The best James Karen’s horror movies

James Karen

James Karen

28/11/1923- 23/10/2018
We present our ranking of the best James Karen’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 James Karen.
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Poltergeist

Poltergeist
7.3/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 04/06/1982
  • Character: Mr. Teague
Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving around by itself. However, when he realizes that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve calls in a team of parapsychologists led by Dr. Lesh to help before it's too late.

The Return of the Living Dead

The Return of the Living Dead
7.3/10
When foreman Frank shows new employee Freddy a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, the two klutzes accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into flesh-eating zombies. As the epidemic spreads throughout the town, and the creatures satisfy their hunger in gory and outlandish ways, Frank and Freddy fight to survive with the help of their boss and a mysterious mortician.

Piranha

Piranha
4/10
Doctor Baines has been conducting genetic experiments on piranhas and has made them virtually unstoppable. Unfortunately, his assistants, Maggie and Paul, accidentally release the hybrids into the Lost River Lake threatening to destroy everyone in their path. Can they prevent the flesh-eating piranhas from escaping into the ocean and spawning?

Return of the Living Dead Part II

Return of the Living Dead Part II
5.7/10
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.

The Butterfly Room

The Butterfly Room
5.4/10
A reclusive and butterfly-obsessed elderly lady suffering from bipolar disorder develops a disturbing relationship with a mysterious but seemingly innocent youngster.

Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars
5.5/10
In this remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.

The Unborn

The Unborn
4.7/10
A couple who cannot have children joins an in-vitro fertilization program. While she is with child, she finds strange occurrences happening within her body. The horror surrounding the child comes to light when the parents find that their child has been part of a mad experiment.

The Willies

The Willies
5.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 27/12/1990
  • Character: Jenkins / Uncle Harry
Two brothers camping with their cousin try to frighten each other by telling stories. They start with urban legends, but then there are two main narrations: one involves strange happenings at an elementary school; the other, a teenage boy with a peculiar interest.

Time Walker

Time Walker
3.7/10
From deep within the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, Professor Douglas McCadden ships the coffin of Ankh-Vanharis to the California Institute of Sciences where X-rays reveal five diamond-like crystals hidden within the coffin. Technician Peter Sharpe steals the crystals but doesn't notice that the powerful X-ray has revived a green fungus. When the coffin is opened at a university press conference, the reporters uncover more than they bargained for. The mummy has disappeared... and the Time Walker is alive again!

Fatal Kiss

Fatal Kiss
5.1/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 02/10/2002
  • Character: Larry Jacobs
A wealthy businessman wanting to get rid of his unfaithful wife gets more than he bargained for when his plans come back to bite him, literally.

Future Shock

Future Shock
4.2/10
A psychiatrist uses virtual reality to probe the minds of three unsuspecting patients, unleashing horrific psychic forces in the process.

Cynthia

Cynthia
4.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 31/08/2018
  • Character: Frank Teague
Cynthia is a horror film about the 'perfect' couple and their desperate obsession to have a child which descends into a terrifying dark comedy.

Girlfriend from Hell

Girlfriend from Hell
5/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 24/04/1989
  • Character: Carl's Dad
The inventor of the condom-- now God's bounty hunter- is tasked with tracking down and capturing the Devil, who has possessed the body of a high school wallflower in order to feed on human souls via sex.

Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster

Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster
3.8/10
When an atomic war on Mars destroys the planet's women, it's up to Martian Princess Marcuzan and her right-hand man Dr. Nadir to travel to earth and kidnap women for new breeding stock. Landing in Puerto Rico, they shoot down a NASA space capsule manned by an android. With his electronic brain damaged, the android terrorizes the island while the Martians raid beaches and pool parties

Dark and Stormy Night

Dark and Stormy Night
6.6/10
In the 1930s the family of old Sinas Cavinder, gathered for the reading of his will, find themselves being murdered by a mysterious phantom while two rival reporters compete for the story.

America's Most Haunted

America's Most Haunted
4.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 08/05/2013
  • Character: Ralph George
The crew of a popular ghost hunting show gets more than they bargained for when they come across a location that's actually haunted.

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
7.1/10
A disturbed young mother with some serious psychological problems begins to take them out on her infant daughter.

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