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THE FLY is 67
Writer, Producer, and Director, Kurt Neumann, made over 100 movies in his life. Horror movies like SECRET OF THE BLUE ROOM; Mysteries like ISLAND OF THE LOST MEN; Thrillers like ROCKETSHIP X-M. Science Fiction Horror like KRONOS and SHE DEVIL. But of all the movies Kurt made, this was his biggest box office success ever, and he would never know it. Kurt died one week before THE FLY went into wide release. And - JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 is 22
It's rare that a good Horror movie gets an equal or better sequel, but that's exactly what happened with Producer Francis Ford Coppola and Writer & Director Victor Salva's JEEPERS CREEPERS 2. Plus - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
GOOD BOY Trailer Drop
And - BUGONIA Trailer Drops Today
Plus - HOUSE 2 is 38
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, New Line Cinema, like 20th Century Fox, had a horrible track record of butchering every single successful franchise they started (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, CRITTERS, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, JASON [their contracted buyout ownership of the FRIDAY THE 13th franchise from Paramount]). By the late 1990s NLC boss, Robert Shaye began a different approach, shepherding surprise hit, BLADE toward a successful future sequel. So when Peter Jackson came to him in this era, with the idea of making the books of THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy as two movies, Shaye suggested making the book trilogy a movie trilogy. When Peter wanted to shoot them all at once, Shaye agreed, upping Jackson's projected $160.00 million budget for 2 movies into $300 million for three. Over 20 years later to date, THE LORD OF THE RINGS remains the most successful trilogy New Line Cinema ever made, but there were so many other franchise opportunities that fell by the wayside by the second movie, including HOUSE 2. Finale - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr. Fortunately this doesn't happen often, but if there is no set release date by Nov. 7, 2026 we'll consider it moribund and remove it from further updates.
DOCTOR X Turns 93
To this day this movie is so wild and off the wall it can compete with modern Japanese movies. Back in its day, Warner Bros. made it to grab a piece of that Universal Monsters box office. They had no monsters of their own so instead of just making a new one or finding one from historical myth, they went with cannabalism! This movie is so whacked out it wound up as part of a song in THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. This is the nutso factor Horror known as DOCTOR X. And - On This Day in 1999 Two Movies Opened on the Same Weekend THE 13th WARRIOR is 26
This was a troubled production. The usually reliable Director, John McTiernan (PREDATOR), turned in a finished movie that the studio deemed "unwatchable". Author Michael Crichton (also producer) felt forced to step in, take over, and direct most of the reshoots of the film. Original composer Graeme Revell (THE CROW, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN) composed a movie soundtrack that accentuated the McTiernan version, and so had to be scrapped. Crichton hired Jerry Goldsmith (PLANET OF THE APES, THE OMEN, COMA, THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL, POLTERGIEST, PSYCHO II, GREMLINS, LEVIATHAN, STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT, DEEP RISING, THE MUMMY [1999], THE HAUNTING [1999]) to compose for the "new" movie. From Michael Crichton's novel, Eaters of the Dead, starring Antonio Banderas, this is what eventually became of THE 13th WARRIOR. THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE is 26
Does a smooth sailing Production make for a better movie? The troubled Michael Crichton picture faced off against the untroubled pre-Pirate Johnny Depp and pre-Furiosa Charlize Theron, in the Science Fiction Horror movie, THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE. Plus - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Terry Gilliam's THE BROTHERS GRIMM is 23
At long last Terry Gilliam returned to Fantasy, but this was no historian myth of TIME BANDITS or dystopian myth of BRAZIL. This is THE BROTHERS GRIMM. THE CAVE is also 23
THE BROTHERS GRIMM and this movie opened on the same weekend in the same year and both featured Lena Headey! Head to heady, which one won the weekend? Both? Neither? This is how Kelly Parks saw THE CAVE. And - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
3rd Annual HOUSTON MEDIA CONFERENCE 2025
I attended the Houston Media Conference over the weekend, presented by Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) and Houston Cinema Arts Society. It was great seeing familiar old faces, as well as young and old faces that were new to me! The film community here in Houston is growing and Thriving! Here's to a fantastic new year!
And - YOU DUG IT
1. K-POP DEMON HUNTERS, Netflix finally has a Number 1 Box Office hit. It was inevitable and may have come sooner considering how many great movies they bought but slotted directly into their streaming service. I say "inevitable", but no one is more surprised than Netflix, who feared such a disastrous wide release that they witheld the movie's Production Budget from the press. 2. WEAPONS, In its 3rd weekend, steps down to 2nd place with a decent 37% dip in ticket sales and another 181 screens added for the second weekend in a row. In only three weekend, WEAPONS has made more than 5 times its budget. 4. FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS further slowed its initial massive 3rd weekend descent for the second week in a row. It holds onto its fourth position in its 5th weekend with a decent 33% dip in ticket sales against a 156 screen cut. Though it continues to underperform against expectations, its now made well over twice its production budget and, not counting the still unknown advertising budget, it should be all profit moving forward (negotiations are also unknown). 8. HONEY DON'T from Focus Features, opens this week on 1,317 screens and earns a bigger per screen average than FANTASTIC FOUR at 4. 15. TOGETHER drops off the Top Ten with a free fall of 5 places from last weekend's #10. With a huge 62% drop in ticket sales against a 861 screen cut, its apparently performing above the expectations of its distributor, NEON. You Buried Nothing This Week Figures calibrated from reporting by Box Office Mojo and The Numbers. Should there be differences between the two, I err on the side of caution and post the most positive numbers. Plus - GHOSTS OF MARS Turns 24
It's 2001. John Carpenter had major stumbles with 1992's Memoirs Of An Invisible Man, 1995's VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED, and 1996's ESCAPE FROM L.A. But VAMPIRES was a promising uptick from the depths and his fans were eager to see John Carpenter's GHOSTS OF MARS. Finale - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Writer / Director / Producer Tim Burton (BEETLEJUICE, BATMAN, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, ED WOOD, MARS ATTACKS!, SLEEPY HOLLOW, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, PLANET OF THE APES [2001], THE CORPSE BRIDE, SWEENEY TODD, 9, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, DARK SHADOWS, ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, FRANKENWEENIE, MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, WEDNESDAY [TV], BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE) is 66. SUNDAY -
Writer Matt Cardin (DIVINATIONS OF THE DEEP) is
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Writer Roger Avary (RESERVOIR DOGS, KILLING ZOE, PULP FICTION, MR. STITCH, SILENT HILL, BEOWULF) is 60. GODZILLA 1985 turns 40
By 1985 the original 1954 GOJIRA, despite all of its immense popularity in the U.S.A., remained unreleased. So Toho made the decision to bring back an actor who was never in the original GOJIRA, only the U.S.A. edit. To Toho's utter surprise the all new GODZILLA Did Not live up to their lofty expectations. This is what happened to GODZILLA 1985 on the way to America. THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU is 29
By 1995, Academy Award winning actor Marlon Brando's haughty and cantankerous attitude on and off the set was well known, for decades. He was one of those actors who, like Sean Connery and others, would quixotically decide to dismiss you and ruin your life (who knows his reasons? Marlon probably didn't know). Getting on his good side was a crap shoot and whatever Director Richard Stanley (HARDWARE, THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE) did to get on his bad side got him fired. Stanley was replaced with well-respected veteran Director, John Frankenmeimer (THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, PROPHECY), who fared no better with Brando. By that time the studio had enough and saved what little they could from his performance. The late Val Kilmer had some hilarious stories about working with Brando, but Kelly Parks just sticks to his review of the movie THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU.
MIMIC is 26
All Horror fans have been there. You see a good movie but the trailer promised more. It's not a bad movie, but with only a little effort it could have been better: Good could have been great. It wouldn't have required more money for more special effects or more screen time. There's just that one moment where the movie went against its own logic. Where the characters needlessly, foolishly put themselves at risk. Or maybe there were old worn out tropes that, despite being mocked in better movies for over 30 years, are played with serious gravitas: A hand on the shoulder, a cat suddenly leaping out, a foreground shadow moving past the screen with a sting of ridiculously loud noise from out of the silence. Too many cheap Jump Scare "Boos!" Nobody is ever scared by a cheap jump scare, only surprised at the loud noise. If they'd only not shot, or at least cut out, all the inept, incompetent, and dreary bullshit that went nowhere. A few seconds here, there, a minute at most. But they didn't and after it went into sequels, every subsequent movie magnified the worst and ignored the best. Anyway, Guillermo Del Toro's MIMIC turns 26 today. And - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON is 44
There are some great Werewolf movies out there: THE HOWLING, GINGER SNAPS, DOG SOLDIERS and more. But this movie from John Landis, who doesn't even consider himself a Horror movie director, let alone a Master of Horror, remains a beautiful, compelling beast that is somehow able to be wonderfully unique even within the massive pantheon of Werewolf stories. If you still haven't seen AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, this is why you should. And - BLADE is 28
This is where it really started. This movie and year was the moment that Hollywood realized a Marvel Superhero movie could be a winner. New Line Cinema wasn't going to treat this like they treated THE MASK. The success of this movie made them take a different direction. They were going to make each sequel better, not cheap & trash them like Miramax did with THE CROW sequels. This time it could work! This could be a franchise like James Bond! If they could just get three hits in a row they'd have their trilogy and could build on that! All they needed was a lead actor who respected the character and the fans an,d at first, that's exactly what we got with BLADE. Plus- ONE HOUR PHOTO is 23
Robin Williams made plenty of comedies. If they were his recorded live stand-up, he was on solid ground. If they were narrative fiction, they were a crapshoot tilting toward more worse than better. This was especially true if Robin was the lead in the movie. On the other hand, Robin had a chilling ability to bring the Creep factor and big time when the role called for it. This is why ONE HOUR PHOTO is worth the watch. Also - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
THE EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING is 21
This is Director Renny Harlan's grown-up version of Chris Columbus' THE GOONIES. And like THE GOONIES, THE EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING isn't great, but its Good Enough. And - PIRANHA 3D is a Teenager
It was a fun little disposable summer movie back in 2010. Telling though, that Joe Dante's original 1978 PIRANHA still sells so well at premium prices, was upgraded to 4K in 2022 and that's into at least its 2nd pressing, while the Regent of Remakes, Alexander Aja, still has his original 2011 pressing of PIRANHA 3D taking up warehouse space. Plus - BLOOD CONSCIOUS Turns 4
Like all good monsters, it came out of nowhere. Like all good Horror its finding its audience. Unfortunately, and despite doing well at film festivals, it never got the wide theatrical release it deserved. For the moment, the theater chain's loss is Tubi's gain. This is BLOOD CONSCIOUS. Also - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Colin Cunningham (THE X-FILES, DEAD FIRE, FIVE DESPERATE HOURS, THE 6TH DAY, ANTITRUST, Da VINCI'S INQUEST [TV], STARGATE SG-1 [TV], Da VINCI'S CITY HALL [TV], Masters of Horror: WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM, THE COLLECTOR [TV], THE ENTRANCE, STARGATE: CONTINUUM, CENTIGRADE, THE CRUSADER, FIREBALL, FALLING SKIES [TV], THE ELEVENTH VICTIM, FALLING SKIES: THE ENEMY WITHIN, NUMB, BLOOD DRIVE [TV], PREACHER [TV], BASHIRA, CURSE OF CROM: THE LEGEND OF HALLOWEEN, HE NEVER LEFT) is 59.
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4 is 36.
Author Paul V. Wagelin reviewed all of Wes Craven's NIGHTMARE creations. What was it like when audiences saw this movie in theaters for the first time? Paul Was There! A NIGHTMARE ON ELMSTREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER, Directed by Renny Harlin (DEEP BLUE SEA, THE EXORCIST IV). And - RED EYE is 20
2005. That was the year when Wes Craven gave us RED EYE. Plus - 13 Years of FRIGHT NIGHT
The first FRIGHT NIGHT is a classic for all the right reasons, but outdated 20th Century 1980's era plot devices hit a brick wall in the 21st Century's Information age of Internet. In the new Millennium, nobody needs to "find" a phone. Both still and video cameras, as well as sound recording, are in every phone and virtually everyone has one. Modern Vampires like Jerry had to make a big step up. Does it work? Read my review of FRIGHT NIGHT - 2011. Also - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Greg Bryk (NEIL, LIVING DEATH, WEIRDSVILLE, THE ROBBER BRIDE, SHOOT 'EM UP, THE GATHERING [TV], GRINDSTONE ROAD, ReGENESIS [TV], THE INCREDIBLE HULK, SAW V, SCREAMERS: THE HUNTING, DOLAN'S CADILLAC, HAPPY TOWN, SAW 3D, RED: WEREWOLF HUNTER, IMMORTALS, UNLUCKY, JETT [TV], THE EXPANSE [TV], LOST & FOUND, CHANNEL ZERO [TV], THE HANDMAID'S TALE [TV], BITTEN [TV], V-WARS [TV], AD ASTRA, CODE 8, RABID [2019], DEPARTURE [TV], PARALLEL MINDS, BLOODTHIRSTY, TRIGGER POINT, CASCADE, SPIRIT IN THE BLOOD) is 53.
YOU DUG IT 1. WEAPONS, Warner Bros. Horror movie wins the top spot in its second weekend, skyrocketing in only two weekends to nearly 4 times its original Production budget. It experienced a not-unhealthy 44% drop in ticket sales against the addition of 248 new screens, bringing in nearly twice as much as the #2 movie this weekend. 4. FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS slowed its massive descent from last weekend as it stepped down from #3 this weekend. With a 44% drop in box office against a 245 screen cut, its still performing below expectations, but has squeeked into Production profit And still has a chance to leave the Top Ten with a decent box office return. 8. JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH steps down from last week's #7, also slowing its descent with a 40% dip in ticket sales against a 441 screen cut. At over $825 million world wide, this latest addition to the franchise has exceeded expectations. 9. SHIN GODZILLA from 2017, opened this weekend to celebrate its 8th Anniversary with its first North American theatrical release. It re-debuted on 1,290 screens across America and Canada. 10. TOGETHER also slowed its descent this weekend, with a bad drop of 58% in ticket sales in its 3rd weekend against a 925 screen cut. Despite all of this, its performing above the expectations of its distributor, NEON. You Buried Nothing This Week Figures calibrated from reporting by Box Office Mojo and The Numbers. Should there be differences between the two, I err on the side of caution and post the most positive numbers. And - GODZILLA 2000 is 25
Columbia Tri-Star Pictures had their own ideas for an Americanized Godzilla. They'd bring it up to date. Make it believably realistic like Steven Spielberg did with Michael Crichton's JURASSIC PARK. And you know, that's a perfectly legitimate course to take with Godzilla. Providing of course, that you have some idea of what reality is and you aren't Dean Devlin or Roland Emmerich BUT THEY WERE the Screenwriters, Producers, and Dean was the Director, so... Despite excellent movie trailers that were made without any of Dean or Roland's "help", what we got was the face fart embarrassment of GODZILLA 1998. That's when Toho Pictures asserted itself and got right to work on their OWN Godzilla movie. Cool! So Toho was going to make a realistic Godzilla movie and show those Hollywood idiots how its done? HELL NO! Toho represents Japan! Their newest update would be Gonzo Bonkers to the freaking wall and that's what we got with GODZILLA 2000. Plus - This is the movie that went up against a Titan when it opened on the same weekend! THE CELL is 25
This is one of my favorite movies, but I'm speaking as Feo Amante. My reviewer, Bram Stoker Award winning poet Linda Addison is not as easy to impress. This was her view of Director Tarsem Singh's THE CELL, starring Jennifer Lopez (ANACONDA), Vincent D'Onorfio (MEN IN BLACK, THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR), and Vince Vaughn (THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK). Also - SNAKES ON A PLANE is 19
Here is a movie that knows exactly what it is! Samuel L. Jackson got it off the ground simply because he loved the title (he's been known to do that: Black Snake Moan, anyone?). Everyone from Producers to the Writer to the Director was ready for hilarious, stupid, fun. Everyone except one crucial person. Why on earth did Jackson treat SNAKES ON A PLANE so seriously? Finale - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Christian Slater (SHERLOCK HOLMES [TV], TWISTED, THE NAME OF THE ROSE, TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, HARD RAIN, MINDHUNTERS, PURSUED, ALONE IN THE DARK, HOLLOW MAN II, SLIPSTREAM, HE WAS A QUIET MAN, IGOR, MY OWN WORST ENEMY [TV], THE RIVER MURDERS, PLAYBACK, RITES OF PASSAGE, STRANDED, WAY OF THE WICKED, MR. ROBOT, THE SUMMIT, WE CAN BE HEROES, DOCTOR DEATH, LEGO STAR WARS: TERRIFYING TALES, INSIDE JOB [TV]) is 55. SUNDAY -
Actor Robert Joy (AMITYVILLE 3-D, TERMINAL CHOICE, SHE'S BACK, SHADOWS AND FOG, THE DARK HALF, FALLEN, RESURRECTION, LAND OF THE DEAD, THE HILLS HAVE EYES [2006], ALIENS VS PREDATOR: REQUIEM, DON'T LOOK UP, FROM [TV], THE INSTITUTE) is 74. BLACK SABBATH Turns 62
This was the inspirational title for the legendary British Heavy Metal band and one of Quentin Tarantino's biggest influences. An ever experimental Mario Bava did more than make one of the first "Giallos" with this film. He broke every rule and the fourth wall in making this meta movie long before Mel Brooks would follow suit with Blazing Saddles. Wracked with agony from a lifetime of injuries, an aged Boris Karloff was never-the-less committed to delivering a masterful bravura performance, working through the pain, using it, under the assumption that he'd physically be unable to ever do it again. This is BLACK SABBATH. THE EXORCIST III is 35
Director William Friedkin showed a different cut of THE EXORCIST to Author William Peter Blatty, than what he released to the world (a last minute edit that Friedkin considered his "Director's Cut"), thus driving a wedge between the two men that Friedkin regretted. It was only after Warner Bros. tried and failed to launch the movie into a franchise, with the bitterly bad THE EXORCIST II, that a boardroom shuffle and discard in the WB suits at the top, gave Blatty a chance at both writing a directing his sequel. After all, how could it be any worse? As good a writer as Blatty was, however, he was no director and despite his vision, THE EXORCIST III forever lies somewhere between not as good as the first but nowhere near as bad as the second. THE INVASION is 18
This expensive movie was beset with problems and when the director turned in the final cut, the studio bosses decided they didn't like the script they paid for and greenlit in the first place. So they had all new scenes written and a new director. That's just a few of the expensively inept management decisions that cursed INVASION. SATURDAY -
Writer / Director / Producer/ Etc. J. R. Bookwalter (THE DEAD NEXT DOOR, SKINNED ALIVE, ZOMBIE COP, KINGDOM OF THE VAMPIRE, HUMANOIDS FROM ATLANTIS, GALAXY OF THE DINOSAURS, OZONE, THE SANDMAN, HELL ASYLUM, GROOM LAKE, DEADLY STINGERS, HORRORVISION, INVASION OF THE NOT QUITE DEAD, SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY, and more) is 60. THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD is 41
In 1985, this was your grandma's idea of punk! Now anyone can make a humorless, cheeseball sappy satire of a successful movie and two producers more than most immediately come to recent memory, thus allowing Uwe Boll to hold his head up high by comparison. But this movie took the opposite tack. "How about we make a satire Horror movie that doesn't view the audience with contempt, but instead is great, goofy, funny, and culturally relevant, as well as being gory?" Why, that's just crazy enough to work! This movie not only had co-writer of the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, John A. Russo on it, but NotLD alumni Russell Streiner (Johnny) and Rudy Ricci as well. And on top of that, A-List writer Dan O' Bannon (DARK STAR, ALIEN, DEAD & BURIED, HEAVY METAL, LIFEFORCE) as Screenwriter and Director, plus the producers who were coming in hot from the gamble they took and won on James Cameron's THE TERMINATOR. Damn! If THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD wasn't a hit, it damn sure would not be from lack of trying!
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is 62
There are a great many versions of author Gaston Leroux's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and by Eric! This 1962 flick from Universal International Pictures, and Horror movie director Terence Fisher, isn't great, but it's not too bad, either! And - MANHUNTER Turns 39
Before Anthony Hopkins Oscar winning turn as Hannibal Lector, there was another. Actor Brian Cox (THE RING, X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE) took hold of the character and gave it his own stamp so chilling and unique that most fans put both actors on the same level. The problem is, though it came out at theaters, most people only saw MANHUNTER on cable. That's because two Thrillers came out that weekend in that year. Both had budgets of $15 million. Unfortunately, Director Michael Mann's last movie, THE KEEP, based on a best selling novel, tanked and tanked hard at the theaters, wiping out the promise and profit of his first hit, THIEF. Now here he was with another Horror movie and no stars, so little advertising was spent on it, most people knew little about it, and its ad budget was trifling compared to what was spent on THE FLY Turns 39
Upon its release, this movie was a larger hit than the studio anticipated. It wasn't just making bank, it was tapping into its era's zeitgeist. Because 20th Century Fox never expected such a reaction, they never anticipated it: meaning they didn't market the movie in that direction. This is the story of how a summer time blockbuster hit like David Cronenberg's 1986 THE FLY, goaded a studio into spending more money beyond the budget after its release. Plus - EVENT HORIZON Turns 27
A good movie so close to great that on repeated viewings fan's adoration grew alongside their frustration. How could a movie so good, so kissing close to greatness, fall short? Years later we found out, and no one was surprised by the answer. If anything, we are even more infuriated by what was actually shot, then cut, and could have been! Judging by the stills, the SFX artists gave this one their all! After over a quarter century, All of the fans, and Director Paul W.S. Anderson himself, want his Director's Cut of EVENT HORIZON. Also - FREDDY VS. JASON is 22
Say, remember when you were 18 and you saw this movie for the first time in theaters? The long awaited "Battle Royale" between Freddy and Jason? Remember that? Well now you're 39! You're old enough to be a Grandparent! FREDDY VS JASON came out in 2003! Wassmor - MIRRORS is 17
Since 2008 this Keifer Sutherland movie, directed by the Regent of Remakes, Alex Aja, keeps flying just under the radar. Yet it sells just enough to keep its fanbase. And that makes sense because on its release, the studio heads had little faith in it, which is why they hired Aja in the first place. Overall, 2008's THE DARK KNIGHT was pulling in more money than this one, but there's a caveat to that. So as it approaches adulthood culthood, it's time to see what makes MIRRORS so compelling. Finale - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
DEADLY BLESSING is 44
Before Wes Craven gave us A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and long before SCREAM, he was thinking about how to tone his Horror movie intensity down a notch so his movies would be more accessible, more first run theaters would show his work. With this in mind he gave us his DEADLY BLESSING. And - THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY is 41
However, that age is in United States of America release years. It actually came out in Italy in June of 1981, predating Wes Craven's DEADLY BLESSING by a tad. Lucio was at his prime then and THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY is full of Fulci fun! Plus - DISTRICT 9 Turns 16
This is a movie that's spent a long time waiting for the sequel it deserved, but never got. One of my favorite alien Horror movies of all time is DISTRICT 9, and this is why. Also - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Halle Berry (X-MEN, SWORDFISH, DIE ANOTHER DAY, X2, GOTHIKA, X3, PERFECT STRANGER, DARK TIDE, CLOUD ATLAS, THE CALL, X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, EXTANT [TV], KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE, JOHN WICK 3, BRUISED, MOONFALL, NEVER LET GO) is 58.
FRIDAY THE 13th Part 3D Turns 43
This was the movie when Jason got his Hockey mask. That's right, you may be all about Jason, but this movie came out in 1982! That means that this is probably not your Father's Jason, more likely your then 20 year old Grandfather's Jason, and you're gonna love it because when it comes to silent hulking supernatural homicidal maniacs, Hollywood still doesn't know how to do it any better than Michael and Jason from FRIDAY THE 13th Part 3D! And - JASON GOES TO HELL is 32
Arguably one of the worst FRIDAY THE 13th movies had one of the best characters (I know they had to remove the F13th and rebrand it as "JASON" due to contractual shenanigans, but we all know it's still a FRIDAY THE 13th flick!) . The one actor, the one saving grace that fans liked so much they still wish he'd been kept around. And if you've seen this movie, you know exactly which character I'm talking about in Plus - ALIEN VS PREDATOR Turns 21
This polarizing spin-off largely divides audiences into Love it or Hate it mobs and we're on the side of Love it! When you know why, you might even agree! Read our ALIEN VS PREDATOR movie review. Finale - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM Turns 64
Looking back a half century or more, audiences are likely to look at Vincent Price's body of work through a romantic lens. Compared to today he made "Comfort Horror", right? Well that's a point of view. As with any artist, some of his movies are stronger than others and, after 60 years, Vincent's Roger Corman movie, the end of THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, may still be a bit too strong for a family film. And - SUSPIRIA Turns 48
The Horror Geek himself, Mike Bracken, came to Feo Amante's Horror Thriller to tell us about Dario Argento's 1977 magnum opus, SUSPIRIA. Also - THE SKELETON KEY Turns 20
Some movies get worse with additional viewings. Others, however, actually get better. Where does THE SKELETON KEY fall? Finale - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Writer / Director / Producer Stefan Avalos (THE GAME, THE LAST BROADCAST, THE
TRUE LEGEND OF THE NEW JERSEY DEVIL, THE GHOSTS OF EDENDALE, HEADHUNTER, TERROR 5) is 55.
YOU DUG IT
1. WEAPONS, Warner Bros. Horror movie wins the top spot in its opening week thanks to an irresistable trailer. Its box office take has far surpassed its Production budget in its opening weekend. 3. FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS in its 3rd weekend, lost another big chunk of ticket sales. It suffered a 59% drop at the box office against a 525 screen cut. While the Walt Disney movie isn't living up to expectations, it's worth noting that its within sapitting distance of matching Superman's U.S. total (now in its 5th weekend) and ... 7. JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH which stepped down in its 6th weekend from last week's #5 with a 45% dip in ticket sales against a 549 screen cut. At $800 million world wide, it may still break the billion dollar mark before it leaves the Top Ten. 9. TOGETHER drops a huge 63% in ticket sales in only its 2nd weekend against a 77 screen cut. Having trailers and posters that seem to give the whole movie away may have contributed to the downfall. 11. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER drops off the Top Ten in its 4th weekend with a massive 71% drop in ticket sales against a 1,198 screen cut. Dry humping the plot line of the SCREAM reboots may have contributed to the downfall. You Buried Nothing This Week Figures calibrated from reporting by Box Office Mojo and The Numbers. Should there be differences between the two, I err on the side of caution and post the most positive numbers. And - A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD Turns 36
"We wanted to do what I thought would be legitimately cool stuff. But Hollywood being what it is, they hire you to do a thing, and the second they got you they proceed to dismantle everything that you're there to do. So you're basically engaging this highly paid form of torture." Plus - PULSE Turns 19
This remake of the original Japanese movie, KAIRO, hit the U.S. movie screens and shot direct to video for X number of sequels. I say X number because they are probably going to make another one, although at the diminishing rate they've been going, the next sequel budget will probably only buy you a Toyota Highlander. But, that was Dimension for you! Pity. There was so much room for improvement in 2006's PULSE. Also - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Embeth Davidtz (MUTATOR, SWEET MURDER, ARMY OF DARKNESS, LAST RITES, FALLEN, THE GINGERBREAD MAN, THE HOLE, THIR13EN GHOSTS, FRACTURE, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO [2011], THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, EUROPA REPORT, PARANOIA, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, OLD) is 60. SUNDAY
Actor Rick Otto (PHANTOMS, R.S.V.P., THE WIRE [TV], THE WALKING DEAD [TV], ALWAYS WATCHING: A MARBLE HORNETS STORY, TROUBLE SLEEPING, SUGAR BABY MURDER) is 51. DINOSAURUS! is 65
Movie Director and Producer Jack H. Harris (THE BLOB, 4D MAN, EQUINOX, SCHLOCK, DARK STAR, THE BLOB [1988]) didn't demand much from his audience and they didn't expect much of him. So when you went to see a movie with Jack H. Harris's named blazoned across it, you knew what you were getting: A fun time at the movies. You weren't going to get a Debbie Downer ending and a sanctimonious social awareness plea to better Yourselves. Jack was a Producer with benefits. He wasn't going to make your favorite movies of all time, but he wasn't going to waste your money and time either. That's right, we're talking Big Horror time and on this day in 1960, your Great Grandpa knew that Jack's best was DINOSAURUS! THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE Turns 63
Could this really be? Could you remove a human head keep it alive? Back in the mid 20th century, Dr. Robert White successfully proved the efficacy of the first head transplant of a mammal. He and others were able to repeat his method, making it fact. The very idea that it worked so well and so relatively easy made many an ethical surgeon's skin crawl. It also launched a Plethora of cheapo schlocky brain and head transplant movies, like THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE. PROPHECY Turns 46
Long before Jason grabbed a camper, snug in their sleeping bag, and slammed her against a tree in 1988's FRIDAY THE 13th VII: THE NEW BLOOD, a mutant bear did the same thing to a child and with a far grislier effect. Not that it was a grizzly bear, mind you. No, it was 1979's THE PROPHECY. THE OTHERS Turns 24
M. Night Shyamalan's THE SIXTH SENSE with its ghosts, undead, and people who could psychically "see" (The kid's name was Cole Seer. It needed to be underlined?) was a big surprise hit in 1999. So much so that other major studios suddenly went digging through their mountains of bought and discarded screenplays looking for their own Ghost Story with a twist ending. That's totally cool, don't get me wrong, but hey, produce the script that's as far removed from the current most popular ghost story as possible. Don't be all Miramax about it, "Hey! Can you believe that audiences are still tuning into THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and THE SIXTH SENSE? WE need a low budget Ghost movie with a twist ending that stars a single A-lister and is directed by a swarthy kinda guy!" That's what audiences got in 2001 from THE OTHERS, and they strongly responded with enough enthusiasm to rebirth The Undead in movies, books, and psychics on TeeVee for the next 22 years and counting. Thus all the hope for a new dawn in the new millennium was drowned in a tsunami resurge of Supernatural, psychic Charlatans, and with 9/11, Religious fervor. SATURDAY The HOUSTON HORROR FILM FESTIVAL In honor of the 2025 Houston Horror Film Fest this weekend, let's jump back to some of our interviews with Horror movie directors who all started as Independent filmmakers with that first feature film Began their franchise empire with micro-budget movie, SAW.
And - Began his career with CRONOS and soon splashed in the world with BLADE II and PAN'S LABYRINTH.
Plus - Began his career with DOG SOLDIERS.
Also - James Cameron started Independent with his first feature film, THE TERMINATOR. And on this day in 1989, THE ABYSS opened to wide release in the U.S.A. THE ABYSS is 36
If there was a movie that first divided James Cameron's fans, it was likely,THE ABYSS.
Actor Gillian Anderson (THE X-FILES [TV], X-FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE, STRAIGHTHEADS, BLEAK HOUSE [TV], X FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE, SHADOW DANCER, THE FALL [TV], HANNIBAL [TV], I'LL FOLLOW YOU DOWN, ROBOT OVERLORDS, HANNIBAL [TV], AMERICAN GODS [TV], CROOKED HOUSE, X-FILES [TV - 2018], UFO, THE PALE BLUE EYE) who is 57.
FRANKENSTEIN VS BARAGON is 59
When it comes to Bonker-Ass-Cinema, Japan is second to none. Even the grand and legendary Toho Pictures, nearly since its inception, built its reputation on gonzo. Before the U.S.A. got their turn to witness that first hand in 1966, Japanese audiences luxuriated in director Ishiro Honda's 1965 Nippon release of FRANKENSTEIN VS BARAGON. When it was released in the USA nearly a year later, it was retitled to FRANKENSTIEN CONQUERS THE WORLD. And - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
HEAVY METAL Turns 44
When this movie opened on this day, 44 years ago, your 17 year-old Grandpa, seeing his first R-rated movie, knew what was coming. An R-Rated movie based on stories from the insane monthly comic book, Heavy Metal! It was going to have hard-core animated gore, nudity, foul language, and it was going to be hilarious because it featured the voices of the top stand-up comics of its day including SCTV and Saturday Night Live. He had no idea that this magazine-based movie would usher in a future of what would affectionately be known - Over 40 years later (!!!) - as 1980s Horror, and all of the ground-breaking movies that were made or conceived in that decade. What's more, above all, it would have a sound track featuring some of the best Heavy Metal bands of the era. Bands whose music continues to lay the backdrop sound tracks to the hottest movies and video games of the 2020s! My reviewer, Horror writer Steven Woeste, was only 17 when he hit the theaters that heady weekend to see HEAVY METAL. Now he's 61! Look at that old bastard now! Look! At! Him! And - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Writer, Director, Producer Alexandre Aja (FURIA, HAUTE TENSION, THE HILLS HAVE EYES [2006], P2, MIRRORS [2008], PIRANHA [2010], MANIAC [2012], HORNS, THE 9th LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX, CRAWL, OXYGEN, NEVER LET GO) is 47.
Two Classic Movies Were Released on This Day in 1999 THE SIXTH SENSE is 26
1999 was going to be a big year for George Lucas and Star Wars sequels, so the rest of Hollywood wasn't even going to try to mess with Space Opera or Science Fiction. Instead, Hollywood turned to haunted stories. Then Steven Spielberg's A-List actor lead, cgi remake extravaganza, THE HAUNTING, crashed and burned. This at a time when newbie boutique studio, Artisan, was seeing its no-name, newbie director, ultra-indie, micro-budget THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, soaring and Kevin Bacon was waiting in Artisan's wings with A STIR OF ECHOES to finish off the summer. Disney also had a low budget, newbie director movie. This feature featured a single A-list actor in the lead, and Disney played their cards close to the chest. Disney passed this movie over to their "little" studio, Hollywood Pictures. It was created by then Chief Mouse-cap Michael Eisner and co-created with Jeffrey Katzenberg, to take small losses while it nurtured creativity among those new rising executives that showed promise. Oh, this picture from a nobody director? Psh! This is just one of Bruce Willis's "little" movies. One of those occasional arthouse flicks big name actors like to do from time to time. Nobody, not even Disney, knew how huge THE SIXTH SENSE was going to be. And - THE IRON GIANT is 26
Disney's THE SIXTH SENSE had a Big A-List star who was at the top of his game with Bruce Willis. It also had an intriguing, mystifying movie trailer that drew auiences into the theater. Opening on the same weekend, Warner Bros. had a little animated movie, set to go up against Summer Blockbusters, starred nobodies, was directed by a nobody, and had one of the worst movie trailers I've ever seen from a major studio (and I'm a man who has seen some awful trailers. I even live in one!). The trailer for this movie was so bad in fact that it pushed me away from the theater that showed it. It was only years later, when it hit DVD, that I rented it and - Wonder of Wonders! - regretted having missed the theater experience of it. This then is the tale of a nobody director who eventually nbecame a somebody under Disney Pixar. It's also the tale of a major studio owning major brands that had no idea what they had or how to market it and sell it: inevitably leading to their demise and rebranding as Warner Bros. Discovery. This is my review of THE IRON GIANT. Plus - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor Vera Farmiga (TOUCHING EVIL [TV], THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE [2004], NEVERWAS, JOSHUA, ORPHAN, SOURCE CODE, BATES MOTEL [TV], THE CONJURING, THE CONJURING 2, THE COMMUTER, THE NUN, CAPTIVE STATE, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS, ANABELLE COMES HOME, THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT) is 51.
THE BLOB Turns 37
Yep, 37 years old in 2025, so of course I'm talking about the 1988 remake and not the 67 year old Jack H. Harris original from 1958. Say! Have you ever seen a movie where the special effects (SFX) team put in So Much More Effort than the writer(s), director, and producer(s)? I know I have, but if you haven't, you'll damn sure know what I'm talking about when you see THE BLOB (1988). And - RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES is 14
This was a risk and a long shot. 20th Century Fox had decades and a corporate culture to overcome and part of that culture was to trash every potential franchise they had with garbage sequels for that first weekend scam on the loyal audience they built. Genuinely great sequels like ALIENS were outliers and the studio loved the money but viewed the outcome as a mistake, making sure not to repeat it, and they never did again. To be sure, 20th Century Fox wasn't alone in this. Universal Pictures were once hot to destroy their popular JAWS franchise and did, Warner Bros. went apparently cross-eyed with glee over gutting their popular THE EXORCIST franchise, and MGM fell into joyful freefall and bankruptcy while they fed POLTERGIEST into a woodchipper. Paramount Pictures, which didn't aim that high with FRIDAY THE 13th, were able to keep the franchise going with decent enough sequels and few misteps. There was always a good chance that the next movie would be better. They never tarnished themselves, but they never pushed themselves, either. United Artists never established a Horror movie franchise. Instead they were largely high-risk takers with nearly every movie a stand-alone venture (a crazy method which inexplicably worked nearly every time) but when it did come time to make a sequel, they stood far above all other studios with their long running and wildly successful James Bond and Rocky franchises. Bear in mind that this isn't a "studio only" ethos. Often a major studio serves only as a distributor conduit and it is one out of a gaggle of Producers who tries to destroy the value of their IP sequels. Why? So they can buy out their partners for a pittance (certain that they have a great property that they can reboot to former glory). So it was only ten years after the 20th Century Fox disaster of PLANET OF THE APES in 2001 that the latest studio leaders decided to give it another shot. This time with cgi! CGI Apes way back in 2011! Did it work? This is what happened to RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. Plus - PREY Turns 3
Years later and Disney/Hulu is still kicking itself in the ass for releasing this movie Direct to Video instead of to theaters. Also, it took well over a year for Disney/Hulu to release PREY to disk. Nearly twice the retail price for a single disc! This is why a competent company, consortium, or conglomerate should buy Disney and begin layoffs. Finale - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Writer, Producer, Director James Gunn (TROMEO AND JULIET, TERROR FIRMER, THE SPECIALS, SCOOBY-DOO [2002], DAWN OF THE DEAD [2004], SCOOBY-DOO 2 [2004], SLITHER, SUPER, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY [all], THE BELKO EXPERIMENT, THE SUICIDE SQUAD [2021], PEACEMAKER [TV], CREATURE COMMANDOS [TV]) is 58.
YOU DUG IT
1. FANTASTIC FOUR and here it is, the massive 2nd week Box Office (BO) free fall. How bad? F4 suffered a 66% drop in box office ticket sales from last week's impressive opening. Worse than FANTASTIC FOUR (2005) massive 2nd week 59% BO drop. Worse than FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER (2007) 2nd weekend 64% BO drop. Yet not as bad as FANTASTIC FOUR (2015) 2nd weekend 68% BO drop. There's some idiotic backlash going on against actor Pedro Pascal, as if he's in "every" thing. Pedro has a single hit TV show and nearly all of his movies are low budget independents. His career is ascendant so far, though not on the scale of actors like Jason Momoa (I don't think any major actor is anywhere close to how busy Jason is), Joseph Quinn, Florence Pugh, Walton Goggins or Jason Statham. The hate seems manufactured as if it was going to be a studio excuse if this F4 performed like every F4. 5. JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH takes two steps down from last weekend's #3. A 34% drop in sales against a 310 screen cut, and still holding over 3,000 screens in its 5th weekend is all pretty good. 6. TOGETHER opens on the Top Ten. This little Body Horror movie released by boutique distributor, NEON, could go anywhere. Let's hope it goes up! 8. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, despite a 903 screen cut, slowed its box office losses to 49% in its third weekend, squeaking into profit margins on its production budget. Bubbling Under 19. CLOUD, in the USA through boutique distributor Janus Films, is remarkably rising in its 3rd weekend by a positive 276% jump in ticket sales, adding a small but significant 33 additional screens. Still in its art house stage, this may be one to watch for. You Buried Nothing This Week Figures calibrated from reporting by Box Office Mojo and The Numbers. Should there be differences between the two, I err on the side of caution and post the most positive numbers. And - WHITE ZOMBIE is 93
Holy crap! 93 years ago actor Bela Lugosi rocked Horror movies so powerfully that he's still remembered, revered, and remains the dominant icon of Dracula movies. He could and did play believable Jesus Christ, heroes, villains, and monsters. How the hell did he do it? And why do his performances continue to echo nearly a century later? You'll understand the moment you watch him in WHITE ZOMBIE. Plus - HOLLOW MAN is 25
A Quarter Century of HOLLOW MAN! A Quarter Century since of the advancing technology of Computer Graphic Imagery (CGI). In 1999 Paul Verhoven wrapped up his contractual obligations to Hollywood with this movie. It was his last hurrah in the U.S. and after its release in 2000 and a year's worth of junket promoting it world wide, he left L.A. with his middle finger extended as he headed back to his Mudderland to make the low budget drama thrillers he loved so well. Why did he do that? Because it was with this movie that Paul felt he directed something anyone could do. Paul felt drained by Hollywood and he needed to do Verhoven movies. Movies that only he could do, like ROBOCOP or even TOTAL RECALL. This movie was merely HOLLOW MAN. Also - THE RUINS is 16
Warts and all. Some movies are like that. Great concept, story kind of gets lost, but actors, director, crew all gave it their best shot. You feel a sincerity there. They did their best to make a great movie, they aren't looking down on you for liking this kind of movie: there's none of that unfunny self-referential nonsense. Yes, it's not a great movie, but its just good enough that you'll watch it when its on. Maybe you'll even buy it. There's just enough there to capture you. That's how I feel whenever I watch THE RUINS. Finale - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr. SUNDAY -
Actor Jon Foster (MURDER IN GREENWICH, TERMINATOR 3, THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR, STAY ALIVE, PANDORUM, MR. JONES, SATURDAY -
Ah, they grow up so fast! FRIGHT NIGHT is 40!
Dive into the original 1985 FRIGHT NIGHT with this review by Bram Stoker Award winning Horror author, Mike Oliveri. Dario Argento's PHENOMENA aka CREEPERS is 40!
Argento purists will debate forever as to whether TENEBRE, SUSPIRIA, or DEEP RED is his best film, but one thing's for certain: PHENOMENA is the one that's the most fun. SIGNS Turns 23
It was the start of the crash of M. Night Shyamalan. Two feature films with producer Frank Marshall (THE SIXTH SENSE, UNBREAKABLE), and frequent media plaudits of being the next Hitchcock or Spielberg (all high praise indeed, but imagine being a young and new director, and being saddled with such expectations), embedded into Night's psyche that, by golly he had to, HAD TO, have a twist freaking ending in every movie whether it required one or not. No, scratch that, his movies absolutely required a twist. So the moment Shyamalan was free of Frank, he made this movie, telegraphed the twist in the first scene and kept tapping that telegraph key all the way to the end, making it the most expected twist I've ever seen. However, reviewer Kelly Parks also saw SIGNS and this is what he experienced.
THE OMEGA MAN is 54
Tim Burton wasn't the first to do a re-imagining rather than a re-make. But of course when I mention Tim Burton and his re-imagining of PLANET OF THE APES you immediately assume the category is "Movies that Suck". Well, we'll see when you read Kelly Parks review of THE OMEGA MAN. And - 38 Years of the Arguable Best of the F13 Franchise: JASON LIVES
Why is it that the 5th sequel still holds the entire FRIDAY THE 13th movie franchise together? From screenwriter Ken King (the Fan Behind the Mask) comes his review of FRIDAY THE 13th VI: JASON LIVES. Plus - SPAWN is 28
A surprise hit reboot of a Marvel character (VENOM) means the artist and writer, Todd McFarlane, could go it alone with his own comic book line, right? And his surprise hit character in comic books means that he has a shot at turning it into a hit toyline, right? And the favorable early response to a SPAWN animated series, means we launch a surprise hit live action movie, right? OMG! While we're putting the finishing touches on the live action movie, the animated series is a runaway train! There's no stopping this, right? A look back at why all the dominos didn't fall for Todd McFarlane's SPAWN motion picture and what those lessons still mean over a quarter century later. Also - THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR is 17
The production designers took this movie seriously: you can see it right there on the screen. The Art Director and set builders, the costumers, nearly everyone took this as serious as if it was going to be the best Mummy movie - possibly the best movie - Universal Pictures ever made. Unfortunately, it seems that Universal Pictures didn't take THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR or the audience they had built for it, seriously, and about half the cast that Universal wanted to return, refused because the script was just that awful. Finale - HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO - By E.C. McMullen Jr.
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INTERVIEWS Matt Jarbo's interview with Feo Amante at The Zurvivalist. James Cheetham's Q&A with Feo Amante at Unconventional Interviews *. Megan Scudellari interviews Feo Amante and Kelly Parks (of THE SCIENCE MOMENT) in The Scientist Magazine. Check out our interview at The-Scientist.com. REFERENCES Researcher David Waldron, references my review of UNDERWORLD in the Spring 2005, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture entry, Role-Playing Games and the Christian Right: Community Formation in Response to a Moral Panic (downloadable pdf). E.C. McMullen Jr.
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