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Rabies In Popular Culture
Rabies has been the main plot device or a significant theme in many fictional works. Due to the long history of the virus as well as its neurotropic nature, rabies has been a potent symbol of madness, irrationalism, or an unstoppable plague in numerous fictional works, in many genres. Many notable examples are listed below. Examples In films (Chronological, then alphabetical within years) * The Lighthouse Keepers (film), ''The Lighthouse Keepers'' (1929), a film directed by Jean Grémillon, based on a play * Rabies (1958 film), ''Rabies'' (1958), a film directed by Ingmar Bergman * In the classic film ''Rage (1966 film), Rage'' (1966), starring Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens, a doctor in rural Mexico is infected with rabies and desperately struggles to return to civilization and seek treatment. A major scene in the film shows a rabid man exhibiting symptoms being restrained by locals. * ''I Drink Your Blood'' (1970; also known as ''Hydro-Phobia'') is a Cult film, cult horror film a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cujo (1981) Front Cover, First Edition
''Cujo'' () is a 1981 Horror fiction, horror novel by American writer Stephen King about a Rabies, rabid St. Bernard (dog), Saint Bernard. The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1982 and was made into a Cujo (film), film in 1983. Cujo's name was based on the alias of Willie Wolfe, one of the men responsible for orchestrating Patty Hearst's kidnapping and indoctrination into the Symbionese Liberation Army. King discusses ''Cujo'' in ''On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, On Writing'', referring to it as a novel he "barely remembers writing at all." King wrote the book during the height of his struggle with alcohol addiction. King goes on to say he likes the book and wishes he could remember enjoying the good parts as he put them on the page. Background According to King, the novel was partly inspired by his trip to a mechanic during the spring of 1977. In a 2006 interview with ''The Paris Review'', King describes how issues with his motorcycle led him to visit an auto shop on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desperate Living
''Desperate Living'' is a 1977 American black comedy film directed, produced, and written by John Waters. The film stars Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey, Mary Vivian Pearce, and Jean Hill. It is the third installment of what Waters has labeled the "Trash Trilogy", which also includes ''Pink Flamingos'' (1972) and ''Female Trouble'' (1974), and the only one to not feature Divine. The film generated a cult following around Renay, who appeared in at least two dozen other films. Following the murder of her husband, a suburban housewife and her maid agree to be exiled to Mortville, a shantytown ruled by a tyrannical queen regnant. Plot Neurotic and delusional suburban housewife Peggy Gravel and her overweight maid, Grizelda Brown, go on the lam after Grizelda smothers Peggy's husband Bosley to death. A cross-dressing policeman arrests the pair and gives them an ultimatum: go to jail or be exiled to Mortville, a filthy shantytown ruled by the evil Queen Carlott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantastic Mr
Fantastic or Fantastik may refer to: Music * ''Fantastic'' (Toy-Box album) * ''Fantastic'' (Wham! album) * '' Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1)'', an album by Slum Village * '' Fantastic, Vol. 2'', an album by Slum Village * ''Fantastic'' (EP), an EP by Henry Lau * "Fantastic" (song), a song by Ami Suzuki * "Fantastic!", a 1995 song by The Dismemberment Plan from '' !'' * "Fantastic", a 2017 song by Flume featuring Dave Bayley from '' Skin Companion EP 2'' Literature * Fantasy, a genre of speculative fiction also known as fantastic literature. * Fantastique, a genre of writing Publications * ''Fantastic'' (magazine), a fantasy-fiction magazine published from 1952 to 1980; title revived in the 1990s * ''Fantastic'' (comics), a weekly British comic published by Odhams Press under the Power Comics imprint Other uses * Fantastic art, a non-realistic genre * Fantastic (TV channel), a defunct Polish television channel * Fantastic (TV series), a South Korean TV series See also * Fantast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quarantine (2008 Film)
''Quarantine'' is a 2008 found footage zombie film directed and co-written by John Erick Dowdle, produced by Sergio Aguero, Doug Davison, and Roy Lee, and co-written by Drew Dowdle. The film stars Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Columbus Short, Greg Germann, Steve Harris, Dania Ramirez, Rade Šerbedžija, and Johnathon Schaech. A remake of the 2007 Spanish film '' Rec'', it follows a reporter and her cameraman assigned to a pair of Los Angeles firemen who follow a distress call to an apartment building where they discover a deadly mutated strain of rabies spreading among the building's occupants; escape becomes impossible once the government descends upon the building to prevent the virus from spreading beyond it, and the pair continue to record the events that unfold inside, of which the film itself is the result. ''Quarantine'' features no actual musical score, using only sound effects, and differs in its characters, dialogue, and explanation of the virus from it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
REC (film)
''Rec'' (stylized as '' ��REC'; short for "record") is a 2007 Spanish found footage zombie film co-written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza. The film stars Manuela Velasco as a reporter who, with her cameraman, accompanies a group of firefighters on an emergency call to an apartment building to discover an infection spreading inside, with the building being sealed up and all occupants ordered to follow a strict quarantine. ''Rec'' was released on 23 November 2007 to critical and commercial success, and is considered one of the best films in both the found footage genres and the horror genre. ''Rec'' placed at number 60 on ''Time Out''s list of the Top 100 Best Horror Films. The film spawned the ''Rec'' film series, which includes three sequels: '' Rec 2'' directed by Balagueró and Plaza in 2009, '' Rec 3: Genesis'' directed by Plaza in 2012, and '' Rec 4: Apocalypse'' directed by Balagueró in 2014 as the final installment in the franchise. An American remak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogue
A rogue is a person or entity that flouts accepted norms of behavior or strikes out on an independent and possibly destructive path. Rogue, rogues, or going rogue may also refer to: Companies * Rogue Ales, a microbrewery in Newport, Oregon * Rogue Arts, a film production company * Rogue Entertainment, a software company * Rogue Films, a production company based in London * Rogue Fitness, a manufacturer and distributor of strength and conditioning equipment * Rogue Pictures, an American film production company * Rogue (esports), an American esports organization Arts, entertainment and media Comics * Rogue (Marvel Comics), a Marvel comics character * Rogues (comics), a villain team in the DC Comics universe * Rogue Trooper, a fictional character from the science fiction strip of the same name Film * '' The Rogue'', a 1918 American film starring Oliver Hardy * ''The Rogues'' (film), a 1987 Italian comedy film (''"I picari"'' in Italian) * ''Rogue'' (2007 film), an Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebola
Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by ebolaviruses. Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after infection. The first symptoms are usually fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches. These are usually followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash and decreased liver and kidney function, at which point some people begin to bleed both internally and externally. It kills between 25% and 90% of those infected – about 50% on average. Death is often due to shock from fluid loss, and typically occurs between 6 and 16 days after the first symptoms appear. Early treatment of symptoms increases the survival rate considerably compared to late start.Ebola in Uganda: An Ebola vaccine was approved by the US FDA in December 2019. The virus spreads through direct contact with body fluids, such as blood from infected humans or other animals, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Aftermath
Aftermath may refer to: Companies * Aftermath (comics), an imprint of Devil's Due Publishing * Aftermath Entertainment, an American record label founded by Dr. Dre * Aftermath Media, an American multimedia company * Aftermath Services, an American crime-scene cleanup company * ''Aftermath'' (website), a video game website and blog founded in 2023 Film and television Films * ''Aftermath'' (1914 film), an American lost silent film * ''Aftermath'' (1927 film), a German silent film * ''Aftermath'' (1990 film) or ''Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501'', an American television film * ''Aftermath'' (1994 film), a Spanish short horror film by Nacho Cerdà * ''Aftermath'' (2001 film), a television movie starring Meredith Baxter * ''Aftermath'' (2002 film), a film starring Sean Young * ''Aftermath'' (2004 film), a Danish film * ''Aftermath'' (2012 film), a Polish thriller and drama * ''Aftermath'' (2013 film), a film starring Anthony Michael Hall * ''Aftermath'' (2014 film), an apo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post-apocalyptic
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction are genres of speculative fiction in which the Earth's (or another planet's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed. The apocalypse event may be climatic, such as runaway climate change; astronomical, an impact event; destructive, nuclear holocaust or resource depletion; medical, a pandemic, whether natural or human-caused; end time, such as the Last Judgment, Second Coming or Ragnarök; or any other scenario in which the outcome is apocalyptic, such as a zombie apocalypse, AI takeover, technological singularity, dysgenics or alien invasion. The story may involve attempts to prevent an apocalypse event, deal with the impact and consequences of the event itself, or it may be post-apocalyptic, set after the event. The time may be directly after the catastrophe, focusing on the psychology of survivors, the way to keep the human race alive and together as one, or considerably later, often including that the existence of pre- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
28 Days Later
''28 Days Later'' (sometimes stylised with ellipsis as ''28 Days Later...'') is a 2002 post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. It stars Cillian Murphy as a bicycle courier who awakens from a coma to discover that the accidental release of a highly contagious, aggression-inducing virus has caused the breakdown of society. Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Megan Burns, and Brendan Gleeson appear in supporting roles. Garland took inspiration from George A. Romero's ''Night of the Living Dead'' film series and John Wyndham's 1951 novel '' The Day of the Triffids.'' Filming took place in various locations in the United Kingdom in 2001. The crew filmed for brief periods during early mornings and temporarily closed streets to capture recognisable and typically busy areas when they were deserted. John Murphy composed an original soundtrack for the film, with other instrumental songs by Brian Eno, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Gyllenhaal
Stephen Roark Gyllenhaal ( , ; born October 4, 1949) is an American film director and poet. He is the father of actors Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Early life Stephen Roark Gyllenhaal was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Virginia Lowrie (née Childs) and Hugh Anders Gyllenhaal. He is of Swedish and English descent; through his father, he is a member of the Gyllenhaal family, and a descendant of the cavalry officer Nils Gunnesson Haal, who was ennobled in 1652 when Queen Christina of Sweden conferred upon him the crest and family name, "Gyllenhaal". Gyllenhaal grew up in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia in a close-knit Swedenborgian family. He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1972, with a degree in English. His mentor at Trinity was the poet Hugh Ogden. Career Gyllenhaal directed the film version of the Pete Dexter novel '' Paris Trout'', which was nominated for five Emmy Awards and won him a DGA Award. In 1990, Gyllenhaal directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Trout
''Paris Trout'' is a 1991 American drama television film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal and written by Pete Dexter, based on his 1988 novel, and starring Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey, and Ed Harris. It premiered on Showtime on April 20, 1991. Plot Paris Trout is an unrepentant racist in 1949 Georgia. The greedy and paranoid shopkeeper murders the sister of a black man who refuses to repay Trout’s IOU. When Trout is arrested for the crime, he is stunned and enraged, showing himself to be a man of the Old South. Lawyer Harry Seagraves arrives to calm the waters in court but is soon caught in crimes of his own, including a dangerous and doomed affair with Trout's wife. Cast * Dennis Hopper as Paris Trout * Barbara Hershey as Hanna Trout * Ed Harris Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor and filmmaker. His performances in '' Apollo 13'' (1995), '' The Truman Show'' (1998), '' Pollock'' (2000), and '' The Hours'' (2002) earned him critica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
