E.T. The Thing from Another World

Henry Thomas. Photo: Universal When Richard Attenborough accepted his two Oscars for Gandhi in 1983, he acknowledged the fact that he had just beaten one of the favorites. "I was…

Cujo 

Cujo, a lovable St. Bernard, is bitten by a rabid bat and eventually turns into a deadly monster; Donna (Dee Wallace) and her son Tad (Danny Pintauro) happen to cross…

Halloween

A deranged murderer (Tyler Mane) escapes from the insane asylum, grabs a big knife and an old William Shatner mask and heads for his hometown to find his baby sister.…

The Stepford Wives: Accept No Substitute

Katharine Ross. Photo: Columbia Screenwriter William Goldman was less than happy about director Bryan Forbes’s lack of integrity. The filmmaker had cast his wife, Nanette Newman, as one of the…