Howard R. Cohen

Howard R. Cohen was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed films such as Saturday the 14th (1981), a horror-comedy parody, and Space Raiders (1983), a science fiction adventure. Cohen also wrote for television series, including The Care Bears and Rainbow Brite. His work often blended genres, incorporating elements of comedy, horror, and science fiction.

Works

Saturday the 14th Strikes Back

Eddie and his family have just inherited a spooky wreck of a house. What they do not know about the house is that it was built over an evil passage way, but they are soon to discover the wacky evil it releases.

Release Date1988-09-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Mr. Bleckner

Vote Count16

The Unholy Rollers

Karen wants more action out of life and quits her job at the cannery to become a skater in the roller derby. She encounters friction from the other skaters - especially Mickey, the current number one star of the team. Karen proves herself a feisty competitor but refuses to be a team player. As she skates her way to roller stardom, she incurs the wrath of jealous team members and the owner of the team.

Release Date1972-11-10

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count18

Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans

What begins as a grand tournament soon turns sinister when fighters start disappearing without a trace. Drawn into the mystery, Deathstalker uncovers a wicked queen’s plot and her army of unstoppable stone warriors. Now, with his fellow champions in danger and a new love to protect, Deathstalker must fight his greatest battle yet—or become just another casualty in her twisted game.

Release Date1991-07-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count55

Barbarian Queen

Set during the days of the Roman Empire. A simple village is raided by Roman troops, and most of the people are whisked off to be slaves or killed. Three women survive and set off to liberate their people. When they arrive at the Roman city, they team up with the local underground to seek vengeance and liberation of the slaves

Release Date1985-11-30

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count93

Deathstalker

The warrior Deathstalker is tasked by an old witch lady to obtain and unite the three powers of creation - a chalice, an amulet, and a sword - lest the evil magician Munkar get them and use them for nefarious purposes. After obtaining the sword, Deathstalker joins with other travelers going to the Big Tournament to determine the strongest warrior. The false king holds the true princess in captivity, and plots to have Deathstalker killed, and Deathstalker must fight to free the princess.

Release Date1983-09-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count190

The Young Nurses

Sexy young nurses administer a special kind of therapy on their daily rounds as they battle a drug ring operating outside the hospital...

Release Date1973-03-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count8

Space Raiders

A futuristic, sensitive tale of adventure and confrontation when a 10 year old boy is accidentally kidnapped by a spaceship filled with a motley crew of space pirates.

Release Date1983-07-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count45

Emmanuelle 5

Emmanuelle, the sexiest woman in the world, endures a streak of bad luck that begins when she's stripped by a mob of adoring fans at an international film festival. Emmanuelle's lousy luck continues when she's abducted from her yacht off the South of France and forced to submit to the erotic desires of an Arab sheik.

Release Date1987-01-07

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count35

Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer

Rainbow Brite, and her magical horse Starlite, must stop an evil princess and her underlings from taking over the planet Spectra. When they meet Orin, the wise Sprite tries to make the two children get along and work together to stop the evil Princess. Orin tells them that they can only destroy her by combining their own powers against her. Getting in the way of their mission is the sinister Murky Dismal and his bumbling assistant Lurky who, as usual, are lavishing in the new gloom created by the darkening of Spectra, as well as trying to steal Rainbow's magical color belt.

Release Date1985-11-15

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenstory

Vote Count37

Saturday the 14th

After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book releases a band of monsters into the house and the family must join together to save themselves and their neighborhood.

Release Date1981-10-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count106

Space Case

In the future, mental institutions are located on far-away planets. One such planet is the apex for an invasion of Earth by rodent-like aliens. It is up to a band of intrepid mental patients to thwart their evil schemes.

Release Date1992-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Time Trackers

When an evil scientist steals his colleague's time machine his colleague's beautiful, brilliant daughter, aided by an L.A. cop and a hapless admirer, pursues him back to twelfth century England where - disguised as a damsel in distress - she enlists the help of a knight errant whose secret past holds the key to her future.

Release Date1989-05-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count8

Vampire Hookers

A sinister vampire sends out a horde of undead beauties to bring back victims for his dinner.

Release Date1978-07-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count29

Stryker

The world's water supply has dried up due to some sort of apocalypse. A beautiful woman holds the secret to where one of the last springs being guarded by a group of Amazons. A "Road Warrior" like crew captures her and tries to make her talk through brutal torture. The hero (Stryker) unites with some of the remaining "good guys" and the Amazons and frees the woman. They go on to a "Road Warrior" type of concluding battle with the bad guys.

Release Date1983-09-02

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count26

Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back

In a final and epic battle in the thrilling sequel to the now classic "Barbarian Queen", Althalia, leads a revolt of peasants and female warriors against the wicked ruler, Arkaris, to regain her throne.

Release Date1990-03-23

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count33

Deathstalker III: The Warriors from Hell

Deathstalker’s back—and this time he’s facing off against Troxartes, an evil wizard with a zombie army and two magical jewels that hold the key to the lost city of Erendor. Teaming up with Princess Carissa, Deathstalker must protect the third gem, storm a heavily guarded fortress, and ride a bolt of lightning straight into battle.

Release Date1988-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count64

Death Force

James Iglehart is Doug Russell, an American who steals a shipment of gold in the Philippines with two Vietnam War buddies, who cut his throat and throw him overboard. Russell washes ashore an island inhabited by two Japanese soldiers stranded there since World War II. They nurse him back to health and he is taught martial arts and the art of the samurai. Back in the States, his treacherous pals, Marelli and Maghee, use their loot and viciousness to muscle their way into Los Angels mafia turf.

Release Date1978-09-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count18

Cover Girl Models

A fashion photography assignment teams three American models and inadvertently pitches them into the mystery and danger of international espionage, when an invaluable roll of microfilm secreted into one of the girls' fashion gowns, draws them into the violence and intrigue of a spy-vs-counterspy conspiracy.

Release Date1975-07-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count8

Lady Lovely Locks and the Pixietails

Lady Lovely Locks and the Pixietails is a character property created by American Greetings Corporation in the mid-1980s. The characters were licensed for a toyline by Mattel, and for a syndicated animated television series by DiC in 1987. However, only 20 episodes were produced in all.

Release Date1987-09-05

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count1

Void Where Prohibited by Law

Skits produced by The Conception Corporation, a '70s comedy group.

Release Date1971-01-01