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July 4 Is Alice in Wonderland Day Too

July 4, 2020

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Americans celebrate the Fourth of July for our independence from the British. Brits celebrate it for a different reason. July 4 in Britain is annually celebrated as Alice in Wonderland Day, where people gather together in costumes to commemorate the first ...

Ray Harryhausen’s 100th Birthday

Dani Phantom

June 29, 2020

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Harryhausen was 13 years old when he was inspired to do stop-motion animation after watching the 1933's King Kong. He eventually got to meet the animator for the movie, Willis O’Brien, and became his pupil. His stop-motion technique is called “Dynamation.” It...

‘Jaws’ At 45: Still A Classic With Bite

A.X. Verite

June 20, 2020

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Steven Spielberg never thought Jaws would succeed. He feared that he was going to be cast out of Hollywood because the film went 300 percent over budget and the shooting schedule was over by 109 days. Little did he know, he would create a film that would c...

‘Psycho’: Why Millennials Should Love This 60-Year-old Killer

A.X. Verite

June 16, 2020

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Many people of my generation wouldn’t even consider watching a black and white movie from 1960. Not even a classic like Psycho. Especially since it’s not on Netflix. That would be a grave mistake. It’s a classic for a reason. Several, actually. The 60 year...

‘The Shining’: Still Haunting After All These Years

The Intriguer

May 23, 2020

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Director Stanley Kubrick's previous film had flopped. Stephen King was on a roll, but it came at a heavy cost. The director desperately needed the author's bestseller to provide him a hit and keep him working, and King was struggling with alcoholism. ...

The Man Who Created ‘Jaws’

The Intriguer

May 21, 2020

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He's a legend in film history, still most film fans don't know Joe Alves, who turns 84 on May 21. But if you were unable to get into the water after seeing Jaws, you know his work. If watched Close Encounters of the Third Kind in wonder, you know his wo...

National Twilight Zone Day 2020

The Intriguer

May 11, 2020

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As you live through a real life global pandemic, some days might feel like you’ve wandered into an episode of The Twilight Zone. If you’re a fan, insert the episode that comes to mind here. But before we got ourselves into this current pickle, somebody — w...

13 Facts About ‘Friday The 13th’ On Its 40th Anniversary

The Intriguer

May 9, 2020

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The slasher film reached mainstream success with John Carpenter’s Halloween in 1979. But Friday the 13th made slashers a bankable genre in 1980. And in the ‘80s, it was very bankable. Friday the 13th captured what critics determined was a horrific reflecti...

‘Color Out Of Space’: A Knight, Bright Lights, And H.P. Lovecraft

The Intriguer

April 30, 2020

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A new 21st Century rendering of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Color Out of Space gives audiences a chance to see a well-made Lovecraft-based film that features a gonzo Nicholas Cage performance thrown in as a bonus. Director Richard Stanley (Hardware, The Otherworl...

The Bride At 85

The Intriguer

April 19, 2020

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