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William Hootkins has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1990s.
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Alien Resurrection
1997
Science Fiction · Horror

Mary Reilly
1996
Drama · Horror

Castle Freak
1996
Thriller · Drama

Stir of Echoes
1999
Horror · Mystery

Ticks
1993
Horror · Science Fiction

Return of the Living Dead III
1993
Horror · Romance

The Relic
1997
Horror · Mystery

Monkey Shines
1988
Horror · Science Fiction

A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
Dir. Richard Stanley · With Robert John Burke, Chelsea Field, Marianne Sägebrecht

Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a bizarre Christmas present from her boyfriend. Once inside its new home, the cyborg promptly reconstructs the rest of its body using a variety of household utensils and proceeds to go on a murderous rampage.
Dir. Richard Stanley · With Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch

When six friends fly off on a weekend getaway and are suddenly plagued by engine trouble, they're forced to land on a remote island. Looking for shelter, they're grateful to encounter Ma and Pa and their children - an eccentric family living in the island's backwoods. But what begins as simple hospitality turns into a terrifying race for survival as the friends start disappearing one by one ... and turning up dead.
Dir. John Hough · With Rod Steiger, Yvonne De Carlo, Michael J. Pollard

After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to go into hospital she opens a bank account for the children, so that they can be financially self-sufficient and will be able to avoid being taken into care by the authorities. Unfortunately she also dies and Julie and Jack (the older, teenage children) decide to hide her body in the basement so that they can have free reign of their household. Soon Tom has taken to dressing as a girl whilst Sue has become increasingly reticent, confiding only to her diary, meanwhile Jack and Julie sense an attraction developing for each other. However Julie's new beau, Derek, threatens to unearth the many dark secrets within this family as he becomes increasingly suspicious of Jack.
Dir. Andrew Birkin · With Andrew Robertson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alice Coulthard

Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Though Alex is quite a bit older than Milena, he's attracted to her young, carefree spirit. Despite the fact that Milena is already married, their friendship quickly turns into a deeply passionate love affair that threatens to overtake them both. When Milena ends up in the hospital from an overdose, Alex is taken into custody by Inspector Netusil.
Dir. Nicolas Roeg · With Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel

After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.
Dir. Taylor Hackford · With Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski
Chaank Armaments is experimenting with the ultimate fighting machine which is part human - part machine. So far, the Hardman project has been unreliable and has killed a number of innocent people. The genius behind this project is Jack who lives in a world of models, toys and magazines. When he is fired by Cale for killing a few corporate officers, he unleashes the ultimate killing machine called the 'Warbeast' against Cale and those who would help her.
Dir. Stephen Norrington · With Ely Pouget, Brad Dourif, William Hootkins
Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
Dir. Peter Hyams · With Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer
A plane crash surviving attorney stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA—with horrific results.
Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis

as Bark Troll / Falkor (voice) · Voice
A young boy must restore order when a group of bullies steal the magical book that acts as a portal between Earth and the imaginary world of Fantasia.
Dir. Peter MacDonald · With Jason James Richter, Melody Kay, Jack Black
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