Kim Newman's 25 Must-See Direct-to-Video Pictures
Unranked list. Published in the Second Empire Movie Miscellany. All films were direct-to-video in the UK, where this list was published.
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- DirectorLarry CohenStarsEric RobertsJames Earl JonesMegan GallagherA comic-book artist meets a woman on the NYC streets, but after a quick flirtation, she suddenly collapses and is picked up by an old ambulance. He checks all the hospitals in the area, but the woman has disappeared.
- DirectorStefan RuzowitzkyStarsFranka PotenteBenno FürmannAnna LoosA cute med student starts a summer course at Heidelberg University. David's on her dissection table. She met him the day before on the train. Something's wrong.
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsGabrielle AnwarMeg TillyTerry KinneyA teenage girl and her father discover alien clones are replacing humans on a remote U.S. military base in Alabama.
- DirectorAdam SimonStarsBill PullmanBill PaxtonBud CortIn a showdown of man versus machine, Martin plunges into a chaotic nightmare trying to save his mind from the megalomaniacal corporation.
- DirectorMichael OblowitzStarsAdrian PaulBokeem WoodbineBai LingWhen a rogue vampire kills his partner, an NSA special agent reluctantly teams with another officer who is a "good" vampire in an attempt to track down the evil vampire killer.
- DirectorTrey ParkerStarsTrey ParkerDian BacharStephen BlackpoolThe sole survivor of an ill-fated mining expedition tells how his taste for gold was replaced by that of human flesh.
- DirectorNancy SavocaStarsRiver PhoenixLili TaylorRichard PanebiancoBefore leaving to fight in Vietnam, a group of teenagers play a game where they try to seduce the ugliest girl they can find.
- DirectorMichael AlmereydaStarsRachel O'RourkeLois SmithAlison ElliottAn alcoholic American couple travel to Ireland with their son so he can meet his grandmother but they walk in on their crazed uncle who is in the midst of reviving a centuries-old Druid witch.
- DirectorJeff HareStarsGabrielle AnwarCraig ShefferRutger HauerA journalist uncovers a government conspiracy to unleash virus-carrying killer bees that could wipe out humanity.
- DirectorMatthew BrightStarsReese WitherspoonKiefer SutherlandBokeem WoodbineA twisted take on "Little Red Riding Hood", with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker travelling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer and pedophile.
- DirectorBrett SullivanStarsEmily PerkinsBrendan FletcherKatharine IsabelleGinger's sister Brigitte, now a werewolf herself, must try to find a cure for her blood lust before the next full moon while hiding out in a rehab clinic from a relentless werewolf.
- DirectorTamra DavisStarsDrew BarrymoreJames Le GrosRobert GreenbergA trashy teen murders her sexually abusive step-father, then helps get her reformed prison pen-pal released on good behavior so that she can re-corrupt him.
- DirectorJosh OlsonStarsZach GalliganLisa Ann HadleyDaniel JenkinsA funeral for one becomes a deathtrap for many when five old friend are held hostage at a remote summer home infested with killer flies.
- DirectorMichael MannStarsScott GlennIan McKellenAlberta WatsonNazis are forced to turn to a Jewish historian for help in battling the ancient demon they have inadvertently freed from its prison.
- DirectorGregory DarkStarsMartin HewittDavid CarradineSam J. JonesA radio talk show host is accused of murdering one of his fans while on the air and he must go on the run to somehow prove his innocence.
- DirectorTed DemmeStarsDenis LearyIan HartJason BarryA small-time hoodlum is divided between his conscience and loyalty to his boss when his cousin is murdered.
- DirectorKatt SheaStarsDrew BarrymoreSara GilbertTom SkerrittA seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.
- DirectorGregory WidenStarsChristopher WalkenElias KoteasVirginia MadsenAt the scene of a bizarre murder, L.A. homicide detective Thomas Dagget discovers a lethal heavenly prophecy now being fulfilled on earth. In his fight to stop the forces of evil, he finds an unlikely ally in an elementary school teacher.
- DirectorStuart OrmeStarsDonald SutherlandEric ThalJulie WarnerThe Midwest USA is invaded by stingray-shaped alien slugs that ride on people's backs and control their minds in order to spread their dominion. Government agency reps Sam Givens, Andrew Nivens, and Mary Sefton must stop the aliens.
- DirectorLouis MorneauStarsJim BelushiKylie TravisShannon WhirryA psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.
- DirectorCameron CroweStarsJohn CusackIone SkyeJohn MahoneyA noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.
- DirectorCraig MazinStarsRob LoweThomas Haden ChurchPaget BrewsterThe sixth or seventh best superhero team in the world pursue their rightful place in the harshly competitive world of toy tie-ins and fighting evil.
- DirectorGlenn StandringStarsKarl UrbanKatie WolfeJonathon HendryAn Anthropologist's life and reality are ripped apart by a Satanic cult.
- DirectorKeith GordonStarsBilly CrudupBill HauglandNelson LandrieuA congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.
- DirectorDaniel PyneStarsMiguel FerrerJohn LivingstonYasiin BeyAfter making a 3-hour fiasco about New York City's water supply, a two-man film crew decides to take it up a notch by documenting life in the private investigator offices of "Boone and Murphy".