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List Of Horror Films Of 1972
A list of horror films released in 1972. References Sources * * * * * * * * External links Horror films of 1972on Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... {{DEFAULTSORT:1972 * Lists of horror films by year 1972-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Carla Borelli
Carla Borelli (born October 12, 1942 in San Francisco, California) is an American actress. Borelli is one of five children born to parents who had been in the grocery business since the early 1930s. She was modeling as a baby and studied ballet at age 12. Borelli played Lisa Vincent in ''The Betty White Show'' on CBS (1977-1978). Her early television appearances included one episode of ''The Wild Wild West'' ("The Night of Montezuma's Hordes", 1967), an episode on ''Mannix'' ("Color Her Missing", S3-Episode 02, 1969), two episodes of '' Ironside'' ("Ransom", 1970, and "The Quincunx", 1971), and the two-part 1971 episode "The Banker" of ''The Silent Force''. She appeared in three episodes of the NBC series '' The Name of the Game'', each as different characters. In 1977, she appeared in a first-season episode of "Charlie's Angels" entitled "The Vegas Connection." From 1979 to 1982, Borelli played the part of Reena Bellman Cook Dekker on the daytime soaps '' Another World'' and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Marshall (film And Television Actor)
William Horace Marshall (August 19, 1924 – June 11, 2003) was an American actor, director and opera singer. He played the title role in the 1972 blaxploitation classic ''Blacula'' and its sequel ''Scream Blacula Scream'' (1973), and appeared as the King of Cartoons on the 1980s television show ''Pee-wee's Playhouse'' and as Dr. Richard Daystrom on the ''Star Trek'' television series. He was 6‘5” (1.96 m) tall and was known for his bass voice. Biography Early life Marshall was born in Gary, Indiana, to Vereen Marshall, a dentist, and Thelma (née Edwards). He attended New York University as an art student but transferred to the Actors Studio to study theater. He studied at the American Theatre Wing and with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Career Marshall made his Broadway debut in 1944 in ''Carmen Jones''. In 1950, he understudied Boris Karloff as Captain Hook in the Broadway production of ''Peter Pan.'' He played the leading role of De Lawd in the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blacula
''Blacula'' is a 1972 American blaxploitation horror film directed by William Crain. It stars William Marshall in the title role about an 18th-century African prince named Mamuwalde, who is turned into a vampire (and later locked in a coffin) by Count Dracula in the Count's castle in Transylvania in the year 1780 after Dracula refuses to help Mamuwalde suppress the slave trade. ''Blacula'' was released to mixed reviews in the United States, but was one of the top-grossing films of the year. It was the first film to receive an award for Best Horror Film at the Saturn Awards. ''Blacula'' was followed by the sequel ''Scream Blacula Scream'' in 1973 and inspired a wave of blaxploitation-themed horror films. Plot In 1780, African prince Mamuwalde goes to Transylvania to seek the help of Count Dracula in suppressing the slave trade. Dracula refuses, however, and insults Mamuwalde by making a pass at his wife, Luva. After a scuffle with Dracula's minions, Mamuwalde is bitten by Dracu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Stahl
Richard Stahl (January 4, 1932 – June 18, 2006) was an American actor who mostly appeared in comic roles on television and in films. Early life Born in Detroit, he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. In the 1950s, he was appearing in Off-Broadway productions, where he met his wife to be Kathryn Ish in 1959. In the 1960s, he relocated to San Francisco and became a member of an improvisational comedy group, The Committee. Career Some of Stahl's best known film credits include ''Five Easy Pieces'' (1970), ''The Student Nurses'' (1970), ''Billy Jack'' (1971), ''Beware! The Blob'' (1972), ''Dirty Little Billy'' (1972), ''High Anxiety'' (1977), ''9 to 5'' (1980), '' Tin Man'' (1983), ''The Flamingo Kid'' (1984), '' Overboard'' (1987), ''L.A. Story'' (1991), ''The American President'' (1995) and ''Ghosts of Mississippi'' (1996). He appeared in many TV situation comedies and in occasional dramas, including ''That Girl'', ''The Partridge Family'', ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwynne Gilford
Gloria Gwynne Gilford is an American psychotherapist and former actress. She appeared in several television series in the 1970s and 1980s, including ''A New Kind of Family'', ''The Young Lawyers'' and '' The Waverly Wonders'', and had roles in the films ''Beware! The Blob'' (1972), '' Satan's School for Girls'' (1973), ''Ruby and Oswald'' (1978), '' Fade to Black'' (1980), '' Kate's Secret'' (1986) and ''Masters of the Universe'' (1987). Gilford is the daughter of actress Anne Gwynne (born Marguerite Gwynne Trice) and entertainment lawyer Max M. Gilford. According to Gilford, her mother wouldn't allow her to act in film as a child. Gilford studied at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and in New York. She played Abby Stone, a divorcée and head of the household, in the 1979 comedy ''A New Kind of Family''. She is married to actor Robert Pine. They are the parents of the actor Chris Pine Chris Pine (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Walker (actor, Born 1940)
Robert Hudson Walker Jr. (April 15, 1940 – December 5, 2019) was an American actor who appeared in films including ''Easy Rider'' (1969) and was a familiar presence on television in the 1960s and early 1970s. He became less active in later decades. Early life Walker was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York; his parents were actors Robert Walker and Jennifer Jones. He attended The Lawrenceville School and trained as an actor at the Actors Studio. He studied Tai Chi Chuan under Marshall Ho'o, a skill that he later exhibited in his role in ''Easy Rider''. Career Walker began his acting career in 1962 with TV roles on ''Route 66'' ("Across Walnuts and Wine") and '' Naked City'' ("Dust Devil on a Quiet Street", playing the title role of an emotionally disturbed actor who lived and performed on the streets and in circuses). His film debut was in ''The Hook'' in 1963; other film appearances, in addition to ''Easy Rider'', included the title role in ''Ensign Pulver'' (1964) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beware! The Blob
''Beware! The Blob'' (also known as ''Beware the Blob'', ''Son of Blob'', ''The Blob II'' or ''The Blob Returns'') is a 1972 American independent science fiction comedy horror film directed by Larry Hagman. It is a sequel to ''The Blob'' (1958). The screenplay was penned by Anthony Harris and Jack Woods III, based on a story by Jack H. Harris and Richard Clair. The film originally earned a PG rating from the MPAA, though it is now unrated. It is the second film in ''The Blob'' film series. Plot Picking up fifteen years after the events of the first movie, ''The Blob'', an oil pipeline engineer named Chester (Godfrey Cambridge) returns to his suburban Los Angeles home from the North Pole, bringing with him a small sample of a mysterious frozen substance uncovered by a bulldozer on a job site, a story which he tells his wife. Not aware that the substance is a piece of the Blob from the original 1958 incident in Pennsylvania, Chester comes home to store the substance in his home f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur O'Connell
Arthur Joseph O'Connell (March 29, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an American stage, film and television actor, who achieved prominence in character roles in the 1950s. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for both ''Picnic'' (1955) and ''Anatomy of a Murder'' (1959). Early life Arthur O'Connell was born to Julia (née Byrne) & Michael O'Connell on March 29, 1908, in Manhattan, New York. His father died when O'Connell was two; he lost his mother when he was 12. He was the youngest of four children. His siblings were William, Kathleen, and Juliette. William, the eldest, became a justice of the New York State Supreme Court and died in 1972. After his father's death, Arthur was sent to live in Flushing, New York with his mother's sister, Mrs. Charles Koetzner, while his sisters moved in with other relatives and William remained with his mother. Arthur attended St John's College for two years. His early jobs included working in the engineering department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Campanella
Joseph Anthony Campanella (November 21, 1924 – May 16, 2018) was an American character actor. He appeared in more than 200 television and film roles from the early 1950s to 2009. Campanella was best remembered for his roles as Joe Turino on ''Guiding Light'' from 1959 to 1962, Lew Wickersham on the detective series ''Mannix'' from 1967 to 1968, Brian Darrell on the legal drama '' The Bold Ones: The Lawyers'' from 1969 to 1972, Harper Deveraux on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' from 1987 to 1992, ''Science International'' from 1976 to 1979, and his recurring role as Jonathan Young on ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' from 1996 to 2005. He narrated the ''Discover'' science series on the Disney Channel from 1992 until 1994. Campanella voiced the character of Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard on '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' (1994–1997). Campanella was nominated for a Daytime and Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award throughout his career. Early life Campanella was born in ... [...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] |
Ben (film)
''Ben'' is a 1972 American drama-thriller film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Lee Montgomery, Joseph Campanella, and Arthur O'Connell. It is a sequel to the film '' Willard'' (1971). The film follows a lonely boy named Danny Garrison who befriends Willard's former pet rat named Ben. Ben becomes the boy's best friend, protecting him from bullying and keeping his spirits up in the face of a heart condition. However, Ben forms an army of deadly rodents while the police attempt to control it. ''Ben'' was released on June 23, 1972 by Cinerama Releasing Corporation, and received mixed reviews from the critics. American singer Michael Jackson performs the theme song of the film, also titled "Ben". The song is also included on his 1972 album of the same name. Plot The movie begins with a recap of the ending of the first film where Willard Stiles is killed by the rats after he tries to kill them and Ben. Police arrives at the scene and finds Willard dead. 2 police officers sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
