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Recapturing The Ghost Of Halloween Past

Tom Cramer | Posted 12.26.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Boris Karloff, Halloween, The Doors, Creature Features, Trick or Treating, Halloween Costumes, Peter Cushing, Bela Lugosi, David Bowie, The White Stripes, Christopher Lee, Halloween Nostalgia, Vintage Halloween, Slideexpand, Fifty News
Tom Cramer

Halloween is almost upon us. Obviously, the meaning of this day evolves as you move through life's stages, but it was only during my grammar school years in the 1970s that I looked forward to it with such anticipation.

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Tim Burton's Deep, Dark Secret ? He's Actually a Pretty Normal Guy

Jim Hill | Posted 12.11.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Academy Award Winner, Martin Landau, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Woody Allen, Bela Lugosi, Frankenweenie, Edwards Scissorhands, Tim Burton Frankenweenie, Tim Burton, Ed Wood, Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford Coppola, Mars Attacks!, Martin Short, Walt Disney Pictures, Catherine O'hara, Disney, Video, Entertainment News
Jim Hill

For the better part of 30 years now, Hollywood has been harboring a secret. Something that threatens the prevailing public perception of one of the town's more talented filmmakers.

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A Trio of Intriguing New Film Factoids!

Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D. | Posted 08.10.2012 | Weird News
Read More: Dr, Vertigo, Honor Blackman, Bela Lugosi, Strange, Patrick Macnee, Vera Miles, Weird, Vera Ralston, Film Factoids, Mysteries, Ruehl, Video, Weird News News
Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D.

Why was Bela Lugosi so inept in his single rendition of the Frankenstein monster? Did glamorous Honor Blackman once portray a blind woman? What is the secret behind actress Vera Miles' name?

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

Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D. | Posted 05.09.2012 | Weird News
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 | Weird News
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 | Weird News
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 | Travel
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 | Weird News
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 | Los Angeles
Read More: Slidepollajax, La Real Estate, Celebrity Real Estate, Beechwood Canyon Real Estate, Bela Lugosi, Los Angeles News

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 | Arts
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 | Home
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, Home 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 | Entertainment
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 | Healthy Living
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 | Entertainment
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 | Entertainment
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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