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The Strangers (film Series)
''The Strangers'' film series consists of American psychological horror films. Based on an original story by Bryan Bertino, the plot centers around masked three psycho-sociopathic home invaders that prey on the innocent owners. Though the first film was marketed as "based on a true story", this was a misdirect as the filmmaker stated that he wrote the concept from a series of break-in burglaries that took place in his neighborhood when he was growing up, as well as borrowing elements from the Manson Family Tate killings. Continuing this marketing technique, a "based on a true story" tag was also included at the beginning of the sequel. The first film was initially met with mixed critical reception upon its release, though it made a large profit at the box office. Despite this, it has since been praised by contemporary film critics, as a cult classic in the horror genre. Conversely, its sequel was met with negative reception with criticism directed towards its inferiority to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Bertino
Bryan Michael Bertino (born October 17, 1977) is an American filmmaker. He is best known as the writer/director of '' The Strangers'' (2008), as well as writing its sequel, '' The Strangers: Prey at Night'' (2018), with Ben Ketai. Early life and education Bertino was born in Crowley, Texas. He studied cinematography at the University of Texas at Austin. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a gaffer, and wrote screenplays in his spare time. Career Bertino submitted '' The Strangers'' for a Nicholl Fellowship with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which reached the quarterfinals. However, he was able to get a meeting with Vertigo Entertainment. Bertino quit his job days before the script was sold to Universal Studios. Mark Romanek wanted to direct ''The Strangers'' but demanded a $40 million budget. After speaking with Andrew Rona at Rogue Pictures, Bertino was asked to direct ''The Strangers'' despite a lack of directorial experience. Filmography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Lee
Roy Lee (born March 23, 1969) is an American film producer. Lee's production company, Vertigo Entertainment, has a first-look deal with Warner Bros. Early life Lee was born in 1969 at Wyckoff Heights Hospital, in Brooklyn, New York, to Korean parents. His father, a doctor, and his mother, had been in America for just three years and were still acclimating. Lee's mother, a devout Christian, nurtured hopes that he would become a Minister (Christianity), minister. During his undergraduate studies at George Washington University, Lee interned at the law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. After graduating GWU, Lee attended law school at American University Washington College of Law where he prepared for a career in corporate law. Career In 1996, after graduating law school at American University and working at Fried Frank for eight months, he moved to Los Angeles and worked as a "tracker" at a production company called Alphaville. Trackers monitor spec material and deal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Isolation
Social isolation is a state of complete or near-complete lack of contact between an individual and society. It differs from loneliness, which reflects temporary and involuntary lack of contact with other humans in the world. Social isolation can be an issue for individuals of any age, though symptoms may differ by age group. Social isolation has similar characteristics in both temporary instances and for those with a historical lifelong isolation cycle. All types of social isolation can include staying home for lengthy periods of time, having no communication with family, acquaintances or friends, and/or willfully avoiding any contact with other humans when those opportunities do arise. Effects True social isolation over years and decades can be a chronic condition affecting all aspects of a person's existence. Social isolation can lead to feelings of loneliness, fear of others, or negative self-esteem. Lack of consistent human contact can also cause conflict with the (periph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wedding Reception
A wedding reception is a party usually held after the completion of a marriage ceremony as hospitality for those who have attended the wedding, hence the name reception: the couple ''receive'' society, in the form of family and friends, for the first time as a married couple. Hosts provide their choice of food and drink, although a wedding cake is popular. Entertaining guests after a wedding ceremony is traditional in most societies, and can last anywhere from half an hour to many hours or even days. Most wedding receptions are made in the evening for dinner; however, the couple may opt for a luncheon, brunch, or even afternoon tea. Ultimately the married couple chooses the details and location of the reception. In some cultures, separate wedding celebrations are held for the bride's and groom's families. Before receptions – a social event that is structured around a receiving line, and usually held in the afternoon, with only light refreshments – became popular, wedding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future
The future is the time after the past and present. Its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics. Due to the apparent nature of reality and the unavoidability of the future, everything that currently exists and will exist can be categorized as either permanent, meaning that it will exist forever, or temporary, meaning that it will end. In the Occidental view, which uses a linear conception of time, the future is the portion of the projected timeline that is anticipated to occur. In special relativity, the future is considered absolute future, or the future light cone. In the philosophy of time, presentism is the belief that only the present exists and the future and the past are unreal. Religions consider the future when they address issues such as karma, life after death, and eschatologies that study what the end of time and the end of the world will be. Religious figures such as prophets and diviners have claimed to see into t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Milburn
Christopher Milburn is an England, English actor and Film producer, producer. He appeared in ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', as well the last two series of ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' as the title character's handsome colleague, Dave Inchcape. He transitioned into film producing in the mid 1990s, debuting with the 1997 comedy ''Caught In The Act''. He has since worked on both British and American productions, including ''An American Haunting'' and ''The Hurricane Heist''. He has collaborated several times with filmmaker Courtney Solomon. Filmography (Producer) * ''Dreaming of Joseph Lees'' (1999) * ''Relative Values (film), Relative Values'' (2000) * ''An American Haunting'' (2005) * ''Perkins' 14'' (2009) * ''The Task (film), The Task'' (2011) * ''Legendary'' (2013) * ''Getaway (2013 film), Getaway'' (2013) * ''Outcast (2014 film), Outcast'' (2014) * ''The Hunter's Prayer'' (2017) * ''The Hurricane Heist'' (2018) References External links * English film producers E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Canton
Mark Canton (born June 19, 1949) is an American film producer and executive. Life and early career Canton was born to a Jewish family in Queens, New York, the son of Shirley and Arthur Canton, who worked in the film industry on marketing and publicity - including such films as ''Lawrence of Arabia''. As a young adult, he met well known movie personalities like Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, and Doris Day when they visited the family's apartment. After working in the mail room of Warner Bros. while studying at the University of California, Los Angeles, Canton started working for 20th Century Fox and later had jobs with film director Franklin Schaffner, with producer Jon Peters, and in the 1970s as executive assistant to Mike Medavoy at United Artists, before working as executive vice president at Warner Bros. from 1980 onwards. Successes he was involved in at the time include 1983's ''National Lampoon's Vacation'', '' Purple Rain'', and the ''Batman'' and ''Lethal Weapon'' film serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Solomon
Courtney Solomon (born September 1,1970) is a writer, director, producer, and entrepreneur from Toronto, Ontario. He has been involved with production, marketing and distribution of over 80 movies. Life and career At 19, he formed Sweetpea Entertainment to acquire the film rights to "Dungeons & Dragons". ''Dungeons & Dragons'' became his first producing and directing project, the film was a box office disappointment Courtney Solomon as owner of Sweetpea Entertainment, was looking to acquire the media rights to a science-fiction property which could be adapted into a television series or an MMORPG, and in 1996 in exchange for the equity position and media rights to '' Traveller'', Sweetpea advanced the money to get Imperium Games started as a company to be dedicated solely to ''Traveller''. He later formed After Dark Films to produce horror, thriller and action titles. He launched it with '' An American Haunting'', which he wrote, produced and directed, a story based on Tenness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renny Harlin
Renny Harlin (born 15 March 1959) is a Finnish film director, Film producer, producer, and screenwriter who has made his career in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood and Cinema of China, China. His best-known films include ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master'', ''The Adventures of Ford Fairlane'', ''Die Hard 2'', ''Cliffhanger (film), Cliffhanger'', ''The Long Kiss Goodnight'', and ''Deep Blue Sea (1999 film), Deep Blue Sea''. Harlin's films have grossed over $520 million in the United States and over $1.2 billion in the worldwide aggregate box office, making him the 151st highest-grossing director in the global film market , and the most internationally successful Finnish filmmaker in terms of revenue. His 1993 film ''Cliffhanger'' is in the ''Guinness World Records, Guinness Book of World Records'' for the costliest aerial stunt ever performed. His 1995 film ''Cutthroat Island'' held the Guinness World Record for the former category "Largest box office loss". Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Untitled Third The Strangers Film
The third ''The Strangers'' film is an upcoming American slasher film directed by Renny Harlin, and written by Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland. It is the third film in ''The Strangers'' film series. The film stars stars Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, Rachel Shenton. Intended to be the first installment of a new trilogy of films, the plot centers around a couple who come into contact with the three psychopathic masked strangers from the previous two installments. Marketed as a reboot, the film will "expand" the "world of ''The Strangers''". Synopsis A young woman (Petsch), drives across the country with her longtime boyfriend (Gutierrez), as the pair begin a new life together in the Pacific Northwest. Along the way, their car breaks down and they are forced to spend the night in an isolated Airbnb home. Through the night they are terrorized by three murderous masked strangers. Cast * Madelaine Petsch as Maya * Froy Gutierrez as Ryan * Rachel Shenton as Debbie * Gabriel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Kavanaugh
Ryan Kavanaugh (born 1974) is an American film financier. He co-founded and served as CEO of Relativity Media, where he brokered deals between Wall Street investors and major film studios. He credited his risk-assessment algorithm with Relativity Media's initial success. After Relativity Media filed for bankruptcy, he stepped down as CEO and faced several lawsuits regarding his management. He later founded Proxima Media, which acquired a controlling stake in Triller. Early life Kavanaugh was born to a Jewish family in Los Angeles, California, where he was raised in the Brentwood neighborhood and attended Brentwood High School. His mother is a real estate broker and his father is a dentist turned businessman, born in Germany. His father changed his surname to Kavanaugh before his son's birth. Kavanaugh began purchasing stock shares when he was six years old. Kavanaugh attended UC Santa Barbara and UCLA but dropped out in 1996. In 2012, Kavanaugh threatened ''The New Yorker' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Ketai
Ben Ketai is an American film director, writer, and producer. He directed and wrote the following Ghost House Pictures productions: '' 30 Days of Night: Dark Days'' and the webseries '' 30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust''. Career In 2010, the SyFy Channel released '' The Resistance'', executive produced by Ketai, Scott Bayless, and Scott Rogers and directed by Adrian Picardi. It started as a low budget web series in the form of 4 short online teasers on YouTube. Before filming the actual web show, the series was picked up by Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures and Starz Media, after executives at Ghost House viewed ''The Resistance'' teasers online. The web show aired on October 4, 2010, on the SyFy channel as a one-hour television pilot. It was also released in its original 8 episodic form on iTunes, Xbox Live, and the PlayStation Network. "The Resistance" was produced by Aaron Lam, Eric Ro, and Associate Producer Don Le. The pilot made history, as it's the first time a series c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
