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Max Minghella Says Clayface Would Have Fallen Apart Without Tom Rhys Harries
Max Minghella says the DCU body horror film Clayface would not have held together without its lead, Tom Rhys Harries. “He gave it his…
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A New Alien Movie from Prisoners Writer Aaron Guzikowski Is Reportedly Tied to David from Prometheus
David could be the link to a new Alien movie now being developed at 20th Century Studios, with Prisoners writer Aaron Guzikowski reportedly hired…
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Shows Almost No Gore. Here’s How Tobe Hooper Made It Feel So Brutal
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), directed by Tobe Hooper, has a reputation as one of the most brutal horror films ever made, yet…
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Geraldo Rivera’s 1988 ‘Devil Worship’ Special Drew About 20 Million Viewers. Years Later, He Apologized.
Roughly 20 million viewers watched Geraldo Rivera’s NBC special turn allegations of a secret Satanic network into prime-time television. Airing on October 25, 1988,…
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Halloween Premiered 48 Years Ago Today, Made for About $300,000 with Jamie Lee Curtis in Her First Film
When Halloween premiered on October 25, 1978, Jamie Lee Curtis was making her film debut in an independent horror movie made for roughly $300,000.…
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Dario Argento Used Disney’s Snow White as the Color Guide for Suspiria
Dario Argento asked cinematographer Luciano Tovoli to watch Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as a color reference for Suspiria. He wanted his…
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The Cabin in the Woods Villain Who Treats Murder Like an Office Shift
Bradley Whitford’s Steve Hadley makes The Cabin in the Woods scarier by treating murder like an office job. The snarky, bureaucratic puppet-master’s casual attitude…
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Why So Many Young TV Stars Ended Up in Late-’90s Horror Movies
Scream’s box-office success in 1996 made teen horror a big opportunity for young stars and the agents representing them. Studios wanted recognizable faces who…
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Don Mancini’s Next Chucky Movie Is Headed to Theaters, and It’s Going Back to the Doll’s Scarier Side
Don Mancini’s next Chucky movie is being developed for theaters, with the franchise creator writing and directing a return to the doll’s scarier side.…
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A Man Asked Houdini If He Could Take a Punch. Nine Days Later, on Halloween, 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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How Gage’s Death Became the Turning Point of 1989’s Pet Sematary
The family is having a picnic outside their home when Gage follows his drifting kite toward the busy road. Louis and the others scramble…
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Wes Craven Said Three Men in a Nevada Town Told Him No One Would Find His Body, and It Shaped the Hills Have Eyes
Wes Craven said 3 men in a small Nevada town shot an arrow past his head while he and his wife were traveling by…
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She Went Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel on Her 63rd Birthday, After Testing It on a Cat
Annie Edson Taylor spent her 63rd birthday inside an oak barrel going over Niagara Falls. On October 24, 1901, the American schoolteacher became the…
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A Therapist Watched Elizabeth Holmes’s Head Closely and Noticed She Nods at Her Own Words
Watch Elizabeth Holmes’s head closely, and you’ll notice something that licensed psychotherapist Elliott Connie couldn’t stop thinking about after his second viewing of You…
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Why Max Factor Heir Andrew Luster Walked Free After 20 Years of a 124-Year Sentence
Andrew Luster, the Max Factor cosmetics heir sentenced to 124 years for drugging and raping unconscious women, walked out of a California state prison…
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Tommy Wiseau Needed 32 Takes and 3 Hours to Film the Room’s 7-Second Rooftop Entrance
On The Room’s second day of filming, Tommy Wiseau needed 32 takes and 3 hours to get through a rooftop doorway while remembering his…
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Robin Williams Played Call of Duty for Hours Against Kids, and He Did Not Go Easy on Them
Robin Williams spent hours online playing Call of Duty against kids as young as 10, and he did not go easy on them. Grown…
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Stephen King Once Answered His Own Fan Mail. A Daughter Just Found the Reply He Sent Her Late Father
Dee Dee found one of Stephen King’s replies among her late father’s belongings. She hadn’t known it existed, and she found it when she…
