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This May 27th is a HARD PLACE
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN Turns 43
Italian movie Producer, Dino De Laurentiis was already impressed with Arnold Schwarzenegger as someone who could fill the sandals of Robert E. Howard's heroic anti-hero, Conan. But musclebound weightlifters grafted into movies and TV shows where they couldn't act had many box office bombings and few box office flights. Arnold stood apart because he was taking acting lessons and wanted to be good at it.
Arnold was so serious about it, that he impressed fellow actors Max von Sydow and James Earl Jones, who both gave him lessons on the set during downtime while shooting CONAN THE BARBARIAN.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor, Director Danny Huston (THE HUMAN FACTOR, MISTER CORBETT'S GHOST, THE MADDENING, SUSAN'S PLAN, 21 GRAMS, SILVER CITY, BIRTH, THE CONSTANT GARDENER, CHILDREN OF MEN, FADE TO BLACK, THE NUMBER 23, THE KINGDOM, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, EDGE OF DARKNESS, CLASH OF THE TITANS, THE WARRIOR'S WAY, A MONSTER IN PARIS, WRATH OF THE TITANS, MAGIC CITY [TV], HITCHCOCK, TIGERS, JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE FLASHPOINT PARADOX, AMERICAN HORROR STORY [TV], PRESSURE, FRANKENSTEIN [2015], PARANOID [TV], IO, ANGEL HAS FALLEN, MARLOWE, CONSECRATION, RED BIRD LANE, THE CROW [2024]) is 63.
Actor Tim Roth (TO KILL A PRIEST, RESERVOIR DOGS, BACKSLIDING, HEART OF DARKNESS, PULP FICTION, PLANET OF THE APES [2001], SILVER CITY, THE LAST SIGN, DARK WATER [2005], YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH, FUNNY GAMES, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, LIE TO ME [TV], ARBITRAGE, LIABILITY, MÖBIUS, HARDCORE HENRY, THE HATEFUL EIGHT, TWIN PEAKS [TV - 2017], THE SONG OF NAMES, RESURRECTION, SHE-HULK [TV], CLASSIFIED) is 64.
Look for Tim in the 2025 Thriller, TORNADO, to be released this month.
Writer, Producer, Director Robert Zemeckis (ROMANCING THE STONE, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT, DEATH BECOMES HER, TALES FROM THE CRYPT [TV], HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL [1999], TH13RTEEN GHOSTS, RITUAL, GHOST SHIP, GOTHIKA, HOUSE OF WAX [2005], WHAT LIES BENEATH, TALES FROM THE CRYPT: BORDELLO OF BLOOD, MONSTER HOUSE, THE REAPING, BEOWULF, MANIFEST [TV], PROJECT BLUE BOOK [TV], WHAT/IF?, MANIFEST [TV], THE WITCHES, FINCH, MANIFEST [TV]) is 74.
Robert's severely troubled movie funded by China's Alibaba Pictures that's been in Production through 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, is the Thriller STEEL SOLDIERS. As of 2025 it has moved back from Production to Development and may never be released at least, not with Robert involved. Wikipedia has now listed STEEL SOLDIERS under the page, Robert Zemeckis' unproduced projects.
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MAY 13 |
WEREWOLF OF LONDON Turns 89
Universal Picture's first Werewolf.
They went for a fuzzy Science Fiction angle over superstition and, while this dapper Werewolf is never seen drinking Pina Coladas down at Trader Vic's, his hair is indeed, Perfect! WEREWOLF OF LONDON again.
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Today marks 48 Years of THE CAR
"Okay, here's the pitch. Ready?"
"You're in my office. You got this far, yeah, get on with it."
"An evil killer car drives across America randomly killing people."
"Hm. Hmm... Okay, sure, but where's the conflict?"
"The frightened but tenacious small town cop who hunts it down."
"Hmm... Okay. JAWS, but with a car. Got it. But where's the hook? Everybody's making their JAWS. They've got bears, killer whales, mutant bears, dogs..."
"It's based on the best selling novel."
"Based on a novel?"
"Baked in, Best Selling novel audience."
"Let's do this."
The George Barris design is why this is a classic and the Concept is why its ripe for remake: THE CAR.
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FRIDAY THE 13th: Part VII - THE NEW BLOOD is 37
As the entire franchise aims only to hack and slash in one movie after the next, forever looping, it leaves a lot of Horror, Thriller, and genuine creepy as hell scares on the table. We cover the storyline often visually hinted at but never explored in screenwriter Ken "The Fan Behind The Mask" King's review of FRIDAY THE 13th Part VII: THE NEW BLOOD.
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It's Been 31 Years Since THE CROW
Because of the tragic killing on set of Brandon Lee, the screenplay needed a doctor. It had to be fixed. Changes needed to be made. Otherwise, Miramax would have to count it a loss and no one would ever see Lee's last movie.
But what they did have was gold. Brandon loved the script and loved his role. So they re-wrote James O'Barr's story with his blessing. Brandon had become his friend during the time leading up to production and during it.
O'Barr's story was a cathartic journey through hell for a real life personal tragedy involving the woman he loved. With Lee's death on set, he had to go through it all over again. The subsequent sequels made it all worse.
Now they're talking remake and fans of the original aren't happy about it, as you'd expect. But those fans of the movie never saw O'Barr's original story. Between a thoroughly reworked script and the final edit that had to put it all together and make sense of everything, O'Barr's masterwork became something else.
So before we boo remake, let's remember 1994's original THE CROW.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor, Producer, Director, Editor Bryan Coyne (SILENT NIGHT ZOMBIE NIGHT, HE, THE BLACK BOX, ORGY OF THE DAMNED, THE HUMAN RACE, INFERNAL, BAD APPLES) is 63 or something.
Look for Bryan's upcoming turn as a Writer, Director, and Producer on the 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Horror movie, UTERO, starring John Gulager (Writer and Director of FEAST) and Diane Ayala Goldner (actor FEAST).
Actor, Director, Producer Andreas Pape (MIDNIGHT'S CALLING, HUNTING CREATURES, SOUNDS OF FEAR, MUTATION 2, MUTATION 3, SPACE WOLF, BEYOND THE LIMITS, RIGOR MORTIS, SOUNDS OF FEAR, LORD OF THE UNDEAD, THE LEGEND OF MOONLIGHT MOUNTAIN, POINT OF FEAR, BARRICADE, CABLE SKID, FEARMAKERS, METAL MAN, TIMO ROSE'S BEAST, LA PETITE MORT, POPULAR, TERROR CREEK, NECRONOS, PROJECT GENESIS, LEGEND OF HELL, SAVAGE LOVE, NO MERCYNARY, BUNKER OF THE DEAD, ENEME) is 44.
Actor Robert Pattinson (HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, THE HAUNTED AIRMAN, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, TWILIGHT, TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, [ALL], COSMOPOLIS, THE ROVER, HIGH LIFE, THE LIGHTHOUSE, TENET, THE BATMAN, MICKEY 7) is 38.
Look for Robert in the upcoming 2025 Horror Thriller, DIE MY LOVE.
Actor Iwan Rheon (RESISTANCE, MISFITS [TV], GAME OF THRONES [TV], RESIDUE, MERMAID'S SONG, ALIEN INVASION: S.U.M.1, RIVIERA [TV], INHUMANS [TV], RIVIERA [TV], BARBARIANS, THE LIGHT IN THE HALL [TV], THE MAGIC FLUTE) is 38.
Look for Iwan in the 2023 Thriller, WOLF [TV].
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