On this day in movie history - Carrie (1976)

Carrie

directed by Brian De Palma,

written by Lawrence D. Cohen, and based on the novel by Stephen King,

was released in the United States on November 3, 1976.

Music by Pino Donaggio.

Song: I Never Dreamed Someone Like You Could Love Someone Like Me performed by Katie Irving.

Cast:

Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, John Travolta, Nancy Allen, Betty Buckley, P. J. Soles, Priscilla Pointer, Sydney Lassick, Stefan Gierasch, Michael Talbott, Doug Cox, Harry Gold, Noelle North, Cindy Daly, Deirdre Berthrong, Anson Downes, Rory Stevens, Edie McClurg, Cameron De Palma.

On this day in movie history - Badlands (1973)

Badlands

directed and written by Terrence Malick,

was released in the United States on October 15, 1973.

Inspired by the true Charles Starkweather case (1957-58).

Music by George Tipton, Carl Orff and James Taylor.

Cast:

Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri, Alan Vint, Gary Littlejohn, John Carter, Bryan Montgomery, Gail Threlkeld, Charles Fitzpatrick, Howard Ragsdale, John Womack Jr., Dona Baldwin, Ben Bravo, Emilio Estevez, Li Po Lung, Terrence Malick, Charlie Sheen.

On this day in movie history - The Old Man & the Gun (2018)

The Old Man & the Gun

directed and written by David Lowery,

was released in the United States on September 20, 2018.

Based on the true case of Forrest Tucker (June 23, 1920 – May 29, 2004),

and the article The Old Man and the Gun, published in The New Yorker (2003).

Music by Daniel Hart.

Cast:

Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek, Danny Glover, Tom Waits, Tika Sumpter, Ari Elizabeth Johnson, Teagan Johnson, Gene Jones, John David Washington, Barlow Jacobs, Augustine Frizzell, Jennifer Joplin, Lisa DeRoberts, Carter Bratton, Mike Dennis, Tomas Deckaj, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Patrick Newall, Daniel Britt, Leah Roberts, Elisabeth Moss, Alphaeus Green Jr., Keith Carradine, Kevin McClatchy, Todd Covert, Kenneisha Thompson, Robert Longstreet, John Wayne Hunt, Clara Harris, Jordan Trovillion, Derek Snow, Barry Mulholland, Annie Fitzpatrick, J. Todd Anderson, Torie Wiggins, Annell Brodeur, Toby Halbrooks, Christine Dye, Tom Lepera, Warren Bryson, Kelly Mengelkoch, Asher Parran, Kyndra Jefferies, Kay Geiger, Nathan Neorr, Dennis J. Barket, Cody Gilbert, Jack Michael Doke, Alexander M. Partridge, Larry Jack Dotson, Pam Dougherty, Atheena Frizzell, Marissa Woolf, Todd Terry, Sydney Benter, Krzysztof Abbas, Joseph L. Allen, Felicia Andes, Mark Angel, Michael Lee Bailey, Denise Barone, Judy McQueen Bauer, Anita Farmer Bergman, Laurie Bird, Rick Blodgett, John E. Brownlee, Michael W. Bunch, Alejandro Castillo, Austin Caudill, William Cross, Timothy Noah Curtis, Laura Dejean, Bobby Easley, Shawn P. Farrell, Alessandro Ferraris, Reese Foster, Tristan A. Garcia, Sammy Geroulis, Jason Gerrard, Jason Marcus Griffith, Chris Hahn, John W. Harden, Al Harland, Jennifer Henson, Ray Nicholas Hosack, Noah Jonson, Zach Kaltenbach, Susan Kile, Kenneth King, Traci Kochendorfer, Bryan Kruse, Paul Kulis, Daniel Lamont, Daniel J. Le Saint, Art Leung, Anita S Martin, Bryan Massey, Gleedis Mayfield, Joe Merritt, Brianna Moreau, Misty O'Bradovich, Barbara O'Connor, Warren Oates, Tammy Payne, Richard Phillis, David Pittinger, Derek Polen, Charles Poole, Michelle Poole, Aaron Pullins IV, Alec Reeves, Lare Roberts, Steven Schraub, James Siderits, Vince Hobart Smith, Carly Tamborski, Hickory Taylor, Robert P. Thitoff, Skyler Chase Thomas, Tom Vallis, Anthony W. Vickers, Steven Terry Walker, Allen Warchol, Victoria Watkins, Jan Duncan Weir, Dominick Wilkins, Amber Shana Williams.

On this day in movie history - Terror in the Aisles (1984)

Terror in the Aisles

documentary directed by Andrew J. Kuehn,

written by Margery Doppelt,

was released in the United States on August 31, 1984.

Hosted by Donald Pleasence and Nancy Allen.

Music by John Beal.

Clips shown from the following movies:

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); Alien (1979); Alligator (1980); Alone in the Dark (1982); An American Werewolf in London (1981); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Bug (1975); Carrie (1976); Cat People (1982); Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954); Creepshow (1982); Dawn of the Dead (1978); Dracula (1979); Dressed to Kill (1980); Eyes of Laura Mars (1978); Firestarter (1984); Frenzy (1972); Friday the 13th (1980); Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981); Friday the 13th Part III (1982); Frogs (1972); Grizzly (1976); Halloween (1978); Halloween II (1981); Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982); Hold That Ghost (1941); Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978); Jaws (1975); Jaws 2 (1978); King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962); Klute (1971); Konga (1961); Marathon Man (1976); Midnight Express (1978); Ms .45 (1981); Night of the Living Dead (1968); Nighthawks (1981); Nightwing (1979); Phantom of the Paradise (1974); Piranha (1978); Play Misty for Me (1971); Poltergeist (1982); Prophecy (1979); Psycho (1960); Rosemary's Baby (1968); Saturday the 14th (1981); Scanners (1981); Scared Stiff (1953); Sisters (1972); Strangers on a Train (1951); Suspiria (1977); Tarantula! (1955); The Birds (1963); The Brood (1979); The Car (1977); The Deadly Mantis (1957); The Exorcist (1973); The Fly (1958); The Fog (1980); The Food of the Gods (1976); The Funhouse (1981); The Fury (1978); The Ghost Breakers (1940); The Howling (1981); The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957); The Legacy (1978); The Omen (1976); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); The Seduction (1982); The Shining (1980); The Silent Partner (1978); The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974); The Thing (1982); The Thing with Two Heads (1972); The Wolf Man (1941); This Island Earth (1955); To Catch a Thief (1955); Vice Squad (1982); Videodrome (1983); Wait Until Dark (1967); What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962); When a Stranger Calls (1979).

Cast:

Bud Abbott, Brooke Adams, Julia Adams, Ana Alicia, Alan Arkin, Susan Backlinie, Belinda Balaski, Martin Balsam, Adrienne Barbeau, Ralph Bellamy, Elizabeth Berridge, Sidney Blackmer, Nina Blackwood, Linda Blair, Wilford Brimley, Richard Brooker, Marilyn Burns, Ellen Burstyn, Michael Caine, Veronica Cartwright, John Cassavetes, Lon Chaney Jr., Lou Costello, Charles Cioffi, Joan Crawford, Richard Crenna, Jamie Lee Curtis, Keith David, Bette Davis, Brad Davis, Joan Davis, Angie Dickinson, Faye Dunaway, Griffin Dunne, Shelley Duvall, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Fairchild, Mia Farrow, William Finley, Jane Fonda, John Gavin, Jeff Goldblum, Elliott Gould, Gerrit Graham, Cary Grant, Rosey Grier, Charles Hallahan, Gunnar Hansen, Jessica Harper, Debbie Harry, Rutger Hauer, Wings Hauser, David Hedison, Tippi Hedren, Dustin Hoffman, Ian  Holm,Season Hubley, Michael Ironside, Amy Irving, Carol Kane, Boris Karloff, Grace Kelly, Persis Khambatta, Margot Kidder, Dana Kimmell, Adrienne King, Yaphet Kotto, Elsa Lanchester, Stephen Lack, Martin Landau, Frank Langella, Piper Laurie, Janet Leigh, Jerry Lewis, Danny Lloyd, Lynn Lowry, Bela Lugosi, Zoe Tamerlis Lund, Herbert Marshall, Dean Martin, Kevin McCarthy, Leo McKern, Teri McMinn, Vera Miles, Jason Miller, Tawny Moyer, David Naughton, Kate Nelligan, Jack Nicholson, Laurence Olivier, Heather O'Rourke, Patricia Owens, Betsy Palmer, Gregory Peck, Anthony Perkins, Christopher Plummer, Vincent Price, Lee Remick, Kurt Russell, Roy Scheider, P. J. Soles, Sissy Spacek, Sylvester Stallone, Harry Dean Stanton, Amy Steel, Andrew Stevens, Catherine Mary Stewart, Donald Sutherland, Gary Swanson, Max von Sydow, Jessica Tandy, Rod Taylor, Robert Walker, Dee Wallace, Jessica Walter, Sigourney Weaver, Jack Weston, Billie Whitelaw, Billy Dee Williams, James Woods.

On this day in movie history - Get Low (2010)

Get Low

directed by Aaron Schneider,

written by Chris Provenzano, C. Gaby Mitchell and Scott Seeke,

was released in the United States on July 30, 2010.

Music by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek.

Inspired by the true story of Felix Bushaloo Breazeale.

Cast:

Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney, Bill Cobbs, Scott Cooper, Lori Beth Sikes, Linds Edwards, Andrea Powell, Chandler Riggs, Danny Vinson, Blerim Destani, Tomasz Karolak, Andy Stahl, Marc Gowan, Arin Logan.

On this day in movie history - Prime Cut (1972)

Prime Cut

directed by Michael Ritchie,

written by Robert Dillon,

was released in the United States on June 28, 1972.

Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Angel Tompkins, Gregory Walcott, Sissy Spacek, Janit Baldwin, William Morey, Clint Ellison, Howard Platt, Les Lannom, Eddie Egan, Therese Reinsch, Bob Wilson, Gordon Signer, Gladys Watson, Wayne Savagne.