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In Sickness And In Health (Fear Itself)
"In Sickness and in Health" is the fourth episode of the NBC horror anthology '' Fear Itself''. The episode guest-starred ''Psych'' co-stars Maggie Lawson and James Roday. Plot Samantha (Maggie Lawson) is about to be married to Carlos ( James Roday), a man whom she loves deeply despite the fact that she has only known him for a short while. She suspects that many people—including her lifelong friends/bridesmaids Kelly and Ruthie—think that she is rushing the marriage. Samantha's brother, Steven, hasn't shown up yet; Samantha explains that he is just upset since she is the only family he has. Ruthie passes Samantha a note that was given to her from Father Chris (William B. Davis), the reverend. Samantha is told it was given to him by a woman in a red headscarf. She opens the letter and finds a typewritten note which reads: ''"The person you are marrying is a serial killer."'' She meets Carlos and finds that she can't relax around him. Samantha and Carlos get married, despite s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fear Itself (TV Series)
''Fear Itself'' is an American horror- suspense anthology television series. It debuted on NBC on June 5, 2008, but was pulled from the air after late July 2008, with five episodes remaining unaired by NBC. On March 13, 2009, it was confirmed that the series had been canceled and would not return to NBC. Production and development Its title is derived from the famous Franklin D. Roosevelt quote, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." The anthology was born out of '' Masters of Horror'' and shares several of the same creative elements. It features self-contained horror/thriller stories directed by the biggest horror directors working in features today, both shows were created by Mick Garris, and both shows are produced by Industry Entertainment's Andrew Deane, Adam Goldworm and Ben Browning. Stuart Gordon, Brad Anderson, John Landis, Ernest Dickerson and Rob Schmidt all directed at least one episode of each series. The series was filmed in the city of Edmonton, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Man (Fear Itself)
"Family Man" is the third episode of the NBC horror anthology '' Fear Itself''. Plot While driving to work Dennis Mahoney, a responsible husband and father, switches bodies with a man named Brautigan. The two men were brought into the same hospital emergency room, albeit for very different reasons. Dennis had gotten into a car accident while Brautigan was shot while being apprehended for being a prolific serial killer called the "Family Man". Horrified and frightened for his family, Dennis makes an attempt to convince Brautigan's lawyer that the two have swapped bodies, only to have his pleas for an investigation ignored. He is visited by Brautigan, now in Dennis's body, who suggests that they help each other get through their daily lives in each other's bodies. Dennis refuses. While in jail Dennis is pressured to reveal where his victims' bodies are buried, as this will help him escape the death penalty. Dennis maintains that he is not Brautigan and therefore doesn't know where t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masters Of Horror
''Masters of Horror'' is an anthology television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network. Origin In 2002, director Mick Garris invited some director friends to an informal dinner at a restaurant in Sherman Oaks, California. The original ten "masters" attending were John Carpenter, Larry Cohen, Don Coscarelli, Joe Dante, Guillermo del Toro, Stuart Gordon, Tobe Hooper, John Landis, Bill Malone, and Garris himself. Subsequently, Garris organized regular dinners with the group and invited other horror and other genre directors to attend, including Dario Argento, Eli Roth, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, Tim Sullivan, Rob Zombie, Bryan Singer, Fred Dekker, William Lustig, Lucky McKee, Ernest Dickerson, Katt Shea, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, James Gunn, Mary Lambert, Tom Holland, Peter Medak, Ti West, Lloyd Kaufman, and others. In 2005, Garris created and produced an original anthology television series of one-hour movies, wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suspicion (1941 Film)
''Suspicion'' is a 1941 romantic psychological thriller film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine as a married couple. It also features Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, Isabel Jeans, Heather Angel, and Leo G. Carroll. ''Suspicion'' is based on Francis Iles's novel ''Before the Fact'' (1932). For her role as Lina, Joan Fontaine won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1941. This is the only Oscar-winning performance in a Hitchcock film. In the film, a romantically inexperienced woman marries a charming playboy after initially rejecting him. He turns out to be penniless, a gambler, and dishonest in the extreme. She comes to suspect that he is also a murderer, and that he is attempting to kill her. Plot In 1938, handsome, irresponsible playboy Johnnie Aysgarth (Cary Grant) meets bespectacled Lina McLaidlaw (Joan Fontaine) on a train in England and later persuades her to take a walk with him. She is defensive and suspects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitchcockian
Hitchcockian films are those made by various filmmakers, with the styles and themes similar to those of Alfred Hitchcock. Characteristics Elements considered Hitchcockian include: *Climactic plot twist. *The cool platinum blonde. *The presence of a domineering mother in someone's life. *An innocent man accused. *Restricting the action to a single setting to increase tension (e.g. '' Lifeboat'', ''Rear Window''). *Characters who switch sides and/or who cannot be trusted. *Tension building through suspense to the point where the audience enjoys seeing the character in a life-threatening situation (e.g. ''Vertigo''). *Average people thrust into strange or dangerous situations (e.g., ''Psycho'', ''North by Northwest'', '' The Man Who Knew Too Much''). *Bumbling or incompetent authority figures, particularly police officers. *Use of darkness to symbolize impending doom (dark clothing, shadows, smoke, etc.) *Strong visual use of famous landmarks ( Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slant Magazine
''Slant Magazine'' is an American online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians. The site covers various film festivals like the New York Film Festival. History ''Slant Magazine'' was launched in 2001. On January 21, 2010, it was relaunched and absorbed the entertainment blog ''The House Next Door'', founded by Matt Zoller Seitz, a former ''New York Times'' and '' New York Press'' writer, and maintained by Keith Uhlich, former '' Time Out New York'' film critic, who was the blog's editor until 2012. In the media ''Slant''s reviews, which A. O. Scott of ''The New York Times'' has described as "passionate and often prickly", have occasionally been the source of debate and discourse online and in the media. Ed Gonzalez's review of Kevin Gage's 2005 film '' Chaos'' sparked some controversy when Roger Ebert quoted it in his review of the film for the '' Chicago Sun-Time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The A
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psych
''Psych'' is an American Detective fiction, detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks for USA Network. The series stars James Roday Rodriguez, James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive eidetic memory allow him to convince people that he solves cases with psychic abilities. The program also stars Dulé Hill as Shawn's intelligent best friend and reluctant partner Burton Guster, Burton "Gus" Guster, as well as Corbin Bernsen as Shawn's father, Henry Spencer (Psych character), Henry, a former detective with the Santa Barbara Police Department. ''Psych'' premiered on July 7, 2006, following the Monk (season 5), fifth-season premiere of ''Monk (TV series), Monk'', and continued to be paired with the series until ''Monk'''s conclusion on December 4, 2009. During the Psych (season 2), second season, an animated segment titled "The Big Adventures of Little S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eater (Fear Itself)
"Eater" is the fifth episode of the NBC horror anthology '' Fear Itself'' and is based on the Peter Crowther short story of the same name. Plot Elisabeth Moss plays Officer Danny Bannerman, a "boot", or newly recruited police officer. Bannerman is part of a detail guarding Mellor, a Cajun serial killer and cannibal nicknamed "Eater” (because one of his crimes involved him torturing, butchering, and eating a young woman while she was still alive). As the night wears on, she begins to recognize that her all-male colleague's behavior is getting stranger by the minute and that they are being killed one-by-one. Bannerman later finds out that the “Eater” has been using black magic all along and that he was hoping to use it on her to make her free him and then kill her afterwards. He gets his wish by having stolen Bannerman’s keys in an earlier confrontation between the two and he begins to hunt for Bannerman. Meanwhile, Bannerman is on the run and tries to look for an exit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christie Laing
Christie Laing (born April 10, 1985) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for playing the role of Carly Diggle in ''Arrow'' and Marian in '' Once Upon a Time'' and Michelle Hunter in '' iZombie''. Early life Laing was born in Vancouver and grew up in White Rock, British Columbia White Rock is a city in British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It borders Semiahmoo Bay to the south and is surrounded on three sides by Surrey, British Columbia, Surrey. To the southeast acr .... She is of Belizean and British descent, Laing was a flight attendant and runner up to Miss Richmond. Laing and her two younger sisters, Nikki and Paige, grew up dancing until she focused on her acting career and changed her priorities. Filmography Films Television References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Laing, Christie 1985 births Living people Actresses from Vancouver Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Salva
Victor Ronald Salva (born March 29, 1958) is an American filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror genre, most notably as the writer-director of the commercially successful '' Jeepers Creepers'' (2001) and its sequels ''Jeepers Creepers 2'' (2003) and '' Jeepers Creepers 3'' (2017). Outside of horror, Salva wrote and directed the fantasy-drama film '' Powder'' (1995). Salva's filmmaking career has been controversial due to his 1988 conviction for sexually abusing a 12-year-old actor who starred in his feature film debut ''Clownhouse'' (1989), along with possessing child pornography. This controversy has led to protests against his films, including a boycott of ''Powder'' organized by his victim. Early life Born in Martinez, California, Salva was raised as a Roman Catholic. His biological father abandoned the family and Salva stated that his stepfather was an alcoholic and physically abusive. The adolescent Salva was very interested in horror and sci-fi; his favorite monst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonja Bennett
Sonja Bennett (born August 24, 1980) is a Canadian actress and screenwriter. Her film debut was in the Canadian feature film ''Punch'' (2002), for which she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film. She has since starred in the films '' Donovan's Echo'', '' Cole'', '' Control Alt Delete'', '' Young People Fucking'', and '' Fido'' as well as the television series '' Godiva's'' and '' Cold Squad''. In 2014, Bennett made her screenwriting debut with '' Preggoland'' in which she also starred. Early life and education Born in Vancouver, British Columbia on August 24, 1980, Bennett is the daughter of director/writer Guy Bennett and Anna Hart. She was raised mainly by her mother, living in several locations. She is a graduate of Garibaldi Secondary School in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. She attended the University of British Columbia for two years on an academic scholarship. Following that, she attended Langara College in Vancouver, and enrol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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