Peter Boyle
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Scott is distressed to learn that his ex-wife and her husband have informed his son, Charlie, that there is no Santa Claus. While a sullen Charlie visits his dad on Christmas Eve, a noise on the roof brings them outside. It turns out that there is a Santa after all, and Scott has just accidentally killed him. Because of "the Santa clause, " Scott inherits the job of Santa. As the next year passes, Scott rapidly gains weight, grows a white beard and...
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The reunited Mystery, Inc. team return to their hometown of Coolsville as heroes where the local criminology museum offers an exhibition of the many ghostly disguises used by villains they've subdued over the years. Their warm welcome is short lived when a mean-spirited reporter airs a series of stories calling the teams abilities into question. To make matters worse, a number of the weird creature costumes are coming to life and wrecking havoc on...
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The grandson of Victor Frankenstein is a teaching surgeon who has spent his life living down the legend of his grandfather, even changing the pronunciation of his name. Summoned by a will to his late grandfather's castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein soon discovers the scientist's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. Then things get a little silly. He becomes obsessed with duplicating his grandfather's work. Due...
4) F.I.S.T
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Follows the rise and fall of union leader Johnny Kovak from his beginnings as an idealistic blue collar worker to head of the Federation of Inter-State Truckers.
5) Hammett
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Dashiell Hammett has retired from his career as a Pinkerton detective to write fiction. An old friend calls, and Hammett becomes involved in a search for a missing girl in Chinatown.
6) Yellowbeard
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"For twelve years, Yellowbeard has looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sentenced to twenty years in St. Victim's Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to confiscate his fabulous treasure, the Royal Navy allows him to escape and follows him where saucy tarts, lisping demigods and some awful puns and punishments await"--Container.
7) Swashbuckler
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A buccaneer saves his friend from execution and then comes to the aid of a wronged noblewoman. Together they attempt to free the citizens of Jamaica from an evil lord.
9) F.I.S.T
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Union leader Johnny Kovak works his way up the Teamsters trade-union organization and comes under investigation for possible connections with the mafia.
10) Slither
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"[A] movie with as many zany people and events as a road map has destinations. A road movie on its zigzag route involving the search for a tucked-away stash of cash; a house blown to kingdom come; a pill-popping, short-shorted wanderer packing heat; amiable ne'er-do-wells looking to do better as they steer a muscle car towing a silver Airstream, plus trailing villains in ominous black vans, a diner stick-up, beach towns, farm towns, a war veterans'...