As of this writing, there have been 12 films in the long-running "Friday the 13th" series. Initially produced by Sean Cunningham, and featuring an undead, mute, masked killer named Jason Voorhees, the "Friday the 13th" movies once used to be as ubiquitous as the "Saw" films were in the early 2000s. From 1980 to 1989, audiences enjoyed pretty much one "Friday" every year ('83 and '87 went without). In the glut of hastily made sequels, one might forget how simple and perfect the original "Friday the 13th" concept was. The first movie was, by Cunninham's own admission, a mere knock-off of John Carpenter's 1978 film "Halloween," but the sequels soon became legitimate peers to their forebears, and came to define the slasher era in earnest (for better and for worse). Cunningham's admiration of "Halloween" can be found in David Grove's 2005 book "Making Friday the 13th: The Legend of Camp Blood."
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- 10/13/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
He starred opposite Charles Bronson in The Mechanic in 1972 (see where that falls on my list of best Bronson movies Here) and he played the title role in Disney’s The World’S Greatest Athlete the next year. Jan-Michael Vincent went on to star in a string of modest hits in the ‘70s – Baby Blue Marine, Buster And Billie, Defiance, Vigilante Force and my favorite – White Line Fever. He was in Bite The Bullet with Gene Hackman in 1975 and costarred with Burt Reynolds in Hooper in 1978. Jan-Michael Vincent has been somewhat forgotten over the last couple of decades, but now author David Grove has written a book about the actor; Jan-Michael Vincent Edge of Greatness
With his chiseled features, effortless screen presence, otherworldly vitality, striking blue eyes, Jan-Michael Vincent seemed destined for superstardom. However, the real Jan-Michael Vincent was a reluctant sex symbol plagued by doubt and low self-confidence, a perpetual misfit doomed to alcoholism.
With his chiseled features, effortless screen presence, otherworldly vitality, striking blue eyes, Jan-Michael Vincent seemed destined for superstardom. However, the real Jan-Michael Vincent was a reluctant sex symbol plagued by doubt and low self-confidence, a perpetual misfit doomed to alcoholism.
- 10/4/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Jamie Lee Curtis launched her film career with the immortal 1978 horror classic Halloween, creating a heroine in Laurie Strode who would become the prototype for the ultimate scream queen. Subsequent roles in horror films like The Fog, Prom Night, Terror Train, Roadgames and Halloween II - all of which are genre classics - would cement Curtis' status as cinema's undisputed scream queen, a title she holds to this day...
I want to personally offer an apology to author David Grove for just now finishing this terrific biography on the one and only Jamie Lee Curtis. It wasn't easy to fit in such a comprehensive novel into day to day life especially when you're constantly reporting on the world of horror but once you pick this up, you can't set it back down. We normally have a book reviewer to handle this very task but to be frankly honest I wanted to read this book.
I want to personally offer an apology to author David Grove for just now finishing this terrific biography on the one and only Jamie Lee Curtis. It wasn't easy to fit in such a comprehensive novel into day to day life especially when you're constantly reporting on the world of horror but once you pick this up, you can't set it back down. We normally have a book reviewer to handle this very task but to be frankly honest I wanted to read this book.
- 12/16/2010
- by Keepers of the Bid
- Horrorbid
With 1978's Halloween , Jamie Lee Curtis introduced herself to genre fans as the prototypical scream queen heroine. Subsequent roles in classic horror films like The Fog , Prom Night , Terror Train , Road Games , Halloween II cemented Curtis' status as cinema's undisputed scream queen. The new book, "Jamie Lee Curtis: Scream Queen," examines Curtis' scream queen reign between 1978 and 1981 and details the making of the films that made her a genre icon. We had a chance to talk to the book's author, David Grove, about all things Jamie Lee Curtis. Question: Why did you write this book? David Grove: I got the idea back in 2002 when I was watching a DVD of Halloween . I was watching the documentary on the DVD by Mark Cerulli, which was really good, and I...
- 12/10/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Author David Grove (Making Friday The 13th, Fantastic 4: The Making Of The Movie) is head-over-Oxfords in love with Jamie Lee Curtis, and his new biography Jamie Lee Curtis: Scream Queen is littered with evidence of this crush. Of course, many of us who grew up watching Curtis in slasher classics like Halloween, Terror Train and Prom Night feel the same way.
- 11/28/2010
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Lianne Spiderbaby)
- Fangoria
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