Last Friday on this blog I presented an article saluting several of the most iconic horror movie masks. My first pick chronologically was the “Red Death” costume Lon Chaney’s Erik dons in 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera. As chilling…
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If you’ve gone to the movies in the last half-century, there’s a good chance you went at least once because of Drew Struzan. He wasn’t an actor, a writer, a director, or a part of any film crew. Struzan, an…
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Since in today’s world the cell phone is so prevalent a part of daily life, we’re taking a look back at films where the old reliable landline telephone (most, but not all of them, of the dial variety) played…
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Since her screen debut 55 years ago in Lovers and Other Strangers, Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton quickly became an audience favorite. She delighted moviegoers with her quirky style and performances ranging from the comedic (Baby Boom, Something’s Gotta Give)…
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She brought so much of her own idiosyncratic style and offbeat personality into her acting that at times it was hard to tell where Diane Keaton the actress and the character she was playing diverged. Audiences, however, loved both, and…
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Ask most people what the Frankenstein Monster looks like, and they’ll mention a green-skinned behemoth with a flat head, surgical scars on his forehead, and bolts on the sides of his neck. It matters little that this isn’t close…
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Cameraman exposed (along with the camera itself), sets falling, lines flubbed, a bat on a stick, and Jonathan Frid walking out with his street clothes in tow during the closing credits. And we, the loyal audience, were still hooked. (Some…
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One followed a social status-obsessed West Midlands haufrau; the other an amateur detective from Darwen. Since 1990 Patricia Routledge delighted TV viewers on both sides of the Atlantic with starring roles in the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances and the crime…
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Let’s face it. Certain movie directors were/are horror specialists. Some set the tone for fright cinema (Tod Browning) or supplied shocks on shoestring budgets (Roger Corman). Some redefined the tropes of zombie flicks (George Romero). And some are busy…
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Ready for some October savings? Here’s your chance, courtesy of Movies Unlimited‘s latest Coupon Code. Just buy three or more DVDs or Blu-rays and enter it for an extra 15 percent off. All of the details are featured above, but…
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