Karen Russell
Biography: Karen Russell was a buxom, shapely, and voluptuous brunette actress and dancer who popped up with pleasing regularity in a handful of entertainingly trashy low-budget straight-to-video exploitation pictures made throughout the 1980's and 1990's. Karen made a memorable film debut as nasty street gang moll Chula in the brutal urban action opus "Tenement." She was quite funny and appealing as the ditsy Shawnee in the crudely amusing "Vice Academy." Russell's other noteworthy parts include sweet, but troubled Mafia princess Amy in the gloriously outrageous "Murder Weapon," motorcycle mama Candy in "Easy Wheels," naive hooker Fran in the hugely enjoyable "The Banker," cop Francesco Quinn's bitter estranged ex-wife Isabella in "Murder Blues," and lusty groupie Michelle in "Shock 'Em Dead." Moreover, Karen appeared in small roles as a dancer in the mainstream features "Dick Tracy," "Havana," "Mobsters," and "Bugsy." After calling it a day as an actress in the mid-1990's, Russell went on to become a yoga teacher and founder of her own business Yoga Groove based in North Hollywood, California.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 12, 1962
Deathday: N/A
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Night Realm
1994-12-12
Night Realm
Overview: Action-fantasy.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-12
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Phoenix the Warrior
1988-10-31
Phoenix the Warrior
Overview: Big hair, big guns, big personalities, and a serious lack of wardrobe. She-Wolves of the Wasteland, a post-apocalyptic story that features women--lots and lots of women--who leave little to the imagination as they battle each other in various junkyards and gravel pits to determine the fate of the entire world.
Genres: Action Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-31
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Blood Nasty
1989-05-01
Blood Nasty
Overview: Roy is killed by a couple of jewel thieves and then brought back to life and possessed by deceased serial killer "Blade". He returns home and his mother is not very happy to see him as she wants to collect his life insurance policy. Soon, things get out of hand as mom is trying to make sure nobody knows that Roy has "come back" and Blade is trying to let everybody know that he has "come back".
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-01
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The Banker
1989-12-20
The Banker
Overview: High-priced prostitutes are being systematically murdered, their corpses mutilated, and a bizarre South American symbol painted in blood is found at the scene. The cop investigating is out to solve the crime before his ex wife, a reporter, becomes the next victim.
Genres: Crime Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-20
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American Rampage
1989-01-23
American Rampage
Overview: Ex-San Francisco vice cop Samantha Roarke and Hollywood homicide detective Ryan Hayes team up to investigate an international drug cartel in Los Angeles, leading them to an ex-CIA operative turned drug kingpin who's organizing a heroin distribution center in the city.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-23
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Vice Academy
1989-06-08
Vice Academy
Overview: This tale tells the story of female police cadets training to join the Hollywood vice squad. During training, the toothsome rookies are assigned to infiltrate a kiddy porn operation. Next they must go undercover and join a prostitution ring.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-08
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Murder Weapon
1989-11-07
Murder Weapon
Overview: Two mobster daughters leave a sanitarium, host a party inviting ex-boyfriends, who then start disappearing mysteriously.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-07
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The Girl I Want
1990-08-29
The Girl I Want
Overview: A brainy girl turns bimbo and a football star turns brainy in order to attract each other's attention, only to discover that they liked each other the way they were in the first place.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-29
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Wilding
1990-01-01
Wilding
Overview: Two detectives are out to nail a gang of teenagers who have run wild through the city and brutally raped a woman.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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The Devil You Know
2022-04-01
The Devil You Know
Overview: Once-incarcerated Marcus Cowans is trying to turn over a new leaf with the support of his loving family. Upon discovering that one of his brothers may have been involved in a horrific crime, Marcus grapples with the limits of brotherhood and loyalty. He and his family, increasingly weary of the justice system’s failings, end up in the crosshairs of a seasoned but jaded detective.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-01
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Dr. Alien
1989-10-12
Dr. Alien
Overview: When the mysterious and sexy Ms. Xenobia takes over the biology class at the local college, the dating life of supergeek Wesley Littlejohn takes a serious turn. Littlejohn agrees to be a lab rat for the professor's unusual vitamin research study. Now, thanks to some out-of-this-world supplements, he's been transformed into the campus stud. But Xenobia has ulterior extraterrestrial motives in this sci-fi sex comedy.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-12
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Tenement
1985-09-20
Tenement
Overview: A drug-dealing band of violent street thugs terrorize the tenants of a South Bronx apartment building.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-20
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Mobsters
1991-07-26
Mobsters
Overview: The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-26
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Lethal Games
1991-11-07
Lethal Games
Overview: A criminal mob hires a gang of thugs to subdue a small urban community, but the community decides to fight back.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-07
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Bugsy
1991-12-10
Bugsy
Overview: New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot in the desert known as Las Vegas gives him his big idea.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-10
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Dead Certain
1991-01-01
Dead Certain
Overview: A detective becomes obsessed with bringing a man to justice, whom he is sure is a serial killer and the murderer of a woman with which both men were involved. However, the supposed killer may be as much a victim as the murdered people.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Shock 'Em Dead
1991-01-31
Shock 'Em Dead
Overview: Martin is a total loser, who nobody cares for. When he fails to get a position as guitar player in Lindsay's band and loses his job on the way, he makes a deal with a Voodoo priestess. She promises him the fulfillment of all his dreams if he swears obedience to her. He becomes a rock star and has many women - but to stay alive, he has to kill other people.
Genres: Music Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-31
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Modern Girls
1986-11-07
Modern Girls
Overview: Margo, Kelly, and CeCe have three things in common: they're roommates, they're gorgeous, and they're hooked on the glamour and excitement of L.A.'s rock and roll nightlife. When they get mixed up with a rock star, an arrogant ex-boyfriend, a pseudo-sadist, and the nicest nerd in the City of Angels, it's a full night to say the least!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-07
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Shock Cinema: Volume Four
1991-01-01
Shock Cinema: Volume Four
Overview: A documentary about special makeup effects on low budget horror films. Includes behind-the-scenes footage from Murder Weapon (1989), Robot Ninja (1989), Ghoul School (1990) and Skinned Alive (1990).
Genres: Horror Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Mob Boss
1990-09-16
Mob Boss
Overview: A nerd becomes the head of his father's crime family.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-16
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Easy Wheels
1989-09-29
Easy Wheels
Overview: A group of leather-clad bikers are on the trail of the female bikers who are stealing babies all over the state and selling them on the black market.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-29
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Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas
1997-01-18
Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas
Overview: Diva Las Vegas was a show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas starring Bette Midler performing as singer and comedian. The one-time performance was filmed for television; HBO released it as a TV special originally broadcast on January 18, 1997 and repeated on February 2, 1997. Midler won the 1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for the special. Among the songs performed were The Rose, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, From A Distance, Friends, Wind Beneath My Wings, Stay With Me and Do You Want To Dance?. Bette's daughter Sophie von Haselberg appeared for a short time during the song "Ukulele Lady". She sat with the rest of the cast and musicians on stage playing a ukulele and singing the words.
Genres: Comedy Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-18
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Hell High
1989-05-12
Hell High
Overview: A teacher still haunted by the death of two teens that she accidentally caused as a young girl goes berserk when four teens start harassing her and then attack her in her home.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-12
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Memorial Valley Massacre
1988-12-09
Memorial Valley Massacre
Overview: Campers on a holiday are terrorized by an axe-wielding maniac.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-09
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Hellbent
1988-01-01
Hellbent
Overview: A bandleader whose career is nosediving makes a deal with the owner of a bar to sell his soul for success.
Genres: Horror Drama Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Dick Tracy
1990-04-05
Dick Tracy
Overview: The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-05
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