MTI Home Video
MTI Home Video is a United States-based movie distributor in the direct-to-video market. MTI most often purchases the distribution rights to independent films and televised films that did not see a theatrical run in the U.S., for direct release to DVD. History MTI Home Video was founded in 1984 by music industry veteran Larry Brahms. One of the company's first releases was ''Freedance'', an interactive fitness workout video featuring Marine Jahan from the film ''Flashdance''. The company was one of the first studios to successfully transfer from VHS to DVD format in 1999 by waiting until the major studios had decided upon standards before changing their business model. MTI pioneered the sales of DVDs through alternative retailers such as dry cleaners, convenience stores and other non-traditional entertainment retail outlets in 2004. Films The company releases an average of forty films each year and partners with studios such as the Asylum, Artist View Entertainment, Bedford Enter ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Miami, Florida
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of municipalities in Florida, second-most populous city in Florida and the eleventh-most populous city in the Southeastern United States. The Miami metropolitan area is the ninth largest in the U.S. with a population of 6.138 million in 2020. The city has the List of tallest buildings in the United States#Cities with the most skyscrapers, third-largest skyline in the U.S. with over List of tallest buildings in Miami, 300 high-rises, 58 of which exceed . Miami is a major center and leader in finance, commerce, culture, arts, and international trade. Miami's metropolitan area is by far the largest urban econ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Billy Owens And The Secret Of The Runes
''Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes'' is a 2010 fantasy film, a sequel to ''The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens''. The low-budget film was produced as a mockbuster, capitalizing on the success of ''Harry Potter'' film series The film follows the adventures of Billy Owens and his friends Mandy and Devin, as they attempt to save the town of Spirit River from the curse of the Norse God Loki. Plot Billy, joined by his friends Mandy, Devin and Danny, continue their adventure from the previous movie in the series, The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens. With the help of their magical professor, Mr. Thurgood, the children are still learning about their new powers. When the carnival comes to town, we learn that Professor Mould has used the children to trap the soul of Mr. Thurgood in a magical amulet. As the legend goes, inserting the amulet into the scepter will result in the unlocking of the magical powers of the scepter, and release the treasure of the god Loki. Billy and his ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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I Downloaded A Ghost
''I Downloaded a Ghost'' is a 2004 film starring Carlos Alazraqui as Winston the Ghost and Elliot Page as Stella Blackstone. Plot Stella Blackstone (Elliot Page) and her best friend Albert (Michael Kanev) are twelve-year-olds with ambitious intentions of creating an extremely spooky Halloween house. While checking for hints online they open up a web link that opens a doorway through which an annoying ghost (Carlos Alazraqui) leaves his world and enters theirs. They find they must help this ghost resolve his problems or put up with him forever. Cast *Carlos Alazraqui as Winston Pritchett *Elliot Page as Stella Blackstone *Michael Kanev as Albert *Barbara Alyn Woods as Catherine Blackstone *Tim Progosh as Walter Blackstone * Gary Hudson as Fred Tomlinson *Vince Corazza Vincent Corazza (born December 6, 1972) is a Canadian actor, known for playing the role of Alden Jones in the television series ''Braceface'' and Darien Shields/Tuxedo Mask in the anime ''Sailor Moon''. Career ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hunting Humans
''Hunting Humans'' is a 2002 horror film written and directed by Kevin Kangas. The film gained notoriety when a copy of it was found among the possessions of murderer Adam Leroy Lane. Plot In Maryland, Aric Blue, a mortgage broker, leads a double life as a narcissistic serial killer, one who prides himself in discerning his victims' patterns and routines, while claiming to not have any traceable ones of his own. One night, Aric breaks into a multiplex to murder a projectionist, who he is shocked to discover is already dead, with a note left on his body that reads "I've Got Your Pattern". Enraged over the prospect of someone being on to him, Aric, in a fit of paranoia, shoots a suspicious dog walker. A few nights later, Aric is beaten unconscious in his home by the actual stalker, who identifies himself as "Dark". After Aric hires a private investigator named Marv to uncover information on Dark, his self-proclaimed rival challenges him to outdo his slaying of three picnickers, wh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Goodbye America
''Goodbye America'' is a 1997 action drama directed by Thierry Notz. The film examines how the closing of the U.S. naval base at Subic Bay, Philippines affected the Filipinos and the Americans who had served there.Goodbye America, The New York Times and NYTimes.com retrieved on June 14, 2007 The film was an attempt to bring Philippine cinema into the international audience. Plot As the U.S. Subic Bay naval base's operations slowly wind down and naval manpower begins to dwindle, Commander Hamilton (Wolfgang Bodison) relies on three U.S. to help keep the base secure. William Hawk ([...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Flight 93 (TV Film)
''Flight 93'' is a 2006 American drama television film directed by Peter Markle and written by Nevin Schreiner, which chronicles the events onboard United Airlines Flight 93 during the September 11 attacks in 2001. It premiered on January 30, 2006, on A&E, and was re-broadcast several times throughout 2006. The film stars Jeffrey Nordling, Colin Glazer, Brennan Elliott, Ty Olsson, Jacqueline Ann Steuart, Laura Mennell, Karen Holness, Barry W. Levy, Biski Gugushe, and Dominic Rains. The film was rated PG-13 for some violence and emotional depiction during the hijack situation. Plot On the morning of September 11, 2001, First officer LeRoy Homer Jr. gets dressed in his F.A.A. official uniform, kisses his wife and leaves for work. Passengers board United Airlines Flight 93 at Newark Liberty International Airport, including Tom Burnett, Jeremy Glick, Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham, Lauren Grandcolas, Donald Greene, Nicole Miller, and Honor Elizabeth Wainio. Four al-Qaeda terrorists Z ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Eliminator (film)
''The Eliminator'' is a 2004 direct-to-video action film starring UFC champion Bas Rutten. The film was directed by Ken Barbet. Plot Former LAPD cop, Dakota Varley (Bas Rutten), enters a power boat race seeking the prize of $250,000, but immediately discovers, first hand, that this race's risk matches the prize: one racer is killed, three others seriously injured in crashes and explosions. Varley tries to leave the lake and collect his prize money but is drugged and kidnapped by Dawson (Michael Rooker) and thrown into a different world: a world where survival means everything and no one follows the rules. Varley awakens on an island, strapped to pole, like a pig being carried to a barbecue. Surrounded by heavily armed men, he soon learns that he and six other victims have been assembled to be contestants in the ultimate survival game: they will be stalked nightly by hunters with rifles until there is one remaining survivor, who will win a $10,000,000 cash prize. As the story unfol ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Death On Demand
''Death on Demand'' is a 2008 horror film, directed by Adam Matalon and distributed by MTI Home Video MTI Home Video is a United States-based movie distributor in the direct-to-video market. MTI most often purchases the distribution rights to independent films and televised films that did not see a theatrical run in the U.S., for direct release to .... It is the first release from the Evil Twins production company. Plot A live webcast from a reputedly haunted house turns into a supernatural bloodbath when the ghost of a murderous mountaineer returns to finish what he started when he slaughtered his entire family twenty years prior. It's been two decades since famed mountaineer and ice climber Sean McIntire turned the tools of his trade on his unsuspecting family, but grim legends die hard in small towns and the locals still shudder at the mere mention of his name. Now, an unscrupulous young entrepreneur named Richard is seeking to cash in on this gruesome legend by staging a s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dark Knight (TV Series)
''Dark Knight'' is a 2000 TV series, based on Sir Walter Scott's novel ''Ivanhoe''. This joint New Zealand/England production attempted to capitalize on the same sword and sorcery market successfully mined by '' Xena: Warrior Princess''. Plot In the year of 1193, Richard the "Lionheart", King of England, led the third Great Crusade to reclaim the Holy Land from the Turks. After the battle, on their return home to England, Richard and his Knights are captured by the forces of Austria's Emperor, and held prisoners of war in the castle of Austria. In the castle dungeon, the knights are being tortured to tell the Austrians the location of King Richard's treasure. But the knights reply "there is no treasure". The guards don't believe them. Then one of the English knights, Tancred, tells the head-guard that they do have one treasure that all of England will pay for - "King Richard" himself! The head-guard understands what he means - "a ransom.” Tancred agrees to return to England, to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Curse Of The Queerwolf
''Curse of the Queerwolf'' is a 1988 comedy horror film directed by Mark Pirro. Michael Palazzolo and Kent Butler starred in the film. Plot Larry meets someone he believes to be a woman, but is actually a transvestite, who turns him into a "queerwolf" by biting him on the buttocks. He transforms into a transvestite at night when there is a full moon. People hunting the werewolf discover the transvestite at Larry's apartment, and they also warn him about a curse. A gypsy offers to help him, but Larry refuses until the first full moon that he experiences. The only way for him to combat the transformation is to look at a medallion with a picture of John Wayne. Cast * Michael Palazzolo as Larry Smalbut * Kent Butler as Richard Cheese * Taylor Whitney as Lois Gerstel * Cynthia Brownell as Paula McFarland * Darwyn Carson as Holly * Jim Bruce as Mr. McFarland * Sergio Bandera as Priest * Mark Pirro as Torchman * Rodney Trappe as Torchman * John McCafferty as Mountain Man * Pat Hunter as ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Con Games
''Con Games'' is a 2001 American direct to video action drama film written and directed by Jefferson Edward Donald, starring Tommy Lee Thomas, Eric Roberts, Martin Kove, Amy Fadhli, and the late Matthew Ansara. Plot A senator's grandson is murdered while incarcerated at California's notorious "Doscher State Prison", nicknamed "Dachau" by convicts for the number of unsolved murders of inmates that have taken place therein. Hired by the senator, Gulf War veteran John Woodrow (Tommy Lee Thomas) infiltrates the prison to find the murderer, and learns that the grandson was killed by corrupt head guard Lt. Hopkins (Eric Roberts). When Hopkins discovers Woodrow's true identity, he has him tortured by inmates and guards. After an arduous shooting chase through the desert, Woodrow escapes. Cast * Eric Roberts as Officer Hopkins * Tommy Lee Thomas as John Woodrow * Matthew Ansara as Saul * Amy Fadhli as Ashley Stephenson * Moe Irvin as Eddie Long * Martin Kove as Redick * Katherine Parks ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Choker (film)
''Choker'' is a 2005 American science fiction action horror film written and directed by Nick Vallelonga and starring Paul Sloan, Colleen Porch, Hayley DuMond, Anthony John Denison, Robert R. Shafer, Katrina Law, and Jesse Corti. The film premiered on March 19, 2005, at the Other Venice Film Festival and was released under the title ''Disturbance'' on DVD by MTI Home Video in October 2006. Plot Hud Masters (Paul Sloan) is released from prison to hunt down a viral-like alien race. He is taken to an agency, where he is partnered with Logan (Colleen Porch) to undergo such a mission. Together they fight their way through a horde of alien infestation in the city, until they reach the leader (Hayley Dumond). Meanwhile, Masters is desperately trying to keep himself from reverting to his violent ways. Cast * Paul Sloan as Hud Masters * Colleen Porch as Logan * Hayley DuMond as Leader * Anthony John Denison as Lt. Murcer * Robert R. Shafer as Lt. Clark * Katrina Law as Santo * Jess ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |