Mark L. Lester Archives

Firestarter (1984)

Rating: ★★½

Jul 29, 2002Pyrokinesis/Stephen King Adaptation

The adaptation of the Stephen King novel with Drew Barrymore giving a fantastic performance as a young girl with pyrokinetic powers on the run as she is hunted by a sinister government agency

Director: Mark L. Lester

Actors: Drew Barrymore, George C. Scott, David Keith, Martin Sheen, …

Category: Science Fiction

29 July 20021 February 2026 by Roog

Class of 1999 (1990)

Rating: ★½

Nov 1, 2005Killer Android Schoolteachers

Mark L. Lester's follow-up to his earlier The Class of 1982 about a teacher forced to adopt vigilante actions in a lawless classroom. In the interim, The Terminator came out and this now has killer android schoolteachers

Director: Mark L. Lester

Actors: Stacy Keach, Malcolm McDowell, Pam Grier, Bradley Gregg, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 November 200511 February 2026 by Roog

Misbegotten (1997)

Rating: ★★★½

Dec 3, 2000Psycho Sperm Donor

From a Larry Cohen script, a side-splitting effort with Kevin Dillon as a psychopathic sperm donor who forcibly intrudes into the life of his baby's mother

Director: Mark L. Lester

Actors: Kevin Dillon, Lysette Anthony, Nick Mancuso, Matthew Walker, …

Category: Horror

3 December 200022 December 2020 by Roog

Sacrifice (2000)

Rating: ★★

Sep 9, 2007Escaped Con Hunts Serial Killer

Michael Madsen is a bank robber who makes an escape from jail and goes on the run to track down the serial killer who killed his daughter

Director: Mark L. Lester

Actors: Michael Madsen, Bokeem Woodbine, Deborah Shelton, Joshua Leonard, …

Category: Horror

9 September 20076 March 2025 by Roog

Pterodactyl (2005)

Rating: ★★½

Mar 8, 2008Dinosaurs Amok

Reasonable low-budget revived dinosaur film with not bad CGI effects and an often witty, genre savvy script

Director: Mark L. Lester

Actors: Cameron Daddo, Coolio, Amy Sloan, Mircea Monroe, Steve Braun, …

Category: Science Fiction

8 March 200817 November 2020 by Roog

Poseidon Rex (2013)

Rating: ★★

Aug 20, 2015Revived Dinosaur

As formula monster movies go, this stands out from the rest by the fact it is taking itself seriously, has a better budget than usual, which allows some luxurious location shooting in Belize, and better standard of effects than usual

Director: Mark L. Lester

Actors: Brian Krause, Berne Velazquez, Candice Nunes, Philip Coc, …

Category: Science Fiction

20 August 201511 June 2024 by Roog