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March 18 |
116 Years Ago Today the Creature Came To Life On Screen: FRANKENSTEIN
Watch the restored version of FRANKENSTEIN at Feo Amante Theater.
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THE RING 2 is Old Enough to Drink Alky-hall
Dreamworks/Paramount had a full, layered, and deep backstory both from the novel and the many Japanese sequels that expanded the world of Sadako / Samara (U.S.). Would Dreamworks make the superior sequel to their hit or would they go full Hollywood and crank out a paint by numbers sequel in a cynical grab for those first weekend box office receipts?
This is the direction they chose with THE RING 2.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Lily Collins (PRIEST, ABDUCTION, MIRROR MIRROR, THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES, EXTREMELY WICKED SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE, INHERITANCE, WINDFALL, MAXXXINE) is 37.
Actor Brad Dourif (EYES OF LAURA MARS, BLUE VELVET, CHILD'S PLAY [all], THE EXORCIST III, HIDDEN AGENDA, GRAVEYARD SHIFT, DEATH MACHINE, ALIEN: Resurrection, URBAN LEGEND, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: The Two Towers, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN, BORN OF EARTH, JUNKYARD DOG, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2, DEATH AND CREMATION, FADING OF THE CRIES, LAST KIND WORDS, BLOOD SHOT, PRIEST, END OF THE WORLD, GINGERCLOWN, CURSE OF CHUCKY, AVARICE, MALIGNANT, THE CONTROL GROUP, THE WILDING [2016], WILDING [2018], AMERICAN DREAM, OBSESSION, CHUCKY [TV], DECRYPTED) who is 76.
Actor Sophia Myles (GUEST HOUSE PARADISO, FROM HELL, UNDERWORLD, OUT OF BOUNDS, UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION, MOONLIGHT [TV], DRACULA [TV], OUTLANDER, MI-5 [TV], GALLOWS HILL, THE DAMNED [2014], TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, BLACKWOOD, A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES [TV]) is 46.
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March 17 |
Oscar Winning Horror Thriller Mystery and Suspense!
Horror Thriller had a field day at the Academy Awards this year.
Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan - SINNERS
Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Madigan - WEAPONS
Best Original Screenplay:
Ryan Coogler - SINNERS
Best Animated Feature: KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
Best
Original Song: "Golden" - KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
Best Cinematography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw - SINNERS
Best Visual Effects: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
Best Production Design: FRANKENSTEIN
Best Costume Design: FRANKENSTEIN
Best Makeup and Hair Styling: FRANKENSTEIN
Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson - SINNERS
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FINAL DESTINATION Turns 26!
Over A Quarter Century of FINAL DESTINATION!
This Horror classic ushered in the new millennium with a smart style, concept, and of all things, the ultimate unseen killer: Death itself!
E.C. McMullen Jr. takes you back to the cinema and how the original SCREAM generation reacted to the first ever nationwide theatrical showing of FINAL DESTINATION!
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V FOR VENDETTA Turns 20
What V FOR VENDETTA, the Alan Moore comic was? A protest against Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Everything he accused Magaret Thatcher of being is who, in reality, Moore is. We know this because in 2019, for the first time in 40 years, Alan voted for the Labour Party, who welcomed in all the Horrors he projected onto Thatcher England, the Tories, and then some. Alan saw it all with open eyes, wanted it, and now the nightmare is his to love.
However, Magaret Thatcher retired her role as Prime Minister of England in 1990 and all the evil she would have supposedly ushered in never happened because Thatcher was never anything like Alan wanted her to be. Which made Moore's story outdated and obsolete: A relic forever buried in the 1980s. Any movie to be made needed major turns from what the comic was and in 2004, Moore hated what his V FOR VENDETTA was turning into.
The movie was reimagined into a 2000s heavy handed protest against President George W. Bush - except it still took place in England. In a distant future many presidents past the Bush era, which never-the-less somehow created a fever dream England that is ruled by The Chancellor (heavy-handed hint), the U.K. becomes an authoritarian, Socialist fascist state. One that oppresses its population with endless wars (staggering into Orwell) where fundamentalist Islam and the LGBT+ community are equally oppressed and so, Best Friends Forever!
Which makes no sense either.
So Warner Bros. took it away from, who were then the Warchowski Bros., re-edited the movie and added or re-shot some scenes, causing a long delay in release. Did this make the movie version of V FOR VENDETTA better?
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Mark Boone Jr. (BORN IN FLAMES, FILM HOUSE FEVER, FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCE, FEVER, THE PAINT JOB, SE7EN, THE GAME, HACK [1997], John Carpenter's VAMPIRES, I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, MEMENTO, ORDINARY MADNESS, DEAD BIRDS, FRANKENFISH, SAWTOOTH, BATMAN BEGINS, THE LEGEND OF LUCY KEYES, WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY, UNKNOWN, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, THE DONNER PARTY, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN II, GHOST HOUSE, AMERICAN SATAN, BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON, IDA RED, PARADISE CITY [TV], THE GATEWAY, ATRIBILIOUS, BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON, O'DESSA) is 70.
Look for Mark in the upcoming 2024, 2025, 2026 Horror Thriller, VAMPIRES OF THE VELVET LOUNGE.
Actor, Producer John Boyega (BECOMING HUMAN [TV 2011 - 2012], ATTACK THE BLOCK, 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY [TV], MAJOR LAZER [TV], THE CIRCLE, PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING, WATERSHIP DOWN [TV], 892, THEY CLONED TYRONE) is 34.
Look for John in the 2026 Horror Thriller release, THE PUNISHING. John is currently fillming SLIME.
Actor Gina Holden (FANTASTIC FOUR [2005], FINAL DESTINATION 3, DA VINCI'S CITY HALL [TV], THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT 2, AVPR: ALIENS VS PREDATOR: REQUIEM, BLOOD TIES [TV], FLASH GORDON [TV], MESSAGES DELETED, SCREAMERS: THE HUNTING, HARPER'S ISLAND [TV], MYSTERIOUS ISLAND [2010], SAW 3D: THE FINAL CHAPTER, SAND SHARKS, R.L. STINE'S THE HAUNTING HOUR [TV], THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT [2012], SINK HOLE, DRACANO, AVALANCHE SHARKS, DOOMED PLANET, THE EXORCISM OF MOLLY HARTLEY, WHERE'S MY BABY?, SECRETS IN THE ATTIC, A WOMAN'S NIGHTMARE, STRESSED TO DEATH, SLEEPING WITH MY STUDENT, HIS DEADLY AFFAIR) is 50.
Actor Kurt Russell (THE DEADLY TOWER, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, John Carpenter's THE THING, SILKWOOD, THE MEAN SEASON, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, UNLAWFUL ENTRY, STARGATE, EXECUTIVE DECISION, ESCAPE FROM L.A., BREAKDOWN, SOLDIER, VANILLA SKY, DARK BLUE, POSEIDON, DEATH PROOF, BONE TOMAHAWK, THE HATEFUL EIGHT, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2, MONARCH: LEGACY OF MONSTERS [TV]) is 75.
Actor Gary Sinise (THE STAND [TV], THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, ALBINO ALLIGATOR, RANSOM, SNAKE EYES, THE GREEN MILE, MISSION TO MARS, IMPOSTOR, THE HUMAN STAIN, THE FORGOTTEN, CSI: NY [TV], 13 REASONS WHY) is 69.
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