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APRIL 5 |
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Disney Drops TRON ARES Trailer
Will it be better than TRON or worse than TRON LEGACY?
TRON ARES will be released 1010 2025.
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APRIL 4 |
From A24 and the Directors of TALK TO ME Comes
BRING HER BACK
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PHONE BOOTH Turns 22
Writer, Producer, and Director Joel Schumaker was a mixed bag. He could crash and burn, boy could he ever: big time make no mistake. But he approached movie making as an artist and when the studios trusted their instincts for hiring him in the first place, and kept their meddling to a minimum, Joel at his best created classics like THE LOST BOYS, FALLING DOWN, THE CLIENT, A TIME TO KILL, 8MM, and this one, PHONE BOOTH.
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John Everson's VIGILANTES OF LOVE is 21
Read why our reviewer, Jimmy Z, gave Everson's collection of VooDoo and Sex Magic all 5 Bookwyrms when he reviewed, VIGILANTES OF LOVE.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor A. Michael Baldwin (PHANTASM [all], VIRTUAL GIRL 2, BRUTAL, THE PICK-AXE MURDERS PART III, FLAY) is 61.
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 [all], CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, AVENGERS: END GAME) is 59.
Look for Robert in the upcoming 2026 Thriller, AVENGERS: DOCTOR DOOM.
Actor Amanda Righetti (ANGEL BLADE, RETURN TO HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, PIPELINE, FRIDAY THE 13th [2009], CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER, SHADOW OF FEAR, THE MENTALIST [TV], COLONY [TV], DERANGED GRANNY) is 40.
Actor Hugo Weaving (THE MATRIX [all], THE LORD OF THE RINGS [all], LITTLE FISH, V FOR VENDETTA, TRANSFORMERS [all], THE WOLFMAN [2010], CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER, THE HOBBIT: THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, [all], MYSTERY ROAD, STRANGERLAND, MORTAL ENGINES, LONE WOLF, EXPIRED, THE ROOSTER, THE ROYAL HOTEL) who is 64.
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APRIL 3 |
Imagine this Twofer your Grandparents had back on this date in 1968!
Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY Turns 57
What happens when you choose to make a hardcore futuristic Science Fiction movie, as accurate as possible on the science? You get a movie that not only outlasts the built-in obsolescence of its title, but remains futuristic and relevant decades after its forecasted due date.
What's more, as Stanley admitted in several promotional interviews at the time, he not only wanted this to be as true as possible to the science in the fiction, but terrifying as well. In many ways, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY is Kubrick's first Horror movie.
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PLANET OF THE APES Turns 57
It's the world's longest running SciFi motion picture franchise from the studio that brought you the 2nd (Star Wars) and 3rd (ALIEN) longest running SciFi motion picture franchises.
The movie bore little if any resemblance to the Pierre Boulett novel of the same name (which happens A. Lot. in Hollywood), but under the guidance of WWII hero, Rod Serling, it was suffused with modern day (late 20th Century) analogies and parables, among them being the threat of nuclear annihilation and racism.
And that's when an odd thing happened on the set.
Dressed in various ape costumes, the actors - themselves of different ethnicities - would eat their lunch with other actors who wore the same ape costumes as them. Actors dressed as Gorillas, Orangutans, and Chimpanzees quietly self-segregated to eat their meals with each other, regardless of the race or nationality of the person inside.
This was only one of the odd things that happened in PLANET OF THE APES.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Jamie Bamber (THE DEVIL'S TATTOO, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA [TV], BSG: RAZOR, PULSE 2: AFTERLIFE, PERCEPTION [TV], BODY OF PROOF [TV], JOHN DOE: VIGILANTE, THE MESSENGERS [TV], NUMB, MONEY, THE CAR: ROAD TO REVENGE, STRIKE BACK [TV], TITANIC 666, THE LAIR) is 52.
Look for Jamie in the upcoming 2024 Thriller, HEAVYWEIGHT.
Writer/ Director/ Producer/Actor Lamberto Bava (TERRORE NELLO SPAZIO, KILL BABY...KILL!, HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON, A 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 80.
Look for Lamberto's upcoming 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Horror movie, TWINS.
The 2018 trailer to TWINS still hasn't built an audience or more funding.
Actor Sofia Boutella (MONSTERS: DARK CONTINENT, KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE, STAR TREK BEYOND, ATOMIC BLONDE, THE MUMMY [2017], FARENHEIT 451 [2018], CLIMAX, HOTEL ARTEMIS, SETTLERS, PRISONERS OF GHOSTLAND, SETTLERS [TV], ARGYLE) is 43.
Writer, Director, Actor Axelle Carolyn (DOOMSDAY, CENTURION, PSYCHOSIS, A RECKONING, SOULMATE, TALES OF HALLOWEEN, DON'T KILL IT, ALL THE CREATURES WERE STIRRING, THE MANOR) is 46.
Axelle shares a birthday month with her CENTURION alumnis, Michael Fassbender and JJ Field.
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, HEEBIE JEEBIES, YOU'RE MELTING!) is 62.
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APRIL 2 |
Mario Bava's LISA AND THE DEVIL Turns 53
This is a Horror movie by Mario Bava. But behind the camera, it is a sad tale of a friendship destroyed by a director who made a vanity project and his good friend who funded it, because he was convinced that he could sell any movie with his friend, Bava's name on it.
Reality, as reality does, smashed their faith in each other and in so doing, the friendship based upon it. Once 1972's LISA AND THE DEVIL was partially re-shot and fully re-edited to become 1975's THE HOUSE OF EXORCISM, the once wonderful friendship was damaged beyond repair. This is a review of the movie and its real world outcome, LISA AND THE DEVIL.
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Dario Argento's INFERNO Turns 45
The Horror Geek himself, Mike Bracken, weighed in on what makes Dario Argento's masterpiece work. Mike's review of INFERNO.
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Paul Schrader's CAT PEOPLE Turns 43
Was the remake doomed from the start? It had everything going for it. Great cast, great writer, bit of a newbie director, but Paul Schrader had his successes before. And even if it was his first Horror movie, so what? Lots of first time Horror movie directors hit a home run with their first Horror movie.
But why was a Horror movie remake like this released during 1980s Comedy movie month for Spring Break? And rated R, keeping a sizeable chunk of those public school Spring Breakers out of it?
Like the same year's THE THING, CAT PEOPLE crashed and burned in theaters, only to find the untapped audience that was always there, in home video.
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HELLBOY Turns 21
Guillermo del Toro loves to bring the human element to his stories. His Monsters in particular are usually flawed, emotionally damaged, but worthy of grace.
Comic book writer and artist, Mike Mignola excels at this throughout his comics, with characters every bit as puzzling and fascinating as anything by Tim Burton.
So what happened with the fusion of these two talents that resulted in an Un-Mignola, Un-Del Toro movie HELLBOY?
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CLASH OF THE TITANS is 15
It must have taken the greatest of care to create a remake to the 1981 original that was just as flawed in writing, direction, and acting, without being better or worse.
Is that what my reviewer, Mark Worthen found with 2010's CLASH OF THE TITANS?
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
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, KICK-ASS 2, THE LIBRARIANS) is 45 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, SLOW WEST, FRANK, X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, X-MEN: APOCALYPSE, ASSASSIN'S CREED, ALIEN: COVENANT, THE SNOWMAN, X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX) is 47.
Michael shares an April birthday with CENTURION alumni, JJ Field.
Actor Clark Gregg (CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER, THE USUAL SUSPECTS, ABOVE SUSPICION, THE SPANISH PRISONER, ONE HOUR PHOTO, THE HUMAN STAIN, WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, IRON MAN, IRON MAN 2, THOR, THE AVENGERS, THE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN [TV 2012], AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. [TV], SPINNING MAN, CAPTAIN MARVEL, RUN SWEETHEART RUN) is 63.
Artist, Writer, Director Jacob Hair (Books: SATAN'S 3-RING CIRCUS OF HELL.
Movies: 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, THE STANDFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT, RICK AND MORTY [TV]) is 44.
Actor Shawn Roberts (JACOB TWO TWO MEETS THE HOODED FANG [1999], X-MEN, TAKING LIVES, SIBLINGS, THRALLS, LAND OF THE DEAD, SKINWALKERS, SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM [2006], STIR OF ECHOES: THE HOMECOMING, DIARY OF THE DEAD, LEFT FOR DEAD, JUMPER, BLACK RAIN [2009], RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE, A LITTLE BIT ZOMBIE, RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION, FEED THE GODS, RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER, TAINTED, CAMPTON MANOR) is 41.
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APRIL 1 |
SIN CITY is 20
Director Robert Rodriguez put so many roadblocks in front of himself it's amazing this movie got made at all. He cheesed off the Director's Guild by having three different directors all work on the same single movie story (anthology movies are different). True, Rodriguez didn't belong to the guild, but neither did the movie's original creator Frank Miller, who was also brought onboard as a director, and Robert's good friend, Quentin Tarantino. For the Directors Guild, that combination was a "And that's another thing!"
Yet despite everything that could have gone wrong, this is how everything goes right with SIN CITY.
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DEAD MOON RISING is 17
At some point it seems that Writer, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Digital Compositor, and Director Mark E. Poole, living in the middle of nowhere Louisville, Kentucky (a town so awkward its native citizenry still furiously argue over how to pronounce Louisville!), decided he wanted to make a movie!
- and not just any movie!
Mark E. Poole: "Hey everybody! Let's put on a Zombie movie!"
Proto-Extra: "Hey, can I be a zombie?"
Mark E. Poole: "Why sure as shit you can!"
Proto-SFX MUA: "Can I do the Special Effects?"
Mark E. Poole: "Why sure as shit you can!"
Proto-Crew: "Gosh! This will be the best zombie holocaust movie ever!"
...is probably how it started. Of course, the most difficult thing about this movie or any movie was, as always, getting paid enough for it to cover the cost of making it and making another movie. Many involved were able to use this movie (to greater and lesser success) as their launch pad to greater movie work. Many, that is, except for the guy who put the whole furshlugginer thing together in the first place, Mark E. Poole. As near as I can figure, that pretty much is what launched 2008's DEAD MOON RISING.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
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.
Actor JJ Feild (K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER, THE INTENDED, WAKING THE DEAD [TV], THE RUBY IN THE SMOKE, THE SHADOW IN THE NORTH, BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE, CENTURION, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER, BRAVE MEN'S BLOOD, STAG [TV], LOST IN SPACE [TV 2018-2021], THE PERIPHERAL [TV]) is 46.
Producer, Director Barry Sonnenfeld (THE ADDAMS FAMILY [both], MEN IN BLACK [all], WILD WILD WEST, SECRET AGENT MAN [TV 2000], THE TICK [TV 2001-2002], LEMONY SNICKETT'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, PLAY OR BE PLAYED, PUSHING DAISIES [TV], A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS [TV 2017-2019], THE TICK [TV 2017-2019]) is 72.
Writer Robin Spriggs (WONDROUS STRANGE: TALES OF THE UNCANNY, DIARY OF A GENTLEMAN DIABOLIST) is WAY older than me!
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