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Larry Cohen

Born 1941-07-15

Lawrence George Cohen (July 15, 1941 – March 23, 2019) was an American screenwriter, producer, and director of film and television, best known as a B-movie auteur of horror and science fiction films — often containing police procedural and satirical elements — during the 1970s and 1980s, such as It's Alive (1974), God Told Me To (1976), It Lives Again (1978), The Stuff (1985) and A Return to Salem's Lot (1987). After that, he concentrated mainly on screenwriting, including Phone Booth (2002), Cellular (2004) and Captivity (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Cohen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Known for

Phone Booth 2003 · 7.1 Captivity 2007 · 4.6 Maniac Cop 1988 · 6.0 The Stuff 1985 · 5.9 Q: The Winged Serpent 1982 · 6.0 It's Alive 1974 · 5.8 Maniac Cop 2 1990 · 5.9 God Told Me To 1976 · 6.3 Guilty as Sin 1993 · 5.7 Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence 1992 · 5.0 The Ambulance 1990 · 6.0 Return of the Seven 1966 · 5.5 Black Caesar 1973 · 6.4 It's Alive 2009 · 3.5 It Lives Again 1978 · 5.2 Wicked Stepmother 1989 · 3.9 Uncle Sam 1996 · 4.5 It's Alive III: Island of the Alive 1987 · 4.9 Original Gangstas 1996 · 5.7 I, the Jury 1982 · 5.9 Hell Up in Harlem 1973 · 5.9 Full Moon High 1981 · 4.8 Bone 1972 · 6.7 Special Effects 1984 · 5.4 The American Success Company 1980 · 5.4 Scream Baby Scream 1969 · 3.9 Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That 2005 · 7.3