Godzilla may have actually been inspired by a 1942 Fleischer Brothers produced Superman short film: The Artic Giant.
Check out the roar of the beast, sound familiar? Could this really have been the Poppa to the King of the Monsters? What do you think?
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Watching
@THETomSavini
admit to blood mix mistakes on Dawn of the Dead, then go on to talk about Dick Smiths being the best blood mix, is pure Day of the Dead (1985) behind the scenes excellence!
A couple more
#BehindtheScenes
#Beetlejuice2
set pics. Some sort of Crypt maybe? Currently filming in Buckinghamshire U.K under the secret title “Blue Hawaii” Starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Jenna Ortega. Beetlejuice 2 will likely be released in 2024.
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Queen Kong (1976)
Never received a theatrical release because of legal issues. The films stars were delighted as they couldn’t believe how awful it was!
Production art for Ghostbusters II (1989) shows the ghosts of passengers of the Hindenburg, walking away from its wreckage. The final movie instead chose to go with the Titanic arriving in dock.
Director Shizuo Nakajima (中島 志津男 Nakajima Shizuo)a former employee at Toho studios along with some other colleagues put together this still unreleased fan film from 1983. Never officially released, here is some footage that has made it out there.
Wolfman vs. Godzilla
Weird Science (1985) Chet played by Bill Paxton is turned into a blob of something not so sweet smelling. Paxton was supposed to operate the suit/puppet but became too claustrophobic. Instead two dwarf actors took over to bring Chet to life.
Played by legendary character actor
@RobertPicardo
and based on the design of the Witch from Disney’s Snow White. Meg Mucklebones from Ridley Scott’s, Legend (1986) Created by Miles Teves an illustrator on the film, inspired by the old English folktale of Jenny Greenteeth.
Frank Langella’s son was a huge Masters of the Universe fan and would run round the house shouting “By the power of Greyskull” so he agreed to play Skeletor in the movie adaption for his son.
Langella stated that Skeletor was one of his favorite performances!
“Ancient spirits of evil, transform this decayed form to Mumm-Ra, the Ever-Living.
The Ancient Spirits are represented as a Boar, Crocodile, Vulture and an Ox. They give Mumm-Ra his supernatural powers granting eternal life but he is bound to serve them.
In the Hanna-Barbera produced show, Godzilla can breathe fire instead of radioactive beams and shoots lasers from his eyes. Then there’s, Godzooky (possibly a relative) who can fly and is always getting into mischief.
Godzilla ran from 1978-1980
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Frank Silva was a set dresser on the original pilot for David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. Accidentally caught on camera in a mirror reflection Lynch liked Sivas face so much he cast him as Bob, the terrifying entity that haunts the show.
Vincent Price hosted a short lived Game show in 1958…ESP in which contestants were placed in isolation booths to see which had stronger psychic abilities. After 3 weeks of shows no psychic powers were uncovered. It then became a news show about ESP before it was cancelled.
George Clinton was traveling to a gig across the country with his band Parliment-Funkadelic.
Out of his mind on LSD the tour bus pulled off road and ended up on the set of Night of the Living Dead (1968)
#WaltDisney
introducing
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (1964)
“On the southern coast of England, there’s a legend people tell of days long ago when the great Scarecrow would ride from the jaws of hell, and laugh with a fiendish yell.”
Wes Craven wanted to create a Twilight Zone meets Cheers type of show. Running for just six episodes and featuring
@RobertBEnglund
as Blackie the owner of the mysterious…
Nightmare Cafe (1992).
CASSANDRA PETERSON (Elvira!) joins the MADness in AZ! Meet the legendary horror hostess that has partied with everyone from Vincent Price to Pee Wee Herman! She will be attending Saturday & Sunday only and will NOT be appearing in costume!
Beetlejuice The Animated Series was one of the few shows in American TV history that aired on two different networks. It could be seen on Fox, Monday through Friday and ABC as part of their Saturday morning cartoon line up.
31 Days of Halloween Horror Movie List.
October 2, 2023 🎃
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)
After this originally aired, kids all over the country sent candy to Charlie Brown out of sympathy.
Be sure to check out the full list here ⬇️
On a budget of $19 million The Shining has made over $45 million at the Box Office. From page to screen it was in production for around five years, filming likely to have been over a year. Considered by many to be one of the greatest horror movies ever made.
#TheShining
(1980)
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A South Korean, Japanese co production.
A Monster from another age ... with terrifying destructive powers ... Taekoesu Yonggary AKA
Yongary Monster From The Deep (1967)
Christopher Lee was so passionate about the movie that he phoned round all of his critic friends encouraging them to watch it, going as far as offering to pay for their seats.
Celebrating its 50th Anniversary.
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Pirates Of Dark Water 1991-1993 was a 21 episode animated fantasy show produced by Hanna-Barbera. Created by David Kirschner who created An American Tale and Gravedale High. Kirschner also served as a producer on the Child’s Play films.
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Elvira Mistress of the Dark (1988)
Brad Pitt was considered for a role in this movie. Cassandra Peterson thought he was “too cute” noting on the casting list “yum yum”.
The T-1000 and RoboCop. Could this be the start of something magical?
The AMAZING Prints Charmn never fails to deliver the best Photo Ops in the business. With
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and Dr. Peter Weller.
Lon Chaney’s contract with MGM was about to expire making him the number one choice for Todd Brownings Dracula. Unfortunately he passed away just before the movie went into production. Can you imagine though, Chaney as Dracula or The Monster from Frankenstein?
#whatif
The Hoggle puppet from Jim Henson and George Lucas’s Labyrinth (1986) was lost in transit and found years later in unclaimed baggage. After extensive restoration work it now resides in The Unclaimed Baggage Centre in Alabama.