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MAY 23 |
THE SHINING is 44
This was the movie that spelled disaster, and could have ended, Stanley Kubrick's career.
At least in the U.S.
Changing the script nearly every day, Stanley had no idea what he was doing, was trying everything, was satisfied with little to none of it, and took his anger out on his lead actors and many of his crew. The movie went over budget and over schedule and by the time Warner Bros. suits finally stepped in and made Stanley stop, he threw up his hands, signed off for the editor to do what he could, and ran back to England to make his next movie as fast as possible, before the release of this one killed his career.
Warner Bros. released it and it tanked so badly that WB pulled it from the theaters. The blood in the water was Stanley's.
Here is the inane tale of Stephen King's Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING.
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THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK Turns 28
John Michael Crichton, best-selling author. Everybody wanted to play in Michael's sandbox including Steven Spielberg. Steven is renown for bringing a kind of cinema magic to movies that few can match. Throughout his career, however, he can rarely do it twice in a row, and just as rarely tries.
But hey, LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK had the drive of Michael's original sequel novel behind it! So how did it turn out?
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Mark Arnold (TEEN WOLF, TRANCERS 4, TRANCERS 5, ALIEN ENCOUNTER, JACK RIO, EAARLY BIRD, MILE END, ABDUCT, LAST STOP, IT CAME FROM THE DESERT, KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE, BLADE RUNNER 2049, ANAMORPHOSIS, RIDE, DADDY'S GIRL, CRYSTAL'S SHADOW, ANGEL HAS FALLEN, ABSENTIA [TV], WRATH OF MAN, THE KRAMPUS CALENDAR, FEAR THE INVISIBLE MAN, WEREWOLF SANTA, ADVENT) is 68.
Look for Mark in the upcoming 2024, 2025 Thriller, THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT.
Actor Joan Collins (SUBTERFUGE, REVENGE, TALES FROM THE CRYPT [1972], FEAR IN THE NIGHT, TALES THAT WITNESS MADNESS, DARK PLACES, THE DEVIL WITHIN
HER, EMPIRE OF THE ANTS, THE BIG SLEEP, MARPLE: THEY DO IT WITH MIRRORS, AMERICAN HORROR STORY [TV]) is 92.
Look for Joan in the upcoming 2024, 2025 Mystery, MURDER BETWEEN FRIENDS.
Actor Melissa McBride (MUTANT SPECIES, THE MIST, THE WALKING DEAD, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF WILLIAM ZERO, THE WALKING DEAD: DARYL DIXON) is 61.
Actor Felissa Rose (SLEEPAWAY CAMP, NIKOS THE IMPALER, HORROR, ZOMBIEGEDDON, CORPSES ARE FOREVER, CEREBRAL PRINT: THE SECRET FILES, DEAD SERIOUS, NEW YORK'S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN PARADE 2005, DEAD THINGS, SLAUGHTER PARTY, SATAN'S PLAYGROUND, UNDER SURVEILLANCE, EVIL EVER AFTER, DEAD AND GONE, PSYCHO SLEEPOVER, RETURN TO SLEEPAWAY CAMP, CAESAR AND OTTO'S SUMMER CAMP MASSACRE [all], SILENT NIGHT ZOMBIE NIGHT, DAHMER VS. GACY, BREATH OF HATE, ALIENS VS. A-HOLES, POE, DROPPING EVIL, THE PERFECT HOUSE, CAMP DREAD, BLOOD RESERVOIR, JURASSIC CITY, Over 80 credits in all, and all pretty much like these!) is 56.
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MAY 22 |
OUTLAND is 44
You want to give your Space Thriller movie that "used" ALIEN look? Well you go right on ahead! You want to give your movie that chilling ALIEN soundtrack? Well, you go right ahead and hire the same composer then! You want to make your movie "High Noon" In Space and shoot it nearly scene for scene?
Uh, dude? There's a difference between inspiration and outright copying, like Writer and Director Peter Hyams did with his movie OUTLAND.
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ALIEN³ is 33
Internet was in its infancy and few had so much as Compuserve (and if you don't know what that is, don't worry about it). The fans believed they were getting a new ALIEN movie and, so far, each one got better. Although at that point, there'd only been one sequel and 20th Century Fox had no idea where to go next.
What the ALIEN audience didn't know is that the people who owned the property, the stewards guiding the franchise, hadn't clue one as to what the audience wanted or where the movie could go. This became painfully obvious when audiences first saw ALIEN³.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Camren Bicondova (GIRL HOUSE, GOTHAM [TV], GOTHAM STORIES [TV], FESTIVAL OF THE LIVING DEAD) is 23.
Actor Kent Cheng (SHAN KOU, JUI GWAI CHAT HUNG, XIONG BANG, YE JING HUNG, CHE WAN, XIN TI, AO YI BAI, LING CHINI WAN CAN, ZHOU GUI DA SHI, MA YE CHUAN KI, THE SPOOKY FAMILY, ZAISHI ZHUI HUN, GOU YEUNG YI SANG, BLOODY BROTHERS, SLEEPWALKER, WHO IS UNDERCOVER?) who is 74.
Actor Sean Gunn (TROMEO & JULIET, STRICKEN, THE AUTEUR THEORY, THE SPECIALS, THE SUPER, H+, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, THE HIVE, THE BELKO EXPERIMENT, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Vol. 2, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, AVENGERS: ENDGAME, AGNES, SUICIDE SQUAD [2021], I AM MORTAL, GIVE ME AN A, CREATURE COMMANDOS) is 51.
Writer and feoamante.com alumni, Michael T. Huyck (RANDOM ACTS OF WEIRDNESS, THE ASYLUM II: The Violent Ward, HORROR GARAGE MAGAZINE #8, STUDIES IN MODERN HORROR, TOP INTERNATIONAL HORROR 2003, and reviews here) is 64.
Actor Michael Kelly (UNBREAKABLE, DAWN OF THE DEAD [2004], OUT THERE, TOOTH AND NAIL, CHANGELING, TENDERNESS, DEFENDOR, LAW ABIDING CITIZEN, FAIR GAME, THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU, CRIMINAL MINDS: SUSPECT BEHAVIOR [TV], CHRONICLE, PERSON OF INTEREST [TV], NOW YOU SEE ME, VIRAL, TABOO [TV], OUTSIDE THE WIRE, PANTHEON [TV], THE PENGUIN [TV]) is 56.
Actor Mike Muscat (SCARED TO DEATH, HUNTER'S BLOOD, RETRIBUTION, ASSAULT OF THE KILLER BIMBOS, TERMINATOR 2, THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, 9 LIVES OF MARA, DECADENT EVIL II, BORN, DARK STREETS, NOBODY SMILING, HORRORWEEN, WATCH THE SKY) who is 73.
Actor Tao Okamoto (THE WOLVERINE, HANNIBAL [TV], THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE [TV], PERFECT, LAPLACE'S WITCH, WESTWORLD [TV]) is 40.
Actor Maggie Q (METAL MAYHEM, MANHATTAN MIDNIGHT, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE III, THE COUNTING HOUSE, DECEPTION, PRIEST, DIVERGENT, INSURGENT, ALLEGIANT, THE CRASH, SLUMBER, DESIGNATED SURVIVOR [TV], FANTASY ISLAND, DEATH OF ME, THE PROTOGE, FEAR THE NIGHT) is 46.
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