Actress Review:

Linnea Barbara Quigley was born on May 27, 1958 in Davenport Iowa. Her mother was a housewife and her father a Chiropractor and Psychiatrist. She grew up as a tomboy and grew up loving animals. Eventually she moved to California in the late 70's where the business for movies were really happening and still are.

She was encouraged to model and act by her friends. She eventually decided to take acting, singing, guitar and modelling lessons instructed by John Ashley, Estelle Harman, Susan French, Leo McClutchy and the John Powers Modelling Club. She led a modelling career as well as singing and playing guitar in an all girl punk rock band known as the Skirts, plus she acted in TV commercials and auditioned for more movie roles. She started out by having minor roles in films eventually leading into a soft core porn flick titled 'Auditions' which led to her role in another soft core X-rated comedy-musical titled 'Fairy Tales' playing the role of 'Sleeping Beauty' towards the end of the film. She was then typecast in other exploited flicks because of those films.

She won a couple of roles in the horror flicks like 'Psycho from Texas' and had her first co-starring role in the obscure gore flick 'Don't Go Near the Park' an awful movie.

However, she had another supporting role in the slasher flick in 1981 titled 'Graduation Day' by playing the loose teenager Dolores and it became a cult classic. The film was in the same tradition as 'Halloween' , 'Friday the 13th' and 'Prom Night' about a high school track runner, named Laura, suddenly dies from a heart attack after finishing a 30-second 100-meter race, a killer wearing a sweatsuit and a fencing mask beings killing off her friends on the school track team one by one. The suspects include the track coach Michaels, Laura's sister Anne who arrives in town for the funeral, the creepy school principal Mr. Guglione, and Laura's strange boyfriend Kevin. That film also starred b-horror film and western legend the late Christopher George. This film gave her alot of exposure and led to her fame as a b-movie scream queen but she still had a bit of a ways to go.

She also had a couple of cameos in two Cheech & Chong comedy films, and was cast in a couple of action flicks called 'Young Warriors' (Starring Ernest Borgnine, Richard Roundtree and Lynda Day George) and 'Savage Streets' (Starring former scream queen Linda Blair).

She then returned to low-budget horror flicks by first travelling to Utah and having a special appearance in the slasher flick that tried to carry on the tradition like 'Halloween' and 'My Bloody Valentine' did titled 'Silent Night, Deadly Night' which she played a sleazy teenager named Denise whom was one of the killers victims on Christmas Eve which her scene was very memorable. However, the film sparked alot of controversy during it's theatrical run and it was picketed. Linnea had another special appearance for a film she did the same year she was doing 'Graduation Day' and 'Psycho from Texas' titled 'The Black Room' but the flick was shelved after it's filming and went direct-to-video the same year 'Silent Night' was out in theatre's back in 1984.

She struck gold by having a good supporting role named Trash in the zombie flick 'Return of the Living Dead' which she starred with many known faces like Clu Gulagher, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Matthews and Miguel Nunez Jr. She had to perform nude most of the time in her film and dancing in a graveyard as well as being attacked by zombies and having her body painted when she turned into a zombie. The film was written and directed by Dan O'Bannon whom was famous for writing many sci-fi flicks like 'Alien'. This was Linnea's most successful film and it was made on a good budget. Eventually she was interviewed in magazines and talk shows then was blossomed into a top scream queen.

Linnea was high in demand for low budget horror flicks after her role as Trash and many b-horror film directors were looking for her after the theatrical release of this film. During the late 80's she was busy acting in numerous horror and non-horror films although they were nowhere near as successful.

Her next horror flick was in 1987 titled 'Creepozoids' as she played the role of Bianca taking place after World War III in 1999 while her and her troops hide for shelter in a science lab from acid rain but encounter a beetle like creature that was once human and it preys on them as well as sprays it's poisonous venom on some of them causing them to have gruesome deaths. Linnea gets killed towards the end of the flick by having her head chomped off. The film received a quick theatrical release in the fall and it was written & directed by David DeCoteau who used Linnea in numerous of his other films that usually went direct-to-video.

She got more work in horror flicks such as 'Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama', 'Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers' and one of her last lead roles that went to theatre's 'Night of the Demons' which she the role of Suzanne, playing the whiny bimbo who goes to a closed down Mortuary called the Hull House hosted by her gothic friend Angela on Halloween night with a group of friends for a Halloween party. During the party, Suzanne and Angela both get possessed by an evil demonic spirit that they both awakened while doing a chant with their friends. They both end up killing their friends and turn them into zombielike demons as well. The film had good effects and Linnea married special effects wizard named Steve Johnson two years after the film's theatrical release but their marriage eventually dissolved.

Since the late 90's, Linnea starred in many independent films and was taken more seriously as an actress which some of her indie flicks also rode the film festival circuit like in 'Fatal Frames', 'Death Mask', 'Kolobos', 'The Monster Man', 'Kannibal', 'Each Time I Kill', 'Corpses Are Forever' (For which she won an award at a festival for 'Best Supporting Actress'), 'Unaware' and numerous upcoming flicks. She has appeared in nearly 100 low budget films and is a household name for that type of genre!

Linnea is also a member of the PETA ('People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals') as she tries to find homes for them and is against animal testing as well as promoting animal rights. Also she is a vegetarian.

Linnea attends many horror conventions signing autographs for fans throughout the world and is one of the most beloved b-film scream queens. Today she resides in Florida and reformed with her rock band the Skirts.

Birthdate: May 27, 1958

Star Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Davenport, Iowa, USA

Height: 5'2"

Parents: Dorothy and W Heath Quigley

Measurements: 34-22-33

Marital Status: Divorced, was married to make up effects artist Steve Johnson.

Favourite Colour: Black

Favourite Foods: Pasta and sweets

Hobbies: Something Physical and Speedboating

Favourite Artists: Jan Brutt and Jim Alford

Favourite TV shows: Cops and The Howard Stern Show

Favourite Movies: When a Stranger Calls, B2 and Benji

Favourite Music: AC/DC

First Acting Gig: Toothpaste Commercial

First Nude Scene: Fairy Tales

Official Site: www.linneaquigleycircle.com , www.linneaquigley.net

Fairy Tales 1979. This was Linnea's first real acting gig in a film. It was an adult spoof comedy-musical based on the character's of children's stories like Snow White, Little Bo Peep and Sleeping Beauty. Linnea appears during the ending of the flick topless as Sleeping Beauty. The story starts out as a Prince (Don Sparks) looking for the lady of his dreams to get him sexually excited on his 21st Birthday which is a painting on his wall which happens to be Linnea's character Sleeping Beauty. This flick is very expolited and was out in theatre's before the 70's were ending. The music was very disco like. This flick was one of the reason's why Linnea was usually typecast as a sexpot and was extremely nervous and uncomfortable when she found out that she was going to be topless.

Stone Cold Dead 1979. Linnea has an uncredited role in this film for some silly reason as she has a couple lines and an effective scene even if it was a bit part. Her characters name was Melody Stevens as she role is a hooker and is escorting a client from her house as he is heading home during the beginning of this film. She then takes a shower and a killer from outside shoots her through her window and she dies. This leads to another slew of shootings as other hookers are victims as the killer shoots them in their window of a hotel or on the streets. Eventually the police try to get involved in this case by going undercover but even they are being murdered. A Sergeant named Sniper (Richard Crenna) risks his life to get to the bottom of the unsolved mystery bty finding out who is killing these prostitutes. Linnea doesn't have alot of her face shown in her scene as her back is tuerned or when she is entering her own bathroom it just shows her body shot but eventually her face is revealed when she starts her shower. This film was shot in Toronto, Ontario and was made on a very descent budget with lots of disco music too. A very good murder mystery too and extremely suspenseful.

Don't Go Near the Park 1981???. Supposedly Linnea's first supporting role in a film. This one was pretty bad and easily forgettable. She plays an owner of a bed and breakfast house to a cult member named Gar (Played by Crackers Phin) who who living agelessly as a cannibal trying to escape a tribal queen centuries ago as the queen damned him and another woman to an eternity of old age when she discovers their lurid exploits and in order to stay young they must eat the guts out of young people as they do this for centuries till present day. He falls in love with Linnea's character but only to plan to impregnate her with a baby girl named Bondi as he plans something deadly for his child when the child turns 16. Eventually Quigley's character gets jealous of her daughter Bondi and during her 16th Birthday when Bondi recevies a magiocal necklace from her father Quigley leaves her husband and Bondi becomes a runaway. Linnea was only in this movie for about the first 25 minutes of it but on the opening credits her name is revealed as an introduction to her career in films plus she can be heard on the commentary of the recent DVD release. There's also an outake of Linnea being fully nude which she probably requested as she refuses to do full frontal nudity afterwards.

Graduation Day 1981. One of Linnea's most memorable horror flick's. She plays a loose teenage girl at a highschool named Dolores who seduces a music teacher in order to get a good grade as well as hanging out with her boyfriend and smoking weed etc. She is questioned about the murders going on there too. Eventually, the killer tracks Delores down while a rock band is playing at the highschool gymnasium and is strangled to death. All the murders occured since a highschool track runner dies from a heart attack after finishing a 30-second 100-meter race and a killer is wearing a fencing mask and a sweatsuit. However, many people there are suspects. This was alot like a 'Prom Night' type slasher but slightly a little bit cheesier. The flick also stars b-film horror and spaghetti western legend Christopher George along with some other familiar faces like E.J. Peaker, Michael Pataki, Carmen Argenziano, Virgil Frye, Bill Hulsey (of TV's Fame) and TV's 'Wheel of Fortune' hostess Vanna White. The flick is in the same slasher tradition like 'Halloween', 'Friday the 13th', 'My Bloody Valentine' and of course 'Prom Night.'

Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams 1981. Linnea only has a 2 minute cameo in this comedy flick playing a blondie that is introduced to Cheech & Chong along with a bunch of others. She only has one line in it. Cheech and Chong are two comedians that make jokes about smoking up and other adult situations. The story in this flick sets out as Cheech and Chong house sit for a marijuana grower and rip off the crop. Stalked by keystone-style cops, Los Guys have a series of encounters with L.A. area characters even weirder than themselves.

Cheech & Chong's Still Smokin' 1983. Linnea is uncredited in this one. She is nude in her cameo. One scene is shown when she is walking towards a spa and another she is with a bunch of other nude girls along with Cheech & Chong. The plotline in this one is that Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party/festival in Amsterdam. When they get there, however, it turns out that the guy who invited them has taken off with all the money, and the rest of the hosts have a VERY limited budget. They are actually expecting Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, so our heroes gets to be Mr. Burt and Mr. Dolly. We follow them around Amsterdam, at their hotel, (still) smokin' joints and doing shows.

Young Warriors 1983. Linnea has a supporting role named Ginger in this film who is the girlfriend to one of the guys that just got into the fraternity. Well this story starts as a bunch of highschool graduates in Malibu High that got into the fraternity and introduce to people Ginger who is covered in nude sheets with a blanket then they take the sheets off and she runs off. Next scene she is working at the library there and her and her boyfriend act obscene there while hje asks her for a certain book. Then a fraternity party happens at night ansd she is seen briefly hanging out while the others are pledges and have to do some dares in order to get in. But then the head fraternity's younger sister is brutally raped and killed by a vicious gang so the fun stops when the sorority brothers try to track the gang down with army weapons and never speak to their girlfriends any more. Linnea's character Ginger goes into their room and spots the weapons in their closet. Quite a cheesy but good film made on a descent budget. Linnea wasn't one of the main character's in this action-comedy flick so her name isn't shown on the opening credits. There were many big names in the film however like Ernest Borgnine, Lynda Day George and Richard Roundtree. There were also family members from well known actors that weren't top names but still got work like Dick Van Patten's son Jimmy, June Lockhart's daughter Anne and Chuck Norris' son Mike co-starring in his first film.

The Black Room 1984. Linnea had appeared close to the ending in this awful flick. She plays a character named Milly who is hired by one of the lead actors Jason (Steven Knight) to babysit his kids and to bring them up to his work place later. The place is a renting house in the Hollywood Hills but the employers are killing the people and sucking the blood out of them for thieir use to live. Jason doesn't realise these owners evil doings until he catches them when Milly is caught and half of her blood is sucked out of her. A gross flick that was shot the same year 'Graduation Day' was released but was shelved for 3 years and went direct-to-video. Linnea looked great in her Farrah Fawcett/Goldie Hawn hairstyle along with her biker shorts and cowboy boots. She is not nude in this film however and only has a couple of good scenes.

Savage Streets 1984. Linnea has a good supporting role in this one. She plays opposite to the lead character which is former scream queen Linda Blair as her younger deaf mute sister Heather. She hangs out with her sister and her fun loving group called the Satins. Well the Satins decide to pull a nasty trick on a vicious gang called the Scars by driving away with their car and then stuffing garbage in it. This makes their leader angry so they decide to go to their school and rape Linnea's character whne she is alone waiting for her sister after school. She is put in a coma and her sister seeks revenge on them. A very similar plotline to 'Young Warriors' except that Linnea had a bigger role in it and her name was credited in the opening along with the other main characters. Linnea claimed that Linda Blair's role was originally going to be played by Cherrie Currie from the former girl punk rock band the Runaways but was fired and she that she and others were going to be fired too. Linnea was excited to be working with Linda Blair as she was an icon at the time and sometimes helps her out with the PETA. Linnea said the rape scene was tough for her as the people who played the Scars ripped her blouse off and it caused her shoulder to get pretty torn up by it. She also talekd the director out of a couple of stuff for the rape scene and agreed with her. She found the director, Danny Steinman, a great guy to work with. He let people suggest things etc. She also liked the director of photography Steve Posey. Unfortunately, she said that the film ran out of money and cheques bounced and it took things a few months to get things squared away. The Screen Actors Guild was supposed to have given her $5,000 for waiting but that never happened although everyone else got theirs. The film had an excellent soundtrack by 80's pop artists like you'd hear in 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' or 'D.C. Cab' by John Farnham, 3 Speed, Michael Bradley and Real Life. I was desperately looking for the soundtrack album but finally found the record of it on e-bay for alot of money. I cherish the record and consider it my favourite soundtrack album. This was my favourite Linnea film.

Silent Night, Deadly Night 1984. Linnea had a cameo type special appearance in this one. She plays a teenager named Denise who tries to seduce her boyfriend but hears a jingling sound from outside thinking it's her cat wanting to come in. She is topless and opens the door while so and lets her cat in. Also a killer dressed in a Santa suit comes barging in and picks up Denise and impales her on two antlers from a deers head that is placed in her living room wall. Of course this killer expriences another killer dressed in a Santa suit who killed his parents when he was 5 and was sent to an orphanage. All through his life growing up there he thopught that Santa was evil to kids who were naughty and got a job in a warehouse dressed as Santa but killed his employers and was heading back to the orphanage and doing some killings along the way. Linnea was one of the unfortunate one's who was a victim to one of his slayings along with a bully beforehand. This film tried to carry on the holiday tradition like what 'Halloween' and it was adored by many slasher fans and to some people is a cult classic, plus it gained two sequels. The wardrobe person for Linnea's costume acted with her in a 1979 comedy titled 'Summer Camp.' Linnea admitted that it was freezing cold when she was doing most of her scenes while opening the outside door and was topless with just shorts on. She said she hated doing that scene. She also said the trainer was holding back the cat when they were doing takes for her calling the cat and found it very cruel to the cat. Also she had to hold her breath while the make up people stuck the antlers to her so they wouldn't bounce which was tough. She was also shaking cauise she was so cold. What wasn't easier was the rig up there that she was held on was very uncomfortable. She had to straddle a metal pipe under her shorts. Her death scene was well remembered in this flick. It showed her scene again in the first sequel as most of it was a flashback story told by the killers brother. She also recalls an actress being difficult so the director gave her a diamond necklace but Linnea was left with no reward like that for being patient and professional when she had to tough out her special appearance in this film.

Return of the Living Dead 1985. Yessss! This was the flick that made Linnea a full time scream queen and her biggest budget to date. Not only that, she received alot of publicity in magazines and some talk shows. It was a spoof on George A. Romero's 'Living Dead' films of zombies returning from the grave due to an acid rain fall and are hungry for human brains. Linnea has a good supporting role named Trash (She dyed her hair pink/red and cut it short in the film as well as shaved her eye brows since that's what the director wanted or she would've been replaced) who is a sleazy punk who decides to break into a graveyard with her friends. Her most memorable scene was when she took off her clothes and danced in the graveyard. When she talked about the film she remembered feeling uncomfortable with having white body make-up that was water resistant on her when she became a zombie as she was still nude. She remembered alot of other weird stuff like being buried in mud. She also said she wasn't the original choice for the film as they had another actress to play the role six months before she was cast but the actress was pregnant. Also her character name was originally going to be named Leap. Her audition scene was the biting and eating her alive one by zombies. Also Linnea said that out of all the films, she loved this one the best. Many people didn't like director/writer Dan O'Bannon but Linnea claimed she enjoyed working with him as she tries to behave professionally with everyone she works with.

Creepozoids 1987. Linnea was taking a break from films but she met exploited cheesy film director David DeCoteau and he convinced her to do this film which led more film work into his future flicks. She felt great since most actors get lots of rejections and was honoured that David wanted her for his film. The film was shot in a warehouse for most of the scenes. Linnea said that the people involved with the project will would always have a special place for her in her heart and was family to her. Also she enjoyed working with her co-star Ken Abraham alot and says he has a nice sense of humour. Also she didn't need to wear much make-up which she said was nice for her and enjoyed her costume that she wore. She was also shocked that actress Kim McKamy who was in the film moved onto pornography a year later as during the time shooting this one she refused to be nude. Of course the movie was a futuristic horror/sci-fi flick that David tried to borrow from 'Alien' and old cheesy monster films of a pack of people trying to hide from shelter in a science lab during an acid rain fall after a nucklear war from World War III. They all encounter a giant beetle like creature who kills and sprays poisonous venom on them. Although the film received a quick theatrical release in the fall of 1987 it did better as a rental in video stores. This was one of DeCoteau's most successful flicks as most of his other films were terribly exploited with a thinner plot which went direct-to-video.

Nightmare Sisters 1987. Another David DeCoteau flick but this time it's a spoof on those exploited scream queen exorcist type flicks. Not at all a horror just a plain dark comedy. Linnea gets to star with her scream queen friends Brinke Stevens and Michelle Bauer in this one. The film isn't terrific but funny and a real party flick. Linnea Quigley performs a song from her band the Skirts in one scene. The film was about a group of college nerds getting together as they are being tormented by the popular one's and none of them can get a date so they have a seance and the three scream queens turn into beautiful llusting women but however they are sex starved vamps and kills the people they try to seduce. Will the male nerds be able to stop them? I doubt this flick ever made it to theatre's as the plot and budget were very low with plenty of nudity. If you look closely, a fraternity nerd has a theatre poster of 'Creepozoids' hung in his room. The film was written in six days and took three whole days to make.

Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama 1988. By the same makers of 'Nightmare Sisters' comes this flick with Linnea and her scream queen friends Brinke and Michelle at it again. But this time Linnea plays a different type of role as a punk named Spider. Linnea said that this was her second flick with DeCoteau so it was still in post-production when 'Nightmare Sisters' came out. Yes this too was a spoof on horror flicks but was also categorised as a horror film. Of two sorority pledges wanting to join the sorority sisters but has to steal a trophy in a mall at a bowling alley. They are there with some frat nerds and accidentally release a demonic Imp while stealing the trophy. The Imp grants them wishes each only to be fake and possesses the sorority sisters to kill the nerds and the pledges. Linnea is there robbing the place but turns out to be a hero in the end with the head nerd Calvin (Andras Jones). Linnea says she loves playing a tough girl in flicks so it was fun for her. However, most of the scenes were shot at night which she didn't like cause she was a day person. Her make up was rushed and Linnea felt that she looked like a clown. Also the film company had to wait for the bowlers to finish bowling before they shot the scenes in the bowling alley. Some of the girls had problems with their love life so it made things a little difficult. Also Robin Stille who was cast as the head sorority sister Babs had a drinking problem and was out n out drunk and ended up hurting Linnea in a fight scene as well as getting hurt by another actress in another fight scene which Linnea got a black eye so twice she was hurt which wasn't fun. Both scenes were the last night of filming. Linnea also paid for her own room in a hotel as she likes peace and quiet. 9 years after the shooting of this film Robin couldn't handle her alcoholism and took her own life which was a year before I first spotted her in 'The Slumber Party Massacre' which also had a supporting role by Brinke. According to DeCoteau this film cost $250,000 to make.

Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers 1988. This was a Fred Olen Ray flick which was the only time Linnea ever worked with him and found it a great experience. She couldn't tell if he was saying something serious or not. She was excited to find out that she was going to be working with Gunnar Hansen since she was a fan of him as Leatherface in the 1974 cult classic 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'. Well Linnea played a chainsaw prostitute named Samantha who runs away from the chainsaw cult as they were hacking up their clients with what else??? Chainsaws! Gunnar Hansen plays the hookers pimp of course known as the Stranger. Heather helps a detective named Jack Chandler (Played by Fred Olen Ray favourite, the cheezy b-film scream king, Jay Richardson) to track down the hookers' pimp during a cult ceremony. Linnea found Gunnar super nice to work with. In one scen of the film Linnea had her body painted with designs as the artists who painted her body thought it would take two or three hours but it took eight (Like working a full time shift for one day). Linnea called up her then fiance make up artist Steve Johnson to do the rest of the designs on her naked body. Then she had to do the virgin dance with a chainsaw which scared her cause she was worried that she'd get hurt with the chainsaw in action. Some of the chainsaws had chains and some didn't but she had two large chainsaw in each hand and was woozy from the smoke of the chainsaw. After her scenes were done around 1 am with all the effects of paint etc. on her body her car battery was dead when she started it up to go home. This flick also starred her scream queen friend Michelle Bauer who was also famous for acting in Fred Olen Ray's films like Jay was. She played a chainsaw prostitute named Mercedes and was famous for her role in this flick which made her one of the top exploited b-film scream queens along with Linnea and Brinke Stevens. The story explained on here is better than the movie trust me as it's terrible and hokey plus was made on a lower budget than 'TCM' itself with bad dubbing. If you're expecting this to be like the 'TCM' ion the city streets, think again. Supposedly this film did earn a limited theatrical release however and the film was admired by fans of Fred Olen Ray's work in horror films but not me! I rented this flick along with 'Creepozoids' but like 'Creepozoids' much better.

A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master 1988. Linnea only has a bit part in this film. Her fiance Steve was doing the make up effects on this one so maybe the director asked him to bring her into this film. Well of course the story is about Freddy Krueger a child murderer who murder lots of kids on Elm Street and then was klilled by the kids' parents then is an evil spirit who kills kids in their dreams and then takes their souls. He's back for the fourth time and someone tries to put a stop to him with her boyfriend. She reflects a mirror on Freddy in her dream to put an end to him and souls come out of Freddy chest. Linnea is one of them as it shows a nude body of her trying to get out of his chest.

Night Of the Demons 1988. Linnea's fiance Steve also did make up for this one. This was the set where Linnea first met Steve actually as the other films were released beforehand byut this one took longer to finish cause of the special effects etc. They didn't date for 5 months but how they met was bizarre she claimed as they needed to see her breasts for a scene she puts make up on them and sticks a lipstick tube into her nipple breast (Which was a famous scene for her in the film) so Steve and his crew had to use prosthetic make up for that and other stuff to put on her breasts. Linnea has one of the main roles named Suzanne a whiny party girl who hangs out with her gothic friend Angela (Mimi Kinkade) that goes to this closed down Mortuary with their friends called the Hull House. They have a Halloween party there hosted by Angela. They find a mirror and start a chant but the chant is broken as one of their friends freak out seeing a demon in the mirror. The demon is set free and possesses Linnea's character Suzanne. Then Suzanne possesses Angela but french kissing her. The two of them go on a killing spree turning their victims into demonic zombies like them. Linnea is great at being funny with her one liners. When I saw the box cover of this film 10 years ago it said "Angela is having a party. Freddy and Jason are too scared to come." I was wondering if it was a part 4 to 'Sleepaway Camp' but looked at the back of the box and realised it was a different story altogether. During Halloween night in 1998 I rented it for the first time since I was getting into Linnea's films and loved it. Also, I spotted Jill Terashita from 'SC3' as Frannie in the flick. The film kinda reminded me alot of other popular horror flicks like 'Hell Night' and sequels on 'A Nightmare On Elm Street'. I found this one to be my favourite Linnea Quigley horror flick. Linnea also said she saw this film at a drive-in and had a hard time watching her scene when she was bending down at a grocery store with her big party dress on while her fellow actress Mimi was shoplifting. Linnea also got to work with Hal Havins from 'Sorority Babes' again as he played a similar type of character. Also after the film's theatrical release it was distributed by Cineplex Odeon Home Video which is also a big theatre company too.

Vice Academy 1989. Linnea got to play a Kookie character named Didi in this 'Police Acedemy' type spoof as she was in Academy training by going undercover to bust prostitution and an illegal porn ring in order to get into the Academy. Linnea worked with Rick Sloane for the first time and was nice to everyone on set. Rick does it all, directs, writes and produces. However I find his work very stale. However he had a professional and patient attitude as he had rehearsals with his actors and went to the wardrobe department to make sure the colours matched for each of the actors' costumes. Linnea said that 'Vice Academy' was very long hours and tiring. One of the locations was by her house which was the training area. She became good friends with Jayne Hamill who played the tough as nails Academy instructor Miss Devonshire who became a successful TV writer and comedian. There was a bad incident however when she was starring with a former porn turned mainstream actress like Traci Lords did with her career named Ginger Lynn Allen whom Linnea said would remain nameless and disliked her. Linnea said that Ginger was showing up late, hung over, nasty and demanding. This created alot of tension on set of the film. Linnea and Ginger's characters were enemies in the film so Linnea could very much relate to it. Linnea got to work with Ken Abraham from 'Creepozoids' again which she enjoyed. Linnea and Ginger reprised their roles in the sequel which Linnea said was alot easier to shoot and were not long hours. Linnea said one of the actors who played a tough guy was accidentally hit by an actress and was on the ground in pain but no one seemed to care too much. The films were very low budget. Close to Z-grade in fact with some boring scenes. However, this film could easily be categorised as an independent film. I loved the opening songtrack to the film which was heavy metal music.

Dr. Alien 1989. Linnea has a supporting role in this film with Ginger in her fourth film directed by David DeCoteau. They both play rocker chicks to a nerd named Wesley played by Billy Jacoby who has a hard time getting a girl to go out with him and a substitute teacher who is an alien played by cult icon Judy Landers that gives him a tracking device on his head that makes girls sexually aroused towards him. Linnea and Ginger are Wesley's lustful images that go to each event he's at. Linnea and Ginger are both topless in one scene of the film after Judy Landers' character does an experiment with him so that should please all of her fans. Also the film has a cameo by Linnea's scream queen friend Michelle Bauer as well as her co-star in 'Vice Academy' Karen Russell. Although this was noted to be a bad film and probably never made it to theatre's I liked this film the best out of all of DeCoteau's flicks. There's also a scene where there is Jacoby and his film family having breakfast and there's a cereal box of 'Creepozoids' plus some of the family's members watching the movie on TV. Plus Jacoby's younger brother Bobby plays his younger brothet in the film as well.

Witchtrap 1989. Linnea worked with 'Night of the Demons' horror film director Kevin Tenney for the second time as well as acting with Hal Havins for the third time. Kevin even has an acting part in this flick as Devon Lauder. The story is about evil supernatural forces in a house controlled by a demonic warlock. Linnea plays a beautiful reporter named Ginger Kolowski. In the middle of the film Ginger takes her clothes off fully nude to take a shower. The water stops and the head of the shower stabs Ginger's neck and kills her. Some good effects like in most of Tenney's films and more serious than 'Night of the Demons' but nowhere as good.

Deadly Embrace 1989. This was a film that rumour had it Linnea was not proud of. It was like a cross between a soft core porn film and a daytime soap. Linnea has a good supporting role by playing a girlfriend of Ken Abraham's character named Michelle Arno. The film was directed by Ellen Cabot who is really David DeCoteau under a different name. David did produce the flick but this is no 'Creepozoids' in any way. David should be ashamed for his participation in this flick. Ken plays a college student named Chris Thompson who helps a lady named Charlotte (Played by sex pot Ty Randolph) out with her house while her husband Stewart (Played by b-film legend Jan Michael Vincent) is busy at work but wants to get rid of his wife for good. Well Chris and Charlotte fool around with one another and then Chris' girlfriend visits and fornicates with him while staying there. Charlotte video tapes this as she holds Michelle for ransom and makes her watch the video tape of Chris fooling around. This made for video dud focuses on Ken, Linnea and Ty's nudity more than the plot itself which was written by writer/director/actor Richard Gabai. If you see Gabai's other flicks it seems like that he's fascinated with pornography and weak plots which is not a compliment. However, he is not a bad actor.

Assault of the Party Nerds 1989. A sleazy crappy film produced, written, directed and starring Richard Gabai. Linnea plays a sleazy popular bimbo named Bambi along with her friend Michelle Bauer who plays Muffin. They fool around with their stuck up college boyfriends until they catch them fooling around together. Then they help out some college nerds throw a wild party. Linnea and Michelle get naked for sure in this awful exploited comedy. Linnea's voice sounded like it was overdubbed by another actresses voice. But again this film was badly dubbed along with the acting, directing and the storyline. Gabai tried to clone 'Revenge of the Nerds' but in a terrible exploited and sleazy way. This is no doubt Linnea's worst film. Believe it or not a sequel came out and both Linnea and Michelle reprised their roles and the same with Gabai. Both of them a direct-to-video releases.

Murder Weapon 1990. While Linnea was doing 'Vice Academy' she worked on this sleazy comedy-horror flick as well. Linnea played a psycho sister named Dawn and Karen Russell from 'Vice Academy' played her other psycho sister Amy. Their shrink Dr. Randolph was played by former TV star Lyle Waggoner. The story was of course about two daughters of mobsters get out of the sanitarium after having killed a boyfriend in the shower, supposedly cured and on the right track. They hold a party and invite all their old boyfriends, making all of them think there is still hope for a relationship. Then the boyfriends start disappearing one by one. Linnea also co-produced it with David DeCoteau as Linnea always wanted to produce to do more than act. She really wanted a challenge so this was the film she worked on. Linnea got a house in Toluca Lake with a great price. However, Linnea said the lady who lived there was crazy. She tried to call and reconfirm stuff but she always misunderstood. Also Linnea asked her to heat up the pool so Karen Russell's character can dive in and swim and do hwer scenes which Linnea paid her to do and called her three times to remind her to do so but she never did. The pool was cold and there were other uncomfortable things. David DeCoteau had enough of this woman and changed locations without telling her and Linnea had to deal with her again. Also there was an actress doing a topless scene and everyone waited outside until the scene and Linnea went into the bedroom and told the A.D. "Everyone Out." There was even one man had his own video camera ready. Also David was always cracking up when Linnea had to perform a serious scene. There was even a scene where someone was watching a pay channel on TV and David DeCoteau's spoof 'Nightmare Sisters' was showing and the scene was when Linnea, Michelle and Brinke's characters were all taking a bath together. The film was a terrible low grade slasher flick that offered terrible dialogue, bad acting, terrible gore effects (There's a scene where a hand is torn through a guys neck and another where someone's head is smashed by a hammer that looks like glass smashing) and plenty of skin. The opening scene in the film looks very similar to another terrible slasher flick (No where near as bad as this) titled 'The Intruder'. At least Linnea was giving this film a shot. Another typical direct-to-video flick though.

Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout 1990. This was a real workout video by Linnea along with some comedy scenes with zombies and beautiful women. She improvised in it with her actresses because she didn't get a location permit. For her workout film they found a condo in Tohuegenga Canyon to double as an abandoned sanitarium so she went up at 5 in the morning to build a graveyard and then brought in thirteen zombies. Linnea asked Movietime and Entertainment Tonight to visit the set and about 2 in the afternoon they arrived. When they were about to shoot the promo a bunch of fire trucks came up the road right after them. No one knew that they did fire drills about once a month when they found them and the fire marshall kicked them out. Linnea was scared that the shows were going to use the footage of the marshall busting them and stalling for time while the crew set up again. Linnea convinced them to reshoot at her parents place where they finished the video. The video was very Z-grade but very entertaining as it shows real workout exercises as well as showing some clips from her acting career. Some of the cast who played the zombies working out in this video have worked with Linnea before. These actors were Jeff Bowser who played Zoomer in 'Virgin High' and Kathi O'Brecht who played Rhonda in 'Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama'.

The Guyver 1991. Linnea only had a cameo in this one but she was credited with some other actors during the opening credits. This film stars our own beloved Luke Skywalker Mark Hamill as Max Reed, a young man discovers a mechanical device that merges with his own body, turning him into a cyborg superhero. When strange creatures start appearing, trying to take the device back, he begins to uncover a secret plot to genetically engineer terrifying monsters. One of the monsters accidentally lands on a set of a cheesy horror monster film starring Linnea Quigley so Linnea plays herself in this flick. She lets out a long and loud scream and is ticked when she realises it's a total screw up. This flick is a sci-fi, action and comedy in one and a very well done one too. Unfortuantely the 'Guyver' never made it to theatres but it was based on the popular superhero animated show.

Virgin High 1991. By the same makers as 'Assault of the Party Nerds' but nowhere near as bad but still pretty bad nonetheless. A girl gets in trouble with her parents for allegedly fooling around with her boyfriend, and they send her to a catholic girls' high school. Linnea Quigley plays a sleazy and stuck up girl named Kathleen as her character is similar to Ginger Lynn Allen's character in 'Vice Academy' who is "in charge," and makes demands on the other girls because she has unofficial connections with the faculty. Kathleeen fornicates with the main security guard to as well who is also a scum bag. Cast also features Burt Ward who was famous for his role Robin in the 60's cult TV series spoof 'Batman'. There's also a scene where there's a movie poster of 'Assault of the Party Nerds' hanging on a wall.

Innocent Blood 1992. Linnea has another cameo in this film with some other b-film horror celebrities like Tom Savini, Forrest J. Ackerman, Dario Argento, Sam Raimi and L9innea's present husband Steve Johnson at the time. This is not a b-film and was a box office smash in theatre's which is a shame Linnea didn't get a bigger role than what she got. The film is a horror spoof on vampires of a young woman named Marie, a female vampire with a conscience, decides to restrict her feeding requirements to the violent Pittsburgh gangsters who are at large in the city. Marie's victims become vampires themselves if she fails to permanently immobilise them, so when this happens, the gangsters become a serious problem which she has to fix. There is a vampire in a hospital room who burns to death due to the ray of the sun shining on him as his body falls apart and Linnea plays a nurse who runs in to see what the problem is and the vampire's arm falls off then she screams holding the arm and runs off.

Beach Babes from Beyond 1993. Another bad exploited flick but Linnea keeps her clothes on in this one. Directed under the name of Ellen Cabot aka David DeCoteau. He must've used this name under his worst movies and my guess was that he didn't want to be associated with them after seeing the results of them. The story is a spoof on outerspace flicks of three beautiful alien women who lands on earth cause they're low on fuel from thie spaceship and lands on a beach then they all enter a bikini contest to win a contest so they can help an earthling pay for his beachhouse being repaired as he is being threatened with condemnation. If this sounds lame it is. Linnea plays an irritable agent for the modellers named Sally but her acting doesn't meet up to her expectations when I saw her perform in this. She however does have a nice romantic scene towards the end of the film. The film also features relatives of big time stars like Joe Estevez, Don Swayze, Joey Travolta and Jaquollyne Stallone. One of the actresses who plays two of the three alien women is porn star Sarah Bellomo and Playboy model Tamara Landry.

Pumpkinhead II: Bloodwings 1994. This was the first film I spotted Linnea in when I rented it after Halloween in 1996. I don't remember the film too well only that I hated it with a passion. To my understanding Linnea only had a special appearance in this one along with other b-film horror actors Kane Hodder and R.A. Mihailoff. I remember it being about a retarded boy who dies from falling into a well (I think). Then some teenagers resurrect a demon from the boy's grave and the boy turns into Pumpkinhead. Then he goes on a killing spree. I remember a middle aged overweight man fornicating with a woman as he was cheating on his wife. I believe the mistress was played by Linnea who plays Nadine. The man gets snaopped in half by Pumpkinhead and I think Linnea's character did too. This flick had nothing to do with the original one. Both of them were terrible.

Jack-O 1995. This film looked so interesting when I saw the cover of the box but when I watched it I was disappointed as it was below average and very Z-grade with bad acting. Linnea's first appearance is nude in a shower. She plays a babysitter named Carolyn Miller on Halloween night who protects a demonic killer who's name is Mr. Jack the Pumpkin Man who was originally a wizard centuries ago was put to death. The wizard happens to be an ancestor of the child Carolyn is babysitting named Sean. An ok film to watch for the laughs as it's hokey horror but that's all it is. Almost looks like a terrible spoof on 'Pumpkinhead'. Features many special appearances with actors that Linnea has worked with in the past like Brinke Stevens and Dawn Wildsmith. There was also appearances by horror icons John Carradine and Cameron Mitchell before their deaths. The ending credits were cool as it showed the scenes of the actors who starred in it just like watching the opening of a TV show when it says starring so and so with the person.

Burial of the Rats 1995. A made for cable flick that took place in 19th Century France, a young Bram Stoker is captured by a man-hating, all-female cult of thong bikini wearers. Aided by flesh-eating rats, the warrior women raid the lairs of evil men and punish them. Our hero must decide between his wish to escape the dangerous cult and his love for one of its members. Linnea just had a supporting riole as one of the Rat Women. Her lines were usually chants with the rest of the women in it. It shows scenes of her sword fighting and other eventslike that. The show kind of reminded me a horror version of a Greek tragedy.

Fatal Frames 1996. I mark this one to be Linnea's best performance and should've won a best supporting actress award for her role in it. Linnea travelled to Italy to act in it as she appears halfway through the film as she tries to help out a lead character who's a music video director from New York named Alex Ritt (Played by Rick Gianasi) that has travelled to Italy to make a music video there but a bunch of slaughterings have occurred with the people who are working with him to find out the truth behind a group of slaughterings as well as the victims haunting him. She has a few good scenes and then gets killed or so we may think but there's a surprise ending for Alex in the end. This was not a small role by any means as her fans will be happy and will really enjoy her performance in it. Donald Pleasance also has a supporting role in this film as it was his last one before he passed away which he did in the middle of the shoot. There was a one liner joke of his character Loomis in 'Halloween'. This Italian horror flick was apparently a success at film festivals nationwide which is not surprising. Linnea's ex-husband Steve also did the effects for this one.

Boogie Boy 1997. Linnea was seen brefly in this film of a man who has just been released from prison vows to