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Dark Moon Rising
''Dark Moon Rising'' (aka ''Wolf Moon'') is a 2009 American horror film directed by Dana Mennie who also co-wrote the movie with Ian Cook. The film is about a small town girl, Amy (played by Ginny Weirick), who falls for wanderer (Chris Diveccio). The film also stars María Conchita Alonso and Max Ryan as two local townspeople who try to save the town from destruction. Plot A girl named Amy falls in love with the new boy in town. Dan is a drifter from out of town who carries a dark secret with him. In the beginning Amy's friends tell her to go talk to Dan, who is working in an auto shop. He treats Amy with disinterest until he realizes that he has hurt her feelings. He asks to give her a ride home. Amy's father doesn't trust Dan from the beginning. Dan's a drifter, so people automatically don't trust him. But, the reason people don't trust him is because of the vibes he gives off. Amy and Dan get to know each other as the movie progresses. Meanwhile, Dan's father, Bender, is ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Moon Rising
''Dark Moon Rising'' (aka ''Wolf Moon'') is a 2009 American horror film directed by Dana Mennie who also co-wrote the movie with Ian Cook. The film is about a small town girl, Amy (played by Ginny Weirick), who falls for wanderer Chris Diveccio. The film also stars María Conchita Alonso and Max Ryan as two local townspeople who try to save the town from destruction. Plot A girl named Amy falls in love with the new boy in town. Dan is a drifter from out of town who carries a dark secret with him. In the beginning Amy's friends tell her to go talk to Dan, who is working in an auto shop. He treats Amy with disinterest until he realizes that he has hurt her feelings. He asks to give her a ride home. Amy's father doesn't trust Dan from the beginning. Dan's a drifter, so people automatically don't trust him. But, the reason people don't trust him is because of the vibes he gives off. Amy and Dan get to know each other as the movie progresses. Meanwhile, Dan's father, Bender, is out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Ryan
Max Ryan (born 2 January 1967 in the North of England) is a British actor and former motocross racer. After a near-death experience in motocross he eventually turned to acting. After some lesser supporting roles in famous British soap operas and a resident personality on a popular 1990s British game show, ''The Price is Right'', he landed a role in the Jet Li action film ''Kiss of the Dragon''. His performance led to other opportunities such as co-starring with Steven Seagal as the main villain in ''The Foreigner (2003 film), The Foreigner'' as well as appearing in Sean Connery's ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen''. Later roles include a villain in Jason Statham's ''Death Race (2008 film), Death Race'' and a supporting role in ''Sex and the City 2''. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan, Max English male film actors Living people 1967 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Conchita Alonso
María Concepción Alonso Bustillo (born June 29, 1957), better known as María Conchita Alonso, is a singer, actress and former beauty queen. She has participated in film and television productions, and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Awards, Independent Spirit Award as Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, Best Leading Actress in 1996 for her role in ''Caught (1996 film), Caught''. As a singer, she has received several gold and platinum records, and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards. Alonso was the first Latin American actress not born in the United States to star in a musical on Broadway theatre, Broadway. The musical was ''Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical), Kiss of the Spider Woman'' at the Broadhurst Theatre, Broadhurst Theater in 1995. Early life María Conchita Alonso was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba, on June 29, 1957, to Ricardo Alonso and Conchita Bustillo. Her family moved to Venezuela when she was five years old, in 1962, after the Cuban Revol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Mulkey
Chris Mulkey (born May 3, 1948) is an American film and television actor. Career Mulkey played the supporting role of husband to Annie Potts's character in '' Any Day Now'' from 1998 to 2002. He has also appeared in '' Captain Phillips'', '' Against the Wall'', ''Cloverfield'', the NBC TV movie ''Knight Rider'', '' 24'', '' Boardwalk Empire'', '' Friday Night Lights'', ''Boomtown'', '' Justified'', ''Baretta'', and ''Twin Peaks''. He played the main character in the controversial 1985 Supertramp music video "Brother Where You Bound". He appeared in the ''Wing Commander'' franchise as Jacob "Hawk" Manley. He costarred with John Jenkins and Karen Landry in the 1988 indie film ''Patti Rocks''. He appeared in the science fiction action film '' The Hidden'', and the 1989 sci-fi cop film ''K-9000''. He has appeared in more recent films as ''The Purge'', '' Slow Burn'', '' Sanitarium'', ''The Identical'' and ''On the Basis of Sex''. In 2014, he had a cameo role in ''Whiplash''. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Haig
Sidney Eddie Mosesian (July 14, 1939 – September 21, 2019), known professionally as Sid Haig, was an American actor, film producer, and musician. He was known for his roles in several of Jack Hill's blaxploitation films from the 1970s, as well as for his appearances in horror films, most notably his role as Captain Spaulding in the Rob Zombie films ''House of 1000 Corpses'', ''The Devil's Rejects'' and '' 3 from Hell''. Haig's Captain Spaulding, and Haig himself, have been called icons of horror cinema. Haig had a leading role on the television series ''Jason of Star Command'' as the villain Dragos. He appeared in many television programs, including ''The Untouchables'', ''Batman'', ''Gunsmoke'', '' Mission: Impossible'', ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'', ''Star Trek'', ''Get Smart'', ''The Rockford Files'', ''Charlie's Angels'', ''Fantasy Island'', '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'', ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', ''The A-Team'', ''MacGyver'', and ''Emergency!''. Early life Haig w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Drago
William Eugene Burrows (November 30, 1945 – June 24, 2019), known professionally by his stage name Billy Drago, was an American television and film actor. Drago's films, in which he was frequently cast as a villain, included Clint Eastwood's western ''Pale Rider'' and Brian De Palma's ''The Untouchables''. He also had recurring roles in the television series '' The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.'' and '' Charmed''. Early life Burrows was born in Hugoton, Kansas, the son of William Franklin Burrows Jr., and Gladys Marie Wilcox (1918–1990) on November 30, 1945. His maternal lineage was of Romany descent and his paternal lineage was Native American. He later took his grandmother's maiden name "Drago" as his stage name to avoid being confused with another actor. Growing up, his parents would drop him off at the movie theater often in their rural town. After leaving high school he started out as a journalist for the Associated Press, and later became a popular voice on radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Shaye
Linda Shaye (born October 12, 1943) is an American film, television, and theater actress. In a career spanning over forty years, she has appeared in more than a hundred feature films. She is perhaps best known for her starring role as Elise Rainier in the ''Insidious'' film series (2010–2018), and as Magda in ''There's Something About Mary''. Shaye is regarded as a scream queen due to her roles in various horror films, including '' Alone in the Dark'' (1982), ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (1984), '' Critters'' (1986) and its sequel '' Critters 2: The Main Course'' (1988), '' Amityville: A New Generation'' (1993), ''Wes Craven's New Nightmare'' (1994), ''Dead End'' (2003), '' 2001 Maniacs'' (2005) and its sequel '' 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams'' (2010), ''Ouija'' (2014) and its prequel '' Ouija: Origin of Evil'' (2016), ''Tales of Halloween'' (2015), ''Abattoir'' (2016), ''The Final Wish'' (2018), '' Room for Rent'' (2019), ''The Grudge'' (2020), and the ''Insidious '' univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werewolf
In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope (; ; uk, Вовкулака, Vovkulaka), is an individual that can shapeshift into a wolf (or, especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature), either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction (often a bite or the occasional scratch from another werewolf) with the transformations occurring on the night of a full moon. Early sources for belief in this ability or affliction, called lycanthropy (), are Petronius (27–66) and Gervase of Tilbury (1150–1228). The werewolf is a widespread concept in European folklore, existing in many variants, which are related by a common development of a Christian interpretation of underlying European folklore developed during the Christendom, medieval period. From the early modern period, werewolf beliefs also spread to the New World with colonialism. Belief in werewolves developed in parallel to the belief in European witchcraft, witches, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arielle Vandenberg
Arielle St. Cyr Vandenberg (born September 27, 1986) is an American actress, television host and model. She is best known as the host of the American version of the British reality show '' Love Island'', which premiered in July 2019 on CBS through to its third season in 2021. Early life Vandenberg was born on September 27, 1986, in Los Angeles County, California, the only child of Dirk and DeEtte Vandenberg. She was raised in Fallbrook, California, and graduated from Fallbrook Union High School. She studied ballet, tap and jazz dancing at the age of five, and later became involved in community theater. Career Vandenberg guest-starred in the first two seasons of '' Meet the Browns'' as London Sheraton, and had a recurring guest role in ''Greek'' as Lisa Lawson. She has made once-off appearances in other television series including ''CSI: Miami'', ''Bones'', '' How I Met Your Mother'' and ''Numbers'', and has appeared in non-speaking roles in films including ''Epic Movie'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Films
The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films. Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards). Evaluation of the year Film critic Philip French of ''The Guardian'' said that 2009 "began with the usual flurry of serious major movies given late December screenings in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars. They're now forgotten or vaguely regarded as semi-classics: ''The Reader'', '' Che'', ''Slumdog Millionaire'', '' Frost/Nixon'', '' Revolutionary Road'', ''The Wrestler'', ''Gran Torino'', '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''. It soon became apparent that horror movies would be the dominant genre once again, with vampires the pre-eminent sub-species, the most profitable inevitably being '' New Moon'', the latest in Stephenie Meyer's ''Twilight'' saga, the best the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Supernatural Horror Films
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American Werewolf Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
