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Birthday Suits: Oscar-Snubbed

10 November 2009 5:11 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Today's birthday list doesn't make me feel celebratory so much as oscarighteously furious. Perhaps I should explain. It's only the four first birthday boys whipping me into a golden frenzy. Then things calm down.

Claude, Ann and Dick

Todays Birthdays 11/10

1889 Claude Rains, never won an Oscar. This despite being a great screen actor, whose filmography reads like a catalogue of Golden Age greatness. He's an actor who made indelible contributions to not 1, not 2 but 7 Best Picture nominees, a number that doesn't even reflect films like Notorious, Now Voyager, The Wolf Man, The Invisible Man, Mrs. Skeffington or The Greatest Story Ever Told. He didn't even get an honorary statue!

1925 Richard Burton, never won an Oscar. This despite winning exactly as many nominations as Liz Taylor won husbands.

1928 Ennio Moriccone has never won an Oscar. This despite being a world reknowned composer, being worshipped by film fanatics and revolutionizing how people scored Westerns. »

- NATHANIEL R

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Badasses of Horror: Part One

5 November 2009 4:34 PM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

If you want to talk about badass crap, you really can’t do a hell of a lot worse than the horror genre. Whether it’s crazy Eastern Europeans with slicked-back hair and overly developed canine teeth chomping down on the necks of scantily clad maidens or demented, murderous psychopaths running around in body armor made from human skin and carving X’s into the chest cavities of wayward coeds with gasoline-powered gardening implements, horror never seems to disappoint when it comes to violent homicide or paint-bombing dungeon walls with a thick coat of crimson substances. Therefore, in an effort to promote my new book Badass: A Relentless Onslaught Of The Toughest Warlords, Vikings, Samurai, Pirates, Gunslingers, And Military Commanders To Ever Live (in which I talk about such real-life badasses as the notorious Vlad the Impaler; see the trailer here), I will attempt to discuss some of the toughest »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Ben Thompson)

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Afm '09: Crazy Awesome First Still from 'Piranha 3D'

4 November 2009 1:26 PM, PST | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »

One of the coolest things we stumbled across at this year's Afm are the first ever images from Alex Aja's (High Tension, Mirrors, The Hills Have Eyes) 3-D remake of Piranha 3D. Beyond the break you'll witness mayhem in bloody waters, along with your first look as Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws)! After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the areas new razor-toothed residents. But our heroine (Elisabeth Shue) is seriously outnumbered, and with only one chance to save the lake and her family from totally being devoured, she must risk everything to destroy the aquatic carnivores herself. Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Ving Rhames, Richard Dreyfuss, Dina Meyer, Brooklynn Proulx, Quinn Lord, Riley Steele, Jessica Szohr, Jerry O'Connell, Paul Scheer, Cody Longo, Riley Steele, Eli Roth, Ricardo Chavira all star. »

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AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes

4 November 2009 4:45 AM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »

"Extra" brings you AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes of all time! From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Taxi Driver," see if your favorites made the list!

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesGone with the Wind (1939)

“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” —Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.

The Godfather (1972)

“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” —Marlon Brando as Don Corleone.

On the Waterfront (1954)

“You don’t understand! »

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Richard Dreyfuss Battles New Jaws in 'Piranha 3-D'

3 November 2009 10:30 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

The folks over at Bloody-Disgusting unearthed some photos from the forthcoming 3-D remake of Piranha, while at the American Film Market. The images give us our first look at cast member Richard Dreyfuss. And unless we miss our guess, you'll observe that those clothes he's wearing look awfully familiar; as if he raided one Matt Hooper's closet.

We just wanna know: is he driving the boat, too?

Here's the setup for the new film: After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents. But our heroine (Elisabeth Shue) is seriously outnumbered, and with only one chance to save the lake and her family from totally being devoured, she must risk everything to destroy the aquatic carnivores herself.

We're a little stymied as to why Dreyfuss »

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‘The Fourth Kind’ Abduction Featurette and Genre Picks

2 November 2009 10:15 AM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

If you have been eagerly anticipating Friday’s release of The Fourth Kind, here is a creepy little featurette from Universal and Yahoo Movies to prime you for the movie — which you can watch after the jump. It’s no spoiler to note that the plot of the movie has to do with missing people in Alaska, and possible alien abduction. This featurette provides a back-story, so to speak, about the four different kinds of alien encounters.

Still can’t sate your appetite for alien abduction? If so, take a look at these other genre titles while you are biding your time. And, look for our review of The Fourth Kind on Friday.

• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) – Arguably the best known in the genre. This movie terrified me when I saw it as a child. Steven Speilberg’s follow up to Jaws racked up several oscar nominations and won for best cinematography. »

- Shannon Hood

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Here's the Top 101 Scariest Film Scores!

30 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

This month, Shock readers were asked to participate in Sirius Xm Radio's "Halloween Horror Score Chopdown" on Cinemagic. After gathering submissions, the show's team started rolling them out on Sirius Monday. If you haven't been tuning in, here's the complete list of soundtracks that made the cut. What do you think? Halloween John Carpenter 1 Psycho Bernard Herrmann 2 The Shining Wendy Carlos/Assorted 3 Jaws John Williams 4 Alien Jerry Goldsmith 5 Omen, The Jerry Goldsmith 6 Bride of Frankenstein Franz Waxman 7 Thing, The Ennio Morricone 8 Exorcist, The Pendereki 9 Fog, The John Carpenter 10 Rosemary's Baby Christopher Komeda 11 Hellraiser Christopher Young 12 Friday the 13th Harry Manfredini 13 A Nightmare on Elm Street Charles Bernstein 14... »

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'Paranormal Activity' Director Oren Peli Calls Steven Spielberg's Praise 'Amazing'

28 October 2009 10:12 PM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

'Even if he watched it and hated it I would have been stoked,' Peli says.

By Christopher Campbell, with additional reporting by Adam Rosenberg

Oren Peli

Photo: MTV News

"Paranormal Activity" wouldn't have been shown in mainstream theaters if not for movie fans demanding it. But we can also thank one particular movie lover for getting it distributed: Steven Spielberg. A widely circulated part of the film's backstory involves Spielberg viewing — and being terrified by — the low-budget horror flick.

And "Paranormal Activity" writer/director Oren Peli couldn't be happier about his idol's reaction.

"It was amazing," he told MTV News of Spielberg's interest in the film. "One of the most shocking moments of my life was to hear that not only he saw the movie, but he loved it and was frightened by it."

Peli admitted Spielberg has been a major influence on him from the beginning, not just »

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Giant shark savages great white

27 October 2009 6:53 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

A giant shark believed to be up to 6m long almost bit a great white shark in half off the coast of an Australian island. Two bites were taken out of the 3m white pointer by another great white, which is believed to be 1.5m longer than the creature at the centre of Steven Spielberg's Jaws, Australia's Daily Telegraph reports. Ashton Smith, a 19-year-old surfer, said: "Whatever attacked and took chunks out of this big shark must be massive. (more) »

- By Mayer Nissim

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Halloween Beasts of Horror: The Animals That Scare Us

22 October 2009 6:11 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

As the spookiest day of the year (Halloween) approaches, people start talking about what actually scares them the most. We’ve run several articles this month discussing horror films from multiple genres (Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller) and then we covered a list of “fun for everyone” Halloween films.

In too many instances people focus on the alien, zombie, ghost and slasher films to represent the horror genre - and while those are all truly frightening topics for films, I think that ultimately one of the scariest horror sub-genres often gets overlooked: Animals gone crazy!

 

Whether it’s by land, sea or air, creatures of every imaginable size and shape have terrorized us for decades. Some are exotic animals, others are extinct beasts brought back to life by the magic of Hollywood, while still others hit closer to home and make us question if we should even own a pet. Come join »

- Paul Young

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Lists of Doom Xxviii: Ari of Destrophy

19 October 2009 7:18 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Greetings Fango Fiends! It's time once again for another installment of Fangoria Musick's Lists Of Doom - the column where we track down some of your favorite (or soon-to-be favorite) bands to get their thoughts on on the world of horror, and which films scare them.

For our 28th installment we caught up with Ari - vocalist/guitarist of Des Moines' Destrophy. One of the Midwest's hardest-working bands, Destrophy's self-titled album (and first for Victory Records) will hit retail on October 26th. So what scares Ari? Great White Sharks? Satanic Children? Nuclear Man?

Find out below!

1. An American Werewolf In London (1981), Director: John Landis.

Definitely my favorite werewolf incarnation- more like bear-wolf!  Actually the Nazi ghouls might have scared me more than anything.

2. The Exorcist III (1990), Director: William Peter Blatty.

The scene in the hospital.  A full minute of silence.  Best scare ever.

3. Alien (1979), Director: Ridley Scott.

One of the »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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Bill Clinton Hands Out Awards While Jimmy Carter Gets His Very Own Airport

12 October 2009 1:46 PM, PDT | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »

Last Thursday, former president Bill Clinton traveled to Philadelphia, City of Brotherly Love, to honor his friend Steven Spielberg with the National Constitution’s Liberty Medal, an award given to people who have shown a “commitment to change through action.” Between Spielberg’s work on such iconic films as Jaws and Schindler’s List and his founding of the Shoah Foundation, he certainly deserves the accolade. Unless, of course, you’re an East Coast Great White Shark who was hunted mercilessly after the release of his shark-phobic trilogy. »

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A Career-Spanning Conversation with Joe Dante

11 October 2009 4:32 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

We recently published Glenn Kay's interview with Joe Dante discussing the full details on his upcoming film The Hole (read it here). Now, Jason Anders caught up with the director to go back even further. All the way back to 1978, and the recently remade Piranha...

Jason Anders/Fangoria: Let's start with one of your earliest films, 1978's Piranha; what originally inspired you to become involved in filmmaking, and what roads led to you directing one of your first motion pictures, which garnered the respect of major Hollywood names like Steven Spielberg? Also, tell me about the challenges you faced on the production of this film, which was shot in just 30 days.

Joe Dante: I had originally planned to become a cartoonist; it was only during art school that I came to realize I was more inclined toward filmmaking. This was the mid-'60s when the idea of "film school »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Jason Anders)

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Top 10 Classic Horror Movies for Halloween

7 October 2009 11:53 PM, PDT | ScreenStar | See recent ScreenStar news »

In celebration of this ghoulish time of year, we've put together a list of our Top 10 horror movies to watch on Halloween. Forget about things that go bump in the night, these creatures are the night. So, sit back, grab your popcorn, curl up in that comfy blanket (you'll need it), and get ready for your blood to curdle and your hair to stand on end. In other words - watch at your own risk... Halloween Ah, Halloween - John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic. Just hearing the name Michael Myers can send chills up your spine, and his character has become synonymous with this witchy holiday. Having escaped the sanitarium he was locked up in for fifteen years for the murder of his older sister, Myers (Nick Castle and Tony Moran) unleash hell on the small town of Haddonfield, Ilinois on Halloween night. Among his prey is Jamie Lee Curtis, »

- jschiecke@corp.popstar.com (Janelle Schiecke)

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Top Ten Working American Directors

7 October 2009 2:18 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Top Ten Working American Directors

A list like this is tricky to the point of madness. However, I'm going to save you the trouble by saying it right here, right now: Most of the choices on this list are obvious. There's a reason why certain names continually pop up whenever conversation drifts toward great American films. So there. I said it.

Yet, how do you weigh the likes of Francis Ford Coppola, a genius who delivered some of the all-time greatest films, but fizzled out 25 or so years ago, against a filmmaker like Woody Allen who has worked consistently for decades churning out both brilliant gems and disposable time wasters? How do you compare either of these directors against an auteur such as Spike Jonze who has only opened two films so far, but both are masterpieces?

In the end I just went with my gut. I knew there were »

- David Frank

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The Hills Run Red (2009)

30 September 2009 7:49 PM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »

We've all heard the story of the lost film; that old horror classic that mysteriously and tragically falls through the cracks never to be seen again. A handful of them, such as the often bereaved London After Midnight, go on to attain a legendary status that was likely only made possible by their very absence. But what if, what if, some old forgotten film did carry the whisper of something dark, something real, something fat, deadly, and wanting its mother. Some mysteries are best left sleeping.

Horror geek Tyler (Tad Hilgenbrink) has deaf ears for any such advice. The Hills Run Red is a lost film; a notorious slasher that disappeared without a trace after a very small screening many years ago. Hungry to gain some notoriety by finding the missing treasure, he tracks down the promiscuous and drugged out stripper daughter (Sophie Monk) of the film's director (William Sadler), sobers the girl up, »

- Tristan Sinns

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Interview: An Ice Cream Social With Oscar Winner Richard Dreyfuss

23 September 2009 8:46 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Actor Richard Dreyfuss is comfortable. This was on display as he was eating ice cream while talking about his career and life, just before an appearance at the brand new Hollywood Palms Cinema in Naperville, Ill.

Dreyfuss made a huge splash in the 1970s starring in the triptych of classic films: “American Graffiti,” “Jaws,” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” He won his Best Actor Oscar – the youngest actor in Academy Award history to do so at the time – playing Elliott Garfield in the comedy, “The Goodbye Girl.”

Oscar-winning Actor Richard Dreyfuss in a Candid ‘Close Encounter’ at the Hollywood Palms Cinema in Naperville, Illinois, September 19th, 2009

Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com He continued with great films throughout his career, including roles in “Down and Out in Beverly Hills,” “What About Bob?,” another Best Actor nomination for “Mr Holland’s Opus” and “W” as Vice President Dick Cheney. »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Robert Knepper and Ray Park Get Villanous in Heroes

18 September 2009 7:07 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

The show's two new bad guys talk about the upcoming fifth season

Heroes starts up with its fifth season with a special two-hour season premiere on Monday, September 21 at 8 Pm Et on NBC. The series has two new additions in Robert Knepper and Ray Park and the actors recently held a conference call to discuss their involvement in the series. Here's what they both had to say.

So obviously, you know, in the past couple years you guys have both played some really great really iconic characters. Does that help you or does that hurt you when you enter a new project like this?

Ray Park: Oh okay thank Robert. Sometimes it sort of helps for like fan base for other things that I've done but also at the same time it can sort of be - there's a lot more expectation for certain things that I've done in the past. »

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Cloudy, With A Chance Of Bruce Campbell!

17 September 2009 10:26 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Note: This article also appears on our Starlog site.

Alright, you primitive screwheads--listen up! Who doesn't quote B-movie icon Bruce Campbell on a regular basis? Whether he's dispatching the dead, naming Spider-Man or helping Chase Masterson stop alien midgets from invading Earth via a Canadian airport in some cheesy Sy-Fy original, Bruce Campbell is always worth watching!

Now you have a chance to listen to him, in the 3-D animated Cloudy, With A Chance Of Meatballs, Campbell voices the town's bloated leader, Mayor Shelbourne.

Cloudy directors Christopher Miller and Phil Lord were honored to have the jut-jawed living legend in their film.

"That guy is incredible," raves Christopher Miller. "Obviously, we're fans of the Evil Dead franchise. We modeled the Mayor after The Mayor from Jaws and we wanted somebody who could be a bombastic voice from that era, who also had a sleazy, sketchy quality to him who could »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)

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Martyn’s Top Ten Disturbing Films

17 September 2009 4:40 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

It is rarely highlighted what a strange habit and practice cinema-going is. Off we go to sit in a darkened room, usually with complete strangers, and watch something akin to a dream unfold before us. After all, Hollywood in particular, has been known as “The Dream Factory”. Why restrict it to Hollywood? Cinema = dreams. And as the subconscious plays havoc; dreams can turn into nightmares.

Audiences can laugh, cry and scream together. Each person maybe processing information in a variety of differing ways, yet, filmmakers employ a bag of tricks to invoke particular responses, at particular times.

Film experiences have a habit of becoming cherished, personal memories. It can achieve an ambiguous effect. Millions were astounded by Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, just as they were terrified by Jaws, seventeen years earlier. Alfred Hitchcock devised the infamous shower sequence in Psycho relying on suggestion, chocolate sauce, rapid editing and shrieking »

- Martyn Conterio

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