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Linnea Quigley Filmography
Linnea Quigley Barbara Linnea Quigley (born May 27, 1958) is an American actress, film producer, model, singer, and author. She is best known as a B-movie actress, and is often referred to as a " scream queen" due to her frequent appearances in low-budget horror ... is an American actress, film producer, model, singer and author. Feature films Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Quigley, Linnea Actress filmographies American filmographies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linnea Quigley
Barbara Linnea Quigley (born May 27, 1958) is an American actress, film producer, model, singer, and author. She is best known as a B-movie actress, and is often referred to as a " scream queen" due to her frequent appearances in low-budget horror films during the 1980s and 1990s. Born in Davenport, Iowa, Quigley first pursued her career in the late 1970s, shortly after moving to Los Angeles. While working at Jack LaLanne's health spa, she was encouraged by her friends to try modeling, and also began taking acting and guitar-playing classes. After appearing as an extra in various films, Quigley got her first acting role in the Charles Band-produced film ''Fairy Tales'' (1978). She continued receiving small parts mostly in B movies. Her first bigger part was in the 1981 slasher film '' Graduation Day''. Quigley followed with more films such as ''Savage Streets'' (1984) and ''Silent Night, Deadly Night'' (1984). In 1985, Quigley appeared in the zombie horror film ''The Return of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatal Games
''Fatal Games'' (originally known as ''The Killing Touch'' and also known as ''Olympic Nightmare'') is a 1984 American slasher film written and directed by Michael Elliott and starring Sally Kirkland, Lynn Banashek, Sean Masterson, Michael O'Leary, Teal Roberts, and Spice Williams-Crosby. The film follows a mad slasher, wielding a javelin, killing off members of a high school gymnastics team. ''Fatal Games'' was released in 1984 and received negative reviews. The film shares many of its plot points with an earlier slasher film, '' Graduation Day'' (1981). Plot A seven member gymnastics team at the Falcon Academy of Athletics is up for the "Nationals". But before they can reach the competition, someone dressed in a black tracksuit and wielding a javelin begins killing the members. They must discover the killer's identity before the entire team ends up slaughtered. Cast *Sally Kirkland as Diane Paine *Lynn Banashek as Annie Rivers * Sean Masterson as Phil Dandridge * Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guyver
''The Guyver'' (released in Europe and South America as ''Mutronics'') is a 1991 American tokusatsu superhero film made in conjunction with Shochiku Films, loosely based on the Japanese manga series of the same name by Yoshiki Takaya. The film tells of a young man, Sean Barker, who discovers an alien artifact called "The Unit" which changes Barker into an alien-hybrid super soldier called "The Guyver". Barker learns that a major corporation called "Chronos" is after the Guyver unit and soon discovers that the people behind Chronos are not human after all. The film was met with a mixed reaction from critics and fans. A sequel followed in 1994 called '' Guyver: Dark Hero''. Plot Dr. Tetsu Segawa, a researcher for the corporation Chronos, is on the run after having stolen an alien device known as The Guyver unit from Chronos. He is caught by Lisker, the right hand man of the president of Chronos, and his thugs. Lisker transforms into a Zoanoid and he kills Segawa, who was also a Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robot Ninja
''Robot Ninja'' is a 1989 superhero thriller film written, produced, and directed by J. R. Bookwalter. The film stars Michael Todd, Bogdan Pecic, James L. Edwards, Scott Spiegel, Burt Ward, and Linnea Quigley. Plot Leonard is a depressed and embittered comic book artist resentful toward his agent and publisher for capitalizing on the success of his comic book series ''Robot Ninja''. After witnessing the brutal rape and murder of a young couple, a socially frustrated Leonard turns to Dr. Hubert Goodknight to help turn him into a real life version of his own creation, ''Robot Ninja'', to take to the streets and inflict revenge on a group of disturbed thugs. Cast * Michael Todd as Leonard Miller (Robot Ninja) * Bogdan Pecic as Dr. Hubert Goodknight * James L. Edwards as Sculley * Maria Markovic as Gody Sanchez * Floyd Ewing Jr. as Officer Hickox * Bill Morrison as Buddy Revelle * Scott Spiegel as Marty Coleslaw * Burt Ward as Stanley Kane * Linnea Quigley as Miss Barbeau Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witchtrap
''Witchtrap'' (also known as ''The Presence'') is a 1989 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Kevin S. Tenney and starring James W. Quinn, Kathleen Bailey, and Linnea Quigley. The film follows a team of parapsychologists who attempt to exorcise a haunted inn with the help of a device designed to lure in and trap evil spirits. Despite the film's title, its central villain is a warlock. ''Witchtrap'' was released direct-to-video. Cast * James W. Quinn as Tony Vincente * Kathleen Bailey as Whitney O'Shay * Judy Tatum as Agnes Goldberg * Rob Zapple as Felix Goldberg * Jack W. Thompson as Murphy * Clyde Talley II as Levi Jackson * Hal Havins as Elwin * Linnea Quigley as Ginger Kowowski * Kevin S. Tenney as Devon Lauder * J. P. Luebsen as Avery Lauter * Richard Fraga as Amazing Azimov * Lynn McRee as Q.T. Secretary Critical reception A contemporary review in ''Variety'' criticized the film's ending as "cryptic", and noted that the "makeup effects by Judy Yonemot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice Academy
''Vice Academy'' was a series of six comedy films, which aired on the USA Network throughout the 1990s, particularly on their ''Up All Night'' programming block. Created by director Rick Sloane of ''Hobgoblins'' fame, the cast included former porn star Ginger Lynn, scream queen Linnea Quigley, Elizabeth Kaitan and Julia Parton. The films were intended as a sexy spoof-on-a-spoof of ''Charlie's Angels'' and the popular ''Police Academy'' movie series. The first film follows the three main girls as they train at the academy; the later films follow them on their assigned missions. Films Production In the second film, Didi is promoted, Linnea Quigley leaves the series. In the third film, Holly is in prison; shortly after production ended, Lynn was arrested for tax evasion and served 4½ months.{{cite web , url=http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/08/entertainment/la-et-ginger-lynn-auction-20110308 , title=Ginger Lynn shares her past with Charlie Sheen , last1= , first1= , last2= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dream Master
''The Dream Master'' (1966), originally published as a novella titled ''He Who Shapes'', is a science fiction novel by American writer Roger Zelazny. Zelazny's originally intended title for it was ''The Ides of Octember''. The novella won a Nebula Award in 1966. Plot summary ''The Dream Master'' is set in a future where the forces of overpopulation and technology have created a world where humanity suffocates psychologically beneath its own mass while abiding in relative physical comfort. This is a world ripe for psychotherapeutic innovations, such as the "neuroparticipant therapy" in which the protagonist, Charles Render, specializes. In neuroparticipation, the patient is hooked into a gigantic simulation controlled directly by the analyst's mind; the analyst then works with the patient to construct dreams—nightmares, wish-fulfillment, etc.--that afford insight into the underlying neuroses of the patient, and in some cases the possibility of direct intervention. (For example ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Heat (1988 Film)
''Dead Heat'' (released in the Philippines as ''Iron Cops'') is a 1988 American buddy cop action zombie comedy film directed by Mark Goldblatt and starring Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo, Darren McGavin, Lindsay Frost and Vincent Price. The film is about an LAPD police officer who is murdered while attempting to arrest zombies who have been reanimated by the head of Dante Laboratories in order to carry out violent armed robberies, and decides to get revenge with the help of his former partner. Plot Detectives Roger Mortis and Doug Bigelow are called to the scene of a rather violent jewelry store robbery. The robbers take on a squadron of police in a messy shootout, but neither seems affected when they are riddled with bullets. Thanks to the combined, albeit extreme measures of Mortis and Bigelow, they are able to take out the criminals. Narrowly avoiding termination their captain assigns them to the investigation. Meanwhile, a coroner friend of Roger's, Rebecca informs the detective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Of The Demons (1988 Film)
''Night of the Demons'' is a 1988 American supernatural horror film directed by Kevin S. Tenney, written and produced by Joe Augustyn, and starring Amelia Kinkade, Cathy Podewell, Linnea Quigley, Hal Havins, and Alvin Alexis. The plot follows a group of high school students who throw a party inside an isolated funeral parlor on Halloween night. While attempting a séance, they accidentally release a demon locked in the crematorium that begins to possess them one by one. Filmed in Los Angeles in 1987, ''Night of the Demons'' premiered in Detroit in September 1988, grossing $3.1 million at the box office. Though it received a mixed critical response, the film would later become a cult classic in the years since its release. It was followed by two sequels, as well as a 2009 remake of the same name. Plot Teenage outcast Angela Franklin and her best friend Suzanne are throwing a party at Hull House, a mortuary abandoned from its gruesome past and rumored to be cursed by evil spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
''Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers'' (also known as simply ''Hollywood Hookers'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1988 American black comedy slasher film directed by Fred Olen Ray, and starring Gunnar Hansen, Linnea Quigley, Jay Richardson and Michelle Bauer. It is known as a B-movie. Plot summary When private detective Jack Chandler (Jay Richardson) tries to track down a teenage runaway (Linnea Quigley), he runs into a cult of Egyptian chainsaw-worshipping prostitutes led by "The Master" (Gunnar Hansen). Cast * Linnea Quigley as Samantha * Gunnar Hansen as The Stranger * Jay Richardson as Jack Chandler * Dawn Wildsmith as Lori * Michelle Bauer as Mercedes * Esther Elise as Lisa * Tricia Burns as Ilsa * Susie Wilson as Sally * Fox Harris as Hermie * Jimmy Williams as Bo * Dukey Flyswatter as Jake, The Bartender * Dennis T. Mooney as Mick Harris * Jerry Miller as Murphy * Gary J. Levinson as Nubian * Christopher Ray as Kid At Bar (uncredited) Release At the time, the UK video release w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightmare Sisters
''Nightmare Sisters'' (also released as ''Sorority Succubus Sisters'') is a 1988 direct-to-video, low-budget, horror comedy. It is notable as one of only two films in which 1980s scream queens Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, and Michelle Bauer appear together, excluding later reunion films such as '' 1313:Cougar Cult''. Synopsis Buck-toothed Melody, bespectacled Marci, and chubby Mickey are socially awkward sorority sisters. Desperate for some fun, they invite a trio of equally nerdy fraternity pledges over for a party. The party fizzles and the guys are on the verge of leaving when the girls try to liven things up by holding a séance. The crystal ball they use at the séance is cursed and causes the girls to become possessed by a succubus. The suddenly sexy girls share some pie and a bath and then set out to seduce and murder their guests. The girls take on new personas to help them trap their prey. Mickey becomes a bikini-clad jungle girl, Marci transforms herself into a pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorority Babes In The Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
''Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama'' (also known as ''The Imp'') is a 1988 American comedy horror film directed by David DeCoteau, loosely based on the classic short story ''The Monkey's Paw''. Notable for scream queens Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, and Michelle Bauer appearing together, its plot follows an imp accidentally released and causing havoc among a group of teenagers inside a mall. Filmed in 1987 and produced by Charles Band's Urban Classics, the film had a limited release in January 1988 and was later released to home video. In later years, it gained recognition as a "so-bad-it's-good" cult film. Plot Three nerdy frat boys, Calvin, Jimmie, and Keith, follow and spy on the Tri-Delta sorority group, which is holding an initiation ceremony. Sorority members Babs, Rhonda, and Frankie prepare for the ritual while newcomers Taffy and Lisa wait. Observed by the frat boys outside their house, the two initiates get spanked from a paddle and are sprayed with whip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
