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Joji Tani, known as Screaming Mad George, is a special effects artist, film director, and former musician. He was born in Osaka, Japan, and emigrated to the United States, where he has become known for his surreal, gory special effects. He has collaborated with director and producer Brian Yuzna on many films.
Total trailers found: 40
12 June 1987
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
09 August 1989
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks.
18 November 1997
On his way to be executed, the vehicle containing notorious serial killer Jack Frost collides with a hazardous chemical truck, turning him into a snow covered mutant and unleashing him on the unsuspecting town of Snomonton.
19 August 1988
Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.
23 May 1986
The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast.
11 December 1998
Dr. Feinstone escapes from the mental hospital where he has been held ever since his wife's adultery sent him on a deranged killing spree.
27 February 1987
A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
29 May 1997
An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.
01 September 1990
Unperturbed by the disastrous outcome of his previous meddling with the dead, Dr. West continues his research into the phenomenon of re-animation; only this time, he plans to create life – starting with the heart of his young protégé Dan's dearly deceased Meg Halsey.
30 March 1990
Bill Whitney is worried that he is different to his sister and parents. They mix with other upper-class people while Bill is more down to earth.
21 November 1990
A reporter investigating the bizarre death of a woman who leaped from a building in flames finds herself mixed up in a cult of witches who are making her part of their sacrificial ceremony during the Christmas season.
24 May 1995
A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in a local funeral parlor.
12 September 1995
After a couple adopts a pair of orphaned brothers, it becomes alarmingly clear the boys are much more than they seem.
18 March 1991
FBI agent Max Reed witnesses Dr. Tetsu Segawa - a researcher for the mysterious Chronos Corporation - being murdered.
01 October 1993
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
04 April 2003
Once again tampering with mother nature to disastrous results, Dr. Herbert West continues his research while serving time in a maximum security prison for his previous exploits.
04 October 1996
John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without questions being asked.
10 November 1993
H.P. Lovecraft anthology is divided into four segments: "The Library" which is the wraparound segment involving Lovecraft's research into the Book of The Dead and his unwitting release of a monster and his writing of the following horror segments "The Drowned", "The Cold", and "Whispers".
05 December 1994
Determined to avoid another night of driving aimlessly around Torrance in the Blue Torpedo, Joe and Hubbs set out on a quest for fine chicks.
30 March 1998
An unsuspecting woman is impregnated by aliens who are experimenting on the human population.
06 November 1991
A toy maker's creations display some very human -- and deadly -- tendencies.
25 November 2022
The conclusion to the ‘In Search of Darkness’ '80s trilogy. In this epic final chapter, our focus turns to the straight-to-video horror classics that populated the bottom shelves at the video rental store.
28 August 2023
It’s one of the most controversial, influential and groundbreaking horror satires of the 1980s. Brian Yuzna’s SOCIETY told a terrifying, surreal story about what the rich were doing to the poor in shocking, sexual detail.
01 November 1988
A group of teenagers spend the night in a furniture shop for a graduation party. When one of them talks her boyfriend into a game of hide-and-seek, a psycho killer starts hunting them down one by one.
15 September 1989
In 1945, after the horrific fire-bombings of the Pacific War levels Japan to the ground, the government consults spiritual psychics to aid them in winning the war.
29 March 1989
On a distant space station far in the future, the best fighters from every planet vie for the championship in an intergalactic fighting competition.
24 November 2024
Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct, and re-contextualize the "lost" decade of horror: the '90s.
01 November 2000
An artist sells his soul to the mysterious M in order to get revenge on the people who killed his girlfriend.
01 January 1992
In the tradition of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and the Three Stooges comes this wildly funny action comedy from director Steve Wang.
01 January 2001
Two friends are overcome with the spirit of the samurai warrior after unearthing a pair of mythical swords in this over-the-top action effort directed by freshman filmmaker Aaron Yamasato and featuring special makeup effects by Screaming Mad George.
08 July 2005
A half-hour sitcom-styled absurdist short film centering on a boy who lives in a box with his bizarre family; the first and only entry in Screaming Mad George's 'Psycho-Fiction' series.
02 March 1989
On his 17th birthday, a boy named Michael has a surprise party thrown by his friends, where a session with a Ouija board accidentally unleashes a demon named Virgil, who possesses one of them to go on a killing spree.
11 April 1980
A look at a conspiracy involving the United States president Jimmy Carter.
27 June 1989
After a young man is bitten on the hand by a radioactive snake, his hand changes into a lethal snake head, which attacks everyone he comes into contact with.
09 June 2015
A Society featurette with FX artists Screaming Mad George (Surrealistic Make-up designer), David Grasso and Nick Benson.
07 September 1979
A teenage boy, troubled and alone wanders the grassy hills looking for something. He settles on a slope and searches for some activity to amuse him.
01 December 1997
From the legendary director who redefined the zombies in film industry (George A. Romero), comes a bold new vision that blurs the line between game and horror cinema.
02 March 2003
The small California town of Diablo is plagued with mysterious deaths after Sheriff Roberts Lopez unearths an ancient box.
31 October 1989
Witness the behind-the-scenes techniques and gruesome special effects that dominate this box office hit! See through the mysteries of the slasher saga by watching brilliant direction from concept to actual filming, special make-up techniques, and all the mechanical devices used to produce the inherently terrifying nightmares.
