John Herman Shaner’s Typical Vibe
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John Herman Shaner has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1970s.
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The Lair of the White Worm
1988
Horror · Comedy

Stree
2018
Horror · Comedy

Spider Baby
1967
Comedy · Horror

Suburban Gothic
2014
Horror · Comedy

Death of a Unicorn
2025
Horror · Fantasy

Hell of a Summer
2025
Horror · Comedy

The Witches of Eastwick
1987
Comedy · Fantasy

Krampus
2015
Horror · Comedy

Nerdy Walter Paisley, a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn't fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful co-worker, Carla, by making a bust of her. When his klutziness results in the death of his landlady's cat, he panics and hides its body under a layer of plaster. But when Carla and her friends enthuse over the resulting artwork, Walter decides to create some bigger and more elaborate pieces using the same artistic process.
Dir. Roger Corman · With Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone

A ship-wrecked man floats ashore on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is inhabited by a scientist, Dr. Moreau, who in an experiment has turned beasts into human beings.
Dir. Don Taylor · With Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport
Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying him.
Dir. Jack Nicholson · With Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd