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FEB. 20 |
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Producer Jason Blum (PARANORMAL ACTIVITY [all], INSIDEOUS [all], SINISTER [all], THE RIVER [TV], THE LORDS OF SALEM, THE BAY, DARK SKIES, THE PURGE [all], THE GREEN INFERNO, OCULUS, 13 SINS, CREEP [2014], NOT SAFE FOR WORK, UNFRIENDED [all], THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN [2014], MOCKINGBIRD, MERCY, OUIJA [all], JESSEBELLE, ASCENSION [TV], THE BOY NEXT DOOR, EXETER, THE LAZARUS EFFECT, AREA 51, THE GALLOWS, THE GIFT, VISIONS, THE VISIT, CURVE, MARTYRS [2015], SOUTH OF HELL [TV], HELLEVATOR [TV], THE VEIL, SLEIGHT, HUSH, THE DARKNESS, VIRAL, SPLIT, INCARNATE, 12 DEADLY DAYS [TV], GET OUT, STEPHANIE, THE KEEPING HOURS, AMITYVILLE: THE AWAKENING, HAPPY DEATH DAY [all], UPGRADE, TRUTH OR DARE [2018], DELIRIUM [2018], GHOUL [TV], HALLOWEEN [2018], SACRED LIES [TV], BLOODLINE, SEVEN IN HEAVEN, TREMORS [2018], GLASS, RELIVE, SWEETHEART, INTO THE DARK [TV], US, PREY, MA, BLACK CHRISTMAS, RUN SWEATHEART RUN, YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT, FANTASY ISLAND, YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT, THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE HUNT, NOCTURNE, THE CRAFT, M3GAN, THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER, FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S, SWIM NIGHT, IMAGINARY, SPEAK NO EVIL, Over 210 in all!) is 56.
Actor Jay Hernandez (JOY RIDE, HOSTEL, GRINDHOUSE, SIX DEGREES [TV], HOSTEL II, LAKEVIEW TERRACE, QUARANTINE, LAST RESORT [TV], THE EXPANSE [TV], SUICIDE SQUAD, SCANDAL [TV], BRIGHT [TV]) is 47.
Writer, Actor Joel Hodgson (Creator: MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000) is 64.
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FEBRUARY 19 |
THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMMAGE is 55
Dario Argento's first solo Director effort. He wrote the script in only five days. One of the Executive Producers wanted Dario fired from directing the project. Dario's lead male actor was an inconsiderate pain in the ass. Dario's lead female actor didn't like the male lead and didn't like the movie, certain it would be career suicide. The movie seemed to have everything going against it except one person. Dario was in the driver's seat and determined to make a classic that his hero, Alfred Hitchcock, would be proud of.
Result? This was the movie that launched Dario's career. Terrence Kelsey reviews THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE.
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ARMY OF DARKNESS Turns 32
What is there left to say about this Sam Raimi movie that hasn't already been said?
Plenty if you're rating the copious number of Director's Cut Edition, Limited Edition, Special Edition, Bootleg Edition, and on and on and on releases. Once distributor, Anchor Bay, got ahold of this title, they went mad with their endless releases and diminishing returns on the disc extras. Seriously! How many different Director Commentaries can we hear from the same guy about the same movie?
Yet, oddly enough, this marketing madness became part of the EVIL DEAD franchise's strength. So follow me through the gloating, gory, glory of a small distributor that hit gold where major studio Universal could only find dust in ARMY OF DARKNESS.
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SHUTTER ISLAND is 15
15 years ago today, Leonardo DiCaprio was too old to go out on a date with himself!
Ha! Ha! Ha!
But seriously...
For Martin Scorsese, this movie was a box office hit at a time when he really needed one. But Martin is the kind of guy who'd rather have a box office dud that won awards than a profitable movie that gets released in a traditional "Dump Month" like February and ignored by the Academy.
But why was this movie ignored by the Academy? And why did such a major theatrical hit fail to have legs over the years?
My review of SHUTTER ISLAND.
Wassmor -
THE WITCH is 9
This Robert Eggers movie has an interesting behind the scenes twist. Eggers had four young actors in their first feature (five if you count the baby, Samuel), and he'd never directed children before. Robert was relatively new to directing, in fact, this being his first feature film. What Robert did have was Ralph Ellison as his lead.
Ralph is more than an actor, he's an acting teacher and coach who specializes in teaching children. So when Harvey Scrimshaw, who played the eldest son, had difficulty visualizing what Eggers wanted from him, Eggers allowed Ineson to take over and direct the young actor himself. This was the result in Robert Eggers THE WITCH.
Finale -
HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Millie Bobby Brown (INTRUDERS [TV], STRANGER THINGS [TV], GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS, GODZILLA VS. KING KONG, DAMSEL) is 21.
Look for Millie in the 2024, 2025 Thriller, THE ELECTRIC STATE.
Musician Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH, MASTER OF REALITY, PARANOID, SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH, SABOTAGE, WE SOLD OUR SOULS FOR ROCK & ROLL, and way more) is 74.
Actor Quinn Lord (WHITE NOISE 2, Masters of Horror: WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM, TRICK 'R TREAT, VIRTUALITY, THE HOLE [2009], SECOND CHANCES, VIRTUAL LIES, IN THEIR SKIN [2012], THE POSSESSION, THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE [TV], IKÉ BOYS) is 24.
Actor Luke Pasqualino (THE BORGIAS [TV], THE APPARITION, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD AND CHROME, LOVE BITE, SNOWPIERCER, SHADOW AND BONE [TV], MEDUSA DELUXE, REMATCH, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: TEH WAR OF THE HFUHRUHURR) is 34.
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