This week on AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS Fear Friday Classic Horror, Thriller, Suspense, Mystery, Sci-fi Movies they are showcasing and that is recommended must watch if you have AMC are.
Friday, April 27, 2007

10:30 PM Carrie

Saturday, April 28, 2007

12:30 AM Psycho II

3:00 AM Psycho III

Carrie (1976)

Horror , Suspense , Teen
TV14, United Artists
Amy Irving
Piper Laurie
Sissy Spacek
De Palma's commercial breakout, based on a novel by Stephen King, has become something of an old-school classic in the currently resurgent, blood-soaked genre of teenage gorefests. Spacek is a shy teenager with a fiercely religious mother who struggles to come to terms with her emerging sexuality and extraordinary telekinetic powers. Taunted by her more popular high school classmates, Carrie begins to come out of her shell when a member of the cool clique unexpectedly asks her to the senior prom. But just as she's beginning to enjoy the sudden change in her life, a cruel practical joke drives her to a monstrous act of revenge and destruction. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actress: Sissy Spacek; Best Supporting Actress: Piper Laurie.
Nancy Allen, Betty Buckley, Amy Irving, William Katt, Piper Laurie, Priscilla Pointer, P. J. Soles, Sissy Spacek, John Travolta

Director Brian De Palma

Producer Brian De Palma
Paul Monash

Original Story Stephen King

Director of Photography Mario Tosi

Editor Paul Hirsch

Composer Pino Donaggio

Screenwriter Larry Cohen

Production Designer Jack Fisk
William Kenny

Psycho II (1983)

Horror , Suspense

Claudia Bryar
Dennis Franz
Hugh Gillin
Robert Loggia
Vera Miles
Anthony Perkins
Meg Tilly
More than 20 years after being committed for murder, Norman Bates (Perkins) is declared sane and released from the asylum, despite the protest of the late Marion Crane's sister (Miles, returning from the original). The Bates Motel is now a sleazy joint with a sleazy owner (Franz), and Norman finds himself working at a greasy spoon diner. Hoping that her presence will help him cope, he invites a waitress (Tilly) to be his housemate. Then someone keeps phoning Norman claiming to be his dead mother, and it begins to look like his sanity is slipping...
Claudia Bryar, Dennis Franz, Hugh Gillin, Robert Loggia, Vera Miles, Anthony Perkins, Meg Tilly

Director Richard Franklin

Producer Hilton A. Green

Director of Photography Dean Cundey

Editor Andrew London

Composer Jerry Goldsmith

Screenwriter Tom Holland

Production Designer John W. Corso

Psycho III (1986)

Horror , Suspense
TV14, Universal
Jeff Fahey
Anthony Perkins
Diana Scarwid
The second sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 masterpiece about murder and madness marks the directorial debut of actor Anthony Perkins, who will forever be remembered for his portrayal of motel-owner-turned-taxidermist Norman Bates. This time out, Norman hires an assistant manager (Jeff Fahey) and finds himself attracted to an ex-nun (Diana Scarwid) while his past is questioned by an investigative reporter (Roberta Maxwell). Perkins brings sympathy to his performance as the tortured Norman, who is still struggling to ignore his mother's evil directives, and he brings a sense of humor to his direction, which includes numerous visual and aural references to Hitchcock's work.
Robert Alan Browne , Jeff Fahey, Lee Garlington, Hugh Gillin, Roberta Maxwell, Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid

Director Anthony Perkins

Producer Hilton A. Green

Director of Photography Bruce Surtees

Editor David E. Blewitt

Composer Carter Burwell

Screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue

Production Designer Henry Bumstead