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Rosemary’s Baby is an enduring horror classic that helped define two scary movie subgenres: the creepy child flick and the Satanic movie. Fascinatingly, the book that inspired the film was almost about aliens. Here’s why the book took a devilish turn instead.

The book ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ was supposed to be ‘9 whole months of anticipation’

Ira Levin was a novelist who wrote popular books like A Kiss Before Dying, The Stepford Wives, and The Boys from Brazil. Perhaps his most famous book was Rosemary’s Baby, which informed many people’s attitudes toward the devil and the Antichrist. In a 2003 article reposted by The Criterion Collection, Levin explained why he chose to write a horror novel about pregnancy.

“Having observed that the most suspenseful part of a horror story is before, not after, the horror appears, I was struck one day by the thought (while not listening to a lecture) that...

According to a royal author, Kate Middleton is far from “Stepford Wife.” Instead, they’d describe the Princess of Wales, 42, as a “great role model” and a “solution finder.” Ahead, where the “Stepford Wife” comparison came from—hint: another royal author—and what Kate did that took “a lot of courage.”

Kate’s a ‘solution finder,’ not a ‘Stepford Wife’

“She was wrongly dubbed a ‘Stepford Wife’ in the past, which was really wrong because she’s able to do so many things,” Robert Jobson, author of Catherine, The Princess of Wales, told the Australian morning show Sunrise (via Newsweek).

The term is, per the outlet, a nod to Ira Levin’s 1972 novel, The Stepford Wives, which featured “robot-like serial housewives” and has, in the decades since, been used as a “derogative term to describe women.”

Rather, Kate is someone whom the biographer called “a great role model” and problem solver.

John Aprea, the actor known for his roles in The Godfather Part II and Full House, has died. He was 83.

According to his manager Will Levine, Aprea died of natural causes on Monday, Aug. 5 at his Los Angeles home, where he was surrounded by family.

Born March 4, 1941 in Englewood, New Jersey, Aprea made his onscreen debut in 1968’s Bullitt, alongside Steve McQueen. He went on to one of his most memorable performances as Young Tessio in The Godfather Part II (1974) after auditioning to play Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola‘s original 1972 film.

Aprea once said working with Coppola and actors Al Pacino and Robert De Niro was “the high point” of his career, adding, “I was surrounded by the best in The Godfather.”

John Aprea in a Matt Houston promo shot, 1982. (Getty Images)

He also appeared in such films as The Stepford Wives (1975), New Jack City (1991), The Game (1997), Dead Man on Campus...

Sherwood Schwartz's 1963 sitcom "Gilligan's Island" was a high-concept series that, thanks to the gods of syndication, remained in the public consciousness for decades after it went off the air. The show's impeccable theme song, written by Schwartz and George Wyle, may be the best theme in television history, as it handily explains the premise using a hummable sea shanty: five tourists boarded the S.S. Minnow -- manned by Captain Jonas Grumby (Alan Hale) and his first mate Gilligan (Bob Denver) -- for a three-hour tour off the coast of Honolulu. When the tiny ship hit some bad weather, the seven characters landed on a desert island, stranded. The series followed their merry attempts to survive. 

"Gilligan's Island" ran for 98 episodes, ending its initial run in 1967, but reruns continued to air well into the 1990s. Yes, there was a time when "Gilligan's Island" was a reliable TV staple, occupying...

Kicking October to the curb and bringing in some November goodness is a fresh slate of new content headed to Paramount Global’s streamer Paramount+, including the sequel to the hit 1997 film “Good Burger.”

Paramount+ started off November by adding more than 30 titles to its library, some of which include “Above the Rim,” Season 15 of “Ink Master,” “Gladiator” and “The Color Purple.”

And if you’re looking for some holiday movies to watch with the family, you can deck the halls with “Happy Christmas,” “Mistletoe Ranch” or “Christmas Eve.” When the kids go to sleep, adult-friendly treats like “Bad Santa” and “Bad Santa 2” are also available.

The highly-anticipated “Good Burger 2,” which stars Kel Mitchell, Keenan Thompson, Shar Jackson, Carmen Electra, Josh Server, Alex R. Hibbert, Lori Beth Denberg and Lil Rel Howery, hits the platform on Nov. 22

Here’s everything coming to Paramount+ this November, from “The Truman Show” to “Paw Patrol.

Brad Pitt’s life changed forever when he worked alongside Angelina Jolie in Mr. and Mrs. Smith. But his future might’ve been drastically different if Nicole Kidman stayed on the project.

Brad Pitt reportedly couldn’t bring himself to work with Nicole Kidman in ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ Brad Pitt | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images

Angelina Jolie initially wasn’t the first actor filmmaker Doug Liman cast opposite Pitt in the spy thriller. Initially, he had Kidman in mind for the lead role. But according to the filmmaker, scheduling conflicts caused him to change plans. Kidman was already shooting The Stepford Wives at the time, and the 2003 feature interfered with her commitment to Smith.

“On their first week of shooting, they were like, ‘We’re [already] two and a half months behind schedule.’ And that’s the day we were like, She can’t do our movie. Which really broke my heart,...

This article contains Barbie spoilers.

Over the weekend, Ben Shapiro, a conservative media personality and perpetual online attention-seeker, likely made the kind of splash he was looking for when he scowled in a photo standing next to a Barbie poster. Clad head-to-toe in black, which either by coincidence or design resembled Ryan Gosling’s Ken at his most whiny in the movie, the conservative firebrand lamented to the world that his producers “dragged me” to Barbie. And he hated it so much, he felt compelled to make a 43-minute video screed that included him decrying that the film says, “The only way you can have a happy world is if the women ignore the men, and the men ignore the women.” He then torched his Barbie dolls on a grill as if he were an alt-right Wednesday Addams.

We’re not going to link to that video, but you can find it easily enough,...

Coastal Elites will virtually congregate this September, when HBO debuts its pandemic satire led by Tony Award winner Bette Midler.

The socially distanced comedy, which was originally conceived as a play for the Public Theater in New York, will instead bow as a 90-minute special on the pay cabler, airing Saturday, Sept. 12, at 8/7c. (Per HBO, filming was completed earlier this summer while maintaining quarantine guidelines.)

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Impetigore's Tara Basro (L) as "Maya" and Marissa Anita (R) as "Dini"

The concept of the "Funny Best Friend" is nothing new, but I always tend to think of the role in the context of the Romantic Comedy. Think Laura San Giacomo in Pretty Woman, who gets to be so hysterically vulgar and dumb, all the better to make Julia Roberts seem in turn like the classy and smart one. That's what these roles are there in the script for -- these Falstaffian sidekicks, who throw our lead characters' highs and lows into contrast.

But Horror Films have a storied history with these roles as well and this week Shudder premiered one of the best I've seen in awhile -- Marissa Anita playing "Dini" in Indonesian director Joko Anwar's latest fright flick Impetigore. You can drop Anita right down alongside Rose McGowan in Scream, Greta Gerwig...

William Goldman wrote the way Joe Dimaggio played ball: with such deft and consummate skill that the impossible seemed easy. (It wasn’t. And isn’t.) Reading a Goldman screenplay, you never see the armature, the scaffolding. You see people, real people, just a bit more vivid than they might be were they not in a Goldman movie.

Perhaps because he was a novelist long before he was a screenwriter, his screenplays are writerly. They’re literate without ever being literary. And though Goldman’s dialogue was ferociously memorable – is there a more iconic line in all of cinema than the one in which Inigo Montoya announces his name, his motivation, his intention? — Goldman knew that image creates character creates story. The very first words of Goldman’s very first original screenplay:

He was introducing his protagonist; but he might as well have been describing himself.

Goldman was also a master of exposition.

You probably can recite some of his lines — from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid or All the President’s Men (“Just follow the money”) and likely The Princess Bride (“My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die” or “Inconceivable!” or “Anybody want a peanut?” etc.)

The man behind the pen for those classic films and many others was William Goldman, who died Thursday at 87. And here is a gallery of some of his most famous works (click on the image above to launch it).

Goldman won Oscars for the buddy Western starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford and the Watergate movie led by Redford and Dustin Hoffman, and accolades for Rob Reiner’s ever-quotable fractured fairy tale, along with such genre-skipping fare as The Stepford Wives, Marathon Man,...

“Who are those guys?”

“Follow the money.”

“Is it safe?”

“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”

These much-quoted lines are from such films as “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “All the President’s Men,” “Marathon Man” and “The Princess Bride.” But they were the creation of one man, William Goldman, an Oscar-winning screenwriter whose 1983 memoir, “Adventures in the Screen Trade,” is considered one of the best books about what it takes to make a living producing successful movie scripts.

Sadly, his flow of on-screen catchy dialogue has come to an end. Goldman, who once summed up the state of Hollywood creativity in just three words in his book – “Nobody knows anything” – is dead at age 87.

See An in memoriam gallery of 25 celebrities we said good-bye in 2018

He tried to write novels at first, and would do so eventually, but decided to try an original screenplay instead.

Maybe you were dazzled by the magical storytelling of The Princess Bride, perhaps you were enamored by the Hole in the Wall Gang from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, or you might have been enthralled by the cinematic depiction of one of Stephen King's Misery. If you have a love of cinema, chances are you're familiar with the work of screenwriter and novelist William Goldman, who has passed away at the age of 87.

Multiple outlets, including The Hollywood Reporter, share the news of Goldman's passing, with Goldman's daughter Jenny telling The Washington Post that he passed away due to "complications from colon cancer and pneumonia."

A prolific novelist who wrote one of the essential books on screenwriting and the filmmaking industry (1983's Adventures in the Screen Trade), Goldman worked in many genres as a screenwriter, but he left an especially indelible mark on the horror genre, including...

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Prolific, two-time Oscar-winning, screenwriter William Goldman has passed away at age of 87.

William Goldman, one of the film industry’s most consistently successful screenwriters, has passed away this morning at his Manhattan home, having succumbed to complications from colon cancer and pneumonia at the age of 87, as confirmed to The Washington Post by his daughter, Jenny. He leaves behind an array of work that, frankly, is too vast to respectfully summarize in one sentence.

Goldman – the Chicago-born screenwriter who helped launch the career of Robert Redford by writing bellwether buddy movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and would one day write generational film favorite The Princess Bride – started his life as a scribe unsuccessfully in the late-1950s as a novelist, publishing works such as The Temple of Gold, Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow and Soldier in the Rain, before ultimately finding his voice in screenwriting,...

(Goldman with James Caan on the set of "A Bridge Too Far"- 1976)

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There's an old joke among writers about the naive young starlet who thought she could make it in Hollywood by sleeping with screenwriters. Indeed, the people who made it possible for hit films to exist by writing the scenarios the actors carried out on screen were often regarded as being very low on the industry totem pole- and relatively low-paid as well. Not so with novelist and screenwriter William Goldman, who elevated regard for screenwriters while demanding- and receiving- the kind of breakthrough salaries that revolutionized the film industry's respect for writers. Goldman has died from cancer in Manhattan at age 87. He was known to be opinionated, abrasive and demanding, but no one questioned his talents. He won Oscars for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "All the President's Men". Among his other...

William Goldman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of All the President’s Men and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, died Thursday in Manhattan from complications from colon cancer and pneumonia. He was 87. His daughter Jenny Goldman confirmed the news to The Washington Post.

Goldman was born August 12th, 1931 in Highland Park, Illinois. He attended Ohio’s Oberlin College with the goal of becoming a writer, but he was unable to publish any work. After graduating in 1952, he entered the U.S. army and was discharged two years later; after graduating from New...

William Goldman, the screenwriter best known for penning “All the President’s Men” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” has died at age 87. According to Deadline, Goldman’s health had been failing for sometime and he passed away surrounded by friends and family in his Manhattan home. Goldman started his career as a novelist before making the jump to screenwriter with the script for Basil Dearden’s 1965 comedy-thriller “Masquerade.”

“All The President’s Men” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” are widely considered to be Goldman’s greatest screenwriting achievements. “Butch Cassidy,” featuring the iconic pairing of Robert Redford and Paul Newman, won Goldman the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay at the 42nd Academy Awards. Goldman won over scripts for “Bonnie and Clyde” and “Two for the Road” that year. He earned his second Oscar for “All The President’s Men,” which won Best Adapted Screenplay at the...

Academy Award-winning screenwriter and acclaimed novelist William Goldman died last night at age 87.

Goldman is probably best known for his Oscar wins for his scripting of the films “All the President’s Men” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” However, those Robert Redford films only give the briefest of introductions to the incredible work done by this writer.

In addition to the aforementioned films, the writer also was responsible for scripts for films like “The Stepford Wives,” “Flowers for Algernon,” “Misery,” “Chaplin,” and “A Bridge Too Far,” among many more.

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William Goldman -- the screenwriter who made tumbling down a hill romantic in the classic "The Princess Bride" -- has died. Goldman, who also won Oscars for writing "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "All the President's Men," died Thursday night in his Manhattan home following complications from colon cancer and pneumonia, this according to multiple outlets. He was surrounded by family and friends. Goldman's health had been deteriorating as of late but had worsened over the summer.

William Goldman, who won Oscars for his original screenplay for “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and his adaptation of “All the President’s Men,” died on Friday in his Manhattan home, according to the the Washington Post. He was 87.

His daughter Jenny Goldman cited complications from colon cancer and pneumonia as the cause of his death.

“Butch Cassidy,” a revisionist Western that helped popularize the buddy movie, announced Goldman as a screenwriter able to balance big laughs with a sense of adventure, while “All the President’s Men” cemented his status as a deft writer of suspense. The two are considered to be among the finest screenplays ever written and exemplify Goldman’s range and versatility.

In a 2015 interview with Signature, Goldman was asked about his ability to bounce from genre to genre.

“You cross your fingers and never stop,” he said. “Praying is also good.”

Goldman, who frequently transferred his novels,...

The Creative Death sub-sub-genre took flight in the ‘70s with The Omen (1976), as that little imp Damien (and his dad) dispatched the cast in different macabre and entertaining ways. (Variety is the spice, and all that.) The ’78 sequel continued the burgeoning tradition, leading us up to The Legacy (1978) - a film that takes its own stab at variety by marrying The Old Dark House to The Dark Underlord and delivering a fun, wicked (albeit goofy) little offspring.

Released in September in the U.K. (and the following September stateside) by Columbia-emi-Warner (and Universal in the U.S.), The Legacy brought in $11 million against its $2.5 million budget, making it a commercial if not critical success. That this British/American co-production manages to combine their unique aesthetics into something coherent is and of itself some kind of horror miracle.

Maggie (Katharine Ross – The Stepford Wives) and her boyfriend Pete (Sam Elliott – Ghost Rider...

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Donnie Darko is one of my all time favorite movies and the news from Arror Films has me stoked!

In celebration for its fifteenth anniversary, director Richard Kelly and Arrow Films are releasing a 4k restoration of the film.

The movie will be shown in select theaters beginning March 31st. Check out all the dates and times from the official releases below.

From The Press Release

Arrow Films has announced the March 31st domestic theatrical debut of the 4K restoration of Richard Kelly's cult hit Donnie Darko. Following a wildly successful re-release in the UK for its fifteenth anniversary, the film will return to theaters in cities across the United States. Fifteen years before "Stranger Things" combined science-fiction, Spielberg-ian touches and 80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Kelly set the template and the benchmark with his debut feature, Donnie Darko. Initially beset with distribution problems,...

Arrow Films has announced that the 4K restoration of Richard Kelly's cult film Donnie Darko will be making its domestic theatrical debut. This version of this film had a successful rerelease in the UK for its 15th anniversary, and it is now set to be released in the Us on March 31st.

I remember being blown away by this movie when I first saw it in theaters when it was released. I loved it. Unfortunately, Kelly never made anything as good as it again. As a longtime fan of the film, I'm excited about the opportunity of to see it in theaters again.

You can see all of the details about the rerelease below and I also included the trailer:

15 years before Stranger Things combined science-fiction, Spielbergian touches and ’80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Kelly set the template and the benchmark with his debut feature, Donnie Darko. Initially beset with distribution problems,...

Arrow Films recently celebrated the 15th anniversary of Donnie Darko with a new 4K restoration, and after taking it on the road in the UK, Arrow Films has now announced a Us theatrical re-release of the cult film:

Press Release: Los Angeles, CA - Arrow Films has announced the March 31st domestic theatrical debut of the 4K restoration of Richard Kelly's cult hit Donnie Darko. Following a wildly successful re-release in the UK for its fifteenth anniversary, the film will return to theaters in cities across the United States. Fifteen years before "Stranger Things" combined science-fiction, Spielberg-ian touches and 80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Kelly set the template and the benchmark with his debut feature, Donnie Darko. Initially beset with distribution problems, it would slowly find its audience and emerge as arguably the first cult classic of the new millennium. The 4K restoration of Donnie Darko will premiere...

Here’s a first look at a documentary on “arguably the greatest American screenwriter,” as Rob Reiner calls William Goldman. He’s the guy Aaron Sorkin says “is responsible for inventing the modern screenplay as we know it.” Also a novelist and nonfiction writer, he’s the pen behind such Hollywood classics as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President’s Men — scoring Oscars for both — along with such disparate films as Misery, Heat, The Stepford Wives, Maverick…...

To mark the release of The Raging Moon on 23rd November, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD. Adapted from Peter Marshall’s 1964 novel by Bryan Forbes (The Stepford Wives, Whistle Down the Wind), the film was considered unusual in its time owing to the sexual nature of the relationship between McDowell

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There aren’t a lot of horror and sci-fi titles hitting DVD and Blu-ray shelves on September 15th, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some fun releases to look forward to on Tuesday. Scream Factory is resurrecting another cult classic in HD—The Legacy, starring the always badass Sam Elliot—and for those of you David Duchovny fans out there, season one of Aquarius is being released by Anchor Bay this week, too.

There are also a handful of "B Movies" coming our way in various forms courtesy of Mill Creek Entertainment, and for those of you who didn’t pick up the Halloween box set last year, September 15th is your chance to finally own the Producer’s Cut of Halloween VI: The Curse of Michael Myers, as Lionsgate is giving it a standalone Blu-ray release.

Aquarius: Season One (Anchor Bay Entertainment, Blu-ray & DVD)

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Starring Katharine Ross and Sam Elliot, The Legacy will find new life on Blu-ray next Tuesday courtesy of Scream Factory, and we've been provided with three copies to give away to Daily Dead readers.

The Legacy Blu-ray: "How far would you go to inherit everlasting life? When Margaret (Katharine Ross, The Stepford Wives) and her boyfriend Pete (Sam Elliot, Frogs, Road House) have a car accident in the English countryside, the other driver offers to take them to his lavish country estate to make amends. But once there, they are surprised to learn that all of the other houseguests are already expecting them! It's not long before the couple's fear turns into terror when the guests (including Roger Daltrey, Tommy) begin dying in unspeakable ways. Now it's clear, the true master of the house is a supernatural force that will stop at nothing to find the rightful heirs for an unimaginably horrible legacy.

Starring Katharine Ross and Sam Elliot, The Legacy will find new life on Blu-ray next Tuesday with a fresh HD transfer from the inter-positive courtesy of Scream Factory. Ahead of the film's September 15th home media release, we have clips and a trailer from the Blu-ray.

Synopsis: "How far would you go to inherit everlasting life? When Margaret (Katharine Ross, The Stepford Wives) and her boyfriend Pete (Sam Elliot, Frogs, Road House) have a car accident in the English countryside, the other driver offers to take them to his lavish country estate to make amends. But once there, they are surprised to learn that all of the other houseguests are already expecting them! It's not long before the couple's fear turns into terror when the guests (including Roger Daltrey, Tommy) begin dying in unspeakable ways. Now it's clear, the true master of the house is a supernatural force that will...

Scream Factory has detailed their plans for the Blu-ray release of The Legacy, revealing the list of bonus features and the fact that this this will be a new HD transfer from the inter-positive:

"It is a birthright of the living death...Scream Factory proudly presents the Blu-ray debut of The Legacy on September 15, 2015. This release comes complete with a new HD transfer and bonus features, including new interviews with film editor Anne V. Coates and special effects artist Robin Grantham.

How far would you go to inherit everlasting life? When Margaret (Katharine Ross, The Stepford Wives) and her boyfriend Pete (Sam Elliot, Frogs, Road House) have a car accident in the English countryside, the other driver offers to take them to his lavish country estate to make amends. But once there, they are surprised to learn that all of the other houseguests are already expecting them! It's not long...

George Coe, an actor whose long and eclectic career earned him legions of fans spanning several different generations, has died. He was 86.

Coe spent more than 50 years acting both in front of the camera as well as through voiceover work, turning in defining performances in multiple media and genres. He began his career on Broadway in 1957 opposite Angela Lansbury in the original cast of "Mame," and went on to star in "On the Twentieth Century" and "Company," among other shows.

In television, Coe made history as one of the original cast members of "Saturday Night Live," debuting with the Not Ready for Prime Time Players on the show's first episode in 1975. He appeared in numerous other television series over the years, with roles on shows including "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Murder, She Wrote," "Celebrity Deathmatch," "Bones," "Grey's Anatomy," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Gilmore Girls," "The Golden Girls," and "The West Wing.

"I remember a time of chaos... but most of all, I remember the Road Warrior. The man we called 'Max.'" In anticipation of the Mad Max: Fury Road premiere, the 35+ year history of George Miller's dystopian franchise is celebrated in a new featurette. Also included in our latest round-up is a newly announced Blu-ray from Scream Factory that should please Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross fans, as well as the special features and cover art for Warner Bros.' Innerspace high-definition home media release.

Mad Max: Fury Road: Press Release -- "From director George Miller, originator of the post-apocalyptic genre and mastermind behind the legendary “Mad Max” franchise, comes “Mad Max: Fury Road,” a return to the world of the Road Warrior, Max Rockatansky.

Haunted by his turbulent past, Mad Max believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless, he becomes swept up with...

Step back in time 46 years with us to 1969. Alfred Hitchcock, fresh off “Topaz,” was entering the very tail end of his career. He had two more films in his future — “Frenzy" and "Family Plot” — but his best work was well behind him. Nevertheless, he was (and still is) a legendary director, one of the best of the best to have graced cinema, and his mind was as much (if not more) a treasure trove of movie history, information, and advice than ever. One afternoon those many years ago, Hitch sat down with actor-writer-director Bryan Forbes (“The Stepford Wives,” screenplay for “Chaplin”) in the National Film Theatre in London to discuss movies and answer questions from an audience of cinephiles. Fortunately, for those of us too young or otherwise unable to have attended, Eyes on Cinema has uploaded an 18-minute recording of interview. Forbes kicked off the interview — after a quick...

Crescent Bay may seem like a quiet retirement community on the surface, but do a little digging and you’ll discover there’s more terror than tranquility to be found, for on evenings bathed in the light of the full moon, people have been dying, and not of natural causes. Retitled Late Phases: Night of the Lone Wolf, Adrián García Bogliano’s latest hits home media in March with a handful of bonus features:

Press Release – “New York, NY (January 23, 2015) – There’s something awful hiding in the woods and it’s coming after the unsuspecting in the gripping and acclaimed Late Phases: Night Of The Lone Wolf. From the director of Penumbra, Cold Sweat and Here Comes The Devil, the horror film will be available for Digital Download and on Blu-ray and DVD from Dark Sky Films on March 10, 2015.

Blind war veteran Ambrose McKinley (Nick Damici, Stake Land,...

'If I'm wrong, I'm insane. If I'm right, it's worse': in conspiracy films – from Rosemary's Baby to State of Play – solving the crime does not bring peace. Michael Newton investigates a rich cinematic genre

Some believe that JFK was shot by his driver, some that Bobby Kennedy was killed by one of his guards; some believe the world is ruled by a Yale fraternity, some by lizard-aliens in disguise; some believe that Obama is a Communist mole; some that, back in 1966, Paul McCartney died. These notions are, at best, deluded; but as potential pitches for an as yet unmade Hollywood movie, they might just secure the contract. For, in movies, you can believe that the moon shots were faked, or that men are replacing their wives with compliant robots, or that space shuttles are firing earthquake-inducing weapons, or that the world itself is a delusion – and in each case you could be proved right.

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Michael Caine described it as one of his worst films. But that doesn't mean that there aren't some remarkable things about The Swarm...

Director and producer Irwin Allen didn't invent the disaster movie, but he certainly helped define it. The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974) established a template of Hollywood glamour, melodrama and mass destruction, with some of the most famous actors of the era meeting their maker in spectacular fashion.

Even though Allen didn't direct all of The Poseidon Adventure (he only handled the disaster scenes, while Ronald Neame dealt with the talky bits), Allen's larger-than-life personality, elaborately woven hair and reputation as a producer soon established him as cinema's "master of disaster" - and the results were both critically and financial smashes.

Then along came 1978's The Swarm, and Allen's fortunes took a bit of a nose-dive. Where The Poseidon Adventure...

At first I thought maybe, just maybe, "The World's End" would be an English version of "The Hangover." But as it progressed, it became evident that this was an English version of "The Stepford Wives" in drag. Being a recovering Stepford Wife who ironically was directed by an Englishman, Bryan Forbes, I resented this -- especially since it was not funny, though it attempted lame jokes repeatedly. I would have walked out, but I wanted to see how the director got out of it. Don't waste your time. When we are fortunate enough to...

The film world has lost another loved one this evening as we are saddened to report the passing of The Stepford Wives (1975) director Bryan Forbes. Read on for all of the current details.

The news just broke in the UK, where Forbes died at the age of 86 in Surrey, England, after a long battle with illness. Throughout his career Forbes wore many hats, even appearing in the 1964 Pink Panther classic A Shot in the Dark. Notable genre mentions include The Man Who Haunted Himself starring Roger Moore, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, and The Whisperers.

At this time we here at Dread Central would like to take a moment to offer our sincerest of condolences to Bryan's friends, family, and constituents. Godspeed, sir, and thank you!

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Bryan Forbes, the acclaimed British writer-director who helmed the sinister suburban horror classic The Stepford Wives, died Wednesday after a long illness at his home in Surrey, England. He was 86. Forbes also co-wrote the screenplay for Chaplin, the 1992 Richard Attenborough biopic of Charlie Chaplin that starred Robert Downey Jr. in his Oscar-nominated role as the Hollywood legend. The London native and Commander of the Order of the British Empire earned an Oscar nomination for co-writing the food-for-thought factory drama The Angry Silence (1960), which starred Attenborough. Forbes’ first feature as a director was

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Bryan Forbes dies at 86: Directed Katharine Hepburn, Leslie Caron, the original The Stepford Wives Director Bryan Forbes, whose films include the then-daring The L-Shaped Room, the all-star The Madwoman of Chaillot, and the original The Stepford Wives, has died "after a long illness" at his home in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. Forbes was 86. Born John Theobald Clarke on July 22, 1926, in London, Bryan Forbes began his film career as an actor in supporting roles in British productions of the late 1940s, e.g., Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Small Back Room / Hour of Glory and Thornton Freeland’s Dear Mr. Prohack. Another twenty or so movie roles followed in the ’50s, including those in Ronald Neame’s The Million Pound Note / Man with a Million (1954), supporting Gregory Peck, and Carol Reed’s The Key (1958), supporting Sophia Loren and William Holden. Bryan Forbes director Despite his relatively prolific output in the previous decade,...

Whistle Down The Wind director Bryan Forbes has died at age 86.

The filmmaker, whose films also included The Stepford Wives, National Velvet and The Slipper And The Rose, passed away yesterday after a long illness.

Forbes, born John Theobald Clarke, initially forged a career as an actor on the stage before earning supporting roles in films including An Inspector Calls and The League Of Gentlemen (for which he also wrote the screenplay). He founded Allied Film Makers with Jack Hawkins, director Basil Dearden, producer Michael Relph and Richard Attenborough in 1959.

“We weren’t going anywhere,” Forbes said, “So we started our own company.”

He switched to directing in 1961, to helm Whistle Down The Wind, starring Hayley Mills, taking over after the original director was forced to pull out.

Family friend Matthew D'Ancona said: "Bryan Forbes was a titan of cinema, known and loved by people around the world in the.

Film director Bryan Forbes has died at the age of 86.

The filmmaker is best known for shooting the 1975 movie The Stepford Wives.

He passed away after a long illness at his home in Virginia Water in Surrey.

Family friend Matthew D'Ancona told BBC News: "Bryan Forbes was a titan of cinema, known and loved by people around the world in the film and theatre industries and known in other fields including politics.

"He is simply irreplaceable and it is wholly apt that he died surrounded by his family."

Forbes made his directorial debut with Whistle Down the Wind in 1961, and directed the likes of Sir Michael Caine (Deadfall), Malcolm McDowell (The Raging Moon) and Sir Roger Moore (The Naked Face).

He was born in Stratford, London and formed the production company Beaver Films with long-time collaborator Richard Attenborough.

He was married to Irish actress Constance Smith for four years,...

Interviewed by Michael Juvinall, More Horror.com

Dee Wallace is something of an icon in the horror genre and the film industry. She’s been doing films for over 40 years and has amassed an incredible resume of film and Television appearances. Most people will probably know Dee from her role as Elliot’s mother in the Steven Spielberg blockbuster, E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial, but horror fans know her from her many roles in genre films including The Hills Have Eyes, The Stepford Wives, The Howling, Cujo, Popcorn, Alligator 2: The Mutation, Temptress, The Frighteners, Black Circle Boys, Boo, Rob Zombie’s Halloween, The House of the Devil, Exit Humanity, and the upcoming Rob Zombie flick, The Lords of Salem.

She sometimes is typecast as the Mom next door character, but she isn’t afraid to venture outside of those roles in order to play against type as women on...

Looking for some sordid details about the minutiae of celebrities' sexual habits? Carole Mallory has the scoop.

The actress and model, who starred in 1975's "The Stepford Wives" and was the common-law wife of writer Norman Mailer, has followed up her 2010 memoir "Loving Mailer" with another juicy book about her many glamorous love affairs.

In the book, titled "Picasso's Ghost," Mallory gushes about her engagement to Pablo Picasso's son, Claude, as well as her affairs with Richard Gere, Peter Sellers and Robert De Niro -- the latter of whom Mallory said wears socks while having sex.

Mallory and De Niro met at the Chateau Marmont in 1975 and engaged in a 14-day affair. “During lovemaking, he never stopped looking in my eyes,” she writes in "Picasso's Ghost." “He had a butterfly tattoo that I later realized matched his flighty spirit. So did the fact that he left his socks on.

New York, Jan 29: Robert De Niro used to wear socks in bed, actress and model Carole Mallory has revealed in a new book.

Mallory, who starred in 'The Stepford Wives,' met De Niro in 1975 at the Chateau Marmont, and the pair had a 14-day affair, the New York Post reported.

"During lovemaking, he never stopped looking in my eyes," she has written in her book 'Picasso's Ghost.'

"He had a butterfly tattoo that I later realized matched his flighty spirit. So did the fact he left his socks on," she added. (Ani)...

Gore Verbinski, wife Clayton Producer/Director Gore Verbinski and wife Clayton arrive at the 2011 Governors Awards in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood, on Saturday, November 12. [Photo: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S.] James Earl Jones was a long-distance Honorary Oscar honoree, but makeup artist Dick Smith (The Stepford Wives, The Sunshine Boys) was present at the ceremony to receive his Honorary Oscar. Oprah Winfrey was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Many of the attendees at this year's Governors Awards were Oscar 2012 hopefuls. For instance, Shame's Michael Fassbender and Steve McQueen; The Help's Tate Taylor, Viola Davis, and Octavia Spencer; The Descendants' Shailene Woodley; J. Edgar's Dustin Lance Black; and others. Verbinski, however, has no chance of getting a Best Director Oscar this year. Not only was the Johnny Depp-Penélope Cruz pairing in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides a critical bomb, but it was directed by Rob Marshall.

Over the weekend we announced that legendary make-up artist Dick Smith had received an honorary Oscar for his many contributions to the industry. Now you can watch the man himself collect his well deserved and long overdue prize!

In addition to his incredible work on The Exorcist, some of Smith's other work in the horror genre includes The Stepford Wives, The Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), The Sentinel (1977), Altered States (1980), Scanners (1981), Ghost Story (1981) and The Hunger (1983). He also worked in television on a show you may remember, "Dark Shadows." And this is just a small sample of his work.

Outside of horror, Smith worked on legendary films such as The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Miracle on 34th Street (1959), The Deer Hunter (1978) and Taxi Driver (1976). He initially got his start working for NBC creating techniques with foam latex and plastic for live television. Smith held this position from...

One of the heroes of our genre has been honored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science. Dick Smith, who has rightfully been sired with the title of the Godfather of Makeup, was given an honorary Governor's Academy Award for his unparalleled contributions to the field of makeup in the film industry.

As he was always a behind-the-scenes guy, let me catch you up on just what Dick Smith is responsible for creating. Does the name Regan MacNeil mean anything to you? That's right, Smith transformed cute little Linda Blair into the beast that launched 1,000 nightmares in The Exorcist. For me, that alone is enough to grant the man the all-time title, but it's just the tip of the iceberg. Smith shared an Oscar in 1984 for transforming F. Murray Abraham from his 40's to his 80's in Amadeus and was nominated again for morphing Jack Lemmon from a...

More casting news coming in from Rob Zombie in regard to his latest film, The Lords of Salem. Another Halloween star has joined the ranks of the new flick to combat evil witchery in all of its forms.

According to Zombie via his Facebook page, genre favorite Dee Wallace (The Hills Have Eyes, The Stepford Wives, The Howling, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Cujo, The Frighteners) plays the role of "Sonny," a self-help guru. Shooting begins in less than two weeks.

Dee joins Bruce Dern as Francis Matthias, author of the book "Satan's Last Stand - The Truth About The Salem Witch Trials"; Torsten Voges as Count Gorgann, lead singer of the Norwegian death metal band Leviathan the Fleeing Serpent; Jeff Daniel Phillips as Herman "Whitey" Salvador, one third of "The Big H Team" at Wiqz - Salem's Rock Radio; Meg Foster as Margaret Morgan, the leader of a secret coven of witches in Salem; Ernest Thomas,...

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This is officially a Pajiba Contest.

Screenwriters in bold. Directors in parenthesis. Use the headline as a guide. It may also be helpful to know that William Goldman seems to be the exception to the rule I'm trying to demonstrate.

Guinevere Turner

Best Movie: American Pyscho (Mary Harron)

Worst Movie: Bloodrayne (Uwe Boll)

Ted Tally

Best Movie: Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme)

Worst...