...I was working for an NBC radio affiliate at the time, and managed to root out the guy's agent and went from there...it was around Halloween time and the premier of his show Freddy's Nightmares...so it was a good tie in...
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Now Freddy is one mean S.O.B.!!...I was working for an NBC radio affiliate at the time, and managed to root out the guy's agent and went from there...it was around Halloween time and the premier of his show Freddy's Nightmares...so it was a good tie in...
It was EXCELLENT. Really unsettling. I've been looking for it on DVD, in case Hulu ever does something stupid and stops showing the Masters of Horror series.No, but I've heard it is messed up. Sounds good.
...I was working for an NBC radio affiliate at the time, and managed to root out the guy's agent and went from there...it was around Halloween time and the premier of his show Freddy's Nightmares...so it was a good tie in...
You're bringing back memories now, my friend. Freddy's Nightmares. It reminds me of those first-run syndication days in the time before digital distribution, when the media landscape still had independent stations. Friday the 13th: The Series (which should have been called Curious Goods), Tales From the Darkside, War of the Worlds, etc. When weekends were cool, right? I remember when I was obsessed with sending a submission to -- was it called Laurel? -- the company responsible for Monsters. Got the submission package with release form and a one-page sample from a script (from the pilot, "The Feverman"). Had to wait until the series was picked up for another season, but alas, it was not. I used to call the company every so often to see about the status of the show. Had my teleplay ready, but it now sits in my files as a memento of that time.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I have never really thought of Stephen King as a movie director - more of a producer or contributor ??
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Out of the four choices I think I would pick John Carpenter - he did a good job with Christine and also The Thing
I remember the first time I saw this thing scurrying across the floor and realized there was a human head in there
I remember the first time I saw this thing scurrying across the floor and realized there was a human head in there
Didn't really care for the thing that wellOut of the four choices I think I would pick John Carpenter - he did a good job with Christine and also The Thing
I remember the first time I saw this thing scurrying across the floor and realized there was a human head in there
I thought it was kind of weird myself
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
You mean the movie or just The 'Thing'? I didn't want to adopt it or anything.
But then I was stuck up in CFS Alert when I saw it, which actually is a listening station in the Canadian Arctic so I would probably have felt a bit of a kinship for the locale and spookiness of the whole atmosphere in that movie.
Robert Englund is the one and only Freddy!
I'm with KingRiceFan...David Lynch (who is not on the list).
Hitchcock until the late '60s, early '70s.
Cohen Bros. They have a style all their own.
Terry Gilliam. Eccentric style that appeals to me.
....(David Lynch has his own style, too, but I just don't enjoy his movies all that much.)
I'd say Spielberg, but he's not consistent enough. When he's on, he's brilliant. Feel the same way about Tim Burton.
Ed Wood.
Okay, not really Ed Wood.
Cohen Bros. They have a style all their own.
Terry Gilliam. Eccentric style that appeals to me.
....(David Lynch has his own style, too, but I just don't enjoy his movies all that much.)
I'd say Spielberg, but he's not consistent enough. When he's on, he's brilliant. Feel the same way about Tim Burton.
Ed Wood.
Okay, not really Ed Wood.
Of the options i had to go with Carpenter but of directors...
Hitchcock, Lynch, Polanski, Almodovar, Kurosawa, Scorsese, Herzog, Ford, DePalma i'm sure i forgot a bunch.
Hitchcock, Lynch, Polanski, Almodovar, Kurosawa, Scorsese, Herzog, Ford, DePalma i'm sure i forgot a bunch.
Ed is so bad, he's good.
Billy Wilder, John Huston, Akira Kurosawa, John Ford, Ingmar Bergman, Frank Capra, Peter Jackson, Howard Hawks, David Lean...I better stop typing...
Guillermo DelToro is great. The Orphanage is one of my favorites.
Mine, too. He didn't direct that one, but he was the producer
Have you seen The Devil's Backbone or Chronos? Both are in Spanish, but the subtitles are pretty good. Really good movies!
Mine, too. He didn't direct that one, but he was the producer
I never knew he didn't direct that one, thanks for the info!
I didn't see the 2 films you mentioned, but I just added them to my watch list
