Horror...What do you know?

[crueshopofhorrors]

Lon Chaney, Jr. has played the Wolf Man, Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, and the Mummy.

Bruce Campbell has had a cameo appearance in all 3 of Sam Raimi (Director of the Evil Dead trilogy)'s Spider-Man films.

Everyone probably knows these already though. Lol.

 

[steviebee87]

the tales from the darkside series was supposed to be part of the creepshow genre but they changed the name later on.

 

[D'oh!]

The lab equipment from Frankenstein ('31) was reused in Young Frankenstein ('74).

 

[SilentSurfer]

Bruce Campbell has had a cameo appearance in all 3 of Sam Raimi (Director of the Evil Dead trilogy)'s Spider-Man films.

Everyone probably knows these already though. Lol.

I did know that, but it's a cool reminder. "Peter Pecker."

the tales from the darkside series was supposed to be part of the creepshow genre but they changed the name later on.

I might have appreciated them so much more if they had been Creepshow installments.

 

[nicky1]

In Evil Dead II, when Ash goes down into the cellar to collect the pages of the Necronomicon, you can see Freddy Krueger's glove hanging by a door down there.

It was not the cellar.
It was in the shed by the house when he takes the chainsaw

 

[Anton Phibes]

That would have been a very different movie. I think Lee would have overpowered the Michael character. Glad he wasn't in it.

Liam Neeson was originally offered the role of Dracula in Monster Squad.

Donald did that as well. Sam Loomis became his signature role and was the only reason I watched the films initially. True.

 

[Anton Phibes]

OK: I dont know much...but I knows monsters and their trivia.

Psycho trivia:

~Anthony Perkins never did the voice work for Mother. It was mostly Virginia Gregg, but a couple others hopped in as well. Virginia Gregg is the only one who did her for the sequels as well as the original.

~Anthony Perkins wasnt even part of the shower scene. He was doing a play he was comitted to at the time, and someone else did the entire shower kill sequence.


Silence of the Lambs/ Vincent Price trivia.

~The last public appearance Vincent Price did was a 1992 Horror Hall of Fame Special hosted by Robert Englund. The previous year when he was indoctrinated and given a lifetime achievement award, he couldnt attend. But the year he did attend, he was escorted by Elvira to the stage to announce the winner of the year's best Horror award. The winner~? The Silence of the Lambs. When the fella who came up to accept the award for the film came up, he almost forgot to take it with him and make a speech after he shook Vincent Price's hand.

~Bela Lugosi Dracula:

--Bela Lugosi wasnt originally going to get the part in the film despite being critically and commercially successful in the play. His agent even got a telegram stating they werent interested in him. He practically gave away the performance settling for a ridiculously small salary. He received more money from "Dracula's Daughter" to not appear than he did to appear in Dracula. Fear he would overshadow Holden's performance. When it came time to send the monsters off to the retirement home---Bela Lugosi was not considered for the role. His agent badgered the powers that be to get him the part. universal mis-used Lugosi as though he were refuse despite making a fortune off him. The anomosity still exists between Universal and the Lugosi estate (more or less) to this day.

Creature from the Black Lagoon:

~During the filming of Creature from the Black Lagoon---Ben Chapman banged Julia Adams head against a set cave wall and she had to get medical attention.


Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, and Peter Cushing were all born on May 27th or 26th. They became lifelong friends and kept in contact with each other long after the Hammer and AIP cycles ended.

I know more--but I have to think awhile. Maybe some of that was interesting to a youngster, but I am sure most already knew it.

 

[SilentSurfer]

It was not the cellar.
It was in the shed by the house when he takes the chainsaw

Really?

 

[SilentSurfer]

Donald did that as well. Sam Loomis became his signature role and was the only reason I watched the films initially. True.

You know, I have to agree with you. Donald did over power the Michael character, and I think that is why the movie worked. You're right.

Maybe what I meant was Lee has such a "Lee" presence on screen, I may have been unable to see him as anything but the "Lee" I've seen in dozens of other movies in the same genre, and that would have degraded the significance of Michael for me.

 

[SilentSurfer]

I like your Psycho trivia. I did know about the shower scene. I wonder if Norman was meant to be silhoetted in that scene, of if it was only done out of necessity. Either way = all time great scene.

I did see Price's last appearance escorted by Elvira. I remember that.

Poor Legosi. Too often in the horror genre, the people who really make a film what it is get shafted out of money or any involvement in the franchise they should get the most credit for making a success.

Creature fact I knew, but I didn't know all the birthdays were practically the same. I did know they were all good friends though.

Thanks for the trivia. Loved it.

 

[SilentSurfer]

I don't know if this is a duh fact or not, but for those Dai Kaiju fans, Godzilla and Gamera are arguably the two biggest Japanese monster stars in the genre, yet because they are owned by two different companies, the endless list of monsters they've each faught in their long careers does not include each other.

 

[Anton Phibes]

The Omen: (1976)~

The scene with the Baboons was tricky. They couldnt get the baboons to act scared nor attack the car. Or do much of anything other than sleep. So the director thought they would snatch a baboon baby from the colony and see if they could get a reaction. Nothing happened.

So the zoo keeper told them if they wanted a reaction~ they had to take the alpha male of the group. They took the alpha male, sedated him and put him in the car with Lee Remick and the kid playing Damien. The baboons went berserk and did their thing. But there was a problem. The alpha male baboon woke up and started attacking Lee Remick. All the attention was on the baboons on the outside. They forgot about the one in the car with the actors. Her screaming in that sequence is real.

Son of Frankenstein:

Perhaps Bela Lugosi's second greatest role: that of Ygor from the Son of Frankenstein isnt in the script. His part didnt exist. The director promised Lugosi a part in it. Universal said "there's no part for Lugosi"...because of their sour relationship with Bela. The director said:"I made a promise". Universal told the director that was his problem. But there was no aprt for Lugosi. So the director made one. His reply was "I'll show those sons of b****es, Bela will start the film and have more screen time than anybody.: Son of Frankenstein begins with Ygor playing his horn and his character dominates the film. All because the director bucked the system and was a man of his word.

The Bride of Frankenstein:

Originally the heart for the Bride was to come from Eizabeth which explains why the Bride is immediately attracted to Henry after she's unwrapped.

Also- the end of the film called for Dr. Henry Frankenstein to go down in the explosion with all the rest of the gang. Universal said the heart irony and the death ending were overly morbid, and shot a new ending with Henry and Elizabeth escaping. They also shot new footage and made Fritz's cousin Karl find a different victim for the Bride's heart. if you watch the end of B.O.F, you can see Henry and the Bride against the wall going to their graves with the others. This scene wasn't reshot because the explosion sequence was far too expensive to do more than once.

The House of Usher:

Mark Damon has a scene where he attacks Vincent Price and threatens him with an axe. Price doesnt respond as Damons character had hoped, so Damon throws the axe at price's feet. The trivia/problem...he clipped Price in the shin. Price quietly dismissed himself. He then walked around the perimeter of the set and yelled out a few choice words to deal with the pain. Then he came back. Damon apologized and Price shrugged it off as if it were nothing and they re-shot the scene.


...more later as I remember it. Hopefully you guys didnt know all this already.

 

[thenammagazine]

The Omen: (1976)~

The scene with the Baboons was tricky. They couldnt get the baboons to act scared nor attack the car. Or do much of anything other than sleep. So the director thought they would snatch a baboon baby from the colony and see if they could get a reaction. Nothing happened.

So the zoo keeper told them if they wanted a reaction~ they had to take the alpha male of the group. They took the alpha male, sedated him and put him in the car with Lee Remick and the kid playing Damien. The baboons went berserk and did their thing. But there was a problem. The alpha male baboon woke up and started attacking Lee Remick. All the attention was on the baboons on the outside. They forgot about the one in the car with the actors. Her screaming in that sequence is real.

 

[Bonven]

Speaking of Dracula, here's an interesting "what if" fact.

Before Browning, Chaney sr. and eventually Lugosi made Dracula for Universal, Paul Leni (The man who laughs) was going to direct the movie with Conrad Veidt as Dracula.

Veidt, born in Germany, was worried that his english wouldn't be good enough and declined. Sadly Leni died shortly after.

I think Veidt totally would have nailed Dracula, he was quite scary in movies as "The cabinet of dr. Caligari" and "The hands of Orlac".

And if you remember him as colonel Strassner in "Casablanca", maybe you'll agree that he had no reason to worry about his english.

Another Veidt fact; his Gwynplaine makeup (designed by a certain mr. Jack Pierce) inspired Bob Kane for a certain Batman villain.

 

[Blackhole]

The guy thrown over the counter by Jason in the restaurant in Friday the 13th: Jason Takes Manhattan, is Ken Kirzinger. He would later go on to replace Kane Hodder as Jason in Freddy vs Jason.

 

[Bonven]

The Omen: (1976)~


Son of Frankenstein:[/U][/I][/B]

Perhaps Bela Lugosi's second greatest role: that of Ygor from the Son of Frankenstein isnt in the script. His part didnt exist. The director promised Lugosi a part in it. Universal said "there's no part for Lugosi"...because of their sour relationship with Bela. The director said:"I made a promise". Universal told the director that was his problem. But there was no aprt for Lugosi. So the director made one. His reply was "I'll show those sons of b****es, Bela will start the film and have more screen time than anybody.: Son of Frankenstein begins with Ygor playing his horn and his character dominates the film. All because the director bucked the system and was a man of his word.

Awesome facts. I can add to that:

In BBC's "The History of Horror" host Mark Gatiss interviews Donnie Dunagan who played the little Frankenstein boy in Son. He tells that Karloff and Rathbone put pressure on Universal to make sure that Lugosi got a proper paycheck for playing Ygor. Lugosi, clearly moved by the respect he got from both colleagues and director gave his (in my opinion) best performance of his career.

 

[PapitoMX]

Did ya know that there were 5-6 "Actors" who played Michael Myers in the original 1978 Halloween? One being a female, Writer/Producer Debra Hill.

 

[crueshopofhorrors]

The guy thrown over the counter by Jason in the restaurant in Friday the 13th: Jason Takes Manhattan, is Ken Kirzinger. He would later go on to replace Kane Hodder as Jason in Freddy vs Jason.

Kirzinger also played Jason himself in Jason Takes Manhattan, in some stunt scenes that Kane didn't do.

 

[crueshopofhorrors]

Kane Hodder has also played Freddy Krueger... somewhat. The end scene of Jason Goes To Hell, where Freddy's glove grabs Jason's mask, it's Hodder's arm.

Tom Morga, the man behind the mask in Friday The 13th: Part 5 - A New Beginning (For the most part), has also played Michael Myers, in the beginning of Halloween IV: The Return Of Michael Myers. He also has played in Star Trek.

 

[SilentSurfer]

As a huge Myers fan, I did know that several people played Myers in H1, including Debra Hill, but I didn't know there were that many. Maybe that's what give Michael such a mysterious presence in that movie. He could be anybody because he was actually played by so many different people in one role.

If I ever get to create a horror icon on screen, I'm going to remember this.

The guy thrown over the counter by Jason in the restaurant in Friday the 13th: Jason Takes Manhattan, is Ken Kirzinger. He would later go on to replace Kane Hodder as Jason in Freddy vs Jason.

Excellent.

Did you know that Kane Hodder had a small part in House II: the Second Story? He was the guy in the gorilla costume with head off at the Halloween party who the skull-steeling Barbarian pushed over the stair rail and landed on the couch.