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Used to be, the young had to go to a horror film to get that sickly-sweet thrill of knife on neck, chain saw into cranium. Now the violence comes to you, child, in advertising on your TV, computer or bus shelter...
That's why horror films don't need stars. One letter sells the movie: R (meaning kids are restricted from seeing it unless accompanied by an adult). Another lure is the MPAA description of offensive elements, like this one for Saw III: "strong grisly violence and gore, sequences of terror and torture, nudity and language." Parents read this as a warning, kids as a come-on. "'Terror and torture'? I'm there!" Can't see it? Must...
...said, while demonstrating a drum-roll that looked like a lot more than finger work. The Dresden Dolls was born in 2000 when Viglione met singer/songwriter Amanda Palmer at a Halloween party, an appropriate beginning for a duo that draws partial inspiration from the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” for their image. Viglione, however, began drumming when he was five, inspired by his father, who was a drummer and carpenter. Although not a college graduate himself, Viglione is no stranger to Harvard or to speaking for college students. In his spare time, Viglione has been giving...
...this year promise to keep the actor’s fan base satisfied. He will return to the screen as the villainous Victor Von Doom in the sequel “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” in June, and he will star in the independent horror flick, “Prisoner” later this year...
...local politics, it changes course, styling itself as both thriller and romance. Enter Anna Molyneux (Connie Nielson of “Gladiator”), an empathic and attractive blonde reporter who, when she is not gazing at a love interest, spends most of her time looking around in helpless horror. You can’t blame her for her reaction to the situation in Iraq, but her constant vulnerability does not help make her a compelling protagonist. Anna’s real role in the film is as a point in common among the different sides of the conflict...