Larry Cohen

Larry Cohen

July 15, 1941 · 85 years old

Lawrence George Cohen (July 15, 1941 – March 23, 2019) was an American screenwriter, producer, and director of film and television, best known as a B-movie auteur of horror and science fiction films — often containing police procedural and satirical elements — during the 1970s and 1980s, such as It'…

Known For

27 titles
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Phone Booth

Phone Booth

2003 · 1h 21m · Movie

Publicist Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle. Unable to leave or receive outside help, Stuart's negotiation with the caller leads to a jaw-dropping climax.

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Captivity

Captivity

2007 · 1h 25m · Movie

A man and a woman awaken to find themselves trapped in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed.

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Maniac Cop

Maniac Cop

1988 · 1h 25m · Movie

A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.

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The Stuff

The Stuff

1985 · 1h 27m · Movie

A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any co...

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Q: The Winged Serpent

Q: The Winged Serpent

1982 · 1h 33m · Movie

NYPD detectives Shepard and Powell are working on a bizarre case of a ritualistic Aztec murder. Meanwhile, something big is attacking people of New York and only greedy small time crook Jimmy Quinn knows where its lair is.

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It's Alive

It's Alive

1974 · 1h 31m · Movie

The Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever it is scared. And it is easily scared.

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Maniac Cop 2

Maniac Cop 2

1990 · 1h 30m · Movie

A supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square serial killer.

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God Told Me To

God Told Me To

1976 · 1h 31m · Movie

A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."

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Guilty as Sin

Guilty as Sin

1993 · 1h 47m · Movie

A female lawyer takes an accused wife-murderer as a client, but finds herself morally compelled to betray him one way or another.

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Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

1992 · 1h 25m · Movie

A priest practicing the Voodoo arts resurrects Matt Cordell, who takes his badge and comes back from the dead to do his bidding.

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The Ambulance

The Ambulance

1990 · 1h 36m · Movie

A comic-book artist meets a woman on the NYC streets, but after a quick flirtation, she suddenly collapses and is picked up by an old ambulance. He checks all the hospitals in the area, but the woman has disappeared.

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Return of the Seven

Return of the Seven

1966 · 1h 35m · Movie

Two survivors of the original Magnificent Seven, Chris and Vin, recruit four new members to re-form the outfit and defend several Mexican villages from vicious bandits.

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Black Caesar

Black Caesar

1973 · 1h 27m · Movie

Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.

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It's Alive

It's Alive

2009 · 1h 20m · Movie

A baby born to a human couple turns out to be a mutant monster with an appetite to kill when scared.

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It Lives Again

It Lives Again

1978 · 1h 31m · Movie

An epidemic of monster babies sweeps across America.

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Wicked Stepmother

Wicked Stepmother

1989 · 1h 30m · Movie

A mother-and-daughter pair of witches wreaks havoc on a suburban family.

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Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam

1996 · 1h 29m · Movie

Desert Storm vet who was killed in combat rises from the grave on July Fourth, to kill the unpatriotic citizens of his hometown, after some teens burn an American flag over his burial site.

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It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

It's Alive III: Island of the Alive

1987 · 1h 35m · Movie

The monster babies have been placed by court order on a deserted island so that they can live out their lives as far away from normal humans as possible without killing them. Enraged by the cynicism toward, and the exploitation of...

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Original Gangstas

Original Gangstas

1996 · 1h 39m · Movie

When a gang shoots his father, Bookman (Fred Williamson) returns to his hometown, rounds up some of his own people and begins an all-out war to restore the neighborhood to its rightful sense of justice.

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I, the Jury

I, the Jury

1982 · 1h 51m · Movie

A PI investigates the murder of his one-armed friend, a PI working on a case. Clues lead to a sex clinic. Bodies pile up.

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Hell Up in Harlem

Hell Up in Harlem

1973 · 1h 34m · Movie

A gangster in Harlem must rescue his ex-wife, who has been kidnapped by the Mafia.

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Full Moon High

Full Moon High

1981 · 1h 33m · Movie

A popular high school football player becomes a werewolf after a trip to Romania, and struggles to come to terms with his new reality.

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Bone

Bone

1972 · 1h 35m · Movie

When a criminal breaks into the Beverly Hills home of a wealthy couple having marital problems, he unwillingly provides the spouses with an unlikely resolution to their conflicts as well as a solution to his own secret problem.

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Special Effects

Special Effects

1984 · 1h 46m · Movie

A director makes a movie based on a murder he committed.

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The American Success Company

The American Success Company

1980 · 1h 31m · Movie

Harry, who married his boss Mr. Elliott's daughter Sarah, has had enough of being humiliated both at home and at work. He hires prostitute Corinne to help him get back at his boss, wife, and friends and gets richer in the process.

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Scream Baby Scream

Scream Baby Scream

1969 · 1h 23m · Movie

A psycho artist kidnaps models and slices up their faces to create new mutant models.

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Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

2005 · 1h 27m · Movie

A profile of the filmmaker ("The Tall T," "Seven Men from Now") who, notes narrator Ed Harris, "made his mark in one of America's greatest art forms.the Western movie." Included: comments by admiring colleagues

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