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Dead Of Night (1977 Film)
''Dead of Night'' is a 1977 American made-for-television anthology horror film starring Ed Begley Jr., Anjanette Comer, Patrick Macnee, Horst Buchholz and Joan Hackett. Directed by Dan Curtis, the film consists of three stories written by Richard Matheson (although the first segment, "Second Chance", was adapted from a story by Jack Finney) much like the earlier ''Trilogy of Terror''. The film originally premiered on NBC on March 29, 1977. Plot "Second Chance" The first segment features Ed Begley Jr. as a man who restores a 1926 roadster and finds himself transported back in time. ;Cast * Ed Begley Jr. as Frank * E. J. André as Mr. McCauley *Ann Doran as Mrs. McCauley *Christina Hart as Helen "No Such Thing as a Vampire" The second segment features Anjanette Comer as a woman who seems to be actively terrorized by a vampire. Patrick Macnee plays her husband who attempts to deal with her terror by engaging the services of a friend, Michael (Horst Buchholz). ;Cast * Patrick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Curtis
Dan Curtis (born Daniel Mayer Cherkoss; August 12, 1927 – March 27, 2006) was an American director, writer, and producer of television and film, known among fans of horror films for his afternoon TV series ''Dark Shadows'' (1966–1971) and its 1991 remake, and TV films such as '' The Night Stalker'' (1972), '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' (1974) and ''Trilogy of Terror'' (1975). He also directed three feature films – the ''Dark Shadows'' spinoffs ''House of Dark Shadows'' (1970) and ''Night of Dark Shadows'' (1971), and the supernatural horror '' Burnt Offerings'' (1976). For general audiences, Curtis is also known as the director and producer of the highly-rated miniseries '' The Winds of War'' (1983) and its sequel ''War and Remembrance'' (1988), based on two novels by Herman Wouk, which follow the lives of two American families through World War II. Career Curtis's series of macabre films includes ''House of Dark Shadows'', ''Night of Dark Shadows'', '' The Night Stalker'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjanette Comer
Anjanette Comer (born August 7, 1939) is an American actress. Early years Born in Dawson, Texas to Rufus Franklin Comer, Jr., and Nola Dell “Sue” (Perkins) Comer, she attended Dawson High School. She gained acting experience at the Pasadena Playhouse. Career Comer's first major television credit was a guest appearance in a 1963 episode of ''Gunsmoke'' titled “Carter Caper” (S9E8), followed by roles in several other dramatic series of the 1960s, such as '' Dr. Kildare'' and ''Bonanza''. In 1964, she earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress for her work on an episode on ''Arrest and Trial''. She made her film debut as the female lead in the 1964 comedy '' Quick, Before It Melts'' followed by a memorable role in the 1965 satire ''The Loved One'', playing a seductive mortician who offers Robert Morse a choice for his uncle's funeral arrangements of "Inhumement, entombment, inurnment, immurement? Some people just lately have pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Horror Films
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Films
The year 1977 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1977 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * February 23 – During a press conference at Sardi's in Manhattan, it is officially announced that Christopher Reeve will be playing the role of Superman. * March 28 – At the 49th Academy Awards, '' Rocky'' picks up the Academy Award for Best Picture. Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, and Beatrice Straight all win Oscars for their performances in ''Network'' for Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress, while Jason Robards wins for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in '' All the President's Men.'' He will win again the following year, becoming the only person to win two consecutive Best Supporting Actor awards. * May 25 – '' Star Wars'' opens in theatres and becomes the highest-grossing film of the year. The film revolutionises the use of special effects in film and tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exclaim!
''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly Exclaim! print magazine publishes 7 issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada. The magazine has an average of 361,200 monthly readers and their website, exclaim.ca, has an average of 675,000 unique visitors a month. History ''Exclaim!'' began as a discussion among campus and community radio programmers at Ryerson's CKLN-FM in 1991. It was started by then-CKLN programmer Ian Danzig, together with other programmers and Toronto musicians. The goal of the publication was to support great Canadian music that was otherwise going unheralded. The group worked through 1991 to produce their first issue in April 1992, with monthly issues being produced since. Ian Danzig has been the publisher of the magazine since its start. James Keast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lela Swift
Lela Swift (born Lillian Siwoff; February 1, 1919 – August 4, 2015) was a television director and producer, best known for her work on ''Dark Shadows'', which she also produced from 1970–71, and '' Ryan's Hope''. Early life She was born in 1919 as Lillian Siwoff in New York City, New York. Her brother was baseball statistician and owner of the Elias Sports Bureau, Seymour Siwoff. Career Swift started her career in the secretarial pool at CBS. She worked behind the scenes on news programs there. She worked through the studio system ranks at CBS and served as an assistant director on several anthology series. Her directorial career began in 1950. In 1961, she moved to NBC and worked on the Purex Specials for Women series. In 1966, she joined Dan Curtis to work on ABC's ''Dark Shadows'' television series. It lasted five seasons with 1,225 episodes. Swift directed almost half of the episodes during its run. She later served as one of the directors for the series '' Ryan's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Hall (writer)
Allison Samuel Hall (March 11, 1921 – September 26, 2014), known as Sam Hall, was a screenwriter known for his work in daytime soap operas, particularly ''Dark Shadows'' (from 1967 to 1971) and '' One Life to Live'' (from 1975 to 1985). Hall also co-wrote the 1976 PBS miniseries ''The Adams Chronicles''. Personal life Hall was born in Carrollton, Ohio in 1921 to Samuel and Beatrice Hall. He was married to actress Grayson Hall, an Academy Award nominee who appeared on both shows, as Dr. Julia Hoffman on ''Dark Shadows'', and as Euphemia Ralston on '' One Life to Live''.Sam Hall profile imdb.com; accessed September 28, 2014. Later in life, Hall took an active part in the production of "War Games," a play he wrote and performed at the Rhinebeck Theatre's barn in the early 2000s. ''Dark Shadows'' Th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trilogy Of Terror II
''Trilogy of Terror II'' is a 1996 American made-for-television anthology horror film and a sequel to ''Trilogy of Terror'' (1975), both directed by Dan Curtis. The film follows the formula of the original, with one female lead (Lysette Anthony) playing parts in each of three segments. In the episode "He Who Kills", one of the museum security guards is reading a ''Dark Shadows'' comic book, and enthuses about how he used to rush home from school to watch it. Dan Curtis created the TV series ''Dark Shadows'' in 1966. Plot The Graveyard Rats A wealthy man by the name of Ansford ( Matt Clark) discovers his young wife Laura (Lysette Anthony) having an affair with her cousin. Having video proof, he orders Laura to be faithful and honest or he will turn the video over to the news stations and cut her out of his multimillion-dollar will. Meanwhile, her lover Ben ( Geraint Wyn Davies) comes up with the idea to murder Ansford and collect all his money. After Ansford is pushed down the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Montgomery
Elliott Harcourt Montgomery (born November 3, 1961), known as Lee Montgomery, is a United States-based Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as a lonely little boy who befriends a pack of killer rats in the film ''Ben'' (1972) and as Sarah Jessica Parker's hunky dance partner, Jeff Malene, in ''Girls Just Want to Have Fun'' (1985). Hollywood Brother of actresses Belinda Montgomery and Tannis G. Montgomery, and the son of actor Cecil Montgomery, Lee began his career as a model before venturing into the acting business. He made his debut in the Disney film ''The Million Dollar Duck'' in 1971, before landing a starring role in ''Ben'' (1972), the sequel to '' Willard'' (1971). He played Billy Baker in ''Baker's Hawk'' (1976). Montgomery played a dying boy in the Academy Award-nominated film ''Pete 'n' Tillie'' (1972). He made appearances on television series such as ''The Mod Squad'', ''Columbo'', ''The Streets of San Francisco'', ''Kojak'', ''Adam-12'', ''Emergency!'', ''Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampire
A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited while they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from today's gaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century. Vampiric entities have been recorded in cultures around the world; the term ''vampire'' was popularized in Western Europe after reports of an 18th-century mass hysteria of a pre-existing folk belief in the Balkans and Eastern Europe that in some cases resulted in corpses being staked and people being accused of vampirism. Local variants in Eastern Europe were also known by different names, such as '' shtriga'' in Albania, '' vrykolakas'' in Greece and '' strigoi'' in Romania. In modern times, the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Hart
Christina Hart (born July 21, 1949) is an American film producer, film director, playwright and retired actress. She teaches acting at the Hollywood Court Theater. She has appeared in such films as ''The Stewardesses'' (1969), '' The Mad Bomber'' (1973) and ''Charley Varrick'' (1973). Life and career Christina Hart was born on July 21, 1949 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, to an elementary school teacher father. lockhaven.com; accessed December 23, 2014. She has been acting professionally since 1958 in television and motion pictures, although she has stated that her true passion is for the theater. She formed DOXA Productions with actress Kara Pulcino, and has produced and directed under that label since 2006. She was married to actor |
Trilogy Of Terror
''Trilogy of Terror'' is a 1975 American made-for-television anthology horror film directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black. It features three segments, each based on unrelated short stories by Richard Matheson. The first follows a college professor who seeks excitement with her students; the second is about twin sisters who have a bizarre relationship. These two segments were adapted by William F. Nolan. The third, adapted by Matheson himself, focuses on a woman terrorized by a Zuni fetish doll in her apartment. Black stars in all three segments, and plays dual roles in the second. The film was first aired as an ''ABC Movie of the Week'' on March 4, 1975. Black initially turned down the project, but reconsidered when her then-husband, Robert Burton, was cast in the first segment "Julie". A television film sequel titled '' Trilogy of Terror II'', written and also directed by Dan Curtis, was released in 1996. Plots "Julie" Chad Rogers is a college student with a crus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
