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2010:
- MAY -
The detritus of old Horror/Thriller history can be found here.
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MAY
These are archived news items, many of them outside
of this website, so overtime, the links may not work.
MAY 10
RIP'N FOR FRANK FRAZETTA
One of the biggest names in American Comics and Art died today in his Fort Meyers, Florida home. He was 82.
The fans remember.
Artsbeat/NYT.
Newsarama.
Omnivoracious. |
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YOU DUG IT
IRON MAN II hit the ground running with a $135 million dollar weekend, out performing the rest of the movies on the top ten combined! Wow!
You are still digging CLASH OF THE TITANS, which held onto #7 for the second week in a row after an impressive 6 weeks on the top 10.
YOU BURIED IT
Though dropping to only #2 on the box office top ten, Platinum Dunes' A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (2010) fell a staggering 72% in ticket sales in just one week. So much for re-igniting one of the most lucrative Horror Thriller movie franchises of all time.
You also buried Lionsgate's KICK ASS which drops off the top ten in its third week to #11. |
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Editor, DP, Actor, Director, and pretty much everything else
in film, Danny Draven (HORRORVISION, THE FRIGHTENING, CRYPTZ,
HELL ASYLUM, DEATHBED, DARK WALKER, WITCHES OF THE CARIBBEAN, DARK WALKER, GHOST MONTH, SKULL HEADS)
is 33.
Look for Danny's expected 2010 Horror Thriller, SON OF A WITCH.
Actor Meg Foster (WELCOME TO ARROW BEACH, THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND, THEY
LIVE, LEVIATHAN, STEPFATHER
II, SHRUNKEN HEADS, OBLIVION, THE KILLERS WITHIN, THE MINUS MAN)
is 62.
Look for Meg's upcoming 2010 Thriller, SEBASTIAN.
Composer Jay Ferguson (PULSE [1988], BAD DREAMS, TALES FROM THE CRYPT [TV], A
NIGHTMARE ON ELMSTREET 5, TREMORS
2, TREMORS 4) is 63.
Artist Eric J (REX MUNDI, THE PHANTOM) is 37. Visit him at MySpace.com/ericj_art.
And On Sunday -
Actor Anthony Higgens (TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA, VAMPIRE CIRCUS, FLAVIA THE HERETIC, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, THE COLD ROOM, YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES, SHERLOCK HOLMES RETURNS and more) who is 62 today.
SFX Artist Kevin Pike (JAWS, THE CAR, JAWS 2, STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, WARNING SIGN, JURASSIC PARK, ED WOOD, THE PUPPET MASTERS, SCREAM 3, BLACK SCORPION, JURASSIC PARK III, FEAST, TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES [TV]) is 59.
And On Saturday -
Actor David Keith (FIRESTARTER, TEMPTATION, DEADLY SINS, EPOCH, ANTHRAX, CARRIE [TV], SABRETOOTH, WATERVILLE, DAREDEVIL, HANGMAN'S CURSE, DEEP SHOCK, EPOCH: EVOLUTION [TV], ALL SOULS DAY, LOCUSTS: THE 8th DAY, SUCCUBUS: HELLBENT) is 56.
Look for David's expected 2010 Thriller release, UNREQUITED.
Today's next birthday boy has largely contributed to Horror and Thrillers via thy Boob Toob. Happy Birthday to
Writer/Director David Winning (FRIDAY THE 13th [TV], KILLER IMAGE, ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? [TV], GOOSEBUMPS [TV], PROFILE FOR MURDER, EXCEPTION TO THE RULE, DEAD MAN'S GUN [TV], NIGHT MAN [TV], DON'T LOOK BEHIND YOU, PAST SINS [TV], PAST SINS, SOMETHING BENEATH, BLACK SWARM, SWAMP DEVIL) who is 49. |
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MAY 7
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Traci Lords (NOT OF THIS EARTH, SHOCK 'EM DEAD, RAW NERVE, THE TOMMY KNOCKERS, SERIAL MOM, CIRCUITRY MAN II, SKINNER, VIRTOUSITY, UNDERWORLD [1996], BLADE, YOU'RE KILLING ME, DEATHLANDS, CRAZY EIGHTS, PRINCESS OF MARS, POINT OF ENTRY) is 42.
Look for the expected 2011 release of Traci's GO STRAIGHT TO HELL.
Director Ruggero Deodato (CASTLE OF BLOOD, UNA ONDATA DI PIACERE, JUNGLE HOLOCAUST, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK, ATLANTIS INFERNO, CUT AND RUN, CAMPING DEL TERRORE, UN DELITTO POCO COMUNE, THE WASHING MACHINE [TV]) is 71.
Look for the expected 2011 release of Ruggero's CANNIBALS. |
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MAY 6
QUICK BITES
Evil Clown hired for stalking, threats and a pie in the face
An 'evil' clown who stalks and threatens kids is being hired by parents as a birthday treat.
Dominic Deville stalks young victims for a week, sending chilling texts, making prank phone calls and setting traps in letterboxes.
He posts notes warning children they are being watched, telling them they will be attacked.
But Deville is not an escaped lunatic or some demonic monster.
He is a birthday treat, hired by mum and dad, and the ‘attack’ involves being ...
Continued at Metro.
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'Alan Wake' is a horror game in the shadow of Stephen King
If the plot Alan Wake sounds like something from Stephen King's paranoia, you're not far off. Writer Sam Lake has testified to his King adulation; and the first sentence spoken in the video game begins, "Stephen King ..."
Continued at JCOnline.
PLUS
Scott Sigler - Mechanized Death; or, If Iron Man Did Horror
Come May 7, Robert Downey Jr. and Jon Favreau are back, along with Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, and what looks to be a "Holy crap is this awesome!" role for Mickey Rourke. Iron Man is not horror, but with great powered armor comes great irresponsibility. I prefer to live in my what-if land of doom, as in, "What if Stark took that suit and turned it into a Freddy-esque slaughter machine?" I know I'm not the only person to have these thoughts.
Continued at FilmCritic.
ALSO
Fan Base Forms Around Worst Movie Ever
Documentary Highlights Renaissance of Unintentionally Hilarious 1980s Horror Flick, 'Troll 2'
George Hardy is a small town Alabama dentist with a secret past.
Along with other aspiring actors, Hardy starred in the 1989 horror movie "Troll 2" -- a low-budget flick that holds a place in history as perhaps the worst movie ever made.
Continued at ABCNews.
WASSMOR
Not a patch on Hollywood horror
There have been some brave efforts, but Bollywood is still nowhere near producing a classic scary movie...
We've witnessed so many tortured aatmas that to sit through another, with the same wailing violins and creaking doors and elongated shadows, is sheer torture.
Continued at TheHinduBusinessOnline. |
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Writer Nancy Kilpatrick (THE VAMPIRE STORIES OF NANCY KILPATRICK, THE GOTH BIBLE, ETERNAL CITY, POWER OF THE BLOODWORLD series, BLOOD LOVER) is
Look for Nancy's upcoming book for 2010, EVOLVE: VAMPIRE STORIES OF THE NEW UNDEAD.
Actor Anne Parillaud (NIKITA, INNOCENT BLOOD, PASSAGE À L'ACTE, DEAD GIRL, SHATTERED IMAGE, DEADLINES, DANS TON SOMMEIL) is 50. |
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MAY 5
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor John Ryhs-Davies (SPHINX, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, WAXWORK, THE LOST WORLD, THE UNAMEABLE II, LORD OF THE RINGS, CHUPACABRA TERROR, TAINTED LOVE, ANACONDA 3, ANACONDA 4, 31 NORT 62 EAST) is 66. Look for John in the expected 2009 2010 release, PRISONERS OF THE SUN. Also expected in 2010, MEDIUM RAW: NIGHT OF THE WOLF.
Actor Lance Henrickson (MANSION OF THE DOOMED, DAMIEN: Omen II, THE VISITOR, PIRANHA II, NIGHTMARES, THE TERMINATOR, ALIENS, PUMPKIN HEAD, ALIEN³, NEAR DARK, SCREAM 3, MIMIC 3, ALIEN VS PREDATOR, HELLRAISER: HELLWORLD, ABOMINABLE, SASQUATCH MOUNTAIN, PUMPKINHEAD: ASHES TO ASHES, PUMPKINHEAD: BLOOD FUED, DARK REEL, DEAD WATER, DYING GOD, NECESSARY EVIL, ALONE IN THE DARK II, SCREAMERS: THE HUNTING, THE LOST TRIBE, THE PENITENT MAN) is 69.
Expected for 2010 releases are BLOOD SHOT, WILDERNESS, GOOD DAY FOR IT, and THE ARCADIAN.
Actor Vincent Kartheiser has been turning to Horror Thrillers ever since reaching adulthood (RICKY 6, THE TIES THAT BIND, THE UNSAID, ANGEL [TV]) and turns 31 today.
Writer Yvonne Navarro (FINAL IMPACT, RED SHADOWS, SPCIES, SPECIES II, THAT'S NOT MY NAME, DEAD TIMES, AFTERAGE, MIRROR ME, ELEKTRA, ULTRAVIOLET, HELLBOY) is 53.
Horror BizMan and actor Sage Stallone, founder of GRINDHOUSE RELEASING, which brings digital remastering and quality re-releases to both theaters and DVD of some serious old Hardcore Horror and exploitation movies like CANNIBAL FEROX, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST and more. Sage is 35. |
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MAY 4
QUICK BITES
'Iron Man 2' now available free online
Paramount's rush to release "Iron Man 2" overseas was reportedly made in order to give it more time before June's World Cup captures everyone's attention.
Continued at HollywoodReporter.
AND
'Piranha 3D' Promoted Virally With NSFW Porn Website
If you were to "accidentally" stroll upon the NSFW website for Wild Wild Girls you'd think it was just some Girls Gone Wild rip-off. You also might think, if you happened to notice him among all the naked breasts, that Jerry O'Connell has hit really hard times to have to endorse softcore porn like this. But O'Connell's appearance on the site is as his Joe Francis-like character from the upcoming horror movie Piranha 3D.
Continued at Cinematical. |
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO -
Actor Emily Perkins (IT [TV], GINGER SNAPS [all], INSOMNIA, DaVINCI'S INQUEST [TV]) is 33.
Look for Emily in the expected 2010 release of BLOOD: A BUTCHER'S TALE and
REPEATERS. |
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MAY 3
QUICK BITES
Hollywood Witches Finally Available
Hollywood says it loves equal opportunity and multicultural diversity. Development executive Diana Däagen thinks the studio's hiring is based more on ageism, sexism, and nepotism.
Continued at CommunistVampires.
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With the success of 'Nightmare,' what can Hollywood do for a horror encore?
Hollywood loves a sure thing. And apart from sequels to big-budget superhero comic-book movies, few things over the last couple of decades have been as sure at the box office as the endless rehashing of popular horror- movie franchises.
Continued at EW.
PLUS
The rise and fall (and rise?) of teen horror films
As "Nightmare" cleans up at the box office, we look at the bumpy history of the once-provocative genre
In the beloved — OK, beloved by some — 1948 comedy-horror hybrid "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein," the hapless lycanthrope Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr., who did hapless better than he likely wanted to) tries to explain his condition to the skeptics played by the film's titular comic team. "I know you think I'm crazy," he bleats, "but in half an hour the moon will rise, and I'll turn into a wolf."
Continued at Salon.
ALSO
NY Sci-Fi And Horror Fans Fuming Over Fraud
Fans of Horror memorabilia— most notably old Universal horror posters beware. Kerry Haggard, a Georgia monster movie aficionado has been busted by the FBI for allegedly bilking collectors— scamming over $1 million dollars by passing off vintage movie posters and lobby cards as originals.
Continued at Examiner. |
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If the first weekend is any indicator, you dug Michael Bay's A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. At a budget of $27 mil., the redo brought in $32 mil. in it's first weekend, going into box office profit, though well away from studio profit. Michael Bay better hope this one has legs. It will need both of them.
CLASH OF THE TITANS slips from #6 last week to #7 this week and still has to nearly double it's 5 week theatrical take to reach break even. Something that seems unlikely at this point.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND finally bids adeiu to the top ten, slipping to #12 after 9 weeks on the charts and bringing in $329 mil. in the U.S. alone. ALICE is already hotly anticipated in the home video market where it is expected to do quite well.
YOU BURIED IT
KICK ASS drops from #5 to #8 in its third week withh another $18 mil. left to go to reach break even prior to distribution costs.
Stats from BoxOfficeMojo and IMDb. |
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TOMORROW'S DVDS TODAY
In the U.S., the home video market generally releases movies on Tuesday of every week and these are the ones hitting retail tomorrow.
PULSE (KAIRO) - In a 2fer DVD set. This is the original version.
FLASH GORDON - DVD release of the Special Edition.
FYI? The DVD Special Edition is really no big deal. It's a single disc in a big box with a two-bit postcard of pencil art by Alex Ross. You may be wild about Alex Ross as an artist (and that's all good!), but seriously, that's the big whoop for a deep box Special Edition of this movie? Alex Ross had jack shit to do with this movie. Granted, if you want DVD extras for the original KING KONG or THE THING or something, sure, you have to go with the archive experts and fans (this one has an interview with screenwriter Lorenzo Semple). But many of the actors from FLASH GORDON are still alive! Many of the people behind the scenes are still alive. A postcard of pencil art and a DVD extra of Alex talking about how much he likes the movie? Nothing personal Alex, but since you are a fan, would YOU rather have that for an SE DVD extra? WTF?
If you can wait one month, in June of this year, FLASH GORDON will be released on BLU-RAY, which hopefully will be a REAL High definition 1080 BLU-RAY and not just a standard def DVD transfer to BLU-RAY. I'm hoping the BLU-RAY will be pretty sweet and THAT means RELEVANT DVD extras, Universal! Coming attractions to a SyFy Channel TV Show is NOT a "Bonus Feature". It's crap! |
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
And On Sunday -
Writer Angeline Hawkes (THE COMMANDMENTS, THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY, THE SWAN ROAD) is 39.
Visit her at MySpace.com/ AngelineHawkes.
Writer, Stephen Mark Rainey (DARK SHADOWS, FUGUE DEVIL, THE LAST TRUMPET, BALAK) is 51. Visit him at MySpace.com/DamnedRodan.
Actor David Suchet (REILLY: ACE OF SPIES [TV], THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN, Agatha Christie's THIRTEEN AT DINNER [TV], Agatha Christie: POIROT [TV], DEADLY VOYAGE [TV], A PERFECT MURDER, DRACULA [2006 - TV]) is 62.
And On Saturday -
He hasn't made many Thriller movies, but man has he ever influenced a
lot of modern Thriller movies.
Director John Woo (MO DENG TIAN CHI, FACE/OFF, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II, PAYCHECK)
is 63.
Actor Julie Benz (DUE OCCHI DIABOLICI aka TWO EVIL
EYES, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV], BAD GIRLS FROM VALLEY HIGH, SATAN'S
SCHOOL FOR GIRLS [TV], ANGEL [TV], SHRIEK IF YOU KNOW WHAT I DID LAST
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH, TAKEN [TV], HALO 2 [Game], A FATE TOTALLY WORSE THAN DEATH, 8MM2, SAW V, PUNISHER: WAR ZONE, DEXTER [TV]) is 41. |
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Starring Adrian Paul
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From the screenplay by alumni
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Haunted
Links:
| The
Chancery House |
Dancing Skeletons
Sure, why not? |
Evil
On A
Budget
Every Evil Overlord has to start somewhere. |
Evil Overlord,
Inc.
Valuable advice for setting up your own world dominating empire. |
GoreLets
Once this site buries its hook in you, you won't want to pull
it out.
Flash Enabled. |
Halloween
Midis - Music - and Wavs |
| The
Haunted Graveyard |
| The
Haunted Playhouse |
Hell2U
Hell, Michigan. It's a beautiful little place that's a helluva lot of fun to visit. |
The Hilarious House of Frightenstein
I've never met a soul who remembers this whacked out show, yet Canadians
Bill Strutt and Ben Kane have created this excellent tribute site. |
The
Monster Dance
Sigh... for those of you who really crave kitsch. |
The
Monster Mash
More dancing monsters. This time with lyrics. |
The
Moonlit
Road |
MustDie
A Russian site. I don't know what they are saying, but it looks so COOL! |
Necropsy
A fledgling Horror site hosted on the Louisiana State University
servers. Not much there so far, but the roster of reviewers, including
S.T. Joshi, is impressive. |
Rather Good
Not Haunted or Horror but being this twisted, where else would he
have a link? |
The
Ossuary In Sedlac
A massive and ornate building made of human bones. |
Screams From The Abyss
Few images, mostly text. It's a 24 hour, 7 day a week Geoff Cooper
Bitch-Fest! |
Spectrum
Of Fantasy
Is back online! A Russian site, with pages in English and/or Russian.
Uses Shockwave! |
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