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List Of Horror Films Of 1975
A list of horror films released in 1975. References Sources * * * * * * * * * * * External links Horror films of 1975on 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:1975 * Lists of horror films by year 1975-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] |
Lucía Méndez
Lucía Leticia Méndez Pérez (born January 26, 1955) is a Mexican telenovela and film actress, top model and singer. Méndez was born in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. Career In 2011, Lucía starred in Mexico the telenovela ''Esperanza del Corazón'' ("Hoping Heart"), with Fernando Allende and the Mexican Broadway star Bianca Marroquín. Also in 2011, she was inducted into the Paseo de las Luminarias (Plaza of the Stars) for her work as a recording artist and in television. Feuds "Madonna" In 2006, Lucía and her then boyfriend were present at a Madonna concert in Miami. Lucía was sitting in the front row and while everyone in the audience was standing, she was the one who didn't stand up. Madonna noticed this and started gesturing for her to stand up. Lucía pointed out that she couldn't because her knee hurt due to a painful injury. Madonna got so furious, that she asked security to tell her that she had to stand up, to which Lucia replied, "I'm going to call my lawy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hamilton (actor)
George Stevens Hamilton (born August 12, 1939) is an American actor. His notable films include '' Home from the Hill'' (1960), '' By Love Possessed'' (1961), '' Light in the Piazza'' (1962), ''Your Cheatin' Heart'' (1964), '' Once Is Not Enough'' (1975), ''Love at First Bite'' (1979), '' Zorro, The Gay Blade'' (1981), ''The Godfather Part III'' (1990), ''Doc Hollywood'' (1991), ''8 Heads in a Duffel Bag'' (1997), ''Hollywood Ending'' (2002) and ''The Congressman'' (2016). For his debut performance in ''Crime and Punishment U.S.A.'' (1959), Hamilton won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a BAFTA Award. He has received one additional BAFTA nomination and two additional Golden Globe nominations. Hamilton began his film career in 1958, and although he has a substantial body of work in film and television, he is perhaps most famous for his debonair style, perpetual suntan, and Ritz Crackers commercials. Bo Derek wrote in her autobiography that "there was an ongoing contest bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dead Don't Die (1975 Film)
''The Dead Don't Die'' is a 1975 American made-for-television neo-noir horror thriller film set in the 1930s, directed by Curtis Harrington from a teleplay by Robert Bloch, based upon his own story of the same title that first appeared in ''Fantastic Adventures'', July 1951. The film originally premiered on NBC on January 14, 1975. The film uses the traditional Haitian concept of zombies as resurrected slaves of the living. Plot In 1934, Don Drake returns to Chicago after a long sea voyage and discovers that his brother has been convicted of murdering his wife. Drake is unable to save him from the electric chair, but he is convinced of his brother’s innocence and is determined to clear his name. His investigation leads him to the Loveland Ballroom, the scene of the murder, where his brother was involved in a dance marathon run by Jim Moss. Drake begins seeing his dead brother walking the foggy streets. Drake kills a man named Perdido, who later climbs out of a coffin and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Galli
Ida Galli is an Italian film actress best known for her roles in Spaghetti Western and giallo films in the 1960s and 1970s. Galli has appeared under several pseudonyms, including Arianna, Evelyn Stewart and Isli Oberon. Extremely prolific, some of her most notable roles include ''La Dolce Vita'' (1960), ''Hercules in the Haunted World'' (1961), ''The Leopard'' (1963), ''The Whip and the Body'' (1965), ''Blood for a Silver Dollar'' (1965), ''Adiós gringo'' (1965), ''Django Shoots First'' (1966), ''Special Mission Lady Chaplin'' (1966), ''The Sweet Body of Deborah'' (1968), ''The Weekend Murders'' (1970), ''The Case of the Scorpion's Tail'' (1971), ''The Bloodstained Butterfly'' (1971), '' Knife of Ice'' (1972), '' The Murder Mansion'' (1972), '' Footprints on the Moon'' (1975), and ''The Psychic'' (1977). Life and career Ida Galli was born in Sestola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Her date of birth has variously been given as 9 April 1942 and 8 October 1939. After finishing school, Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Cassidy
Joanna Cassidy (born Joanna Virginia Caskey, August 2, 1945 Brady, James"In Step With: Joanna Cassidy" ''Miami Herald'', November 25, 1990. Accessed March 14, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Born: Aug.2, 1944, in Camden, N.J.") is an American actress. She is known for her roles as the replicant Zhora Salome in ''Blade Runner'' (1982) and Dolores in ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988). She has won a Golden Globe Award, was nominated for three Emmy Awards and also was nominated for a Saturn Award and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Cassidy also has starred in films such as '' Under Fire'' (1983), '' The Fourth Protocol'' (1987), '' The Package'' (1989), '' Where the Heart Is'' (1990), ''Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead'' (1991), ''Vampire in Brooklyn'' (1995), and ''Ghosts of Mars'' (2001). From 2001 to 2005, she played Margaret Chenowith on the HBO drama series '' Six Feet Under'' for which she received Primetime Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. From 2011 to 2013, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Johnson (actor)
Richard Keith Johnson (30 July 1927 – 5 June 2015) was an English stage and screen actor, writer and producer. Described by Michael Coveney as "a very 'still' actor – authoritative, calm and compelling," he was a staple performer in British films and television from the 1960s through the 2010s, often playing urbane sophisticates and authoritative characters. He had a distinguished theatrical career, notably as a cornerstone member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and was once acclaimed as "the finest romantic actor of his generation." Biography Early life and career Johnson was born to Frances Louisa Olive (née Tweed) and Keith Holcombe Johnson in Upminster, Essex. Johnson went to Felsted School, and wanted to act instead of going into the family paint business. He trained at RADA and due to the manpower shortage of wartime made his first professional appearance relatively quickly, on stage in Manchester with John Gielgud's company in a production of ''Hamlet'' in 1944. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cursed Medallion
''The Cursed Medallion'' ( it, Il medaglione insanguinato; also released as ''The Night Child'') is a 1975 Italian horror film directed by Massimo Dallamano, and starring Richard Johnson, Joanna Cassidy, and Ida Galli. Plot Michael Williams, a documentary filmmaker for the BBC, is working on a project involving depictions of Satan and demonic-inspired deaths in works of art. His wife perished in what was ruled an accidental fire, and he now raises his preadolescent daughter, Emily, with assistance from a devoted governess, Jill, both of whom are still haunted by the death. Michael's obsession with a specific painting sends him to Italy, and his family doctor suggests Michael take his daughter and governess along to help them recover. While packing for the trip, Emily finds a medallion that he had bought for his wife on a previous trip, and in turn, he allows her to keep it. On arriving in Italy, they are met by American production manager Joanna, who soon becomes romantically dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priscilla Alden
Priscilla Alden (, ) was a noted member of Massachusetts's Plymouth Colony of Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony), Pilgrims and the wife of fellow colonist John Alden (1687). They married in 1621 in Plymouth. Biography Priscilla was most likely born in Dorking in Surrey, the daughter of William Mullins (Mayflower passenger), William and step-daughter of Alice Mullins. She was just eighteen when she boarded the ''Mayflower.'' She lost her father, step-mother and her brother Joseph during the first winter in Plymouth. She was then the only one of her family in the New World, although she had another brother and a sister who remained in Kingdom of England, England. John Alden and Priscilla Mullins were probably the third couple to be married in Plymouth Colony. William Bradford (Plymouth governor), William Bradford's marriage to Alice Carpenter on August 14, 1623 is known to be the fourth. The first was that of Edward Winslow and Susannah White in 1621. Francis Eaton's marriage to his se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criminally Insane (film)
''Criminally Insane'', (also known as ''Crazy Fat Ethel)'', is a 1975 horror film written and directed by Nick Millard. Shot on location in San Francisco, it was followed by a 1987 sequel titled '' Criminally Insane 2''. A remake, ''Crazy Fat Ethel'', was released in 2016. Plot The morbidly obese Ethel Janowski, who is institutionalized because of her bouts of depression and violence, is released into her grandmother's care despite Dr. Gerard's unease about Ethel's discharge. Upon moving into her grandmother's San Francisco home, Ethel begins consuming massive amounts of food, repeatedly claiming that the institution employees had tried to starve her to death. Mrs. Janowski tries to stop Ethel's gorging by emptying the refrigerator and locking the cupboards. When she threatens to call Dr. Gerard, Ethel stabs her to death, then stabs the old woman's hand to get the cabinet key she was holding in a death grip. Ethel locks her grandmother's corpse in a bedroom and places an order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Fudge
Alan Fudge (February 27, 1944 – October 10, 2011) was an American actor known for his roles in four television programs, ''Man from Atlantis'', ''Eischied'', ''Paper Dolls'' and ''Bodies of Evidence'', along with a recurring role on '' 7th Heaven''. Early years Fudge was born in Wichita, Kansas. He moved to Tucson, Arizona, at the age of five. He acted with Mary MacMurtrie's Children's Theater in Tucson and with the Tucson Little Theater. He graduated from the University of Arizona with a major in theater. He received the university's Best Actor Award in two seasons worked with the Globe Theater in San Diego during one summer. Career On television, Fudge portrayed Lou Dalton in the drama '' 7th Heaven'', C. W. Crawford in the adventure series ''Man from Atlantis'', and Jim Kimbrough in the crime drama ''Eischied''. Fudge appeared in many television movies based on popular series, such as ''Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine'', ''Columbo: Columbo Goes to College'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Miles
Joanna Miles (born March 6, 1940) is an American actress. She received two Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Laura Wingfield in the 1973 film production of Tennessee Williams' ''The Glass Menagerie''. Early life and education Miles was born in Nice, France, the daughter of Jeanne Patterson Miles, an American painter, and Johannes Schiefer, a French painter and art curator. She immigrated to the United States, and was naturalized a citizen, in 1941. She graduated from The Putney School, a progressive independent high school in Putney, Vermont, in 1958. She was accepted into the Actors Studio, where she studied alongside Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Dustin Hoffman. Acting career Miles won two Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Laura Wingfield in the 1973 film production of Tennessee Williams' ''The Glass Menagerie'': the Super Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in Drama, and Supporting Actress of the Year. She has also played supporting roles in various movies, including ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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