Horror Report

Month: June 2017

  • Unmasking the MASK: The horror movie that never was

    Unmasking the MASK: The horror movie that never was

    I read this interesting historical tidbit today concerning the famous Jim Carrey movie THE MASK: It

    was supposed to be a horror movie.

    Really..

    Director Chuck Russell has been looking back at the movie, and he’s revealed that New Line had a very different take on the film originally. “It’s a great example of really fighting for your vision in a film. We changed it from a horror film into a comedy. It was original conceived as being a horror film. That was a real battle. New Line wanted a new kind of Freddy movie”,  he said…

    I am curious if the film’s face would have measured up high as a horror.. especially with Jim Carrey?

    I think yes.

    Though Carrey’s RIDDLER was a debauchery in the BATMAN FOREVER movie, he is fully capable of serious roles, as we have seen later in his career.. One achievement on the serious note (though humor was added) was one of my favorite movies from the 20th century: THE TRUMAN SHOW.

    Other comedians went serious with good results, too. Such as Robin Williams in WHAT DREAMS MAY COME and ONE HOUR PHOTO. ONE HOUR PHOTO may have one of the scariest films in general I have ever seen..

    But the MASK worked as comedy. And I think –I really do–that it would have as horror too.

    With the modern stint of remakes and re-imaginations, I would not be surprised if we see the MASK unmasked as a horror one day sooner or later..

  • ICE CUBE TO APPEAR ON ‘REAL TIME’

    ICE CUBE TO APPEAR ON ‘REAL TIME’

    The rapper was already scheduled to appear on the June 9 episode of HBO’s “Real Talk With Bill Maher” and has no intention of backing out now.

    “Ice Cube will still appear on Bill Maher this Friday as scheduled to talk about the release of ‘Death Certificate: 25th Anniversary edition,’ an album that was recorded in the wake of the Rodney King beating in 1991, which sadly, speaks to many of the same race issues that we as a society are still dealing with today,” a representative for Ice Cube told The Times in a statement Tuesday morning.

  • Wonder Woman breaks the glass ceiling!

    Wonder Woman breaks the glass ceiling!

    1.). Wonder Woman (WB), 4,165 theaters / $38.7M Fri. (includes $11M previews)/3-day cume: $97.1M/Total: Wk 2

    2.). Captain Underpants (DWA/20TH), 3,434 theaters / $8M Fri. (includes $650K previews) /3-day cume: $25.7M/Total: Wk 1

    3.). Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (DIS), 4,276 theaters / $6.3M Fri. (-73%)/3-day cume: $21.3M (-66%)/Total:$114.3M/ Wk 2

    4.). The Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 (DIS), 3,507 theaters (-364) / $2.6M Fri.(-51%) /3-day cume: $9.7M (-54%) / Total: $355.4M / Wk 5

    5.). Baywatch (FOX), 3,647 theaters / $2.6M Fri.(-54%)/ 3-day cume: $8.5M (-54%)/Total:$41.3M/ Wk 2

    6.). Alien: Covenant (FOX), 2,660 theaters (-1,112) / $1.1M Fri. (-61%) /$3-day cume: $3.9M (-63%)/Total: $67.1M Wk 3

    7.). Everything, Everything (WB/MGM), 2,375 theaters (-426) / $1M Fri. (-50%)//3-day cume: $3.1M (-48%) /Total:$28.1M/ Wk 3

    8/9.). Snatched (FOX), 1,625 theaters (-1,033) / $385K Fri. (-65%) /3-day cume: $1.3M (-68%) / Total:$43.8 M / Wk 4

    Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (FOX), 2,088 theaters (-1,086) / $368K Fri. (-71%) / 3-day cume: $1.3M (-70%)/ Total: $17.9M/Wk 3

    10.). King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword (WB/VR), 1,222 theaters (-1,281)/ $322K Fri. (-64%) /3-day cume: $1.1M (-67%) /Total:$37.1M / Wk 4

  • VIRAL TRUMP: PRESIDENT ATTACKS LONDON MAYOR IN TWITTER STORM!

    VIRAL TRUMP: PRESIDENT ATTACKS LONDON MAYOR IN TWITTER STORM!

    Donald J. Trump 

    ✔@realDonaldTrump

    At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is “no reason to be alarmed!”

    7:31 AM – 4 Jun 2017

    Donald J. Trump 

    ✔@realDonaldTrump

    Do you notice we are not having a gun debate right now? That’s because they used knives and a truck!
    7:43 AM – 4 Jun 2017
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    Similarly, last night Trump had tied the London attack to his failed travel ban:

    Donald J. Trump 

    ✔@realDonaldTrump

    We need to be smart, vigilant and tough. We need the courts to give us back our rights. We need the Travel Ban as an extra level of safety!
    7:17 PM – 3 Jun 2017
    Donald J. Trump 

    ✔@realDonaldTrump

    We must stop being politically correct and get down to the business of security for our people. If we don’t get smart it will only get worse
    7:19 AM – 4 Jun 2017
  • IGNORE THE WORLD! CUT THE LAWN!

    IGNORE THE WORLD! CUT THE LAWN!

    Cecilia Wessels snapped the picture of her husband, Theunis, on Friday evening as the twister passed near their home in Three Hills.

    She says cutting the grass was on her husband’s to-do list, and as he started the task, she went for a nap. Wessels says she was woken by her nine-year-old daughter who was upset that there was something like a tornado in the sky, but her father wouldn’t come inside.

    Theunis Wessels says the tornado was actually much further away than it appears in the photo, and that it was moving away from them.

    There have been no reports of injuries from the tornado, although some other photos show downed trees and a barn with its roof ripped off.

  • TERRORIST ATTACKS HIT LONDON: CHAOS IN CENTRAL PART OF THE CITY // DEATHS, INJURIES// POLICE KILL ASSAILANTS

    TERRORIST ATTACKS HIT LONDON: CHAOS IN CENTRAL PART OF THE CITY // DEATHS, INJURIES// POLICE KILL ASSAILANTS

    Yet another nightmare scenario of terrorism in a major city is playing out in real time..

    Social media reports indicated all the news first. Then terror attack news blanketed the major airwaves across the world..

    The situation at hand:

    Militants drove a van at high speed into pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing revelers on the street and in bars in the nearby Borough Market area on Saturday night in what authorities described as a terrorist attack.

    Armed police rushed to the scene where shots were heard and authorities urged Londoners on Twitter to “run, hide, tell” if they were caught in the attack.

    Witnesses described a van speeding into several pedestrians on London Bridge and then a knife-wielding man sprinting towards a bar packed with revellers enjoying a Saturday night out.

    Italian photographer Gabriele Sciotto, who was watching the Champions League final at the Wheatsheaf pub in Borough Market, said he saw three men being shot just outside the pub.

    Donald Trump tells London ‘we are with you’ after terror attack..

    One eyewitness account: Waitress was targeted and stabbed in the neck during attack..

    This .. all days away from an election in England..
    Developing..
  • FREDDY KREUGER SHOWING HIS AGE

    FREDDY KREUGER SHOWING HIS AGE

    BUT on the mend..
    ELM STREET INJURY..

    He had to cancel a Wizard World convention in Des Moines after breaking a foot through his ‘clumsy’ act in his home..

    Robert Englund, 69, looks to be recovering well from his accident, smiling while hobbling along using a walking stick at Los Angeles Airport on Thursday.

    Tweeting about his injury on May 18, the actor wrote: ‘Nightmare at my house!! Freddy vs clumsy me! Broke my foot. Sorry I’ll miss my fans.’

  • Finding your best defense with someone else’s worst offense..

    Finding your best defense with someone else’s worst offense..

    Early in the week Kathy Griffin thought it would be humorous to be showcased in a photo shoot raising the severed head of Donald Trump.

    Later in the week.. Bill Maher uttered the N word during his HBO REAL TIME live broadcast..

    Anger online!

    Twitter repudiates!

    This morning, Bill Maher is facing widespread calls that he should be fired for his joke!

    Maher was talking to Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska) about the senator’s book, “The Vanishing American Adult,” which explores why today’s young people are unable to survive in a competitive global economy. The conversation drifted to Halloween and how dressing up is no longer just a children’s tradition. Sasse said adults don’t do that quite as much in his state because it’s frowned upon. In response, Maher said he should visit Nebraska more.

    “We’d love to have you work in the fields with us,” Sasse said.

    “Work in the fields? Senator, I’m a house n—–,” Maher said, raising both of his hands up. “No it’s — it’s a joke.”

    At this time, there has not been a public response from Bill Maher. It will undoubtedly come.

    But we did have a response from Griffin, who late in the week blamed Donald Trump and family for attempting to take her career down.

    At this time, people including Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson and Jack Posobiec, a Trump supporter who writes for the right-wing site Rebel Media, have called for Maher to be fired. #FireBillMaher is circulating on Twitter.

    The rest.. rest.. the rest may be history.

    This has been an awful year for fake outrage over things that don’t matter. Like when the Late Show host Colbert had a nasty joke about Trump.. Or when people wanted Sean Hannity fired for being political opposed to them.. or when Steve Martin had to say sorry for calling Carrie Fisher beautiful shortly after she passed away.

    This is tiring.. This is getting to be a drag on freedom of speech. And unfortunately, as the whole mess of 2017 continues, this nonsensical tripe will most likely keep occurring.

    Should Kathy Griffin say sorry? Sure if she wants to. Same for Bill Maher. But should they be fired? ….I suppose the private companies who employ them can only decide after reading the tea leaves.. But my God.. my God.. jokes are over. In the new age, everyone can take offense at what they choose..demand repercussions for their agony.. and then at the end of the day still demand the termination of whatever person said something to offend them.

    Conservative.. Red states.

    Blue state liberals.. All the same.

    In the end, the middle of the roaders–all of us–have been forced into a giant mess of madness.

    Welcome to the modern age. Pop culture may have to slice and dice the MIC in favor of the duct tape. Over the mouth. Not a word to be uttered in the 21st century breakdown.

  • ‘UFO’ shimmering bright in UK night sky

    ‘UFO’ shimmering bright in UK night sky

    From the UK DAILY MAIL:

    The video, taken by a resident from Frome, shows streaks of light over nearby Cley hill which is 2 miles from UFO town Warminster.
    The footage, which lasts a few minutes, shows the peculiar light moving in circular directions in the night sky.

    ‘I took this video from my house in Frome last night. It was over the Cley Hill area I think, which is always a hotspot for UFOs’, the resident who took the video told Somerset Live.
    ‘Probably a drone with a fancy flame effect tail or something. It’s been spotted a few times locally’, the resident said.

  • Politically incorrect or culturally inappropriate ?

    Politically incorrect or culturally inappropriate ?

    The latest from pop culture:

    Bill Maher, the HBO late-night host of “Real Time,” was criticized widely on social media after an interview with a Nebraska senator that aired Friday night where the host joked that he is a “house [expletive].”

    Maher was having a back-and-forth with Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., and the senator invited the liberal talk-show host to visit his state.

    “We’d love to have you work in the fields with us,” Sasse joked.

    Maher responded, “Work in the fields? Senator, I’m a house [expletive].”

    Some in the audience groaned and a few clapped. Maher appeared to quickly reassure the audience and said, “No, it’s a joke.”

    Sasse did not address the comment and the two moved on to another subject. Sasse faced some criticism on social media for not quickly condemning the host’s comments.

    The word was not cut from the Midnight rebroadcast on HBO..