Paul Bartel Movies

A woman's mother makes a last-minute deal with the Devil to save her daughter's life, not realizing that her daughter's life is her stake. The...

An East L.A working stiff is bullied by his wife to run for a City Council position against a well-organized recognized political figure.

An erotic thriller actress becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a B-movie producer, leading her to hide out and engage in sexual thrills with a...

"Police Academy" clone, about some nerds who inherit an academy for morticians, which is run by a corrupt closet necropheliac. Of course, the most...

Four losers borrow money from gangsters to bet on a "sure thing", but lose. The gangsters go after them to get their money.

Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.

Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie...

An aging hippie sets out on a trip across America to find his family.

Things are going swimmingly for the film producer Roy Tilden, his last film is a success and he will soon receive an award for it. But his perfect...

Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of...

A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with Vatican corruption, the Mob and...

After attending his 23rd funeral for a friend with AIDS, Troy and his friends hatch a plan to steal the HIV drugs that they need. One sucessful heist...

Walter Paisley, a busboy at a cappuccino bar called the Jabberjaw, is praised as a genius after he kills his landlady's cat and covers it in plaster....

The Ebersole Hughes Company produced a staged reading of “Vampire Cult Queens from Hell” a screenplay about three cult queens (Mary...

A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.

A heart attack moves a Pulitzer-winning journalist to leave New York for the peace of a small New England town, but he soon finds himself pulled into...

Music producer Arnold Silverstein is desperate for a song hit so when the Devil - a woman - supplies him with the answer to his dreams, a piece...

Two domestic robots fall in love and run off together.

A determined documentary filmmaker will do almost anything to raise money for her film, even if it means taking a side gig directing a ridiculous TV...

When his wife and son are brutally murdered by a fugitive drug lord that he helped put behind bars, former Special Ops agent Derek Leigh vows to...