Zelda Rubinstein

Zelda Rubinstein was an American actress and human rights activist, known as eccentric medium Tangina Barrons in the Poltergeist film series. Playing 'Ginny', she was a regular on David E. Kelley's Emmy Award winning television series Picket Fences for several seasons. She also made guest appearances in the TV show Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996), as seer 'Christina' and was the voice ofSkittles candies in their long-running 'Taste the Rainbow' ad campaign. Rubinstein was also known for her outspoken activism for little people and her early participation in the fight against HIV/AIDS. CC - en.wikipedia.org

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Poltergeist (1982)

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Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tobe Hooper
CAST:  Craig T. Nelson  •  JoBeth Williams  •  Beatrice Straight  •  Dominique Dunne

Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tobe Hooper
CAST:  Craig T. Nelson  •  JoBeth Williams  •  Beatrice Straight  •  Dominique Dunne

Anguish (1987)

An ophthalmologist's assistant with an unhealthy interest in human eyeballs goes on a killing spree to collect eyeballs for his overbearing mother's collection. Reality soon takes a bizarre turn, both for the characters and the audience.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bigas Luna
CAST:  Zelda Rubinstein  •  Michael Lerner  •  Talia Paul  •  Àngel Jové

An ophthalmologist's assistant with an unhealthy interest in human eyeballs goes on a killing spree to collect eyeballs for his overbearing mother's collection. Reality soon takes a bizarre turn, both for the characters and the audience.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bigas Luna
CAST:  Zelda Rubinstein  •  Michael Lerner  •  Talia Paul  •  Àngel Jové

National Lampoon's Last Resort (1994)

Sam and Dave are living the boring life until they are beckoned to Sam's uncle's Island. When they get there (still not quite sure how that worked) they are compelled by beautiful women and a dastardly enemy of the Island. After accidentally convincing Sam's uncle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafal Zielinski
CAST:  Corey Feldman  •  Corey Haim  •  Demetra Hampton  •  Robert Mandan

Sam and Dave are living the boring life until they are beckoned to Sam's uncle's Island. When they get there (still not quite sure how that worked) they are compelled by beautiful women and a dastardly enemy of the Island. After accidentally convincing Sam's uncle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafal Zielinski
CAST:  Corey Feldman  •  Corey Haim  •  Demetra Hampton  •  Robert Mandan

Sixteen Candles (1984)

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A teenage girl deals with her parents forgetting her birthday and a crush on her high school's heartthrob.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hughes
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Anthony Michael Hall  •  John Cusack  •  Gedde Watanabe

A teenage girl deals with her parents forgetting her birthday and a crush on her high school's heartthrob.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hughes
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Anthony Michael Hall  •  John Cusack  •  Gedde Watanabe

Southland Tales (2007)

Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Kelly
CAST:  Dwayne Johnson  •  Seann William Scott  •  Sarah Michelle Gellar  •  Mandy Moore

Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Kelly
CAST:  Dwayne Johnson  •  Seann William Scott  •  Sarah Michelle Gellar  •  Mandy Moore

Teen Witch (1989)

Louise is not very popular at her highschool. Then she learns that she's descended from the witches of Salem and has inherited their powers. At first she uses them to get back at the girls and teachers who teased her and to win the heart of the handsome ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dorian Walker
CAST:  Robyn Lively  •  Dan Gauthier  •  Joshua John Miller  •  Caren Kaye

Louise is not very popular at her highschool. Then she learns that she's descended from the witches of Salem and has inherited their powers. At first she uses them to get back at the girls and teachers who teased her and to win the heart of the handsome ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dorian Walker
CAST:  Robyn Lively  •  Dan Gauthier  •  Joshua John Miller  •  Caren Kaye

Wishcraft (2002)

Brett is a high-school outcast who doesn't run with the in crowd, unlike Samantha, the cheerleader he has a desperate crush on. Then one day, he gets a parcel in the mail -- a totem with the power to grant his deepest, darkest desires. Brett wishes for Samantha to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danny Graves  •  Richard Wenk
CAST:  Michael Weston  •  Alexandra Holden  •  Austin Pendleton  •  Huntley Ritter

Brett is a high-school outcast who doesn't run with the in crowd, unlike Samantha, the cheerleader he has a desperate crush on. Then one day, he gets a parcel in the mail -- a totem with the power to grant his deepest, darkest desires. Brett wishes for Samantha to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danny Graves  •  Richard Wenk
CAST:  Michael Weston  •  Alexandra Holden  •  Austin Pendleton  •  Huntley Ritter

Frances (1982)

The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Graeme Clifford
CAST:  Jessica Lange  •  Kim Stanley  •  Sam Shepard  •  Bart Burns

The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Graeme Clifford
CAST:  Jessica Lange  •  Kim Stanley  •  Sam Shepard  •  Bart Burns

Little Witches (1996)

Six misfit schoolgirls at an all-girl Catholic high school, left alone at the school for Easter week, get mixed up with the occult and witchcraft after an old Satanic temple is found underneath the church where they attend as well as an old book of black magic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jane Simpson
CAST:  Mimi Rose  •  Sheeri Rappaport  •  Jennifer Rubin  •  Jack Nance

Six misfit schoolgirls at an all-girl Catholic high school, left alone at the school for Easter week, get mixed up with the occult and witchcraft after an old Satanic temple is found underneath the church where they attend as well as an old book of black magic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jane Simpson
CAST:  Mimi Rose  •  Sheeri Rappaport  •  Jennifer Rubin  •  Jack Nance

Poltergeist III (1988)

Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle in an effort to hide her from the clutches of the ghostly Reverend Kane, but he tracks her down and terrorises her in her relatives' appartment in a tall glass building. Will he finally achieve his target and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gary Sherman
CAST:  Tom Skerritt  •  Nancy Allen  •  Heather O'Rourke  •  Lara Flynn Boyle

Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle in an effort to hide her from the clutches of the ghostly Reverend Kane, but he tracks her down and terrorises her in her relatives' appartment in a tall glass building. Will he finally achieve his target and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gary Sherman
CAST:  Tom Skerritt  •  Nancy Allen  •  Heather O'Rourke  •  Lara Flynn Boyle

Acting on Impulse (1993)

An erotic thriller actress becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a B-movie producer, leading her to hide out and engage in sexual thrills with a pair of innocents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Irvin
CAST:  C. Thomas Howell  •  Linda Fiorentino  •  Nancy Allen  •  Patrick Bauchau

An erotic thriller actress becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a B-movie producer, leading her to hide out and engage in sexual thrills with a pair of innocents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Irvin
CAST:  C. Thomas Howell  •  Linda Fiorentino  •  Nancy Allen  •  Patrick Bauchau

Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights (1998)

A young boy is taught to use his imagination by his grandfather who casts him in a great adventure back in time. Using a magic coin, he enters the medieval world of Sinbad, who must rescue a beautiful princess from the clutches of an evil knight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Mehrez
CAST:  Richard Grieco  •  Ryan Slater  •  Dean Stockwell  •  Mickey Rooney

A young boy is taught to use his imagination by his grandfather who casts him in a great adventure back in time. Using a magic coin, he enters the medieval world of Sinbad, who must rescue a beautiful princess from the clutches of an evil knight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Mehrez
CAST:  Richard Grieco  •  Ryan Slater  •  Dean Stockwell  •  Mickey Rooney

The Mouse and the Motorcycle (1986)

It looks like young Keith Gridley will have a lonely summer, until he meets a talking mouse named Ralph. Ralph takes an immediate liking to Keith's toy motorcycle and can ride it just by making a motor noise. Ralph even acts heroically when Keith comes down with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Underwood
CAST:  Philip Waller  •  Mimi Kennedy  •  Thom Sharp  •  John Byner

It looks like young Keith Gridley will have a lonely summer, until he meets a talking mouse named Ralph. Ralph takes an immediate liking to Keith's toy motorcycle and can ride it just by making a motor noise. Ralph even acts heroically when Keith comes down with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Underwood
CAST:  Philip Waller  •  Mimi Kennedy  •  Thom Sharp  •  John Byner

Guilty As Charged (1991)

Rod Steiger stars as a vigilante who with the aid of his helper, Isaac Hayes, captures men who he considers evil and executes them in his homemade electric chair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Irvin
CAST:  Rod Steiger  •  Lauren Hutton  •  Heather Graham  •  Lyman Ward

Rod Steiger stars as a vigilante who with the aid of his helper, Isaac Hayes, captures men who he considers evil and executes them in his homemade electric chair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Irvin
CAST:  Rod Steiger  •  Lauren Hutton  •  Heather Graham  •  Lyman Ward

Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)

The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition as the Reverend Kane, a religeous zealot ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Gibson
CAST:  JoBeth Williams  •  Craig T. Nelson  •  Heather O'Rourke  •  Oliver Robins

The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition as the Reverend Kane, a religeous zealot ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Gibson
CAST:  JoBeth Williams  •  Craig T. Nelson  •  Heather O'Rourke  •  Oliver Robins

Under the Rainbow (1981)

In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins. Secret Service agent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Rash
CAST:  Chevy Chase  •  Carrie Fisher  •  Eve Arden  •  Joseph Maher

In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins. Secret Service agent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Rash
CAST:  Chevy Chase  •  Carrie Fisher  •  Eve Arden  •  Joseph Maher

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)

The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Glosserman
CAST:  Nathan Baesel  •  Angela Goethals  •  Robert Englund  •  Scott Wilson

The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Glosserman
CAST:  Nathan Baesel  •  Angela Goethals  •  Robert Englund  •  Scott Wilson

The Flintstones: On the Rocks (2001)

With their marriage on the rocks, Fred and Wilma take a holiday together to rekindle the fire in their relationship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David P. Smith  •  Chris Savino
CAST:  Jeff Bergman  •  Tress MacNeille  •  Kevin Michael Richardson  •  Grey DeLisle

With their marriage on the rocks, Fred and Wilma take a holiday together to rekindle the fire in their relationship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David P. Smith  •  Chris Savino
CAST:  Jeff Bergman  •  Tress MacNeille  •  Kevin Michael Richardson  •  Grey DeLisle

The Dancing Princesses (1987)

A king with six daughters who is extremely over protective locks them in their room at night. But for some reason they order shoes from the cobbler practically every day and the king has to pay for them. And when he ask them why, they don't give him a straight ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Medak
CAST:  Lesley Ann Warren  •  Peter Weller  •  Roy Dotrice  •  Starr Andreeff

A king with six daughters who is extremely over protective locks them in their room at night. But for some reason they order shoes from the cobbler practically every day and the king has to pay for them. And when he ask them why, they don't give him a straight ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Medak
CAST:  Lesley Ann Warren  •  Peter Weller  •  Roy Dotrice  •  Starr Andreeff

Stormy Weathers (1992)

Shepherd is the detective hired by an aristocratic Italian to locate a relative and thereby solve an ancient inheritance problem. As she sinks into the case, however, she finds out that there is much more to the case.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Will Mackenzie
CAST:  Cybill Shepherd  •  Robert Beltran  •  Charlie Schlatter  •  Kurt Fuller

Shepherd is the detective hired by an aristocratic Italian to locate a relative and thereby solve an ancient inheritance problem. As she sinks into the case, however, she finds out that there is much more to the case.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Will Mackenzie
CAST:  Cybill Shepherd  •  Robert Beltran  •  Charlie Schlatter  •  Kurt Fuller
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