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Frankenhooker
''Frankenhooker'' is a 1990 American black comedy horror film directed by Frank Henenlotter. Very loosely inspired by Mary Shelley's 1818 novel ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'', the film stars James Lorinz as medical school drop-out Jeffrey Franken and former ''Penthouse'' Pet Patty Mullen as the title character. Plot Jeffrey Franken, a young man who lives in New Jersey, is a worker at a power plant and a scientist who specializes in bioelectricity. He is about to get married to his fiancée Elizabeth. At the birthday party of Elizabeth's father, Jeffrey presents him with an automatic lawnmower as a gift, but when Elizabeth tries to demonstrate it, she's caught in its path and gruesomely killed. Jeffrey, in his grief, begins plotting to use his knowledge of circuits to rebuild Elizabeth and bring her back to life. His grief drives him to have mock dinner dates with the few pieces of Elizabeth he could salvage, as well as performing self-trepanations with a power dri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer DeLora
Jennifer DeLora (born March 2, 1962) is an American model, actress, and educator. She began her career as a beauty queen, and was crowned Miss Ulster County in her youth. She later established herself as an actress in B movies in the 1980s and 1990s, with roles in '' Robot Holocaust'' (1987), ''Young Nurses in Love'' (1987), ''Frankenhooker'' (1990), and '' Suburban Commando'' (1991). She frequently appeared in mainstream films for director Chuck Vincent. Career DeLora's film credits include minor roles in '' Soup for One'' (1982) and '' Robot Holocaust'' (1987), as well as the horror films ''Frankenhooker'' and '' Deadly Manor'' (both 1990). DeLora was crowned Miss Ulster County in 1986, but had the title revoked when it was discovered she had appeared nude on film. DeLora, who is fluent in American Sign Language (ASL), taught the language to Ann-Margret in preparation for her role in '' Blue Rodeo'' (1996). DeLora subsequently earned a PhD in psychology, and has taught Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment
Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment was a company formed at the height of the home video industry in 1982 by producer Leonard Shapiro and director James Glickenhaus to produce and distribute low-budget horror and action films. History The company known also as SGE or Shapiro Entertainment Corporation (SEC) during the company's earlier years, which was initially set up by Leonard Shapiro, Kelly Ross, and Alan Solomon, who merged its firm with Glickenhaus Films, a firm headed by James Glickenhaus in 1987, with a conjunction production agreement in the works, and had a domestic theatrical unit that was headed by firm Jerry Landesman, which specializes in regional theatrical releases, and whose video unit was known as SGE Home Video would produce 14 films and distribute more than 100 pick-up films in its 12 years of operation. While Shapiro Entertainment was founded, it signed a deal to distribute ''Bill Wyman Presents'', a two-hour music video movie. SGE's home video titles were distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Henenlotter
Frank Henenlotter (born August 29, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter and film historian. He is known primarily for directing horror comedies, especially '' Basket Case'' (1982), ''Brain Damage'' (1988), and ''Frankenhooker'' (1990). Despite being known as a horror filmmaker, Henenlotter has expressed a preference for being classified as an " exploitation" filmmaker, stating in 2010: "I never felt that I made 'horror films'. I always felt that I made exploitation films. Exploitation films have an attitude more than anything – an attitude that you don't find with mainstream Hollywood productions. They're a little ruder, a little raunchier, they deal with material people don't usually touch on, whether it's sex or drugs or rock and roll." Early life Henenlotter was born in New York City in 1950. In a 1982 interview with ''Fangoria'', Henenlotter recalled 1946's ''Valley of the Zombies'' as being the first film he remembers seeing, which he watched on television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert "Bob" Martin
Robert "Bob" Martin (October 8, 1948 – July 20, 2020) was the original editor of '' Fangoria'', an American horror film fan magazine. Martin steered the publication from 1979 to 1986, during which slasher films were popular. Career A collaborative relationship with writer-director Frank Henenlotter resulted in a novelization Martin adapted from Henenlotter's feature film '' Brain Damage'' and two produced screenplays, '' Basket Case 3: The Progeny'' and '' Frankenhooker'', with Martin writing initial drafts from Henenlotter's detailed outlines. In 1994, Martin, under the name "Ed Flixman" became editor of ''Sci-Fi Entertainment'' (later renamed to ''SCI FI Magazine''), the "official magazine" of the Sci-Fi Channel, and continued in that capacity through October 1996. His column of film news continued to run in that magazine, until a blistering argument with the new editor regarding remarks in Martin's column that the new editor feared might incur the wrath of the Sci-Fi Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patty Mullen
Patty Mullen is an American actress and model known for her starring role in the 1990 film ''Frankenhooker'', as well as for her dual role in the 1987 film '' Doom Asylum''. Mullen has been featured in the magazine '' Penthouse'', and was awarded with the titles of "''Penthouse'' Pet of the Month This is a list of the models who have appeared in the American edition of '' Penthouse'' magazine and were either named Pet of the Month or Pet of the Year from September 1969 to the present. Pet of the Year names are in bold type and are typic ..." in August 1986 and "Pet of the Year" in 1988. Patty was one of the judges at '' Clash of the Champions I''.Trecroci, Benjamin (March 15th 2017), "Styles Clash: Clash of The Champions Revisited", ''Ring The Damn Bell'' (Retrieved: August 27th 2022) Filmography Television References Sources * External links * * * (defunct, parked) American film actresses American television actresses Female models from New York (state) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Hunter
Heather Keisha Hunter (born October 1, 1969), nicknamed Double H, is an American rapper, painter, author, and pornographic actress. She is a member of the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame. Early life Hunter was born in The Bronx, New York, to a funeral salesman. She left home at 16 and supported herself by working as a clerk at the Latin Quarter, one of the first downtown/midtown clubs to play rap. At the age of 18, she answered an ad in ''The Village Voice'' for striptease artists. Pictorials in ''Players'' and '' Swank'' followed. Subsequently, the offers to appear in pornographic films started to emerge. Career Film and television Hunter entered the adult film business in 1988 and her career peaked in the mid-'90s. She was one of the few performers to use her actual name rather than a stage alias. She became known for her interracial- and lesbian-themed films. In her hometown she was a mainstay on the '' Robin Byrd Show'' and was a frequent performer. From 1990 to 1992, during h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Stoler
Shirley Stoler (March 30, 1929 – February 17, 1999) was an American actress best known for her roles in ''The Honeymoon Killers'' and Lina Wertmüller's ''Seven Beauties''. Early years The eldest of four children born to Russian Jewish immigrant parents in Brooklyn who owned a used furniture store, Stoler made her stage debut in 1955 and gained experience as a member of New York's experimental La Mama and Living Theatre companies. She had become a key underground player by the time she earned film fame in 1970 at age 41. Film and TV career Throughout her career, Stoler, a large and powerfully built woman who rarely smiled onscreen, often played scary villains in such films as ''Seven Beauties'' and ''The Honeymoon Killers'' and on television in an episode of '' Charlie's Angels''. A character actress, as well as an occasional lead, Stoler appeared in small roles in ''Klute'', ''The Deer Hunter'', and ''Desperately Seeking Susan''. A highlight of her film career was her pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Glickenhaus
James Glickenhaus (born July 24, 1950) is an American film producer, financier, director and automotive entrepreneur. He is currently general partner of Glickenhaus & Co., a family partnership originally started by his father Seth Glickenhaus. Glickenhaus wrote, directed and produced a number of films in the 1980s and 1990s, including ''The Exterminator'' and the Jackie Chan vehicle '' The Protector''. In an interview from 2012, about his movie career, he explained his reasons for retiring from the movie business: "What happened at the end was that the studios had taken over everything. And it was very difficult as an independent to compete with them. They could spend so much money that the stars you had access to as an independent were asking a mega amount money. They knew you had no choice. It became harder and harder and harder." Glickenhaus's involvement in the world of automobiles Cars that Glickenhaus owns Glickenhaus is an avid collector of former racing vehicles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lia Chang
Lia Chang (born September 29, 1963) is an American actress, journalist, and photographer. ''Jade Magazine'', March–April 2014. After beginning her career modeling and acting in New York and on tour, Chang added parallel careers as a portrait and botanical photographer and journalist. Chang's photographs have been exhibited in the United States and elsewhere and published in various media. In 2010, the "Lia Chang Theater Photography and Other Works Portfolio" was established in the Asian Pacific American Performing Arts Collection housed in the Library of Congress. She has written as a syndicated columnist and as a writer and editor for AsianConnections.com, is a writer for AsAmNews.com and maintains a blog about the arts, culture, style and Asian American issues. Early life Chang was born Kim Anne Chang in San Francisco, California, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Renzetti
Joe Renzetti (born January 4, 1941) is an American film composer and session musician. He scores for films and television, and composes works for orchestra, chamber groups, and solo artists. Career Born in Philadelphia, Renzetti began his career as a result of Dick Clark and ''American Bandstand'', originating from Philly, Cameo-Parkway records came into existence. Renzetti became Cameo Records' house guitarist, and played on the hits "Let's Twist Again", Dee Dee Sharp's "Mashed Potato Time", "South Street", The "Limbo Rock", " Palisades Park", and "Tallahassee Lassie". Joe Renzetti was Gamble and Huff's first arranger, one of the originators of "The Sound Of Philadelphia". Fascinated by the advances in recording technology, and the profession of arranging for records Renzetti moved his career to New York. There he arranged " Sunny" by Bobby Hebb, " 98.6" by Keith, "Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie" by Jay & the Techniques, and " Mandy" by Barry Manilow. Renzetti moved to Hollywood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Tent
Kevin Tent is an American film editor and director. Tent has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors (ACE) and serves as a member of the board. Kevin Tent is best known for being Alexander Payne's go-to film editor on films such as ''Nebraska'', ''The Descendants'', ''Sideways'', and ''Election''. Tent has been nominated for an Academy Award for best editing for ''The Descendants'' and won an ACE Eddie award for the same film and received three other ACE Eddie Award nominations for ''Election'', ''Sideways'' and '' About Schmidt''. In addition to his career in editing, Tent also co-directed two films, '' Ultra Warrior'' (1990) and ''Blackbelt II'' (1993), and directed the 2017 film ''Crash Pad''. Early life Tent's early life was spent near Buffalo, New York. He began his career editing educational films, then moved into the world of low-budget horror films, working on several projects with legendary producer Roger Corman Roger William Corman (born April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Lasser
Louise Marie Lasser (born April 11, 1939) is an American actress, television writer, and performing arts teacher and director. She is known for her portrayal of the title character on the soap opera satire '' Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.'' She was married to Woody Allen and appeared in several of his early films. She is also a life member of The Actors Studio and studied with both Sanford Meisner and Robert X. Modica. Early life and career beginnings Born in New York City, Lasser is the only child of Paula Lasser (née Cohen) and Sol Jay Lasser. Her father wrote and published the ''Everyone's Income Tax Guide'' series in the 1970s and 1980s. Louise did not fully embrace her Jewish heritage until later in life. Her mother's emotional instability led to a 1961 suicide attempt that was thwarted by Louise herself. Her mother vowed to never forgive Lasser for her actions, and after divorcing her husband, finally took her own life in 1964. Sol Jay Lasser later also committed suicide. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
