slasher Film Brittany Snow, Johnathon Schaech Prom Night III: The Last Kiss Ron Oliver, Peter Simpson 1990 Haunting/Campy Horror Tim Conlon, Courtney Taylor Prophecy John Frankenheimer 1979 Mutant Bear Amok Robert Foxworth, Talia Shire, Armand Assante The Prophecy Gregory Widen 1995 War Between Angels Christopher Walken, Virginia Madsen, Viggo Mortensen The Prophecy II Greg Spence 1998 War Between Angels ½ Christopher Walken, Jennifer Beals The Prophecy 3: The Ascent Patrick Lussier 2000 War Between Angels Christopher Walken, Vincent Spano Prophet Ed Raymond [Fred Olen Ray] 1999 Action/Psychic Powers ½ Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson, Barbara Steele The Prophet’s Game David Worth 1999 Serial Killer Thriller ½ Dennis Hopper, Stephanie Zimbalist Prospero’s Books Peter Greenaway 1991 Shakespeare Adaptation John Gielgud, Isabelle Pasco Proteus Bob Keen 1995 Shape-Shifting Monster Craig Fairbrass, Doug Bradley Prototype (Phillip Roth, 1992). Refer to Prototype X29A. Prototype X29A Phillip Roth 1992 Post-Holocaust Cyborg Wars Lane Lenhart, Brenda Swenson Providence Alain Resnais 1977 Meta-Fiction John Gielgud, Dirk Bogarde, David Warner Proxima Carlos Atanes 2007 Science-Fiction Fan Makes Alien Contact ½   Psyched by the 4D Witch (A Tale of Demonology) Victor Luminera 1972 Sex and Witchcraft   Psycho Alfred Hitchcock 1960 Psycho-Thriller Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh Psycho Gus Van Sant 1998 Psycho Remake Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, William H. Macy Psycho II Richard Franklin 1983 Psycho Sequel Anthony Perkins, Meg Tilly Psycho III Anthony Perkins 1986 Psycho Sequel Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey Psycho Beach Party Robert Lee King 2000 Genre Parody Lauren Ambrose, Thomas Gibson Psycho-a-Go-Go (Al Adamson, 1972). Refer to Blood of Ghastly Horror. Psychomania Richard Hilliard 1963 Psycho-Thriller Lee Philips, James Farentino, Dick Van Patten Pterodactyl Mark L. Lester 2005 Dinosaurs Amok ½ Cameron Daddo, Coolio Puffball Nicolas Roeg 2007 Witchcraft and Pregnancy Kelly Reilly, Miranda Richardson Pufnstuf Hollingsworth Morse 1970 Gonzo Children’s Film/Magical Island Jack Wild, Billy Hayes Pulse Paul Golding 1988 Malevolent Electrical Appliances Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart Pulse Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2001 Japanese Ghost Story   Pulse Jim Sonzero 2006 Soul-Sucking Creatures from the Internet Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder Pumpkinhead Stan Winston 1988 Demon Unleashed Lance Henriksen, Jeff East The Punisher Mark Goldblatt 1990 Comic-Book Vigilante ½ Dolph Lundgren, Jeroen Krabbe, Louis Gossett Jr The Punisher Jonathan Hensleigh 2004 Comic-Book Vigilante Thomas Jane, John Travolta Punisher: War Zone Lexi Alexander 2008 Comic-Book Vigilante Ray Stevenson, Dominic West Punishment Park Peter Watkins 1971 Dystopian Future Survival Run Carmen Argenziano Puppet Master II David Allen 1990 Malevolent Dolls Elizabeth MacLellan, Charlie Spradling The Puppet Masters Stuart Orme 1994 Alien Body Snatchers ½ Eric Thal, Donald Sutherland Puppetmaster David Schmoeller 1989 Malevolent Dolls Paul Le Mat, Robin Frates, Irene Miracle Puppetmaster III: Toulon’s Revenge David DeCoteau 1991 Puppetmaster & Toys vs Nazis Guy Rolfe, Richard Lynch A Pure Formality Giuseppe Tornatore 1994 Police Interrogation/Deathdream ½ Gerard Depardieu, Roman Polanski Purple People Eater Linda Shayne 1988 Cute Musical Alien Neil Patrick Harris, Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters The Purple Rose of Cairo Woody Allen 1985 Character Steps Out of a Film Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels Push Paul McGuigan 2009 Psychic Powers ½ Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle Puss in Boots Eugene Marner 1987 Fairy-Tale Christopher Walken, Jason Connery Puss in Boots Phil Nibbelink 1999 Animation/Fairytale Voices: Michael York, Judge Reinhold Puss in Boots Chris Miller 2011 Animation/Talking Cat Adventurer ½ Voices: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek Puzzlehead James Bai 2005 Android Gains Self-Awareness Stephen Galaida, Robbie Shapiro The Pyramid of Fear (Barry Levinson, 1985). Refer to Young Sherlock Holmes. Pyrates Noah Stern 1991 Pyrokinesis Relationship Comedy Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick Pyrokinesis (Shusuke Kaneko, 2000). Refer to Cross Fire. Python Richard Clabaugh 2000 Giant Snake Amok ½ Robert Englund, Casper Van Dien Q Q Planes Tim Whelan 1939 British Air Hero Comedy-Thriller Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier Q – The Winged Serpent Larry Cohen 1982 Monster Movie David Carradine, Michael Moriarty Quarantine John Erick Dowdle 2008 Zombie Mockumentary ½ Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez Quatermass Piers Haggard 1979 Alien Megalithic Artefacts Reactivated John Mills, Simon MacCorkindale Quatermass and the Pit Roy Ward Baker 1967 Alien Artefact Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley The Quatermass Conclusion (Piers Haggard, 1979). Refer to Quatermass. The Quatermass Experiment Sam Miller 2005 Mutating Astronaut Jason Flemyng, Adrian Dunbar, David Tennant The Quatermass Xperiment Val Guest 1955 Mutating Astronaut Brian Donlevy, Richard Wordsworth Queen of Blood Curtis Harrington 1966 Alien Vampire Woman John Saxon, Florence Marly, Dennis Hopper Queen of Evil (Oliver Stone, 1974). Refer to Seizure. Queen of Outer Space Edward L. Bernds 1958 Planet of Women Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming Queen of the Damned Mark Rymer 2002 Vampires/Anne Rice Adaptation Stuart Townsend, Aaliyah The Quest (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1986). Refer to Frog Dreaming. Quest for Camelot Frederik Du Chau 1998 Animation/Arthurian Fantasy Voices: Jessalyn Gilsig, Cary Elwes, Gary Oldman Quest for Fire Jean-Jacques Annaud 1981 Prehistory/Caveman Adventure Everett McGill, Rae Dawn Chong, Ron Perlman The Quick and the Undead Gerald Nott 2006 Post-Holocaust Zombie Hunter ½ Clint Glenn Quicksilver Highway Mick Garris 1997 Horror Anthology Christopher Lloyd, Matt Frewer The Quiet Earth Geoff Murphy 1985 Last People on Earth ½ Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge Quills Philip Kaufman 2000 The Marquis de Sade Story Geoffrey Rush, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine, Kate Winslet Quintet Robert Altman 1979 Frozen Future/Enigmatic Game Paul Newman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson R Raat Ramgopal Varma 1992 Bollywood Possession Story Revathi, Om Puri Raaz Vikram Bhatt 2002 Bollywood Ghost Story Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea Rabid David Cronenberg 1977 Vampiric Skin Graft Marilyn Chambers Race Through Time Jeff Woolnough 2000 Time Travel William Devane, Rob Estes Race to Witch Mountain Andy Fickman 2009 Psi-Powered Alien Children/Disney Remake Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb Race with the Devil Jack Starrett 1975 Backroads Pursuit by Satanists Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit Racing Stripes Frederik Du Chau 2005 Racing Zebra/Talking Barnyard Animals Hayden Panettiere, Bruce Greenwood Radar Men from the Moon Fred C. Brannon 1952 Serial/Rocket Backpack Hero vs Alien Invaders George Wallace, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft Radio Flyer Richard Donner 1992 Childhood Abuse/Fantasy of Flight Elijah Wood, Lorraine Bracco Radio Free Steve Jules Beesley 2000 Gonzo Post Holocaust   Rage George C. Scott 1972 Toxic Spill/Military Cover-Up ½ George C. Scott, Martin Sheen The Rage: Carrie 2 Katt Shea 1999 Telekinetic Teen ½ Emily Bergl, Jason London, Amy Irving Ragewar: The Challenges of Excalibrate (Various Directors, 1984). Refer to The Dungeonmaster. Raggedy Man Jack Fisk 1981 WWII Smalltown Romance/Hick Psychos ½ Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts Raging Angels Alan Smithee 1994 Christian Spiritual War Sean Patrick Flanery, Michael Paré, Diane Ladd Raiders of the Lost Ark Steven Spielberg 1981 Archaeological Adventure ½ Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman Rainbow Bob Hoskins 1995 Journey Up a Rainbow/Children’s Film Bob Hoskins, Dan Aykroyd Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer Bernard DeVries, Kimio Yabuki 1985 Animation/Magic Horse Saves the Universe [Animation] Raising Cain Brian De Palma 1992 Split Personality Psycho-Thriller John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich Rampage William Friedkin 1987 Serial Killer Courtroom Thriller ½ Michael Biehn, Alex McArthur Rampo Noir Suguru Takeuchi, Akio Jissoji, Hisayasu Sato, Atsushi Kaneko 2005 Japanese Horror Anthology   Rango Gore Verbinski 2011 Animation/Talking Animal Western Homage Voices: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Ned Beatty, Alfred Molina The Rapture Michael Tolkin 1991 The Biblical End of the World Mimi Rogers, Will Patton, David Duchovny Rashomon Akira Kurosawa 1950 The Subjectivity of Perception Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo Rasputin The Mad Monk Don Sharp 1966 Hammer Historical Horror Film Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley Rat Steve Barron 2000 Man Transforms into a Rat ½ Imelda Staunton, Pete Postlethwaite Rat Pfink a Boo Boo Ray Dennis Steckler 1965 Masked Superheroes/Classic Bad Movie ½ Vin Saxon, Carolyn Brandt Ratatouille Brad Bird 2007 Pixar Animation/Talking Rat Chef ½ Voices: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Peter O’Toole Ratboy Sondra Locke 1986 Deformed Boy Fable Sondra Locke, Gerrit Graham Ravagers Richard Compton 1979 Post-Holocaust Richard Harris, Art Carney, Ernest Borgnine The Raven Louis Friedlander 1935 Demented Edgar Allan Poe Fan Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff The Raven Roger Corman 1963 War Between Magicians Comedy Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff Ravenous Antonia Bird 1999 Cannibalism ½ Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle Raw Meat (Gary Sherman, 1972). Refer to Death Line. Rawhead Rex George Pavlou 1987 Prehistoric Monster Revived David Dukes, Kelly Piper Razor Blade Smile Jake West 1998 Chic Modern Vampires Eileen Daly, Jonathan Coote Razorback Russell Mulcahy 1984 Killer Boar Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley Real Genius Martha Coolidge 1985 Hi-Tech University Hijinks Val Kilmer, William Atherton Real Men Dennis Feldman 1987 Gonzo Spy Film John Ritter, James Belushi Real Steel Shawn Levy 2011 Robot Boxing ½ Hugh Jackman, Dakoya Goto, Evangeline Lilly Re-Animator Stuart Gordon 1985 Resurrection/Splatter Black Comedy Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton Re-Animator 2 (Brian Yuzna, 1990). Refer to Bride of Re-Animator. Reaper John Bradshaw 1998 Psycho-Thriller Chris Sarandon, Catherine Mary Stewart The Reaping Stephen Hopkins 2007 Modern-Day Biblical Plagues ½ Hilary Swank, David Morrissey [Rec] Jaume Balaguero, Paco Plaza 2007 Zombie Mockumentary ½ Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Vicente Gil [Rec] 2 Jaume Balaguero, Paco Plaza 2009 Zombie Mockumentary ½ Jonathan Mellor, Manuela Velasco Reckless Kelly Yahoo Serious 1993 Gonzo Bank Robber Comedy Yahoo Serious, Hugo Weaving, Alexei Sayle Re-Cycle Pang Brothers 2006 Fantastical Dream World of Discarded Ideas Lee Sinje, Lawrence Chou Red Blooded American Girl David Blyth 1990 Medical Vampirism ½ Andrew Stevens, Heather Thomas Red Dawn John Milius 1984 Communist Invasion of the USA Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson Red Dragon Brett Ratner 2002 Hannibal Lecter Prequel ½  Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes Red Dragon: The Pursuit of Hannibal Lecter (Michael Mann, 1986). Refer to Manhunter. Red Lips (Jesus Franco, 1969). Refer to Sadisterotica. Red Planet Antony Hoffman 2000 Mission to Mars ½ Val Kilmer, Carrie-Ann Moss, Tom Sizemore Red Planet Mars Harry Horner 1952 Radio Messages from God on Mars Peter Graves, Andrea King Red Riding Hood Adam Brooks 1987 Fairy-Tale Craig T. Nelson, Isabella Rossellini Red Riding Hood Catherine Hardwicke 2011 Adult Fairytale ½ Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Shiloh Fernandez The Red Shoes Michael Powell 1948 Ballet Drama/Fairytale Magic Shoes Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook The Red Shoes Kim Young-Gyun 2005 Haunted Shoes/Korean Ghost Story ½   Red Sonja Richard Fleischer 1985 Amazonian Warrior/Sword and Sorcery Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger Red State Kevin Smith 2011 Religious Cult Michael Parks, John Goodman, Michael Angarano Red Team Jeremy Haft 2000 Rogue FBI Serial Killer-Hunting Team ½ Patrick Muldoon, Cathy Moriarty, C. Thomas Howell The Red Violin Francois Girard 1998 Stories of a Cursed Violin Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Flemyng, Greta Scacchi Redline Tibor Takacs 1997 Near Future Russia Thriller ½ Rutger Hauer, Mark Dacascos The Reflecting Skin Philip Ridley 1990 Surreal Vision of Disturbed Childhood Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan A Reflection of Fear William A. Fraker 1971 Psycho-Thriller Sondra Locke, Robert Shaw, Sally Kellerman Reign in Darkness David Allen, Kel Dolen 2002 Vampire Action   Reign of Fire Rob Bowman 2002 Dragon-Ruled Future ½ Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey Relative Fear George Mihalka 1994 Autistic Child Psycho-Thriller ½ Darlanne Fluegel, James Brolin, M. Emmet Walsh The Relic Peter Hyams 1997 Monster Movie ½ Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore The Reluctant Astronaut Edward J. Montagne 1967 Bumbling Idiot Goes into Space Don Knotts, Leslie Nielsen Remo: The First Adventure (Guy Hamilton, 1985). Refer to Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous (Guy Hamilton, 1985). Refer to Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Guy Hamilton 1985 Martial Arts Super-Spy Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Kate Mulgrew Remote Control Jeff Lieberman 1987 Alien Mind-Control Video Kevin Dillon, Jennifer Tilly Renaissance Christian Volckman 2006 Animation/Futuristic Film Noir [Animation] Repeat Performance Alfred Werker 1947 Personal Past Revisited Joan Leslie, Tom Conway, Richard Basehart Repeaters Carl Bessai 2010 Timeloop Dustin Milligan, Amanda Crew, Richard de Klerk Replicant Ringo Lam 2001 Cloned Serial Killer Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker Repo Chick Alex Cox 2009 Repo Man Sequel Jaclyn Jonet, Miguel Sandoval Repo Man Alex Cox 1984 Gonzo Punk Film Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton Repo Men Miguel Sapochnik 2010 Future Organ Repossession Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga Repossessed Bob Logan 1990 Exorcist Spoof Leslie Nielsen, Linda Blair The Reptile John Gilling 1966 Hammer Film/Human-Snake Transformation Noel Willman, Jacqueline Pearce Reptilicus Sidney Pink 1962 Revived Dinosaur Amok   Repulsion Roman Polanski 1965 Portrait of Madness Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry Requiem Hans-Christian Schmid 2006 Possible Demonic Possession/True Story Sandra Hüller The Resident Antti J. Jokinen 2011 Stalker Landlord Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan Resident Evil Paul W.S. Anderson 2002 Videogame Adaptation/Lab Complex of Zombies Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez Resident Evil: Afterlife Paul W.S. Anderson 2010 Videogame Adaptation/Post-Holocaust Zombies Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller Resident Evil: Apocalypse Alexander Witt 2004 Videogame Adaptation/City of Zombies Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory Resident Evil: Extinction Russell Mulcahy 2007 Videogame Adaptation/Post-Holocaust Zombies Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Iain Glen Rest in Peace Tom McLoughlin 1982 Haunted Mausoleum Meg Tilly, Adam West The Resurrected Dan O’Bannon 1992 Black Magician’s Resurrection/H.P. Lovecraft Adaptation Chris Sarandon, John Terry Resurrection Daniel Petrie  1980 Faith Healer Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard Resurrection Russell Mulcahy 1999 Serial Killer Thriller Christopher Lambert, Robert Joy Resurrection Man Marc Evans 1998 Irish Killing Gang Stuart Townsend, Brenda Fricker, John Hannah The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler Bob Wynn 1971 Conspiracy Film/Cloning Leslie Nielsen, Bradford Dillman Retik the Moon Menace (Fred C. Brannon, 1952). Refer to Radar Men from the Moon. Retribution (Gavin Millar, 2000). Refer to Complicity. Retribution Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2006 Japanese Ghost Story ½   Retro Puppetmaster Joseph Tennent 1999 Toymaker Creates Living Dolls Greg Sestero, Guy Rolfe Retroactive Louis Morneau 1997 Timeloop ½ James Belushi, Shannon Whirry, Frank Whaley The Return Greydon Clark 1981 UFO Contact and Cattle Multilations Jan-Michael Vincent, Cybill Shepherd, Martin Landau The Return Asif Kapadia 2006 Haunting Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sam Shepard Return from Witch Mountain John Hough 1978 Psi-Powered Alien Children/Disney Film Christopher Lee, Bette Davis The Return of Captain Nemo (Alex March, 1978). Refer to The Amazing Captain Nemo. The Return of Captain Invincible Philippe Mora 1983 Superhero Spoof Alan Arkin, Christopher Lee The Return of Count Yorga Bob Kelljan 1971 Modern-Day Vampire ½ Robert Quarry, Mariette Hartley The Return of Dr X Vincent Sherman 1939 Mad Scientist/Medical Vampire Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris The Return of Dracula Paul Landres 1958 Contemporary Dracula Francis Lederer, Norma Eberhardt The Return of Jafar Toby Shelton, Tad Stones, Alan Zaslove 1994 Disney Animation/Aladdin Sequel Voices: Scott Weinger, Dan Castellaneta The Return of Swamp Thing Jim Wynorski 1989 Comic-Book Mutant Superhero ½ Heather Locklear, Louis Jourdan Return of the Fly Edward L. Bernds 1959 The Fly Sequel Vincent Price, David Frankham Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand, 1983). Refer to Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Return of the Killer Tomatoes! John De Bello 1988 Genre Spoof John Astin, George Clooney Return of the Living Dead Dan O’Bannon 1985 Zombies/Black Comedy James Karen, Clu Gulager, Linnea Quigley Return of the Living Dead III Brian Yuzna 1993 Zombie Girlfriend Melinda Clarke, Kent McCord Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis Ellory Elkayem 2005 Zombie Film ½ John Keefe, Peter Coyote Return of the Living Dead Part II Ken Wiederhorn 1988 Zombie Comedy James Karen, Thom Mathews The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Kim Henkel 1994 Backwoods Brutality Matthew McConaughey, Renee Zellweger Return to House on Haunted Hill Victor Garcia 2007 Haunted House Amanda Righetti, Cerina Vincent Return to Never Land Robin Budd 2002 Disney Animation/Peter Pan Sequel ½ [Animation] Return to Oz Walter Murch 1985 Wizard of Oz Sequel ½ Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson Return to Pontianak Djinn 2001 Haunted Spirits in the Malaysian Jungle ½   A Return to Salem’s Lot Larry Cohen 1987 Town of Vampires Michael Moriarty, Samuel Fuller Returner Takashi Yamazaki 2002 Alien Invasion/Time Travel/Action Takeshi Kaneshiro, Anne Suzuki Revelation Andre van Heerden 1999 The Anti-Christ in Virtual Reality Jeff Fahey, Carol Alt, Nick Mancuso Revenant (Richard Elfman, 1998). Refer to Modern Vampires. Revenge (Marc S. Greiner, 1999). Refer to Eternal Revenge. The Revenge of Dr Death (Jim Clark, 1974). Refer to Madhouse. The Revenge of Frankenstein Terence Fisher 1958 Hammer Frankenstein Film Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews Revenge of the Creature Jack Arnold 1955 The Creature from the Black Lagoon Sequel John Agar, Lori Nelson The Revenge of the Teenage Vixens from Outer Space Jeff Ferrell 1986 Deliberately Bad SF Movie   Revenge of the Vampire Woman (Mario Bava, 1960). Refer to Black Sunday. Revolt of the Zombies Victor Halperin 1936 Cambodian Zombie Secrets Dean Jagger Richie Rich Donald Petrie 1994 Comic-Book Rich Kid Macaulay Culkin, John Larroquette Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish John Murlowski 1998 Comic-Book Rich Kid/Alternate Timeline David Gallagher, Eugene Levy, Lesley Ann Warren Ricochet Russell Mulcahy 1991 Ex-Con’s Revenge Denzel Washington, John Lithgow Riders to the Stars Richard Carlson 1954 Space Launch ½ William Lundigan, Richard Carlson Riding the Bullet Mick Garris 2004 Car Ride with the Dead/Stephen King Adaptation Jonathan Jackson, David Arquette The Rift Juan Piquer Simon 1990 Submarine Encounters Monsters Underwater Jack Scalia, R. Lee Ermey The Right Stuff Philip Kaufman 1983 Story of the True Life Space Mission ½ Sam Shepard, Dennis Quaid, Ed Harris, Fred Ward, Scott Glenn Ring Hideo Nakata 1998 Cursed Video Broadcast/Japanese Ghost Story   The Ring Gore Verbinski 2002 Cursed Videotape/Japanese Horror Remake Naomi Watts, Brian Cox Ring 0: Birthdays Norio Tsuruta 2000 Haunting/Psychic Powers/Japanese Ghost Story   Ring 2 Hideo Nakata 1999 Cursed Videotape/Haunting/Japanese Ghost Story   Ring of Terror Clark L. Paylow 1962 Man With No Sense of Fear   Ring: The Spiral (Joji Iida, 1998). Refer to The Spiral. The Ring Two Hideo Nakata 2005 Haunting/Possession Naomi Watts, Simon Baker Rio Carlos Saldanha 2011 Animation/Talking Macaws ½ Voices: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway Ripper: Letter From Hell John Eyres 2001 Modern-Day Jack the Ripper Killings A.J. Cook, Bruce Payne Rise Sebastian Gutierrez 2007 Vampire Hunter Lucy Liu, Michael Chiklis Rise of the Planet of the Apes Rupert Wyatt 2011 Planet of the Apes Prequel ½ James Franco, Andy Serkis, Frieda Pinto The Rite Mikael Håfström 2011 Demonic Possession and Exorcism Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue, Alice Braga River Queen Vincent Ward 2005 Maori Wars Historical Epic/Precognitive Dream Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland, Cliff Curtis River’s Edge Tim Hunter 1986 Disaffected Teens/Disturbed Psychology Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper Riverworld Kari Skogland 2003 All of Humanity Resurrected on an Alien Planet Brad Johnson, Cameron Daddo, Jonathan Cake Riverworld Stuart Gillard 2010 All of Humanity Resurrected on an Alien Planet Tahmoh Penikett, Peter Wingfield The Road John Hillcoat 2009 Grim Post-Holocaust Survivalism ½ Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee Road Killers (Deran Sarafian, 1994). Refer to Roadflower. The Road to El Dorado Eric ‘Bibi’ Bergeron, Don Paul 2000 Animation/Lost City Voices: Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Kline, Rosie Perez The Road to Hong Kong Norman Panama 1962 Screwball Comedy Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Joan Collins Road to Morocco David Butler 1942 Screwball Comedy ½ Bob Hope, Bing Crosby The Road Warrior (George Miller, 1981). Refer to Mad Max 2. Roadflower Deran Sarafian 1994 Backroads Brutality Christopher Lambert, Craig Sheffer, Josh Brolin Roadgames Richard Franklin 1981 Road Movie Psycho-Thriller Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis Robin Hood Wolfgang Reitherman 1973 Disney Animation/Legend Enacted with Talking Animals Voices: Peter Ustinov, Terry-Thomas RoboCop Paul Verhoeven 1987 Cyborg Cop ½ Peter Weller, Nancy Allen RoboCop 2 Irvin Kershner 1990 Cyborg Cop Peter Weller, Nancy Allen Robocop 3 Fred Dekker 1993 Cyborg Cop Robert Burke, Nancy Allen Roboforce David Chung 1988 Hong Kong Android Comedy Tsui Hark, John Sham, Sally Yeh Robot Jox Stuart Gordon 1990 Future Gladiatorial Combat with Transformer Robots Gary Graham, Anne-Marie Johnson Robot Monster Phil Tucker 1953 Alien Invasion/Classic Bad Movie   Robotrix Luk Kim Ming 1991 Female Cyborg Cops Sally Yeh, Billy Chow Robots Chris Wedge 2005 Animation/Cute Robots ½ Voices: Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, Halle Berry Rock and Rule Clive A. Smith 1983 Animation/Post Holocaust Talking Animals/Occult Rock Music ½ [Animation] Rock-a-Doodle Don Bluth 1991 Boy’s Animated Adventures/Singing Rooster Voices: Glenn Campbell, Ellen Greene Rocket Attack U.S.A. Barry Mahon 1958 Communist Missile Threat   Rocket’s Red Glare (Christopher Bremble, 2000). Refer to The Mercury Project. RocketMan Stuart Gillard 1997 Idiot Joins a NASA Mars Mission Harland Williams, William Sadler, Beau Bridges Rocketship X-M Kurt Neumann 1950 Space Expedition Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen The Rocky Horror Picture Show Jim Sharman 1975 Gender-Bender Rock Musical/Frankenstein Spoof Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick Rogue Greg McLean 2007 Killer Crocodile Radha Mitchell, Michael Vartan Rohtenburg Martin Weisz 2006 True-Life German Cannibal Thomas Kretschmann, Keri Russell Rollerball Norman Jewison 1975 Future Ultra-Violent Sport ½ James Caan, John Houseman Rollerball John McTiernan 2002 Ultra-Violent Sport ½  Chris Klein, LL Cool J, Jean Reno Rollercoaster James Goldstone 1977 Psycho Bomber George Segal, Timothy Bottoms, Richard Widmark Rollover Alan J. Pakula 1981 Western Economic Collapse ½ Kris Kristofferson, Jane Fonda Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt Paco Plaza 2004 “True Life” Werewolf Julian Sands, Elsa Pataky The Roommate Christian E. Christiansen 2011 Psycho Roommate Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Cam Gigandet Rope Alfred Hitchcock 1948 Psycho-Thriller James Stewart, Farley Granger, John Dall The Rosary Murders Fred Walton 1987 Catholic Serial Killings Donald Sutherland, Belinda Bauer, Charles Durning Rose Red Craig R. Baxley 2002 Haunted House Nancy Travis, Julian Sands, Matt Keeslar Rosemary’s Baby Roman Polanski 1968 Satanic Impregnation Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon Roswell: The Aliens Attack Brad Turner 1999 The Roswell Incident/Alien Visitors ½ Steven Flynn, Kate Greenhouse, Heather Hanson R.O.T.O.R. Cullen Blaine 1988 Android Cop Amok   Rottweiler Brian Yuzna 2004 Killer Cyborg Dog William Miller, Paul Naschy Rough Magic Clara Peploe 1995 Magical Realism Bridget Fonda, Russell Crowe, Jim Broadbent Roujin Z Hiroyuki Kitakubi 1991 Anime/Rampaging Hospital Bed ½ [Animation] Rover Dangerfield Jim George, Bob Seeley 1991 Animation/Talking Dog’s Adventures Voices: Rodney Dangerfield Rub Love Lee Suh-Goon 1998 Korean Future Thriller/Amnesia Drug ½   Rubber Quentin Dupieux 2010 Killer Car Tire/Meta-Fictional Monster Movie Parody Stephen Spinella, Wings Hauser Ruby Curtis Harrington 1977 Haunted Drive-In/Possession Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Stig Bergqvist, Paul Demeyer 2000 Animation/Talking Babies [Animation] The Rugrats Movie Igor Kovalyov, Norton Virgien 1998 Animation/Talking Babies [Animation] The Ruins Carter Smith 2008 Killer Plants Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone Rumpelstiltskin David Irving 1987 Fairy-Tale Amy Irving, Billy Barty Run Lola Run Tom Tykwer 1998 Alternate Timelines ½ Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu Runaway Michael Crichton 1984 Police Amok-Robot Squad ½ Tom Selleck, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley The Runestone Willard Carroll 1990 Monster Movie Joan Severance, Peter Riegert The Running Man Paul Michael Glaser 1987 Action/Future Televised Gladiatorial Combat Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso Rush Week Bob Bralver 1989 Slasher Film Pamela Ludwig, Roy Thinnes Russian Ark Alexander Sokurov 2002 Walk Through Russian History/Temporal Disjunctions