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American Grindhouse (2009) -- The feature-length documentary AMERICAN GRINDHOUSE explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film.  The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment.  Exploitation Cinema has left an indelible mark on American culture, and this informative and amusing documentary proves that its principles—and popularity—endure to this day.  This introduction to the documentary features interviews with such notable filmmakers as John Landis (The Blues Brothers, Animal House) and Joe Dante (The Howling, Innerspace).  Copyright © 2009 Lux Digital Pictures, Inc.
It's Alive (2008) -- A modern remake of the classic 1970s horror film, It's Alive follows Lenore (Bijou Phillips), a young mother who’s newborn is suspiciously connected to a string of incredibly violent and inexplicable murders.
Tales from the Script (2009) -- War stories and life lessons from the film industry's top writers.

Overview

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Mini Biography:
Larry Cohen was born July 15, 1938, in Kingston, New York, a small town... more
Trivia:
His sister, Ronni Chasen, is a well-known Hollywood publicist. more
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Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(46 articles)
50 Influential Scream Queens: Part 1
 (From Fangoria. 27 October 2009, 5:54 AM, PDT)

Trailer for new American horror doc Nightmares In Red, White And Blue
 (From QuietEarth. 8 October 2009, 8:47 AM, PDT)

Alternate Names:
Laurence Robert Cohen | Lawrence J. Cohen | Lawrence Cohen
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Filmography

Writer:
  1. Tremble (2009) (pre-production) (writer)

  2. The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger (2009) (TV) (writer)
  3. Messages Deleted (2009) (writer)
  4. Maniac Cop (2008) (characters)
  5. Bo chi tung wah (2008) (original story)
    ... aka Bao chi tong hua (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
    ... aka Connected (International: English title)
  6. It's Alive (2008) (1974 screenplay) (screenplay)
  7. Captivity (2007) (screenplay) (story)
  8. Cellular (2004) (story)
    ... aka Final Call - Wenn er auflegt, muss sie sterben (Germany: DVD title)
  9. Phone Booth (2002) (written by)

  10. Misbegotten (1998) (screenplay)
  11. The Defenders: Choice of Evils (1998) (TV) (story) (teleplay)
    ... aka The Defenders
  12. The Ex (1997) (screenplay)
  13. Uncle Sam (1997) (written by)
  14. Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave (1997) (TV) (teleplay)
    ... aka Heatwave
  15. Invasion of Privacy (1996) (written by)
  16. Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice (1996) (TV) (teleplay)
  17. The Invaders (1995) (TV) (television series)
  18. The Expert (1995) (uncredited)
  19. As Good as Dead (1995) (TV) (written by)
  20. "NYPD Blue" (1 episode, 1995)
        - Dirty Socks (1995) TV episode (writer)
  21. Guilty as Sin (1993) (written by)
  22. Body Snatchers (1993) (screen story)
  23. Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993) (characters) (written by)
    ... aka MC3: Maniac Cop 3 (USA: video title)
    ... aka Maniac Cop 3
    ... aka Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence (USA: DVD box title)
  24. Maniac Cop 2 (1990) (characters) (written by)
  25. The Ambulance (1990) (written by)

  26. Wicked Stepmother (1989) (written by)
  27. Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988) (TV) (writer)
  28. Maniac Cop (1988) (written by)
  29. Deadly Illusion (1987) (writer)
    ... aka I Love You to Death
    ... aka Love You to Death (USA: alternative title)
  30. Best Seller (1987) (written by)
  31. A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) (screenplay) (story)
  32. It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987) (characters) (written by)
    ... aka Island of the Alive (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive (USA: DVD box title)
  33. The Stuff (1985) (writer)
  34. Perfect Strangers (1984) (writer)
    ... aka Blind Alley
  35. Special Effects (1984) (writer)
  36. Scandalous (1984) (story)
  37. Women of San Quentin (1983) (TV) (story)
  38. Q (1982) (writer)
    ... aka Q: The Winged Serpent
    ... aka Serpent
    ... aka The Winged Serpent
  39. I, the Jury (1982) (writer)
  40. Full Moon High (1981) (written by)
    ... aka Moon High (Australia: TV title)
  41. The American Success Company (1980) (screenplay) (story)
    ... aka American Success
    ... aka Good as Gold (USA: video title)
    ... aka Success (USA: recut version)
    ... aka The Ringer

  42. It Lives Again (1978) (written by)
    ... aka It's Alive 2: It Lives Again (USA: DVD box title)
    ... aka It's Alive II
  43. Sparrow (1978) (TV) (creator) (writer)
  44. The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977) (written by)
  45. God Told Me To (1976) (writer)
    ... aka Demon
  46. Man on the Outside (1975) (TV) (writer)
  47. "Griff" (1 episode, 1975)
        - Man on the Outside (1975) TV episode (writer)
  48. It's Alive (1974/I) (written by)
  49. "Columbo" (3 episodes, 1973-1974)
        - An Exercise in Fatality (1974) TV episode (story)
        - Candidate for Crime (1973) TV episode (story)
        - Any Old Port in a Storm (1973) TV episode (story)
  50. Shootout in a One-Dog Town (1974) (TV) (story)
  51. Hell Up in Harlem (1973) (writer)
  52. Black Caesar (1973) (writer)
    ... aka The Godfather of Harlem (UK)
  53. "Cool Million" (1972) TV series (unknown episodes)
  54. Cool Million (1972) (TV) (writer)
    ... aka Mask of Marcella (USA: reissue title)
  55. Bone (1972) (writer)
    ... aka Beverly Hills Nightmare (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Dial Rat (UK)
    ... aka Dial Rat for Terror
    ... aka Housewife
  56. Call Holme (1972) (TV) (developer)
  57. In Broad Daylight (1971) (TV) (writer)
  58. El Condor (1970) (screenplay)
    ... aka The Condor (International: English title: informal title)

  59. Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969) (screenplay) (story)
  60. Scream Baby Scream (1969) (screenplay) (as Laurence Robert Cohen) (story) (as Laurence Robert Cohen)
    ... aka Nightmare House
  61. The Legend of Custer (1968) (suggested by)
  62. "The Invaders" (43 episodes, 1967-1968)
        - Inquisition (1968) TV episode (creator)
        - The Life Seekers (1968) TV episode (creator)
        - The Pursued (1968) TV episode (creator)
        - The Miracle (1968) TV episode (creator)
        - The Vise (1968) TV episode (creator)
          (38 more)
  63. "Coronet Blue" (11 episodes, 1967)
        - The Flip Side of Timmy Devon (1967) TV episode (creator)
        - Six Months to Mars (1967) TV episode (creator)
        - The Presence of Evil (1967) TV episode (creator)
        - Saturday (1967) TV episode (creator)
        - A Charade for Murder (1967) TV episode (creator)
          (6 more)
  64. I Deal in Danger (1966) (writer)
  65. "The Rat Patrol" (1 episode, 1966)
        - The Blind Man's Bluff Raid (1966) TV episode (writer)
  66. Return of the Seven (1966) (written by)
    ... aka El regreso de los siete magníficos (Spain)
    ... aka Return of the Magnificent Seven (International: English title)
  67. "Branded" (48 episodes, 1965-1966)
        - Kellie (1966) TV episode (creator)
        - Cowards Die Many Times (1966) TV episode (creator)
        - Headed for Doomsday (1966) TV episode (creator)
        - The Assassins: Part 2 (1966) TV episode (creator)
        - The Assassins: Part 1 (1966) TV episode (creator)
          (43 more)
  68. "Blue Light" (8 episodes, 1966)
        - How to Kill a Soldier (1966) TV episode (story)
        - The Return of Elm (1966) TV episode (writer)
        - The Secret War (1966) TV episode (writer)
        - Traitor's Blood (1966) TV episode (writer)
        - The Weapon Within (1966) TV episode (writer)
          (3 more)
  69. Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations (1966) (writer)
  70. "Kraft Suspense Theatre" (1 episode, 1965)
    ... aka Crisis (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Suspense Theatre (USA: syndication title)
        - Kill No More (1965) TV episode (adaptation) (story)
  71. "The Defenders" (9 episodes, 1963-1965)
        - The Unwritten Law (1965) TV episode (writer)
        - Go Between (1964) TV episode (writer)
        - May Day! May Day! (1964) TV episode (writer)
        - The Secret (1964) TV episode (writer)
        - The Captive (1963) TV episode (writer)
          (4 more)
  72. "The Fugitive" (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
        - Scapegoat (1965) TV episode (story)
        - Escape into Black (1964) TV episode (writer)
  73. "Espionage" (1 episode, 1964)
        - Medal for a Turned Coat (1964) TV episode (writer)
  74. "The Nurses" (3 episodes, 1963)
    ... aka The Doctors and the Nurses (USA: new title)
        - The Gift (1963) TV episode (writer)
        - Party Girl (1963) TV episode (writer)
        - Night Sounds (1963) TV episode (writer)
  75. "Arrest and Trial" (1 episode, 1963)
        - My Name Is Martin Burnham (1963) TV episode (writer)
  76. "Sam Benedict" (1 episode, 1963)
        - Accomplice (1963) TV episode (writer)
  77. "Checkmate" (1 episode, 1961)
        - Nice Guys Finish Last (1961) TV episode (writer)
  78. "The United States Steel Hour" (1 episode, 1961)
    ... aka The U.S. Steel Hour (USA: alternative title)
        - The Golden Thirty (1961) TV episode (writer)
  79. "'Way Out" (1 episode, 1961)
        - False Face (1961) TV episode (writer)
  80. "Zane Grey Theater" (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (USA: complete title)
    ... aka The Westerners (USA: rerun title)
        - Killer Instinct (1960) TV episode (writer)

  81. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1958)
    ... aka Kraft Mystery Theatre (USA: new title)
    ... aka Kraft Theatre (USA: new title)
        - The Eighty Seventh Precinct (1958) TV episode (adaptation)
Director:
  1. "Masters of Horror" (1 episode, 2006)
        - Pick Me Up (2006) TV episode
  2. Air Force One: The Final Mission (2004)

  3. Original Gangstas (1996)
    ... aka Hot City
  4. As Good as Dead (1995) (TV)
  5. The Ambulance (1990)

  6. Wicked Stepmother (1989)
  7. Deadly Illusion (1987)
    ... aka I Love You to Death
    ... aka Love You to Death (USA: alternative title)
  8. A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
  9. It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
    ... aka Island of the Alive (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive (USA: DVD box title)
  10. The Stuff (1985)
  11. Perfect Strangers (1984)
    ... aka Blind Alley
  12. Special Effects (1984)
  13. Q (1982)
    ... aka Q: The Winged Serpent
    ... aka Serpent
    ... aka The Winged Serpent
  14. See China and Die (1981) (TV)
    ... aka Momma the Detective (USA: alternative title)
  15. Full Moon High (1981)
    ... aka Moon High (Australia: TV title)

  16. It Lives Again (1978)
    ... aka It's Alive 2: It Lives Again (USA: DVD box title)
    ... aka It's Alive II
  17. The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
  18. God Told Me To (1976)
    ... aka Demon
  19. It's Alive (1974/I)
  20. Hell Up in Harlem (1973)
  21. Black Caesar (1973)
    ... aka The Godfather of Harlem (UK)
  22. Bone (1972)
    ... aka Beverly Hills Nightmare (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Dial Rat (UK)
    ... aka Dial Rat for Terror
    ... aka Housewife
Producer:
  1. Air Force One: The Final Mission (2004) (producer)

  2. As Good as Dead (1995) (TV) (producer)
  3. Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993) (producer)
    ... aka MC3: Maniac Cop 3 (USA: video title)
    ... aka Maniac Cop 3
    ... aka Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence (USA: DVD box title)
  4. Delirious (1991) (producer) (as Lawrence J. Cohen)
  5. Maniac Cop 2 (1990) (producer)

  6. Wicked Stepmother (1989) (executive producer)
  7. Maniac Cop (1988) (producer)
  8. A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) (executive producer)
  9. It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987) (executive producer)
    ... aka Island of the Alive (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive (USA: DVD box title)
  10. The Stuff (1985) (executive producer)
  11. Q (1982) (producer)
    ... aka Q: The Winged Serpent
    ... aka Serpent
    ... aka The Winged Serpent
  12. Full Moon High (1981) (producer)
    ... aka Moon High (Australia: TV title)

  13. It Lives Again (1978) (producer)
    ... aka It's Alive 2: It Lives Again (USA: DVD box title)
    ... aka It's Alive II
  14. The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977) (producer)
  15. God Told Me To (1976) (producer)
    ... aka Demon
  16. It's Alive (1974/I) (producer)
  17. Hell Up in Harlem (1973) (producer)
  18. Black Caesar (1973) (producer)
    ... aka The Godfather of Harlem (UK)
  19. Bone (1972) (producer)
    ... aka Beverly Hills Nightmare (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Dial Rat (UK)
    ... aka Dial Rat for Terror
    ... aka Housewife

  20. "Never Too Young" (1965) TV series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
  21. "Branded" (1965) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
Actor:
  1. Spies Like Us (1985) .... Ace Tomato Agent
Self:
  1. Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009) .... Himself
  2. Tales from the Script (2009) .... Himself
  3. American Grindhouse (2009) .... Himself
  4. Trailers from Hell (2008) .... Himself
  5. The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird (2006) (V)
  6. Stool Pigeons and Pine Overcoats: The Language of Gangster Films (2006) (V)
  7. Welcome to the Big House (2006) (V)
  8. Hitchcocked! (2006) (TV) .... Himself
  9. Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films (2006) (V) .... Himself
  10. Shooting the Police: Cops on Film (2006) (TV) .... Himself
  11. Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) (TV) .... Himself - interviewee
  12. Make Your Own Damn Movie! (2005) (V) .... Himself
  13. "The 100 Scariest Movie Moments" (2004) TV mini-series .... Himself
  14. Celling Out (2004) (V) .... Himself
  15. Dialing Up 'Cellular' (2004) (V) .... Himself
  16. Baadasssss Cinema (2002) (TV) .... Himself

  17. Hollywood Rated 'R' (1997) .... Himself
    ... aka Les deniers du culte (France: TV title)

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