List Of First Horror Films By Country
This is a list of first horror films by country. List See also * Lists of horror films This is a list of lists of horror films. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between horror and other genres (including action film, action, thriller film, thriller, and science fiction films). By decade *List of horror films of ... Notes References {{Horror film Lists of horror films * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Horror Film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apocalyptic events, and religious or folk beliefs. Cinematic techniques used in horror films have been shown to provoke psychological reactions in an audience. Horror films have existed for more than a century. Early inspirations from before the development of film include folklore, religious beliefs and superstitions of different cultures, and the Gothic and horror literature of authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley. From origins in silent films and German Expressionism, horror only became a codified genre after the release of ''Dracula'' (1931). Many sub-genres emerged in subsequent decades, including body horror, comedy horror, slasher films, supernatural horror and psychological horror. The genre has been produ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1963 In Film
The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the big-budget epic '' Cleopatra'' and two films with all-star casts, '' How the West Was Won'' and ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1963 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 9 – Joseph Vogel resigns as president of MGM and is replaced by Robert O'Brien. * February 20 – The classic epic western '' How the West Was Won'' premieres in the United States. It is an instant success with both audiences and critics and becomes the biggest moneymaker for MGM since '' Ben-Hur''. * June 12 – '' Cleopatra'', starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton, premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. Its staggering production costs nearly bankrupted Twentieth Century Fox and the adulterous affair between Taylor and Burton made the publicity even worse. ''Cleopatra'' marked the only instance that a film would ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bill Walker (actor)
William Franklin Walker (July 1, 1896 – January 27, 1992) was an American television and film actor. Walker is best remembered for his role as Reverend Sykes in the 1962 film ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. Career Born in Pendleton, Indiana, Walker began his acting career in 1946. In a career that spanned five decades, Walker appeared in numerous television shows and films including ''Goodyear Television Playhouse'', '' Raintree County'', ''Yancy Derringer'', ''Official Detective'', '' The Amos 'n' Andy Show'', ''The Twilight Zone'', '' Rawhide'', ''Daniel Boone'', ''Good Times'', ''The Long, Hot Summer'', ''To Kill a Mockingbird'', ''Big Jake'', ''What's Happening!!'', ''Twilight's Last Gleaming'', '' The President's Plane is Missing'', ''Our Man Flint'', ''Billy Jack Goes to Washington'', ''Maurie'', '' A Piece of the Action'', ''The Girl Who Had Everything'', and '' The Choirboys''. He was in the 1961 film '' The Mask'', not to be confused with the ''Twilight Zone'' episode ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Claudette Nevins
Claudette Nevins (née Weintraub; April 10, 1937 – February 20, 2020) was an American stage, film and television actress. Biography Claudette Nevins was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She was a daughter of merchant Joseph Weintraub and garment worker Anna Lander, both of whom emigrated from small towns in Austria to America. Nevins was a graduate of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia School of Performing Arts and a 1957 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of New York University, with a degree in English. Nevins debuted on Broadway in ''The Wall'' (1960) with other Broadway appearances including ''Plaza Suite'' (1968) and ''Danton's Death'' (1965). She also appeared in ''In White America'' (off-Broadway) with Gloria Foster and Moses Gunn. The National Company of ''The Great White Hope'', in which she starred with Brock Peters, took her to Los Angeles, after which she began working in television. For two and a half years she was seen in the long-running da ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paul Stevens (actor)
Paul Stevens (January 17, 1921 – June 4, 1986) was an American film and television actor. Stevens played Colonel Charles R. Codman in the 1970 film ''Patton''. He also appeared in ''Exodus'', as a key congressional witness in ''Advise and Consent'' and in ''Marlowe''. Stevens's television debut occurred on ''Playhouse 90''. He portrayed Paul on the serial '' The Nurses''. He appeared on the serial ''The Young and the Restless'' in 1975 (as Bruce Henderson) and on the soap opera '' Another World'' from 1977 to 1985 (as Brian Bancroft). Stevens also played Mendez, one of the leaders of the mutant underground, in ''Battle for the Planet of the Apes''. Stevens was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role on Another World. Stevens was a guest star on many television series from 1954 until 1977, including ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', ''The Wild Wild West'' ("The Night of the Samurai"), ''The Rockford Files'' (as two dif ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Mask (1961 Film)
''The Mask'' (re-released as ''Eyes of Hell'') is a 1961 Canadian surrealist horror film produced in 3-D by Warner Bros. It was directed by Julian Roffman, and stars Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, and Bill Walker. Plot The story concerns a psychiatrist, Dr. Allen Barnes (Stevens), who obtains a mysterious ancient tribal mask after one of his patients (Radin) committed suicide. Whenever he puts on the mask, Barnes experiences dream-like visions which become increasingly disturbing and violent and even physically harming his girlfriend Pam (Nevins). The visions begin to alter Barnes' personality, and eventually drive him insane while Lt. Martin (Walker) questions those who knew him and the whereabouts of said mask. Cast * Paul Stevens as Doctor Allan Barnes * Claudette Nevins as Pam Albright * Bill Walker as Lieutenant Martin * Anne Collings as Miss Goodrich * Martin Lavut as Michael Radin * Leo Leyden as Doctor Soames Reception and legacy Production ''The Mask'' was the firs ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1961 In Film
The year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with ''West Side Story'' winning 10 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1961 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1961 films from countries outside of North America. Events * May 13 – Legendary actor Gary Cooper dies at the age of 60 in Los Angeles from colon and prostate cancer. Best known for his appearances in classic films such as ''Wings'', ''Meet John Doe'', '' Sergeant York'', ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' and '' High Noon'', Cooper was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood's Golden Age and won two Academy Awards for Best Actor. * June 28 – Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman sign a multi-picture deal with United Artists to produce a series of films based on the novels of Ian Fleming starting with either '' Dr. No'' or '' Diamonds Are Forever''. The series goes on to become the highest-grossing film series of a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Embodiment Of Evil
''Embodiment of Evil'' ( pt, Encarnação do Demônio) is a 2008 Brazilian horror film directed by and starring José Mojica Marins. It is the third installment in his ''Coffin Joe'' trilogy, featuring Marins reprising his role as Zé do Caixão (in English, Coffin Joe). The film is preceded by '' At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul'' (1964) and ''This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse'' (1967). A flashback scene in the film reveals that the young Coffin Joe (portrayed in the scene by Raymond Castile) survived after submerging in a swamp at the end of the previous film. After serving 40 years in a prison mental ward, Coffin Joe (José Mojica Marins) is released to the streets of modern-day São Paulo. Immediately after his release, Coffin Joe renews his lifelong obsession to sire a male child with a woman whom he perceives to be of exceptional qualities capable of continuing his bloodline, which he feels to be "superior" above all others. Plot After being released from the prison men ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse
''This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse'' ( pt, Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadáver) is a 1967 Brazilian horror film directed by José Mojica Marins. Marins is also known by his alter ego Coffin Joe (Zé do Caixão). It is the second installment of Marins' "Coffin Joe trilogy", being preceded by '' At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul'' (1963), and followed by ''Embodiment of Evil'' (2008). Plot Coffin Joe returns to his village after recovering in a hospital from shock and blindness from the events in the previous film. Having been absolved of his previous crimes and murders, this time he is even more determined to find the "perfect" woman with whom to sire a son of superior lineage, for his singular, obsessive desire for the "continuity of blood". Assisted by his gaunt, hunchbacked, facially disfigured servant Bruno, he kidnaps six beautiful women the first night he returns to town. He puts them through a series of sadistic trials to determine if one of them exhibits no fear, indi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paste (magazine)
''Paste'' is a monthly music and entertainment digital magazine, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with studios in Atlanta and Manhattan, and owned by Paste Media Group. The magazine began as a website in 1998. It ran as a print publication from 2002 to 2010 before converting to online-only. History The magazine was founded as a quarterly in July 2002 and was owned by Josh Jackson, Nick Purdy, and Tim Regan-Porter. In October 2007, the magazine tried the " Radiohead" experiment, offering new and current subscribers the ability to pay what they wanted for a one-year subscription to ''Paste''. The subscriber base increased by 28,000, but ''Paste'' president Tim Regan-Porter noted the model was not sustainable; he hoped the new subscribers would renew the following year at the current rates and the increase in web traffic would attract additional subscribers and advertisers. Amidst an economic downturn, ''Paste'' began to suffer from lagging ad revenue, as did other magazine pub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Berghahn Books
Berghahn Books is a New York and Oxford-based publisher Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ... of scholarly books and academic journals in the humanities and social sciences, with a special focus on Social anthropology, social & cultural anthropology, European history, politics, and Film studies, film & media studies. It was founded in 1994 by Marion Berghahn. Books division Berghahn Books publishes ca 140 new titles and some 80 paperback editions each year and has a backlist of nearly 2,500 titles in print. New titles are published in both print and online, with the select digitization of the backlist currently being undertaken as part of the Berghahn Books Online platform. Many Berghahn titles have been reviewed on ''Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |