Barbara Crampton
Birthday: Born in 1958-12-27 in Levittown, New York, USA
Deathday: Alive
Barbara Crampton (born December 27, 1958) is an American actress. She made her screen debut on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives (1983), and her film debut in 1984's Body Double before starring in the horror comedy Re-Animator (1985). Crampton grew up in Vermont, was raised Catholic, and spent summers while growing up traveling the country with the carnival, as her father was a carny. After taking up acting, Crampton starred in a variety of films including Chopping Mall (1986), From Beyond (1986), Castle Freak (1995), You're Next (2011), We Are Still Here (2015), and Little Sister (2016), becoming a fan favorite Scream Queen.
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Pacific Blue
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Pacific Blue is an American crime drama series about a team of police officers with the Santa Monica Police Department who patrolled its beaches on bicycles. The show ran for five seasons on the USA Network, from March 2, 1996 to April 9, 2000, with a total of one hundred and one episodes. Often compared as "Baywatch on bikes," the series enjoyed a popular run among the Network's viewers, and was popular in France, Israel, Sweden, Bulgaria, Norway, Spain, Russia, Austria, Germany, Italy, South A...
Creepshow
Character: Victoria (Segment "Pipe Screams")
A young boy's horror comic book comes to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales....
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
Character: Priestess of the Sun (voice)
After encounters with a dragon and a princess on her own mission, a Dragon Knight becomes embroiled in events larger than he could have ever imagined....
Channel Zero
Character: Vanessa Moss
A horror anthology series inspired by “Creepypasta” online tales....
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
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Join trailblazing producer, director, best-selling author and B-movie mogul Charles Band as he invites you into his weird world....
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs
Character: Herself
The World’s Foremost Drive-in Movie Critic – actually he’s pretty much the world’s only Drive-in Critic – Joe Bob Briggs brings his iconic swagger to this firebrand of horror and drive-in cinema offering honest appreciation, hilarious insight, inside stories and of course, the Drive-in totals....
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans
Character: Self - Judge
This spin-off series features drag icons from the main show’s previous seasons. They will compete in a grand championship of drag artistry and physical challenges for a $100,000 grand prize, along with the headlining spot on the upcoming world tour and the first ever Dragula Titans crown and title....
Creature Features
Character: Self
"Creature Features" see a has-been rock star Vincent Van Dahl hosts horror films in his haunted mansion with the help of his stalwart butler Mr. Livingston and quixotic housemate Tangella....
Hotel
Character: Stacy
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal ...
Savage
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Forthcoming Picture Pool Productions pilot directed by Josh Bowman...
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Re-Animator
Character: Megan Halsey
Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses....
Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls
Character: Nancy
Onyx joins a group of fellow occultists to attend a dark ritual at the mansion of their idol, Bartok. Suspecting Bartok’s nefarious intentions, Onyx is suddenly immersed in a world of monsters, mystery, and mayhem....
In Search of Darkness: Part III
Character: Self
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. Imaginative, gory, experimental—but always entertaining—these hidden gems are ripe for rediscovery....
Fraternity Vacation
Character: Chrissie
A nerd gains the friendship of two of his frat brothers when his dad offers them his condo for the week in Palm Springs, and also offers the fraternity a hot tub and jacuzzi if they can help his son find a girl. They meet two guys from a rival fraternity, and make a bet on who can nail the Designated Babe first....
Cult of Terror
Character: Self - Actress
A journey of years through many countries and film festivals; a nostalgic, adrenaline-fueled and rock-spirited immersion into the universe of cinephilia, in search of genre specialists, fans and filmmakers who speak of their shared passion for fantastic cinema; a whole international spiritual community united under the cathartic shadow of horror....
Puppet Master
Character: Woman at Carnival
Alex Whitaker and three other gifted psychics investigate rumors that the secret of life has been discovered by master puppeteer, Andre Toulon, in the form of five killer puppets uniquely qualified for murder and mayhem....
Thy Neighbor's Wife
Character: Nicole Garrett
Seeking revenge for her husband's death, Ann ingratiates herself with the Garretts under the guise of a caring housekeeper. Once she gains their trust, Ann begins to wreak havoc upon the dysfunctional family. Seduction and malice are her weapons as she attempts to emotionally and sexually destroy them....
Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth
Character: Sadie Brady
Once again someone from the future has come back to create an army of Trancers, human zombies who do what they're told without question or pause. Now officer Jack Deth, a cop from the future stranded in the past, must once again go forth to stop them. This sci-fi action sequel chronicles his courageous actions as he struggles to save the future. His difficulties are compounded when his boss sends his first wife back from the future to help Deth who has unfortunately, married a 20th-century girl....
Robot Wars
Character: Leda
In the year 2041, the rebel Centros are a plague to the survivors of the great toxic gas scare of 1993. A renegade Megarobot pilot and an archaeologist must team up (despite personal differences, a reluctant romance, and official pressure to cease and desist) to thwart the Centro's attempts to resurrect a hidden Megarobot, with which they can challenge the prevailing order....
The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special
Character: Self
Hosted by modern day horror hosts and “queens of darkness” The Boulet Brothers, The Boulet Brothers’ Halfway to Halloween TV Special will be a mid-year variety show celebrating the “Halfway to Halloween” season for fans who just can’t wait until October 31 to get a good dose of the dark side....
Chopping Mall
Character: Suzie Lynn
A group of teenagers that work at the mall all get together for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock down before they can get out, the robot security system activates after a malfunction and goes on a killing spree. One by one the three bots try to rid the mall of the “intruders.” The only weapons the kids can use are the supplies in other stores, or if they can make it till morning when the mall opens back up....
From Beyond
Character: Dr. Katherine McMichaels
The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a beautiful psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe....
Castle Freak
Character: Susan Reilly
John Reilly discovers that his family's newly inherited castle in Italy is haunted by a relentless bloodthirsty creature....
Videozone: The Making of "Castle Freak"
Character: Self
Go behind the scenes of the horror classic with director Stuart Gordon, get Jeffrey Combs’ take on the castle, and share gossip with Barbara Crampton....
Re-Animator Resurrectus
Character: Herself
Features interviews with the cast and crew of Re-Animator (1985), except for the late David Gale....
You're Next
Character: Aubrey Davison
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back....
Little Bites
Character: Sonya Whitfield
Mindy, a young widow and mother who tries to protect her daughter Alice from a flesh eating monster named Agyar. Mindy has been secretly sacrificing her own life by allowing the creature to feast on her body as she keeps Alice hidden away at her grandmother’s house....
A Christmas Miracle
Character: The Woman
What would you do to have things back the way they were?...
The Lords of Salem
Character: Virginia Cable
Heidi, a radio DJ, is sent a box containing a record - a "gift from the Lords". The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords back to take revenge on Salem, Massachusetts?...
Carnage Collection: Forbidden Freaks
Character: Susan (archive footage) (uncredited)
More mayhem from the Full Moon vaults. Get ready for oodles of splatter and other sanguinary strangeness in this clip-trip sideshow from HELL. And speaking of Hell....
Re-Resonator: Looking Back at From Beyond
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A making-of documentary featuring interviews with actors Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton and Ken Foree; screenwriter Dennis Paoli; producer Brian Yuzna; film editor Lee Percy; composer Richard Band; foley artist Vanessa Ament; effects supervisors Michael Deak and Anthony Doublin; effects artists William Butler, Gabriel Bartalos, John Naulin and Robert Kurtzman...
Roger is a Serial Killer
Character: Carol
A podcaster implicates her step-father in a series of unsolved murders, which makes for a compelling show but an awkward family reunion....
The Sisterhood
Character: Ms. Master
Christine, a new college student, pledges to a sinister sorority whose members major in vampirism, witchcraft and mind control....
Cold Harvest
Character: Christine Chaney
A bounty hunter protects his dead brother's wife in a lawless world after a comet has devastated much of earth....
The Last Survivors
Character: Grace
In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-old teenager, fights the baron's henchman to keep a well open....
Suitable Flesh
Character: Dr. Daniella Upton
A once-esteemed psychiatrist helplessly watches her life spiral into a nightmarish maelstrom of supernatural hysteria and gruesome deaths, all linked to a seemingly unstoppable ancient curse....
Death House
Character: Dr. Karen Redmane
During an exclusive tour, a power breakdown inside a secret prison known as the Death House sends two agents fighting through a labyrinth of horrors while being pursued by a ruthless army of roaming inmates. As they fight to escape, the agents push toward the lowest depths of the facility where they learn a supernatural group of evil beings is their only chance for survival....
We Are Still Here
Character: Anne Sacchetti
After the death of their college age son, Anne and Paul Sacchetti relocate to the snowswept New England hamlet of Aylesbury, a sleepy village where all is most certainly not as it seems. When strange sounds and eerie feelings convince Anne that her son's spirit is still with them, they invite an eccentric, New Age couple to help them get to the bottom of the mystery....
Blackout
Character: Kate
Small town artist Charley is a tortured man whose drinking binges blur with his sneaking suspicion that he might be a werewolf. He distances himself from those he loves and sinks deeper into solitude, as his flashes of memory of his grisly nighttime acts manifest themselves through his artwork....
Sun Choke
Character: Irma
Janie’s just trying to get well. As she recovers from a violent psychotic break, she’s subjected each day to a bizarre holistic health and wellness regimen designed, and enforced, by her lifelong nanny and caretaker. But when she develops an obsession with a stranger, Janie's buried demons begin to surface....
Tales of Halloween
Character: Darla (The Witch)
Ten stories from horror's top directors. Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and the devil delight in terrorizing unsuspecting residents of a suburban neighborhood on Halloween night. This creepy anthology combines classic Halloween tales with the stuff of nightmares....
The Last Stop in Yuma County
Character: Virginia
While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage situation by the arrival of two similarly stranded bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty—or cold, hard steel—to protect their bloodstained, ill-gotten fortune....
Road Games
Character: Mary
When hitchhiker Jack rescues Véronique from a road rage altercation, the twosome decide to travel together for safety’s sake after learning a serial killer is cutting a murderous swathe through the region. Tired and hungry, they decide against their better judgment to take up an offer to stay the night at a mysterious elderly couple’s mansion…...
Snow Valley
Character: Ellen
A newly engaged couple's ski weekend goes horribly awry, when an unexpected guest arrives and the house's dark supernatural forces begin to rise....
The Divine Tragedies
Character: Mother
Two brothers fulfill their murderous fantasies, but doing so derails their relationship....
Cursed in Baja
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An ex-lawman travels to Mexico, searching for the heir to a Los Angeles fortune, while confronting his own complicated past. But what he finds in Baja challenges him to the core....
Little Sister
Character: The Reverend Mother
After returning to her childhood home, young nun Colleen finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth and metal posters. Her parents are happy enough to see her, but her brother is living as a recluse in the guesthouse since returning home from the Iraq war....
MLM
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When Sarah joins a multi-level marketing scheme, she must reach each of her sales goals or face a series of horrifying curses....
House Mother
Character: Demetria Clemm
House Mother tells the story of Sarah Chalmers, a sheltered teenager who was raised in a Mennonite community. She was brought up in a very conservative Church and by parents who don’t want to see her leave home. But Sarah decides to attend College at a LARGE University and get a taste of what life is like outside of her family’s farm....
Beyond the Gates
Character: Evelyn
Two estranged brothers reunite at their missing father's video store to liquidate the property and sell off his assets. As they dig through the store, they find a VCR board game titled 'Beyond the Gates' that holds a connection to their father's disappearance and deadly consequences for anyone who plays it....
Paisley
Character: Christine
A widow is locked inside her home with a cuddly, but deadly creature....
Pulse Pounders
Character: Sadie Brady (Evil Clergyman sequence)
In this 'sequel' anthology, the film offers a TRANCERS sequel written by original creators Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo, a new Lovecraft adaptation THE EVIL CLERGYMAN, featuring Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton, and finally a sequel to THE DUNGEONMASTER....
Kidnapped
Character: Bonnie
A woman's sister is kidnapped on her 16th Birthday and forced into filming pornography. A policeman helps the woman rescue her teenage sister from the pornographers....
Day of Reckoning
Character: Stella
Some years ago, the world experienced a "day of reckoning" when creatures came up from below and purged humanity of evil. Now, it is happening again....
Replace
Character: Dr. Rafaela Crober
Kira's skin starts to age rapidly, dry out and crumble away. But then she discovers that she can replace her own skin with somebody else's....
Dead Night
Character: Leslie Bison
A caring mother loses her sanity, setting off a chain of events resulting in tragedy and murder. The story of Casey Pollack unfolds from two very different perspectives when one night in the woods culminates in absolute terror....
Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures
Character: Herself
The official feature-length documentary about the rise and fall of Charles Band's legendary Empire Pictures studio....
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
Character: Carol Doreski
A recently divorced young man discovers a mint condition Blade doll in his deceased brother's closet and plans to sell the toy at a convention in Oregon celebrating the 30th anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. All hell breaks loose during the auction when a strange force animates all of the puppets throughout the convention, setting them on a bloody killing spree....
Working with a Master: Stuart Gordon
Character: Herself
Documentary about horror master Stuart Gordon....
Space Truckers
Character: Carol
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. During the flight the cargo turns out to be multitude of unstoppable and deadly killer robots....
The Godson
Character: Goldy
After the death of his older brother, Guiseppe "the guppy" Calzone becomes head of the Calzone Mob family. His aging father knows his son is not cut out for the job, so he sends him to "Mafia University". The head of a rival Mafia Family sees this as an opportunity to strike and bring the Calzone Family to its knees. Surrounded by danger, double-crossing and pasta....
Prince of Bel Air
Character: Anne White
A free-spirited, womanizing L.A. pool cleaner finds his lifestyle challenged by a new love interest....
Lightning: Fire from the Sky
Character: Mayor Sylvia Scott
Overwhelmed by a disastrous lightning storm that his son predicted, a man must learn to trust his son in order to save his family and the whole community....
Love Thy Neighbor
Character: Carol
When Danny’s wife and Linda’s husband run away together, the two neighbors form an unlikely bond....
Reborn
Character: Lena O'Neill
A stillborn baby girl is abducted by a deranged morgue attendant and brought back to life by electro-kinetic power. On her sixteenth birthday, traumatized Tess escapes captivity and sets out to find her birth mother leaving a trail of horrifying violent destruction and chilling chaos behind her....
In Search of Darkness
Character: Self
An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema....
Deathcember
Character: The Woman
Advent – a time of joyful anticipation. You will surely remember the feeling you had as a child, waking up on the first December morning. Rising early, ready to open a new door for 24 consecutive days....
Culture Shock
Character: Betty
A young Mexican woman crosses the border in search of the American dream, only to instead find her worst nightmare lying within....
Stay Out Stay Alive
Character: Ranger Susanna
After an earthquake uncovers an abandoned goldmine, a hiker falls in and is trapped, forcing friends to grapple with a moral dilemma that spirals into madness....
Why Horror?
Character: Self
Horror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why people love to be scared....
Sacrifice
Character: Renate
Isaac and his pregnant wife visit a remote Norwegian village to claim an unexpected inheritance. The couple finds themselves caught in a nightmare when they encounter a sinister cult that worships a sea-dwelling deity....
Read You Like a Book
Character: Zoe
A magical book transforms all who come into contact with it. Meet Dante, a bookstore manager with a crippling secret; Gina, a customer, who knows everything but love; Zoe, and among others, Dante's former lover who's life is falling apart....
Body Double
Character: Carol
After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide....
Run Hide Fight
Character: Mrs. Crawford
A 17-year-old girl uses her wits, survival skills, and compassion to fight for her life, and those of her fellow classmates, against a group of live-streaming school shooters....
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Character: Self
The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated In Search of Darkness, adding 15 new interviewees and 40+ returning favorites for the biggest and most comprehensive ‘80s Horror documentary cast ever assembled....
Stay Home
Character: Herself
During the COVID quarantine some of the biggest names in horror are targeted by a suspected killer. With no one able to leave their homes, will any of the genre legends make it until morning?...
Jakob's Wife
Character: Anne Fedder
After a chance encounter with "The Master", Anne discovers bite marks on her neck, a new sense of power, and an appetite to live bigger and bolder than ever....
Superhost
Character: Vera
Two travel vloggers check into a vacation rental with a host that will do anything for a good review....
King Knight
Character: Ruth
The High Priest of a modern-day coven finds his life thrown into turmoil and ventures out on a journey of self-discovery....
The Evil Clergyman
Character: Sadie Brady
The first of the "lost" "PULSE POUNDERS" shorts to be restored, "H.P. LOVECRAFT's THE EVIL CLERGYMAN" re-unites horror's hottest duo: Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton! "THE EVIL CLERGYMAN" also stars horror legends David Warner and David Gale (Dr. Hill from "RE-ANIMATOR")....
Alone with You
Character: Mom
As a young woman painstakingly prepares a romantic homecoming for her girlfriend, their apartment begins to feel more like a tomb when voices, shadows, and hallucinations reveal a truth she has been unwilling to face....
The Blue Diamond
Character: Jacqueline
At her mother's funeral, a woman meets her mother's very special friends....
Subscriber
Character: Carol
A charming real-estate YouTube star gathers a crew and whisks them away to a dilapidated ranch in Texas, one of his recent purchases. But once the team enters the remote house, strange things start happening, odd phenomena that lead the would-be mogul to suspect that they're not alone. And he's right! Some sort of phantasmagorical entity haunts the house and refuses to let the new owner and his crew leave...at least not alive! Their tale of bloody survival is captured on camera, the footage of w...
Orum
Character: Annika's Mother
A woman, desperate to reunite with her deceased mother, uses an occult box to sacrifice her father and unleashes a malevolent entity from the other side, plunging her into a harrowing battle against the forces she dared to disturb....