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The Lurker (film)
''The Lurker'' is a 2019 American horror feature film written by John Lerchen and directed by Eric Liberacki. Described as an ode to 1980s slasher films, ''The Lurker'' stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Michael Emery, Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, Rikki Lee Travolta, Naomi Grossman, and Ari Lehman.Blue, Jeanni"The Lurker (Movie Review)" ''Cryptic Rock'', 10 April 2020. Retrieved on 9 May 2020. The film was produced by Forever Safe Productions and is distributed by Indican Pictures. In tribute to the 1980s slasher films it seeks to emulate, ''The Lurker'' is set in Crystal Lake, Illinois - the same location that the original ''Friday the 13th'' film took place. Plot Taylor is caught sleeping with her teacher Will, who is also dating Taylor's mother, by several other students. They report her to the guidance counselor, who forces her to take an abortion pill. They begin to seek revenge by murdering people one by one, wearing a disguise to ensure that no one realizes that it's them. They al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scout Taylor-Compton
Scout Taylor-Compton (born Desariee Starr Compton; February 21, 1989) is an American actress. She has frequently worked in the horror genre, most notably as Laurie Strode in the 2007 remake of ''Halloween'' and its 2009 sequel. Outside of horror, she portrayed musician Lita Ford in the biographical drama film ''The Runaways'' (2010). Life and career Scout Taylor-Compton was born Desariee Starr Compton, on February 21, 1989, in Long Beach, California. ancestry. Her father is a mortician. Taylor-Compton says she "grew up in that whole horror genre and visiting my dad at the mortuary. I have no problem with that stuff. Whether it was a coffin or my dad bringing his work home." Andy Biersack from Black Veil Brides, her ex-boyfriend whom she dated, composed the song " The Mortician's Daughter" about her. In 1998, Taylor-Compton began her acting career with an appearance in the film ''A.W.O.L.'' with David Morse, and later in the short film ''Thursday Afternoon''. She went on to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domenica Cameron-Scorsese
Domenica Cameron-Scorsese (born September 6, 1976) is an American actress. Biography She was born in California and is the daughter of Julia Cameron and Martin Scorsese. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University. Scorsese is known for acting in '' Cape Fear'' (1991), ''The Age of Innocence'' (1993), and ''Bullfighter A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter and describe all the performers in the activit ...'' (2000). In 2017, her feature-length directorial debut '' Almost Paris'' was screened at the 2017 Golden Door International Film Festival. ''Almost Paris'' tells of a former Wall Street banker who has to return home after the mortgage lending crisis. She married in 2011 in Chicago. Filmography References External links * 1976 births Living people Actresses from California American film actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Grossman
Naomi Grossman (born February 6, 1975) is an American actress, writer, and producer best known for her role as Pepper in the second and fourth season of the FX horror television series ''American Horror Story''. Early life Grossman was born in Denver, Colorado. In her early life, she performed in community theatre shows. She received a lot of attention at Ponderosa High School, in Parker, Colorado, at their theatre program. After attending high school. She was a Rotary Youth Exchange Student in Argentina, she attended and graduated from Northwestern University with a theater major, as the only university she applied to. She was a member of improvisational and sketch comedy troupe The Groundlings in Los Angeles, California, and wanted to ultimately perform on ''Saturday Night Live''. When the group cut ties with her, she began teaching the Spanish language and separating herself from her acting career. Grossman writes and produces and has cited Lily Tomlin, Tracey Ullman, Gilda R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ari Lehman
Ari Lehman (born May 2, 1965) is an American Music artist (occupation), performing artist, composer, and actor. He is known for playing the child Jason Voorhees in the Paramount horror film ''Friday the 13th (1980 film), Friday the 13th'', becoming the first actor to portray the horror icon. Lehman currently performs in a punk rock/heavy metal band, First Jason. Biography A native New Yorker, Ari Lehman grew up in Westport, Connecticut, where he trained in Classical Music and Jazz Piano. Lehman was presented with an All-State Award for Excellence in Jazz Piano and a scholarship to Berklee School of Music by jazz educator, Dr. Billy Taylor. Lehman heard about an audition being held in Westport for the movie, "Manny's Orphans", about a group of inner-city orphans who play soccer, directed by Sean S. Cunningham. Lehman snuck into the audition and landed the role of "Roger".Sean S. Cunningham (Foreword), Peter M. Bracke(Author),"Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of "Frida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misha Segal
Misha Segal is an Israeli people, Israeli music producer and film composer. He studied music, film, and philosophy at Tel Aviv University and apprenticed under Dieter Schöhnbach in Germany. Segal also studied composition and conducting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, after which point he attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Segal has stated that he has been influenced by jazz, Elton John and The Beatles. Segal has worked on several projects, including Blue Lou and Misha Project - Highly Classified, a Christmas CD with Diane Arkenstone, and a piano collection made to raise awareness for lung cancer awareness. Segal was born in Haifa, Israel, to a family of Jewish descent. He served in the Israel Defense Forces Orchestra of the Israeli Air Force. Awards * Award of the Israeli Film Academy for Best Music (2008, nominated - ''For My Father, Sof Shavua B'Tel Aviv'') * Black Reel for Best Original Score (2012, nominated - ''Mooz-lum'') * Daytime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indican Pictures
Indican Pictures is an American entertainment company and film distributor. The company was founded by Randolph Kret and Shaun Hill. Indican Pictures has distributed such films as ''The Boondock Saints'', ''A Green Story'', ''The Girl Next Door'', ''Hybrid'', '' Kill Me, Deadly'', '' Unsullied'', '' The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez'' '' Man Underground'', ''This Last Lonely Place'', '' A Beginner's Guide to Snuff'', '' Emoticon ;)'', ''The Grace of Jake'', '' W.M.D.'' and '' Never''. Movies Featured Films (sorted by Popularity): * ''The Boondock Saints'' (1999) * ''The Brown Bunny'' (2003) * '' Eternity: The Movie'' (2014) * ''The Grace of Jake'' (2015) * ''Just One More Kiss'' (2019) * ''Perfect Skin'' (2018) * ''A Very British Christmas'' (2019) * ''Sex and the Future'' (2020) * ''Come Together'' (2008) * ''The Lurker'' (2019) * ''Shed of the Dead'' (2019) * ''Who's Jenna...?'' (2018) * ''American Terrorist'' (2020) * ''Hollywould'' (2019) * ''Terkel in Troubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Lake, Illinois
Crystal Lake is a city in McHenry County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Named after a lake southwest of the city's downtown, Crystal Lake is 45 miles northwest of Chicago. The population is 40,269 as of the 2020 Census, a 1.2% decrease from 2010. Crystal Lake is the largest city in McHenry County, part of the Chicago metropolitan area. History Founding The City of Crystal Lake traces its origin to two separate communities which were established in the 1800s. Those communities were generally known as Nunda and Crystal Lake. In 1835, Ziba S. Beardsley had come to the shores of the lake and commented that the "waters were as clear as crystal", thereby giving the lake its name. Ziba Beardsley continued south to Naperville. In February 1836, the first white settlers, Beman and Polly Crandall and six of their ten children, came from New York State traveling to Crystal Lake in a covered wagon. Their original cabin was built in the vicinity of today's intersection of Virginia Street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friday The 13th (1980 Film)
''Friday the 13th'' is a 1980 American slasher film produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, written by Victor Miller, and starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Mark Nelson, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, and Kevin Bacon. Its plot follows a group of teenage camp counselors who are murdered one by one by an unknown killer while attempting to re-open an abandoned summer camp. Prompted by the success of John Carpenter's ''Halloween'' (1978), director Cunningham put out an advertisement to sell the film in ''Variety'' in early 1979, while Miller was still drafting the screenplay. After casting the film in New York City, filming took place in New Jersey in the summer of 1979, on an estimated budget of $550,000. A bidding war ensued over the finished film, ending with Paramount Pictures acquiring the film for domestic distribution, while Warner Bros. secured international distribution rights. Released on May 9, 1980, ''Friday the 13th'' was a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joblo
The JoBlo Movie Network includes a website, JoBlo.com, which focuses on news, film reviews, and movie trailers; and YouTube channels that focus on trailers, movie clips, celebrity interviews, original content, and as film distribution. Early days Berge Garabedian ( aka JoBlo) founded JoBlo.com in 1998 as a hobby to keep his writing skills sharp. His film reviews generally critiqued movies from the perspective of an average movie-goer. The site eventually hired other critics to write reviews. Garabedian himself wrote more than 1,400 reviews until health problems forced him to step back as the site's main critic in 2007. The website’s name is a play on " Joe Blow," and registered users of the website were known as "schmoes". The site also features news about movies, movie trailers, movie previews, and celebrity interviews. In 2000, Berge asked his best friend John Fallon (aka The Arrow) to write about horror movies, leading to the site's "Arrow in the Head" section. Also in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juilliard
The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most elite drama, music, and dance schools in the world. History Early years: 1905-1946 In 1905, the Institute of Musical Art, Juilliard's predecessor institution, was founded by Frank Damrosch, the godson of Franz Liszt and head of music education for New York City's public schools, on the premise that the United States did not have a premier music school and too many students were going to Europe to study music. In 1919, a wealthy textile merchant named Augustus Juilliard died and left the school in his will the largest single bequest for the advancement of music at that time. In 1968, the school's name was changed from the Juilliard School of Music to The Juilliard School to reflect its broadened mission to educate musicians, directors, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romeo And Juliet
''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Hamlet'', is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the Title character, title characters are regarded as archetype, archetypal young lovers. ''Romeo and Juliet'' belongs to a tradition of tragic Romance (love), romances stretching back to Ancient history, antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale translated into verse as ''The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet'' by Arthur Brooke (poet), Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in ''Palace of Pleasure'' by William Painter (author), William Painter in 1567. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both but expanded the plot by developing a number of supporting characters, particularly Mercutio and Count Paris, Paris. Believed to have been written between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Huss
Adam Huss (born March 1, 1977) is an American television and film actor, producer and writer. Huss is best known for his role as Josh Kantos in the Starz TV series ''Power'' and as Lance on ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. He was also an on-air radio personality "Big City Kid" or "BCK" on Radio Disney affiliate. Biography Huss is from Long Island and graduated with a BA in Drama from Binghamton University The State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton) is a public university, public research university with campuses in Binghamton, New York, Binghamton, Vestal, New York, Vestal, and Johnson City, New Yor .... He married his boyfriend, fellow actor Adam Bucci, on July 25, 2019. Filmography Movies Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Huss, Adam Living people 1977 births American male television actors American male film actors American film producers American male writers American gay actors Actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
