CAM 05 · Staff
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Crystal Lake’s Self-Help Guru Draws on Est, the Real 1970s Seminar Movement That Gave Leaders Power Over Vulnerable People
Crystal Lake’s self-help guru draws on a real 1970s seminar culture that gave leaders power over vulnerable people. Wilhelm Richter (played by Nathan Darrow)…
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Crystal Lake Turns the Devoted Single Mom of Reba McEntire’s ‘I’m a Survivor’ into Pamela Voorhees
The mother in Reba McEntire’s 2001 song “I’m a Survivor” endures through constant struggles for her children. In Peacock’s Crystal Lake, Pamela Voorhees, played…
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V/H/S/94’s ‘Storm Drain’ Sends a Local News Reporter into the Sewers After the Rat Man, and She Comes Back Saying ‘Hail Raatma’
Chloe Okuno’s segment in V/H/S/94 is titled “Storm Drain.” It is a found-footage story set in the mid-1990s and follows Channel 6 news reporter…
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Robert Englund Says Freddy Krueger’s Backstory Was Changed on the Spot During the 1984 Nightmare on Elm Street Shoot
Robert Englund says Freddy Krueger’s backstory changed during the making of A Nightmare on Elm Street because Wes Craven wanted to avoid exploiting a…
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The ‘Boy Meets World’ Halloween Episode the Network Worried Was Too Dark to Air
In 1998, at the height of both teen slashers and Boy Meets World’s popularity, the show turned after-school detention into a funny, high-concept horror…
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A Man Punched Houdini in the Stomach in 1926, and Nine Days Later He Was Dead
Harry Houdini was reclining on a couch in his Montreal dressing room when a man struck him repeatedly in the abdomen on October 22,…
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An 11-Year-Old Fan Told Wes Craven His Movies Were Getting Softer, So He Said Yes to Scream
During an autograph session, an 11-year-old fan came up to Wes Craven and said something close to: “You should do a real goddamn movie…
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‘Crystal Lake’ Finally Explains How Jason Voorhees Seems to be Immortal
In Crystal Lake, Project Argonaut is a secret experimental program run by the Bellflower company. Its goal is to create a human capable of…
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‘Crystal Lake’ Shows How the Advances of Feminism Protect Women and Children
Set in the 1970s, Crystal Lake shows how much easier it was for an husband to trap his wife and children in a world…
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Betsy Palmer Invented a Tragic Backstory for Mrs. Voorhees That Was Never Shared Onscreen
A class ring helped Betsy Palmer find her way into playing Pamela Voorhees in Friday the 13th. With only a few personal details in…
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Josh Hartnett Recalls Cutting His Own Hair For ‘The Faculty’ and ‘Halloween: H20’ Roles
Josh Hartnett gave himself the uneven haircut that turned up in both The Faculty and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later in 1998. At 19,…
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Javier Bardem Says It Was His Idea to Make His Bond Villain Gay in ‘Skyfall’
Does adding in lust make a Bond villain creepier? Javier Bardem wanted Raoul Silva’s interest in James Bond to get personal. During a script…
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In 2026, Of Course Margaret White Is a MAHA “Parent’s Rights” Influencer
Stephen King‘s Margaret White has always been one of horror’s scariest mothers, a religious zealot who abuses her daughter in God’s name. Mike Flanagan’s…
