Penance (2009 Film)
''Penance'' is a 2009 American horror film directed by Jake Kennedy. It stars Jason Connery, Marieh Delfino, Graham McTavish, and Michael Rooker. Horror film icon Tony Todd has a cameo role as a sinister chauffeur. Premise A young mother decides to become a stripper to earn some fast cash only to find her worst nightmares are about to begin when she falls into the hands of a religious fanatic intent on changing her "evil" ways. Cast Release On November 17, 2009, an unrated Director's Cut was released on DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any ki ... by Independent Media Distribution. It was later released by Allegro Corporation on October 22, 2013. Reception Nicolas Rapold for ''The New York Times'' was generally positive in his review. However, Mike D'Angelo for ''The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jason Connery
Jason Joseph Connery (born 11 January 1963) is a British actor and director. He is the son of Sean Connery and Diane Cilento. On screen, he is best known for appearing in the third series of the ITV (TV channel), ITV drama series ''Robin of Sherwood'' in 1986. He took over the main role after Michael Praed's character was killed off at the end of the second series. Early life Connery was born 11 January 1963 in Rome and raised in London. He is the son of Australian actress Diane Cilento and Scottish actor Sean Connery. He attended Millfield School, a co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private school in the town of Street, Somerset, Street, in Somerset, England, and later the independent Gordonstoun School in Moray, Scotland. He was later accepted into the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Career Connery performed many roles in theatre and subsequently had parts in several B-films. His film début was in ''The Lords of Discipline (film), The Lords of Discipline' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michael Rooker
Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor who mainly plays roles of antagonists. He first rose to prominence for portraying the titular role in '' Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'' (1986), and is best known for starring as Merle Dixon in the AMC series '' The Walking Dead'' (2010–2013) and as Yondu Udonta in '' Guardians of the Galaxy'' (2014), followed by its sequels ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' (2017) and '' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3'' (2023). He is a recurring collaborator of ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' director and co-CEO of DC Studios James Gunn, appearing in all of his films to date including '' Slither'' (2006), ''Super'' (2010) and '' The Suicide Squad'' (2021). Rooker's other notable roles include Chick Gandil in '' Eight Men Out'' (1988), Frank Bailey in '' Mississippi Burning'' (1988), Terry Cruger in '' Sea of Love'' (1989), Rowdy Burns in '' Days of Thunder'' (1990), Bill Broussard in ''JFK'' (1991), Hal Tucker in ''Cliffhanger'' (19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Graham McTavish
Graham McTavish (born 4 January 1961) is a Scottish actor and author. He is known for his roles as Dwalin in ''The Hobbit'' film trilogy, The Saint of Killers in the AMC series ''Preacher'', Dougal MacKenzie and William Buccleigh MacKenzie in the Starz series '' Outlander'', and Harrold Westerling in the HBO series ''House of the Dragon''. He is also known for his roles in the video game franchise ''Uncharted'' as the main antagonist Zoran Lazarević in '' Uncharted 2: Among Thieves'' and Charlie Cutter in '' Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''. Graham is proud of his Scottish heritage and a member of Clan MacTavish. In 2020, McTavish and ''Outlander'' co-star Sam Heughan co-wrote ''Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other'', which hit No. 1 on the ''New York Times''' Best Seller Lists for hardcover nonfiction and for combined print and e-book nonfiction. Early life McTavish was born 4 January 1961, in Glasgow, Scotland. He is the son of Alec and Ell ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Horror Film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit physical or psychological fear in its viewers. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with Transgressive art, transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements of the genre include Monster movie, monsters, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, apocalyptic events, and Religion, religious or Folk horror, folk beliefs. Horror films have existed History of horror films, since the early 20th century. Early Inspirations predating film include folklore; the religious beliefs and superstitions of different cultures; and the Gothic fiction, Gothic and Horror fiction, horror literature of authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley. From its origins in silent films and German expressionist cinema, German Expressionism, horror became a codified genre only after the release of Dracula (1931 English-language film), ''Dracula'' (1931). Many sub-genres emerged in subsequent decades, including body horror, comed ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tony Todd
Anthony Tiran Todd (December 4, 1954 – November 6, 2024) was an American actor known for his distinctly deep and gravelly voice. He amassed several credits on screen and in video games since the 1980s, including the Candyman (character), title character in the ''Candyman (film series), Candyman'' film series (1992–2021) and William Bludworth in the ''Final Destination'' franchise (2000–2025). For the former, he was nominated at the Critics' Choice Super Awards, Critics' Choice and Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. Todd's films include ''Platoon (film), Platoon'' (1986), ''Night of the Living Dead (1990 film), Night of the Living Dead'' (1990), The Crow (1994 film), ''The Crow'' (1994), The Rock (film), ''The Rock'' (1996), Wishmaster (film), ''Wishmaster'' (1997), Hatchet (film), ''Hatchet'', ''Minotaur (film), Minotaur'' (both 2006), ''The Man from Earth'' (2007), Frankenstein (2015 film), ''Frankenstein'' (2015), ''Death House'' (2017), and ''Hell Fest'' (2018). On television, h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lochlyn Munro
Lochlyn Munro (born February 12, 1966) is a Canadian actor. His most notable film roles include ''A Night at the Roxbury'' (1998), ''Scary Movie'' (2000), ''Freddy vs. Jason'' (2003), ''White Chicks'' (2004), ''The Predator (film), The Predator'' (2018) and ''Cosmic Sin'' (2021). For television, he is perhaps best known for his roles in the Canadian series ''Northwood (TV series), Northwood'', supernatural drama ''Charmed'', teen drama ''Riverdale (2017 TV series), Riverdale'', and the DC comics series ''Peacemaker (TV series), Peacemaker'' (2022). Career Munro's first films include starring roles in two Moment of Truth (film series), ''Moment of Truth'' movies: ''Stand Against Fear'', as a high-school jock who uses his popularity for all the wrong reasons, and ''Abduction of Innocence'', as the boyfriend-turned-kidnapper of a teenage lumber heiress. In 1999, Munro played the recurring role of List of Charmed characters#Jack Sheridan, Jack Sheridan during the second season of '' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Allison Lange
Allison may refer to: People * Allison (given name) * Allison (surname) (includes a list of people with this name) * Eugene Allison Smith (1922-1980), American politician and farmer * Allison family, a family of RMS Titanic passengers Companies * Allison Engine Company, American aircraft engine manufacturer * Allison Transmission, American manufacturer of automatic transmissions and hybrid propulsion systems * Allison & Allison, American architectural firm * Allison & Busby, English publishing house * Cummins Allison, American manufacturer of currency handling and coin handling systems Literature * ''Allison'' (novel series), a novel and anime series by Keiichi Sigsawa * ''Allison'', a picture book by Allen Say Music * Allison (band), a Mexican pop punk band ** ''Allison'' (album), their 2006 album * The Allisons, an English pop duo * The Allisons (American group) * "Allison", a song by American Hi-Fi from '' Blood & Lemonade'' * "Allison", a 2007 song by Permanent Me from ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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James Duval
James Edward Duval (born September 10, 1972) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in ''Independence Day'' (1996), '' Go'' (1999), ''Donnie Darko'' (2001), ''May'' (2002), and the films of Gregg Araki. Duval has starred in numerous independent films, including the 2009 psychological thriller '' The Black Waters of Echo's Pond'' and the mystery crime-thriller film ''Noirland''. Personal life Born in Detroit in 1972 to a Franco- Vietnamese mother from Saigon and a father with Irish and Native American ancestry, Duval's family moved to Los Angeles when he was 2 years old. He grew up around the Greater Los Angeles area, going to elementary school in Redondo Beach before graduating from Gladstone High School in Covina in 1989. As a teenager in his early career with Gregg Araki's ''Teenage Apocalypse'' films, he identified with the themes of nihilism, social alienation and not fitting in: "I was 18 and living that, searching for myself who I was, where I belonged. I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2009 Films
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Hindu–Arabic digit Circa 300 BC, as part of the Brahmi numerals, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. How the numbers got to their Gupta form is open to considerable debate. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |