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  • Horror Cinema Trivia: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

    At the first cast meeting called by producer and director Francis Ford Coppola, he got all of the principal actors and actresses to read the entire Bram Stoker novel out loud to get a feel for the story. According to Sir Anthony Hopkins, it took two days to complete.

    Gary Oldman said that when he first read the script, he decided it would be worth doing the movie just so he could feel what it would be like to say, “I’ve crossed oceans of time to find you” to someone.

    In August 2018, Winona Ryder expressed concern that she might be legally married to Keanu Reeves. Apparently, Coppola wasn’t happy with their wedding scenes in the movie and, to achieve greater authenticity, he re-shot the sequence with a real priest.

    Learn more about the making of Coppola’s adaptation of Dracula at IMDb Trivia: Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

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  • DYK: The Title Behind “Murder, She Wrote”

    Murder, She Wrote’s title is a reference to the Miss Marple mystery Murder She Said (1961), which was based on a novel by Agatha Christie.

    Find more behind-the-scenes info about the greatest prime-time 80s murder mystery show at IMDb Trivia: Murder, She Wrote.

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  • BRAIIINS

    Shaun of the Dead, 2004
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  • Horror Cinema: House (1977)

    I waited for years before finally seeing Nobuhiko Obayashi’s House, and I think the excitement and expectations were too high for what the movie ended up being. I was expecting a mix between Dario Argento’s Suspiria and Tim Burton’s early 1980s Hansel and Gretel, which were both great and far superior than House. The majority of the good scenes were all in the trailer, except for my favourite, which was the eye in the mouth.

    I guess I should have done more research into this movie other than watching trailers and hearing about how great it was from friends and family. Warning to those who have yet to see this, expect something more light-hearted with a light plot.

    Obayashi, Nobuhiko. House, Toho, 1977.

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  • Horror Cinema–Noroi: The Curse

    I was mesmerized by Kōji Shiraishi’s 2005 Noroi: The Curse from beginning to end. Told through a compilation of television shows and interviews and documentary-style footage, it tells a spooky ghost story in a very modern way.

    Shiraishi, Kōji. Noroi: The Curse, Xanadeux Company (Production Company), 2005.

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  • Horror Cinema Trivia: Black Christmas (1974)

    In 1986, Olivia Hussey met producers for the film Roxanne (1987), since they were interested in casting her for the title role. Roxanne co-star Steve Martin met her and said, “Oh my God, Olivia, you were in one of my all-time favorite films.” Thinking it was Romeo and Juliet (1968), Olivia was surprised to find out it was actually Black Christmas (1974). Steve Martin claimed he had seen it around 27 times.


    Read more facts about 1974’s Black Christmas at IMDb: Black Christmas (1974) – Trivia.

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  • Chucky Doll on Storage Wars

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  • Too soon?

    Too soon to start watching Christmas movies?

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  • LOL: Horror Villains Take Over 90s Prime Time

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  • Horror Cinema: Deadly Friend

    Wes Craven’s Deadly Friend was the first horror movie that I watched as a kid from beginning to end. I might have been eight or nine. I vividly remember choosing the movie at the video store and feeling so daring to be choosing a horror movie. I’m not sure, but I think I was with my older brother or a babysitter because I don’t think either of my parents would have allowed me to watch it.

    The basketball stood out as the part of the movie I would never forget. The actress who played the undead main character, Kristy Swanson, said that she had probably thrown the basketball over a hundred times during the re-shoot filming of Elvira’s death scene. She said, “Wes Craven kept at me to throw it as hard as I could to indicate great speed. I must have tossed that ball a hundred times. My arm sure felt I did.” She also said in an interview with Maxim magazine in May 2000 that the fake head was stuffed with actual cow brains that the production crew picked up from a butcher shop.

    Learn more about the movie at IMDb Trivia: Deadly Friend.

    Craven, Wes. Deadly Friend, Warner Bros., 1986.

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