Horror
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
Year: 1981
Actors: Charles Durning, Robert F. Lyons, Claude Earl Jones, Lane Smith
Directors: Frank De Felitta
Writers: J.D. Feigelson (teleplay), J.D. Feigelson (story), Butler Handcock (story)
Plot: In a small Southern town, a wrongfully-killed man exacts revenge from beyond the grave on those who murdered him.
The Birds
Year: 1963
Actors: Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Daphne Du Maurier (from the story by), Evan Hunter (screenplay)
Plot: A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness.
The Blob
Year: 1988
Actors: Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan Leitch Jr., Jeffrey DeMunn
Directors: Chuck Russell
Writers: Theodore Simonson (earlier screenplay), Kay Linaker (earlier screenplay), Irvine H. Millgate (story), Chuck Russell (screenplay), Frank Darabont (screenplay).
Plot: A strange lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.
Alligator (1980)
Alligator (1980)
Director: Lewis Teague
Writers: John Sayles (screenplay), John Sayles
Stars: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo.
Plot: A baby alligator is flushed down a Chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded lab rats, injected with growth hormones. The small animal grows gigantic, escapes the city sewers, and goes on a rampage.
