Rent Dark August (1974)
2.5 of 5 from 51 ratings
1h 24min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- J.J. Barry plays Sal, an out-of-towner relocated to a small rural community where he finds himself at the mercy of dark forces after inadvertently killing a young girl in a car accident Pursued at every turn by the girl's grandfather and a menacing, shrouded figure, Sal soon becomes convinced that the old man has placed a hex on him and seeks out the assistance of a local psychic medium (Kim Hunter).
- Actors:
- Kim Hunter, J.J. Barry, Carolyne Barry, Kate McKeown, Frank Bongiorno, William Robertson, Richard Allan Fay, Martin Harvey Friedberg, Kenneth W. Libby, Stan Shefler, Kenneth Kaplan, Gerry Lou, Randie Wilder, Karen Lewis-Attenborough
- Directors:
- Martin Goldman
- Producers:
- Martin Goldman, Marianne Kanter
- Writers:
- J.J. Barry, Martin Goldman, Carolyne Barry
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/06/2019
- Run Time:
- 84 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Brand new audio commentary with writer-director Martin Goldman
- Dark August Revisited - a newly-filmed video appreciation of Dark August by author Stephen Thrower
- Mad Ave to Mad Dogs-brand new on-camera interview with director Martin Goldman, who discusses his transition from working on commercials to feature filmmaking
- Don't Mess with the Psychic - brand new on-camera interview with producer Marianne Kanter
- The Hills Are Alive: Dark August and Vermont Folk Horror - author and artist Stephen R. Bissette on Dark August and its context within the wider realm of Vermont genre-filmmaking
