On this episode of “The Online Movie Show,” the focus is on Sergei Bondarchuk’s 1970 epic “Waterloo” starring Rod Steiger as Napoleon. The guest expert on this episode is Simon Lewis, author of the new book “Waterloo – Making an Epic.”
Independent Effects Artist and Scare Actress Tiffany Manning [Women In Horror Month 2022]
Tiffany Manning is an independent artist who loves to create monsters and scares as an effects artist and scare actress, here she is in her own words.
Please introduce yourself:
Hello, my name is Tiffany Manning. Born and raised in Ohio. I’m 27yrs old and I’ve been a woman of horror ever since I can remember. Probably since the early age of 4 years old after my first of 19 surgeries when I awoke with stitches and related to Frankenstein’s monster and he forever became one of my favorite works of cinema magic. My love for the stitched monster only grew as my number of stitches grew when my disease Osteogenesis Imperfecta also known as brittle bones disease required me to have corrective surgeries due to fracturing almost every bone in my body hundreds of times.
German Filmmaker Selina Sondermann [Women In Horror Month 2022]
As a writer and director of short films, Selina Sondermann has already made a mark as a woman in horror from Germany.
Horror and Dark Fiction Author Peggy Christie [Women In Horror Month 2022]
An author on the dark side, Peggy Christie answers our Women in Horror Month questions:
Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973): Special Edition [Blu-ray/DVD]
Known as “Hooker’s Revenge,” and as “They Call Her One Eye,” Bo Arne Vibernius’s “Thriller” is the quintessential grindhouse revenge pic that begat so many after it. When you want to visit what helped influence Tarantino, “Thriller” (Vinegar Syndrome will debuting their own release of the film on 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray with a different transfer and extras this summer) is where the template was established. While it suffers from narrative flaws here and there, “Thriller” is pure visceral exploitation revenge cinema that still feels about as grimy and gritty as “I Spit On Your Grave” in spite of its restoration.
The Bootleg Files: The Three Stooges in Stupor Heroes
BOOTLEG FILES 796: “The Three Stooges in Stupor Heroes” (2012 fan film).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: Unauthorized production that borrows copyright protected material from the Three Stooges and DC Comics.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Nope.
There seems to be a surplus number of fan films based on “Star Wars,” superhero flicks, James Bond adventures and popular horror franchises. But how come there is a deficit of Three Stooges-inspired fan films?
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Immersive Theater and Screen Up-and-Coming Maven Linnea Swanson [Women In Horror Month 2022]
A multi-talented person, Linnea Swanson is here to stay with her interest in horror, may it be in theater, on the screen, or in writing. Continue reading