Biography
Lawrence George Cohen was an American filmmaker. He originally emerged as the writer of Blaxploitation films such as Black Caesar and Hell Up in Harlem, before becoming known as an author of horror and science fiction films – often containing police procedural and satirical elements – during the 1970s and 1980s. His directorial works include It's Alive (1974) and its sequels, God Told Me To (1976), The Stuff (1985) and A Return to Salem's Lot (1987).
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Awards & recognition
- The George Pal Memorial Award
Filmography48 titles
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
In Search of Darkness Part II: The Journey Into '80s Horror Continues
In Search of Darkness
The Fugitive
Masters of Horror
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
NYPD Blue
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Phone Booth
American Grindhouse
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Cellular
Pick Me Up
Body Snatchers
Spies Like Us
Maniac Cop
Bone
Return of the Seven
Best Seller
The Stuff
It's Alive
Maniac Cop 2
The Ambulance
A Return to Salem's Lot
God Told Me To
Black Caesar
Guilty as Sin
Q: The Winged Serpent
I, the Jury
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Original Gangstas
It Lives Again
Hell Up In Harlem
El Condor
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive
The Expert
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Captivity
Uncle Sam
Special Effects
Wicked Stepmother
The Ex
Full Moon High
Scream Baby Scream
Misbegotten
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business