Charles Cyphers’s Typical Vibe
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Charles Cyphers has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1980s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Halloween.
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The Stepfather
1987
Horror · Thriller

The House on Sorority Row
1982
Horror · Mystery

See No Evil
1971
Thriller · Horror

Dead of Winter
1987
Thriller

Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1986
Horror · Thriller

Psycho II
1983
Horror · Mystery

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
Horror · Thriller

Visiting Hours
1982
Horror · Thriller

Halloween
1978 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%AMC+ · Included

Assault on Precinct 13
1976 · Movie · Actor
Top 5%Prime Video · Included

The Fog
1980 · Movie · Actor
Top 10%Shudder · Included

Halloween II
1981 · Movie · Actor
Top 14%Shudder · Included

Major League
1989 · Movie · Actor
Top 24%Paramount+ · Included

Gleaming the Cube
1989 · Movie · Actor
Top 79%Prime Video · Included

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
Dir. John Carpenter · With Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes

A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary form an unlikely alliance to defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.
Dir. John Carpenter · With Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer

In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
Dir. John Carpenter · With Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine

Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.
Dir. John Carpenter · With Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Jamie Lee Curtis

After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach his favorite victim.
Dir. Rick Rosenthal · With Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers

When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate—but only a losing season will make that possible, which should be easy given the misfits she's hired. Rachel is sure her dream will come true, but she underestimates their will to succeed.
Dir. David S. Ward · With Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen
A young woman moves to a high-rise apartment building and soon begins to be tormented by an unknown stalker who seems to know her every move.
Dir. John Carpenter · With Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau
This biopic traces Elvis Presley’s life from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to stardom to his triumphant conquering of Las Vegas.
Dir. John Carpenter · With Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Bing Russell

An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater believes he was murdered. It's up to him to solve the case, with a skateboard.
Dir. Graeme Clifford · With Christian Slater, Steven Bauer, Richard Herd
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