Michael Moriarty Archives

Q – The Winged Serpent (1982)

Rating: ★★★★

Aug 14, 2000Monster Movie

Larry Cohen is a cult director and this, which concerns a Quetzalcoatl bird amok in New York City, is the best of his films, peppered with side-splitting dialogue and Michael Moriarty giving the performance of a lifetime

Director: Larry Cohen

Actors: Michael Moriarty, David Carradine, Richard Roundtree, Candy Clark

Category: Horror

14 August 200018 October 2021 by Roog

The Stuff (1985)

Rating: ★★★½

Aug 31, 2000Possession by Sentient Fast Food

One of the films of cult director Larry Cohen in which he makes a body snatchers film involving sentient fast food. As to be expected from Cohen, this also becomes a sharp and witty satire

Director: Larry Cohen

Actors: Michael Moriarty, Paul Sorvino, Andrea Marcovicci, Scott Bloom, …

Category: Science Fiction

31 August 20005 July 2026 by Roog

Troll (1986)

Rating: ★★½

Feb 25, 2006Mischievous Creature

Low-budget Charles Band produced film that has entertainment value for its cheesily absurd creature effects and an amazing cast line-up

Director: John Carl Buechler

Actors: Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Sonny Bono, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, …

Category: Horror

25 February 200624 July 2023 by Roog

It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)

Rating: ★★

Feb 22, 2005Killer Mutant Babies

The third of Larry Cohen's killer mutant baby films that began with the cult It's Alive. Cohen's humour is again present but the film feels like a hodgepodge of ideas left over from the other films

Director: Larry Cohen

Actors: Michael Moriarty, Karen Black, James Dixon, Laurene Landon, …

Category: Horror

22 February 20055 May 2026 by Roog

A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987)

Rating: ★★

Sep 3, 2005Town of Vampires

Cult director Larry Cohen makes a sequel to the Stephen King mini-series but throws most connection out to make his own wry, occasionally amusing vampire film

Director: Larry Cohen

Actors: Michael Moriarty, Andrew Duggan, Samuel Fuller, James Dixon, …

Category: Horror

3 September 200511 October 2024 by Roog

Talking to Heaven (2002)

Rating: ★★

Jun 18, 2015True-Life Medium Biopic

A Hallmark tv mini-series based on the life of the supposed true-life medium James Van Praagh

Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal

Actors: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Queen Latifah, Jack Palance, …

Category: Fantasy

18 June 201516 November 2023 by Roog

Taken (2002)

Rating: ★★★½

Aug 7, 2008UFOs and Alien Abductions

TV mini-series in ten two-hour parts that deals with UFOs, covering several generations from the 1940s to the present. An interesting take on UFO encounters with the benefit of some phenomenal performances

Director: Breck Eisner, Bryan Spicer, Felix Alcala, Jeff Woolnough, Jeremy Kagan, John Fawcett, Michael Katleman, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Tobe Hooper

Actors: Dakota Fanning, Joel Gretsch, Emily Bergl, Heather Donahue, …

Category: Science Fiction

7 August 20088 August 2026 by Roog

Santa Baby (2006)

Rating: ★★

Jul 29, 2007Santa's Daughter

TV movie where Jenny McCarthy plays Santa's daughter who takes over the family business

Director: Ron Underwood

Actors: Jenny McCarthy, George Wendt, Kandyse McClure, Ivan Sergei, …

Category: Fantasy

29 July 20076 March 2025 by Roog

Deadly Skies (2006)

Rating: ★

Apr 5, 2023Asteroid Collision

Very low-budget film about an impending asteroid collision. Possibly the first LGBT disaster movie depending on which version you see

Director: Sam Irvin

Actors: Antonio Sabato Jr, Rae Dawn Chong, Michael Moriarty, Dominic Zamprogna, …

Category: Science Fiction

5 April 20235 April 2023 by Roog

King Cohen (2017)

Rating: ★★★½

Jan 3, 2023Genre Director Documentary

A documentary about cult director Larry Cohen, best known for It's Alive and other works. This is filled with hilariously entertaining stories of his guerrilla film-making methods

Director: Steve Mitchell

Actors: Larry Cohen. J.J. Abrams, Rick Baker, Eric Bogosian, Stephen Bowie, …

Category: Horror, Science Fiction

3 January 202317 June 2026 by Roog