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Can anyone educate me on Halloween 4 & 5 ? I met Danielle Harris and she was very cool, and recently i watched the films and i wanna know if there was any BTS info, why did they go with that story in the further films?
Not sure why they went with the "Thorn" story besides trying to explain what makes Michael do what he does. H20 disregarded part 4-6 because they were bringing back Jaime Lee Curtis' character back and in those sequels her character is dead. H20 is a direct sequel to Halloween 2. BTW, the director of H20, Steve Miner, was also the Director of Friday the 13th part 2&3.
Anton Phibes
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Jack Pierce, the mastermind who created the make up designs for Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, Mummy, Bride of Frankenstein, White Zombie, the Raven, Ygor, and all the manimals on the Island of Lost Souls was very unceremoniously moved from the Monsters in favor of folks who used appliances. Appliances were more cost effective and easier on the actors. So Pierce was pitched and found himself working as the make up artist on....Mr. Ed.
The films Straight Jacket and Homicidal were both filmed by William Castle, and were his attempt to cash in on the "mis-direction" method introduced in Psycho. In Straight Jacket, Joan Crawford kept the sets freezing cold so her skin wouldnt sag and show how old she looked in her face from her natural age and the premature aging brought on by her smoking.
Horror of Dracula--with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. It has long been rumored that a longer version of the film was made for the Japanese. This version is supposed to have more blood letting and more scenes of the Count disintegrating at the end of the film. The footage has morphed into "urban legend" status. Until this year. The footage has been found. It is being restored, and may be released as a blu ray or dvd within the next year or so. The reason it isnt already available is because of the disasters that have hit Japan.
The Hammer films "Dracula, Prince of Darkness" and "Rasputin the Mad Monk" were filmed at the same time and used the same casts and the same sets. This process was repeated for two other Hammer vehicles. "The Reptile" and "Plague of the Zombies".
The films Straight Jacket and Homicidal were both filmed by William Castle, and were his attempt to cash in on the "mis-direction" method introduced in Psycho. In Straight Jacket, Joan Crawford kept the sets freezing cold so her skin wouldnt sag and show how old she looked in her face from her natural age and the premature aging brought on by her smoking.
Horror of Dracula--with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. It has long been rumored that a longer version of the film was made for the Japanese. This version is supposed to have more blood letting and more scenes of the Count disintegrating at the end of the film. The footage has morphed into "urban legend" status. Until this year. The footage has been found. It is being restored, and may be released as a blu ray or dvd within the next year or so. The reason it isnt already available is because of the disasters that have hit Japan.
The Hammer films "Dracula, Prince of Darkness" and "Rasputin the Mad Monk" were filmed at the same time and used the same casts and the same sets. This process was repeated for two other Hammer vehicles. "The Reptile" and "Plague of the Zombies".
thenammagazine
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Horror of Dracula--with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. It has long been rumored that a longer version of the film was made for the Japanese. This version is supposed to have more blood letting and more scenes of the Count disintegrating at the end of the film. The footage has morphed into "urban legend" status. Until this year. The footage has been found. It is being restored, and may be released as a blu ray or dvd within the next year or so. The reason it isnt already available is because of the disasters that have hit Japan.
The Hammer films "Dracula, Prince of Darkness" and "Rasputin the Mad Monk" were filmed at the same time and used the same casts and the same sets. This process was repeated for two other Hammer vehicles. "The Reptile" and "Plague of the Zombies".
You know, as a kid I was never a fan of the Hammer films and actually despised them as cheap, campy Universal knockoffs. I've often considered giving them another shot as an adult, but procrastination has always prevented that. This might be the perfect opportunity.
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Watched that video. I thought I'd turn it off after 20 seconds, but it was actually kinda interesting and true. Halloween 6 blows as a sequel, but I do like the atmosphere and visuals of the movie, so I still find it entertaining.
Anton Phibes
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The early stuff rivals some of the Universals in atmosphere and story. Its Hammers later stuff that is trashy. Most stuff from 1957-1965 is gold.
steviebee87
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roddy pipers character name in They Live John Nada was chosen by john and roddy because they wanted to choose a last name they never heard before.
Did you know Pamela Voorhees of the original Friday the 13th, makes an appearance in the horror/slasher movie Maniac? Tom Savini did the Special F/X in Maniac and F13. He brought with him the decapitated dummy of Pamerla and used it in the end sequence of Maniac. When Frank sees the mannequins come to life and start surrounding him in bed, you see the decapitated Mrs. Voorhees come up from the floor at the side of the bed.
LOL. Speaking of Maniac, I just came across this little tidbit...
This was featured in the movie Flashdance, which starred Jennifer Beals as a welder by day, dancer by night.
Sembello wrote this with his songwriting partner Dennis Matkosky, who got the idea when he saw the William Lustig movie Maniac, which is about a serial killer who stalks his victims in New York City. Sembello told us: "He came up with the original kernel of inspiration and to me with the basic idea and groove and I believe the temporary lyrics for the chorus he had were:
'He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure
He will kill your cat and nail him to the door'
That direction obviously wasn't going to work at which point the genius of Phil Ramone, producer of the soundtrack who had the vision to see the potential of the song, asked us to change it to the present concept of a girl possessed with the passion of a gift for dance. Without Phil it would not have happened."
I'm a huge fan of Maniac, and I think it would have been cool to had the original written song as part of that soundtrack.
This was featured in the movie Flashdance, which starred Jennifer Beals as a welder by day, dancer by night.
Sembello wrote this with his songwriting partner Dennis Matkosky, who got the idea when he saw the William Lustig movie Maniac, which is about a serial killer who stalks his victims in New York City. Sembello told us: "He came up with the original kernel of inspiration and to me with the basic idea and groove and I believe the temporary lyrics for the chorus he had were:
'He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure
He will kill your cat and nail him to the door'
That direction obviously wasn't going to work at which point the genius of Phil Ramone, producer of the soundtrack who had the vision to see the potential of the song, asked us to change it to the present concept of a girl possessed with the passion of a gift for dance. Without Phil it would not have happened."
I'm a huge fan of Maniac, and I think it would have been cool to had the original written song as part of that soundtrack.
i had no idea of the producers cut. or the father of the baby being ..... that was, wow
so i posted
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Did you guys know that Micheal Myers' mask was actually a William Shatner mask.
Yup, true story, look it up.
Yup, true story, look it up.
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did you know that Halloween was such a low budget movie that the cast didn't even have costumes? they just wore their actual clothes for the movie.
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Okay, I'll throw a few out...
While filming his first scene in "Bride of Frankenstein", where the Monster survives the fire in the lake under the mill, Boris Karloff broke his hip...
In "House of Frankenstein",Lon Chaney only transforms into the Wolf Man once on camera due to a wartime shortage of yak hair...
In "Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein", Lon Chaney plays the Monster in the scene where he throws Lenore Aubert out the lab window and then chases the boys out of the lab. Glen Strange was injured and unable to perform the stunt...
Of the 4 men who portrayed the Creature from the Black Lagoon, only 1 does it in all 3 films; Ricou Browning. All the "land Creatures" are single film actors...
More later...PS
While filming his first scene in "Bride of Frankenstein", where the Monster survives the fire in the lake under the mill, Boris Karloff broke his hip...
In "House of Frankenstein",Lon Chaney only transforms into the Wolf Man once on camera due to a wartime shortage of yak hair...
In "Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein", Lon Chaney plays the Monster in the scene where he throws Lenore Aubert out the lab window and then chases the boys out of the lab. Glen Strange was injured and unable to perform the stunt...
Of the 4 men who portrayed the Creature from the Black Lagoon, only 1 does it in all 3 films; Ricou Browning. All the "land Creatures" are single film actors...
More later...PS
What city in 1978 did Halloween make its premiere and allowed it to get a good enough reception to become the hit it is today?
Edit: Since its not that kind of thread it made its debut in Kansas City, Missouri. It did well enough here to slowly start spreading and on its way to becoming what it is today. So you can thank KC for having this franchise.
Edit: Since its not that kind of thread it made its debut in Kansas City, Missouri. It did well enough here to slowly start spreading and on its way to becoming what it is today. So you can thank KC for having this franchise.
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thenammagazine
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Not that type of thread. 
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