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Monster-Mania Con
Monster-Mania Con is a semi-annual horror film and memorabilia fan convention held in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Hunt Valley, Maryland, and Oaks, Pennsylvania, United States since 2003. It is mainly focused on its guest panels, where fans can meet horror movie actors. It is a three-day event held at the DoubleTree Hotel (formerly Crowne Plaza and later Cherry Hill Hotel) in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Delta Hotels Marriott in Hunt Valley, Maryland, and Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. History During a car ride, Dave Hagan and his son were building the idea of a horror convention. By the end of the ride, the two had come up with the main structure for Monster-Mania. Monster-Mania was founded in 1999 by Dave Hagan, through Dave Hagan Enterprises, dedicated to the memory of Hagan's father, who introduced him to horror movies. Its first convention was held on late 2003, in Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The lineup included Doug Bra ... [...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] |
Nick Castle
Nicholas Castle is an American screenwriter, film director, and actor. He is known for playing Michael Myers in John Carpenter's horror film ''Halloween'' (1978). He reprised the role in ''Halloween'' (2018), and its sequels ''Halloween Kills'' (2021) and ''Halloween Ends'' (2022). Castle also co-wrote ''Escape from New York'' (1981) with Carpenter. After ''Halloween'', Castle became a director, taking the helm of films such as ''The Last Starfighter'' (1984), ''The Boy Who Could Fly'' (1986), '' Dennis the Menace'' (1993), and ''Major Payne'' (1995). Career Castle's film credits include '' Dark Star'' where he played the beach ball alien, ''Major Payne'', '' Dennis the Menace'', ''The Last Starfighter'', and ''Connors' War'' as a director. He wrote the screenplays for the films ''Escape from New York'' and ''Hook''. He was the writer and director of the film '' Tap''. In 1978, he played the iconic starring role of Michael Myers in the classic horror film ''Halloween'', direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linnea Quigley
Barbara Linnea Quigley (born May 27, 1958) is an American actress, film producer, model, singer, and author. She is best known as a B-movie actress, and is often referred to as a " scream queen" due to her frequent appearances in low-budget horror films during the 1980s and 1990s. Born in Davenport, Iowa, Quigley first pursued her career in the late 1970s, shortly after moving to Los Angeles. While working at Jack LaLanne's health spa, she was encouraged by her friends to try modeling, and also began taking acting and guitar-playing classes. After appearing as an extra in various films, Quigley got her first acting role in the Charles Band-produced film ''Fairy Tales'' (1978). She continued receiving small parts mostly in B movies. Her first bigger part was in the 1981 slasher film '' Graduation Day''. Quigley followed with more films such as ''Savage Streets'' (1984) and ''Silent Night, Deadly Night'' (1984). In 1985, Quigley appeared in the zombie horror film ''The Return of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James O'Barr
James O'Barr (born January 1, 1960) is an American comics artist, writer and graphic artist, best known as the creator of the comic book series ''The Crow''. Early life O'Barr, an orphan, was raised in the foster care system. Career In 1978, O'Barr enlisted in the Marines. While stationed in Germany, he illustrated combat manuals for the military. Before entering the Marines, O'Barr's fiancée, Beverly, had been killed by a drunk driver. While living in Berlin in 1981, O'Barr began work on his comic ''The Crow'' as a means of dealing with his personal tragedy. O'Barr was further inspired by a Detroit newspaper account of the murder of a young couple over a $20 engagement ring. In ''The Crow'', the protagonist, Eric, and his fiancée, Shelly, are murdered by a gang of criminals. Eric then returns from the dead, guided by a supernatural crow, to hunt their killers. After his discharge from the Marines, O'Barr continued his painting and illustration as well as doing various odd jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Monlaur
Yvonne Monlaur (born Yvonne-Thérèse-Marie-Camille Bédat de Monlaur; 15 December 1939 – 18 April 2017) was a French film actress of the late 1950s and 1960s best known for her roles in the Hammer horror films. Early years Monlaur was born in Paris, France. Her father, Pierre Bédat de Monlaur ( fr), was a poet, descended from the French comital family of d'Escoubès de Monlaur; her mother was a ballet dancer. As a child, she studied ballet, and as a teenager she was a fashion model. Career Monlaur starred in the 1958 Italian film ''Three Strangers in Rome'', which was among Claudia Cardinale's earliest films, and in 1960 in the horror film ''Circus of Horrors'' alongside prominent actors in British film such as Anton Diffring and Donald Pleasence. In 1960, she also starred in the Hammer horror film ''The Brides of Dracula'' alongside other noted British actors of the day Peter Cushing and Freda Jackson and in ''The Terror of the Tongs'' (1961) with Christopher Lee. Monlaur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel Court
Hazel Court (10 February 1926 – 15 April 2008) was an English actress. She is known for her roles in British and American horror films during the 1950s and early 1960s, including Terence Fisher's ''The Curse of Frankenstein'' (1957) and ''The Man Who Could Cheat Death'' (1959) for Hammer Film Productions, and three of Roger Corman's adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories for American International Pictures: ''The Premature Burial'' (1962), ''The Raven'' (1963) and ''The Masque of the Red Death'' (1964). Early life Court was born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. Her father, G.W. Court, was a cricketer who played for Durham CCC. She attended Boldmere School and Highclare College, and later studied drama at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Alexandra Theatre. Career At the age of sixteen, Court met film director Anthony Asquith in London; the meeting gained her a brief part in '' Champagne Charlie'' (1944). Court won a British Critics Award for her role as a cripp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Adams
Julie Adams (born Betty May Adams; October 17, 1926 – February 3, 2019) was an American actress, billed as Julia Adams toward the beginning of her career, primarily known for her numerous television guest roles. She starred in a number of films in the 1950s, including ''Bend of the River'' (1952), opposite James Stewart; and ''Creature from the Black Lagoon'' (1954). On television, she was known for her roles as Paula Denning on the 1980s soap opera ''Capitol,'' and Eve Simpson on ''Murder, She Wrote''. Early years Julie Adams was born as Betty May Adams on October 17, 1926, in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Arkansas-born parents Esther Gertrude (Beckett) and Ralph Adams, who was a cotton buyer. Her family moved a great deal; the longest she lived in one town was eight years in Blytheville, Arkansas. In 1946, at the age of 19, she was crowned "Miss Little Rock" and then moved to Hollywood, California to pursue her acting career. Adams worked as a part-time secretary and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kane Hodder
Kane Warren Hodder (born April 8, 1955)According to the State of California. ''California Birth Index, 1905–1995''. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com is an American actor, stuntman, and author. Hodder is best known for his portrayal of Jason Voorhees in the ''Friday the 13th'' franchise, with four appearances in the film series: '' Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood'', '' Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'', '' Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday'', and ''Jason X''; and one in the video game '' Friday the 13th: The Game''. He is also known for his role as Victor Crowley in the ''Hatchet'' series. He also played Leatherface during the stunts of '' Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III'', ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III'' on a TV in ''Freddy Vs. Jason'' as a cameo'','' and in the upcoming video game ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'', and Freddy Krueger's clawed glove han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsy Palmer
Betsy Palmer (born Patricia Betsy Hrunek; November 1, 1926 – May 29, 2015) was an American actress, who was known as a regular supporting film and Broadway actress and television guest star, as a panelist on the game show ''I've Got a Secret'', and later for playing Jason Voorhees' mother, Pamela Voorhees, in the slasher film '' Friday the 13th'' (1980). Early life Palmer was born Patricia Betsy Hrunek on November 1, 1926, in East Chicago, Indiana, the daughter of Marie (née Love), an adoptee, who launched the East Chicago Business College before she married, and Vincent Rudolph Hrunek (1894-1969), an industrial chemist who immigrated from Czechoslovakia, and became a stay-at-home father. She performed in school plays all through childhood, graduated from East Chicago's Roosevelt High School in 1944, then attended East Chicago Business College. After graduation, she worked as a stenographer and secretary for the car foreman on the RIP track of the B&O Railroad. She hated it, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chiodo Brothers
The Chiodo Brothers (Stephen, Charles & Edward Chiodo; ; born in Bronx, New York) are an American trio of sibling special effects artists, specializing in clay modeling, creature creation, stop motion and animatronics. Known for their film ''Killer Klowns from Outer Space'' and creating puppets and effects for films such as '' Critters'', '' Ernest Scared Stupid'', and '' Team America: World Police'', the Chiodo brothers created the claymation sequence for the Large Marge scene from '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure,'' and the stop-motion elements in the North Pole scenes from ''Elf''. They also created the mouse dioramas featured in the 2010 film ''Dinner for Schmucks'', as well as the stop-motion Stone Age creatures in the Cup Noodles ads from the mid-90s and were puppeteers on ''The Thundermans''. In addition, they produced a puppet segment for the episode of ''The Simpsons'' " The Fight Before Christmas" (2010). The band Chiodos was originally named "The Chiodos Bros." after them, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherry Hill, NJ
Cherry Hill is a township within Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the township had a population of 74,553, which reflected an increase of 3,508 (+4.94%) from the 71,045 counted in the 2010 census.DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Cherry Hill township, Camden County, New Jersey . Accessed May 17, 2015. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkie (dog)
The Yorkshire Terrier (often shortened as Yorkie) is one of the smallest dog breeds of the terrier type and indeed of any dog breed. The breed developed during the 19th century in Yorkshire, England."Get to Know the Yorkshire , 'The American Kennel Club', retrieved 19 May 2014 Ideally its maximum size is . A popular , the Yorkshire Terrier has also been part of the development of other breeds, such as the . Most have a black and tan coat, but they are also known to have a silver-grey or a bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
