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Alan Ormsby has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1990s.
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When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon he discovers a conspiracy of criminals at work, and must reassemble his team from his last jungle raid to stop them.
Dir. Robert Mandel · With Tom Berenger, Raymond Cruz, Marc Anthony

A young soldier who was thought to be killed in Vietnam returns home and exhibits disturbing behavior, much to the confusion of his family.
Dir. Bob Clark · With John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Richard Backus

Clifford Peache, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully terrorizes his classmates and extorts their lunch money. Refusing to pay up, Clifford enlist the aid of an overgrown misfit whose mere presence intimidates students and teachers alike. But their "business relationship" soon turns personal as Clifford and the troubled loner forge a winning alliance against their intimidators - and a very special friendship with each other.
Dir. Tony Bill · With Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon

After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat – and zoo curator Oliver to her. Soon, Paul will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they revert into predatory jungle cats.
Dir. Paul Schrader · With Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard
While holding a horror film festival, a group of students are stalked by a madman who may have a sinister connection to a cult leader.
Dir. Mark Herrier · With Jill Schoelen, Tom Villard, Dee Wallace

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Six actors go to a graveyard on a remote island to act out a necromantic ritual. The ceremony works, and soon the dead are walking about and chowing down on human flesh.
Dir. Bob Clark · With Alan Ormsby, Valerie Mamches, Jeff Gillen
When the students of Angel Beach High decide to stage "An Evening With Shakespeare," their efforts are threatened by Miss Balbricker, who views the works of Shakespeare as obscene. She enlists the help of Reverend Bubba Flavel, a religious fanatic who brings along his flock of followers to pressure the school into shutting down the production.
Dir. Bob Clark · With Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight, Mark Herrier

A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies, he misses her, and a year later digs her up and takes her home. He learns about taxidermy and begins robbing graves to get materials to patch her up, and inevitably begins looking for fresher sources of materials. Based loosely on the true story of Ed Gein.
Dir. Alan Ormsby, Jeff Gillen · With Roberts Blossom, Cosette Lee, Leslie Carlson
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