The Movies I Watched August 2012
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- DirectorJames W. RobersonStarsJames HoughtonAlbert SalmiLynn CarlinA witch put to death in 1692 swears vengeance on her persecutors and returns to the present day to punish their descendants.Seen on 1-8-2012
- DirectorRichard StanleyStarsRobert John BurkeChelsea FieldZakes MokaeA woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.Seen on 1-8-2012
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHugh JackmanScarlett JohanssonAfter a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.Seen on 2-8-2012
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsKarl MaldenClaude DauphinPatricia MedinaWhen several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent that it is someone (or something) stronger and deadlier than a human.Seen on 2-8-2012
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsPeter WellerJudy DavisIan HolmAfter developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.seen on 3-8-2012
- DirectorRolfe KanefskyStarsCraig PeckWendy BednarzMark CollverWhen a horror film buff tries to warn his friends spending spring break in a house in the woods of impending danger, they scoff at him, that is, until a huge mutant frog starts to pick them up one by one.Seen on 3-8-2012
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsJames StewartLee RemickBen GazzaraAn upstate Michigan lawyer defends a soldier who claims he killed an innkeeper due to temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?Seen on 4-8-2012
- DirectorHarvey HartJules SchwerinStarsWendell BurtonMichael GreerZooey HallThe young, naive Smitty is sent to prison for six months; Cathy, his girlfriend, watches as he disappears behind the bars and barbed wire. He's assigned a cell with Queenie, a balls-out drag queen, Rocky, a quiet but cocky con, and Mona, a young gay man who ministers to Rocky. Smitty watches in horror as gangs of inmates brutalize prisoners who lack protection. Those who complain risk beatings or murder at the hands of unsympathetic guards: all cries are bootless. Mona offers poetry - Shakespeare's sonnet XXIX; Queenie and Rocky offer Smitty advice, and Rocky offers protection for a price. Smitty's choices and their consequences are the film's main subjects.Seen on 5-8-2012
- DirectorChris ConleeStarsEric Peter-KaiserTim ColceriSandra CortezAn alien bacterium resurrects the dead on Earth.Seen on 5-8-2012
- DirectorBernard VorhausStarsRonald SquireJane BaxterAnthony BushellA forger returns to his family when he leaves jail, vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang, he keeps his word, only to find his nephew is in the Swiss Alps helping the crooks. He sets off to try to put a stop to things, but with Scotland Yard also hot-footing it to the resort, his problems are just beginning.Seen on 6-8-2012
- DirectorJohn McNaughtonStarsRae Dawn ChongDon GordonTom TowlesAliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body he occupies is damaged, he is forced to find another.Seen on 6-8-2012
- DirectorLarry CohenStarsEric RobertsJames Earl JonesMegan GallagherA comic-book artist meets a woman on the NYC streets, but after a quick flirtation, she suddenly collapses and is picked up by an old ambulance. He checks all the hospitals in the area, but the woman has disappeared.Seen on 6-8-2012
- DirectorJackie KongStarsRick BurksCarl CrewRoger DauerTwo brothers are entrusted by their uncle to uphold the ritualistic cannibalism of the ancient cult of Sheetar. In order to do so, they have to prepare a feast of sacrifice for the resurrection of their goddess.Seen on 7-8-2012
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsCharles FarrellMary DuncanDavid TorrenceA Chicago waitress falls in love with a Minnesota farmer, and decides to face a life in the country.Seen on 7-8-2012
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsElizabeth TaylorKatharine HepburnMontgomery CliftA surgeon is assigned the case of a young woman whose aunt wants her lobotomized to cover up a family secret.Seen on 8-8-2012
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsGloria SwansonLawrence GrayGertrude AstorA young woman dreams of becoming a great actress. When her boyfriend starts to flirt with an actual actress, she becomes jealous and decides to fight with her rival.Seen on 8-8-2012
- DirectorMichele SoaviStarsDavid BrandonRichard BarkeleyBarbara CupistiA group of stage actors lock themselves in the theater for a rehearsal of their upcoming musical production, unaware that an escaped psychopath has sneaked into the theater with them.Seen on 8-8-2012
- DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsJoseph CottenTeresa WrightJonathan HaleA Los Angeles bank assistant-manager devises a plan to steal money from the bank's vault and to flee to Brazil with his unsuspecting wife.Seen on 9-8-2012
- DirectorFederico CurielStarsWolf RuvinskisJulio AlemánArmando SilvestreThe evil scientist Dr. Caronte plots to revive the brains of three dead scientists and use them to obtain the formula for the super-powerful neutron bomb. The resulting creation needs blood lots of blood, sending Caronte's midget assistant Nick and his legion of mutant monsters out to get fresh victims. However, the masked atom-superman Neutron vows to put a stop to Caronte's deeds.Seen on 9-8-2012
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsOrson WellesDean StockwellDiane VarsiTwo wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.Seen on 9-8-2012
- DirectorMax OphülsStarsHerman BouberRini OtteMatthieu van EysdenWhen bank messenger Brand realizes that 50,000 pounds sterling have gone missing in Amsterdam, it is a catastrophe for him. Imagine his surprise, then, when he is suddenly re-hired as the bank's director.Seen on 10-8-2012
- DirectorRoy KnyrimStarsReggie BannisterPeter SticklesAime WolfA genetically mutated Tasmanian Devil is "liberated" by two eco-activists and set loose in a woodland cemetery.Seen on 10-8-2012
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantIngrid BergmanClaude RainsThe daughter of a convicted German spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of German scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?Seen on 11-8-2012
- DirectorRobert MontgomeryStarsRobert MontgomeryAudrey TotterLloyd NolanThe lady editor of a crime magazine hires Phillip Marlowe to find the wife of her boss. The private detective soon finds himself involved in murder.Seen on 11-8-2012
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsGregory PeckRobert MitchumPolly BergenA lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.Seen on 12-8-2012
- DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsBarbara StanwyckBurt LancasterAnn RichardsWhile on the telephone, an invalid woman overhears what she thinks is a murder plot and attempts to prevent it.Seen on 12-8-2012
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsRoss MartinStefanie PowersBobby ShermanThe passengers in an aerial tramway are trapped when the tramway breaks down 8500 feet in the air.Seen on 13-8-2012
- DirectorDziga VertovStarsMikhail KaufmanElizaveta SvilovaA man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.Seen on 13-8-2012
But just half of it. It was clearly an interesting movie, to say the least, but the soundtrack was overly annoying. Really unbearable. Of course I could've turned it off (the music the I mean) but I decided to be patient and look for another copy with a different score.
After that I watched some rifftrax shorts - DirectorSandy HowardStarsJoe SilverDagne CraneDenise LorA wealthy young woman about to marry a noted playboy comes across his diary, and as she reads it, she begins to discover that her intended husband isn't quite what he seems to be.Seen on 14-8-2012
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsTimothy DaltonJonathan PryceTwiggyIn Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple way to get the job done. Based on the horrifying Burke and Hare case.Seen on 14-8-2012
- DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsBarbara StanwyckBurt LancasterAnn RichardsWhile on the telephone, an invalid woman overhears what she thinks is a murder plot and attempts to prevent it.Seen 14-8-2012
Yep, this is correct. I saw this movie just two days ago. But I liked it very much, and I really felt the urge to watch it again. - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRobert DonatMadeleine CarrollLucie MannheimA man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.Seen on 15-8-2012
- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsElizabeth MontgomeryEileen HeckartSue Ane LangdonA wealthy woman is trapped during a storm in a house with no electricity or phone. A killer has murdered her sister, stuffed the body in the basement, and is now after her.Seen on 15-8-2012
- DirectorJerry WarrenStarsRobert ClarkeSteve BrodieCameron MitchellWhen a hot-air balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew discovers Dr. Frankenstein's ancestor carrying on the family work, along with a race of mutants and a population of Amazons.Seen on 15-8-2012
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsJames FarentinoRoddy McDowallCraig StevensA claustrophobic armed robber, fleeing his latest job, is trapped along with group of people in a jammed elevator in a high-rise building.Seen on 16-8-2012
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsJack JonesPamela StephensonDavid DoyleA singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. The ghost of his murdered wife begins to haunt him, then the person who actually killed her shows up at the mansion.Seen on 16-8-2012
- StarsThomas A. EdisonSteven HigginsPaul IsraelA history of the Edison Company, the pioneering film production company begun by Thomas A. Edison. Included are more than 140 complete films produced by the company between 1891 and 1918, along with interviews with film historians and archivists, and commentary by Charles Musser, a noted film historian and authority on the films of the Edison Company.Seen on 16-8-2012
Seen just one hour of it. - DirectorJohn McCauleyStarsSam Chew Jr.Elisabeth ChauvetDan PriestA herpetologist investigating a series of fatal rattlesnake attacks discovers that the creatures have been infected by a mysterious nerve gas disposed of in the desert by the military.Seen on 17-8-2012
- DirectorTheodore J. FlickerStarsJames CoburnGodfrey CambridgeSevern DardenWhen the overworked and stressed-out White House presidential shrink runs away, the CEA and the FBR scramble to retrieve him before he could be abducted by various competing foreign intelligence services.Seen on 18-8-2012
- DirectorBrian KatkinStarsKen ShamrockMatthew LinhardtSamantha AislingCollege mischief spins out of control unleashing a horrifying scarecrow who terrorizes a resort town during Spring Break.Seen on 18-8-2012
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsHermann PichaRosa ValettiAndré MattoniA young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's Tartuffe, in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets his own inheritance.Seen on 19-8-2012
- DirectorDavid KeithStarsWil WheatonClaude AkinsMalcolm DanareWhen a meteorite lands near his family farm during a storm in Tennessee, the son of a struggling farmer believes it's connected to strange plague-like events afflicting the crops, the farm animals and even the family themselves.Seen on 19-8-2012
- DirectorEdward MontagneStarsBarry NelsonCarole MathewsLynn AinleyA man arrives home one night to find that a look- alike has taken over his life completely.Seen on 20-8-2012
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsMerle OberonRobert RyanCharles KorvinA multinational group of train passengers become involved in a post-World War II Nazi assassination plot.Seen on 21-8-2012
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsMae MurrayRichard CummingsHarry L. RattenberryA poor hat-check girl loses her job and is forced to get a job as a dancer at a roadhouse. There she falls in love with the son of a rich businessman. The boy's father, believing her to be after the family's money, determines to embarrass her and show his son what she really is.Seen on 22-8-2012
- DirectorDaniel HallerStarsSandra DeeDean StockwellEd BegleyWilbur Whateley travels to the Arkham Miskatonic University to borrow the legendary Necronomicon. But, little does anyone know, Whateley isn't quite human...Tried to watch it (on 22-8-2012), but I fell asleep halfway through.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsSilvia PinalJacqueline AndereEnrique RambalThe guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.Seen on 23-8-2012
- DirectorAndrzej ZulawskiStarsIsabelle AdjaniSam NeillMargit CarstensenA woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.Seen on 23-8-2012
- DirectorDan O'BannonStarsClu GulagerJames KarenDon CalfaWhen two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.Seen on 24-8-2012
- DirectorDave FlockerStarsBob ClymireJan SwihartBill Simonsen"Curse of Bigfoot" tells the tale of a group of high school students on an archaeological dig who discover a centuries old mummified body in a sealed cave.Seen on 24-8-2012
- DirectorNorman Earl ThomsonStarsJames CraigTota KondoLawrence O'NeillA NASA scientist turns a Venus Flytrap into a monstrous humanoid while on vacation in Japan.aka The Revenge of Doctor X
Seen on 25-8-2012 - DirectorGonzalo López-GallegoStarsWarren ChristieLloyd OwenRyan RobbinsDecades-old found footage from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 mission, where three American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon.Seen on 25-8-2012
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsJeff GoldblumMichelle PfeifferStacey PickrenAfter discovering that his wife is cheating on him, an insomniac aerospace engineer accidentally meets, and tries to help, a beautiful model on the run from some extremely dangerous people.Seen on 26-8-2012
- DirectorLarry FessendenStarsRon PerlmanJames Le GrosConnie BrittonSent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman clashes with the drilling crew's chief, who wants to get the job done.Seen on 26-8-2012
- DirectorJames NguyenStarsAlan BaghWhitney MooreTippi HedrenA horde of mutated birds descends upon the quiet town of Half Moon Bay, California. As the death toll rises, two citizens manage to fight back, but will they survive Birdemic?Seen on 26-8-2012
- DirectorHenry CassStarsAlec GuinnessBeatrice CampbellKay WalshWhen a lonely, unappreciated farm-equipment salesman discovers he has only a few weeks to live, he withdraws his savings for a final holiday at a "posh" resort.Seen on 27-8-2012
- DirectorHarry Bromley DavenportStarsPhilip SayerBernice StegersDanny BraininAn alien creature impregnates a woman who gives birth to a man who was abducted by aliens three years ago. The man reconnects with his wife and son for a sinister purpose.Seen on 27-8-2012
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsMark WahlbergZooey DeschanelJohn LeguizamoA science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide.Seen on 27-8-2012
- DirectorRobert GastonStarsRoss BeschlerDavid J. BonnerClaire BowermanYoung Beetle Hobbs wants out of his small town and sees his ticket in Grady Wilson. Set in the desolate Smoky Mountains, Grady has recently left the big city to become the proprietor of a resort lodge. When Beetle joins Grady's staff, he gives new meaning to the adage 'keep your friends close and your enemies closer'. A stunning ensemble cast steer this original tale of chilling suspense as different shades of gray ignite a battle between good and evil. FLIGHT OF THE CARDINAL possesses a rare combination of heart and soul with edge-of-your-seat suspense.Seen on 28-8-2012
- DirectorStanley SheffStarsDeborah ForemanS.D. NemethAnthony HickoxA movie mogul in search of a tax shelter screens a space parody about a young woman, a mad scientist and a space monster.Seen on 28-8-2012
- DirectorDaniel HallerStarsBoris KarloffNick AdamsFreda JacksonA young man visits his fiancée's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in his greenhouse to giants. When his own wife falls victim to this mysterious power, the old man takes it upon himself to destroy the glowing object with disastrous results.Seen on 29-8-2012
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsJack HawkinsDonald PleasenceGeorgia BrownA psychiatrist tells stories of four special cases to a colleague.Seen on 30-8-2012
- DirectorMark Patrick CarducciStarsForrest J. AckermanCarl AnthonyStephen C. ApostolofA documentary detailing the making of the infamous "Plan 9 From Outer Space," and interviews with cast members and prominent filmmakers about the film and its creator, Edward D. Wood Jr.Seen on 31-8-2012