The best John Saxon’s thriller movies

John Saxon

John Saxon

05/08/1935- 25/07/2020
Today we present the best John Saxon’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best John Saxon’s movies.
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From Dusk Till Dawn

From Dusk Till Dawn
7.2/10
Seth Gecko and his younger brother Richard are on the run after a bloody bank robbery in Texas. They escape across the border into Mexico and will be home-free the next morning, when they pay off the local kingpin. They just have to survive 'from dusk till dawn' at the rendezvous point, which turns out to be a Hell of a strip joint.

Black Christmas

Black Christmas
7.1/10
During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
6.6/10
  • Genre: HorrorThriller
  • Release: 27/02/1987
  • Character: Lieutenant Thompson
It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with their dreams. Too bad Freddy's decided to herald his return by invading the kids' dreams and scaring them into committing suicide.

Tenebre

Tenebre
7/10
An American writer in Rome is stalked by a serial killer bent on harassing him while killing all people associated with his work on his latest book.

Animal Instincts

Animal Instincts
4.9/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 21/10/1992
  • Character: Otto Van Horne
A cop and his sexually frustrated wife are struggling to keep their failing marriage intact, when by chance she finds that he is at heart a voyeuristic peeping tom. To satisfy him and herself, his wife has numerous affairs, which her husband watches on closed-circuit televison. However, the pair soon learn that when you play with fire, you'll always get burned.

Raid on Entebbe

Raid on Entebbe
6.7/10
Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually flew so far and rescued the passengers in one of the most successful Military operations in history. The only casualty for Israeli soldiers was Lt. Col. Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu..

Nightmare Beach

Nightmare Beach
5.4/10
Florida: Biker Edward Santer, known as "Diablo", is electrocuted for murder. He goes to the chair protesting his innocence, claiming he was set up by the local police chief and vowing vengeance from beyond the grave. Several teenagers are soon discovered dead, having been electrocuted. It seems Diablo's curse has come true. The mayor keeps the murders quiet because the town is celebrating "Spring Break", an annual festival in which thousands of students spend all their dollars having a good time. Suspects include the town's alcoholic doctor, the fascist police chief and Reverend Bates, whose wayward daughter is having sex with every young man in sight.

The Glove

The Glove
5.3/10
In this actioner, a bounty hunter is assigned to bring back an enormous and angry ex-convict who wears a deadly glove made of leather and steel. Rock'em sock'em mayhem ensues.

Invasion of the Flesh Hunters

Invasion of the Flesh Hunters
5.5/10
Released from captivity in Vietnam, two American Army officers return to civilian life and discover they have acquired an insatiable taste for human flesh. A city is terrorised... as they stalk the inhabitants to satisfy their primitive appetites.

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

The Girl Who Knew Too Much
7/10
A tourist witnesses a murder and finds herself caught up in a series of bloody killings.

Outta Time

Outta Time
4/10
A handsome and talented college student, David Morales, is devastated when a bum knee causes him to lose his scholarship to the University of San Diego. Unwilling to disappoint his proud mother, Morales wastes no time in looking for a job to pay his way through school. So when he meets the mysterious Professor Darabont who offers him a very well paying job to transport sealed packages across the Mexican border, Morales cannot refuse.

Criminal Act

Criminal Act
3.2/10
Two investigative reporters track down reports of giant rats in a city sewer system.

A Special Cop in Action

A Special Cop in Action
6.6/10
A school bus with young children being kidnapped. Commissario Betti will solve the case. High action is promised, including hostage, bank robberies, car chases, prison scenes and mafia bosses!

Violent Naples

Violent Naples
7/10
Inspector Betti (Maurizio Merli) is transferred to Naples and immediately after his arrival receives a warm welcome from The Commandante (Barry Sullivan), the city's crime lord. Betti then goes on a personal mission against corruption and organized crime, and tries to force the syndicate out of town with any means necessary.

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds
  • Genre: ActionThriller
  • Release: 20/10/1998
  • Character: Antonio DiPaolo Jr.
Life on the food chain keeps sinking lower after a vicious, inept gang of psychopaths and misfits seriously bungles a high-stakes heist. Now the hapless ex-con who's left holding the bag finds himself the target of not only crooked cops, but also his fellow thieves, an efficient hit man and the scariest redneck clan this side of "Deliverance"!

The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist

The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
6.7/10
Luigi "Chinaman" Maietto escapes from prison. As soon as he is free he assigns immediately two henchman to murder the inspector whose testimonial once led to his prison sentence. Inspector Tanzi is left for dead but survives. The local newspapers cover up for him and pretend the assassination had succeeded. When Tanzi gets better, his superior wants him to hide in Switzerland. But Tanzi defies him because he intends to make sure himself that Maietto is put back in prison. He goes for it.

Shadows in an Empty Room

Shadows in an Empty Room
6.3/10
An Ottawa police captain searches for the person who poisoned his sister, who was attending the university in Montreal. So desperate is he for revenge that he begin to use his own brutal methods to find the killer. Soon he discovers that not everything is what he thought it was.

The Bees

The Bees
4/10
Corporate smuggling of South American killer bees into the United States results in huge swarms terrorizing the northern hemisphere. A small team of scientists work desperately to destroy the threat, but the bees soon mutate into a super-intelligent species that threatens the world.

Blackmail

Blackmail
4.8/10
Two drifters attempt to blackmail a gangster's wife.

The Unguarded Moment

The Unguarded Moment
6.3/10
A high-school music teacher is the victim of a student who writes indecent notes and assaults women.

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