As a kid, I avoided scary films at all costs. But writing a book about '80s teen movies meant I had to face my fear When I was 10 years old, my best friend screened "Creepshow," George Romero and Stephen King's 1982 satirical horror anthology, as the centerpiece of his sleepover birthday.
Over the summer, we got to sit down with 1980s scream queen icon Barbara Crampton at Fantasia Fest in Montreal for an exclusive career-spanning interview that covers her years as the onscreen muse of Stuart Gordon through her current run of hit indie horror flicks in what can only be described as a Barbarassance. We also discuss her surprising role in director Zach Clark 's warm and wonderful "goth nun" dramedy Little Sister , in which Crampton plays perhaps the nicest, most patient nun in movie history.
Screening: October 26th, 9:00PM at the Okotoks Cinemas Tickets: $10 Age Suggestion: 14A; it's not a nice alien... Dress Code: Halloween costumes! Tickets sold at the door. Doors open at 8:15pm After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as distress call, their landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious lifeform.
Some of Hollywood's biggest stars honored British director Ridley Scott as he was handed the American Cinematheque Award on Friday to mark an illustrious career spanning five decades. The legendary director, who was behind "Alien," "Blade Runner," "Gladiator," and numerous other milestones in cinematic history, is the 30th recipient of the lifetime achievement award.
BIRTHDAY GAL: Actress Bailee Madison was born in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on this date in 1999. This birthday gal stars as Grace Russell on "Good Witch" and Sophia Quinn on "The Fosters."
8 p.m., LIFETIME: Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le - This new 2016 docudrama tracks the stormy life and career of R&B singer Michel'le , who is plucked from obscurity in South Central Los Angeles and thrust into the spotlight just as the group N.W.A is skyrocketing to superstardom. The film continues through her signing with Ruthless Records and her subsequent romantic involvement with Dr. Dre and Suge Knight .
Friends of the Thomaston Public Library presents the long-running Friday Night Film Series in Room 200 of the historic Thomaston Academy building, 60 Main St./Route 1. The films are screened Fridays at 6:30 p.m. October's movies star Sherlock Holmes, as memorably portrayed by Basil Rathbone in more than a dozen Universal films. The series continues Oct. 21 with "The Woman in Green" , a nonrated film that runs 68 minutes.
The Lost Boys-Live! There's no better way to get into the Halloween season than with Bad Reputation's HILARIOUS stage production of The Lost Boys-Live ! The talented cast-which includes my esteemed boss, Wm. Steven Humphrey-recreates everyone's favorite bugnuts '80s teenage vampire flick on stage, telling the story of a long-ago era, well before Kiefer Sutherland became our commander-in-chief or anyone had any idea Corey Feldman was a musical genius.
Despite John Jarratt's initial reticence when offered to reprise his role as Mick Taylor for a "Wolf Creek" TV show, Peter Gawler, Felicity Packard and Greg McLean's script had him eating his words and signing on in the swing of his Bowie knife, and I don't bloody blame him either. Clearly a labor of love rather than just milking the Mick Taylor cow for all it's worth, this new six-part series turns the Wolf Creek franchise on its head, not only by turning the tables on Mick, but by injecting a wealth of meticulously devised, gritty and relatable characters and an urgent and unwonted tale of revenge.