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After Midnight (1989 Film)
''After Midnight'' is a 1989 American horror anthology film directed by Ken and Jim Wheat, and starring Marg Helgenberger, Marc McClure, Alan Rosenberg, and Pamela Segal. Besides the three stories within the movie, there is a wraparound story with a deus ex machina at the end. Plot Prologue Allison and Cheryl are two college students in a new class, "The Psychology of Fear." It is taught by a strange professor named Edward Derek. One of Derek's in-class experiments involving a revolver makes jock Russ urinate in his pants, humiliating him. This leads to the censuring of the class by the university, to which Professor Derek responds by inviting his students to his home for a private lesson. Allison reluctantly attends with Cheryl. There, he tells the students three tales centered on fear. The Old Dark House Couple Joan and Kevin are celebrating Kevin's birthday. After a dinner, Joan suggests they drive on an old highway along the coastline. A tire blows out, leaving the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken And Jim Wheat
Ken Wheat (born 1950) and Jim Wheat (born 1952) are an American screenwriting, producing, and directing duo. Mainly known for their horror films, the brothers co-wrote the slasher film '' The Silent Scream'' (1979), as well as '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master'' (1988) and '' The Fly II'' (1989). In 1989, they wrote, directed, and produced the anthology horror film '' After Midnight''. They later devised the story and co-wrote the screenplay of the science fiction horror film '' Pitch Black'' (2000). Filmography Film Executive producers * '' American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince'' (1978) (Documentary film) TV movies References External links * American male screenwriters American horror film directors American film producers 1950 births Living people {{US-screen-writer-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) is the central business district of the city of Los Angeles. It is part of the Central Los Angeles region and covers a area. As of 2020, it contains over 500,000 jobs and has a population of roughly 85,000 residents, with an estimated daytime population of over 200,000 people prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Downtown Los Angeles is divided into neighborhoods and districts, some overlapping. Most districts are named for the activities concentrated there now or historically, such as the Arts District, Los Angeles, Arts, Los Angeles Fashion District, Fashion, Old Bank District, Los Angeles, Banking, Broadway Theater District (Los Angeles), Theater, Toy District, Los Angeles, Toy, and Jewelry District (Los Angeles), Jewelry Districts. It is the hub for the city's Los Angeles Metro Rail, urban rail transit system, as well as the Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink (California), Metrolink commuter rail system covering greater Southern California. Also located i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Scream (1979 Film)
''The Silent Scream'', popularly released under the truncated title, ''Silent Scream'', is a 1979 American slasher film directed by Denny Harris, and starring Rebecca Balding, Cameron Mitchell (actor), Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Steele and Yvonne De Carlo. The film follows a college student who finds rooming in a hilltop boarding house where a homicidal killer is on the loose. The film was given a limited theatrical release in November 1979 through American Cinema Productions, American Cinema Releasing. After it performed favorably at the box office, its release was expanded in January 1980. It went on to become one of the most financially successful independent horror films of the 1970s, grossing $7.9 million at the box office. Plot Scotty Parker, a college student in Southern California, is seeking a room for the fall semester at the last-minute. She is directed to a boarding house run by the standoffish Mrs. Engels; a Victorian architecture, Victorian mansion on a cliffside o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dream Master
''The Dream Master'' (1966), based on the novella ''"He Who Shapes", is a science fiction novel by American writer Roger Zelazny. Zelazny's originally intended title for was ''The Ides of Octember''. It won the 1965 Nebula Award for Best Novella (which it shared with '' The Saliva Tree'' by Brian W. Aldiss in a tie). Plot summary In the future, overpopulation and technological advances have created a world where humanity suffocates psychologically beneath its own mass while abiding in relative physical comfort. This is a world ripe for psychotherapeutic innovations, such as the "neuroparticipant therapy" in which the protagonist, Charles Render, is considered foremost in the field. Patients connect to a virtual reality-style simulation controlled directly by the analyst's mind; the analyst then works with the patient to construct dreams, nightmares which afford insight into the underlying neuroses of the patient, and in some cases the possibility of direct intervention. As an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fly II
''The Fly II'' is a 1989 American science fiction horror film directed by Chris Walas. The film stars Eric Stoltz and Daphne Zuniga, and is a sequel to the 1986 film '' The Fly'', itself a remake of the 1958 film of the same name. Stoltz's character in this sequel is the adult son of Veronica Quaife and Seth Brundle, a scientist who became a human-fly hybrid as a result of an experiment gone awry, played by Jeff Goldblum in the 1986 remake. With the exception of footage of Goldblum from the first film, John Getz was the only actor to reprise his role, with another actress filling the Geena Davis role as Quaife in the opening birth scene. Unlike the previous film, this film received negative reviews and grossed less at the box office than its predecessor. Plot Several months after the events of '' The Fly'', Veronica Quaife gives birth to a larval sac and dies. The sac splits open to reveal a seemingly normal baby boy. Anton Bartok, the owner of the company that financed S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Of Night
''Dead of Night'' is a 1945 British supernatural horror anthology film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, and Robert Hamer. It stars Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers, Sally Ann Howes, and Michael Redgrave. Produced by Ealing Studios, the film features five segments within a frame narrative during which a group of guests assembled at a country manor who recount stories of their own individual nightmares. It is best remembered for the concluding story featuring Redgrave and an insane ventriloquist's malevolent dummy. Eagle-Lion Films released ''Dead of Night'' theatrically in the United Kingdom on 9 September 1945. ''Dead of Night'' is one of the few horror films made in England during the 1940s, as horror films had been banned from production in Britain during World War II. It was also one of the few horror efforts from Ealing Studios, who were primarily known for producing comedies. The film was greatly influential on the horror and anthology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Contreras (actor)
Luis Contreras (September 18, 1950 – June 20, 2004) was an American character actor. The son of actor Roberto Contreras, his film debut was in ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind''. Contreras often played the parts of bums, gang members, police officers, prison inmates, and criminals. One of the typical roles that he played as a gang member or criminal was that of Jesus in '' Walking the Edge''. Contreras appeared in multiple movies for director Walter Hill: ''The Long Riders'', ''48 Hrs.'', '' Extreme Prejudice'', ''Red Heat '' Red heat'' is a practice of using colours to determine the temperature of metal Red Heat may also refer to: * ''Red Heat'' (1985 film), a 1985 film starring Linda Blair * ''Red Heat'' (1988 film), a 1988 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger a ...'', '' Geronimo: An American Legend'', and '' Last Man Standing''. He died of cancer in 2004 at the age of 53. Filmography References External links * 2004 deaths 1950 births {{US-film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Wells
Tracy Wells (born Tracy Anne Brockstein; March 13, 1971 in Encino, California) is an American actress. Wells is best known for playing Heather Owens on the ABC sitcom ''Mr. Belvedere'' (1985–1990). She won the Young Artist Award in the "Best Young Actress Starring in a New Television Series" category for her work on that show. She was also a guest star on the show ''Growing Pains''. Before ''Mr. Belvedere'', her first primetime TV appearance was on an episode of ''Silver Spoons'' as Corliss in the episode "Beauties and the Beasts". She also starred in the movie '' The Search'', Showtime's ''Dragstrip Girl'', and ''Mirror, Mirror 2:Raven Dance''. She was married to her husband, Erin Cook, until his death in 2001. They have two children, Sarah and McKellan. Tracy is currently married to Frank Bernardo. She currently is known as Tracy Tofte and a realtor Real estate agents and real estate brokers are people who represent sellers or buyers of real estate or real property. Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judie Aronson
Judith M. Aronson (born June 7, 1964) is an American actress who has appeared in many films and television shows. Career Judie Aronson was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1964. Her first film role was in the 1984 horror film '' Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter'' as Samantha. In 1985, she appeared in the hit comedy movie ''Weird Science'' as Hilly and in the action movie '' American Ninja''. She briefly retired from acting in film and television after the 2005 film ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' before returning in 2013 to appear in the documentary ''Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th.'' Aronson played Sara Duncan on the short-lived series '' Pursuit of Happiness'' (1987–88). She has also made numerous guest appearances on such television shows as ''Sledge Hammer!'', ''The Powers of Matthew Star'', ''Simon & Simon'', '' Midnight Caller'', ''Full House'', ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', ''Las Vegas'', ''Charles in Charge'' and '' Law & Order: Criminal Inten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadine Van Der Velde
Nadine van der Velde (born May 14, 1962) is a Canadian actress, writer, and producer. She is a three-time Emmy award winner, two-time Annie Award winner and a recipient of a Humanitas Award. Early life and career Nadine was born in Toronto. She is fluent in French. She made her film debut in 1983 in the film ''Private School''. She later starred in the 1986 comedy horror ''Critters'' and 1987 film ''Munchies''. Her acting credits include several TV series including: ''Silver Spoons'', ''Otherworld'', '' The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' and '' JAG''. Career Nadine has executive produced, story edited and written for several TV series including '' Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends'', 65 episodes of '' Rolie Polie Olie'', and 44 episodes of ''Breaker High''. She co-wrote the indie feature East of A, which screened in over two dozen film festivals, including the Seattle Film Fest, Stockholm, Dublin, Outfest and San Francisco. Van der Velde partnered with her husband, Scott Kraft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Remsen
Kerry Remsen is an American actress. She is the daughter of actor Bert Remsen and casting director Barbara Joyce Dodd, sister of Ann Remsen Manners and has been married to Ron Cates since 2006. She attended the U.S. Grant High School in Van Nuys, California. She has appeared in well over twenty different films and television programs. She was a regular and prominent cast member of Leah Laiman's 1990s soap opera, ''Tribes''. She is also most remembered by horror fans for her small part in '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge'', and supporting and co-starring roles in '' Pumpkinhead'' and ''Ghoulies II''. Background Kerry Remsen's mother, Barbara Joyce Dodd, was an actress and played Granny in '' Employee of the Month''. Her actor father, Bert Remsen, died on April 22, 1999, aged 74. Her older sister is Ann Manners. In addition to her more than 25-year career in film, she is the founder of ACT, Acting Communication Training, an organization that works to boost the mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Segall
Pamela Adlon ( ; ; born July 9, 1966) is an American-British actress. She is known for voicing Bobby Hill (King of the Hill), Bobby Hill in the animated comedy series ''King of the Hill'' (1997–2010), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Primetime Emmy Award. She also voiced Baloo in ''Jungle Cubs'' (1996–1998), the title role in the ''Pajama Sam'' video game series (1996–2001), Lucky in ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'' (1997–1998), Margaret "Moose" Pearson in ''Pepper Ann'' (1997–2000), Ashley Spinelli in ''Recess (TV series), Recess'' (1997–2001), Otto Osworth in ''Time Squad'' (2001–2003), Vidia in the ''Tinker Bell (film series), Tinkerbell'' franchise and Brigette Murphy in ''Milo Murphy's Law'' (2016–2019), among numerous others. Adlon is also known for her roles in the comedy-drama series ''Californication (TV series), Californication'' (2007–2014) and ''Louie (American TV series), Louie'' (2010–2015), the latte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
