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#28 novembre #André Morell #Cecil André Mesritz #Christopher George #Christopher John George #Fatma Ahmad Kamal Shaker #Johanna Ernestina Petrusa Meijeringh #Leslie Nielsen #Leslie William Nielsen #Maria Nielli #Maria Ricci #Morti 28 novembre #Nina Ricci #Piera Vidale #Rosalind Russell #Shadia #Virgil Abloh #Yoka Berretty

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oldshowbiz · 6 months

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Canadian Superstars

#leslie nielsen #william shatner #canadian #canada

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moviehealthcommunity · 2 years

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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! has a scene where several cameras flash at once, lasting about 7 seconds. During a fire, there are some bright electrical sparks.

There is a very brief disorienting shot just after someone hits their head and sits down. The opening sequence is filmed with a mounted camera on a car roof. Two people fall from extreme heights within minutes of each other.

Flashing Lights: 4/10. Motion Sickness: 1/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: O.J. Simpson plays a role in this film. One joke is built around accidental sexual assault. The opening scene is culturally insensitive, with people of various nations depicted as terrorists, and some using a form of blackface. There are two gross-out gags; one with mucus, one with spoiled milk, and an extended one with tobacco spit.

Image ID: A promotional poster for The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

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adamwatchesmovies · 2 years

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Prom Night (1980)

Prom Night really makes you appreciate slasher films like Halloween or Black Christmas. I’m not sure why this Canadian night of celebration gone wrong has gained a cult status, but for the non-indoctrinated, it doesn't have much to offer besides a couple of neat kills and Jamie Lee Curtis’ performance.

In 1974, 10-year-old Robin Hammond dies while playing with Wendy Richards, Jude Cunningham, Kelly Lynch, and Nick McBride. The children keep what happened a secret and known criminal Leonard Merch is blamed for the young girl's death. Six years later, prom night coincides with the anniversary of the tragedy. Robin's older beother Alex (Michael Tough) is still deeply disturbed by what happened while his twin sister Kim (Jamie Lee Curtis) is set to be prom queen when they learn that Merch has escaped. When a masked killer begins stalking the REAL culprits one by one, who could be responsible?

Prom Night sets up several suspects for the killings. There’s the escaped criminal, Kim and Alex’s father (played by Leslie Nielsen), Alex, or someone who knows what really happened. There's an effort to keep us guessing and to give credit to the film, I didn’t guess the murderer's identity… but only because the film cheats. When you learn who did it, a number of questions will come up and they cannot be answered.

If you see this picture, sit down and really think about what happened. You’ll realize the plot doesn’t hold much water, which is why a mystery was tacked on to distract the audience. Take away the enigma and you’ve got a routine slasher film. As usual, the victims are too stupid to run for help and fall prey to the usual clichés. When one of your victims is in the same building as a school dance and she can't find a single person to ask for help, all believability is shattered.

Prom Night is a bad film, but it's not completely dreadful. Jamie Lee Curtis is quite charming and I got a kick out of seeing her and Casey Stevens on the dance floor. They’ve got some sweet moves. A few kills are memorable – though not many, since the killer’s gimmick of using broken mirror shards is dropped quickly – and the characters are given enough dimension to keep you interested all the way to the end. Jude (Joy Thompson) and her prom date, Seymour "Slick" Crane (Sheldon Rybowski) don’t get nearly enough screen time, but I’ll take what I get.

Once the whodunnit element of Prom Night has been solved, there’s not much to remember about the film. Want to see a slasher pic with Jamie Lee Curtis? Go with Halloween. Want some blood on prom night? Watch Carrie instead. Craving a mystery killer? How about Black Christmas or Scream? Even if you don’t want to compare this Paul Lynch film to other, better ones, Prom Night just doesn't stand out. (On DVD, October 31, 2017)

#prom night #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Paul Lynch #william gray #Robert Guza Jr.#Jamie Lee Curtis #Leslie Nielsen #1980 movies #1980 films #slasher movies #slasher films #horror movies #horror films

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Day of the Animals (1977)

My rating: 6/10

Entertainingly cheesy, and Leslie Nielsen is a pretty great secondary villain as Toxic Masculinity Incarnate, but I can never help worrying about the animals in these movies - the rat scene in particular, in which live rodents appear to be thrown bodily at the actor's face. Seems like it could be pretty stressful for the little guys.

#Day of the Animals #William Girdler #William W. Norton #Eleanor E. Norton #Edward L. Montoro #Christopher George #Leslie Nielsen #Lynda Day George #Youtube

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twittercomfrnklin2001-blog · 7 months

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Day of the Animals

“Vultures and rattlers and bears, oh my!” could have been the tagline for William Girdler’s DAY OF THE ANIMALS (1977, Shudder) had anybody on the film been honest about how ridiculous it was. The depletion of the ozone layer creates a virus that affects animals and some humans (well, one that we see) in higher altitudes, which doesn’t bode well for Christopher George’s wilderness survival expedition. It doesn’t do much for the audience either unless you’ve got someone to laugh with you. Sadly, my dog and cat were not so inclined. It takes almost 30 minutes to get to the first animal attack, and many of them are laughably staged. Instead, we get a lot of forced drama as we meet the people foolish enough to book the expedition as some form of vacation fun. There’s a news anchor (Linda Day George) who wants to experience life rather than talk about it, an advertising executive (Leslie Nielsen) looking for people to treat rudely, a single mother (Ruth Roman) trying to bond with her 12-year-old son (played by a short 25-year-old stuntman with a gratingly high voice), a squabbling couple, a dying football player (Paul Mantee), a college professor (Richard Jaeckel) and two young innocents (Andrew Stevens and Susan Backlinie, the first victim in 1975’s JAWS) with no apparent motivation. Jaeckel and Christopher George (and the bear) had co-starred in the director’s previous film, GRIZZLY (1976), and Day came along to work with her husband. Their courtship scenes are among the film’s few saving graces, and it’s rather sad that not all their films together gave them the opportunity to demonstrate their easy rapport. The rest seem to be whoever needed to pay the rent on casting day. As the one human driven mad by ozone depletion, Nielsen fares the worst. He starts as a jerk and ends up an uneasy combination of Captain Ahab and Wolf Larsen. Lalo Schifrin did the score, and his attempts to build suspense by accompanying closeups of stalking animals with screeching strings and low piano notes get some of the film’s biggest laughs.

#eco horror #bad movies #william girdler #christopher george #linda day george #leslie nielsen #ruth roman #paul mantee #richard jaeckel #andrew stevens

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blogdorogerinho · 7 months

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Críticas — O Exorcista (1973), A Repossuída (1990)

O Exorcista faz 50 anos graças a Nossa Senhora de Fátima e ao Arcanjo Miguel O melhor filme de terror de todos os tempos com a maior bilheteria de um filme adulto, corrigida pela inflação, fez a Academia se render ao gênero que odeia após indicá-lo a 10 Oscars em todas as categorias principais. O longa de William Friedkin ao lado de O Bebê de Rosemary (1968) tornou-se uma referência…

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swampflix · 1 year

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Day of the Animals (1977)

I can’t believe I let this happen. I got bored enough to wrestle the Cocaine Bear. After finding its trailers punishingly unfunny, I still checked out Elizabeth Banks’s animal attack horror comedy on the big screen, both because Boomer gave it a glowing review and because there was absolutely nothing else of interest in theaters last week. Cocaine Bear‘s violence is sufficiently vicious, and…

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#animal attack #brandon ledet #climate change #day of the animals #horror #leslie nielsen #reviews #william girdler

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vintagesffantasyactors · 11 days

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Sci Fi/Fantasy Men Round 1 Masterpost

All polls are now up!

Ben Browder vs Mark Goddard

Jonathan Harris vs Richard Biggs

Jeff Conaway vs Rene Auberjonois

Lionel Jeffries vs Alan Napier

Paul McGann vs William Forward

Bill Paxton vs David Boreanaz

Jonathan Frakes vs Kerwin Matthews

Kurt Russell vs Jason Isaacs

Sam J Jones vs William Shatner

Michael O'Hare vs Edward James Olmos

Walter Koenig vs Frazer Hines

Edward Van Sloan vs Peter Cushing

William Russell vs Anthony Stewart Head

Alex Winter vs Michael J Fox

Brent Spiner vs Lance Henriksen

Jerry O'Connell vs Scott Bakula

Harrison Ford vs John Phillip Law

Christopher Lee vs Kiefer Sutherland

Adam West vs Danny John-Jules

Bruce Campbell vs Ted Raimi

Avery Brooks vs Ken Marshall

Vincent Price vs Dwight Frye

Michael Dorn vs Jerry Doyle

Gary Conway vs Andre the Giant

Cary Elwes vs Michael York

Charlton Heston vs Leslie Nielsen

Arnold Schwarzenegger vs Rutger Hauer

Dean Jones vs Ernie Hudson

Alec Guinness vs David Warner

Jeffrey Combs vs Peter Weller

Keanu Reeves vs Keir Dullea

Christopher Lloyd vs Malcolm McDowell

Dean Cain vs Christopher Reeve

Peter MacNicol vs Warwick Davis

Alexander Siddig vs Gareth Thomas

Clancy Brown vs Patrick Stewart

Patrick Swayze vs Bruce Willis

Cesar Romero vs Colin Baker

Haruo Nakajima vs Duncan Regehr

Ray Bolger vs Dick Van Dyke

Chris Sarandon vs Wesley Snipes

Patrick Troughton vs Jason Miller

Mandy Patinkin vs Jason Carter

Milos Kopecky vs Georges Melies

Michael Keaton vs Tony Todd

James Spader vs Brendan Fraser

Michael Shanks vs Oded Fehr

James Doohan vs Ricardo Montalban

Will Smith vs David Duchovny

Jeff Goldblum vs Donald Sutherland

Kevin McCarthy vs Leonard Nimoy

Harold Ramis vs Bill Pullman

Claude Rains vs Fredric March

Peter Davison vs Garrett Wang

Doug Jones vs Vladimir Korenev

Karl Urban vs Harry Hamlin

Tom Baker vs David Tomlinson

Buster Crabbe vs Billy Dee Williams

Patrick McGoohan vs Ed Wasser

George Takei vs Guy Williams

Paul Darrow vs Bruce Boxleitner

Brad Dourif vs Christopher Walken

Andrew Robinson vs Armin Shimerman

Nicol Williamson vs Sam Neill

David Bowie vs Joe Morton

Peter Capaldi vs Alan Rickman

Mark Hamill vs Rick Moranis

Arnold Vosloo vs Boris Karloff

Peter Jurasik vs Roger Delgado

Andreas Katsulas vs Craig Charles

Stephen Furst vs LeVar Burton

Richard Dean Anderson vs Laurence Fishburne

Tim Russ vs Colm Meaney

Colin Clive vs Tim Curry

Val Kilmer vs DeForest Kelley

James Stewart vs Conrad Veidt

Gene Wilder vs Bela Lugosi

Raul Julia vs John De Lancie

Nicholas Courtney vs Mitch Pileggi vs Rod Serling

#sffantasy men 1 #sffantasy men 1 masterpost

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wonderfulworldofmichaelford · 7 months

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Is It Really That Bad?

It’s hard to believe nowadays, but there was a time where the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp duo was known for delivering nothing but certified bangers. Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow… It was just hit after hit when these two joined forces. But in the mid 2000s, something shifted. It suddenly seemed like people were sick of Burton, sick of Depp, and most of all sick of them working together. Sure, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd were still well-liked, but once Alice in Wonderland hit theaters people weren’t shy about voicing their dislike of the director and especially the actor. Burton kind of skidded to a halt for a while, while Depp just kept making increasingly worse movies with Disney and generally not doing anything worthwhile after Rango, and while Alice was the breaking point, the cracks started to show in 2005 with a little film called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

An attempt to redo Roald Dahl’s novel about a precocious child touring the candy factory of a wacky candymaker was being planned for a long time, with even Nicolas Cage in talks at one point to be Wonka, and at another point good ol’ Martin Scorcese was attached to direct. But things just kept falling through until Burton got dragged in, and from there he proceeded to get things done and talk the studio out of stupid decisions like killing off Charlie’s dad and making Wonka a parental figure. Ah, but speaking of Wonka, that crucial role needed filling, and it seemed a lot of famous actors were considered for the role by the studio—Robin Williams, Patrick Stewart, Michael Keaton, Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Brad Pitt, Leslie Nielsen, Robert De Niro, Will Smith, Mike Meyers, Ben Stiller, pretty much every living member of Monty Python left at the time, Adam Sandler, and Marilyn Manson among them according to TVTropes—and Burton had an interesting idea for his second pick to play the guy:

But instead he went for his first pick, someone who’s actually very similar to Marilyn Manson in a lot of ways! Good ol’ reliable JD himself! Surely this was gonna bring in the big bucks! And... it did! It's the highest-grossing adaptation of one of Dahl's works ever, and Burton's second highest-grossing film!

Critics seemed mostly fine with it, but audiences were a lot more divided. Some people liked that it was a new and different take on the story that stayed a lot more true to the book than the beloved 1971 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (a movie that Dahl famously hated as much as he did Jewish people, so frankly who gives a shit about his opinion), while others clung to the nostalgia of the Gene Wilder Wonka and treated this new film like a war crime. How dare they remake their favorite movie, even though this isn't a remake, it's just a different adaptation of the same book!

So yes, this movie isn’t the most reviled film out there, but it definitely is incredibly divisive, and what’s more I distinctly recall even as a child being aware of the attitude towards Depp and Burton shifting towards the more negative when this film came out. So I figured it was a high time I see about revisiting it and find out if this second cinematic outing into Wonka’s factory was really that bad, or if it genuinely was a work of impure imagination.

THE GOOD

It may surprise you to hear that this film actually does a few things better than the 1971 film. This is especially evident in the four shitty children touring the factory with Charlie.

The ones from Willy Wonka were, to put it bluntly, dull and forgettable, and came off as far too sympathetic in regards to their fate because none of them aside from Veruca Salt showcased any terrible traits that would lead to them deserving their punishments. In this film, all these kids are assholes, so watching them fall prey to the karmic justice of Wonka's factory is all the more satisfying. We also get to see what happens to them after they get out, which is kind of funny. I’m not gonna pretend that they made them the deepest and most complex characters ever, but with how they updated them and with the young actors they got to portray them, they managed to inject a bit more life into them than you’d expect.

This movie also fixes Grandpa Joe, who is pretty infamous to fans of the '71 film as a total asshole who constantly encourages Charlie to steal and just in general seems like a massive burden to his family. Here, he actually is every bit the sweet old grandpa that you’d expect, and his motivations for wanting to go on the tour are a lot nicer and more sympathetic. He also never tries to push Charlie into a life of crime, which is nice.

Of course, the very best aspect of this movie is Deep motherfucking Roy. He’s the second best dwarf actor out there, only oovershadowed by Warwick “Leprechaun” Davis, and much like Davis was in Star Wars as the ultimate Glup Shitto—Droopy McCool.

And in this film he gets the incredible honor of being every single fucking Oompa-Loompa there is, and he is clearly having a blast and busting his ass. He had no prior dancing experience, but you could not tell with how he’s pulling off all these sick moves while spitting out diss tracks for children like he’s Blood on the Dance Floor. He really is the single best actor in the movie, and that’s not to slander anyone else—Roy is just that good. Like we have a scene-stealing minor role for Christopher Lee as Wonka’s dad, a crabby dentist who hates candy, and as amazing as he is Roy still is better. You better respect this man.

Speaking of men to respect: Danny Elfman. Taking lyrics straight from the book and weaving a unique style for each kid—Big Bollywood spectacle for Augustus (that was Roy’s idea), 70s funk for Violet, psychedelic rock for Veruca, and hard rock for Mike—the songs are all genuinely great and fun to listen to. I’d never go as far as to say they’re more iconic than the Oompa-Loompa tracks from the ‘71 film, but I think they function better as songs, and the fact each of them has their own distinct style to set them apart from each other was the right way to go. I do think Mike’s song is the weakest of the bunch, feeling a lot messier than the other three, but it’s not unbearably awful or anything.

THE BAD

The biggest issue with the film is that the two most important characters—Charlie and Wonka—fucking suck.

Let’s start with Charlie. Now, to be clear, I’m not putting any blame on Freddie Highmore—he was literally a child, and even then I think he’s doing his damndest to make Charlie cute and whimsical. The issue here is definitely on the writers, who saw fit to stuff him full of all the syrupy sweet Tiny Tim-esque kind-hearted poor child cliches but forgot to impart a personality to go with them. Charlie is, to put it bluntly, a boring and generic nice guy, and one who ends up feeling like a living plot device to further Wonka’s character development, something that feels especially egregious when his name is literally in the title.

And now let’s talk about Wonka. Boy, is there a lot to unpack with this guy.

Literally everything about this take on Wonka is incredibly awkward and off-putting. The most infamous aspect of him is definitely the look; with his pale skin and dorky haircut he looked a lot like Michael Jackson, who at the time the film came out was going through a very serious scandal where he was accused of doing awful things to children in his big rich guy mansion… which is essentially the plot of this film when you think about it.

But that’s just an unfortunate coincidence! It’s an ugly look, sure, but a good performance could make it palatable, and this was Johnny Depp during his big post-Jack Sparrow renaissance working together with the guy who helped put him on the map. Surely he wouldn’t deliver an incredibly awkward, cringey, and insufferable performance that dials up all his acting quirks to annoying levels, right?

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Here’s the thing: On paper, Depp’s Wonka is honestly not that different than Wilder’s. They’re both weird, quirky, reclusive confectioners with a not-so-hidden disdain for the kids touring their factory and snarky, condescending attitudes. What it all comes down to is the presentation, and to show you what I mean I’m going to use the most batshit comparison you’ve ever seen:

Burton’s Wonka is very similar to Zack Snyder’s Ozymandias.

“Now hold on, Michael,” I hear you exclaiming in utter bewilderment, “how are these two comparable? I know that both are fine with the wonton murder of children if it helps achieve their goals and that a lot of people are weirdly horny for them, but how is this a good comparison?” Well luckily I’m not trying to compare a mass-murdering anti-villain to a quirky chocolatier in terms of character, but in how the adaptation drops the ball with how they’re presented by removing the more warm and positive aspects of them. In Alan Moore’s comic, Adrian Veidt is essentially a relentlessly charming gigachad, an affable and approachable fellow who seems beneath suspicion because he exudes a traditionally heroic warmth. In the movie, however, Snyder chose to portray Veidt as a cold, distant twink who doesn’t seem particularly approachable at all (another case of Daddy Zaddy tragically missing Moore’s point).

This same "missing the point" issue plagues Wonka. Yes, Wilder’s take is just as much a smug asshole reveling in the comeuppance the children are receiving, but he also has a genuine warmth to him which is codified perfectly with him singing “Pure Imagination.” Sure, he’s perfectly willing to traumatize everyone with a demented boat ride shortly after, but Wilder’s performance and the presentation of his Wonks help sell him as a quirky genius who is more likable than insufferable, and you really understand how despite being kind of a dick he is also a beloved figure.

Depp’s Wonka fails as the character in the same basic ways that the movie version of Veidt does: He's a condescending, cold, openly rude, guy who is just genuinely unpleasant to be around despite the movie really trying hard to make him likable and relatable, to the point where unlike Wilder's take it's hard to grasp why this guy gets any respect from anyone. He’s like the proto-Rick Sanchez, except he’s not even particularly funny to make up for it. Maybe this take is more accurate to the book, but if it is it’s really just proof that taking liberties when adapting really is for the best.

And this failure is only compounded by the movie piling on a tragic backstory for Wonka. Yes, Christopher Lee is great, but there is genuinely no need to pile on a traumatic childhood and weird daddy issues to Willy Wonka. The character works best as this weird, trickster mentor figure who dishes out karma to the naughty kids and ultimately rewards the good egg of the bunch. Trying to bring a guy with a magical factory full of dwarfs who do choreographed diss tracks every time a kid falls into the incinerator down to earth and make him relatable is just a mind-boggling decision.

These are really the only two issues with the film that stand out as excessively bad, but… you see the problem, right? The titular character and the owner of the titular chocolate factory are both bad. One’s a living prop, the other is just an obnoxious asshat who is given unneeded character development that ends up falling flat, and while this would be easy to ignore if they were side characters it’s impossible to let slide since they are the main fucking characters. The whole film revolves around the two very worst things in it, and no matter how good the other stuff in the movie is these elements alone drag it down a lot.

IS IT REALLY THAT BAD?

Look, I’m not going to pretend like this is a great film. If it really is closer to Dahl’s book, all it managed to do is convince me to never read it and solidified my belief that being pragmatic when adapting books to screen is the way to go. It’s also really easy to see how the Burton-Depp fatigue came about, as this is some of the weakest work in both of their filmographies.

But I still feel like there’s plenty to like here. The songs, the bratty kids, Deep motherfucking Roy, it’s all genuinely good shit! There was never a chance it was going to be iconic as the Wilder film, but it’s disingenuous to write it off entirely when it does a lot good things (and a few things better than the '71 version). A lot of people are nostalgic for this one these days, as it's the one this generation grew up with, and honestly? I can't really blame them entirely. It's a decent enough movie, and I honestly think that score it has up there is pretty fair. It's certainly a mixed bag but when it actually succeeds at being charming it does it in its own unique way rather than trying to ape the beloved classic that came before it, and I do respect it for that.

And hey, if Johnny Depp's worst and most annoying movie role is in a movie I'd still say is okay, that's a good thing right? He couldn't possibly ever take a role more cringeworthy and annoying than Wonka in a film that's genuinely shitty, right?

Right?

RIGHT?!

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perfettamentechic · 6 months

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28 novembre … ricordiamo …

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2022: Clarence Gilyard Jr., Clarence Alfred Gilyard Jr., attore statunitense. È noto in particolare per i ruoli del ranger James Trivette in Walker Texas Ranger e dell’investigatore privato Conrad McMasters in Matlock. Sin in giovanissima età si dedica allo studio del karate e del taekwondo. Ha anche praticato football al college. Esordisce all’inizio degli anni ottanta. Da allora e per tutti gli…

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brokehorrorfan · 10 months

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Irwin Allen: Master of Disaster Collection will be released on September 12 via Shout Factory. The Blu-ray box set collects seven disaster films directed by Irwin Allen (The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno).

It includes: 1976's Flood, 1977's Fire, 1979's Hanging by a Thread, 1979's Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, 1980's When Time Ran Out, 1983's Cave-In, and 1983's The Night the Bridge Fell Down.

Michael Caine, Paul Newman, Sally Field, Leslie Nielsen, Telly Savalas, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Shirley Jones, and Roddy McDowall are among the cast members.

All seven films have been newly transferred in 2K from the interpositives. Special features for the seven-disc set are in progress and will be announced at a later date.

This seven-film collection includes both television and theatrical films from director-writer-producer Irwin Allen, the master of the disaster film. From an overturned cruise liner and a bursting dam to collapsing caves, bridges, and more, all seven white-knuckle thrillers are presented with a new 2K scan from the interpositive.

Pre-order Irwin Allen: Master of Disaster Collection.

#irwin allen #the poseidon adventure #disaster movies #disaster film #70s movies #80s movies #1970s movies #1980s movies #shout factory #dvd #gift #michael caine #paul newman #sally field #roddy mcdowall

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thealmightyemprex · 7 months

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Horror films available on youtube OCtober 2023

If one is looking for horror films to watch here are some rccomendations free on youtube @ariel-seagull-wings @the-blue-fairie @amalthea9 @themousefromfantasyland @theancientvaleofsoulmaking @princesssarisa @makingboneboy

House of Wax -this Vincent Price film is having its 70th anniversary this year

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Blacula -This vampire classic stars William Marshall

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The Woman in Black -A modern Hammer film starring Daniel Radcliffe

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Twilight Zone The Movie :A anthology movie collecting great directors based on the classic TV show

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Elvira Mistress of the Dark -a brillaint horror comedy starring the classic horror host

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In the Mouth of Madness -Sam Niel stars in this underrated John Carpenter gem

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Killer Klowns from Outer Space -Great theme song and fun flick

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Wolf -Jack Nicholson as a werewolf

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Dracula Dead and Loving It -Dracula parofy starring LEslie Nielsen and Mel Brooks

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Frankenstein Must Be DEstroyed -A Hammer Frankenstein starring Frankenstein

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fromthedust · 10 months

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C-57D Space Cruiser from Forbidden Planet

Commander John J. Adams (Leslie Nielsen), Altaira (Anne Francis), and Robby the Robot Forbidden Planet (1956) - directed by Fred M. Wilcox and starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen. Screenplay written by Cyril Hume from an original story by Irving Block & Allen Adler. It is a CinemaScope production out of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer shot in Eastman Color by cinematographer George J. Folsey. The piece features a musical score ("electronic tonalities") by Louis & Bebe Barron. Loosely based around William Shakespeare's play "The Tempest", the story sees Nielsen and the crew of the C-57D spaceship sent to the remote planet of Altair IV. Where once was a colony of Earthlings, now the only inhabitants are Dr Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter Altaira (Anne Francis) and Robby, a highly sophisticated Robot that Morbius has built.

http://www.cinemastatic.org/2015/08/forbidden-planet-1956-classic-movie-review.html

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While trying to find any of the columns William Redfield wrote for Playfare Magazine (no luck, alas), I found some of his TV work!

These two are from Tales of Tomorrow, a sci-fi anthology series. IMDB has this anecdote about "Appointment on Mars":

Leslie Nielsen was originally meant to shoot his assailant at the end of the episode. However the prop gun refused to fire, so Nielsen had to strangle his attacker instead.

Shades of Johnny Weissmuller. :D

This is a whole season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Redfield is in episode 18. And his friend Sir Cedric Hardwicke is in a couple episodes!

#okay but seriously where are those columns i want them :(#emails from an actor #william redfield

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