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Dogs Of Hell
''Dogs of Hell'' (originally titled ''Rottweiler 3-D;'' also known as ''Rottweiler'' and ''Rottweiler: The Dogs of Hell'') is a 1983 American horror film directed by Worth Keeter and produced by Earl Owensby, starring Bill Gribble and Robert Bloodworth, as well as Owensby. ''Dogs of Hell'' was the first of six 3D films to be shot by Owensby Studios in the early to mid-1980s, and was shot over the summer and fall of 1981, taking only two months to complete. Interestingly, it had a wider release in theaters compared to subsequent Owensby 3D films, including '' Hot Heir'' (1984), ''Chain Gang'' (1984), ''Hyperspace'' (1984), ''Tales of the Third Dimension'' (1984) and '' Hit the Road Running'' (1987). Premise The U.S. military has bred and trained Rottweilers, which have escaped, and they are heading for a peaceful community. Production Producer Earl Owensby began looking into 3D films shortly before the release of ''Comin' at Ya!'' purchasing three lenses from Chris Condon's Stereo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worth Keeter
Worth may refer to: Places In the United States: *Worth, Georgia *Worth County, Georgia *Worth, Illinois *Worth Township, Cook County, Illinois *Worth Township, Woodford County, Illinois *Worth Township, Indiana * Worth Township, Michigan * Worth, Missouri *Worth County, Missouri *Worth County, Iowa *Worth, New York *Worth Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania *Worth Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania * Worth Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania In the United Kingdom: *Worth, Kent, in Dover district *Worth, West Sussex, a civil parish in West Sussex *Worth village, West Sussex, a village in Crawley *Worth Matravers or short Worth in Dorset In Germany: *Worth, Schleswig-Holstein People *Adam Worth (1844–1902), German-born American bank robber and mob boss *Amy Aldrich Worth (1888-1967), American composer *Billie Worth, American former stage actress *Bobby Worth (1912–2002), American songwriter *Brendan Worth, Australian rugby league player *Brian Worth (actor) (1914–197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales Of The Third Dimension
''Tales of the Third Dimension'' is a 1984 3D comedy horror anthology film starring Robert Bloodworth, Kevin Campbell and William T. Hicks. It comprises three tales directed by Worth Keeter, Thom McIntyre, and Todd Durham Todd Durham is an American filmmaker, comedy writer, and novelist, best known as the creator of the concept for the ''Hotel Transylvania'' film franchise and as the creator of Lord Buckethead. Durham's works, including over forty screenplays and .... They are introduced by skeleton host 'Igor' in wraparound sequences directed by Earl Owensby. References External links * 1984 3D films 1980s comedy horror films 1984 comedy films 1984 horror films Films directed by Worth Keeter 1980s English-language films {{comedy-horror-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Thriller Films
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s English-language Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and South Carolina to the south, and Tennessee to the west. In the 2020 census, the state had a population of 10,439,388. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its largest city. The Charlotte metropolitan area, with a population of 2,595,027 in 2020, is the most-populous metropolitan area in North Carolina, the 21st-most populous in the United States, and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. The Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area is the second-largest metropolitan area in the state and 32nd-most populous in the United States, with a population of 2,043,867 in 2020, and is home to the largest research park in the United States, Research Triangle Park. The earliest evidence of human occu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia (U
Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the country in the Caucasus ** Kingdom of Georgia, a medieval kingdom ** Georgia within the Russian Empire ** Democratic Republic of Georgia, established following the Russian Revolution ** Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, a constituent of the Soviet Union * Related to the US state ** Province of Georgia, one of the thirteen American colonies established by Great Britain in what became the United States ** Georgia in the American Civil War, the State of Georgia within the Confederate States of America. Other places * 359 Georgia, an asteroid * New Georgia, Solomon Islands * South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Canada * Georgia Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinefantastique
''Cinefantastique'' is an American horror, fantasy, and science fiction film magazine. History The magazine originally started as a mimeographed fanzine in 1967, then relaunched as a glossy, offset printed quarterly in 1970 by publisher/editor Frederick S. Clarke. Intended as a serious critical/review journal of the genres, the magazine immediately set itself apart from competitors like '' Famous Monsters of Filmland'' and '' The Monster Times'' due to its slick paper stock and use of full color interior film stills. ''Cinefantastiques articles and reviews emphasized an intelligent, near-scholarly approach, a then-unusual slant for such a genre-specific magazine. Advertisements were few, with most of them being only ads for other titles and materials by the publisher. This lack of "page padding" assured the reader a high proportion of original editorial content. The magazine quickly came to be known for its lengthy, information-filled " retrospective" articles devoted to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Condon
Chris J. Condon (1923 – December 19, 2010), born Christo Dimitri Koudounis, was the inventor of 3D lens used by his company StereoVision, a cinematographer, and founder of Sierra Pacific Airlines. Life and career He was born in North Chicago, Illinois. During World War II, he received four Bronze Battle Stars while working as combat crew and as a cinematographer on B-24 and A-26 aircraft in the Pacific. Upon his death in 2010, he was buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California. After the war, he worked at Douglas Aircraft as a trainee before starting his own business in 1947, Century Precision Optics Company of North Hollywood, California. With the company, he developed the Tele-Athenar telephoto lens which was used by Walt Disney photographers in the True Life Adventures series. In 1953, he received his first patent for a 3D projection system. The system replaced the previous method of using two cameras. His invention was inspired by the film '' House of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comin' At Ya!
''Comin' at Ya!'' is a Spanish-American 3D Western film, featuring Tony Anthony, Victoria Abril and Gene Quintano and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. It was produced as a co-production between American company Filmways and The Lupo-Anthony-Quintano Company, an independent company. Released in 1981, the film effectively started the 3D film boom of the early 1980s. The same filmmakers returned in 1983 with ''Treasure of the Four Crowns''. Plot H.H. Hart, a bank robber, loses his wife to kidnappers on their wedding day. Subsequently, she is traded as a prostitute by villain Pike Thompson. H.H. Hart races against time to find his wife, with the help of a Scottish preacher. The film features many 3D effects, many of which are intended to "fly off the screen" at the audience. Cast * Tony Anthony as H.H. Hart * Gene Quintano as Pike Thompson * Victoria Abril as Abeline * Ricardo Palacios as Polk Thompson * Lewis Gordon as The Preacher Development Quintano and Lupo were Xerox sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rottweiler
The Rottweiler (, ) is a breed of domestic dog, regarded as medium-to-large or large. The dogs were known in German as , meaning Rottweil butchers' dogs, because their main use was to herd livestock and pull carts laden with butchered meat to market. This continued until the mid-19th century when railways replaced droving. Although still used to herd stock in many parts of the world, Rottweilers are now also used as search and rescue dogs, guard dogs, and police dogs.Adolf Pienkoss, ''The Rottweiler'', 3rd ed., Borken, Germany: Internationale Föderation der Rottweilerfreunde, 2008. History According to the FCI Standard, the Rottweiler is considered to be one of the oldest surviving dog breeds. Its origin goes back to Roman times. These dogs were kept as herder or driving dogs. They marched over the Alps with the Roman legions, protecting the humans and driving their cattle. In the region of Rottweil, these dogs met and mixed with the native dogs in a natural crossi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
