Feo Amante's Horror Thriller

DEADLY BLESSING is 44

Before Wes Craven gave us A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and long before SCREAM, he was thinking about how to tone his Horror movie intensity down a notch so his movies would be more accessible and more first run theaters would show his work.

With this in mind he gave us his DEADLY BLESSING.

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THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY is 41

However, that age is in United States of America release years. It actually came out in Italy in June of 1981, predating Wes Craven's DEADLY BLESSING by a tad.

Lucio was at his prime then and THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY is full of Fulci fun!

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DISTRICT 9 Turns 16

This is a movie that's spent a long time waiting for the sequel it deserved, but never got. One of my favorite alien Horror movies of all time is DISTRICT 9, and this is why.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.

Actor Halle Berry (X-MEN, SWORDFISH, DIE ANOTHER DAY, X2, GOTHIKA, X3, PERFECT STRANGER, DARK TIDE, CLOUD ATLAS, THE CALL, X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, EXTANT [TV], KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE, JOHN WICK 3, BRUISED, MOONFALL, NEVER LET GO) is 59.
Look for Halle in the 2024 Horror Thriller, THE MOTHERSHIP. Which is CANCELLED!
Apparently its so bad that Halle Berry, Netflix, and Producers Fred Berger (LONGLEGS, THE MONKEY) and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (LONGLEGS, THE MONKEY), agreed not to release it. This would have been Matt Charman's first time as a Director of any movie or video. Ouch!
Actor Brianna Hildebrand (PRISM, DEADPOOL [all], TRAGEDY GIRLS, THE EXORCIST [TV], RUNT, THE TIME CAPSULE, LUCIFER [TV], OSIRIS) is 29.
Writer Andrew Kevin Walker (BRAINSCAN, HIDEAWAY, SE7EN, 8MM, SLEEPY HOLLOW [1999], THE WOLFMAN [2010], METALOCALYPSE: ARMY OF THE DOOMSTAR) is 63.
Look for Andrew's 2024, 2025, 2026, Horror Thriller, PSYCHO KILLER.
Writer, Director, Producer, Jim Wynorski (CHOPPING MALL, NOT OF THIS EARTH [1988], THE HAUNTING OF MORELLA, MUNCHIE, VAMPIRELLA, THE BARE WENCH PROJECT, RAPTOR, THE THING BELOW, GARGOYLE, THE WITCHES OF BREASTWICK, THE DA VINCI COED, THE BREASTFORD WIVES, HOUSE ON HOOTER HILL, CLEAVAGEFIELD, THE HILLS HAVE THIGHS, DINOCROC VS. SUPERGATOR, MONSTER CRUISE, CAMEL SPIDERS, ROAD RAIDERS, PIRANHACONDA, and so many more, Over 105 of these in all) is 71.
Jim has one of the most astounding quotes I've ever read from someone with his body of work. "I try to make things I'll enjoy seeing, because I'm going to watch these pictures for years to come and I don't want to be embarrassed."
Yes, that's really what Jim says, proving that he has a sense of humor about his cinema ovary oeuvre.

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Today Is

THE END OF OAK STREET

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FRIDAY THE 13th Part 3D Turns 44

This was the movie when Jason got his Hockey mask. That's right, you may be all about Jason, but this movie came out in 1982! That means that this is probably not your Father's Jason, more likely your then 20 year old Grandfather's Jason, and you're gonna love it because when it comes to silent hulking supernatural homicidal maniacs, Hollywood still doesn't know how to do it any better than Michael From HALLOWEEN, and Jason from FRIDAY THE 13th Part 3D!

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JASON GOES TO HELL is 33

Arguably one of the worst FRIDAY THE 13th movies had one of the best characters (I know they had to remove the F13th and rebrand it as "JASON" due to contractual shenanigans, but we all know it's still a FRIDAY THE 13th flick!) . The one actor, the one saving grace that fans liked so much they still wish he'd been kept around. And if you've seen this movie, you know exactly which character I'm talking about in FRIDAY THE 13th PART IX JASON GOES TO HELL: THE FINAL FRIDAY.

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ALIEN VS PREDATOR Turns 22

This polarizing spin-off largely divides audiences into Love it or Hate it mobs and we're on the side of Love it!

When you know why, you might even agree! Read our ALIEN VS PREDATOR movie review.

Finale -

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Writer Sean Hood (THE DARKLINGS [TV], HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION, CUBE 2: HYPERCUBE, THE CROW: WICKED PRAYER, MASTERS OF HORROR: SICK GIRL, MIDNIGHT MOVIE, CONAN THE BARBARIAN [2011], THE DORM, FREAKANGELS [TV]) is 59.
Actor Sebastian Stan (THE CONVENANT, KINGS [TV], BLACK SWAN, CAPTAIN AMERICA [all], GONE, THE APPARITION, ONCE UPON A TIME [TV], LABYRINTH [TV], AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, DESTROYER, AVENGERS: ENDGAME, WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE, THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER [TV], THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME, THE 355, FRESH, A DIFFERENT MAN, THUNDERBOLTS, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD) is 43.
Look for Sebastian in the upcoming December 18, 2026 release of AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY. And expected for February 18, 2028, BATMAN II.
Actor Jody Thompson (DEATH GAME, THE FEAR: RESURRECTION, MISSION TO MARS, HELLRAISER: HELLSEEKER, DEADLY LITTLE SECRETS, BLADE: THE SERIES [TV], THE 4400 [TV], ALIEN TRESPASS, A TRACE OF DANGER, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT: DARK DAYS, SANCTURARY [TV], R.L. STINE'S THE HAUNTING HOUR [TV], BARRICADE, HAPPY FACE KILLER, KILLER PHOTO, NUMB, MY HUSBAND'S KILLER GIRLFRIEND, FRIDAY THE 13th VENGEANCE 2: BLOODLINES) is 49.

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INTERVIEWS

Joe Mynhardt interviews E.C. McMullen Jr. in the book HORROR 201: The Silver Scream.

Matt Jarbo's interview with Feo Amante at The Zurvivalist.

James Cheetham's Q&A with Feo Amante at Unconventional Interviews *.

Megan Scudellari interviews Feo Amante and Kelly Parks (of THE SCIENCE MOMENT) in The Scientist Magazine.

Check out our interview at Science on the silver screen.

ACADEMIC REFERENCES

The Feo Amante interview with Guillermo Del Toro by contributor Nicholas Braccia is referenced in the 2014 textbook,
The Transnational Fantasies of Guillermo del Toro
by editors Ann Davies, Deborah Shaw, and Dolores Tierney
(Publisher: ‎ Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN-13: 978-1137407832)

Professor Julie Britt Selbo, Ph.D, references my review of KING KONG (1976) in her 2011 thesis at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom,
And in her 2014 text book, Film Genre for the Screenwriter
(Published by Routledge, ISBN-13: 978-1138020818)
The Constructive Use of Film Genre for the Screenwriter: Creating Film Genre's Mental Space

Anthropologist Gretchen Bakke, PhD, references my UNFAIR RACIAL CLICHE ALERT as an expert resource in her 2010 Anthropological Quarterly essay @ Johns Hopkins University,
Dead White Men: An Essay on the Changing Dynamics of Race in US Action Cinema
by Gretchen Bakke
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT., page 426.
PDF (author’s website): https://bakkeconsolidated.org/things/Dead_White_Men.pdf
PDF (author’s website at Archive.org): bakkeconsolidated.org/things/Dead_White_Men.pdf
PDF (ResearchGate): Dead White Men: An Essay on the Changing Dynamics of Race in US Action Cinema

Linguistic Anthropologist and Professor Jill Jepson references my review of HABIT in her 2008 thesis,
A Linguistic Analysis of Discourse on the Killing of Nonhuman Animals
Published in: Society and Animals 16 (2008) 127-148
(The College of St. Catherine, Saint Paul, MN), citing my review as an example of metaphorical English-language usage.

Researcher David Waldron,
Federation University, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
References my review of UNDERWORLD in the Spring 2005, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture entry, Role-Playing Games and the Christian Right: Community Formation in Response to a Moral Panic (downloadable pdf).

E.C. McMullen Jr.

Author page at Amazon (Amazon.com)
Listed at Biographies and GoodReads
Internet Movie Database resume (IMDb.com),
Stage 32 listing (stage32.com),
Listed at Academia.edu and is a
24 year member of the San Diego Comic Convention (SDCC).
Wikipedia 1, 2, 3, 4
Starbucks Cup #118
E.C. McMullen Jr. / Feo Amante is quoted throughout the Internet and print as a resource on,