Death is the ultimate leveler. It comes for everyone in the end, no matter your station in life. Never is that more unsettlingly apparent than in 1988’s The Blob, directed by Chuck Russell from a script he co-wrote with Frank Darabont. The creature feature lets loose a gelatinous pink blob of goo upon the small town of Arborville, California, where it wreaks havoc with its insatiable appetite. It doesn’t care about archetypical hero or villain roles; its sole aim is to devour.
The eponymous Blob acts as a giant slithering stomach, dissolving its food for digestion with extreme acidity. That means that not only is the body count high for this ever-growing creature, but the deaths are deliciously mean-spirited and unforgettable thanks to gruesome special makeup effects from Tony Gardner and an incredible team of artists. Russell and Darabont reinforce the SFX showcase with unpredictability and meticulous characterization to...
The eponymous Blob acts as a giant slithering stomach, dissolving its food for digestion with extreme acidity. That means that not only is the body count high for this ever-growing creature, but the deaths are deliciously mean-spirited and unforgettable thanks to gruesome special makeup effects from Tony Gardner and an incredible team of artists. Russell and Darabont reinforce the SFX showcase with unpredictability and meticulous characterization to...
- 8/4/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Despite getting off to a rocky start, the 90210 reboot finally caught fire (in more ways than one!) on Wednesday’s BH90210.
Sure, the show’s new head writer was able to fix the pilot script — thanks to a sneaky assist from Ian Ziering — but how is the cast supposed to shoot the episode now that the Peach Pit set has burned down? And which unknown arsonist sprayed “Stop Acting Like I’M Not Even Here” on the stage door before torching the place? A lot happened this week, but first, let’s tackle that red-hot mystery.
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Sure, the show’s new head writer was able to fix the pilot script — thanks to a sneaky assist from Ian Ziering — but how is the cast supposed to shoot the episode now that the Peach Pit set has burned down? And which unknown arsonist sprayed “Stop Acting Like I’M Not Even Here” on the stage door before torching the place? A lot happened this week, but first, let’s tackle that red-hot mystery.
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- 8/29/2019
- TVLine.com
This isn’t just one of my favorite horror movies of 1988, or of the 1980s, but one of my favorite horror movies of all time.
The 1980s saw the release of three big-budget studio remakes of 1950s sci-fi films, the first two of which are widely regarded as classics. John Carpenter’s 1982 reimagining of The Thing from Another World (retitled to just The Thing in his version) and David Cronenberg’s brilliant take on The Fly use the basic premises of their ’50s counterparts and rebuild them from the ground up, introducing the kinds of state-of-the-art makeup and creature effects that had only become possible in the ’80s to deliver new masterpieces of even greater visceral and emotional impact than their predecessors. The third of these ’50s remakes is the one that isn’t talked about as much or as well-regarded outside of the horror community: Chuck Russell’s 1988 take on The Blob.
The 1980s saw the release of three big-budget studio remakes of 1950s sci-fi films, the first two of which are widely regarded as classics. John Carpenter’s 1982 reimagining of The Thing from Another World (retitled to just The Thing in his version) and David Cronenberg’s brilliant take on The Fly use the basic premises of their ’50s counterparts and rebuild them from the ground up, introducing the kinds of state-of-the-art makeup and creature effects that had only become possible in the ’80s to deliver new masterpieces of even greater visceral and emotional impact than their predecessors. The third of these ’50s remakes is the one that isn’t talked about as much or as well-regarded outside of the horror community: Chuck Russell’s 1988 take on The Blob.
- 7/25/2018
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
This week marks the 25th anniversary of Beverly Hills, 90210, which debuted on October 4th, 1990 on the then-fledgling Fox network. A primetime soap opera aimed specifically at teens, it ostensibly chronicled twins Brandon (Jason Priestly) and Brenda (Shannon Doherty) Walsh and their family as they adjusted to life in posh Beverly Hills after relocating from suburban Minneapolis. But even from the beginning (and well after Brenda and Brandon both became well-entrenched amongst their peers), it was also as focused on addressing topical issues as it was the tumultuous and ever-changing relationships of its main characters (to varying degrees of success and subtlety). Over the course of the show’s 10 year run (it went off the air in May 2000), characters got together and broke up and made up and got back together again, and the show tackled everything from divorce to alcoholism, AIDS, adoption, eating disorders, rape, domestic abuse, infidelity, drug usage on multiple levels,...
- 10/11/2015
- by Austin Gorton
- SoundOnSight
The best part of Lifetime's "Unauthorized" TV show takedowns is the reaction of the real cast members. Over the weekend, the network took on "Beverly Hills 90210" and the actors weren't too impressed. However, they had different ways of "honoring" the big event. Tori Spelling used the attention to promote "Celebrity Lie Detector," and said she had a fling with Jason Priestley, who responded online. Shannen Doherty, not surprisingly, had a terse reaction to how she was portrayed. Jason dissed the Lifetime show and Tori's "Lie Detector," but supported Shannen.
Ian Ziering had the most fun, tweeting about inaccuracies during the special, sharing old photos, and ending with the perfect assessment of the whole thing:
..#unauthorized90210 Your mother and I are very disappointed. No Mondale for a week
A photo posted by Ian Ziering (@ianziering) on Oct 3, 2015 at 9:03pm Pdt
In case you don't know, that's Mr. and Mrs. Walsh,...
Ian Ziering had the most fun, tweeting about inaccuracies during the special, sharing old photos, and ending with the perfect assessment of the whole thing:
..#unauthorized90210 Your mother and I are very disappointed. No Mondale for a week
A photo posted by Ian Ziering (@ianziering) on Oct 3, 2015 at 9:03pm Pdt
In case you don't know, that's Mr. and Mrs. Walsh,...
- 10/5/2015
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
In honor of today's date, 9/02/10, here's the original theme song to the show, but likely not the one you'll recall. This was before they jazzed it all out with the 90210 bells and whistles. Also, who the fuck was Doug Emerson? Was he like the first season co-host of "American Idol"? Just photoshopped out of our memories?
The new Mission Impossible IV, now with Jeremy Renner, has now added its female lead, and she is full of female-ness. Her name is Paula Patton. You may know her from Precious or Deja Vu. She is lovely. (Deadline)
Australian actress Jessica McNamee has been cast as Rachel McAdams' younger sister in the romantic comedy, The Vow, in which McAdams and her husband, Charming Potato, end up in a crash, and McAdams completely loses her memory, and Spuds has to win her heart back. So, basically gender-reversed Regarding Henry? (THR)
Do the kids...
The new Mission Impossible IV, now with Jeremy Renner, has now added its female lead, and she is full of female-ness. Her name is Paula Patton. You may know her from Precious or Deja Vu. She is lovely. (Deadline)
Australian actress Jessica McNamee has been cast as Rachel McAdams' younger sister in the romantic comedy, The Vow, in which McAdams and her husband, Charming Potato, end up in a crash, and McAdams completely loses her memory, and Spuds has to win her heart back. So, basically gender-reversed Regarding Henry? (THR)
Do the kids...
- 9/2/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
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