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Roy Frumkes

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Dawn of the DeadDawn of the Dead · 1978
Dawn of the Dead
7.51978
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
The SubstituteThe Substitute · 1996
The Substitute
7.01996
MovieActionCrime
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon he discovers a conspiracy of criminals at work, and must reassemble his team from his last jungle raid to stop them.
The Substitute 2: School's OutThe Substitute 2: School's Out · 1998
The Substitute 2: School's Out
6.41998
MovieActionMystery
When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson. An ex-Green Beret turned mercenary, Karl signs on as a new substitute teacher in order to investigate Randall's murder.
Street TrashStreet Trash · 1987
Street Trash
6.11987
MovieComedyHorror
A group of hobos begin melting into multicolored piles of goo after drinking sixty-year-old liquor. At the same time, the psychotic Vietnam War vet who rules the hobo camp snaps and begins killing at random. Two brothers set out to stop the liquor and the killer.
The JohnsonsThe Johnsons · 1992
The Johnsons
5.91992
MovieAdventureHorror
According to an ancient Indian tale a giant monster embryo residing in a crystal vase is predetermined to fertilize a blue-eyed woman. She will give birth to something evil to unleash horror and destruction upon human kind. Ugly septuplet brothers reproduced within the framework of mysterious genetic experiments terrorize a young innocent girl who seems to be chosen for the sinister predestination.
Who Do I Gotta Kill?Who Do I Gotta Kill? · 1994
Who Do I Gotta Kill?
4.31994
MovieComedyCrime
A struggling writer takes a job for his mobster uncle in order to obtain first-hand material for a book on conspiracy plots and the JFK assassination. They often say that a good writer lives what he writes, but what happens when the life that the writer is living could likely get him killed?
The Substitute: Failure Is Not an OptionThe Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option · 2001
The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option
5.12001
MovieActionDrama
A former mercenary joins a military academy as a teacher. He soon discovers a neo-Nazi group, code-named Werewolves, formed among the cadets. He also quickly finds that they have military leadership among the officers at the Academy.
The Substitute 3: Winner Takes AllThe Substitute 3: Winner Takes All · 1999
The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All
5.21999
MovieActionThriller
At a college visit to a war buddy's professor daughter, mercenary Treat Williams finds her brutally beaten. He then poses as a teacher to teach a lesson to the football jocks responsible.

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The Sweet LifeThe Sweet Life · 2003
The Sweet Life
7.02003
MovieComedyRomance
Sensitive but unsuccessful New York magazine columnist Michael (James Lorinz King of New York, Frankenhooker) looks on with hopeless envy as his self-confident, shallow brother Frankie catches all the women, makes all the money and never feels a pang of remorse at his amoral behavior. Enter Lila (Barbara Sicuranza), a tough, sexy bartender. Initially Frankie's got her, and Michael gets fixed up with her biker chick roommate (Joan Jett, of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts). Then, through a twist of fate, Michael finds himself vying with Frankie for Lila's affections, and the results are both riotously funny and touching. Filmmakers Roy Frumkes and Rocco Simonelli (writers of the cult hit The Substitute) have created a romantic comedy... for people who hate romantic comedies!

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