Biography

BIOGRAPHY – John Carpenter

Published on: 25th January, 2010

There was once a time when ‘A Film by John Carpenter’ was a guaranteed seal of quality. Having first made a name for himself in the late 1970’s with the low budget classic Halloween, Carpenter spent the following decade producing one cult success after another: from his alien horrors The Thing and They Live to [...]

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BIOGRAPHY – Robert Ginty

Published on: 2nd October, 2009

It was an unfortunate coincidence that on September 21 I sent an interview request to cult star Robert Ginty about his work on the exploitation classic The Exterminator. The following day, I would find out that he had just passed away, succumbing to cancer at the age of sixty. Thus, it felt fitting [...]

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BIOGRAPHY – George A. Romero

Published on: 29th September, 2009

George A. Romero has had a somewhat uneven career. Having first gained acclaim for his zombie masterpiece Night of the Living Dead in 1968, his output over the last four decades could best be described as hit-and-miss, with one classic followed by half a dozen disappointments. Yet there is there is no denying [...]

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BIOGRAPHY – Dario Argento

Published on: 24th September, 2009

Dario Argento was always destined for show business. His father, Salvatore Argento, had become a key figure in the industry throughout the 1950’s, being instrumental in the international success of many Italian films through his public relations role at Unitalia, a government-funded body that helped bring attention to the country’s movie industry. After [...]

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BIOGRAPHY – John Carl Buechler

Published on: 24th September, 2009

If anyone has a reason to hate Harry Potter, it’s John Carl Buechler! Back in 1986, a low budget fantasy called Troll was released and enjoyed minor success at the box office. Its protagonist was a young man named Harry Potter Jr., portrayed with wide-eyed innocence by Noah Hathaway, previously known for his [...]

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BIOGRAPHY – Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Published on: 20th September, 2009

Whilst Hollywood has continued to recycle old ideas and play it safe by delivering generic and predictable multiplex fodder, many foreign filmmakers have managed to produce a body of unique and fascinating work that has have gained cult followings but have failed to gain international acclaim. French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet has succeeded in developing [...]

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BIOGRAPHY – Christina Ricci

Published on: 17th September, 2009

Few actresses have appealed to the alternative crowd in recent years more than Christina Ricci, the former child star of The Addams Family who transcended from the indie scene to the A-list in a succession of daring and interesting roles. Having co-starred alongside the likes of Johnny Depp, Cher, Michael J. Fox and Samuel [...]

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BIOGRAPHY – Danielle Harris

Published on: 15th September, 2009

Most actresses that were dubbed ’scream queens’ were often in their twenties by the time the horror genre had embraced them. Jamie Lee Curtis, Linnea Quigley, Heather Langemkamp – they would all portray high school students who are targeted by an unstoppable bogeyman. Very few children would play a significant role in the [...]

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BIOGRAPHY – Drew Barrymore

Published on: 11th September, 2009

Very few actors can lay claim to have had as much of an eventful childhood as Drew Barrymore. Her troubled and drug-fuelled adolescence was well documented in her autobiography Little Girl Lost, published when she was just fourteen-years old. No one could have guessed when viewing Steven Spielberg’s family friendly fantasy E.T.: The [...]

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BIOGRAPHY – Winona Ryder

Published on: 10th September, 2009

Winona Ryder was the poster-child for oddballs and outsiders during the late 1980’s and early ’90’s. From befriending the recently diseased in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice to killing her classmates in the savage black comedy Heathers, she was always the freak, an Alice in her own Wonderland. Along with the likes of Christian Slater [...]

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