Larry Cohen Trailers
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Lawrence George Cohen (July 15, 1941 – March 23, 2019) was an American screenwriter, producer, and director of film and television, best known as a B-movie auteur of horror and science fiction films — often containing police procedural and satirical elements — during the 1970s and 1980s, such as It's Alive (1974), God Told Me To (1976), It Lives Again (1978), The Stuff (1985) and A Return to Salem's Lot (1987). After that, he concentrated mainly on screenwriting, including Phone Booth (2002), Cellular (2004) and Captivity (2007).
Most Popular Larry Cohen Trailers
Total trailers found: 91
29 January 1984
An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts.
11 August 2006
A tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, featuring contemporary filmmakers, writers, performers, and cultural critics.
18 July 2006
A look at the motion picture production code and its effects on Hollywood.
31 October 2011
Larry Cohen remembers the genesis of Maniac Cop and his part in the creation of the film in this documentary shot exclusively for the Arrow UK Blu Ray release of the movie in 2011.
18 July 2006
A documentary on the roles of women in gangster movies.
23 January 1978
Former police captain and his assistant investigate extortion and murder at a dating service.
01 March 1980
A husband is humiliated at home and at work. He decides he has had enough of it and hires a prostitute to help him get back at his boss, wife and friends and get a lot richer in the process.
04 June 1993
Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.
29 June 1975
A retired police captain storms angrily out of retirement when his son is shot down before his eyes and his grandson is kidnapped by a syndicate killer in this pilot for Lorne Greene's brief "Griff" series, which went off the air 18 months before this film was aired.
07 May 1995
Inspector Lanz has finally found peace after the serial killer he was chasing for years was killed in a car chase in London.
25 October 2023
The shocking true story behind the most outrageous movies of all time and the directors who made them.
19 June 1970
Luke, an escaped convict, and Jaroo, a loner gold prospector, team up with a band of Apache Indians in 19th century Mexico to capture a large, heavily armed fortress for the millions -- or billions -- of dollars in gold that are rumored to be stored within.
18 September 2006
Short documentary about prohibition and gangsters and how it affected the movies of the day.
15 July 2015
The story behind the rise and fall of New York's 42nd Street. The cinemas, the films, the people, the crime and the rebirth of the block as "New 42nd Street" - this is the document of the world's most notorious movie strip.
06 January 2003
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed.
01 December 1977
The story of J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI from 1924-1972, following his racket-busting days through his reign under eight US presidents.
06 September 2004
A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.
12 November 1995
Nolan Wood is a pilot who uncovers a plot to promote the ecological destruction of Earth in order to pave the way for alien colonization.
24 May 1988
A deputy catches Duell and is bringing him in and some men who want the reward try to get Duell from the deputy.
18 February 1996
Once she'd been a dancer. Now she lies on a sidewalk, her blood seeping into the snow. The detectives of the 87th precinct are learning about ice: in a mulitimillion dollar showbiz scam, in the glittering diamonds that spill out of a dead man's vest, in the veins of a small time pusher.
09 January 1981
A maid who reads detective stories finds herself embroiled in a real-life mystery involving her dead boss and a mysterious statue he brought back from China.
14 June 1985
Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water.
15 November 1996
A mentally unbalanced man kidnaps the woman carrying his child to prevent her from having an abortion.
18 July 1990
Undead cop Matt Cordell rises from the grave, and is after the criminals who murdered him in prison.
24 May 1988
Duell McCall is an outlaw on the run for a crime he didn't commit. Captured by the law and coerced into helping rescue the daughter of the evil local land baron, he finds himself drawn into an ever-deepening web of lies that threatens to cost him his life.
13 May 1988
A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.
08 September 1982
A fleeing gangland flunky discovers the New York nest of Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, the man-eating flying serpent.
25 September 2008
A debt collector receives a call from a woman who is kidnapped by an unknown gang. He thinks it is a joke but soon, he realises that it is not a prank.
09 June 1993
When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride.
06 December 1985
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.
12 January 1997
It is a very hot summer in the city as the well known detectives of the 87th Precinct investigate serial rapes and a mysterious homicide (which do not appear to be connected).
19 October 1966
Chico, one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven, now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped.
09 December 1974
After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer.
01 March 2007
The sought-after images of top model Jennifer adorn magazine covers and billboards worldwide. When alone at a club, she is abducted and incarcerated in a cell with another prisoner.
06 October 2020
The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated In Search of Darkness, adding 15 new interviewees and 40+ returning favorites for the biggest and most comprehensive ‘80s Horror documentary cast ever assembled.
19 June 1997
A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach movies, H.
11 September 1987
Anthropologist Joe Weber takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem's Lot, unaware of its vampire population.
07 February 1973
Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
16 October 1971
A newly blind actor discovers his wife is cheating on him with his best friend and hatches a plot to murder her and frame his friend for it.
10 December 1992
A priest practicing the Voodoo arts resurrects Matt Cordell, who takes his badge and returns from the dead.
07 July 2018
A feature-length documentary focusing on the acclaimed work and eclectic career of maverick filmmaker Larry Cohen, writer-director of "Black Caesar," "It's Alive," "God Told Me To," "Q," "The Stuff," and many more.
22 March 1990
One minute Josh Baker is meeting the woman of his dreams. The next, he's watching her whisked away by a mysterious ambulance that never arrives at the local hospital.
26 April 1974
The Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever scared.
13 November 1996
It's Fourth of July Weekend, and the recently discovered corpse of Sgt. Sam Harper rises from the dead to punish the unpatriotic.
01 July 1972
When a criminal breaks into the Beverly Hills home of a wealthy couple experiencing marital problems, he unwillingly provides the spouses with an unlikely resolution to their conflicts as well as a solution to his own secret.
01 October 2013
Documentary on the making and impact of "House of Wax".
23 October 1983
A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
04 August 1981
After a trip to Romania, popular high school quarterback Tony Walker becomes a werewolf, and struggles to come to terms with his hirsute situation.
10 May 1995
Susan moves to LA and befriends party girl Nicole, who suffers from painful stomach ulcers but cannot be treated without insurance.
22 April 1982
Jack Williams was the best friend of Vietnam veteran and detective Mike Hammer. When Jack is murdered, Mike makes it his business to solve the crime.
01 May 2019
An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.
03 October 2006
An appreciation and the story of the making of the 1941 film "The Maltese Falcon."
15 August 1995
It was a brutal murder that sent deranged psychopath Martin Kagan to prison. It was a naive deputy warden that granted him a stay of execution.
05 February 2010
A quivering voice begs to screenwriter, Joel Brandt, to pick up the phone on a message from his answering machine.
03 February 1989
A pair of witches descend upon a family and wreak havoc. Now it's up to the family's matriarch, a private detective, and a suspended police officer to stop them.
22 October 1976
A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random citizens who claim that 'God told them to'.
16 November 1984
Reality and illusion collide as megalomaniacal filmmaker Chris Neville murders a young would-be actress, then sets about making a feature about the deed, casting the deceased's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a dead ringer to play the late actress.
04 February 2011
This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.
10 May 1978
Maternity wards echo with the patter of tiny claws as more murderous baby-faced monsters are born. But rather than kill their monstrous offspring during delivery, cursed parents flee to secret incubation hideouts.
26 March 2020
Following five years in the life and career of independent filmmaker Justin McConnell, this documentary explores the struggles of financing, attracting the right talent, working with practical effects and selling the finished product in the hope of turning a profit.
