FRIDAY THE 13th Part 2 Turns 43

It was meant to be nothing more than an "also ran". Producer Sean S. Cunningham had the poster before he had the script. In fact before he was sure what the story was going to be. All he knew is that he wanted to copy John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN, which meant a mysterious maniac hacking barely legal kids.

Except John Carpenter's movie was practically a sequel of Bob Clark's BLACK CHRISTMAS.

Would a copy of a copy work? It's not as sharp as... well... the original.*

Though Cunningham had the low budget of Clark and Carpenter's indie slashers, he also had something the other two directors didn't have: the big studio clout of Paramount Pictures. And that, kiddies, is part of the reason that we still have FRIDAY THE 13th Part 2, today.

*Michael Keaton in Multiplicity.

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X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE

To the suits at 20th Century Fox's utter surprise, the first X-MEN was a far bigger hit than they anticipated. Then X2 was a bigger hit than that. Well if there was one thing 20th Century Fox despised in the 1990s and early 2000s it was producers, writers, and directors increasing their value (and so their paycheck) in the world with Fox properties.

Fox soon made things unbearable for their hit director so he left, leaving a hole that Fox suits at that time didn't know how to fill and didn't care. We saw this contemptable lack of care throughout the young millennium's Golden Age of Marvel movies. Everyone from Disney to Columbia Pictures figured out how to make a winning Marvel movie. Only 20th Century Fox threw themselves off of a cliff, nearly every single time they made one.

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE was no exception.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -

By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Actor Julie Benz (DUE OCCHI DIABOLICI aka TWO EVIL EYES, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV], BAD GIRLS FROM VALLEY HIGH, SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS [TV], ANGEL [TV], SHRIEK IF YOU KNOW WHAT I DID LAST FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH, TAKEN [TV], HALO 2 [Game], A FATE TOTALLY WORSE THAN DEATH, 8MM2, SAW V, DEXTER [TV], PUNISHER: WAR ZONE, HELD HOSTAGE, ANSWERS TO NOTHING, A GIFTED MAN [TV], DEFIANCE [TV], CIRCLE, HAVENHURST, V.C. Andrews' HEAVEN, FOSTER BOY, NOCTURNE) is 51.
Actor Ariel Gade (DARK WATER [2005], INVASION [TV], AVP:R, METEOR [TV], SOME GUY WHO KILLS PEOPLE, THE EX NEXT DOOR) is 26.

DRESS NICE
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IDLE HANDS Turns 25

In 1998, Devon Sawa, the kid who played the ghost in CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST, wasn't a kid anymore and came back for another shot at doing Horror comedy in his first adult role.

He was paired up with another child actor nobody in her first adult role, Jessica Alba.

Written by Terri Hughes (who had 0 credits in feature films, Comedy, or Horror) and the man who would come to be her writing partner to this day, Ron Milbauer (same credits), the movie need direction and, after two other directors dropped out for greener pastures, it fell into the lap of a quirky guy named Rodman Flender (THE UNBORN [1991], LEPRECHAUN 2).

According to actor Seth Green, beyond the Horror aspect, nobody even knew what kind of movie they were making: Comedy? Drama? Serious Horror with funny moments? The writers had one idea, the director another, the producers and studio couldn't agree either. In such a vacuum, Devon (Anton), Seth (Mick), and Eldon Henson (Pnub), improvised many of their lines and sight gags, and somehow miraculously, brilliantly, it all came together, making 1999's IDLE HANDS the best movie the Director, Producers, and Writers have ever made.

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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.

Make-up Artist Joe Blasco (GARDEN OF THE DEAD, THE TOUCH OF SATAN, SHIVERS, ILSA: SHE WOLF OF THE SS, RABID, THE CLONUS, DEAN KOONTZ: WHISPERS) is 77.
Writer and feoamante alumni, Maurice Broaddus (DEVIL'S MARIONETTE, KING MAKER [all], BUFFALO SOLDIER, PIMP MY AIRSHIP) is 52 today.
He says.
Visit him at Maurice-Broaddus.
Actor Kirsten Dunst (INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, MOTHER NIGHT, TOWER OF TERROR, THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES, THE CROW: SALVATION, LUCKYTOWN, DEEPLY, SPIDER-MAN, DEADLY FRIENDS, KAENA: THE PROPHECY, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, SPIDER-MAN 2, SPIDER-MAN 3, ALL GOOD THINGS, MELANCHOLIA, CHARM UPSIDE DOWN, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, THE BEGUILED, WOODSHOCK, CIVIL WAR) is 41.
Writer Colleen Gleason (THE REST FALLS AWAY, RISES THE NIGHT, THE BLEEDING DUSK, WHEN TWILIGHT BURNS, SINISTER SUMMER, THE GARDELLA VAMPIRE HUNTERS, THE CLOCKWORK SCARAB) is 56.
VIsit her at Colleen-Gleason.
Writer and feoamante alumni Brian Knight (RANDOM ACTS OF WEIRDNESS, BLACK DAY, DRAGONFLY, HACKS, FERAL, JOHNNY JUNK, THE PHOENIX GIRLS, THEY CALL US MONSTERS) is 50.
Visit him at Brian-Knight.
SFX Make-Up Artist Mike McCarty (PUPPET MASTER 4, STEPMONSTER, LEPRECHAUN 2, THE STAND [TV], PUPPET MASTER 5, MUNCHIE STRIKES BACK, LEPRECHAUN 3, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, [all], SCREAM 2, SIN CITY, LAND OF THE DEAD, SERENITY, POSEIDON, DEJA VU, THE HITCHER [2007], HOSTEL PART II, PLANET TERROR, MIRRORS, THE FINAL DESTINATION, SURROGATES, SPLICE, THE BOOK OF ELI, EDGE OF DARKNESS, PRIEST, TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D, STATION 4, THE BINDING, ANNABELLE, AMITYVILLE: THE AWAKENING, TONE-DEAF, THE FOREVER PURGE, DOOM: ANNIHILATION, UMMA) is like, 63 or something.
Mike shares an April birthday with his SERENITY alumni, Gina Torres.

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