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<i>A Quiet Place</i> was a big horror hit, so now Paramount wants more scary movies to strike box office gold. Enter <b><i>Crawl</i></b>, a new horror-thriller produced by <i>Evil Dead</i> filmmaker <b>Sam Raimi</b> and directed by <i>High Tension</i> director <b>Alexandre Aja</b>. The film focuses on a woman trapped in a house during a hurricane, and being forced to deal with fierce predators.<br />
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The horror business is booming, and that’s a good thing. Last year saw films like <i>Get Out</i> and <i>It</i> becoming bonafide blockbusters, and this year has seen the success of <i>A Quiet Place</i>. Paramount, who distributed <i>A Quiet Place</i>, wants more of that sweet, sweet horror success, and who can blame them? <i>The Hollywood Reporter</i> reveals that Paramount will release the “self-contained” horror film <i>Crawl</i>,
which is said to be low-budget and thus pretty much a sure-fire box
office hit if they market it right. Alexandre Aja, who directed <i>High Tension</i> and <i>The</i> <i>Hills Have Eyes</i> remake, is going to helm the film. Horror master Sam Raimi is set to produce.<br />
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The story “centers on a young woman who, while struggling to save her
father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a
flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage
and feared predators.” <i>THR</i> doesn’t say what those “savage and feared predators” are, but ComingSoon seems pretty sure we’re talking about alligators here. So there you
have: this is a movie about a woman fighting off both a hurricane <i>and</i> some alligators. And maybe some other nasty creatures, too.<br />
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<b>Shawn and Michael Rasmussen</b>, who wrote the John Carpenter film <i>The Ward</i>,
wrote the initial script for the film. Aja has since rewritten their
draft. Aja is a fairly good director when it comes to style – he often
crafts slick-yet-gritty looking films with a nasty streak. But I’m a
little so-so on his storytelling. <i>High Tension</i> was almost a great movie until an utterly ludicrous final twist destroyed everything that came before it, and his <i>Hills Have Eyes</i>
remake felt like it was ultimately missing something. But I really like
the idea behind this film – one woman facing off against the elements.
There’s a lot of room there for something great, especially if Aja can
land a particularly strong actress for the part. I also love that Sam
Raimi is involved in this, if only as a producer. Maybe someday he’ll
decide to return to horror filmmaking as well.<br />
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<i>Crawl</i> original 2019 trailer.<br />
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The toothy thriller, written by Michael and Shawn
Rasmussen, is one lean, mean machine. It
doesn’t waste much time setting up the blessedly simple physical and
psychological stakes for these characters. Physically, Dave and Haley must flee
the imminent danger before being digested and mentally, they must overcome
personal anguish over the strain of divorce in order to survive this ensuing disaster.
The filmmakers don’t over-complicate the monster-on-the-loose mayhem either,
which keeps the snappy pace moving.<br />
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Aja utilizes the widescreen format brilliantly – so much so,
if you were to watch this with the sound off, you could still follow the story.
Subject placement plays a large role as does the camerawork. He evokes the “God’s
eye” perspective to ramp up tension when an alligator pens her in the shower.
At another point, the camera takes the gator’s POV – as a loving homage to
JAWS. Plus, the filmmakers build in a nod to JURASSIC PARK.<br />
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<b>ALLIGATOR FACTS</b>:<br />
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1. <b>Alligators continue to grow throughout their lifetimes.</b><br />
<b></b>Male American alligators average 8 to 10 feet long, while females tend
to be slightly smaller. Very old males can get quite large, up to 15
feet long and weighing over 1,000 pounds.<br />
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2.<b><b> They can use tools.</b> </b><br />
American alligators have been
observed using lures to hunt birds. They balance sticks and branches on
their heads, attracting birds looking for nesting material.<br />
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3.<b> Alligators have two kinds of walks.</b><br />
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swimming, alligators walk, run, and crawl on land. They have a "high
walk" and a "low walk." The low walk is sprawling, while in the high
walk the alligator lifts its belly off the ground.<br />
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4.<b> Alligators are ecosystem engineers.</b><br />
Alligators play
an important role in their wetland ecosystems by creating small ponds
known as alligator holes. Alligator holes retain water during the dry
season and provide habitats for other animals.<br />
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5.<b> Alligators are apex predators that also eat fruit.</b><br />
Alligators are carnivorous opportunists, eating fish, amphibians,
reptiles, birds, and mammals. What they eat is largely determined by
their size. However, they were recently reported to also eat fruit such
as wild grapes, elderberries, and citrus fruits directly from trees.
Alligators may help spread the seeds of these fruits throughout their
habitats.<br />
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6.<b> Alligators are some of the most vocal reptiles.</b><br />
Alligators have a variety of different calls to declare territory,
signal distress, threaten competitors, and find mates. Although they
have no vocal cords, alligators bellow loudly by sucking air into their
lungs and blowing it out in intermittent roars. In addition to
bellowing, alligators can growl, hiss, and make a cough-like sound
called a chumpf.<br />
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7.<b> Alligator courtship is sophisticated.</b><br />
At the start
of the spring breeding season, males bellow to attract females. The
bellows have an infrasonic component that can cause the surface of the
water around the male to ripple and dance. Other courtship rituals
include head-slapping on the water's surface, snout and back rubbing,
and blowing bubbles.<br />
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8.<b> Female alligators are devoted moms.</b><br />
Female
alligators build nests made of vegetation, sticks, leaves, and mud near a
body of water. As the vegetation decays, it heats up and keeps the eggs
warm. She stays near the nest throughout the 65-day incubation period,
protecting it from intruders. When the eggs are ready to hatch, the
young alligators make high-pitched noises from inside their eggs. This
causes their mother to start digging them out of the nest and carrying
her babies down to the water in her jaws. She may protect her young for
up to a year.<br />
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9. <b>Their sex is determined by temperature.</b><br />
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temperature at which the eggs develop determines their sex. Eggs exposed
to temperatures above 93°F (34 °C) become males, while those at 86 °F
(30 °C) become females. Intermediate temperatures produce both sexes.<br />
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10.<b> Alligators are toothy.</b><br />
They have between 74 and 80
teeth in their jaws at any given time, and as teeth wear down or fall
out they are replaced. An alligator can go through over 2,000 teeth in
its lifetime.<br />
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Looking for a sign for your family pet cemetery? How about your man cave? Look no further. Here we have a <i>Pet Sematary</i> sign custom built handmade horror prop replica.<br />
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This is made from a
cedar plank. The dims are 24" x 5" x 1". It has 2 drilled eyelets in the
top to mount with the added rustic string. This is handmade, all the
details carved and cut in to age the look.<br />
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Hand stained and painted. Made to look like the sign from the 2019 remake <i>Pet Sematary</i>. These are made to order average ship time is roughly 2 days after order is placed. By Camp Horror Hound.<br />
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<i>Pet Sematary</i> is a 2019 horror film directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer and written by Jeff Buhler. It is the second adaptation of the 1983 novel of the same name by Stephen King, after the 1989 film.<i> </i><br />
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<i>Pet Sematary</i> sign will be custom built to match the pics below.<br />
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<b>Directed by</b>: Mike Marvin<br />
<b>Produced by</b>: John Kemeny<br />
<b>Written by</b>: Mike Marvin<br />
<b>Starring</b>: Charlie Sheen, Sherilyn Fenn, Nick Cassavetes, Randy Quaid<br />
<b>Music by</b>: Michael Hoenig, J. Peter Robinson<br />
<b>Cinematography</b>: Reed Smoot<br />
<b>Editing by</b>: Scott Conrad, Gary Rocklen<br />
<b>Distributed by</b>: New Century, Alliance Entertainment<br />
<b>Release dates</b>: November 21, 1986<br />
<b>Running time</b>: 93 min<br />
<b>Country</b>: United States <br />
<b>Language</b>: English<br />
<b>Budget</b>: $2.7 million<br />
<b>Box office</b>: $3.5 million ($1,402,535 US)<br />
<b>Plot</b>: After a young man is murdered by a road-racing gang of motor-heads, a
mysterious fast-driving spirit descends from the sky to take revenge.<br />
<b>Info</b>: <i>The Wraith</i> is a 1986 American independent action horror film produced by John Kemeny, written and directed by Mike Marvin, and starring Charlie Sheen, Sherilyn Fenn, Nick Cassavetes, and Randy Quaid.
The film was released theatrically on 288 screens in the U.S. by New
Century Vista Film Company (later New Century Entertainment
Corporation). <i>The Wraith</i> tells the story of an Arizona teen who mysteriously returns from the dead as a supernatural street-racer intent on taking revenge on the gang who murdered him.<br />
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<b>Production</b>: While filming a chase sequence shot on a mountainside outside of Tuscon,
a crew member was killed and another was critically injured. According
to supplementary material on the DVD a camera car was overloaded and
overturned. This was the only serious accident during the filming. <i>The Wraith</i> was shot entirely in and around Tucson, Arizona;
shots of the hilly road leading into the fictional "Brooks, AZ" were
filmed on Freeman Road on the city's south side. Keri's (Sherilyn Fenn)
home is located at 2128 East 5th Street; "Big Kay's Burgers" was a set
built especially for the film at 2755 East Benson Highway and no longer
exists.<br />
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<i>The Wraith</i> original 1986 trailer.<br />
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<b>Film Facts</b>: The black car featured in the movie was a real-life technological
wonder, the Dodge M4S. A joint effort of the Dodge Division of Chrysler
Motors and PPG Industries, one of the highly sophisticated PPG Pace Cars
for the PPG-CART Indy Car World Series. The M4S was designed and
constructed at an estimated cost of $1.1 million, and featured
performance and technology to match that lofty figure. The innovative
body design was developed in the Chrysler studios, while PPG developed
the finish - a special bronze pearl paint job formulated just for this
car. The M4S was powered by a Chrysler 2.2 liter four-cylinder
one-of-a-kind engine that exceeded 194 mph. According to Gary Hellerstein,
transportation coordinator for this film, a total of seven versions of
the M4S were needed for filming. The original, on loan from Dodge, was
used for close-ups and details. Two more "drivers", consisting of
perfectly detailed bodies on dune buggy chassis, were used for stunt
driving chores. There were four "shells", empty bodies on bare, towable
frames, that were sacrificed in various crash scenes.<br />
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The "futuristic" weapon wielded by The Wraith is a Franchi SPAS-12
shotgun, with a folding stock. It was a 12-gauge tactical shotgun made
in Italy, and has the unusual property of functioning in both pump and
semi-automatic modes. The odd hook on the weapon is for firing the
weapon one-handed with the stock extended, as it wraps around the
forearm. <br />
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Packard Walsh drove a late-1970s Chevrolet Corvette with a custom paint
job and nose clip, with the tail of an 84 Vette; Oggie drove a 1986
Dodge Daytona Turbo Z; Minty drove a 1977 Pontiac Firebird with a
highly-visible (but apparently non-functional) supercharger; Skank and
Gutterboy drove a beat-up 1966 Plymouth Barracuda; Rughead was driving a
late-70's GMC pickup. The couple who are cheated out of their car in
the first race were driving a similar Daytona Turbo Z. The police drove a
variety of mid-1980's Plymouth Caravelles and Gran Furys, as well as
early-1980's Chevrolet Malibus; Sheriff Loomis drove a "civilian"
Plymouth Caravelle.<br />
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Although listed as Plymouth Caravelles in other notes. The cop cars and
Loomis's car are Dodge 600s as Caravelles have a plain grille and 600s
have the cross-hair grille. Rugheads truck is not a Chevrolet, as noted before, but a GMC as can be seen by the GMC emblem on the grille.<br />
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The dual-sport motorcycle is a Honda XL600R. It features the renowned
600cc RFVC engine with four valves in a radial configuration. It also
has an unusual setup with dual carburators, which some say is the reason
why the bike is a pig to start lukewarm. The motorcycle in the film has
its characteristic single-cylinder thumper note dubbed with an
electronic high-revving warble.<br />
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Dedicated to the memory of Bruce Ingram, who worked on the film as an assistant cameraman. He was the single person killed when the camera car overturned.<br />
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Johnny Depp, who was then dating Sherilyn Fenn, was present during filming and was living in the film crew's hotel with Fenn. Johnny Depp was considered for the roles of Jake Kesey and Oggie.<br />
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Bears a lot of similarity in plot to a TV movie Charlie's father made in 1974 <i>The California Kid</i>. Sherilyn Fenn, Charlie Sheen and his future ex-wife Denise Richards all went on to play in different episodes of <i>Friends</i> (1994). A 16 year old Brooke Burke Charvet has a small part in the film as a waitress.<br />
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The beginning of the chase scene where Skank & Gutterboy chase Keri
Johnson & Jake on Jake's motorcycle was 500 feet (150 meters) south
of a Lindy's burgers which was showcased in <i>Man v. Food: Tucson, AZ</i> (2009).<br />
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Shot in 27 days. The movie was filmed during the American winter of January 1986. When police are chasing Packard Walsh and The Wraith at the end of the
movie, at background can be seen a rainbow. It was purely incidental.<br />
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The place where The Wraith arrives to Earth is a desert crossroad. In
several beliefs and superstitions a desert crossroad is considered a
place to meet supernatural beings, in addition to deal treats with The
Devil.<br />
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In 1987 the film was released to VHS video by Lightning Video, then on LaserDisc by Image Entertainment; it was then released in 2003 on DVD by Platinum Disc Corporation (now Echo Bridge Home Entertainment). In spite of having no special features and only being available in the pan-and-scan format, there is missing footage on the original VHS and LaserDisc releases. LionsGate released a widescreen Special Edition DVD on March 2, 2010, which included this previously missing footage.<br />
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Everyone’s favorite horror anthology is set to return in 2019 with Shudder’s new incarnation of <i>Creepshow</i>, which will see makeup master Greg Nicotero (<i>The
Walking Dead</i>) directing the premiere. Ahead of this weekend’s New York
Comic-Con, Shudder premiered the first poster that hearkens back to
the original 1982 film directed by George A. Romero. The poster is designed by artist Tim Bradstreet and Nicotero, who will
also executive-produce and supervise the show’s creative elements. His
KNB EFX Group will handle the show’s creature and makeup effects. Each episode will tell original stories and be helmed by a different filmmaker. A homage to the horror comics of the 1950s, the original <i>Creepshow</i> featured segments written by Stephen King and was directed by a fellow horror legend, George A. Romero. Some huge names will be part of Creepshow, including both Stephen King and son Joe Hill, as well as <i>Bubba Ho-Tep</i> writer Joe R. Lansdale.<b> </b><br />
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<b>Creepshow </b>will premiere on<b> Shudder</b> later this year and will feature episodes written by some of the biggest names in horror: <br />
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<li>“By the Silvery Waters of Lake Champlain” by Joe Hill (<i>NOS4A2</i>)</li>
<li>“House of the Head” by Josh Malerman (<i>Bird Box</i>)</li>
<li>“The Companion” by Joe Lansdale (<i>The Bottoms</i>)</li>
<li>“The Man in the Suitcase” by Christopher Buehlman (<i>The Lesser Dead</i>)</li>
<li>“All Hallows Eve” by Bruce Jones (<i>The Hitchhiker</i>)</li>
<li>“Night of the Paw” by John Esposito (<i>The Walking Dead: Webisodes</i>)</li>
<li>“Bad Wolf Down” by Rob Schrab (<i>Monster House</i>)</li>
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Productions, Taurus Entertainment, and Striker Entertainment. Stan Spry,
Jeff Holland, and Eric Woods are serving as executive producing along
with Greg Nicotero, Brian Witten, Robert Dudelson, James Dudel, and
Jordan Kizwani. Russell Binder and Marc Mostman are co-executive
producing for Striker Entertainment.</div>
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Universal Pictures UK has detailed its upcoming 4K Blu-ray release of Mary Lambert's film <i>Pet Sematary</i> (1989), starring Denise Crosby, Fred Gwynne, Miko Hughes, Dale Midkiff, and Blaze Berdahl. The release will be available for purchase on March 26, 2019. Mary Lambert, director of the 1989 adaptation of <i>Pet Sematary</i>, had noted late last year that she was working with Paramount to restore the film, so we assumed that a 4K Ultra HD release was coming in time for the new adaptation in April.<br />
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<b>Synopsis</b>: Dr. Louis Creed, having just moved to Maine with his wife and
two children, is heartbroken when he finds that his daughter's beloved
cat has been hit by a truck and killed. Thankfully, a strange, elderly
neighbor called Jud knows a secret that may spare the young girl's
tears. He takes the dead cat to an ancient Indian burial ground that
lies hidden in the surrounding hilltops; and when he buries the feline
there, it comes back to life a few days later. But Louis can't be
trusted with the secret, and, despite strong warnings that something
horrible will happen, he uses the power of the burial ground to bring
his son back from the dead.<br />
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Special Features and Technical Specs:<br />
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4K BLU-RAY
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<li><b>BRAND NEW 4K REMASTER OF THE FILM SUPERVISED BY DIRECTOR MARY LAMBERT</b></li>
<li><b>NEW</b> A look back at this classic with the cast and crew of 2019's <i>Pet Sematary</i></li>
<li><b>NEW</b> <i>Revisualization</i> - interview with Mary Lambert</li>
<li><b>NEW</b> three behind the scenes galleries, including never before seen storyboards</li>
<li>Director Mary Lambert shares memories of the movie</li>
<li>Fear and remembrance</li>
<li>Audio commentary by director Mary Lambert</li>
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BLU-RAY
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<li>NEW and vintage bonus features</li>
<li><i>Stephen King Territory. The characters. Filming the Horror.</i> - Featurettes</li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Here is the exciting in-depth story of a
horror classic, told by an insider. John Russo, who co-authored the
screenplay for Night of the Living Dead, also wrote the novelization and
helped produce and promote the movie. Following that early, enormous
success, he has gone on to write, produce and/or direct three more
movies and to publish eight more novels. Millions of fright fans know
him as the perpetrator of macabre creations such as Midnight,
Bloodsisters, The Awakening and Day Care. Night of the Living Dead has
been called a fluke, a classic, a gross outrageous money-grabber. It's
also been called a symbolic work laden with commentary on the pressures
and terror of a ruthless modern society. Whatever it may be, no one can
deny its rude, powerful effectiveness. To this day, it continues to draw
crowds and to scare the living daylights out of them. The Complete
Night of the Living Dead Filmbook is a gold mine full of entertaining,
enlightening anecdotes. It includes numerous photographs, many of which
have never been published before. Film fans and budding film-makers will
enjoy and appreciate this comprehensive, insightful look into the
creation of Night of the Living Dead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American
independent horror film, directed by George A. Romero, starring Duane
Jones and Judith O'Dea. It was completed on a $114,000 budget and
premiered October 1, 1968. The film became a financial success, grossing
$12 million domestically and $18 million internationally. It has been a
cult classic ever since. Night of the Living Dead was heavily
criticized at its release for its explicit gore. It eventually garnered
critical acclaim and has been selected by the Library of Congress for
preservation in the National Film Registry, as a film deemed
"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The story
follows characters Ben (Jones), Barbra (O'Dea), and five others trapped
in a rural farmhouse in Western Pennsylvania, which is attacked by a
large and growing group of unnamed "living dead" monsters drawing on
earlier depictions in popular culture of Ghoul, which has led this type
of creature to be referred to most popularly as a zombie. Night of the
Living Dead led to five subsequent films between 1978 and 2010, also
directed by Romero, and inspired two remakes, the most well-known was
released in 1990, which was directed by Tom Savini.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">In 1968, director George A. Romero
brought us Night of the Living Dead. It became the definitive horror
film of its time. Eleven years later, he would unleash the most
shocking motion picture experience for all times. As modern society
is consumed by zombie carnage, four desperate survivors barricade
themselves inside a shopping mall to battle the flesh-eating hordes
of the undead. This is the ferocious horror classic, featuring
landmark gore effects by Tom Savini, that remains one of the most
important – and most controversial – horror films in history. Lots
of "serious" types look down on zombie movies. That's a shame,
because some of them are really first-rate films. Dawn of the Dead,
the middle film of George Romero's "dead" trilogy, is a case in
point. You want zombies, we got your zombies RIGHT HERE! You want
blood? Guts? Flesh eating? Oh boy, does Dawn of the Dead ever
deliver! Then it does something really unique - it delivers drama,
engaging characters with realistic delimmas, a smartly crafted
story, and a heavy dose of dead-on social satire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Did I mention that it's just flat-out
scary as hell, too? One scene in particular, toward the beginning,
that still haunts me - twenty some-odd years after I first saw it.
The National Guard has been called in to clear a tenament building.
In the basement, they find a cage where the dead have been locked
away. The simple, unsettling music of Goblin rises on the
soundtrack, underscored by a heartbeat-like bass drum. There are the
zombies, many in death shrouds, feasting on body parts. Guardsman
Peter Washington (Ken Foree) steps into the nightmare with a pistol to
dispatch the zombies with bullets to their heads. The whole thing
takes on a surreal, hellish texture, like a Bosch painting. Foree's
performance is striking - he is truly in the moment, as they say,
without a hint of the winking self-awareness we see in other genre
flicks. If the dead really started coming back to feed on the living,
this is exactly how the world would be like. This is the toll it
would exact on people trying to grapple the situation. Dawn of the
Dead's primary filming location was at the Monroeville Mall.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">In the U.S. <i>Dawn</i> wasn’t
available for home viewing until 1983 when Thorn EMI Video released
the clamshell cased theatrical version (TV1977) in December,
borrowing the official poster book cover graphic, just adding a green
logo. It rented well and sold respectably (even at a pricey
$59.99). Along with the VHS release, Thorn EMI Video also released a
home video movie poster. The home video movie poster was sent rolled to
video rental stores in the U.S. to promote Dawn of the Dead on VHS and
Beta. Almost like the theater poster, but with a different design and
made smaller (25x33) to fit on video rental store walls. The home video
movie poster was designed by Bob Michelucci. He also played the Scope
Zombie in the movie. This poster is highly sought for by collectors;
after the intentional run on VHS, video rental stores would throw away
or send the poster back to the video company. Fortunate for you we have
one available. I'm not in no means a professional grader, but if I
where to grade this poster I would give it a high grade. Please
continue to condition.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">In 1968, director George A. Romero brought
us Night of the Living Dead. It became the definitive horror film of
its time. Eleven years later, he would unleash the most shocking
motion picture experience for all times. As modern society is consumed
by zombie carnage, four desperate survivors barricade themselves
inside a shopping mall to battle the flesh-eating hordes of the
undead. This is the ferocious horror classic, featuring landmark gore
effects by Tom Savini, that remains one of the most important – and
most controversial – horror films in history. Lots of "serious" types
look down on zombie movies. That's a shame, because some of them are
really first-rate films. Dawn of the Dead, the middle film of George
Romero's "dead" trilogy, is a case in point. You want zombies, we got
your zombies RIGHT HERE! You want blood? Guts? Flesh eating? Oh
boy, does Dawn of the Dead ever deliver! Then it does something really
unique - it delivers drama, engaging characters with realistic
delimmas, a smartly crafted story, and a heavy dose of dead-on social
satire.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Did I mention that it's just flat-out
scary as hell, too? One scene in particular, toward the beginning,
that still haunts me - twenty some-odd years after I first saw it.
The National Guard has been called in to clear a tenament building.
In the basement, they find a cage where the dead have been locked
away. The simple, unsettling music of Goblin rises on the soundtrack,
underscored by a heartbeat-like bass drum. There are the zombies,
many in death shrouds, feasting on body parts. Guardsman Peter
Washington (Ken Foree) steps into the nightmare with a pistol to
dispatch the zombies with bullets to their heads. The whole thing
takes on a surreal, hellish texture, like a Bosch painting. Foree's
performance is striking - he is truly in the moment, as they say,
without a hint of the winking self-awareness we see in other genre
flicks. If the dead really started coming back to feed on the living,
this is exactly how the world would be like. This is the toll it would
exact on people trying to grapple the situation. Dawn of the Dead's
primary filming location was at the Monroeville Mall.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">In the U.S. <i>Dawn</i> wasn’t
available for home viewing until 1983 when Thorn EMI Video released the
clamshell cased theatrical version (TV1977) in December, borrowing
the official poster book cover graphic, just adding a green logo.
Although it rented well and sold respectably (even at a pricey
$59.99) in early 1984, a small-box commercial version didn’t
arrive until summer 1987 as part of the affordable HBO/Cannon
Video reissues of early 80’s Thorn EMI videos. Another small box
edition, with a darker reprint of the packaging and no stills on
the back, came out in 1989 from HBO/Weintraub. A BETA version was
only available on Thorn EMI Video (TXB 1977) until 1986. This particular
VHS is the more sought for (1st issue original) clamshell VHS
distributed by Thorn EMI Video. Presented in Pan and Scan and with a
length of 126 minutes this version is the version that George
envisioned during the production of the film. This is what George calls
the “final version.” In my opinion this is the best version of the
film ever released. VHS comes from a private collection.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Stephen King has become one
of the most popular storytellers in the history of mankind. Now you'll
see why, in this private tour through his realm of the macabre, where
King mixes his sinister wit with some chilling surprises and startling
revelations. Then, you'll feel a nasty grin grow on your face when
horror celebrities John Carpenter, Clive Barker and Frank Darabont join
in for a tribute to horror movie previews. Included here is a
collector's portfolio of the most memorable and most outrageous horror
film promotions ever devised. Find out why horror is a necessary evil in
your life. A documentary about the works of novelist Stephen King and
his influence on popular culture and his impact on horror film and
novels. Bring Stephen King home to your screening room in this 45 minute
Front Row Video special.</span><br />
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show signs of minor shelf and storage wear. Slipcase has some light
creasing and edge wear. Edge wear notably on the bottom corners. Tape
sticker label does have some fading. Tape has been tested and inspected
for mold. This is NOT a ex-rental or cut-box. VHS comes from a
private collection. Overall great condition. Also as a bonus, your VHS
will be professionally shrinkwrapped before being shipped out, using
high-grade shrinkwrap. It secures your VHS and gives it a shiny new
look. Item will be shipped in a bubble mailer envelope. Smoke free
home. See actual scans of item. </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">I accept Paypal. Will usually ship within 1
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">She was born in Detroit... on an automobile
assembly line. But she is no ordinary automobile. Deep within her
chassis lives an unholy presence. She is Christine - a red and white
1958 Plymouth Fury whose unique standard equipment includes an evil,
indestructible vengeance that will destroy anyone in her way. She
seduces 17-year-old Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon), who becomes
consumed with passion for her sleek, rounded, chrome-laden body. She
demands his complete and unquestioned devotion and when outsiders seek
to interfere, they become the victims of Christine's horrifying wrath.
John Carpenter brings Stephen King's best-selling novel to life in this
chilling thriller. Keith Gordon (who has gone on to become a director)
gives a wonderfully controlled central performance. Carpenter's
atmospheric original score is backed up by a well-chosen collection of
rock classics, including George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone" (the
titular character's all-too-apt theme song).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">The original American VHS release by
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video for video rental in 1984 featured a
digitally recorded version of the film and was packaged in a paper cover
which featured the poster artwork. It was also a side loader, which
means the tape goes inside the box through the side instead of the
bottom. A second U.S. VHS printing, distributed by Sony Pictures, was
released in 1991 and on June 23, 1994. This is the more sought for
(1st issue original) side loader VHS distributed by RCA/Columbia
Pictures Home Video. What makes this particular VHS even more sought
for is, it is still sealed. That's right... brand new. It's actually
hard to believe this VHS has been sealed for over 30 years. On the left
side of the VHS, RCA Home Video logo is stamped/watermarked on the
plastic. The only flaw I noticed with this VHS is a tiny hole in the
plastic on the front. So, if you are like me... a diehard VHS
collector looking to replace that old worn out rental. Look no
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Horror master John Carpenter offers up a
triple treat with The Fog: Jamie Lee Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau and Janet
Leigh all in the same movie. As if that weren't enough, both John
Houseman and Hal Holbrook make appearances, each clearly enjoying the
novelty of being in a horror flick. Carpenter wrote the script with
producer Debra Hill, his collaborator on <i>Halloween</i> (1978), and
the two know their craft. It's a creepy story and a tight script, as in
their previous effort, the audience gets to know the main characters a
bit before they're put in danger. The movie also has a sly sense of
humor: <i>"Things seem to happen to me,"</i> says slasher vet Jamie Lee. <i>"I'm bad luck."</i>
Barbeau is also obviously having a great time, sinking her teeth into
her role as a frightened disc jockey watching the fog roll in from a
lighthouse. The Fog offers a few shocks and plenty of good old-fashioned
clammy chills. You'll never look at weather systems the same way again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">The Fog opens just before the centennial
celebration of the seaside town of Antonio Bay, California. One hundred
years ago, the wealthy leper Blake bought the clipper ship Elizabeth
Dane and sailed with his people to form a leper colony. However, while
sailing through a thick fog, they were deliberately misguided by a
campfire onshore, steering the course of the ship toward the light and
crashing her against the rocks. While the townsfolk prepare to
celebrate, the victims of this heinous crime that the town's founding
fathers committed rise from the sea to claim retribution. Under cover of
the fog, they carry out their vicious attacks, searching for what is
rightly theirs. Although this was essentially a low budget independent
film, John Carpenter chose to shoot the movie in anamorphic widescreen
Panavision. This decision gave the film a grander feel for the viewer so
it didn't seem like a low budget horror film. The Fog was filmed in
only 30 days.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">The original American VHS release by Embassy
Home Entertainment for video rental in 1987 featured a hi-fi/MONO
version of the film and was packaged in a paper cover which featured the
poster artwork. This release was subsequently followed by a copy which
sported the Nelson Entertainment logo on the top front cover. Later,
several bargain VHS copies was released. This is the VHS distributed by
Nelson Entertainment. What makes this particular VHS sought for is, it
is still sealed. That's right... brand new. It's hard to believe that
this VHS has been sealed for nearly 30 years. However, there is some
rattling when you shake the VHS. It could be only a loose screw or VHS
tape could be broke. I wanted to keep it sealed for collectible
purposes. On the side of the VHS, New Line Home Video logo is
stamped/watermarked on the plastic. So, if you are like me... a diehard
VHS collector looking to replace that old worn out rental. Look no
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Horror master John Carpenter (<i>Halloween, The Thing</i>)
directs this action-packed sci-fi thriller about one man's battle
against aliens who are systematically gaining control of the earth.
Rugged Roddy Piper stars as the loner who stumbles upon a terrifying
discovery: goulish creatures are masquerading as humans while they lull
the public into submission through subliminal advertising messages. Only
specially made sunglasses make the deadly truth visible. Visionary
director John Carpenter creates this world that is not unlike today's
society. Glued to the television and void of independent thought, he
shows us a human race that resembles cattle in the fields waiting for
the farmer's next decision. Suspenseful science-fiction and
heart-pounding action highlights this masterfully ironic and startling
tale co-starring Keith David and Meg Foster.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">This was a beautiful film that carries with
it a heavy burden of showing us the truth of our world. While we may
giggle and laugh at this "created" society, there are some truths to
what Carpenter is showing. He gives us warnings and answers if we
choose to listen. I was not expecting such a high caliber of emotion
to go into a film like this, and was utterly surprised by the
experience. Perhaps it is the packaging, perhaps it is because our
culture has not adapted well to the horror/sci-fi genre yet, but
everyone should experience this film once. I recommend it for anyone
that enjoyed <i>The Matrix</i> and want to see more about the structure of our society. Created well before <i>The Matrix</i>,
Carpenter uses aliens to demonstrate the power of the media and the
superpowers behind the scenes. This film carries themes that are still
relevant today.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">The original American VHS release by MCA
Home Video for video rental in 1989 featured a digitally recorded
version of the film and was packaged in a paper cover which featured
the poster artwork. A second U.S. VHS printing, distributed by
Goodtimes Video, was released on May 18, 1999. This is the more sought
for (1st issue original) VHS distributed by MCA Home Video. What makes
this particular VHS even more sought for is, it is still sealed. That's
right... brand new. However, on the right side of the VHS there is a
cut/tear through the UPC barcode. It could have been done by the store
for stock purposes. On the left side of the VHS, MCA Home Video logo is
stamped/watermarked on the plastic. So, if you are like me... a
diehard VHS collector looking to replace that old worn out rental. Look
no further. Rare!</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Meet Jerry Dandridge. He's sweet, sexy and
he likes to sleep in late. You might think he's the perfect neighbor.
But, before inviting Jerry in for a nightcap, there's just one thing
you should know. Jerry prefers his drinks warm, red and straight from
the jugular! It's Fright Night, a horrific howl starring Chris Sarandon
as the seductive vampire and William Ragsdale as the frantic teenager
struggling to keep Jerry's deadly fangs out of his neck. Only
17-year-old Charley Brewster (Ragsdale) knows Jerry's bloodcurdling
secret. When Charley can't get anybody to believe him, he turns to TV
horror host Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), who used to be the "Great
Vampire Killer" of the movies. Can these mortals save Charley and his
sweetheart Amy (Amanda Bearse) from the wrathful bloodsucker's toothy
embrace? If you love being scared, Fright Night...will give you the
nightmare of your life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Fright Night is an 80s vampire flick for the classic horror fanatic. Paying homage to such staples as <i>Dark Shadows</i> and the <i>Hammer Dracula</i>
franchise, this surprising little horror film supplies vampire lore
and cliches aplenty, put together so skillfully that the result is this
horror fan's favorite vampire indulgence. Of course, this favoritism
is in no small part due to spectacular effects and performances. The
cast seems tailor made for their roles as they play them, even if some
choices seem a bit odd superficially. Hard to imagine this vampire
pining away over the centuries for <i>Married With Children's</i> Marcy
D'Arcy, but Amanda Bearse plays the role of the teenage object of Chris
Sarandon's desires to perfection. Chris, himself, is powerfully
convincing and menacing as the hip, 80's vampire. Extremely well
adjusted to the times, too. The Peter Vincent character was named after
horror icons Peter Cushing and Vincent Price.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">I've always loved the VHS artwork to Fright
Night. I remember looking at it frequently in the video rental store.
The original American VHS release by RCA/Columbia Pictures for video
rental in 1986 featured a pan-and-scan version of the film and was
packaged in a paper cover which featured the poster artwork and sealed
with a flap. This release was subsequently followed by a bargain copy
which sported a photo of Evil Ed on the front cover. This is the more
sought for (1st issue original) VHS distributed by </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">RCA/Columbia Pictures</span>.
What makes this particular VHS even more sought for is, it is still
sealed. That's right... brand new. It's hard to believe that this VHS
has been sealed for 30 years, actually over. The RCA/Columbia Pictures
logo is stamped on the plastic on the side and back. Believe it or not.
So, if you are like me... a diehard VHS collector looking to replace
that old worn out rental. Look no further. Rare!</span></span></span><br />
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<b>Produced by</b>: Charles Gordon<br />
<b>Written by</b>: Fred Dekker<br />
<b>Starring</b>: Jason Lively, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow, Tom Atkins, Allan Kayser, Wally Taylor<br />
<b>Music by</b>: Barry De Vorzon, Stan Ridgway<br />
<b>Cinematography</b>: Robert C. New<br />
<b>Editing by</b>: Michael N. Knue<br />
<b>Distributed by</b>: TriStar Pictures, HBO/Cannon Video<br />
<b>Release dates</b>: August 22, 1986<br />
<b>Running time</b>: 88 min<br />
<b>Country</b>: United States<br />
<b>Language</b>: English<br />
<b>Budget</b>: $5 million<br />
<b>Box office</b>: $591,366<br />
<b>Plot</b>: In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.<b> </b><br />
<b>Info</b>: Night of the Creeps is a 1986 American comedy horror written and directed by Fred Dekker, starring Tom Atkins, Jason Lively, Steve Marshall and Jill Whitlow. The film is an earnest attempt at a B movie and a homage to the genre. While the main plot of the film is related to zombies, the film also mixes in takes on slashers and alien invasion films. Night of the Creeps did not perform well at the box office, but it developed a cult following.<br />
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Director Fred Dekker originally wanted to shoot the film in black and white. He included every B movie cliche he could think of and insisted on directing the script himself. The script was written in a week. Night of the Creeps was released August 22, 1986. The domestic gross was $591,366 across 70 theaters. The film was released on VHS and Laserdisc in 1986 by HBO/Cannon Video. Some of these feature the theatrical ending only. The DVD and Blu-ray was released on October 27, 2009, by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and contain the original ending along with some special features.<br />
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Though not shown theatrically upon its original release, the original ending showed Chris and Cynthia standing in front of the burning sorority house, then moved to the street where police cars race down the street. The charred and 'zombified' Cameron is shuffling down the street when he suddenly stops and falls to the ground. His head explodes and the slugs scamper out and head into a cemetery, as the spaceship from the beginning of the film has returned with the aliens intending to retrieve their experiment, proposing a sequel.<br />
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Night of the Creeps original 1986 trailer.<br />
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Unfortunately, a sequel was never made. But, however a remake is in the talks. This original ending is on the official DVD and Blu-ray release of the film, and can be seen in some television broadcast versions of the film, some US VHS copies, and on bootleg DVD copies. The soundtrack album, featuring Barry DeVorzon's score for the film (except tracks 22-26), was issued in 2009 by La-La Land Records.<br />
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<b>Reception</b>: Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 69% of 13 critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 6.5/10. Nina Darnton wrote that the film, though derivative, "shows a fair ability to create suspense, build tension and achieve respectable performances." Nigel Floyd of <i>Time Out London</i> wrote that the direction and special effects are poor, but the film is still "enjoyable enough in a ramshackle sort of way." Michael Gingold of <i>Fangoria</i> rated it 3.5/4 stars and called it "one of the year's most surprisingly entertaining fright features, one that homaged practically every subgenre imaginable, yet kept a sure hand on its tone and never descended into spoofery."<br />
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Steve Barton of <i>Dread Central</i> rated it 5/5 stars and called it "a classic in every sense of the word." Christopher Monfette of <i>IGN</i> rated it 7/10 and wrote that the film "shows its age" but is scary, gory, and has plenty of quotable lines." Nathan Rabin of <i>The A.V. Club</i> rated it C+ and wrote, "Night of the Creeps has all the ingredients of a top-notch cult movie, yet Dekker too often ends up recycling clichés rather than subverting or spoofing them." Scott Weinberg of <i>Fearnet</i> wrote that the film is not for everyone, but it is "horror nerd nirvana". Eric Profancik of <i>DVD Verdict</i> called it "a great flick that deserves its cult status".<br />
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Night of the Creeps 1986 VHS distributed by HBO/Cannon Video.<br />
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<b>Film Facts</b>: All the last names of the main characters are based on famous horror and sci-fi directors: George A. Romero (Chris Romero), John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper (James Carpenter Hooper), David Cronenberg (Cynthia Cronenberg), James Cameron (Det. Ray Cameron), John Landis (Det. Landis), Sam Raimi (Sgt. Raimi) and Steve Miner (Mr. Miner - The Janitor). The characters are homages to horror directors.<br />
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"Corman University" is a reference to director/producer Roger Corman. The "Corman Clarion" newspaper, along with the university name, is a reference to Roger Corman.<br />
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The college football team the Bulldogs was named in tribute to writer/director Fred Dekker's high school football team.<br />
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Gordon the Cat was named after film producer Gordon Carroll.<br />
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Graffiti on the wall of the men's room where J.C. is trying to escape a number of slugs reads, "Go Monster Squad!". <i>The Monster Squad</i> (1987) was also directed by Fred Dekker.<br />
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A fair share of the film was shot in an old Woolworth's department store that was converted into a makeshift studio.<br />
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Night of the Creeps 1986 VHS distributed by Mayco Har De Gode Filmene (German Release).<br />
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The tool shed sequence was filmed after principal shooting on the movie had wrapped. After a rough cut was shown to a test audience, several people thought that the picture needed more action so this particular sequence was added to the movie.<br />
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According to director Fred Dekker the prominent "Stryper Rules" graffiti visible in the bathroom scene appeared due to makeup artist Kyle Sweet's (1956-2009) relationship with future husband, 'Stryper' frontman Michael Sweet.<br />
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Tom Atkins came up with the idea to have Detective Ray Cameron stop and smell a rose in one particular scene.<br />
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Detective Cameron (Tom Atkins) says "Thrill me" 5 times. Chris says it once.<br />
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Night of the Creeps is Tom Atkins favorite movie of his own.<br />
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Jason Lively also auditioned for the role of J.C.<br />
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The characters of Chris and J.C. were also featured in an early short film made by writer/director Fred Dekker.<br />
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Night of the Creeps 'Creep/Slug' action figure by Retroband (left). Night of the Creeps comic by Beyond Horror Design (right).</div>
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The movie the house mother is watching on TV is <i>Plan 9 from Outer Space</i> (1959).</div>
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Allan Kayser had his hair dyed blonde to play Brad in the movie.</div>
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Director and writer Fred Dekker, who has had a lamentably short career as a helmer, wrote Night of the Creeps in seven days. He told himself that if he did not get to the end of the script by that self-imposed deadline, the whole thing would go into the garbage. If this is what one can come up with in such a flurry, maybe more scripts should have time limits. We should also be glad that he sold the script with a caveat: if he wasn't allowed to helm the film, he wasn't going to sell it. He's said that he didn't care if it sold or not at the time.</div>
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Why Dekker has received so little recognition and respect in the industry is difficult to say. Night of the Creeps didn't have the wide release and promotion that it deserved, especially given its $5 million budget (it's curious that TriStar didn't push more to make its money back). Both this film and Dekker's 1987 effort, <i>The Monster Squad</i>, are currently only available on bootleg DVDs in the U.S.</div>
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Night of the Creeps 1986 press promotional (left). Night of the Creeps newspaper advertisement (right).<br />
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Night of the Creeps is one of the better horror/comedies of the 1980s. The script is clever, paying homage to everything from 1950s sci-fi horror to the zombie craze started by George Romero to 1980s slasher films and even John Hughes. Just in case one couldn't catch the homage angle, Dekker has a lot of character and place names that are tributes to various genre directors. Dekker's dialogue is witty and memorable--there are a few classic diatribes in the film that would be worthwhile and a lot of fun to memorize.<br />
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Dekker's writing is self-conscious and self-mocking, predating <i>Scream</i> (1996) by 10 years (there is actually a whole class of 1980s and early 1990s flicks that were doing everything <i>Scream</i> was credited with revolutionizing). Dekker is not afraid to be joyously silly, as with genre character actor favorite Tom Atkins' response when asked if he's Detective Cameron--"No, Bozo the Clown". Dekker even gives us the 1980s high school classic of the hand-cranked middle finger.</div>
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But, Night of the Creeps isn't just a comedy. The serious horror aspects of Night of the Creeps are extremely well done. The film is suspenseful, the effects are good, and there is plenty of gore for fans. Dekker could have easily made an effective retro horror film--most of the first five minutes are set in the 1950s, shot in black and white, and have an authentic feel, with just a dash of tongue in its cheek. He smoothly transitions from <i>The Blob</i> (1958) and <i>Invasion of the Body Snatchers</i> (1956)-styled sci-fi (with heavy <i>Alien</i> (1979) touches) to early 1980s slasher material, then to a more complex and fantastic collage of zombies, slugs and detectives seeking revenge.</div>
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Night of the Creeps 1986 German original theatrical poster.<br />
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While the film isn't likely to be appreciated by those who dislike mixing their horror with comedy, and especially won't be appreciated by viewers who don't even realize that it's supposed to also be a comedy, neither type is very likely to watch it in the first place--at least not for long. For those with the appropriate mindset and love of horror (it's a lot more fun if one is familiar with everything being referenced), Night of the Creeps is a gem that deserves better recognition.<br />
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Whether you’re a seasoned zombie fan or are beginning to suffer from burn-out on Hollywood’s current monster du-jour, this one remains a gem worth checking out from the decade when teen horror ruled. Distinguished by some memorable performances and a quirky sense of humor, the film was released in 1986 to surprisingly disappointing box office returns. Written in under a week and directed by future ‘<i>Tales From The Crypt</i>’ alumnus Fred Dekker, perhaps best known for the much-loved ‘<i>Monster Squad</i>’, ‘Night Of The Creeps’ is imbued with the same kind of knowing nods to – and clear affection for – the classic chillers of the 1950′s.<br />
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From the high quality of the effects and impressive and spacious sets, it’s clear that despite its B-Movie aspirations, Night of the Creeps had a not-inconsiderable budget, which if anything makes its lack of promotion and recognition even more of a mystery. Despite never having been a big hit Night of the Creeps is a wildly entertaining ride that should find a place in the heart of any 80′s horror fan. If you loved ‘<i>Fright Night</i>’, ‘<i>Creepozoids</i>’ or ‘<i>Monster Squad</i>’ and this one has slipped by your radar, consider giving it a shot the next time you’re reaching for one of your well-worn favorites. You’ll be in for a real treat and a nostalgia trip back to the days when movie’s were all about fun.<br />
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<b>Produced by</b>: Ashok Amritraj, Howard Hurst, Torben Johnke, Sophie Hurst, Bob Clark<br />
<b>Written by</b>: Mitchell Smith<br />
<b>Screenplay</b>: Tod Hackett<br />
<b>Starring</b>: Jill Schoelen, Tom Villard, Dee Wallace Stone, Tony Roberts, Ray Walston, Derek Rydall<br />
<b>Music by</b>: Paul Zaza<br />
<b>Cinematography</b>: Ronnie Taylor<br />
<b>Editing by</b>: Stan Cole<br />
<b>Distributed by</b>: Studio Three Film Corporation, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Europa Home Vídeo e, Penthouse Films<br />
<b>Release dates</b>: February 1, 1991<br />
<b>Running time</b>: 97 min<br />
<b>Country</b>: United States<br />
<b>Language</b>: English<br />
<b>Budget</b>: Unknown<br />
<b>Box office</b>: $4,205,000<br />
<b>Plot</b>: A "Leatherface" type murderer who wears other people's faces, kills at an all-night horrorthon at an old theatre put on by a bunch of film students. Maggie, the lead character, believes it's really Lanyard Gates, a crazed film maker who killed his family live on stage, fifteen years ago. And now he's back to kill his daughter, Sara, who is believed to be really Maggie.<br />
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<b>Info</b>: Popcorn is a 1991 American horror film directed by Mark Herrier and written by Alan Ormsby. Ormsby is credited with directing all three of the main films within a film, while Herrier is credited with filming the present-day portions of the film. Popcorn was filmed entirely in Kingston, Jamaica. Alan Ormsby was originally the film's director. Ormsby was replaced by <i>Porky's</i> actor Mark Herrier a few weeks into filming. The original lead Amy O'Neill was replaced by Jill Schoelen at this time as well.<br />
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According to John Kenneth Muir, the title reflects a trend in the horror films of the 1990s. There were few colorful titles, none as flamboyant as examples of previous decades such as <i>The Last House on the Left</i> (1972), <i>The Texas Chain Saw Massacre</i> (1974), and <i>A Nightmare on Elm Street</i> (1984). Instead most film titles were generic and simple. Besides Popcorn, he cites titles such as <i>The Guardian</i> (1990), <i>The Crush</i> (1993), <i>The Temp</i> (1993), <i>Hideaway</i> (1995), and <i>Scream</i> (1996). He believes this trend was a result of the studio desire for generic, wide-appeal films.<br />
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Muir believes the film itself was part of another trend of the time. Horror films which were both postmodernist films and self-reflective. Popcorn took inspiration from the history of the horror films, from the 1950s onwards. While <i>Wes Craven's New Nightmare</i> (1994) and <i>In the Mouth of Madness</i> (1995) used metafiction as one of their themes. Muir found the films-within-a-film to be more interesting than the frame story. He found them to be a realistic homage to the low-budget horror film of the 1950s and to the gimmicks of William Castle.<br />
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Popcorn original 1991 trailer.
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<i>Mosquito</i> has similarities to the films of Jack Arnold. Nuclear weapons testing has caused desert mosquitoes to grow into giant monsters, in a plot resembling <i>Them!</i> (1954) and <i>The Deadly Mantis</i> (1957). The film includes stock characters and situations, such a dedicated lady scientist and the military insisting on using a nuclear weapon to annihilate the monster. The gimmick accompanying <i>Mosquito</i> is a life-sized version of the giant mosquito which slides down a rope above the heads of the film audience. This is a tribute to Emergo, the Castle-devised gimmick accompanying <i>House on Haunted Hill</i> (1959). The original gimmick featured a glowing skeleton sliding down a rope.<br />
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The title of <i>The Attack of the Amazing Electrified Man</i> seems to be a homage to <i>The Amazing Colossal Man</i> (1957), while the visual style of this film is similar to the works of William Cameron Menzies. It includes influences from German Expressionism, with "exaggerated shadows and menacing low-angles". The accompanying gimmick, "Shock-o-Scope", seems to be a rename of <i>Percepto</i>, the electric gimmick which accompanied <i>The Tingler</i> (1959).<br />
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The Stench is fashioned after Japanese film, imported and dubbed for the American market. Its accompanying gimmick is an obvious variation of Smell-O-Vision, the gimmick used in <i>Scent of Mystery</i> (1960). Stranger than them is the <i>Possessor</i>. It features extreme close-ups, and functions as a mix between a snuff film and a product of Psychedelia. Its protagonist Lanyard Gates has similarities to cult leader Charles Manson.<br />
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Popcorn 1991 VHS distributed by RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video.<br />
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The frame story is instead a rather typical slasher film. The killer impersonates his victims through use of masks, and his goal is the performance of a snuff-show in front of a live audience. His motivation lies in a crime of the past which scarred him for life. Maggie serves at the final girl of the film, accompanied by a heroic boyfriend. As to the identity of the killer, the film employs a suitable red herring for misdirection.<br />
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Muir observes, however, that the film does not use slasher film themselves as part of its self-reflecting depiction of the horror genre. The characters don't seem aware of the relevant tropes, nor do they seem aware of their presence in a slasher film-like situation. Unlike their counterparts in <i>Scream</i> and <i>I Know What You Did Last Summer</i> (1997).<br />
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The film includes a scene hinting at supernatural horror, which seems out-of-place in this film and is never properly explained. Suzanne, Maggie's mother, arrives at Dreamland to confront Lanyard Gates, gun in hand. As in response, the letters of the movie threater's marquee fall on the ground and in their place appears a new sign: <i>Possessor</i>. Actually no character in this film, including the killer has the ability to do something like this.<br />
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Popcorn featurette <i>Mosquito</i>. The famous blood sucking scene.<br />
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<b>Release</b>: The film was not a box office success. Popcorn was initially released on home video in June 1991. <i>Variety</i> reported in 1993 that home video sales equaled $2,043,179. Elite Entertainment released a DVD edition of Popcorn in 2001. Special features include theatrical trailers, TV spots and promotional footage. The DVD was discontinued as of January 4, 2010 and is considered OOP (out of print). A domestic Blu-ray release is planned for release through Synapse Films.<br />
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<b>Reception</b>: Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 29% of 17 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 5.4/10. John Kenneth Muir identified two distinct films in Popcorn: one is a smart, postmodern film that "self-reflexively gazes back at genre conventions and gimmickry", and the other a rather derivative revival of 1980s slashers that lacks the self-awareness and intelligence of the more postmodern half. Vincent Canby of <i>The New York Times</i> called it "the best spoof of its kind since <i>Alligator</i>." Kevin Thomas of the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> called it an "ingenious and spoofy little shocker".<br />
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Owen Gleiberman of <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> rated it B and wrote, "Though it isn't even trying to scare you, this is a very nifty black-comic horror movie, one of the rare entries in the genre with some genuine wit and affection." Richard Harrington of <i>The Washington Post</i> wrote that it "has several good ideas that, unfortunately, go unrealized." Stephen Hunter of <i>The Baltimore Sun</i> wrote, "Popcorn isn't too clever by half, but only by seven-sixteenths. It's so busy being droll and ironic it forgets to be any good."<br />
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Popcorn 1991 VHS distributed by CNR Video (German Release).<br />
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Chris Hicks of the <i>Deseret News</i> wrote, "On the whole, "Popcorn" is so amateurish in its development, with pseudo-hip dialogue that drops movie references every few lines, it winds up being neither scary nor funny." Gary Thompson of the <i>Philadelphia Daily News</i> wrote that the film spoofs were inspired, but the rest of the film is much worse. Reviewing the 2001 DVD release, Adam Tyner of <i>DVD Talk</i> called it "a wildly entertaining movie", and Patrick Naugle of <i>DVD Verdict</i> called it "a fun little flick."<br />
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<b>Film Facts</b>: The title "Popcorn" was linked to an element in the story. This element was removed before the final cut. The producers and distributor liked the title so it was kept.<br />
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This was such a box office disappointment in the United States that in many markets it bypassed first run cinemas and was booked directly into second run/discount cinemas.<br />
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First feature film for Movie Partners. Director Alan Ormsby was replaced after three weeks of principal photography by Mark Herrier.<br />
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The character of "Lanvard Gates" was very loosely inspired by eccentric Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins.<br />
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Popcorn 1991 German original theatrical poster. <br />
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After three weeks of shooting, Amy O'Neill was replaced by Jill Schoelen. Schoelen has said that she did not have much interaction with the cast since many of the scenes had already been filmed with O'Neill and in most cases just needed to make quick re-shoots with Schoelen.<br />
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The reason that the teenagers listen only to reggae music is that this film was actually shot in Jamaica.<br />
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The "Dreamland Theatre" shown in the film is actually The Ward Theatre in Kingston, Jamaica.<br />
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Some of the movies advertised in the theatre lobby are <i>The Tingler</i> (1959), <i>The Incredible Melting Man</i> (1977) and <i>Sólo con tu pareja</i> (1991).<br />
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It doesn't get much better than going to the movies. It's been one of man's favorite pass times for decades. There have even been films paying tribute to this experience, like <i>Joe Dante's Matinee</i>. Two years earlier, a low budget Horror film similar to that one was released, but flopped. There are some signs of the troubles during production, but the end result is hardly a failure. Instead, it's a fun and occasionally scary romp that pays homage to cinema.<br />
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Popcorn Fright Rags t-shirt. No longer available. <br />
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Pros: Dynamite concept. Well acted. Eerie score. Provides a few chuckles. Superb effects. Full of neat ideas. A few really chilling scenes. Quick paced.<br />
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Cons: Some of the characters are too underdeveloped. Concept not taken to full potential. Tone a tad uneven.<br />
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Final thoughts: It's a shame this film wasn't a bigger success. It's not perfect, but it is a small gem. You can tell the people in front of and behind the camera were into their jobs. Lovers of Horror and film in general should give it a shot.<br />
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My rating: 3.5/5<br />
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Released by Elite Entertainment. This DVD is considered RARE and OOP (out of print).<br />
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<b>Produced by</b>: Doug Davison, Roy Lee, Nathan Kahane<br />
<b>Written by</b>: Bryan Bertino<br />
<b>Starring</b>: Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Glenn Howerton, Gemma Ward, Laura Margolis, Kip Weeks<br />
<b>Music by</b>: Tom Hajdu, Andy Milburn<br />
<b>Cinematography</b>: Peter Sova<br />
<b>Editing by</b>: Kevin Greutert<br />
<b>Production by</b>: Vertigo Entertainment, Mandate Pictures<br />
<b>Distributed by</b>: Rogue Pictures, Intrepid Pictures<br />
<b>Release dates</b>: May 30, 2008<br />
<b>Running time</b>: 86 min<br />
<b>Country</b>: United States<br />
<b>Language</b>: English<br />
<b>Budget</b>: $9 million<br />
<b>Box office</b>: $82,391,145<br />
<b>Plot</b>: After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple find themselves in a violent struggle, in which they go beyond what either of them thought capable in order to survive.<br />
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<b>Info</b>: The Strangers is a 2008 American horror film written and directed by Bryan Bertino and starring Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Glenn Howerton, Gemma Ward, Laura Margolis and Kip Weeks. The film revolves around a young couple who are terrorized by three masked assailants, who break into the remote summer home in which they are staying and damage all means of escape.<br />
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The Strangers was made on a budget of $9 million and after two postponements was released theatrically on May 30, 2008, in North America. It grossed $82.3 million at the box office worldwide. Marketed as "inspired by true events", writer and director Bryan Bertino stated that the film was inspired by a series of break-ins that occurred in his neighborhood as a child, as well as some incidents that occurred during the Manson killings (though website iO9 submits there is lack of legitimacy towards claiming the events are inspired as true). Critical reaction to the film was mixed.<br />
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Director Bryan Bertino also wrote the film's script, which was originally titled <i>The Faces</i>.<i> </i>Bertino took a particular interest in the horror genre, noting how one can connect to an audience by scaring them. He also stated that he was significantly inspired by thriller films of the 1970s while writing the film.<br />
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The Strangers original 2008 trailer.<br />
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According to production notes, the film was inspired by true events from director Bryan Bertino's childhood: a stranger came to his home asking for someone who was not there, and Bertino later found out that empty houses in the neighborhood had been broken into that night: "As a kid, I lived in a house on a street in the middle of nowhere. One night, while our parents were out, somebody knocked on the front door and my little sister answered it. At the door were some people asking for somebody who didn't live there. We later found out that these people were knocking on doors in the area and, if no one was home, breaking into the houses".<br />
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In interviews, Bertino stated he was "very impressed" with some of the theories circulating on the Internet about the "true events" the movie is allegedly based on, but said his main inspiration was from the true crime book <i>Helter Skelter</i>; some have said that the film was also inspired by the Keddie Cabin Murders of 1981 that occurred in a small vacation community in California's Sierra Nevada. The 2006 French film entitled <i>THEM</i> is very similar in plot.<br />
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When casting the two leads in the film, Bertino sought Liv Tyler for the part of Kristen; Tyler, who had not worked for several years due to the birth of her son, read the script out of a stack of others she had been offered; "It spoke to me", she said. "I especially liked Bryan's way of saying a lot, but not saying everything. Often in movies, it's all spelled out for you, and the dialogue is very explanatory. But Bryan doesn't write like that; he writes how normal people communicate—with questions lingering. I knew it would be interesting to act that."<br />
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Early promotional posters for The Strangers.</div>
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Canadian actor Scott Speedman was cast as James, Kristen's longtime boyfriend. Speedman was also riveted by the script: "The audience actually gets time to breathe with the characters before things get scary as hell. That got me interested from the first pages", he said. In casting the three masked intruders, Bertino chose Australian fashion model Gemma Ward for the part of Dollface, feeling she had the exact "look" he had imagined. In preparing for the role, which was her first major acting part, Ward read <i>Helter Skelter</i> for inspiration. Kip Weeks was then cast as the looming Man in the Mask, and television actress Laura Margolis, who found the script to be a real "page turner", was cast in the part of Pin-Up Girl.</div>
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On a $9 million budget, filming for The Strangers began on October 10, 2006, and finished in early 2007 – the movie was filmed on location roughly ten miles outside of Florence, South Carolina, and the 2,000-square-foot (190 m2) house interior was constructed by a set crew. Though the film takes place in 2005, the house itself was deliberately constructed with an architecture reminiscent of 1970s ranch houses and dressed in furnishings applicable to the era. The property was located on the outskirts of Timmonsville, South Carolina. During production, it was reported that star Liv Tyler came down with tonsillitis due to screaming so much. Despite some weather complications, the film was largely shot in chronological order.<br />
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In late July 2007, director Bertino and stars Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman attended San Diego's annual Comic-Con event to promote the film; all three were present for a questions-and-answers panel session, as well as a screening of the film's official teaser trailer; this trailer was released on the internet several weeks later, and can be found on YouTube. It was not until March 2008 that a full-length trailer for the film was released, which can be found on Apple's QuickTime trailer gallery. The trailer originally began running in theaters attached to Rogue Pictures' sci-fi film <i>Doomsday</i> (2008) in March 2008, and television advertisements began airing on networks in early-mid April 2008 to promote the film's May release.<br />
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The Strangers promotional/press photos. The Mask (Kip Weeks), left. Dollface (Gemma Ward), right.</div>
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Two one-sheet posters for the film were released in August 2007, one showing the three masked Strangers, and the other displaying a wounded Liv Tyler. In April 2008, roughly two months before the film's official theatrical debut, the final, official one-sheet for the film was released, featuring Liv Tyler standing in a darkened kitchen with a masked man looming behind her in the shadows.</div>
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The producers originally planned for a summer release in 2007, which was eventually postponed to November 2007. It was pushed back yet one more time, and officially opened in the United States and Canada on May 30, 2008; in its opening weekend, the film grossed $20,997,985 in 2,467 theaters, ranking #3 at the box office and averaging $8,514 per theater. As of June 23, 2008 the film has grossed $52,597,610 in the U.S. alone exceeding industry estimates, and is considered a large box office success considering the production budget was a mere $9 million. The film opened in the United Kingdom later that summer on August 29, 2008, and as of September 21, 2008, had grossed £4,025,916. The overall box office return was highly successful for a horror film earning an outstanding $82.3 million at the box office worldwide. The movie received a rating of R from the MPAA.<br />
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The Strangers was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on October 21, 2008. Both the Blu-ray and DVD feature rated and unrated versions of the film, with the unrated edition running approximately two minutes longer. Bonus materials include two deleted scenes and a making-of featurette. The DVD was released in the UK on December 26, 2008. The film was available on Universal VOD (Video on Demand) from November 19, 2008 through March 31, 2009.<br />
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The Strangers promotional/press photos. Scott Speedman (left). Liv Tyler (right).<br />
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The soundtrack of this film was released on the May 27, 2008. The album consists completely of 19 scores composed by score producer tomandandy. The soundtrack was distributed by Lakeshore Records. The album was received with generally positive reviews by critics. "It's a creepy score for what appears to be a movie that will make you jump as well as make sure that the doors are locked at night," writes reviewer Jeff Swindoll. "This is an impressive score and adds a tremendous chill-factor to the film," says Zach Freeman, grading it with an A.<br />
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Rogue Pictures' producers confirmed to <i>Variety</i> that a sequel is in the works, tentatively titled <i>The Strangers: Part II</i>. The film will be written by Bryan Bertino and directed by Laurent Briet. <i>Shock Till You Drop</i> reported that Realitivity Media put <i>The Strangers: Part II</i> on hold because they found that the movie might not be in their interest, even though Universal Pictures is willing to release it. However, Rogue Pictures confirmed in January 2011 that the sequel is now in production, and was supposed to begin filming as early as April 2011.<br />
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The plot follows a family of four who have been evicted from their home due to the economy, and are paid a visit by the same three strangers from the first film. It is not known whether the sequel will receive a theatrical or a straight-to-DVD release. Liv Tyler will return as Kristen McKay while the original three masked villains are also set to return, however, in an interview Tyler had announced that she would only have a minor role. According to Liv Tyler, <i>The Strangers: Part II</i> will be released in late 2014.<br />
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<b>Film Facts</b>: The script was originally titled "The Faces."<br />
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Bryan Bertino said the film was inspired by the infamous Charles Manson murders.<br />
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The Strangers masks. The Girl (left). Dollface (right).</div>
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The Strangers masks is not produced. The picture above is custom made prop replicas. You can make your own or purchase the Emo Girl Mask through Amazon. That's the only mask we could find that looks the closest.</div>
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Arguably based on the 1981 Keddie Resort murders in northern California, although this has not been substantiated by anyone connected with the movie, with the writer claiming it is based on a childhood experience.</div>
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According to director Bryan Bertino the film is partially based on an incident he experienced as a child. One evening, a stranger came to his door, asked for someone who wasn't there, and left. Later, Bertino found out that other homes in his neighborhood had been broken into that night.<br />
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Before filming any scene after The Strangers begin terrorizing the couple, Liv Tyler would have to run laps, do jumping jacks, and other physical activities to get her out of breath. This was so she would have the panicky feeling the real life characters would have been experiencing.<br />
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During filming, in order to get an actual reaction from Liv Tyler, Bryan Bertino would tell her where to expect a loud bang from, but would then have the loud noise come from a completely different direction.<br />
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The film was shot entirely with hand-held cameras or steady cams. Every shot has some camera movement.<br />
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Many theaters across the United States were sent faulty reels of the movie, containing sound problems, which made a few minutes to several scenes of the movie filled with nothing but static. Most movie-watchers didn't even realize the sound was a problem, since the dark overtone and loud background music at some areas make the static seem like part of the movie.</div>
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The film makers tried to design the house as one that "your brother could have lived in, that you could have grown up in" in order to make the audience feel more attached to the film. The movie was not shot inside of an actual house, the interior of the home was built on a sound stage.<br />
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The exterior shots of the house were filmed at an actual farm house. The film makers were surprised to discover the property had a barn, garage, a forest and a long enough road. The film was shot in chronological order.<br />
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The song "Mama Tried", which is heard several times during the film playing on the record player, is a 1968 hit by Merle Haggard and the Strangers.<br />
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The car crash sequence was filmed in three takes.<br />
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Originally scheduled for release in summer 2007. After 2 delays, it was released May 30, 2008.<br />
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Liv Tyler suffered from tonsillitis during shooting.<br />
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Liv Tyler is Aerosmith vocalist Steven Tyler's daughter.</div>
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Mark Romanek was originally slated to direct the film.<br />
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According to Bryan Bertino and Liv Tyler, the finale had much more interaction and dialog between the victims and the strangers in the original script. It was cut to keep the intruders mysterious and eerie.<br />
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There were two special prosthetic makeups for Glenn Howerton. One of them was for fresh kill (which took 3 hours in the make-up chair), when he was shot in the face by Scott Speedman, and the other was for 1-hour-later prosthetics.<br />
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I seem to be approaching nihilist films on a streak, viewing "The Virgin Spring" recently. The Strangers has a lot of that "philosophy" crammed in. I read comments claiming the film doesn't connect us to the characters, and is crammed of every cliché to be. Oh the irony. When we see horror films, being attached to characters is a repeated figure, a screenwriter's must. Bertino does good in creating the night horror without any development, no overbearing crudeness, playing suspense and psychological terror like piano keys.<br />
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This is the approach: the strangers attack because their victims "are at home", and they do not respond to pleas, long reasonings or emotions. It's nihilism pure: they kill because they find control and domination powerful, and they don't care about consequences, moral or of any other kind. In that optic, "The Strangers" is truly scary. We are not dealing with supernatural beings, but human beings, who chose the path of downright evil and can't be convinced of not doing it. People like that may be lurking out there, and that scares most of us viewers.<br />
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<b>Produced by</b>: Andrew Lane, Wayne Crawford<br />
<b>Written by</b>: Thom Eberhardt<br />
<b>Starring</b>: Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran<br />
<b>Music by</b>: David Richard Campbell<br />
<b>Cinematography</b>: Arthur Albert<br />
<b>Editing by</b>: Fred Stafford<br />
<b>Production by</b>: Thomas Coleman and Michael Rosenblatt Productions, Film Development Fund<br />
<b>Distributed by</b>: Atlantic Releasing Corporation, CBS/FOX Video<br />
<b>Release dates</b>: November 16, 1984<br />
<b>Running time</b>: 95 min<br />
<b>Country</b>: United States<br />
<b>Language</b>: English<br />
<b>Budget</b>: $3,000,000 (estimated)<br />
<b>Box office</b>: $14,418,922 (USA)<br />
<b>Plot</b>: Two pretty high school girls (one a cheerleader!) don't like their stepmother or her new boyfriend ("Daddy would have gotten us Uzis!"). One morning, they wake up to find that everybody in Los Angeles has been turned to dust by a Comet except them, a guy who looks like Erik Estrada, some zombies and the occupants of a secret underground government installation.<br />
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<b>Info</b>: Night of the Comet is a 1984 horror/science fiction film written and directed by Thom Eberhardt and starring Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, and Kelli Maroney. The film was voted number 10 in Bloody Disgusting's Top 10 Doomsday Horror Films in 2009.<br />
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Night of the Comet was released on VHS cassette and CED Videodisc on August 30, 1985, and distributed by CBS/FOX Video. A second U.S. VHS printing, distributed by Goodtimes Video, was released on August 30, 1990. The film was officially released on Region 1 DVD on March 6, 2007, and on Region 2 DVD in the U.K. on January 18, 2010. Night of the Comet was released in a Collector's Edition on Blu-ray by Shout! Factory on November 19, 2013.<br />
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Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, gave the film an 81% based on 26 critics reviews. Variety noted that Eberhardt "creates a visually arresting B-picture in the neon-primary colors of the cult hit <i>Liquid Sky</i> as well as pointing similarities with <i>Five</i>, <i>The Day of the Triffids</i>, <i>The Omega Man</i>, <i>Dawn of the Dead</i> and <i>Last Woman on Earth</i>. They concluded "a successful pastiche of numerous science fiction films, executed with an entertaining, tongue-in-cheek flair that compensates for its absence in originality."<br />
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Night of the Comet original 1984 trailer.<br />
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A soundtrack for the film was released on vinyl LP Record and Audio Cassette from Macola Records shortly after the movie was released. The soundtrack's "Learn to Love Again", a love duet performed by Amy Holland and Chris Farren, played in the final scene in the movie and in the closing credits. Other songs include "The Whole World is Celebratin'" (also performed by Chris Farren), "Lady in Love" by Revolver, "Strong Heart" by John Townsend, "Trouble" by Skip Adams, "Living on the Edge" by Jocko Marcellino, "Virgin in Love" by Thom Pace, and "Hard Act to Follow" by Diana DeWitt.<br />
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<b>Film Facts</b>: The original working title for the film was "Teenage Mutant Horror Comet Zombies". But, at the time Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics was being produced. So, the company decided to change the title to Night of the Comet to keep from getting into legal issues.<br />
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When cheerleader Kelli Maroney (Samantha Belmont) is playing at the radio station as a disk jockey, she says that she is taking requests from "all you teenage mutant comet zombies". This was the working title of the film.<br />
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The production designer, John Muto, used what he describes a "comic book" sensibility for the film. Characters were given specific colors, with the bad guys in blues and grays and the girls in colors. Regina's colors were deeper than Sam's to reflect that Regina was more intellectual than Sam and that Sam was wackier than Regina. For example, Sam's cheerleading outfit is made in magenta and turquoise to make it really stand out.<br />
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Night of the Comet promotional/press photos. Photos by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images - © 2012 Getty Images<br />
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When her MAC-10 jams several times Sam says "See that's the problem with these things, Daddy would have gotten us UZI's" At the time the MAC-10 had an (undeserved) reputation in popular culture for jamming and the UZI had a (well deserved) reputation for reliability.<br />
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The LP that Sam tosses over her shoulder is the soundtrack to "Valley Girl", which would become, for a short time, one of the most sought-after albums of all time.<br />
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The comet passes over on Friday the 14th December 1984. When Regina is trying to convince Samantha that everyone is dead she says "It's Saturday, where are all the kids?" so the comet passed on Friday night. In the radio station the recording mentions that there are 11 more shopping days till Christmas. If they count the 24th as the last shopping day that means the comet passed on the 14th.<br />
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As Regina emerges from the movie theater the morning after the comet, a poster for <i>Death Race 2000</i> (1975) can be seen on the theater door. Mary Woronov appears in both films.<br />
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One of the posters in the projection room of the theater is for the movie "Red Dust". Everyone that was exposed to the comet directly was turned into red dust.<br />
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Night of the Comet 1990 VHS distributed by Goodtimes Video.</div>
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At the start of the movie, Regina is upset because the player "DMK" has upset her perfect list of wins on the video game in the theater lobby. The car that almost runs over Samantha at the end of the movie is driven by Danny Mason Keener. "DMK" is his license plate.</div>
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The motorcycle featured is a 1972 650cc Triumph T120 Bonneville. The Triumph is the most sought for motorcycle by History Channel's <i>American Pickers</i>.<br />
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Kelli Maroney and Catherine Mary Stewart had both previously acted in soap operas on television.<br />
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Hector was originally supposed to have a major emotional breakdown when he went back to his family's house.<br />
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The scenes of an empty Los Angeles were shot on Christmas day. The film crew shot on Christmas day because not many people would be out; spending time and staying home with their families, leaving the streets empty.<br />
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The sequence at the department store was shot at night. It was shot at Sherman Oaks Galleria. Sherman Oaks Galleria is a shopping mall and business center located in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States, at the corner of Ventura and Sepulveda Boulevards in the San Fernando Valley.<br />
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Night of the Comet promotional/press photo. © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.</div>
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Night of the Comet stars Kelli Maroney (who appeared in <i>Chopping Mall</i>). <i>Chopping Mall</i> (1986) was also filmed at Sherman Oaks Galleria.</div>
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The radio station set was built in an abandoned warehouse. Mary Woronov wrote all of her dialogue for her scene at the radio station with Robert Beltran.<br />
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Writer/director Thom Eberhardt's car can be seen at the stoplight in the montage of a desolate Los Angeles.<br />
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Thom Eberhardt while writing the script asked teenagers for their input on what they would do if they survived the end of the world.<br />
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The two police officers who are seen riding motorcycles in Samantha's nightmare were actually location cops who worked on the movie stopping traffic so filming can be done.<br />
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Catherine Mary Stewart did almost all of her own stunts except for riding the motorcycle through Los Angeles. The long shots of Stewart on the motorcycle is a stunt woman while the close-ups of Stewart were done by putting the motorcycle on top of a flatbed truck.<br />
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Kelli Maroney kept one of the two cheerleader outfits that she wore in this film.<br />
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Night of the Comet poster design by Madison Mathews.</div>
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The photos of Hector's family are actually pictures of various family members of writer/director Thom Eberhardt's wife.</div>
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Heather Langenkamp auditioned for the role of Samantha.<br />
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Chance Boyer, who plays little boy survivor Brian, is the real-life son of actress Sharon Farrell, who plays Doris in the film.<br />
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Ivan E. Roth pulled out a prop gun during his audition for the role of Willy.<br />
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Make-up artist David B. Miller had his first supervisor job on this film.<br />
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Robert Beltran initially turned down the role of Hector because he didn't want to play Hector as a typical 'Cholo' type.<br />
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Trapped in a hellish copyright limbo for over a decade, Thom Eberhardt's "Night of the Comet" is a film whose reputation is due for a serious rehabilitation. Generally--and wrongly--categorized with typical 80s teen horror films, "Comet" is in fact a smart, skillful parody of the low-budget sci-fi horror classics of the 50s, 60s and 70s--and a wry commentary on teen culture in the 1980s as well. For those familiar with the original films, the parody "clues" are all over the place--not least of which is that the early part of the film takes place in the back of LA's classically offbeat El Rey movie theatre, which is showing low-budget B horror movies. Most of the "scary" scenes are preceded (subtly or otherwise) by the famous "red light" warning used commonly in the 60s and 70s. And the apocalyptic plot, settings and dialog, especially among the scientists, are straight out of the 50s.<br />
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Catherine Mary Stewart is by far the centerpiece of the movie as Reggie, the only teenage girl in Los Angeles who's both a lowly-paid theatre usher and an expert with assault weapons. She is most definitely *not* a Valley Girl. A pre-"Voyager" Robert Beltran is Hector "date night in the barrio" Gomez, the classic b-movie hero, and far more engaging here than his stoic, dry-as-bones role for the McTrek franchise. Kelli Maroney brings the totally 80s camp value as Valley Girl Samantha, who realizes with horror that her pool of potential Izod-clad boyfriends has just shrunk dramatically. Geoffrey Lewis sheds his mostly Western image here as the deliciously megalomaniacal leader of the researchers, whose taste for superscience soon gives way to a craving for hot buttered gray matter.</div>
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Eberhardt is a canny director who doesn't miss a trick--the scares are rare, but when they come, they'll get you. The gore is minimal, but the atmosphere of malevolence gets progressively thicker until the climax. The tightrope between comedy and fright is skillfully toed--undead droog stockboys, anyone? The effects may not be the digitized visual pablum people take for granted these days, but in a way they're more engaging for their rawness. Anyone who thinks this was a low-budget movie has never tried to completely empty out downtown Los Angeles at 7 am for a film shoot. Thom Eberhardt should be hailed for his brilliantly sharp, funny script and his deft execution as director.<br />
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Veteran sci-fi/indie/horror actress Mary Woronov is "Night of the Comet"'s direct physical and spiritual link to the golden days of the genre. She's passing the baton here to a new generation of camp sci-fi/horror fans. That nobody has thus far picked up that baton is a tragedy.<br />
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To address a distressingly common misperception: the comet in question is *not* Halley's comet. Both in-film plot elements and the film's tagline suggest this comet only appeared once before, when it wiped out the dinosaurs. Halley's comet, on the other hand, has had more comebacks than Cher. "Night of the Comet" works pretty well the way a lot of people view it--as a simple 80s cheesy sci-fi comedy. But as with "Rocky Horror," if you've seen the original material it's spoofing, the results are a hundred times more rewarding.<br />
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<b>Produced by</b>: Julie Corman<br />
<b>Written by</b>: Jim Wynorski, Steve Mitchell<br />
<b>Starring</b>: Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, John Terlesky, Russell Todd, Karrie Emerson, Barbara Crampton, Suzee Slater, Nick Segal<br />
<b>Music by</b>: Chuck Cirino<br />
<b>Cinematography</b>: Tom Richmond<br />
<b>Editing by</b>: Leslie Rosenthal<br />
<b>Distributed by</b>: Concorde Pictures, Lightning Video, Vestron Video International<br />
<b>Release dates</b>: March 21, 1986<br />
<b>Running time</b>: 77 min, 95 min (original release)<br />
<b>Country</b>: United States<br />
<b>Language</b>: English<br />
<b>Budget</b>: $800,000 (estimated)<br />
<b>Box office</b>: Unknown<br />
<b>Plot</b>: A group of teenagers that work at the mall all get together for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock down before they can get out, the robot security system activates after a malfunction and goes on a killing spree. One by one the three bots try to rid the mall of the "Intruders". The only weapons the kids can use are the supplies in other stores. Or... if they can make it till morning when the mall opens back up.<br />
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<b>Info</b>: Chopping Mall is an American horror/science fiction film, produced by Julie Corman and originally released on March 21, 1986 under the title Killbots. Lionsgate released the film twice on DVD; once in 2004 with special features including a featurette, commentary, still gallery and trailer, and in 2012 as part of an 8 horror film DVD set. Upon release, the movie did poorly at the box office. It did better when it was re-released as Chopping Mall. The film is based around killer security robots taking over a shopping mall and murdering teenage employees. The term killbot is never actually mentioned during the movie.<br />
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Jim Wynorski directed the movie and wrote it with Steve Mitchell. It was filmed mostly at Sherman Oaks Galleria, with occasional set shots (e.g., the paint store). The movie starred Kelli Maroney (who appeared in <i>Night of the Comet</i> and the daytime soap opera <i>Ryan's Hope</i>) and Tony O'Dell (from the TV series <i>Head of the Class</i>). Roger Corman and his wife, Julie, produced it. Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov share a cameo as their characters from <i>Eating Raoul</i>, Paul and Mary Bland.<br />
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There are at least two different versions of the movie. The TV cut has some extra footage, like a small homage to <i>Attack of the Crab Monsters</i>, extended scenes of Ferdy and Allison watching TV, some aerial shots, and an extension of one of the Ferdy/Allison scenes. This is one of those rare times when the TV edit has more than a few extra seconds of footage over the theatrical version, but no official source offers this version.<br />
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Chopping Mall original 1986 trailer.<br />
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On the DVD commentary tracks, Wynorski and Mitchell discussed many details of making the film, including an injury that the director suffered while helping prepare a stunt sequence, their unfriendly relationship with the Galleria's security chief (and friendly one with the mall's owner), the many beautiful women who were part of the cast, and ways that they dealt with having little time or money and finished their work on time.<br />
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Julie Corman wanted to make a film about a killer in a mall and Jim Wynorski agreed to write one cheaply if he could direct. Wynorski said he was inspired by the 1954 film <i>Gog</i>; he claims he never saw the 1974 TV movie <i>Trapped</i> which some believe inspired Chopping Mall.<br />
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<b>Film Facts</b>: The movie was originally theatrically released in March 1986 under its original title, "Killbots." It performed poorly during its initial release. The producers felt the movie's title might have disinterested audiences, who might think based on the original movie poster that it was a "Transformers"-like children's cartoon instead of a violent exploitation movie. After some time, the movie was re-released on video under its new title with over 15 minutes cut.<br />
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When the stunt crew was setting up a scene involving a character being thrown to his death from the third level of the mall, director Jim Wynorski volunteered to try the stunt himself as long as they set him up from the second level. He completed it successfully but found out he'd broken a rib in the process; Wynorski did not tell anyone he had gotten hurt and no one found about it during the remaining production time.<br />
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Chopping Mall 1986 VHS distributed by Lightning Video.</div>
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The horror movie that Allison (Kelli Maroney) and Ferdy (Tony O'Dell) are watching in the furniture store is <i>Attack of the Crab Monsters</i> (1957), another Roger Corman movie.</div>
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The book Gerrit Graham's character is reading is "They Came from Outer Space" which was edited by the film's director, Jim Wynorski. One of the stories in the collection is "The Racer" which was filmed as <i>Death Race 2000</i> (1975) featuring Mary Woronov.<br />
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The film was allowed to shoot at a real California mall as long as they did not damage any facilities and had removed any traces of their presence before the mall opening time of 9AM. While the mall's head of security didn't like the filmmakers and was constantly accusing them of causing disrepair, the mall's owner was supportive of the film and made sure the production was able to complete its work on schedule.<br />
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Chopping Mall was filmed at Sherman Oaks Galleria. Sherman Oaks Galleria is a shopping mall and business center located in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States, at the corner of Ventura and Sepulveda Boulevards in the San Fernando Valley.<br />
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Chopping Mall stars Kelli Maroney (who appeared in <i>Night of the Comet</i>). <i>Night of the Comet</i> (1984) was also filmed at Sherman Oaks Galleria.<br />
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Originally theatrically released in March 1986 under Killbots. Later re-released as Chopping Mall.</div>
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The budget for the film was very limited (around $800,000 total) but the director had no problems with this, as he was happy to work on a Roger Corman film and knew beforehand that Corman always kept expenses to a minimum.</div>
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John Terlesky's character of Mike is seen chewing gum in all of his scenes. Kelli Maroney did most of her own stunts.<br />
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<i>The Lost Empire</i> (1985), is seen in the background of many shots in the restaurant.<br />
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The Killbot claws were made from plastic toy grippers adapted with electric solenoids.<br />
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Despite the iconic VHS cover and ad campaign, the mechanical claw seen gripping the bloody shopping bag never appears in the film. Similarly, there is only one actual mutilation in the film (the exploding head scene). The rest of the victims die either by having their throats slit, being electrocuted, set on fire, or falling to their deaths.<br />
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Director Jim Wynorski provided the voices of the three Protector robots.<br />
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The film's negative was tied up in legal limbo, so the Lion's Gate DVD edition of the film was mastered from a Lightning Video VHS master.<br />
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Killbots 1986 VHS distributed by Vestron Video International.</div>
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Cameo Dick Miller, the same character he played in <i>A Bucket of Blood</i> (1959), another Roger Corman production. Other cameos include: Mary Woronov, the same character she played in <i>Eating Raoul</i> (1982). Paul Bartel, the same character he played in <i>Eating Raoul</i> (1982).</div>
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Debra Blee was originally cast as Linda Stanton, but dropped out prior to the shooting of the film. Blee was subsequently replaced by Karrie Emerson.<br />
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The special effects crew actually built five remote controlled robots to serve as the Protector killbots. Three were required for the scenes of the robots together in the first half of the film, with two extras as backups in the event that the originals were damaged during any of the action sequences. In order to keep the robots looking realistic (as well as due to the film's budgetary constraints), they were constructed out of such items as wheelchair frames and pieces of conveyor belt. Excluding shooting laser beams, most of what the killbots are seen doing onscreen was the result of the effects crew operating them via remote control.<br />
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In this insignificant but nevertheless fun 80's low-budgeter, the sex-hungry teenagers for once aren't chased around by a killer wearing a ridiculous mask but by a troop of malfunctioning and heavily armed security robots! Four couples that work in various stores at the Park Plaza shopping mall secretly throw an after hours party during the same night when a lightening storm completely disorientates the 3 brand new "Protector" robots and get killed off one by one. "Chopping Mall" (how can you not love that title?) is a lot of fun to watch and it's easily Jim Wynorski's best effort out of more than 60 directed films.<br />
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Limited edition 180 gram colored vinyl of Chuck Cirino's score for the classic Jim Wynorski film Chopping Mall. This new vinyl reissue features audio remastered from the original tapes. Released in 2014 by Waxwork Records.</div>
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Despite the fact that "Chopping Mall" doesn't take itself too seriously and mainly focuses on satire, there really are some tense moments and properly mounted suspense sequences. The laser head-explosion sequence is famous and there are multiple other cheese-highlights. But what is perhaps the most surprising, are the engaging acting performances and the welcome amount of tasteful nudity. The most familiar cute face in the cast is Barbara Crampton who stars as a screaming beauty in between her two greatest films "Re-Animator" and "From Beyond". Truly ingenious are the endless references towards Roger Corman's repertoire, especially illustrated through cameos of Paul Bartel, Dick Miller and Mary Woronov. Unquestionably, "Chopping Mall" is a righteous guilty pleasure of many, many horror fans.</div>
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I never thought I would see this movie released on DVD. And if I did I would have guessed it would have been ultra bare bones. But I have to say, this release was pretty good. The movie itself is a fun, cheap 80's flick, with some better special effects than a normal movie of this caliber would have. The acting is decent. The script is campy, but fast paced enough. The characters are okay, and work well within the story, and the direction is actually pretty good, considering how cheap this movie was.</div>
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Watching this movie made me realize how different the B-Movie market was then. Now you get a movie with almost no style, and a lot of point and shoot direction. The movies now usually look like they were filmed in someone's back yard (and probably were), and had his neighbors do the acting. Then you had a movie that had decent direction, actual working actors, and some minor semblance of dignity. Over all the movie is an 7/10. It's pretty good, but needed a little work in the final act.</div>
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The disc for Chopping Mall is actually way better than the price, or cheap cover art would let on. For starters, the extras are actually decent, with an informative documentary on the making of the Killbots, which then goes in to the production on the film a bit. Why Lions Gate went and did this, I don't know, but I'm glad they did. It's a nice extra, which is informative. There is also a commentary, which I haven't listened to. But the fact that Lions Gate even bothered is a plus in there case. You also get the theatrical trailer to the film.</div>
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The picture for the disc, while somewhat soft, is very good. I mean, the movie is old, and the original prints are probably damaged, so the fact that the movie looks as good as it does is a major plus. It is full frame, but I don't think this movie was shot in Wide Screen, so nothing wrong there. The audio is very good, clear, and with almost no distortion or drop outs. It also is nice that the disc is about 14 dollars. A fairly cheap price for a very well made disc. I recommend the film, and even more now that the DVD is out, and turned out so well.</div>
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<b>Produced by</b>: Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke<br />
<b>Written by</b>: Yolanda Ramke<br />
<b>Starring</b>: Andy Rodoreda, Alison Gallagher, Ruth Venn<br />
<b>Music by</b>: Helen Grimley<br />
<b>Cinematography</b>: Daniel Foeldes<br />
<b>Editing by</b>: Shannon Longville<br />
<b>Distributed by</b>: Dreaming Tree Productions<br />
<b>Release dates</b>: February 17, 2013 (Australia), May 23, 2014 (USA)<br />
<b>Running time</b>: 7 min<br />
<b>Country</b>: Australia<br />
<b>Language</b>: English<br />
<b>Budget</b>: Unknown<br />
<b>Box office</b>: Unknown<br />
<b>Plot</b>: Stranded in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, a man sets in motion an unlikely plan to protect the precious cargo he carries: his infant daughter.<br />
<b>Info</b>: Who said you can’t try your damned hardest to be an amazing father during a zombie apocalypse? Here’s a superb short film, published on February 17, 2013, that became a finalist in Tropfest Australia 2013. The short is directed by Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke, and produced by Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke, Marcus Newman, and Daniel Foeldes. This team has formed a collective under the umbrella Dreaming Tree Productions.<br />
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We've seen angry zombies, extremely gory zombies, shuffling zombies and smart zombies. We think it's pretty safe, in fact, to say that the whole "zombie" thing has pretty much played itself out (although that probably won't stop it from shuffling along tiredly all the same). What we haven't seen a great deal of in zombies is poignancy and humanity. There's John Ajvide Lindqvist's <i>Handling the Undead</i> and perhaps <i>Shaun of the Dead</i>, just a little, at the end.<br />
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And now there's also Cargo, an Australian short film by Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke. It's not about the scares and the gore (although there is a little bit of the latter). Instead, it takes a real human dilemma and puts it smack bang in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Eschewing the exposition about how the apocalypse came about, it starts with our unnamed protagonist, who's been bitten, with a young child to somehow get to safety. His solution is both ingenious and heartbreaking, elevating zombie fiction in a way we always hoped was possible.<br />
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Above is the full Youtube video for Cargo. Keep in mind it is a 7 minute short film. Cargo is a brilliant and beautiful. My only complaint: I wished it didn't ended. I hope they turn it into a full length feature.<br />
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Cargo premiered in 2013 at the Tropfest Film Festival in Australia. Surprisingly, it didn't win any awards at the festival. Even though it deserved first place. But, Cargo was nominated for 'Best Editing in a Short Film'. Director Nicholas Clifford walked away as the winner of Tropfest 2013 for his short film <i>We’ve All Been There</i>.<br />
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It’s a phenomenon that didn’t really exist before the internet: going viral. The term has come to mean quite a few things and can be applied to all sorts of different scenarios, but in this case, we’re talking about a video that is seen by millions of people in a relatively short amount of time — a near impossibility for the average person just a decade ago. Ben Howling had this exact situation happen to him about a month ago, when the movie he co-directed with Yolanda Ramke for the Australian Tropfest Film Festival was considered a finalist and then posted online, going viral long after. It has now been viewed over 2.7 million times in just a matter of weeks.<br />
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Here's a discussion with director Ben Howling about the production and how the sudden success of the film caught the filmmakers off-guard: It was shot on Red One MX, with Zeiss CP2s. Was mostly handheld, with some Steadicam. Pre-production was messy, because Yolanda (Writer/Co-Director) and I were working interstate at the time, whilst our producer and DOP (also a producer) were doing the ground work and recces to help find locations. Landing Andy Rodoreda was a big coup for us, because he’s had some leading feature roles over here, and we didn’t think he’d be interested in a little short film concept.</div>
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When we contacted his agent, he informed us that Andy had recently stepped away from acting, but he was happy to pass on the script – and from there, Andy liked the script, and the rest was history. Everything was sorted via emails and drop box. Yolanda and I were back in Sydney 3 days before shooting. We shot it over the course of a weekend, had 2 weeks for post, which was made even tighter because it was around Christmas time, so people were flat out with end of year deadlines, and going away for Christmas. Our Composer was actually working on Christmas day for us!<br />
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From there, we entered it into Tropfest, were listed as a Finalist, had a great time but ultimately didn’t place on the night. Since then, we’ve submitted to other festivals, and been invited to screen at others. But then, out of nowhere, Cargo was picked up and screened on Buzzfeed and Sourcefednews.com, and the video took on a life of its own from there. Part of the T’s and C’s with Tropfest is that they own the rights to distribute the film as they see fit, so they put all finalists online. Ideally, if you’re submitting to other festivals, you don’t want that, but in this case, it’s worked out well for us and garnered more exposure than we would have had hope for on the festival circuit.<br />
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After the film was picked up by a number of different outlets online, it blew up. The response to Cargo has been overwhelming, to say the least. We’ve had people from major agencies and studios in the USA and UK reach out to us, and off the back of that we’re now organizing a trip to LA to meet with them. Moving forward, we’re currently developing our next short film with plans to go into production later this year, and we have a slate of feature concepts which we are also developing, with the intent to make our feature debut in the near future.</div>
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His advice to anyone releasing a film: For anyone else who is planning to release a short film in the near future, my advice would be to be prepared. Have your next project ready to go, so that if it were to start gaining viral traction, you can capitalize; whether that’s via talks with agencies and studios, or launching a kick starter campaign to fund the next project.<br />
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I think his last point is something everyone should keep in mind. You never really know if a movie you’re making will find its way onto millions of screens, so having a few projects ready to go isn’t a bad idea. I know for film festivals, if you catch the eye of a producer or agent, it can help to have other material prepared (like scripts) or at least an outline of a number of different movie ideas. Even if you release a short and it doesn’t go viral, having a strategy for getting the movie out there and getting it seen by as many people as possible is important if you want to take advantage of any possible exposure.<br />
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Editors note: I was watching a documentary on Netflix the other night called <i>Doc of the Dead</i>. It was actually a very good documentary, covering almost everything zombies. Not to be confused with the George Romero documentary, <i>Document of the Dead</i>. But, it was showing clips of different zombie movies. Most I recognized right away. Then it showed this clip that caught my attention titled <i>Cargo</i>. I was so impressed by the clip I decided to research it further. Come to find out <i>Cargo</i> was a short film that was made in 2013. This 7 minute short film made in Australia blew me away. <i>Cargo</i> was a Tropfest Australia 2013 Finalist. Cargo received a 7.7/10 rating at IMDb. The only complaint I had I wished it didn't ended and hope they turn this into a full movie. Cargo is beautiful and brilliant.</div>
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Currently at the shop, we have several props in stock. Including a life size Hellraiser Pinhead, Teddy Bear Girl Walker from AMC The Walking Dead and a couple of zombies. One of the props I like the most is a prop called 'Die Zombie Die!'. We got this prop in last year.<br />
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This prop is just absolutely amazing. A must see in person. Stands at almost 4 feet tall. Reminds me of a famous walker off The Walking Dead that goes by the name 'Bicycle Girl Zombie'.<br />
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Distortions Unlimited, featured on the hit TV series 'Making Monsters' (Travel Channel) made this amazing prop. The prop is also signed on back by Distortions Unlimited. This is a must for the die-hard collector! Distortions Unlimited is one of the premier Halloween Animatronics manufacturers in the industry. Featuring a huge selection of various Halloween Animatronics and Halloween Props, Distortions Unlimited has something for everybody, from low-budget home haunts to high-end professional Haunted Houses. Their work is top notch. They are considered the best in props.<br />
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Distortions Unlimited, known in the world of animatronics and mask makers as innovators with their impeccable design and execution. Ed Edmunds, the founder and co-owner of Distortions Unlimited Corporation, specializes in building animatronic monsters, creatures, zombies and aliens. Edmunds also constructs props, masks, set designs and haunted houses that have changed the industry across America. In Making Monsters, Edmunds and his team create some of most realistic and frightening masterpieces for events and tradeshows.<br />
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Edmunds’ fascination with popular sci-fi flicks and television began when he was a teenager living in rural Illinois. He studied Art Education at the University of Northern Colorado, and he used his artistic abilities to make and sell high-quality masks which eventually led to the creation of his company. He currently resides in Greeley, CO, with wife and co-owner of Distortions Unlimited, Marsha Taub-Edmunds.<br />
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Martha began working for Ed Edmunds in 1981 while working on her Teaching Certification in Biology at the University of Northern Colorado. She became intrigued by the creations of this booming local business and took it upon herself to learn the business, inside and out. Marsha and Ed connected through their shared artistic passion and wed in 1992; they have been running Distortions Unlimited as a team ever since. Together, the couple has spurred a revolution in America’s haunted house industry.<br />
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World-renowned designer and sculptor, Jordu Schell, assists Ed Edmunds and his Distortions Unlimited crew with sculpting their unbelievable monsters. Although Schell lives in Hollywood, he has become a dear friend and colleague of Edmunds over the years and often travels to Greeley, CO, to contribute to the Distortions Unlimited creations.</div>
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Schell became infatuated with Ed Edmunds at the age of 14 when he came across a Distortions mask at his local Halloween store. From that moment on, he knew he wanted to make monsters. Schell’s creativity led him to Hollywood, where he has contributed to award-winning films including <i>Avatar</i>, <i>300</i>, <i>Men in Black</i> and <i>Batman Returns</i>. Schell also teaches sculpting and design at his studio, Schell Sculpture Studio, in Chatsworth, CA.</div>
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The Die Zombie Die! Prop is also signed on back by Distortions Unlimited.</div>
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There is also a animated version of this prop. The animated zombie shakes, twitches and moans in pain but just won't die! Foam-filled body with metal armature and heavy duty motor. All electric. Soundtrack CD is included. You provide CD player. But, the downfall is it's more expensive. We have the regular version in stock at our shop. But, you can order the regular or animated version at Amazon.<br />
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Photo credits: Little Shop of Horrors (London, KY)Christopher Wombleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564831894110069941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715729757615684201.post-8613335058825630342014-06-12T11:10:00.000-07:002019-06-14T23:30:57.762-07:00Nightmare Factory: Dug Up Afterlife Prop (2007)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMDmRct2Bt6Ji2RgaoxV3GRB2hqZYYtXILj8JtkngGoStWVP7UiGw47PsI_rY8BSq0JlJOTi26c2PwOUGU9WhCCLSsHreGturAdLdYHD4DfWDxe5jBD_5vyUI7Fpk9Te-kBjTRvewEMy-/s1600/Dug+Up+Afterlife+(Prop,+Nightmare+Factory).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMDmRct2Bt6Ji2RgaoxV3GRB2hqZYYtXILj8JtkngGoStWVP7UiGw47PsI_rY8BSq0JlJOTi26c2PwOUGU9WhCCLSsHreGturAdLdYHD4DfWDxe5jBD_5vyUI7Fpk9Te-kBjTRvewEMy-/+Up+Afterlife+(Prop,+Nightmare+Factory).jpg" /></a>Here's another cool prop we have in stock at our shop. This prop is called 'Dug Up Afterlife'. We have had this one for a couple of years. Surprisingly, no one has purchased this prop. Which I sort of hope they don't, so I can keep it for myself. I really dig this one. I love zombies.<br />
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Seasonal Visions International's Nightmare Factory produced this prop. Sculpted by talented Mario Chiodo. This prop was produced in 2007. It is discontinued, no longer made. Good luck finding it online. I've searched all the Halloween shops, Amazon and Ebay. It was listed sold out or no longer available. There was only one listing on Ebay. It costed a arm and a leg, literally.<br />
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But, lucky for you. We have one in stock. Before anyone asks. Sorry, at the moment we don't do online ordering. We only sell out of our shop. We are a affiliate with the trusted online retailer Amazon. Unfortunately, this prop is not listed on Amazon. For more information about our shop read this post: <u><a href="http://www.littleshophorror.blogspot.com/2014/05/little-shop-of-horrors-flea-land-flea.html" target="_blank">ABOUT US</a></u>.<br />
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<b>Produced by</b>: William Peter Blatty<br />
<b>Screenplay by</b>: William Peter Blatty<br />
<b>Based on</b>: The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty<br />
<b>Starring</b>: Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller, Mercedes McCambridge<br />
<b>Music by</b>: Jack Nitzsche (additional)<br />
<b>Cinematography</b>: Owen Roizman<br />
<b>Editing by</b>: Norman Gay, Jordan Leondopoulos, Evan A. Lottman, Bud S. Smith<br />
<b>Distributed by</b>: Warner Bros.<br />
<b>Release dates</b>: December 26, 1973<br />
<b>Running time</b>: 122 min, 132 min (Director's cut)<br />
<b>Country</b>: United States<br />
<b>Language</b>: English<br />
<b>Budget</b>: $12 million<br />
<b>Box office</b>: $441,071,011<br />
<b>Plot</b>: A visiting actress in Washington, D.C., notices dramatic and dangerous changes in the behavior and physical make-up of her 12-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, a young priest at nearby Georgetown University begins to doubt his faith while dealing with his mother's terminal sickness. And, book-ending the story, a frail, elderly priest recognizes the necessity for a show-down with an old demonic enemy.<br />
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<b>Info</b>: The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted by William Peter Blatty from his 1971 novel of the same name. The book, inspired by the 1949 exorcism case of Roland Doe, deals with the demonic possession of a 12-year-old girl and her mother's desperate attempts to win back her child through an exorcism conducted by two priests.<br />
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The film features Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, Lee J. Cobb, and (in voice only) Mercedes McCambridge. It is one of a cycle of "demonic child" films produced from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, including <i>Rosemary's Baby</i> and <i>The Omen</i>.<br />
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The Exorcist was released theatrically in the United States by Warner Bros. on December 26, 1973. The film earned 10 Academy Award nominations, winning two (Best Sound Mixing and Best Adapted Screenplay), and losing Best Picture to <i>The Sting</i>. It became one of the highest-grossing films of all time, grossing over $441 million worldwide. It is also the first horror film to be nominated for Best Picture.<br />
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The Exorcist original 1973 trailer.<br />
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The original teaser trailer, which consisted of nothing but images of the white-faced demon quickly flashing in and out of darkness, was banned in many theaters, as it was deemed "too frightening".<br />
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The film has had a significant influence on popular culture. It was named the scariest film of all time by Entertainment Weekly and Movies.com and by viewers of AMC in 2006, and was No. 3 on Bravo's The 100 Scariest Movie Moments. In 2010, the Library of Congress selected the film to be preserved as part of its National Film Registry. In 2003, it was placed at No. 2 in Channel 4's The 100 Greatest Scary Moments in the United Kingdom.<br />
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Aspects of the novel were inspired by an exorcism performed on a young boy from Cottage City, Maryland, in 1949 by the Jesuit priest, Fr. William S. Bowdern, who formerly taught at both St. Louis University and St. Louis University High School. Hunkeler's Catholic family was convinced the child's aggressive behavior was attributable to demonic possession, and called upon the services of Father Walter Halloran to perform the rite of exorcism.<br />
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Although Friedkin admits he is very reluctant to speak about the factual aspects of the film, he made the film with the intention of immortalizing the events that took place in Cottage City, Maryland in 1949, and despite the relatively minor changes that were made, the film depicts everything that could be verified by those involved. It was one of three exorcisms to be sanctioned by the Catholic Church in the U.S. at that time.<br />
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The Exorcist 1973 VHS distributed by Warner Home Video.</div>
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In order to make the film, Friedkin was allowed access to the diaries of the priests involved, as well as the doctors and nurses; he also discussed the events with the boy's aunt in great detail. Friedkin doesn't believe that the "head-spinning" actually occurred, but this has been disputed. Friedkin is not a Christian of any denomination.<br />
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Although the agency representing Linda Blair did not send her for the role, Blair's mother brought her to meet with Warner Brothers's casting department and then with Friedkin. Pamelyn Ferdin, a veteran of science fiction and supernatural drama, was a candidate for the role of Regan. April Winchell was considered, until she developed Pyelonephritis, which caused her to be hospitalized and ultimately taken out of consideration. Denise Nickerson, who played Violet Beauregarde in <i>Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory</i>, was considered, but the material troubled her parents too much, and they pulled her out of consideration. Anissa Jones, known for her role as Buffy in <i>Family Affair</i>, auditioned for the role, but she too was rejected, for much the same reason as Ferdin. The part went instead to Blair, a relative unknown except for a role in <i>The Way We Live Now</i>.<br />
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Friedkin originally intended to use Blair's voice, electronically deepened and roughened, for the demon's dialogue. Although Friedkin felt this worked fine in some places, he felt scenes with the demon confronting the two priests lacked the dramatic power required and selected legendary radio actress Mercedes McCambridge, an experienced voice actress, to provide the demon's voice. After filming, Warner Brothers attempted to conceal McCambridge's participation, which led to a lawsuit from McCambridge and opened a grudge between her and Friedkin.<br />
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The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. 1971 hardback 1st edition (left) and 1974 paperback (right).<br />
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The studio wanted Marlon Brando for the role of Father Lankester Merrin. Friedkin immediately vetoed this by stating it would become a "Brando movie." Jack Nicholson was up for the part of Karras before Stacy Keach was hired by Blatty. Friedkin then spotted Miller following a performance of Miller's play <i>That Championship Season</i> in New York. Even though Miller had never acted in a film, Keach's contract was bought out by Warner Brothers, and Miller was signed. Jane Fonda, Audrey Hepburn and Anne Bancroft were under consideration for the role of Chris. Ellen Burstyn received the part after she phoned Friedkin and emphatically stated she was going to play Chris.<br />
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Warner had approached Arthur Penn (who was teaching at Yale), Peter Bogdanovich (who wanted to pursue other projects, subsequently regretting the decision), and Mike Nichols (who did not want to shoot a film so dependent on a child's performance) and John Boorman—who would direct the second film—said he did not want to direct it because it was "cruel towards children". Originally Mark Rydell was hired to direct, but William Peter Blatty insisted on Friedkin instead, because he wanted his film to have the same energy as Friedkin's previous film, <i>The French Connection</i>. After a standoff with the studio, which initially refused to budge over Rydell, Blatty eventually got his way. Stanley Kubrick was offered the film (and later on its first sequel) but declined. Production of The Exorcist began on August 14, 1972, and though it was only supposed to last 85 days, it lasted for 224.<br />
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Friedkin went to some extraordinary lengths, reminiscent of some directors from the old Hollywood directing style, manipulating the actors, to get the genuine reactions he wanted. Yanked violently around in harnesses, both Blair and Burstyn suffered back injuries and their painful screams went right into the film. Burstyn injured her back after landing on her coccyx when a stuntman jerked her via cable during the scene when Regan slaps her mother. According to the documentary <i>Fear of God: The Making of the Exorcist</i>, however, the injury did not cause permanent damage, although Burstyn was upset the shot of her screaming in pain was used in the film.<br />
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After asking Reverend William O'Malley if he trusted him and being told yes, Friedkin slapped him hard across the face before a take to generate a deeply solemn reaction that was used in the film, as a very emotional Father Dyer read last rites to Father Karras; this offended the many Catholic crew members on the set. He also fired a gun without warning on the set to elicit shock from Jason Miller for a take, and only told Miller that pea soup would hit him in the chest rather than the face concerning the projectile-vomiting scene, resulting in his disgusted reaction. Lastly, he had Regan's bedroom set built inside a freezer so that the actors' breath could be visible on camera, which required the crew to wear parkas and other cold-weather gear.</div>
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The film's opening sequence was filmed in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, near the Syrian border. The people of Sinjar are mostly Kurdish members of the ancient Yezidi sect, which reveres Melek Taus. Outsiders often equate Melek Taus with the Devil, though this benevolent being has little in common with the Islamic and Christian Satan. The archaeological dig site seen at the film's beginning is the actual site of ancient Hatra in Nineveh Province.<br />
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The "Exorcist steps", stone steps at the end of M Street in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. were padded with 1/2"-thick rubber to film the death of Karras. The stuntman tumbled down the stairs twice. Georgetown University students charged people around $5 each to watch the stunt from the rooftops.<br />
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The MacNeil residence interiors were filmed at CECO Studios in Manhattan. The bedroom set had to be refrigerated to capture the authentic icy breath of the actors in the exorcizing scenes, while the bedroom scenes along with many other scenes were filmed in the basement of Fordham University in New York. The temperature was brought so low that a thin layer of snow fell onto the set one morning. Blair, who was only in a thin nightgown, says to this day she cannot stand being cold. Exteriors of the MacNeill house were filmed at 36th and Prospect in Washington, using a family home and a false wall to convey the home's thrust toward the steps. In fact, both then and now, a garden sits atop the embankment between the steps and the home.<br />
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Curtis Reynolds's The Exorcist leg tattoo. Tattoo by Clint Lewis R.I.P. 1973-2012 (London, KY).<br />
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The scenes involving Regan's medical tests were filmed at New York University Medical Center and were performed by actual medical staff which normally carry out the procedures shown. In the film Regan first undergoes an early type of cerebral angiography, then (when the results come back negative) a pneumoencephalography – two painful diagnostic tests nowadays obsoleted by far less invasive neuroimaging studies using modern CT or MRI scanners. As was the common practice in those days, the angiography was performed by direct puncture of the carotid artery resulting in blood squirting that caused some movie viewers to faint. The follow-on procedure, pneumoencephalography, though routinely performed through the 1970s, was very taxing on patients and sometimes required months of recuperation. In the film Regan is shown to be in great distress while undergoing it, as actual patients often were. Consequently, Chris MacNeil experiences a breakdown when the doctors suggest it be attempted as the other tests failed to locate a brain lesion they are certain would be found.<br />
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The interior of Karras' room at Georgetown was a meticulous reconstruction of Theology professor Father Thomas M. King, S.J.'s "corridor Jesuit" room in New North Hall. Fr. King's room was photographed by production staff after a visit by Blatty, a Georgetown graduate, and Friedkin. Upon returning to New York, every element of King's room, including posters and books, was recreated for the set, including a poster of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., a paleontologist on whom the character of Fr. Merrin was loosely based. Georgetown was paid $1,000 per day of filming, which included both exteriors, such as Burstyn's first scene, shot on the steps of the Flemish Romanesque Healy Hall, and interiors, such as the defilement of the statue of the Virgin Mary in Dahlgren Chapel, or the Archbishop's office, which is actually the office of the president of the university. One scene was filmed in The Tombs, a student hangout across from the steps that was founded by a Blatty classmate. The motion picture <i>St. Elmo's Fire</i> includes scenes filmed at The Tombs.<br />
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The Exorcist 'Regan Possessed' deluxe box set (left) and 'Regan (Spider-Walk)' action figure (right) by NECA.<br />
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The Exorcist contained a number of special effects, engineered by makeup artist Dick Smith. In one scene from the film, Max von Sydow is actually wearing more makeup than the possessed girl (Linda Blair). This was because director Friedkin wanted some very detailed facial close-ups. When this film was made, von Sydow was 44, though he was made up to look 74. Alan McKenzie stated in his book Hollywood Tricks of the Trade that the fact "that audiences didn't realize von Sydow was wearing makeup at all is a tribute to the skills of veteran makeup artist Dick Smith."<br />
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Contortionist Linda R. Hager performed the infamous spider-walk scene on April 11, 1973. Director Friedkin deleted this scene just prior to the December 26, 1973 premiere because it was technically ineffective due to the visible wires suspending Hager in a backward-arched position as she descends the stairs. According to Friedkin, "I cut it when the film was first released because this was one of those effects that did not work as well as others, and I was only able to save it for the re-release with the help of computer graphic imagery." Additionally, Friedkin considered that the spider-walk scene appeared too early in the film's plot and removed it despite screenplay writer William Peter Blatty's request that the scene remain. In the book, the spider-walk is very quiet, and consists of Regan following Sharon around and occasionally licking her ankle.<br />
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In 1998, Warner re-released the digitally remastered DVD of The Exorcist: 25th Anniversary Special Edition. The DVD includes the BBC documentary, <i>The Fear of God: The Making of The Exorcist</i>, highlighting the never-before-seen original non-bloody variant of the spider-walk scene. To appease the screenwriter and some fans of The Exorcist, Friedkin worked with CGI artists to digitally remove the wires holding Hager. The director reinstated the bloody variant of the spider-walk scene for the 2000 theatrically re-released version of The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen. In October 2010, Warner released The Exorcist (Extended Director's Cut & Original Theatrical Edition) on Blu-ray, including the behind-the-scenes filming of the spider-walk scene.<br />
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The Exorcist 1973 premier at the Rendevous Jewelbox Theatre in Seattle, WA.</div>
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The film earned $66.3 million in distributors' domestic (US/CAN) rentals during its theatrical release in 1974, becoming the second most popular film of that year (trailing <i>The Sting</i>). After several reissues, the film eventually grossed $232,671,011 in North America, which if adjusted for inflation, would be the ninth highest-grossing film of all time and the top-grossing R-rated film of all time. To date, it has a total gross of $441,071,011 worldwide.</div>
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Roger Ebert, while praising the film, believed the special effects to be so unusually graphic he wrote, "That it received an R rating and not the X is stupefying." Theaters provided "Exorcist barf bags".<br />
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The Exorcist was also at the center of controversy due to its alleged use of subliminal imagery. Wilson Bryan Key wrote a whole chapter on the film in his book Media Sexploitation alleging multiple uses of subliminal and semi-subliminal imagery and sound effects. Key observed the use of the Pazuzu face (in which Key mistakenly assumed it was Jason Miller made up in a death mask makeup) and claimed that the safety padding on the bedposts were shaped to cast phallic shadows on the wall and that a skull face is superimposed into one of Father Merrin's breath clouds.<br />
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Key also wrote much about the sound design, identifying the use of pig squeals, for instance, and elaborating on his opinion of the subliminal intent of it all. A detailed article in the July/August 1991 issue of Video Watchdog examined the phenomenon, providing still frames identifying several usages of subliminal "flashing" throughout the film. In an interview from the same issue, Friedkin explained, "I saw subliminal cuts in a number of films before I ever put them in The Exorcist, and I thought it was a very effective storytelling device... The subliminal editing in The Exorcist was done for dramatic effect—to create, achieve, and sustain a kind of dreamlike state."<br />
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In August of 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that obscene content was not protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution and went on to define obscenity. This ruling gave states more power to bring cases against what the community felt was "obscene." After the film's release in December of 1973, a case was brought against film distributors in Boston siting a new obscenity ruling; the case sought to ban The Exorcist in Boston. Although the judge's ruling stated that "it does not meet the guidelines of obscenity as laid down by the United States Supreme Court" and the case was dismissed, the field was open for additional lawsuits. Soon after, the Division of Film and Broadcasting for the U.S. Catholic Conference rated the film A-IV, morally objectionable. They condemned the MPAA for giving the film an 'R' rating. Finally, in Washington DC, community action achieved a success.</div>
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On New Year's Day of 1974, the U.S. District Attorney's Office ruled to ban the film's ticket sales to anyone under 17 and warned theaters that arrests would be made for any violations of this ban. Luckily for the film, produced by the author William Blatty, the 'R' rating stuck and The Exorcist became one of most talked-about films and biggest money maker in film history.<br />
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The religious nature of the film was also very divisive, and a release date one day after Christmas heightened reactions. Billy Graham claimed that the film itself was possessed, while the Catholic Church called the film “deeply spiritual.” Religious controversy is always fodder for the media, and Walter Cronkite devoted 10 minutes of his nightly news broadcast to covering the reception to the film. This is another example of how the film changed cinema and how movies are promoted: The Exorcist became a cultural phenomenon that people were eager to experience so they could join the conversation about, and Hollywood studios learned that controversy was something to embrace rather than run from.<br />
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The enduring legacy of The Exorcist is that audiences want to be terrified, and that filmmakers can achieve spectacular results when they step away from the safety of the tried and true. Horror films have become the testing ground for new ideas, often taking cinema in completely different directions. Without the success of The Exorcist, studio executives may not have been willing to back the wide release of <i>The Blair Witch Project</i> in 1999. That film went on to turn a $25,000 production budget into a $248 million box office return and pioneer the new found footage genre.<br />
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The Exorcist promotional press photo. Linda Blair was 13 years old when The Exorcist was filmed.</div>
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However, these quick, scary flashes have been labeled "[not] truly subliminal" and "quasi-" or "semi-subliminal". True subliminal imagery must be, by definition, below the threshold of awareness. In an interview in a 1999 book about the film, The Exorcist author Blatty addressed the controversy by explaining that, "There are no subliminal images. If you can see it, it's not subliminal."</div>
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The Exorcist was nominated for ten total Academy Awards in 1973, winning two. It is the first horror film to be nominated for Best Picture. At the 46th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, the film won two statuettes.<br />
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<b>Film Facts</b>: Due to death threats against Linda Blair from religious zealots who believed the film "glorified Satan", Warner Bros. had bodyguards protecting her for six months after the film's release.<br />
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Father Dyer is played by William O'Malley, an actual priest who still teaches to this day at Fordham University.<br />
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On the first day of filming the exorcism sequence, Linda Blair's delivery of her foul-mouthed dialogue so disturbed the gentlemanly Max von Sydow that he actually forgot his lines.<br />
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Upon its initial theatrical release the film affected many audiences so strongly that at many theaters, paramedics were called to treat people who fainted and others who went into hysterics.<br />
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The Exorcist promotional press photo. The infamous levitation scene.</div>
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In <i>A Decade Under the Influence</i> (2003), William Friedkin talks about the original poster that the studio created for the film. It was a drawing of Regan's hand holding the bloody crucifix that she masturbates with. The original tag line was "God help this girl". Friedkin rejected the poster, stating that the word "God" should not be used in a movie tag line.</div>
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One of the most famous scenes in the movie and the shot used for the posters and the cover of the DVD/VHS releases was inspired by the 1954 painting "Empire of Light" ("L'Empire des lumières") by René Magritte. It is the scene where Fr. Merrin steps out of a cab and stands in front of the MacNeil residence bathed in an eerie glow.<br />
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In the scene in the language lab, a white banner is visible with the following letters TASUKETE written in red. TASUKETE means "Help me" in Japanese.<br />
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Director William Friedkin eventually asked technical advisor Thomas Bermingham to exorcise the set. He refused, saying an exorcism might increase anxiety. Rev. Bermingham wound up visiting the set and gave a blessing and talk to reassure the cast and crew.<br />
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There are tales about ominous events surrounding the year-long shoot, including the deaths of nine people associated with the production and stories about a mysterious fire that destroyed the set one weekend. Actors Jack MacGowran and Vasiliki Maliaros died before the film was released.<br />
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Author William Peter Blatty once won $10,000 on the Groucho Marx show <i>You Bet Your Life</i> (1950). When Groucho asked what he planned to do with the money, he said he planned to take some time off to "work on a novel." This was the result.<br />
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Turning Linda Blair into 'Possessed' Regan. Before and after makeup.<br />
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Ever since Thomas Edison Studios produced the first <i>Frankenstein</i> film in 1910, movie makeup artists have been shaping the faces of Hollywood monsters. As one of the grand masters of this bizarre art, Dick Smith has thrilled audiences and inspired colleagues with his innovative makeup techniques for more than half a century. Recently turned 85 and retired in Connecticut, Smith has had a career as legendary as the work he created.
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Richard Emerson "Dick" Smith (born June 26, 1922) is an American special effects make-up artist (nicknamed "The Godfather of Make-Up") known for his work on such films as <i>Little Big Man</i>, <i>The Godfather</i>, <i>The Exorcist</i>, <i>Taxi Driver</i>, and <i>Scanners</i>. He won a 1985 Academy Award for Makeup for his work on <i>Amadeus</i> and a 2012 Honorary Academy Award for his career's work.</div>
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"'The Exorcist' was really a turning point for makeup special effects," Baker says. "Dick showed that makeup wasn't just about making people look scary or old, but had many applications. He figured out a way to make the welts swell up on Linda's stomach, to make her head spin around, and he created the vomit scenes."</div>
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According to William Peter Blatty, Warner Bros. wanted to change the title of the film after taking a survey which found none of the participants knew what an exorcist was.</div>
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A filmgoer who saw the movie in 1974 during its original release fainted and broke his jaw on the seat in front of him. He then sued Warner Brothers and the filmmakers, claiming that the use of subliminal imagery in the film had caused him to pass out. The studio settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.<br />
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Ellen Burstyn agreed to doing the movie only if her character didn't have to say the scripted line: "I believe in the devil!" The producers agreed to eliminate the utterance.<br />
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When originally released in the UK a number of town councils imposed a complete ban on the showing of the film. This led to the bizarre spectacle of "Exorcist Bus Trips" where enterprising travel companies organized buses to take groups to the nearest town where the film was showing.</div>
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During the scene where Father Karras visits Chris MacNeil as she's ironing, the infamous Ivory Snow box featuring porn star Marilyn Chambers can be clearly seen in the background.</div>
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Christian evangelist Billy Graham claimed an actual demon was living in the celluloid reels of this movie.</div>
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William O'Malley refers to this movie to students as the "pornographic horror film" he once did.</div>
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Upon its 1973 release in the Middle East, the film was shown only in Lebanon while in the rest of the Middle East, the film was banned. On its re release, the film got banned throughout the whole Middle East including Lebanon.</div>
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To entertain and distract Linda Blair during the long makeup process she had to sit through, the crew set up a television near her makeup chair so she could watch <i>The Beverly Hillbillies</i> (1962).</div>
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The entire exorcism scene, from start to end, lasts 9 minutes. The sound of the demon leaving Regan's body is actually the sound of pigs being herded for slaughter.</div>
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<b>Produced by</b>: Irwin Yablans, Bruce Cohn Curtis<br />
<b>Written by</b>: Randy Feldman<br />
<b>Starring</b>: Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Peter Barton<br />
<b>Music by</b>: Dan Wyman<br />
<b>Cinematography</b>: Mac Ahlberg<br />
<b>Editing by</b>: Anthony DiMarco<br />
<b>Distributed by</b>: Compass International Pictures, Media Home Entertainment, Anchor Bay Entertainment<br />
<b>Release dates</b>: August 28, 1981<br />
<b>Running time</b>: 101 min<br />
<b>Country</b>: United States<br />
<b>Language</b>: English<br />
<b>Budget</b>: Unknown<br />
<b>Box office</b>: Unknown<br />
<b>Plot</b>: Before being able to join Alpha Sigma Rho fraternity and its sister sorority, four pledges must spend the night in Garth Manor, twelve years to the day after the previous resident murdered his entire family. Some, however, say that one member of the Garth family survived, and still resides somewhere in the now-deserted mansion.<br />
<b>Info</b>: Hell Night is a 1981 American independent horror film directed by Tom DeSimone, written by Randy Feldman, and starring Linda Blair. The film depicts a night of fraternity hazing ("hell night") set in an old manor, during which a deformed maniac terrorizes and murders many of the college students. The film blends elements of slasher films and Creature Features, and has developed a large cult following.<br />
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Of all the slashers to be unleashed in the early eighties, few had as a distinctive look and feel as Hell Night, Tom DeSimone’s gothic thriller that replaced the splatter aspect with old fashioned atmospherics. Starring Linda Blair, the notorious child actress who had masturbated with a crucifix in The Exorcist, and hosting a selection of future successes, the movie was less of an exploitation and more of a throwback to the days of Hammer and Roger Corman. Utilizing the haunted house formula, a rarity for the slasher genre, Hell Night used striking cinematography and lavish production designs in place of Tom Savini-style gore effects, a decision which some horror fans applauded whilst others felt short changed. Released in the summer of 1981, amidst the height of the slasher boom, Hell Night was greeted by an enthusiastic audience and has since remained a cult favorite.<br />
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Even though Hell Night is noted for its lack of bloodshed, there had been one special effect shot that would have satisfied the gore fans, though sadly the MPAA insisted that it be severely censored. This involved the decapitation of May. Instead of the head falling to the floor, DeSimone had decided that he wanted to try something a little different and so had the axe-wielding monster hold her still twitching head for a few seconds afterwards, revealing her moving eyes and open mouth. This was achieved by a hole being cut into the wall with which the actress, Jenny Neumann, would place her head through. A prosthetic body was then placed below her, with the artificial neck created from mortician’s wax, which the axe could simply slice through.<br />
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Despite all of the difficulties that had dogged the production, the filming of Hell Night was a surprisingly enjoyable experience for all involved. Many of the actors would enjoy various genre appearances throughout the rest of the decade, with Neumann starring in the hit science fiction show <i>V</i> and Blair enjoying success in <i>Chained Heat</i> and <i>Savage Streets</i>. The movie was released theatrically on August 28 1981 and became another victory for Yablans, who would soon follow it with a return to the <i>Halloween</i> series. Over the years, Curtis has expressed interest in either a sequel or a remake to Hell Night, despite the fact that the Garths were not created as ‘re-usable monster.’ He even considered bringing back Blair, who would now play a school teacher, but as his features still operate outside of the union and DeSimone is a member of the <i>Director’s Guild</i> he would not be returning. But at this time, a return to Garth Manor has not been approved.<br />
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<b>Film Facts</b>: Filming took 40 days.<br />
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Several residents of Redlands, California, were hired as extras. Kimberly Crest, the mansion in Redlands where much of the film was shot, was also the locale for Fleetwood Mac's 1987 music video, "Big Love". Despite the depiction in the film, Kimberly Crest has no underground tunnels.<br />
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The majority of the movie was shot in three locations. The outside of Garth Manor was shot at a mansion in Redlands, California. The inside of Garth Manor was filmed in a residential home in Pasadena, California. The frat party was filmed in an apartment lobby in Los Angeles, California. The mansion used as Garth Manor is now a museum in Redlands--the owners made the change from private residence to a museum shortly after filming was completed.<br />
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The hedge maze was brought in, as there was no actual garden maze on the mansion property.<br />
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The two actors who portrayed the Garth killers are not listed anywhere in the credits, and their real names remain a mystery. However, on the DVD commentary, it is noted that they are both German nationals whom spoke little or no English, and that one of them (the middle aged bearded man) died shortly after the release of the film.<br />
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Hell Night promotional press photo of Vince Van Patten and Suki Goodwin.</div>
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Hell Night is considered a slasher film.<br />
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The filmmakers had a hard time with the owl that was supposed to fly directly at the camera. They couldn't get the bird to do it, so they eventually settled on a shot of the owl flying to the upper right of the camera.<br />
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Though there were several shots of actors running from the front of the house to the front gates, the distance between the two is actually one mile.<br />
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The many underground tunnels shown were actually two separate corridors in which the director had the actors running repeatedly through them from different angles.<br />
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This was the last film released by Compass International Pictures <i>(Halloween (1978), The Day Time Ended (1979)</i>, etc.).<br />
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Future director Frank Darabont <i>(The Blob, The Mist, The Shawshank Redemption, etc.)</i> had one of his earliest film credits on this movie, as a Production Assistant.<br />
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The film was nominated for a Razzie Awards for Worst Actress for Linda Blair.</div>
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Frank Darabont is a writer and developer for the hit TV series AMC The Walking Dead. He developed 52 episodes and written 3 episodes.<br />
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Future film director Chuck Russell, who would helm <i>A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors</i> & the remake of <i>The Blob</i> in 1988 and 2002's <i>The Scorpion King</i>, served here as an executive producer.<br />
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The scene where Jeff (Peter Barton) is thrown down a flight of stairs and hurts his leg didn't require much acting on Barton's part; he actually did hurt himself, and his limping was due to the fact that he was really in pain from his injury.<br />
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Of course, you can't really refer to this (Hell Night) as being a good film. But, I really enjoyed it. It's an 80's slasher, produced in-between two <i>Halloween</i> films. The only reason of this film's existence is to raise more money, so you can't be too demanding for plots, logic or credibility. In it's own specific category, this is a more than decent film. Hell Night is very underrated film. I can name you over a thousand similar films that are worse but only a few that are better.<br />
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It's amazing what a competent director (Tom DeSimone – specialized in 'Women Behind Bars'-flicks) and a devoted cast (Linda Blair!!) can achieve. There are quite a few suspenseful sequences in Hell Night and the gore is not exploited for once. The settings are decent but sometimes underexposed, which is a bit of a shame. Overall, this a lot more tolerable than the average flick in which teens are slaughtered by the dozen.</div>
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<b>Produced by</b>: Jack H. Harris, Elliott Kastner<br />
<b>Screenplay by</b>: Chuck Russell, Frank Darabont<br />
<b>Story by</b>: Irving H. Millgate<br />
<b>Based on</b>: The Blob by Theodore Simonson, Kay Linaker<br />
<b>Starring</b>: Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan Leitch, Jeffrey DeMunn, Candy Clark, Joe Seneca<br />
<b>Music by</b>: Michael Hoenig<br />
<b>Cinematography</b>: Mark Irwin<br />
<b>Editing by</b>: Tod Feuerman, Terry Stokes<br />
<b>Studio</b>: Palisades, California Inc.<br />
<b>Distributed by</b>: TriStar Pictures<br />
<b>Release dates</b>: August 5, 1988<br />
<b>Running time</b>: 95 min<br />
<b>Country</b>: United States<br />
<b>Language</b>: English<br />
<b>Budget</b>: $19 million<br />
<b>Box office</b>: $8,247,943<br />
<b>Plot</b>: Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob from another planet which consumes everyone in its path. A strange lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously. Man is no longer the supreme being on this planet.<br />
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<b>Info</b>: The Blob is a 1988 monster horror film written by Chuck Russell and Frank Darabont, and directed by Russell. It stars Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan Leitch, Jeffrey DeMunn, Candy Clark and Joe Seneca. This film is a remake of the 1958 film, The Blob, which starred Steve McQueen.<br />
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Screenwriter Frank Darabont first met director Chuck Russell in 1981, while working as a production assistant on the film <i>Hell Night</i>. Before working together on The Blob, the two also collaborated on the script for <i>A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors</i>.<br />
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Actor Del Close had been scheduled to direct a "mock opera" about Ronald Reagan at New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts during the filming of The Blob. The opera, entitled <i>Ron Giovanni</i>, was to feature the writing of Tony Hendra and the music of Paul Jacobs in a story that combined details of Reagan's life with the story of Don Juan.<br />
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The Blob original 1988 trailer.<br />
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Rehearsals were to run during November and December of 1987, with an opening date of January 22, 1988. However, the production was cancelled by Lincoln Center's artistic director Gregory Mosher, out of concern that the show's satire was not as funny and unbelievable as some recent actions performed by the real Reagan, such as the controversy over his visit to the German cemetery at Bitburg housing the bodies of members of the Waffen-SS.<br />
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As a result, the Chicago-based Close was unexpectedly available to audition for The Blob in New York at a time when Russell was conducting auditions in the city. Fortuitously for Close, he had recently written a blob-themed story for the DC Comics horror anthology <i>Wasteland</i>, while Russell had just watched an example of Close's work as the in-flight movie on his flight in to New York, Brian DePalma's <i>The Untouchables</i>. Close had worked in the past as a fire eater and human torch, and he was set on fire for some insert shots within the film. He also lost a substantial amount of weight at the request of Russell, dropping from 198 pounds to 173 pounds during the course of the production.<br />
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Production began on January 11, with the cast and crew of approximately 150 staying at a Travelodge in Abbeville, Louisiana. Due to the large amount of night shooting, the cast often slept during the day. On off days, they watched videos at the hotel and ate crawfish, a popular item of local cuisine.<br />
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Special effects in the film were handled by Tony Gardner. Gardner was originally supposed to provide only a few small effects, but after personnel changes he ended up running a crew of 33, including artist Chet Zar and mechanical effects designer Bill Sturgeon. Close's makeup for his role as Reverend Meeker required extensive preparation time: five and a half hours for scenes where Meeker had fresh burns, and seven and a half hours for scenes after his burns had healed.</div>
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The film functions as a conspiracy theory film. The threat of the original film was an alien entity from outer space. The remake differs in making the threat a biological weapon, created by a secret government agency. The Blob is closely followed by soldiers and scientists in protective suits. The change reflects the mentality of a more cynical era. The sinister government agents are opposed by rebellious teenager Brian Flagg (Kevin Dillon). His depiction as a rebel and a "tough guy punk" includes wearing a leather jacket, sporting long hair, driving a motorcycle, and distrusting authority figures.<br />
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Jacqueline Foertsch argues that the blob of the original film served as a symbol of communist ideology. The more "deathlike" 1980s version served as a metaphor for the AIDS pandemic. The dull-red colors of the original changes here to a glistening, pearly grey. The change makes the creature resemble a mucous membrane. While the original creature rolled and lumbered on, the newer version slides and strikes aggressively, using phallic tentacles.<br />
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BeastPop: The Art of Jared Moraitis. This art was featured as a Fright Rags t-shirt design. Jared Moraitis, better known by his alias, “BeastPop" is a North Carolina native. Jared’s work is extremely reminiscent of vintage/ retro illustration and design work, which he has played off successfully repeatedly. He is also known to have done t-shirt artwork design for the metal band The Black Dahlia Murder.</div>
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The original blob was a singular organism which increased its size, strength, and velocity by feeding. The newer version not only enlarges itself, but also splits into multiple parts. Allowing for simultaneous attacks in multiple locations. Indeed the largest part of the creatures is eventually frozen and contained. But a crazed preacher hoards a few shards, implying the survival of the threat.
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Foertsch calls attention to another significant shift from the original. The blob invades the bodies of its victims. Then springs from the remnants of a previous host to seize a new victim. For example, Vicki is infiltrated by the creature and becomes its host. When Scott reaches to touch her breast, the creature emerges to engulf him.<br />
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The film was released theatrically in the United States by TriStar Pictures in August 1988. It grossed $8,247,943 at the box office. The Blob received mixed reviews from critics. As of January 17, 2014, it holds a 61% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 5.8/10.<br />
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The Blob had some outstanding makeup affects, thanks to Tony Gardner and his makeup crew.</div>
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The film was released on DVD in the United States by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in September 2001. It is also scheduled to be released on Blu-ray by Twilight Time in October 2014.</div>
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<b>Film Facts</b>: As a Theater patron in the second row, left of center, during the wide shot of the Theater audience reacting to an on-screen fright. Chuck Russell makes a director cameo.<br />
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Two minor roles were played by Playboy Playmates. Vicki De Soto was played by Erika Eleniak (July 1989) and Susie was played by Julie McCullough (February 1986).<br />
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Bill Moseley has a minor role. He's credited as "soldier no. 2"; he is the panicky, hurt one who Brian and Meg run into in the sewer. The one who says "It got the both of them." Bill is the soldier wearing the bio-medical suit that is trapped in the sewer with the two main characters.<br />
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Rock salt was dyed purple to create the crystallized Blob for the ending of the movie.<br />
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Of the film's US$19 million budget, US$9 million went toward visual effects.</div>
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The motorcycles used by Kevin Dillon in the film are a 500cc T100R Triumph Tiger and a 200cc T20 Triumph Tiger Cub for the jumps.<br />
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All of the exteriors for the movie were shot in a small south Louisiana town called Abbeville. Abbeville is laid out almost exactly the same as Arbeville, Colorado, where the movie takes place. Abbeville was used because filming took place in late 1987 and Arbeville was covered in snow. It's just a weird coincidence that the names are so similar.<br />
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Mentioned in Bill Watterson's comic "Calvin & Hobbes", when Hobbes asks Calvin if they can watch "The Blob" on TV.<br />
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Theatrical trailer shows part of deleted scene in which Fran is chased by the blob through the restaurant. In this deleted scene she is running towards the doors while the blob is knocking down tables and chairs. When she gets to the doors she realizes that they are locked and that she doesn't have a key so she jumps out the window.<br />
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The sheriff was named after famous jazz musician Herb Geller.<br />
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The Blob Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. This rare CD, featuring music composed by Michael Hoenig, is limited to 2000 copies.</div>
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The credits at the end of the movie are pink colored to match the monster's color.</div>
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Donovan, who plays Paul Taylor, had to have a full body cast made of himself for one of the more complicated scene where Paul underneath the blob. There were about 50 people running the unstrung Paul. However, 'Chuck Russell' did not tell Shawnee Smith it was really Donovan underneath the Blob for the first part of the scene. She believed it was going to be an unstrung person. This was so he could get more of a shock out of her. That is the take that is now seen in the movie when Meg screams out Paul's name upon discovering him.<br />
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The film, co-written by Frank Darabont - who has adapted a number of Stephen King's works for the screen - contains several references to King's novel 'The Stand':<br />
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• In the novel, a viral "superflu" is engineered by the U.S. government in a biological weapons laboratory that is accidentally unleashed, resulting in a worldwide pandemic; in the film, the blob is likewise the result of experiments in biological warfare accidentally unleashed by the government. Additionally, though the government agents know the blob's true nature, they tell the citizens of Asheville that they are dealing with a highly contagious disease.<br />
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The Blob makes the cover of Gorezone magazine, issue #3.</div>
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• Kevin Dillon plays Brian Flagg; the demonic Randall Flagg appeared in several of King's novels, making his first appearance in THE STAND.</div>
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• The blob's first victim, the homeless man, is credited as "Can Man," a reference to the STAND character "Trash Can Man." Trash Can Man was Randall Flagg's most devoted follower; in this film, Can Man shares nearly all his scenes with Brian Flagg.<br />
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Michael Kenworthy fondly recalls on-screen sister Shawnee Smith as his first major crush in real life. According to him, "She and I hit it off pretty well... Whenever she went to hug me, I'd give her the hug plus a kiss. That *always* made her blush!"<br />
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Shawnee Smith ("Meg Penny") was once asked whether or not the producers remembered to heat the sewer-water she plunged into while fleeing the Blob. Chuckling, she answered, "Well, they TRIED."<br />
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Everything that was awesome about 50′s creature feature movies is in this movie and then amplified with pure 80′s cheese. It’s a blast! This version of The Blob is not just a great remake, but is also a very solid, well-made, tremendously entertaining monster movie. As much as I may bitch about the plethora of remakes these days, I wouldn’t mind seeing so many of them if they were all as fun as The Blob.<br />
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