Dark August (1976)
A young girl dies ...
A young girl is accidentally run down by a car driven by a careless city slicker. This careless injustice provokes the girl's grandfather into summoning his mystical powers and placing a death curse on the young man. Desperate to stave off the dire consequences of the hex, Barry seeks the counsel of a local psychic medium.
- Date of release
- 1976-09-10
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (28)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery
- Director
- Martin G. Goldman
Casting
- Kim Hunter — Adrianna Putnam
- J.J. Barry — Sal Devito
- Carolyne Barry — Jackie (as Carole Shelyne)
- Kate McKeown — Lesley
- Frank Bongiorno — Theo
- William Robertson — The Grandfather
- Richard Allan Fay — Paul
- Martin Harvey Friedberg — Tavern Drunk
- Kenneth W. Libby — Sheriff
- Stan Shefler — 1st Deputy Sheriff
- Kenneth Kaplan — 2nd Deputy Sheriff
- Gerry Lou — Accountant
Interesting facts
Dark August is a 1976 American supernatural horror film directed by Martin Goldman and starring J. J. Barry, Carolyne Shelyne, and Kim Hunter. Its plot follows a man in rural Vermont who, after accidentally killing a child in a car accident, has a curse placed on him by the child's grandfather. The screenplay was co-written by actors Barry and Shelyne and director Goldman. Dark August was filmed in Vermont.
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