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On this day in horror…
1911 marks the birth of Terry-Thomas. Noted for his screen portrayals of cads, toffs and bounders, Thomas has starred in genre films such as: The Vault of Horror, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Abominable Dr Phibes, Munster Go Home! and Dr Phibes Rises Again.
1939. Genre favourite Sid Haig is born. [...]
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1955. French actress Isabelle Adjani is born. Adjani has starred in horror films such as: Diabolique, The Last Horror Film, Possession and Nosferatu the Vampyre.
1966 sees the premiere on US TV of Dark Shadows, the purported source material for Tim Burton’s 2012 film of the same name.
2001. Alone in the Dark: [...]
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1963 sees the birth of Johnny Depp. A frequent collaborator with Tim Burton, Depp has starred in genre films such as Tim Burton’s: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Dark Shadows, Corpse Bride, Sleepy Hollow; and also From Hell, The Ninth Gate and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
1978. Damien: [...]
I love Tim Burton. That won’t come as a surprise to anyone who knows me. I have a rather large Jack Skellington tattoo adorning my right forearm. I love almost all of his films and will defend them (most of them) vociferously. However, I am writing this as a critic, NOT as the die-hard Burton-ite [...]
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1958. Michelle Pfeiffer is born. Pfeiffer has starred in such genre films as: Wolf, What Lies Beneath, The Witches of Eastwick; and will be seen in Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows.
1972 sees the birth of actor and stuntman Derek Mears. At 6’5″ and powerfully built, Mears was destined for roles in horror [...]
I have been way too excited for way too long about Tim Burton’s reworking of Dark Shadows, the classic US gothic soap opera from the 1960′s. I love Dark Shadows and felt that if anyone could do it justice, it was Burton.
Lately, that excitement has waned with each new image and screenshot that I see, [...]
I need to relax now. With it’s cinema release still the best part of a year away, I am already getting much too excited about Tim Burton’s upcoming adaptation of sixties US gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows.
Following a deluge of leaked set photos, some official ones have been released, showing Burton, Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and [...]
I like to take every behind-the-scenes image I see with a pinch of salt, much preferring to wait until I see the finished product before I judge too harshly or praise. I didn’t jump on the comments made by Philadelphia residents regarding whether or not my beloved Glasgow will be a suitable facsimile for the [...]
Can it be true? Is Johnny Depp about to play Carl Kolchak?
Aside from Twin Peaks, American Gothic and Dark Shadows (Currently being filmed by Tim Burton and starring Depp as Barnabas Collins), the one old American show I always rave about is the mid 70′s supernatural reporter/detective series, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, which starred the late Darren McGavin [...]
Tim Burton is my favourite director. I cannot get enough of his films and barring the ill-advised Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Planet of the Apes, in my eyes, the man can do no wrong. I have a Jack Skellington tattoo and there is an Edward Scissorhands one in the pipeline. The man is, [...]
