Trattasi infatti di un riprovevole tentativo di sfruttare l'altrui popolarità, miseramente fallito e per questo meritevole delle nostre simpatie.
Un serial killer viene catturato da un detective; sulla sedia elettrica, dopo un bel po' di corrente alternata, l'empio figuro promette allo sbirro che sarebbe tornato per vendicarsi. Very Original®.
Lo siensiato di turno ci informa che l'elettricità può in effetti liberare la presenza spirituale dei malvagi e/o renderli più potenti e/o sconfiggerli (i mille usi dell'ENEL...)
La vendetta sulla famiglia dell'agente ha inizio, e nessuno sembra salvarsi (non lo spettatore, quanto meno).
Diretto dal regista di Jason X e "firmato" da Alan Smithee (cough, cough), il film si rivela spendaccione in fatto di attori: il cuoiosissimo Lance Henriksen, la spettacolare faccia di Brion James (qui in quella che lui stesso considerava la sua miglior inpterpretazione: pensate un po'!
) e la sorella di Michelle Pfeiffer.Lentissimo, senza alcuna parvenza di senso e con effetti speciali risibili (oltre ad un buon numero di pettinature così anni '80 da far impressione), il film si segnala per la presenza del bambino più brutto del mondo e grandi scene trash come la prolungata esecuzione sulla sedia elettrica ed il cattivo vestito con la vestaglia da notte della moglie del detective (quest'ultima, una visione agghiacciante, in effetti
)Anche la faccia del malvagio che compare su neonati e tacchini è da storia del trash, per dirla tutta.
Consigliato solo a chi si vuole punire e teme la bolletta che potrebbe derivare dal costruirsi una sedia elettrica in salotto.
Voto: 2. Trashometro® 6/10:
Tags: horror, polizia, detective, morte, serial killer, decapitazione, omicidio, sedia elettrica, amputazione, ferita, stigmate, incubo, famiglia, caldaia, rete elettrica, spirito, presenza, scienziato, slasher, trash.
Horror Show, The (1989)
Casa 7, La
Regista: James Isaac
Scrittore: Alan Smithee, Leslie Bohem
Genere: Horror
Valutazione: 3.9/10 (610 voti)
Durata: 95 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Lance Henriksen .... Detective Lucas McCarthy
- Brion James .... Max Jenke
- Rita Taggart .... Donna McCarthy
- Dedee Pfeiffer .... Bonnie McCarthy
- Aron Eisenberg .... Scott McCarthy
- Thom Bray .... Peter Campbell
- Matt Clark .... Dr. Tower
- David Oliver .... Vinnie
- Terry Alexander .... Casey
- Lewis Arquette .... Lt. Miller
Trama:
Detective Lucas McCarthy finally apprehends "Meat Cleaver Max" and watches the electric chair execution from the audience. But killing Max Jenke only elevated him to another level of reality. Now Lucas' family is under attack, his sanity in question, and his house haunted. Aided by a disreputable college professor, can Lucas reclaim his mind, house, and family? Features Lance Henriksen as the Lucas McCarthy and Brion James as Max Jenke. One of the few movies featuring these actors as main characters.
Trivia random: Brion James (Max Jenke) has said in several interviews that of all the roles he's played, this is his favorite.
Citazione random: Max Jenke: [dying] Lucas, I'm coming back to tear your world apart... I'm going to fuck you up.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Pfeiffer, Dedee
Nome di battesimo: Pfeiffer, Dorothy D.
Data di nascita: 1 January 1964
Altezza: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Coniuge: Santiago A. Gomez::(22 September 2001 - 15 August 2006) (divorced) 2 children, Gregory Fein::(13 October 1996 - January 2001) (divorced) 1 child
Ultimi lavori:
- Fix (2008) .... Daphne [attrice]
- Alien vs. Hunter (2007) .... [attrice]
- A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper (2007) .... Harlin [attrice]
- Seventeen & Missing (2006) (TV) .... Emilie Janzen [attrice]
- Hoboken Hollow (2005) .... Rhonda [attrice]
- Wanted (2005) (TV) .... Lucinda Rose [attrice]
- Blue Demon (2004) (V) .... Marla Collins [attrice]
- A Killer Within (2004) .... Sarah Moss [attrice]
- Titletown (2003) (TV) .... [attrice]
- Neurotic Tendencies (2001) (TV) .... [attrice]
Trivia random: Gave birth to her first child, a boy (born 2002)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Henriksen, Lance
Nome di battesimo: Henriksen, Lance James
Data di nascita: 5 May 1940
Altezza: 5' 10¼" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Jane Pollack::(22 April 1995 - present) 1 child, Mary Jane Evans::(10 February 1985 - 1988) (divorced) 1 child
Ultimi lavori:
- Alone in the Dark II (2009) (V) .... Abner Lundbert [attore]
- The Chosen One (2008) .... Cardinal Fred (voice) [attore]
- Pistol Whipped (2008) .... The Old Man [attore]
- Sabotage (2008) .... Dr. Fibrian [attore]
- Talking with Dog (2008) .... [attore]
- Bone Dry (2007) .... Jimmy [attore]
- Dark Reel (2007) .... Connor Pritchett [attore]
- Deadwater (2007) .... Captain John Willets [attore]
- Dying God (2007) .... Chance [attore]
- In the Spider's Web (2007) (TV) .... Dr. Lecorpus [attore]
Biografia:
An intense, versatile actor as adept at playing clean-cut FBI agents as he is playing psychotic motorcycle-gang leaders, who can go from portraying soulless, murderous vampires to burned-out, world-weary homicide detectives, Lance Henriksen has starred in a variety of films that have allowed him to stretch his talents just about as far as an actor could possibly hope. One of his latest projects was AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004), directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. He also appeared in the TNT original movie Evel Knievel (2004) (TV), directed by John Badham and executive produced by Mel Gibson. Henriksen portrayed "Awful Knoffel" in this project based on the life of the famed daredevil, played by George Eads. Henriksen starred for three seasons (1996-1999) on "Millennium" (1996/I), Fox-TV's critically acclaimed series created by Chris Carter ("The X Files" (1993)). His performance as "Frank Black", a retired FBI agent who has the ability to get inside the minds of killers, landed him three consecutive Golden Globe nominations for "Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series" and a People's Choice Award nomination for "Favorite New TV Male Star". FOX Home Entertainment has just released the first season of "Millennium" on DVD. Born in New York, Henriksen studied at the Actors Studio and began his career off-Broadway in Eugene O'Neill's "Three Plays of the Sea." One of his first film appearances was as an FBI agent in Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon (1975), followed by Lumet's Network (1976) and Prince of the City (1981). He then appeared in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) with Richard Dreyfuss and François Truffaut, Damien: Omen II (1978) and in Philip Kaufman's The Right Stuff (1983), in which he played Mercury astronaut Capt. Wally Schirra. James Cameron cast Henriksen in his first directorial effort, Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981), then used him in The Terminator (1984), and cast him as the android Bishop in the sci-fi classic Aliens (1986). Director Sam Raimi, who used Henriksen in his quirky western The Quick and the Dead (1995) opposite Russell Crowe, Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman, says, "Lance is a brilliant performer who goes way beyond acting. He becomes his character completely, leaving no trace of his former self and making something of every moment on screen." Henriksen's additional feature credits include what is one of his best-known roles, that of the head of a family of murderous redneck vampires in Kathryn Bigelow's cult vampire film Near Dark (1987). He's also appeared in Jagged Edge (1985), Pumpkinhead (1989), The Horror Show (1989), Survival Quest (1989), director Walter Hill's Johnny Handsome (1989), The Pit and the Pendulum (1991) (V), Bruce Robinson's Jennifer Eight (1992), Alien³ (1992), Richard Rush's Color of Night (1994), Powder (1995), Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man (1995), Disney's animated feature Tarzan (1999) and John Woo's first American film, Hard Target (1993), for which Henriksen received a Saturn Award as Best Supporting Actor. He was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in the TNT original film The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998) (TV) and had starring roles in PBS' Emmy-winning The Dark End of the Street (1981) and HBO's "Tales from the Crypt" (1989). Henriksen also played actor Charles Bronson in the television movie Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991) (TV). In addition to his abilities as an actor, Henriksen is an accomplished painter and potter. His talent as a ceramist has enabled him to create some of the most unusual ceramic artworks available on the art market today. He resides in Southern California with his wife Jane and their five-year-old daughter Sage.
Trivia random: He was walking through a hotel lobby in Romania (where he was wrapping up another film) when he was offered One Point 0.
Citazione random: "If I'm going to have a rough time doing it, then that's what I'll do. If I'm in the comfort zone, I can't. I have to get off-balance enough to be alive."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
James, Brion (I)
Nome di battesimo: James, Brion Howard
Data di nascita: 20 February 1945
Data di morte: 7 August 1999
Altezza: 6' 3" (1.91 m)
Coniuge: Maxine James::(? - 1996) (divorced)
Ultimi lavori:
- Phoenix Point (2003) .... Spider Rico [attore]
- Farewell, My Love (2001) .... Renault [attore]
- The King Is Alive (2000) .... Ashley [attore]
- The Operator (2000) .... Vernon Woods [attore]
- Arthur's Quest (1999) (TV) .... Trent [attore]
- Diplomatic Siege (1999) .... Gen. Stubbs [attore]
- Dirt Merchant (1999) .... Detective Harry Ball [attore]
- Foolish (1999) .... Ruben Reyes, Talent Scout (uncredited) [attore]
- The Hunter's Moon (1999) .... Sheriff Foulkes [attore]
- Black Sea 213 (1998) .... Captain Killick [attore]
Biografia:
Born February 20, 1945, in Redlands, California, the family soon moved to Beaumont, California (between Los Angeles and Palm Springs), where his parents Jimmy and Ida Mae James built and operated a movie theater, where stars such as Gene Autry would occasionally stop by. After graduating from Beaumont High School in 1962, Brion attended San Diego State University, majoring in theater arts. Upon graduation he moved to New York to study acting while working a variety of jobs to support himself in the early years. He also did a stint in the National Guard. He and fellow actor Tim Thomerson served in the army together and later made several films together. A veteran of over 100 television and 120+ movie roles, James is best remembered for roles such as the replicant Leon in Blade Runner (1982), Gen. Munro in The Fifth Element (1997), Big Teddy in Cabin Boy (1994), Max Jenke in The Horror Show (1989) (his personal favorite) as well as countless other parts in films like Southern Comfort (1981), The Player (1992), Tango & Cash (1989), 48 Hrs. (1982), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Enemy Mine (1985) and Silverado (1985). Brion is survived by two brothers, Craig James of Scottsdale, Arizona, Chester James of Beaumont, California and their families.
Trivia random: Vietnam buddy with actor Tim Thomerson
Citazione random: "Total Recall came out a week before Another 48 Hours that summer, it made twenty-five million. The studio panicked. My stuff was in there until one week before the film opened. They cut twenty-five minutes out of that movie, a week before it opened. It went from around 140 to down around 95 minutes. They said cut all the behavior, action, comedy, done. I lost every major scene I had. That's the last time I ever cared about a movie because I went to the press screening and it was like getting kicked in the stomach, seeing what's not there. I'm the third lead and I looked like a dressed extra. All the stuff that they had in the set-up, stuff in the trailer, all those scenes were gone." - On his part in Another 48 Hours being seriously cut down.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Jason X (2001)
Regista: James Isaac
Scrittore: Victor Miller, Todd Farmer
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Valutazione: 4.4/10 (10982 voti)
Durata: 93 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Kane Hodder .... Jason Voorhees / Uber-Jason
- Lexa Doig .... Rowan
- Chuck Campbell .... Tsunaron
- Lisa Ryder .... Kay-Em 14
- Peter Mensah .... Sgt. Brodski
- Melyssa Ade .... Janessa
- Derwin Jordan .... Waylander
- Jonathan Potts .... Prof. Lowe
- Dov Tiefenbach .... Azrael
- David Cronenberg .... Dr. Wimmer
Trama:
Set way in the future, Earth is no longer inhabitable, so humans have colonized in outer space. One colony receives two cryogenically frozen bodies, and when they defrost them, one of the bodies turns out to be.....who else? Jason Voorhees. No longer in the forest or Camp Crystal Lake, Jason stalks the colonists in a whole new environment.
Trivia random: The "sleeping bag death" scene was first done in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), and was actually ad-libbed by Kane Hodder in that film out of frustration at re-shooting the same scene over and over.
Citazione random: Geko: Let's smoke this fucker.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Raimi, Sam
Nome di battesimo: Raimi, Samuel Marshall
Data di nascita: 23 October 1959
Altezza: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Coniuge: Gillian Greene::(1993 - present) 5 children
Ultimi lavori:
- Armored (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
- The Evil Dead (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
- The Grudge 3 (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Priest (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Untitled Shannon-Swift Project (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Dibbuk Box (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Drag Me to Hell (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
- "Wizard's First Rule" (2008) (mini) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- 30 Days of Night (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Boogeyman 2 (2007) (V) .... (producer) [produttore]
Biografia:
Highly inventive US film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film The Evil Dead (1981). From his childhood Raimi was a fan of the cinema and before he was ten years old, he was out making movies with an 8mm camera. He was a devoted fan of The Three Stooges, so much of Raimi's film work in his teens, with good friends Bruce Campbell and Robert G. Tapert, was slapstick comedy based around what they had observed from Stooges movies. Among the three of them they wrote, directed, produced and edited a short horror movie titled Within the Woods (1978), which was then shown to prospective investors to raise the money necessary to film The Evil Dead (1981). It met with lukewarm interest in the US with local distributors, so Raimi took the film to Europe, where it was much more warmly received. After it started gaining positive reviews and, more importantly, ticket sales upon its release in Europe, US distributors showed renewed interest, and "Evil Dead" was eventually released stateside to strong box office returns. His next directorial effort was Crimewave (1985), a quirky, cartoon-like effort that failed to catch fire with audiences. However, he bounced back with Evil Dead II (1987), a racier and more humorous remake/sequel to the original "Dead" that did even better at the box office. Raimi was then given his biggest budget to date to shoot Darkman (1990), a comic book-style fantasy about a scarred avenger. The film did moderate business, but Raimi's strong visual style was evident throughout the film via inventive and startling camera work that caught the attention of numerous critics. The third chapter in the Evil Dead story beckoned, and Raimi once again directed buddy Campbell as the gritty hero "Ash", in the Gothic horror _Army of Darkness (1993)_. Raimi surprised fans when he took a turn away from the fantasy genre and directed Gene Hackman and Sharon Stone in the sexy western The Quick and the Dead (1995); four years later he took the directorial reins on A Simple Plan (1998), a crime thriller about stolen money starring Bill Paxton and Bridget Fonda. In early 1999 he directed the baseball film For Love of the Game (1999) and in 2000 returned to the fantasy genre with a top-flight cast in The Gift (2000). In 2002 Raimi was given a real opportunity to demonstrate his dynamic visual style with the big-budget film adaptation of the Stan Lee comic book superhero Spider-Man (2002), and fans were not disappointed. The movie was strong in both script and effects, and was a runaway success at the box office. Of course, Raimi returned for the sequel, Spider-Man 2 (2004), which surpassed the original in box-office takings. Raimi remains one of Hollywood's most creative, exciting and intelligent filmmakers.
Trivia random: Born on the same day as 'Weird Al' Yankovic'.
Citazione random: In an American horror film, you usually have a character and a shot of them. Then their point-of-view moving down a hallway, approaching a door and they're coming closer to the door. And a hand reaches for the knob, and you know, the moment or the moment before or the moment after, based on the timing of the editor and the director, there'll be a big moment of an attack or a scare. What Shimizu does is a moment where Sarah Michelle Gellar is opening this closet, to see what's inside, and we Americans think something is going to jump out, there's nothing in the closet but darkness. And then you start to realize, within that darkness, you see a shape. Is it a knee? Oh, yes it's a knee, and there's a face in there. That's always been there. That I can just perceive within the blackness. And it unnerves me in the freakiest way! And in a completely different way than the sledgehammer technique of some of our cruder American directors. [pause] Such as myself!"
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Warner, Allyn
Ultimi lavori:
- "Hour Magazine" (1980) .... (unknown episodes) [scrittore]
- The Captain & Tennille Songbook (1979) (TV) .... [scrittore]
- "Presenting Susan Anton" (1979) .... (writer) [scrittore]
- "Everyday" (1978) .... (writer) [scrittore]
- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) .... (unknown episodes) [scrittore]
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Isaac, James
Data di nascita: 5 June 1960
Ultimi lavori:
- Pig Hunt (2008) .... (co-producer) [produttore]
- Skinwalkers (2006) .... [regista]
- Jason X (2001) .... (executive producer) (as Jim Isaac) [produttore]
- Naked Lunch (1991) .... (project supervisor) [misc]
- The Horror Show (1989) .... [regista]
- The Fly (1986) .... (creature effects: C.W.I.) (as Jim Smash Isaac) [misc]
- Gremlins (1984) .... (creature crew) [misc]
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) .... (creature technician) [misc]
Trivia random: Cites famous director David Cronenberg as his mentor and idol.
Citazione random: About his mentor David Cronenberg: "David knew I wanted to direct and it was my goal. He let me into his world and I could ask him any questions I wanted on what he was doing. I'd ask, 'Why did you block it like that,' or 'What were you thinking here?' He really allowed me to pick his brain."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
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