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Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Susan Barnes has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2000s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by They Live.
Recurring themes

Dead Heat
1988
Horror · Science Fiction

Brain Damage
1988
Horror · Comedy

The Stuff
1985
Horror · Science Fiction

Hell Comes to Frogtown
1988
Action · Comedy

Class of Nuke 'Em High
1986
Horror · Comedy

The Toxic Avenger
1984
Action · Comedy

Re-Animator
1985
Science Fiction · Comedy

Kin-dza-dza!
1986
Comedy · Science Fiction

A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
Dir. John Carpenter · With Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster

A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.
Dir. Alex Cox · With Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Tracey Walter

Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed businessman and the incompetent crook strike up a partnership and develop a robbery-revenge scheme. But it turns out that some other criminals in the area don't appreciate the competition.
Dir. Steve Oedekerk · With Martin Lawrence, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley
Unity Field, a "free love" cult from the '70s, is mostly remembered for its notorious mass suicide led by Harris, its charismatic leader. While all members are supposed to burn in a fire together, young Cynthia is spared by chance. Years later, the nightmare of Unity Field remains buried in her mind. But when those around Cynthia start killing themselves, and she begins having visions of Harris, she may be forced to confront the past -- before it confronts her.
Dir. Andrew Fleming · With Jennifer Rubin, Bruce Abbott, Richard Lynch
A man is reluctant to tell his fiancee that his parents, uncle and brother are dwarfs.
Dir. Matthew Bright · With Gary Oldman, Kate Beckinsale, Patricia Arquette