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A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
- DIRECTOR
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- Gerald Potterton
- WRITERS
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- Daniel Goldberg
- Len Blum
- Columbia Pictures Corporation
- STUDIOS
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- Columbia Pictures Corporation
- Guardian Trust Company
- Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC)
- CAST
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Don Francks as Grimaldi (segment "Grimaldi") / Co-Pilot (segment "B-17") / Barbarian (segment "Taarna") (voice) -
Caroline Semple as Girl (segment "Grimaldi") (voice) -
Richard Romanus as Harry Canyon (segment "Harry Canyon") (voice) -
Susan Roman as Girl (segment "Harry Canyon") / Satellite (segment "Harry Canyon") (voice) -
Al Waxman as Rudnick (segment "Harry Canyon") (voice) -
Harvey Atkin as Alien (segment "Harry Canyon") / Henchman (segment "Harry Canyon") (voice)
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John Candy as Desk Sergeant (segment "Harry Canyon") / Dan (segment "Den") / Den (segment "Den") / Robot (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice) -
Glenis Wootton Gross as Whore (segment "Harry Canyon") (voice) -
Marilyn Lightstone as Whore (segment "Harry Canyon") / Queen (segment "Den") (voice) -
Jackie Burroughs as Katherine (segment "Den") (voice)
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An astronaut brings home a glowing green orb for his daughter. However, the orb kills him and corners the girl for its purposes. Claiming to the embodiment of all evil, the malevolent sphere, known as the Loc-Nar, terrorizes the little girl by showing a series of bizarre and fantastic tales it has influenced. The first is "Harry Canyon," a cynical taxi driver in a squalid futuristic New York who finds himself involved with a damsel in distress who is relentlessly pursued by murderous thugs who desire the Loc-Nar her archaeologist father found. The second is "Den" which chronicles the adventures of a nerdish boy who is thrown into the fantasy world of Neverwhere, where he is transformed into a studly naked muscle-man, desired by beautiful women, who must get involved in a conflict revolving around possession of the Loc-Nar. The third is "Captain Sternn" where the title character is a handsome but irredeemable scoundrel who stands accused in a trial that Loc-Nar throws into chaos. The fourth is "B-17", where a World War II bomber plane limps home after a bombing run, only to have the Loc-Nar ram into it and revive the dead crew members as murderous zombies. The next is "So Beautiful, So Dangerous" where a buxom secretary at the Pentagon is abducted by stoned alien wastrels and a oversexed robot. The final story is "Taarna", where the Loc-Nar has to come to a future Earth and changes a peaceful people into a horde of murderous barbarians who rampage with genocidal zeal. Only the last Tarackian, a silent swords-woman known as Taarna, can avenge the victims and stop the Loc-Nar.
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