The best Claude Akins’s thriller movies
We present our ranking of the best Claude Akins’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Claude Akins.
Tentacles
3.7/10
Several people disappear from and at the sea. Their bodies are found gnawed to the skeleton, even the marrow is missing. The scientists have no idea which animal could do such things. Dr. Turner begins to suspect that the company which builds a tunnel beneath the bay might have poisoned the environment and caused an octopus to mutate to giant dimensions...
Skyjacked
5.7/10
A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.
Witness to Murder
6.6/10
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
The Night Stalker
7.4/10
Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of gruesome murders in Las Vegas. It seems that each victim has been bitten in the neck and drained of all their blood. Kolchak is sure that it is a vampire. He's hot on the trail, but nobody believes him. His editor thinks he's nuts and the police think he's a hindrance in the investigation, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hand.
Down Three Dark Streets
6.7/10
An FBI Agent takes on the three unrelated cases of a dead agent to track down his killer.
The Norliss Tapes
6.3/10
A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. As Norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving Voodoo and the walking dead.
Twisted Fear
5.1/10
When accomplished businessman Steve (Bob Poole) meets ambitious medical student Tina (Kim Kilway), who's half his age, he's immediately smitten. Tina seems to enjoy Steve's company as well, though she's already dating a pathologist named Jack (James Hansen Prince), who's closer to her age. What starts out as an innocent love triangle turns dangerous when jealousy, passion and undeniable attraction collide to complicate matters.
Kiss Me, Kill Me
5.5/10
A female investigator in the district attorney's office sets out to track down the person who murdered a young schoolteacher.
Shadow of Fear
5.6/10
A rich woman, an industrialist's wife, finds her home nearly destroyed and with menacing phrases painted on the walls. Besides calling the police, her husband calls his security manager, an ex-cop, who hesitates before accepting the task of protecting her and finding the responsible party.
Desperate Intruder
5.9/10
A blind woman living at a lonely beach house gives sanctuary to an escaped convict whose ruthless partner is on the way.
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
4.6/10
An airplane carring coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is flying over an orange-producing town in California. The airplane crashes, and the unlucky inhabitants of the town release the poisonous spiders into their midst. Once the town's officials discover that the tarantulas are responsible for several deaths, the tarantulas have already descended upon the town's only orange-processing factory. The town's citizens risk their lives to remove the tarantulas from the factory while the poisonous pests are rendered motionless by the transmitted sound of buzzing bees
Yesterday's Child
7.4/10
A young couple's three-year-old daughter is kidnapped and no trace is ever found of her. Fourteen years later, a young woman claiming to be that girl shows up at the parents' house.
