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FEO NEWS FOR SPRING 2013:
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The detritus of old Horror/Thriller history can be found here.
These are archived news items, many of them outside
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APRIL 9
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Elle Fanning (THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR, DEJA VU, THE LOST ROOM [TV], THE NINES, RESERVATION ROAD, SUPER 8, TWIXT) is 15.
Look for Elle in the 2014 Thrillers, MALEFICENT and YOUNG ONES.
Writer Teri A. Jacobs (THE VOID, SECRETS OF THE BONES) is 44.
Writer Vince Liaguno (THE LITERARY SIX) is about 52 I think, maybe 57.
Actor Leighton Meester (HANGMAN'S CURSE, 24 [TV], SURFACE [TV], INSIDE, DRIVE THRU, THE HAUNTING OF SORORITY ROW, KILLER MOVIE, THE ROOMMATE) is 27.
Actor Kathleen Munroe (FAMILY CURSE, ETERNAL, THE WHITE DOG SACRIFICE, DURHAM COUNTY [TV], SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD, STARGATE UNIVERSE SGU, HAVEN [TV], ALPHAS [TV], CSI: NY) is 31.
Actor Kristen Stewart (PANIC ROOM, COLD CREEK MANOR, UNDERTOW, THE MESSENGERS, JUMPER, TWILIGHT [all], SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN) is 22. |
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APRIL 8
Review by E.C. McMullen Jr.
EVIL DEAD
From years of Horror movie experience, I should have smelled a rat when I saw a movie poster that told me in huge writing how terrifying it was going to be.
I should have known from years of experience that any movie releasing so many Red Band trailers was showing the best of what the movie had - and that it would get no better.
But damn it! I'm a Horror fan and I wanted so much to Believe! This is Sam Raimi (producing, anyway), man!
We start with the first 5 minute Gotcha scene.
We see a bloodied girl chased down in the woods, captured and tied up. She wakes, tied to a post in a basement, surrounded by folks in various states of age and repair. Her father steps forward to tell her that she murdered her own mother and he douses her with gas. The girl pleads with Pop not to kill her, but the people around her, including a witch who tells him to hurry before it's too late, egg him on.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor / Stuntman Kane Hodder (HOUSE, HOUSE II, FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII, FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII, DEEPSTAR SIX, ALLIGATOR II, JASON GOES TO HELL, PUMPKINHEAD II, PROJECT: METALBEAST, SCANNERCOP II, SE7EN, WISHMASTER, CHILDREN OF THE CORN V, WATCHERS REBORN, JASON X, DARKWOLF, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, 2001 MANIACS, HATCHET, BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON, ROOM 6, FALLEN ANGELS, BORN, ED GEIN: THE BUTCHER OF PLAINFIELD, HACK!, DEAD NOON, B.T.K., MONSTERPIECE THEATER VOL. 1, OLD HABITS DIE HARD, FROZEN, AFFLICTED, HATCHET 2, MONSTERPIECE THEATER, CUT, EXIT 33, CHILLERAMA, ROBIN HOOD: GHOSTS OF SHERWOOD 3D) is 59. Look for Kane's expected 2012, 2013 release HATCHET III.
Actor Taylor Kitsch (SNAKES ON A PLANE, THE CONVENANT, X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, JOHN CARTER, BATTLESHIP) is 33.
Actor Katee Sackhoff (THE FEARING MIND [TV], HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA [TV], WHITE NOISE 2, THE LAST SENTINEL, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: RAZOR, 24 [TV], THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT 2, SEXY EVIL GENIUS) is 33.
Look for Katee in the upcoming 2013 Thriller, RIDDICK. And in 2014, OCULUS.
Actor Tim Thomerson (FADE TO BLACK, JEKYLL & HYDE TOGETHER AGAIN, THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND, TRANCERS [all], ZONE TROOPERS, NEAR DARK, DOLLMAN, STRINGER, BAD CHANNELS, DIE WATCHING, NEMESIS, DOLLMAN VS. DEMONIC TOYS, THE HARVEST, FLESHTONE, NEMESIS III, UNSEEN EVIL, DEVIL'S PREY, THEY CRAWL, PROJECT VIPER, PAPARAZZI, THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, BLUE LAKE MASSACRE, WICKED LAKE, LIVE EVIL, ABANDONED, and way more) is 68.
Look for Tim this year in moniKa and BRING ME THE HEAD OF LANCE HHENRIKSEN.
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Actor Candace Cameron Bure (I SAW WHAT YOU DID, MONSTER MASH: THE MOVIE, SHARON'S SECRET, VISITORS OF THE NIGHT, NO ONE WOULD TELL, NIGHT SCREAM) is 36.
Actor Lori Heuring (ANIMAL ROOM, THE OPERATOR, SNAKE TALES, THE IN CROWD, MULHOLLAND DRIVE, PRETTY WHEN YOU CRY, TRUE BLUE, TABOO, RUNAWAY JURY, MUMMY AN' THE ARMADILLO, 8MM2, WICKED LITTLE THINGS, PROM NIGHT [2008], THE POKER CLUB, HUNGER, WITHIN) is 40.
Actor John Ratzenberger (TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING, WARLORD'S OF ATLANTIS, MOTEL HELL, OUTLAND, GOLIATH AWAITS, FIREFOX, WARLORDS OF THE 21ST CENTURY, HOUSE II, TICK TOCK, SPIRITED AWAY, MONSTERS, INC., THE INCREDIBLES) is 66.
Look for John's voice in the upcoming 2013 Pixar film, MONSTERS UNIVERSITY.
Actor Michael Rooker (HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER, SEA OF LOVE, THE DARK HALF, THE HARD TRUTH, THE TRIGGER EFFECT, DECEIVER, BROWN'S REQUIEM, SHADOW BUILDER, THE BONE COLLECTOR, THE 6TH DAY, REPLICANT, SKELETON MAN, CHASING GHOSTS, SLITHER, REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA, WHISPER, JUMPER, PENANCE, CELL 213, ATLANTIS DOWN, HYPOTHERMIA, MYSTERIA, THE WALKING DEAD [TV]) is 57.
Look for Michael in the upcoming 2011 2012 Horror, PENNHURST. |
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APRIL 5
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Director, Producer Roger Corman (MONSTER FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR, DAY THE WORLD ENDED, IT CONQUERED THE WORLD, ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS, NOT OF THIS EARTH [1957], THE UNDEAD, WAR OF THE SATELLITES, TEENAGE CAVEMAN [1958], THE CRY BABY KILLER, NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST, BATTLE BEYOND THE SUN, A BUCKET OF BLOOD, BEAST FROM HAUNTED CAVE, THE WASP WOMAN, ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES, HOUSE OF USHER, LAST WOMAN ON EARTH, THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA, PIT AND THE PENDULUM, PREMATURE BURIAL, THE INTRUDER, TALES OF TERROR, THE RAVEN, THE TERROR, X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES, THE HAUNTED PALACE, DEMENTIA 13, THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, QUEEN OF BLOOD, THE DUNWICH HORROR, SCREAM OF THE DEMON LOVER, BEAST OF THE YELLOW NIGHT, THE VELVET VAMPIRE, THE CREMATORS, NIGHT OF THE COBRA WOMAN, DEATH RACE 2000, PIRANHA [1978], HUMANOIDS OF THE DEEP, GALAXY OF TERROR, FORBIDDEN WORLD, SPACE RAIDERS, SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE [all], SUMMER CAMP NIGHTMARE, MUNCHIES, NOT OF THIS EARTH [1988], WATCHERS [all], THE TERROR WITHIN, DANCE OF THE DAMNED, LORDS OF THE DEEP, over 403 in all) is 87.
Producer Larry J. Franco (ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, THE THING [1982], CHRISTINE, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS, THEY LIVE, THE ROCKETEER, BATMAN RETURNS, MARS ATTACKS!, SLEEPY HOLLOW, JURASSIC PARK III, HULK, BATMAN BEGINS, 2012) is 64.
Writer W.D. Gagliani (SHADOWPLAYS, WOLF'S TRAP, WOLF'S GAMBIT, WOLF'S BLUFF, SAVAGE NIGHTS, THE GREAT BELZONI AND THE GATE OF ANUBIS) is 54. Bill is both a bud as well as a friend on MySpace.com/ WDGagliani.
Musician Jaye Vampira (EDEN'S ONSLAUGHT) is 29. Jaye is also a "friend" over at MySpace.com/ JayeVampira.
Actor Dallas Page (THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, HOOD OF HORROR, SPLINTER, DRIFTWOOD, GALLOWWALKER) is 57. |
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APRIL 4
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor A. Michael Baldwin (PHANTASM [all], VIRTUAL GIRL 2, BRUTAL) is 50.
Actor Robert Downey Jr. (FIRSTBORN, WEIRD SCIENCE, NATURAL BORN KILLERS, THE GINGERBREAD MAN, IN DREAMS, GOTHIKA, A SCANNER DARKLY, IRON MAN [all], SHERLOCK HOLMES [2009], THE AVENGERS) is 48.
Look for Robert in the 2013 IRON MAN 3.
Actor Hugo Weaving (THE MATRIX - all, THE LORD OF THE RINGS - all, LITTLE FISH, V FOR VENDETTA, TRANSFORMERS [all], THE WOLFMAN [2010], TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER, THE HOBBIT: THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY) who is 52.
Look for Hugo in the upcoming 2013 Thriller, THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG. Look for Hugo iin the 2013 Mystery, MYSTERY ROAD. |
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APRIL 3
QUICK BITES
Jess Franco, Exploitation Cinema Icon, Dies At 82
Jesus "Jess" Franco, the iconic director of erotic thrillers, has died from undisclosed causes, according to Deadline. He was 82.
Franco reportedly died in Malaga, Spain, on Tuesday. His death was announced by friend and collaborator Kike Mesa via Facebook. Mesa directed the 2007 film Jess Franco: Way of Life.
Continued at Inquisitr.
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Matthew McConaughey Confirmed For Christopher Nolan's Interstellar
No one turns down Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO, BATMAN BEGINS, THE PRESTIGE, THE DARK KNIGHT, INCEPTION). Last week, actor Matthew McConaughey (FRAILTY, REIGN OF FIRE) was offered the lead role in Christopher Nolan's new science fiction film Interstellar, and now the 43-year-old Texas native has accepted the mysterious role.
Continued at Giant Freakin Robot.
PLUS
6 Filmmaking Tips From Sam Raimi
Bridging two worlds, Sam Raimi has done something incredibly difficult as a filmmaker. He's proven himself as the capable creator of massive budget spectacle with heart while remaining the cult hero that early fans continue to worship. He sold out without selling out. That in itself is a bold lesson in staying true to your own sensibilities no matter what the bottom line is, but there's a lot more to learn from the man who grew to prominence by cutting off Bruce Campbell's hand.
The key? You can't just take a hand; you have to replace it with a chainsaw.
Continued at Film School Rejects.
ALSO
Iain Banks, my Fife friend and storyteller extraordinaire
He's a writer whose faith in humans can embrace the worst of what we're capable of and still refuse to lie down and die. Iain Banks, who announced on Wednesday that he was 'officially very poorly' with late stage cancer of the gall bladder.
There are three of us. Born within half a dozen years and a dozen miles of each other in Fife, that idiosyncratic corner of central Scotland. We each grew up with a love of storytelling, lower league Scottish football and whisky. We published our first novels within three years of each other, Iain Banks, Ian Rankin and me. With the best part of 100 novels between us, we provoke journalists to wonder whether there was something in the water.
Continued at Guardian.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Jamie Bamber (THE DEVIL'S TATTOO, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA [TV], BSG: RAZOR, PULSE 2: AFTERLIFE, PERCEPTION [TV], BODY OF PROOF [TV]) is 40.
Look for Jamie in the upcoming 2012, 2013 Thriller, JOHN DOE.
Writer/ Director/ Producer/Actor Lamberto Bava (TERRORE NELLO SPAZIO, KILL BABY...KILL!, HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON, BAY OF BLOOD, BARON BLOOD, THE HOUSE OF EXORCISM, THE LAST SURVIVOR, TENEBRE, DEMONI, THE MIDNIGHT KILLER, DEMONI 2, SHOCK, MACABRO, A BLADE IN THE DARK, LA CHIESA, BODY PUZZLE, THE TORTURER, GHOST SON, VITE IN OSTAGGIO, VISIONS OF MURDER [TV], TAILOR-MADE MURDER [TV], KAMMERSPIEL [TV]) is 68.
Writer, Director, Actor Axelle Carolyn (DOOMSDAY, CENTURION, PSYCHOSIS, A RECKONING) is 35.
Look for Axelle's upcoming 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Horror Thriller, THE NEPHILIM. Also look for Axelle's directorial feature film debut for 2013, SOULMATE.
Actor Jennifer Rubin (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3, BAD DREAMS, DELUSION, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, THE FEAR INSIDE, THE CRUSH, BITTER HARVEST, FULL ECLIPSE, PLAYMAKER, STRANGER BY NIGHT, THE WASP WOMAN [1995], SCREAMERS, DECEPTIONS II, LITTLE WITCHES, LOVED, LAST LIVES, TWISTS OF TERROR, SANCTIMONY, FATAL CONFLICT, FALCON DOWN, TRANSMORPHERS) is 51. |
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APRIL 2
In 1998, my friend Kelly Parks got his fingers wet by writing movie reviews for this website*. In writing such reviews, he not only had the opportunity to describe how movies, affected him as a story, but to deconstruct exactly how the movie worked on him. The more he wrote, the better he became and the more he understood.
Then came the "Eventuallys".
Eventually, Kelly decided to write his own fiction stories. Eventually he got one published.
Eventually, he produced my short film, LAST CALL. Eventually he funded his first group of short films in a webseries called THE CRUSADER, which starred Colin Cunningham (who would go on to play John Pope in Steven Speilberg's FALLING SKIES).
Eventually, we would make UNIVERSAL DEAD, starring Doug Jones, D.B. Sweeney, and Gary Graham.
I say "eventually" because all of this took a lot of time.
Continued at Feo Amante/ And The Winner Is...
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Lindy Booth (EERIE INDIANA [TV], TEENAGE SPACE VAMPIRES, THE SKULLS II, AMERICAN PSYCHO 2, ODYSSEY 5, WRONG TURN, DAWN OF THE DEAD [2004], CRY WOLF, DARK HONEYMOON, BEHIND THE WALL, BRAIN TRUST) and is 34 today.
Actor Michael Fassbender (SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE SILK STOCKING,
A MOST MYSTERIOUS MURDER, HEX [TV], 300, EDEN LAKE, BLOOD CREEK, CENTURION, JONAH HEX, X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, HAYWIRE, PROMETHEUS) is 36.
Writer / Artist Jacob Hair (SATAN'S 3-RING CIRCUS OF HELL, ROTTWEILER, 2001 MANIACS, SNOOP DOGG'S HOOD OF HORROR, BOO, CEMETERY GATES, STARSHIP TROOPERS 3: MARAUDER, THE BEACON, 2001 MANIACS: FIELD OF SCREAMS, SCREAM OF THE BANSHEE) is 33.
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APRIL 1
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Writer Douglas Clegg (THE CHILDREN'S HOUR, GOAT DANCE, THE HALLOWEEN MAN, THE NIGHTMARE CHRONICLES, YOU COME WHEN I CALL YOU, MISCHIEF, NAOMI, DARK OF THE EYE, THE INFINITE, THE HOUR BEFORE DARK, AFTERLIFE, NIGHTMARE HOUSE, THE NECROMANCER, THE VAMPYRICON SERIES, THE ATTRACTION, BREEDER, THE ABANDONED, MORDRED TRILOGY, NEVERLAND) is even older than me!
Read our interview with Douglas Clegg.
Writer Robin Spriggs (WONDROUS STRANGE: TALES OF THE UNCANNY, DIARY OF A GENTLEMAN DIABOLIST) is much, MUCH older than me!
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