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Jason LaRay Keener
Jason LaRay Keener (born May 12, 1985) is an American filmmaker from Alabama. He is best known for his stream-of-conscious, non-linear shorts. He is related to serial killer Nannie Doss. In 2006, he founded the Jacksonville State University Film Society. In 2012, he married frequent collaborator Diane Rose (''Hallelujah! Gorilal Revival'', '' The Unreinable Compulsion''). Reining Nails & ''Catfish with Falcon Wings'' In 2006, Keener founded his production company, Reining Nails. From 2006 to 2009, he directed several Southern Gothic-inspired surrealistic short films. His film ''Hallelujah! Gorilla Revival'' featured guest voice-overs from filmmakers Cory McAbee, Damon Packard, Todd Rohal and Jamie Stewart of the bands Ten in the Swear Jar, Xiu Xiu and Former Ghosts. The film won Best Experimental Short at the 2009 Nashville Film Festival, as well as Best Alabama Short Film and the Kathryn Tucker Windham Storytelling Award at the 11th annual Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre, Alabama
Centre is a city in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 3,587. The city is the county seat of Cherokee County. History Cherokee County was created on January 9, 1836, and named for the Cherokee people who once lived in the area. The famous Cherokee chief Pathkiller lived in Turkeytown near the present town of Centre. In 1836 the newly founded town of Cedar Bluff became the county seat, but in 1844 the county seat was moved to the more centrally located town of Centre. The name was chosen, and carries the British English spelling, because of this central location in the county. In 2011, Centre began allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages, and is no longer a dry city. Geography Centre is located slightly west of the center of Cherokee County at 34°9'33.052" North, 85°40'29.071" West (34.159181, -85.674742). The city limits extend north to the south shore of Weiss Lake on the Coosa River. U.S. Route 411 and Alabama State Route 68 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmony Korine
Harmony Korine (born January 4, 1973, some sources report September 1, 1974) " Retrieved on 2009-10-26. is an American filmmaker, actor, photographer, artist, author, and skateboarder. He is best known for his films, which feature his erratic, loose and transgressive aesthetic, exploring taboo themes and incorporating techniques,Alicia Knock, "The Boy Who Could Fly", ''Harmony Korine'', Rizzoli New York, 2018. as well as his various endeavors into art, music, fashion and advertising.Kevin Ritchie for Boards Magazine, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flannery O'Connor
Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925August 3, 1964) was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. She wrote two novels and 31 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. She was a Southern writer who often wrote in a sardonic Southern Gothic style and relied heavily on regional settings and grotesque characters, often in violent situations. The unsentimental acceptance or rejection of the limitations or imperfections or differences of these characters (whether attributed to disability, race, crime, religion or sanity) typically underpins the drama. Her writing reflected her Roman Catholic faith and frequently examined questions of morality and ethics. Her posthumously compiled ''Complete Stories'' won the 1972 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction and has been the subject of enduring praise. Early life and education Childhood O'Connor was born on March 25, 1925, in Savannah, Georgia, the only child of Edward Francis O'Connor, a real esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unsolved Mysteries
''Unsolved Mysteries'' is an American mystery documentary television show, created by John Cosgrove and Terry Dunn Meurer. Documenting cold cases and paranormal phenomena, it began as a series of seven specials, presented by Raymond Burr, Karl Malden, and Robert Stack, beginning on NBC on January 20, 1987, becoming a full-fledged series on October 5, 1988, hosted by Stack. After nine seasons on NBC, the series moved to CBS for its 10th season on November 13, 1997. After adding Virginia Madsen as a co-host during season 11 failed to boost slipping ratings, CBS canceled the series after only a two-season, 12-episode run on June 11, 1999. The series was revived by Lifetime in 2000, with season 12 beginning on July 2, 2001. ''Unsolved Mysteries'' aired 103 episodes on Lifetime, before ending on September 20, 2002, an end that coincided with Stack's illness and eventual death. After a six-year absence, the series was resurrected by Spike in 2007, and began airing on October 13, 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Carpenter
John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American filmmaker, actor, and composer. Although he worked in various film genres, he is most commonly associated with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s. He is generally recognized as one of the greatest masters of the horror genre. At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the French Directors' Guild gave him the Golden Coach Award, lauding him as "a creative genius of raw, fantastic, and spectacular emotions". Carpenter's early films included box office and critical successes like '' Halloween'' (1978), ''The Fog'' (1980), ''Escape from New York'' (1981), and ''Starman'' (1984). His other productions from the 1970s and the 1980s only later came to be considered cult classics, and he has been acknowledged as an influential filmmaker. These include '' Dark Star'' (1974), '' Assault on Precinct 13'' (1976), '' The Thing'' (1982), ''Christine'' (1983), ''Big Trouble in Little China'' (1986), '' Prince o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson (; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson contributed notably to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, Ellipsis (narrative device), ellipses, and sparse use of scoring have led his works to be regarded as preeminent examples of Minimalism, minimalist film. Much of his work is known for being tragic in story and nature. Bresson is among the most highly regarded filmmakers of all time. He has the highest number of films (seven) that made the 2012 ''Sight & Sound'' critics' poll of the 250 greatest films ever made. His works ''A Man Escaped'' (1956), ''Pickpocket (film), Pickpocket'' (1959) and ''Au Hasard Balthazar'' (1966) were ranked among the top 100, and other films like ''Mouchette'' (1967) and ''L'Argent (1983 film), L'Argent'' (1983) also received many votes. Jean-Luc Godard once wrote, "He is the French cinema, as Fyodor Dostoevsky, Dostoevsky is the Russian novel and Mozart is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Worst Movie
''Best Worst Movie'' is a 2009 American documentary film about the making of the infamous 1990 horror film ''Troll 2'' and its subsequent resurgence as a cult film. Directed by Michael Stephenson, the child star of ''Troll 2'', the film was distributed by Magic Stone Productions and New Video Group. It was also included in the first 5,000 copies of Scream Factory's Blu-ray double feature of ''Troll'' and ''Troll 2'', released on November 17, 2015. Synopsis Almost twenty years after critically-panned film ''Troll 2'' was released, the cast and crew are followed in this documentary to see how they handle the new life that the movie has been given. Fans gather to celebrate the movie at screenings. Director of the documentary Michael Stephenson, who played the young boy in ''Troll 2'', interviews many of the former cast and crew. Although many consider ''Troll 2'' to be one of the worst movies ever made, many fans have had parties, annual screenings, and found joy in watching the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troll 2
''Troll 2'' is a 1990 horror film directed by Claudio Fragasso (under the pseudonym Drake Floyd) and starring Michael Stephenson, George Hardy, Connie McFarland, and Jason Wright. Although produced under the title ''Goblins'', the American distributors marketed it as a sequel to the 1986 horror film ''Troll''; however, the two films have no connection, and this film features no trolls but goblins instead. The plot concerns a family pursued by vegetarian goblins who seek to transform them into plants so that they can eat them. Production was rife with difficulties, largely due to the language barrier between the Italian-speaking crew and English-speaking cast, and producer Joe D'Amato's approach to low-budget filmmaking. The resulting film is considered by some as one of the worst movies ever made. In subsequent years, the film gained a cult following and garnered a large fanbase. Though it was generally viewed as poorly made horror, the filmmakers stated that it was "alwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hardy (actor)
George Hardy (born October 16, 1954) is an American dentist and actor who played the leading role in the cult horror film ''Troll 2'' (1990), which is regarded as one of the worst films ever made. In 2021 he was in the horror movie ''CYST''. Career Hardy studied at Auburn University during the 1970s. At that time he was interested in theater. He took acting classes, but gave up the idea of becoming an actor because he feared that it wouldn't be a practical career. Hardy eventually became a dentist. He was practicing in Salt Lake City when he auditioned for ''Troll 2'' at the urging of some of his patients. He ended up winning the role of Michael Waits, head of the family that falls victim to the titular villains. After the film's dismal reception following a direct-to-video release, he returned to practicing dentistry full-time and did not pursue acting any further. Word of mouth slowly spread about ''Troll 2'' regarding how laughably poor it was, allowing a loyal fanbase to de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarrod Cuthrell
Jarrod is a variant of the name Jared. Jarrod may refer to: *Jarrod Alexander, American drummer *Jarrod Atkinson, Australian rules footballer *Jarrod Bannister (1984-2018), Australian javelin thrower *Jarrod Baxter (born 1979), former fullback in the NFL *Jarrod Bleijie (born 1982), Australian politician and member of the Queensland Parliament *Jarrod Bowen (born 1996), English professional footballer *Jarrod Bunch (born 1968), former American football running back *Jarrod Carland, Australian actor and singer *Jarrod Cooper (born 1978), American football safety *Jarrod Croker (born 1990), Australian rugby league player *Jarrod Cunningham (1968–2007), New Zealand rugby union fullback *Jarrod Dyson (born 1984), major league baseball outfielder *Jarrod Emick (born 1969), American musical theatre actor *Jarrod Englefield (born 1979), New Zealand cricketer *Jarrod Evans (born 1996), Welsh international rugby player *Jarrod Fletcher (born 1983), Australian amateur boxer *Jarrod Harbrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You're Next
''You're Next'' is a 2011 American slasher film directed and edited by Adam Wingard, written by Simon Barrett and starring Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci, Wendy Glenn, A. J. Bowen, Joe Swanberg, Barbara Crampton and Rob Moran. The plot concerns an estranged family under attack by a group of masked assailants during a family reunion. The film had its world premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival Midnight Madness program and was theatrically released on August 23, 2013, in the United States. The film grossed over $26 million from a $1 million production budget and has since gained a cult following. Plot The film opens with a couple, Talia and Erik Harson, having sex. Afterwards, Talia walks around the house, not noticing that the motion sensor light outside had turned out. After a shower, Erik finds "you're next" written on the window in Talia's blood; her body is lying dead on the ground. An attacker wearing a lamb mask attacks Erik and kills him with a mache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V/H/S
''V/H/S'' is a 2012 American found footage horror anthology film and the first installment in the ''V/H/S'' franchise created by Brad Miska and Bloody Disgusting and produced by Miska and Roxanne Benjamin. It features a series of found footage shorts written and directed by Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, and the filmmaking collective Radio Silence. The film debuted at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in January 2012, and was released on demand on August 31, 2012. The film made its limited theatrical premiere in the United States on October 5, 2012, and in the United Kingdom on January 18, 2013. The film spawned five sequels, ''V/H/S/2'', '' V/H/S: Viral'', ''V/H/S/94, V/H/S/99'', '' V/H/S/85'' and two spin-offs, ''Siren'' and '' Kids vs. Aliens'', as well as a miniseries ''V/H/S: Video Horror Shorts'' on Snapchat's Snap Originals platform. Genesis In an interview with IndieWire, producer Brad Miska revealed the process in which they d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
