Bela Lugosi

3 Fascinating Flubs in Films in the Sci-Fi/Horror Genre

Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D. | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Nosferatu, Dr.Ruehl, Curse of the Demon, Flm Flub, Bela Lugosi, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Weird News News
Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D.

Flubs are endemic to movies and television programs of all ilks! Some are continuity errors caused by multiple shooting days. Some are so-called "reve...

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3 More Intriguing Factoids From the Sci-Fi/Horror/Mystery Genre!

Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D. | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Boris Karloff, Cat People, Edward G. Robinson, Stee Reeves, Bela Lugosi, Val Lewton, Dr.Ruehl, Ingrid Bergman, The Seventh Victim, Planet of the Apes, Video, Weird News News
Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D.

Were Ingrid Bergman and Edward G.Robinson offered choice roles in The Planet of The Apes? Did producer Val Lewton make a grave error in 1943's "The Seventh Victim?" Was stongman Steve Reeves ever cast as Tarzan?

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A Carnival of Vampires

Varla Ventura | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Twilight Saga, Dracula, Nicolas Cage, Tom Waits, Vampires, True Blood, Bela Lugosi, Weird News News
Varla Ventura

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about vampires. Not those clingy ex-boyfriend kind of emotional vampires that end up stalking you, I have been thinking about straight-up Bela Lugosi style vampires.

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Hooray for Hollywood's Dearly Departed

Jane Minogue | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Shirley Temlple, Michael Jackson, Jack Cassidy, Jane Russell, Sharon Tate, Bela Lugosi, Bugsy Siegel, River Phoenix, Larry Edmunds Bookshop, Beverly Hills, Marie Prevost, Lupe Velez, El Coyote, Hollywood, Dearly Departed Tour, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin, Murders, George Michael, John Belushi, Menendez Brothers, Charles Manson, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Brian Donnelly, Scott Michaels, Travel News
Jane Minogue

The tour included the drug overdose sites of Janis Joplin, John Belushi, Michael Jackson and River Phoenix.

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Bride of the Bizarre: Zombies, Pillowy Brides and Wedding Night Ghosts

Varla Ventura | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Ghosts, Zombies, Spooky Wedding, Bela Lugosi, Bridal Bizarre, Weird News News
Varla Ventura

Bridal Bizarre is one of my favorite topics. I've been collecting stories of true freakisms for years and they are endless: a woman marrying a dolphin, a man marrying a body pillow.... The heart's desire knows no bounds.

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PHOTOS: Former Bela Lugosi Home For $2.367 Million

Posted 06.25.2011

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Via Curbed LA: The Beachwood Canyon home once belonging to actor Bela Lugosi is now on the market for the first time in forty years. With five bedroom...

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Three Unforgettable Characters

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Year of the Fish, Down Syndrome, Daniel Davila, Martin Landau, Miloud Oukili, Bela Lugosi, Alejandro Manzo, Michele Collier, Jalil Lespert, Octavio Gomez Berrios, Marco Pontecorvo, Tim Burton, Ed Wood, Parada Foundation, Wheel of Fortune, Marcos Carnavale, Adam Gubman, Nicolae Ceausescu, Harrison Montgomery, Karin Ahmad, Pathos, Pa-Ra-Da, Film, Arts News
George Heymont

Some movies become audience favorites because their protagonist is such a unique character (or an actor creating a character with such consummate craf...

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Wrap Party: Freund's The Mummy and Baba Ghanoush

Stefan Beck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Boris Karloff, The Mummy, Dracula, Baba Ghanoush, Bela Lugosi, Horror, Dinner and a Horror Movie, Karl Freund, Tod Browning, Fritz Lang, Make-Up, Costumes, Hummus, Slidepollajax, Food News
Stefan Beck

I won't say baba ghanoush is more beguiling and haunting than The Mummy, but it's a close-run race.

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The Our Gang Oscars

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miley Cyrus, The Blind Side, Star Trek Movie, Zoe Saldana, Bela Lugosi, Mo'Nique, Kristin Stewart, Mo'Nique Golden Globe Awards Speech, Precious, Crazy Heart, Awards, The Oscars, Lauren Becall, Steve Martin Alec Baldwin Oscars, Movies, Star Trek, Oscar Nominees, Zac Efron Oscars, Comedy and Satire, Jeff Bridges, Larry Gelbart, James Cameron, Inglourious Basterds, Jean Simmons, Abc, Anna Kendrick, Alec Baldwin, Boris Karloff, The Academy Awards, Maggie Gyllenhall, T-Bone Burnett, Award Season, Avatar, James Cameron Avatar, Sandra Bullock, The Weary Kind, Larry Gelbart Dead, Roger Corman, Quentin Tarantino Inglorious Bastards, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tyler Perry, John Hughes, John Hughes Death, Steve Martin, Zac Efron, Smurfs, Quentin Tarantino, Horror Movies, Oscars 2010, Academy Awards 2010, Taylor Lautner, Entertainment News
Tallulah Morehead

This year's Oscar producers, Adam Shankman and Bil Mechanic, were so dedicated to the quixotic task of luring in young viewers, that we were given a show full of presenters that appeared to have gone through puberty during the rehearsals.

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Halloween Parties and the Latest in Gruesome Candy

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Candy, Marty Feldman, Stephen Moyer, Zombies, Will Durst, Vampires, Balloon Boy, Bela Lugosi, Vomit, Spiders, Halloween, Hannibal Lecter, Goldman Sachs, Candy Corn, Douchebags, John Belushi, Filippa Hamilton, Alex O'Loughlin, True Blood, Billy Mays, Activia Yogurt, Jeffrey Dahmer, Glenn Beck, Republicans, Halloween Party, Jack Nicholson, Leatherface, Healthy Living News
Maggie Van Ostrand

Where once the King of Halloween confection was Candy Corn -- selling 8.3 billion kernels a year -- planners of today's Halloween parties lobby their new faves: the latest in gross and disgusting party food.

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Vampires: Why Here, Why Now?

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Count Chocula, The Vampire Diaries, Dark Shadows, Bela Lugosi, Syracuse University, Random House, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Charlaine Harris, Hammer Films, Colin Farrell, Sesame Steet, Nicolas Cage. Con Air, Interview With a Vampire, Wheaties Breakfast of Champions, Lord Byron, Stephanie Meyer, Anne Rice, Lady Caroline Lamb, The CW Network, Tracey Bateman, Bram Stoker, The Vampyre, Twilight, Charlie Huston, General Mills, Drew Silver, The Southern Vampire Mysteries, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vampires, WaterBrook Publishers, Rosemary Laurey, Robert Thompson, True Blood, Tanya Huff, John Polidori, Bill Compton, Nosferatu, Sookie, Entertainment News
Tom Alderman

If fiction often reflects a nation's culture, why, oh-why-oh, do we have so many vampires, in so many places, sucking up so many entertainment dollars with such blazing success today?

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Big Brother 11: Hairy Potter & the Order of the Doofus.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Early Show. Julie Chen, Survivor Samoa, Reality TV, Martin Landau, Survivor, Big Brother, Bela Lugosi, The Wizard of Oz, Lord of the Rings, Glen or Glenda, Ed Wood, Popeye, Entertainment News
Tallulah Morehead

This week on Big Brother 11: the saga of Jeff/Sarumoron's fall.

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