Of Unknown Origin (
1983) | IMDb:
6.1
A man who recently completed rebuilding a townhouse becomes obsessed with a rat infestation until it becomes an interspecies duel.
Starring:
Peter Weller
,
Jennifer Dale
,
Lawrence Dane
,
Kenneth Welsh
,
Louis Del Grande
,
Shannon Tweed
Directed by:
George P. Cosmatos
Videodrome (
1983) | IMDb:
7.2
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
Visiting Hours (
1982) | IMDb:
5.7
A deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the attack, he follows her to the hospital to finish her off.
Scanners (
1981) | IMDb:
6.7
After a man with extraordinary, and frighteningly destructive, telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers. Some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.
Starring:
Jennifer O'Neill
,
Stephen Lack
,
Patrick McGoohan
,
Lawrence Dane
,
Michael Ironside
,
Robert A. Silverman