7 Movies Starring Veronica Cartwright

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1978-12-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (34043 Reviews)

Director:

Philip Kaufman

Genres:

HorrorSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Jack Finney (novel)

W.D. Richter (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion from a small town to the city of San Fransisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they themselves seem changed as they deny everything or make lame excuses. As the invaders increase in number they become more open and Bennell, who has by now witnessed an attempted "replacement" realises that he and his friends must escape or suffer the same fate. But who can he trust to help him and who has already been snatched?

Alien

Alien

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1979-05-25

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.5 (502112 Reviews)

Director:

Ridley Scott

Genres:

HorrorSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Dan O'Bannon (story)

Ronald Shusett (story)

Dan O'Bannon (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A commercial crew aboard the deep space towing vessel, Nostromo is on its way home when they pick an SOS warning from a distant planet. What they don't know is that the SOS warning is not like any other ordinary warning call. Picking up the signal, the crew realize that they are not alone on the spaceship when an alien stowaway is on the cargo ship.

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-01-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

192 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (924 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Ernest Tidyman (teleplay)

Charles A. Krause (book)

Fullplot:

Based upon the true story of Jim Jones, a self-proclaimed prophet. In the 1960s, he began as an idealist helping minorities and working against racism. Later, after increased power and attention, Jim Jones became focused on his belief in nuclear holocaust. He had a loyal following of about 1000 people, who had donated their entire life savings to him to join his commune. When possible illegal activities came to the attention of the authorities, they started to investigate. Rather that faces the charges, Jim Jones committed suicide, and convinced virtually all of his followers to do the same.

Flight of the Navigator

Flight of the Navigator

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-07-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Norway

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (32051 Reviews)

Director:

Randal Kleiser

Cast:

Writer:

Mark H. Baker (story)

Michael Burton (screenplay)

Matt MacManus (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A 12-year-old boy goes missing in 1978, only to reappear once more in 1986. In the eight years that have passed, he hasn't aged. It is no coincidence that at the time he "comes back", a flying saucer is found, entangled in power lines.

The Lottery

The Lottery

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-09-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

(712 Reviews)

Director:

Daniel Sackheim

Cast:

Writer:

Shirley Jackson (short story)

Anthony Spinner (television story)

Anthony Spinner (teleplay)

Fullplot:

On his deathbed in the hospital, Jason's father asks that his ashes be spread over the top of his wife's grave. Jason, who came to the city with his father at a young age, remembers little of the town or his mother, but he undertakes the charge. It is an idyllic place, but gradually snips of memory return, until he remembers the significance of the fact that most of the tombstones in the town cemetery, including his mothers, bear the same day and month, one death each year. Caught up in the memory of the lottery he saw as a child, and the one he is trapped in today, escape is difficult and retribution is...

Straight-Jacket

Straight-Jacket

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-03-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (704 Reviews)

Director:

Richard Day

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Day (play)

Richard Day (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In 1950's Hollywood, movie star Guy Stone must marry a studio secretary in order to conceal his homosexuality. Sally has no idea her marriage is a sham, though, and turns Guy's life upside-down. Then he falls in love.

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-10-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

86 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (6858 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (screenplay)

Earl E. Smith

Fullplot:

65 years after a masked serial killer terrorized the small town of Texarkana, the so-called 'moonlight murders' begin again. Is it a copycat or something even more sinister? A lonely high school girl, with dark secrets of her own, may be the key to catching him.

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