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Crazy Eights (film)
''Crazy Eights'' is a 2006 B-horror film that follows the story of six companions as they fill the last request of a dead friend. The film is distributed by the After Dark Horrorfest which annually releases an eight-part movie collection that typically is likened towards the movie genres of horror and thriller, ''Crazy Eights'' being part of the 2007 series released by the movie collection. Cast * Dina Meyer as Jennifer Jones * George Newbern as Father Lyle Dey * Traci Lords as Gina Conte * Dan DeLuca as Wayne Morrison * Frank Whaley as Brent Sykes * Gabrielle Anwar as Beth Patterson * Karen Beriss as Karen * Michael Gabel as Dr. Pike Production James K. Jones directed this film and Dan DeLuca was the main producer and writer. The film was released in select theaters on November 9, 2007. The film runs for a total of 80 minutes. The film was distributed by After Dark Films. The film was produced in the United States. Reception Awards Part of the After Dark Horrorfest film serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan DeLuca
Dan DeLuca (born November 11, 1970) is an American actor, who is best known for appearing in ''The Wire''. Education and career DeLuca studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York. He has a master's degree in business from Southeast Missouri State University. DeLuca co-directed and produced the feature film ''Eco-Teens Save the World'', with Academy Award Winner Shirley Jones and Emmy Nominee Corbin Bernsen. He is also the director of the feature film ''Two-Minute Heist''. He was the writer, producer, and second unit director of the feature film ''Crazy Eights''. He wrote and produced the feature film 'The Night Watchmen." He is best known for his role in season 4 of HBO's ''The Wire'', in which he portrays the real-life inspired character of Dr. David Parenti. The role partnered him with veteran actor Robert Wisdom as "Bunny Colvin." DeLuca has also had roles in HBO's ''Veep'' and ''House of Cards A house of cards (also known as a card tower or card castle) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8 Films To Die For
After Dark Horrorfest (also known as "8 Films to Die For") was an annual horror film festival featuring eight independent horror movies, sometimes with "secret" bonus films, all distributed by After Dark Films in the USA. The first HorrorFest was held in 2006. In 2011, Horrorfest was replaced with After Dark Originals, composed of original films from After Dark and not previously acquired ones. HorrorFest 2006 After Dark's HorrorFest for 2006 was scheduled for November 17 through November 21, 2006. Films The films shown during the course of the festival were: ;'' The Abandoned'' :A film producer, who was adopted as a baby and sent to America, returns to her native Russia and the family farm. Once there, strange things begin to happen. After completion of the festival, this film was re-released to general theatres on February 23, 2007. ;''Dark Ride'' :Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Horror Films
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American Horror Films
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2006 Films
The following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Evaluation of the year Legendary film critic Philip French of ''The Guardian'' described 2006 as "an outstanding year for British cinema". He went on to emphasize, "Six of our well-established directors have made highly individual films of real distinction: Michael Winterbottom's ''A Cock and Bull Story'', Ken Loach's Palme d'Or winner '' The Wind That Shakes the Barley'', Christopher Nolan's ''The Prestige'', Stephen Frears's ''The Queen'', Paul Greengrass's '' United 93'' and Nicholas Hytner's ''The History Boys''. Two young directors made confident debuts, both offering a jaundiced view of contemporary Britain: Andrea Arnold's Red Road and Paul Andrew Williams's London to Brighton. In addition the gifted Mexican Alfonso Cuaron came here to make the dystopian thriller '' Children of Men''." He also stated, "In the (Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PopMatters
''PopMatters'' is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture. ''PopMatters'' publishes reviews, interviews, and essays on cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater, visual arts, travel, and the Internet. History ''PopMatters'' was founded by Sarah Zupko, who had previously established the cultural studies academic resource site PopCultures. ''PopMatters'' launched in late 1999 as a sister site providing original essays, reviews and criticism of various media products. Over time, the site went from a weekly publication schedule to a five-day-a-week magazine format, expanding into regular reviews, features, and columns. In the fall of 2005, monthly readership exceeded one million. From 2006 onward, ''PopMatters'' produced several syndicated newspaper columns for McClatchy-Tribune News Service. By 2009 there were four different pop culture related col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dread Central
Dread Central is an American website founded in 2006 that is dedicated to horror news, interviews, and reviews. It covers horror films, comics, novels, and toys. Dread Central has won the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for Best Website four times and was selected as AMC's Site of the Week in 2008. History Dread Central was founded on July 4, 2006. When a venture to create a horror-themed cable television channel stalled, the web team left and established their own news site. In 2012, a negative review posted by Scott Foy attracted controversy when Foy and the film's director, Jim Wynorski, engaged in a verbal altercation online. On September 30, 2019, Jonathan Barkan announced he was stepping down as editor-in-chief. As of December 2021, Mary Beth McAndrews is now Editor-in-Chief and Josh Korngut is managing editor. Website The site's staff use horror-themed aliases. The website has a broad focus, and it covers both mainstream and fringe topics that range from ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After Dark Horrorfest
After Dark Horrorfest (also known as "8 Films to Die For") was an annual horror film festival featuring eight independent horror movies, sometimes with "secret" bonus films, all distributed by After Dark Films in the USA. The first HorrorFest was held in 2006. In 2011, Horrorfest was replaced with After Dark Originals, composed of original films from After Dark and not previously acquired ones. HorrorFest 2006 After Dark's HorrorFest for 2006 was scheduled for November 17 through November 21, 2006. Films The films shown during the course of the festival were: ;'' The Abandoned'' :A film producer, who was adopted as a baby and sent to America, returns to her native Russia and the family farm. Once there, strange things begin to happen. After completion of the festival, this film was re-released to general theatres on February 23, 2007. ;''Dark Ride'' :Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dina Meyer
Dina Meyer (born December 22, 1968) is an American actress. She began her career appearing in a recurring role on the Fox teen drama series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1993–94), before landing a leading role opposite Keanu Reeves in the 1995 film ''Johnny Mnemonic''. Meyer has acted in a number of roles in films ''Dragonheart'' (1996), ''Starship Troopers'' (1997), ''Bats'' (1999), ''D-Tox'' (2002), and '' Star Trek: Nemesis'' (2002). She played Detective Allison Kerry in the ''Saw'' film franchise. On television, Meyer starred as Barbara Gordon/Oracle/Batgirl in the short-lived series ''Birds of Prey'' (2002–03) and was regular on '' Secret Agent Man'' (2000) and '' Point Pleasant'' (2005). Early life Meyer was born in Queens, New York. In 1991, she graduated from Long Island University in Brookville, New York with a bachelor of business administration degree. She trained in acting for three years at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York. Career Mey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lions Gate
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, doing business as Lionsgate, is a Canadian-American entertainment company. It was formed by Frank Giustra on July 10, 1997, domiciled in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and is currently headquartered in Santa Monica, California, United States. In addition to its flagship Lionsgate Films division, the company contains other divisions such as Lionsgate Television and Lionsgate Interactive. It owns a variety of subsidiaries such as Summit Entertainment, Debmar-Mercury, and Starz Inc. History Early history Lionsgate was formed in 1997 by Frank Giustra with a $16 million investment including another $40 million from other investors which included Keyur Patel and Yorkton Securities' executives such as G. Scott Paterson. Giustra had recently retired as CEO from Yorkton, an investment bank, and Paterson was then president. Giustra then merged Lionsgate with Toronto Stock Exchange listed Beringer Gold Corp. (founded in 1986) to take the company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After Dark Films
After Dark Films is an American independent film Production company, production and Film distribution, distribution company founded by Courtney Solomon and Allan Zeman in 2006. History The company is the organizer for the annual independent horror film festival ''After Dark Horrorfest'', also known as ''8 Films to Die For''. On March 30, 2010 the company founded After Dark Originals alongside Lionsgate and Syfy. On March 2, 2012, After Dark Films announced After Dark Action, an action film series. Facebook.com. Filmography After Dark Horrorfest After Dark Originals After Dark Action Other produced films References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
