Amazing Movie Posters

An alien creature stalks human prey. Director: Greydon Clark Writers: Lyn Freeman, Daniel Grodnik Stars: Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Tarah Nutter

A nuclear-plant leak turns a bus-load of children into murderous atomic zombies with black fingernails. Director: Max Kalmanowicz Writers: Carlton J. Albright (screenplay), Edward Terry (screenplay) Stars: Martin Shakar, Gil Rogers, Gale Garnett

After the rebels have been brutally overpowered by the Empire on their newly established base, Luke Skywalker takes advanced Jedi training with Master Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke. Director: Irvin Kershner Writers: Leigh Brackett (screenplay), Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay) Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

Shortly after the launch of a satellite from a space shuttle the satellite collides with an UFO in front of the crew's eyes. Because of an election campaign some politicians try to hide the... See full summary » Director: James L. Conway Writers: Ken Pettus (screenplay) (as Steven Thornley) , Thomas C. Chapman (story) (as Tom Chapman) Stars: Darren McGavin, Robert Vaughn, Gary Collins

During the Vietnam war, an American soldier gets trapped behind enemy lines. A squad of his buddies sets out to rescue him. Director: Antonio Margheriti (as Anthony M. Dawson) Writers: Gianfranco Couyoumdjian (story), Dardano Sacchetti (screenplay) Stars: David Warbeck, Tisa Farrow, Tony King

A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth. Director: Mike Hodges Writers: Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay), Michael Allin (adaptation) Stars: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow

A women's prison camp is located deep in the tropical rain forest. Sadistic guards and a warden from hell make life almost unbearable for the inmates, and any infraction of the rules is dealt with swiftly and savagely. The camp doctor is horrified at what he sees happening, and drinks heavily to push the horror away. Finally the inmates have had had enough, and they enlist the help of the doctor to try and escape. Director: Edoardo Mulargia (as Edward G. Muller) Writers: Gil Carretero (screenplay) (as Roberto Esteves) , Sergio Chiusi (screenplay) Stars: Anthony Steffen, Ajita Wilson, Cristina Lay

Crew of interstellar police ship is sent to recover a mysterious crystal, the Blue Star. Subplots: The ship's female android and a crew member fall in love. Alien is spoofed as as the captain gives birth to an alien who grows up on the ship thinking the captain is its mother. Director: William Sachs Writer: William Sachs Stars: Stephen Macht, Avery Schreiber, J.D. Hinton

A young woman arrives at her grandmother's house, which used to be a funeral home, to help her turn the place into a bed-and-breakfast inn. After they open, however, guests begin disappearing or turning up dead. Director: William Fruet Writer: Ida Nelson Stars: Kay Hawtrey, Lesleh Donaldson, Barry Morse

Contamination is a 1980 science fiction-horror film directed by Luigi Cozzi and starring Ian McCulloch. Cozzi also cowrote the screenplay under his pen name Lewis Coates. The soundtrack was composed by Goblin. Release date: June 1982 (USA) Director: Luigi Cozzi Running time: 1h 35m Initial DVD release: 2004 (USA) Screenplay: Luigi Cozzi, Erich Tomek

A kung-fu fighter (Jackie Chan) is mistaken for a fugitive while searching for his runaway brother. Initial release: February 9, 1980 (Hong Kong) Director: Jackie Chan Running time: 1h 46m MPAA rating: PG-13 Screenplay: Jackie Chan, Tin-Chi Lau, Lu Tung, King Sang Tang

A madman kidnaps an innocent child and only an ex-race car driver can deliver the ransom, a fortune in gold, in time. Director: Richard Losee Writer: Roger Clark (screenplay) Stars: Richard Losee, Kristin Kelly, Dahl Gleave