Will Sampson’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Will Sampson has 5 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 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Recurring themes

Man from Deep River
1972
Adventure · Horror

Countess Dracula
1971
Drama · Horror

The Omen
1976
Horror · Thriller

The Amityville Horror
1979
Horror

Dead of Night
1974
Horror

Incubus
1982
Horror · Thriller

The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988
Horror · Thriller

Bad Dreams
1988
Horror · Thriller

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.
Dir. Miloš Forman · With Jack Nicholson, Brad Dourif, Louise Fletcher
After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at the hands of a reckless Irish captain, a vengeful killer whale rampages through the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, the captain, a female marine biologist, and an Indigenous tribalist venture after the great beast, who will meet them on its own turf.
Dir. Michael Anderson · With Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson

The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition as the Reverend Kane, a religious zealot responsible for the deaths of his many followers. His goal is simple - he wants the angelic Carol Anne.
Dir. Brian Gibson · With Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke

In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.
Dir. J. Lee Thompson · With Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson

A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.
Dir. J. Lee Thompson · With Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson
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