OCT. 15 |
Today's October Short Film: DISGUISE
The less I say the better. Check out Tyler Czajkowski's DISGUISE.
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ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES Is 67
Which became THE GIANT LEECHES once American International Pictures secured the television syndication rights. Either way it was the same movie, although lengthened for television in order to fit a time slot peppered with commercials.
It slowly faded from audience awareness until it became public domain and the boys at MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 gave it new life by unmerdiculously mocking Producer Roger Corman's ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Grace Van Dien (THE LAST BID, PATIENT SEVEN, THE BAD TWIN, ESCAPING DAD, AWAKEN THE SHADOWMAN, V FOR VENGEANCE, STRANGER THINGS [TV], THE FIX, REDUX REDUX, THE SWALLOW) is 30.
Look for Grace in the upcoming 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, AAAH! ROACH!
Also in 2026, 2027, HALLOWEEN STORE, STROBE.
Actor Lynn Lowry (SUGAR COOKIES, THE CRAZIES [1973], SHIVERS aka THEY CAME FROM WITHIN [1974], CAT PEOPLE [1982], COMPELLING EVIDENCE, SPLATTER DISCO, BEYOND THE DUNWICH HORROR, DEAD THINGS, SCHISM, THE CRAZIES [2010], SPIRIT [2010], NEXT DOOR, THE THEATER BIZARRE, HACK JOB, I SPILL YOUR GUTS, THE HAUNTING OF WHALEY HOUSE, THE TROUBLE WITH BARRY, MONDO SACRAMENTO, OMBIS: ALIEN INVASION, TRASHTASTIC, OVULATION, TORTURE CHAMBER, MY STEPBROTHER IS A VAMPIRE?!?, THE LEGEND OF SIX FINGERS, MOSTLY DEAD, DYS-, A GRIM BECOMING, DEAD GIRLS, BLOOD BROTHERS, WHISPERS, PRETTY FINE THINGS, TERROR TALES, MODEL HUNGER, DITCH DAY MASSACRE, TRINITY [2016], ODESSEA DELLA MORTE, HELL'S KITTY, EXPOSURE, LAST AMERICAN HORROR SHOW, CYNTHIA, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS ZOMBIES, LIKE A SHADOW, THOSE WHO DESERVE TO DIE, RABID [2019], NECROPOLIS: LEGION, HEMATIC WEB, SKY SHARKS, SEASONS, SPIRIT RISER, A HARD PLACE, and way more!) is 78.
Look for Lynn in the 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, Horror movies, THE GHOST IS A LIE, THE LEGEND OF GRASSMAN, HOUSE OF TERROR, and ESSENCE.
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OCT. 14 |
Today's October Short Film: RARE EXPORTS
HALLOWEEN is around the corner, which means Christmas isn't far behind. Catching wild Santa Clauses in their natural habitat is a perilous undertaking not to be take lightly. Even more dangerous is the training period. However, if you need a genuine Santa Claus for this Christmas Season, go with the best family owned business in the world: RARE EXPORTS, INC.
The 2003 short film that became the hit 2010 Horror movie.
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Wes Craven's NEW NIGHTMARE is 32
The franchise was thoroughly butchered and there was no coming back. However, New Line was willing to throw Wes Craven a bone. By 1994, Wes Craven wasn't the same brazen guy. He was feeling self doubt over what his creation had become. New Line head, Robert Shaye, wanted the franchise to go out with a bang. Something he didn't get from FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE. Wes, of course, wanted that End-With-A-Bang, too. Due to her prominence in the series, actor Heather Langencamp wound up having a real-life stalker. Wes blamed himself. He wanted (the then wildly successful) Johnny Depp to make an appearance in the "final" NIGHTMARE movie, but was afraid to ask.
Wes and Robert Englund appeared on a talk show and he was stunned to find that his creation: a murderous pedophile of nightmares, was a hit with kids as those in the audience started chanting "Freddy! Freddy! Freddy!" as Robert walked out.
All of these anxieties and more are what he brought into Wes Craven's NEW NIGHTMARE.
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THE FOG Turns 21
Unfortunately this isn't your Grandparent's THE FOG. John Carpenter and Debra Hill's creation had a lot of problems, so you'd think a remake would fix them, but no. Read about the problems that were added to 2005's THE FOG.
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THE THING Turns 15
It's not easy making a sequel that can live up to the reputation of John Carpenter's THE THING. Unfortunately, the producers behind the 2011 prequel THE THING, didn't even try.
This was first foisted on the U.S. on this day, gradually making its way to UK.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Horror Writer Richard Christian Matheson (Books: SCARS, ZOOPRAXIS, THE RITUAL OF ILLUSION, CREATED BY, SCARS, DYSTOPIA.
Movies:
TALES FROM THE CRYPT: Split Second [TV], SOLE SURVIVOR [TV], IT WAITS, NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES: From the Stories of Stephen King - Battleground, Mick Garris' Masters Of Horror: DANCE OF THE DEAD, THE DAMNED THING [TV], SPLATTER [TV], CHEMISTRY [TV], BIG DRIVER, NIGHTMARE CINEMA) is 72.
A Final Farewell to -
Actor Udo Kier ("BURN, WITCH, BURN", FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN, BLOOD FOR DRACULA, SOME FRIES FOR WOLFMAN, SPERMULA, SUSPIRIA, DOCTEUR JEKYLL ET LES FEMMES, BLADE, END OF DAYS, MEGIDDO, FEAR DOT COM, LOVE OBJECT,
DOGVILLE, DRACULA 3000, GRINDHOUSE, Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN, METROPIA, MELANCHOLIA, IRON SKY [all], NIGHT OF THE TEMPLAR, LORDS OF SALEM, SCOOBY-DOO! MYSTERY INCORPORATED [TV], THE EDITOR, PUPPETMASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH, BACURAU, LAST MOMENT OF CLARITY, HUNTERS [TV], THE BLAZING WORLD, SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET, MY NEIGHBOR ADOLF, DARK WINDS [TV], THE SECRET AGENT, and a whole lot more) who died a month after his Birthday in November 2025. He was 80.
Look for Udo in the 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 Horror Thriller, THE ARK: AN IRON SKY STORY.
Actor Max Thieriot (NANCY DREW [2007], JUMPER, CHLOE, MY SOUL TO TAKE, DISCONNECT, HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET, BATES MOTEL [TV]) is 37.
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