Jack Hill

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Jack Hill

Born January 28, 1933 · Los Angeles, California, USA (age 93)

Jack Hill (born January 28, 1933) is an U.S. film director, noted for his work in the exploitation film genre. Hill was born in Los Angeles. His mother, Mildred (née Pannill), was a music teacher and his father, Roland Everett Hill, worked as a set builder for film studios and was an architect. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Hill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contribut…

Known For

The TerrorThe Terror · 1963
The Terror
★ 5.11963
MovieHorrorMystery
Lt. Andre Duvalier awakens on a beach to the sight of a strange woman who leads him to the gothic, towering castle that serves as home to an eerie baron.
Foxy BrownFoxy Brown · 1974
Foxy Brown
★ 6.31974
MovieActionCrime
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
The Big Doll HouseThe Big Doll House · 1971
The Big Doll House
★ 5.61971
MovieActionDrama
Female prisoners in a Philippine jail are being subjected to sadistic torture. Five of the women, along with the help of two men, plot an escape.
CoffyCoffy · 1973
Coffy
★ 6.61973
MovieCrimeThriller
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
Dementia 13Dementia 13 · 1963
Dementia 13
★ 5.51963
MovieHorrorMystery
A scheming widow hatches a bold plan to acquire her late husband's inheritance, unaware that she is being targeted by an ax murderer who lurks in the family's estate.
Death ShipDeath Ship · 1980
Death Ship
★ 5.11980
MovieHorrorMystery
Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. Little do they realise that the ship is actually a Nazi torture ship which has sailed the seas for years, luring unsuspecting sailors aboard and killing them off one by one.
City on FireCity on Fire · 1979
City on Fire
★ 5.11979
MovieAction
An ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.
The Big Bird CageThe Big Bird Cage · 1972
The Big Bird Cage
★ 5.61972
MovieActionCrime
Women rebel against slave labor in a filthy jungle prison where they feed sugar cane to a mechanical maw.

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Isle of the Snake PeopleIsle of the Snake People · 1971
Isle of the Snake People
★ 3.11971
MovieHorror
The inhabitants of a small, remote island have been practicing voodoo rites and worshipping an evil priest named Damballah for years, but the local law officials generally turn a blind eye to this death cult's bizarre activities. Captain Labesch arrives from the mainland, determined to crack down on the island's lawlessness and clean up the ineffectual, hard-drinking police force. He appeals for assistance from wealthy plantation tycoon Carl Van Molder, who owns nearly half of the island and wields a great deal of influence over the population. Van Molder has made the study of parapsychology his life's work and believes in the secret powers of the mind. He warns Labesch not to interfere with this forgotten island's ancient ways. Also visiting is Van Molder's niece, Annabella, a temperance crusader who wants her uncle to help fund the International Anti-Saloon League. She falls in love with handsome police lieutenant Andrew Wilhelm

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Alien TerrorAlien Terror · 1971
Alien Terror
★ 3.61971
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
Near the end of the 19th century, Prof. John Mayer and his assistant, the scientist Dr. Isabel Reed, accidentally invent a powerful ray. An alien travels to Earth to destroy the machine since it would be a threat to the universe. He initially possesses the mind of Thomas, a sex maniac and serial killer, to get close to Mayer during the demonstration of the machine to scientists and the military. Mayer's niece, Laura, meets an acquaintance of her uncle, the chemist Dr. Paul Rosten, and Mayer invites him to join the research. When Thomas gets close to Mayer, the alien also possesses his mind in order to destroy the device and his notes. Meanwhile, Thomas is not able to control his murderous impulses and attacks several women with a straight razor.

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