All of the Universal Classic Monsters Ranked!

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Spencer Perry and ComingSoon.net present All of the Universal Classic Monsters Ranked!

Some thoughts about Perry’s rankings…

  • I agree the Mummy movies are the weakest in the series.
  • While it’s hard to argue the greatness of Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, I sometimes feel that The Creature from the Black Lagoon should be #1.
  • It wasn’t until I was an adult that I realized how good The Invisible Man is.
  • While I love the idea of The Wolf Man, the movies always fell a bit short for me.
  • I’d rank Dracula closer to #1 on the list.
  • I love that Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein made the top 10.

Tim Truman’s Scout Optioned for Theatrical Release!

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I’m excited to report that Tim Truman’s creation Scout has been optioned by Studio 8 with Chris MacBride (The Conspiracy) set to write and direct.  Truman will serve as a creative consultant for the character he created, wrote and directed in a long-running comic series.

Scout is…

…an Apache ex-Army Ranger who, while on a personal/spiritual mission, investigates the disappearance of young women and in the process uncovers a far-reaching conspiracy involving local gangs, human slavers, oil companies and corrupt government officials.

Source: Deadline.com.

The 5 Greatest One Man Movies (3 That Aren’t Plus 3 That Should Be)

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Danny Bowes and Film School Rejects present The 5 Greatest One Man Movies.   The idea is that… 

One Uniquely Talented Man is the only thing standing between paradise and the void.

No superheroes.  No James Bond.

Ok.  I agree with John Wick.  Lock Out is an excellent choice.  But the other three selections?

Really?

C’mon, man.

Here’s what should have been added in their place.

  • Enter the Dragon.  Sure, you’ve got John Saxon and Jim Kelly in addition to Bruce Lee, but Lee is the uniquely talented man sent in to get the goods on Han.  Saxon and Kelly are nice additions to Lee’s story but it is Lee’s story.
  • Escape from New York.  How was Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken not on the list???  No explanation needed for why he should have been.  Right?
  • Rambo, First Blood Part II, Rambo III, or Rambo.  Dealer’s choice or in this case writer’s choice but you HAVE to include Sylvester Stallone as Rambo on any Greatest One Man Movies list.

13 Running Facts About “The Fugitive”

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Eric D. Snider and Mental_Floss present 13 Running Facts About The Fugitive.  Here are three of my favorites…

2. IT WAS ALMOST ALEC BALDWIN INSTEAD OF HARRISON FORD.
Kopelson, a fan of the TV series, had been trying off and on to get the film made since the 1970s. It was finally about to happen in the early ’90s, with Alec Baldwin in the lead role and Walter Hill (48 Hrs.) as director, but Warner Bros. didn’t think Baldwin had enough star power. “With an expensive movie, the consideration is, what star can ‘open’ it,” Kopelson said, “and the studio wasn’t certain at that time that Alec could do it.” (By the way, this was the secondtime Baldwin had lost a role to Harrison Ford, who also replaced him as Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October sequel Patriot Games.)

9. HARRISON FORD WASN’T FAKING HIS BEFUDDLEMENT IN THE INTERROGATION SCENE.
To lend more realism to the scene where Dr. Kimble is first questioned by police, Davis had Ford and the other actors do it with only half a script—the cops’ half. Ford, not knowing in advance what the questions would be, had to ad lib responses in character. Naturally, this came across as being defensive and flustered, which was exactly what the situation called for. Acting!

13. THE DAM SCENE COST $2 MILLION, INCLUDING ABOUT $60,000 FOR DUMMIES.
The maze of tunnels leading to the dam were fake, and built in a Chicago warehouse. The last section of the tunnel—the part that opens over the dam, where Kimble and Gerard have their dramatic confrontation—was actually transported from Chicago to the Cheoah Dam in North Carolina, where it was rigged to look like it belonged there. For the big jump, there were no stuntmen involved. Ford himself (secured by a wire) did the shot where Kimble looks over the edge and considers jumping, and dummies were used for the plunge itself. Six Harrison Ford lookalike dummies were commissioned, each costing somewhere between $7000 and $12,000. They did not survive intact, much to the dismay of their manufacturer, who’d been hoping to re-rent them.

The Terrifying Subliminal Image Hidden in “The Exorcist”

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If you’ve ever seen The Exorcist, then you’ve seen the face above even if you don’t remember it.

Director William Friedkin flashed the image on the screen for 1/8 of a second.  Your subconscious would recognize the frightening image even if you didn’t fully process it.

If you click over to The Terrifying Subliminal Image Hidden in The Exorcist by Jake Rossen at Mental_Floss you’ll get the full lowdown on the image and where you can find it.