Breeders (1986)

Starring:

• Teresa Farley
• Lance Lewman
• Frances Raines

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This film stands out for two reasons: 1) It's directed by Tim Kincaid, who helmed the famously awful Robot Holocaust, which was parodied on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (He's since gone on to direct gay porn. Really.), and 2) It features a black female lead. For the purposes of this site, I'll focus on the latter. Theresa Farley stars as Dr. Gamble Pace, who notices a rash of rape victims coming into her hospital. Turns out an alien life form is using human virgins to reproduce. Looking at the cheap, bug-eyed extraterrestrial, it's clear that dinner and a movie won't cut it. It's all very tasteless stuff and is really an excuse to have a bunch of women in '80s hair run around naked. I can see why they'd be naked after the assaults, but for some reason, they're usually nude even beforehand; one even does an extended sans-clothes workout. Even more bewildering is why the vicitms end up in an alien jacuzzi full of a white creamy substance (I don't wanna know.) and why my DVD player isn't equipped with faster forward. Anyway, in the horror code of moralism, heroine Farley is the only woman not to get naked, so we're forced to focus on her -- ick -- dialogue. She's a pretty bad actress. Or, more accurately, she's a pretty, bad actress. And this is an ugly, bad movie -- although it's head and shoulders above Robot Holocaust.

Brewster's Millions (1985)

"Brewster's Millions" (1985) is a comedy film starring Richard Pryor, based on the 1902 novel by George Barr McCutcheon under the same title. Walter Hill was responsible for directing, and Herschel Weingrod and Timothy Harris wrote the screenplay. Additional cast members include John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, Jerry Orbach, and Pat Hingle. The movie was a box office success, earning over $48 million on a $15 million budget. How ironic the difference is almost the same amount Montgomery Brewster had to spend in the movie.

Director: Walter Hill

Writers: George Barr McCutcheon, Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris

Starring Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, Jerry Orbach, Pat Hingle, Tovah Feldshuh, Hume Cronyn, Joe Grifasi, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Peter Jason, David White, Jerome Dempsey

Storyline

After losing his position as a minor-league pitcher, Montgomery Brewster (Richard Pryor) learns his great-uncle has left him $300 million. To inherit it, Brewster must spend $30 million in 30 days under a complicated set of rules forbidding him from donating too much to charity or retaining new assets when the period is up. Unable to share details about the will's odd conditions with anyone, Brewster sets out to spend his money under the stern eye of paralegal Angela Drake (Lonette McKee).