6 Movies Directed by Chuck Russell

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-02-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

X

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (44688 Reviews)

Director:

Chuck Russell

Cast:

Writer:

Wes Craven (story)

Bruce Wagner (story)

Wes Craven (screenplay)

Bruce Wagner (screenplay)

Frank Darabont (screenplay)

Chuck Russell (screenplay)

Wes Craven (characters)

Fullplot:

Picking up where the original Nightmare left off, Nancy has grown up and become a psychiatrist specializing in dream therapy. She meets a group of children at a local hospital facing Freddy Krueger, the same demon she once encountered in her sleep. One of them is Kristen, who has the power to draw other people into her dreams. Working with a male doctor assigned to the case, Nancy helps the kids realize their special abilities within the nightmare world. When Freddy captures one of her charges, she leads a rescue attempt into Krueger's domain, in hopes of putting his spirit to rest once and for all.

The Blob

The Blob

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-08-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (21094 Reviews)

Director:

Chuck Russell

Genres:

HorrorSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Theodore Simonson (earlier screenplay)

Kay Linaker (earlier screenplay)

Irvine H. Millgate (story)

Chuck Russell (screenplay)

Frank Darabont (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob from another planet which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously.

The Mask

The Mask

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-07-29

Languages:

English, Swedish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (240786 Reviews)

Director:

Chuck Russell

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Fallon (story)

Mark Verheiden (story)

Mike Werb (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Stanley Ipkiss is a bank clerk that is an incredibly nice man. Unfortunately, he is too nice for his own good and is a pushover when it comes to confrontations. After one of the worst days of his life, he finds a mask that depicts Loki, the Norse night god of mischief. Now, when he puts it on, he becomes his inner, self: a cartoony romantic wild man. However, a small time crime boss, Dorian Tyrel, comes across this character dubbed "The Mask" by the media. After Ipkiss's alter ego indirectly kills his friend in crime, Tyrel now wants this green-faced goon destroyed.

Eraser

Eraser

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-06-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(78570 Reviews)

Director:

Chuck Russell

Cast:

Writer:

Tony Puryear (story)

Walon Green (story)

Michael S. Chernuchin (story)

Tony Puryear (screenplay)

Walon Green (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Bless the Child

Bless the Child

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-08-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(11685 Reviews)

Director:

Chuck Russell

Cast:

Writer:

Cathy Cash Spellman (novel)

Thomas Rickman (screenplay)

Clifford Green (screenplay)

Ellen Green (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Omens and concepts of good vs. evil have no place in Maggie O'Connor's well-ordered, practical universe. Her life revolves around her job as a nurse at a busy New York hospital, until one rainy night, her sister Jenna abandons her newborn, autistic daughter at her home. Maggie takes the baby in, and she becomes the daughter she never had. Six years later Jenna suddenly re-appears with a mysterious new husband, Eric, and abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis, an expert in ritual homicide and occult-related crime, takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently missing children. The little girl, it soon becomes clear, is more than simply "special." She manifests extraordinary powers that the forces of evil have waited centuries to control, and her abduction sparks a clash between the soldiers of good and evil that can only be resolved, in the end, by the strength of one small child and the love she inspires in those she touches.

The Scorpion King

The Scorpion King

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany, Belgium

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (92960 Reviews)

Director:

Chuck Russell

Cast:

Writer:

Stephen Sommers (story)

Jonathan Hales (story)

Stephen Sommers (screenplay)

William Osborne (screenplay)

David Hayter (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In an ancient time, predating the pyramids, the evil king Memnon is using the psychic powers of his sorceress Cassandra to fortell his great victories. In a last ditch effort to stop Memnon from taking over the world, the leaders of the remaining free tribes hire the assassin Mathayus to kill the sorceress. But Mathayus ends up getting much more than he bargained for. Now with the help of the trickster Arpid, tribal leader Balthazar and an unexpected ally, it's up to Mathayus to fufill his destiny and become the great Scorpion King.

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