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FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM-1987-A reporter Beth Chandler (Susan Tyrell) covers the execution of Katherine White (Martine Bestwick) in the town of Oldfield. After her execution Beth visits White's brother Julian (Vincent Price) and 4 tales are related. 

In story one: A nutty psychotic wimp Stanley (Clu Gulager) has a weird relationship with his sister. He's sweet on co-worker Grace. Some-how, they go on a date and he kills her. Later he has sex with her corpse. 9 months later he kills his sister. He seems happy until an undead demon baby (the result of his unholy intercourse) comes to kill him. 

In the second story an idiot (Terry Kiser) escaping from a gangland hit meets the swamp dwelling Felder (Harry Ceaser) who knows the secret of eternal life. 

In the third a glass eater at a carnival has problems when he wants to marry a non-carny woman. They escape but the owner (Rosalind Cash) vows revenge. 

In the last, set during the Civil War, some children take revenge on Northern soldiers (led by Cameron Mitchell) in defense of the insurrectionists who fought to keep slavery legal. 

This is a mixed bag anthology from director Jeff Burr who was later known for his sequels to horror movies (THE STEPFATHER 2, LEATHERFACE: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 3, PUMPKINHEAD 2: BLOOD WINGS, ETC.).

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Digital Disaster

Philip Roth made many direct to video movies in the '90's...Shit, he's still making them! Roth concocted DIGITAL MAN in 1994 with the help of co-scripter Roland Schmidt. It features Matthias Hues as the title character, a Robo-Cop/Terminator type government robot named D-1. Coming back from a mission his plane goes off course and lands in the trailer park wonderland called Badwater. Video vet Ed Lauter sends in a team of cyborgs and humans to take him out. Hues is a polite killing machine and since the population of Badwater are a collective bunch of idiots it's nice to see them get blown away starting with the fat obnoxious sheriff.

Unfortunately the team that is sent in to stop D-1 are a bunch of bickering assholes and it is quite a pleasure to see them get blown away too! (ala something like "Predator")

Ken Olandt and Kristen Dalton lead the team while Adam Baldwin, Clint Howard, Susan Tyrell and Phillip Bruns are on hand to make you remember why you watch direct to video movies!

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