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Trail Of The Screaming Forehead
''Trail of the Screaming Forehead'' is a 2007 American science fiction comedy film written by, directed by and starring Larry Blamire. Plot In the quiet little town of Longhead Bay, something sinister is afoot - crawling alien forehead parasites that take over people's bodies! But while all that is going on, Dr. Sheila Baxter, convinced that the center of independent thought is not the brain, but the forehead, starts experimenting on her colleague Dr. Philip Latham (whom he also has an affair with). In the meantime, two sailors who have arrived in town, Big Dan Frater and Dutch "The Swede" Annacrombie, strike up a friendship with librarian Millie Healey, and start to notice the increasingly strange activities of the townsfolk, who are quickly taken over by the foreheads. After they encounter a crawling forehead and squash it, they report it to the police but get ignored. Sheila strikes a deal with local hoodlum Nick Vassidine to get a supply of more foreheads for her experiment. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Blamire
Larry Blamire is an American filmmaker, writer and artist best known for the independent film ''The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra''. Biography Blamire was raised in Massachusetts and studied illustration at the Art Institute of Boston under Norman Baer, a second generation student of Howard Pyle. Comic author He dabbled briefly in underground comics, writing and drawing the Predator, a vigilante character, in Ace of Spades and Blazing Violence. After several years of various blue collar jobs, Blamire started working as a science fiction illustrator for Galileo, and later Aboriginal Science Fiction, among others. Stage acting career In the 1980s Blamire began acting on stage on a whim, landing roles at various Boston theatres; the Open Door Theatre, the Alley Theatre, as well as a season at the Boston Shakespeare Company. It was with the Open Door Theatre that he found a home, particularly in their outdoor summer productions at Jamaica Pond by the Pinebank Mansion in a natural for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Roebuck
Daniel James Roebuck (born March 4, 1963) is an American actor and writer. His best known roles include Deputy Marshal Robert Biggs in ''The Fugitive'' and its spinoff film ''U.S. Marshals'', Jay Leno in ''The Late Shift'', and Dr. Leslie Arzt in '' Lost'', as well as numerous Rob Zombie and Don Coscarelli films. He is also known for his role as Cliff Lewis, Ben Matlock's private investigator, on '' Matlock'' from 1992 until 1995. Life and career Roebuck was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1963, and graduated from Bethlehem Catholic High School in Bethlehem in 1981. He appeared in his first film role in 1985, the lead in ''Cavegirl''. From 1992 to 1995, he played Andy Griffith's assistant lawyer and penultimate private investigator, Cliff Lewis, on the television drama '' Matlock'', and he also had a recurring role as a corrupt officer, Insp. Rick Bettina, in ''Nash Bridges''. He has appeared in numerous other guest roles in television programs and in many feature films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IFC Films Films
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2007 Films
The following is an overview of events in 2007 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The highest-grossing film of the year was '' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'', which was just ahead of ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''. 2007 is often considered one of the greatest years for film in the 21st century. This would also be the last year in which no films grossed at least $1 billion at the box office until 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic prevented multiple theatrically released films. Evaluation of the year Many have considered 2007 to be the greatest year for film in the 21st century and one of the greatest of all time. In his article from April 18, 2017, which highlighted the best movies of 2007, critic Mark Allison of '' Den of Geek'' said, "2007 must surely be remembered as one of the finest years in English-language film-making, quite possibly the best of this century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Science Fiction Films
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American Science Fiction Comedy Films
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Kevin McCarthy (actor)
Kevin McCarthy (February 15, 1914 – September 11, 2010) was an American stage, film and television actor remembered as the male lead in the horror science fiction film ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' (1956). Following several television guest roles, McCarthy gave his first credited film performance in ''Death of a Salesman'' (1951), portraying Biff Loman to Fredric March's Willy Loman. The role earned him a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Early life McCarthy was born in Seattle, Washington, the son of Roy Winfield McCarthy and Martha Therese (née Preston). His father was descended from a wealthy Irish American family based in Minnesota. His mother was born in Washington State to a Protestant father and a non-observant Jewish mother; McCarthy's mother converted to Roman Catholicism before her marriage. He was the brother of author Mary McCarthy, and a distant cousin of U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Eugene McCar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Karen
James Karen (born Jacob Karnofsky; November 28, 1923 – October 23, 2018) was an American character actor of Broadway, film and television. Karen is known for his roles in ''Poltergeist'', ''The China Syndrome'', ''Wall Street'', ''The Return of the Living Dead'', '' Invaders from Mars'' and ''The Pursuit of Happyness'', but was perhaps best known as the signature pitchman for Pathmark, famously appearing in commercials for the now-defunct East Coast-based supermarket chain from the late 1970s to the early 1990s which earned his nickname "Mr. Pathmark". Karen is also known for his recurring television role as Tom Bradford's boss, Eliot Randolph, in ''Eight Is Enough''. He was nominated for a Saturn Award for his 1985 role in ''The Return of the Living Dead''. He also appeared in an episode of ''Cheers'' as Frasier's mentor and the father of Carla's sixth child. Early life Karen was born Jacob Karnofsky in Wilkes-Barre, in northeastern Pennsylvania, the son of Russian-born Jew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Miller
Richard Miller (December 25, 1928 – January 30, 2019) was an American character actor who appeared in more than 180 films, including many produced by Roger Corman. He later appeared in the films of directors who began their careers with Corman, including Joe Dante, James Cameron, and Martin Scorsese, with the distinction of appearing in every film directed by Dante. He was known for playing the beleaguered everyman, often in one-scene appearances. Miller's main roles in films included '' Gremlins'', '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch'', '' Explorers'', ''Piranha'', '' The Howling'', '' A Bucket of Blood'', '' The Little Shop of Horrors'', '' Not of This Earth'', ''Chopping Mall'', '' Night of the Creeps'', '' The Terminator'', ''The 'Burbs'', '' Small Soldiers'' and '' Quake''. Early life Miller was born on Christmas Day, 1928, in The Bronx, New York, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Rita (Blucher), an opera singer, and Ira Miller, a printer. He served a tour of duty in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IFC Films
IFC Films is an American film production and distribution company based in New York. It is an offshoot of IFC owned by AMC Networks. It distributes mainly independent films under its own name, select foreign films and documentaries under its Sundance Selects label and genre films under its IFC Midnight label. It operates the IFC Center. History The IFC Films division has a predecessor film label, Next Wave Films, designed to release movies, which was in operation from 1997 to 2002, when it was shut down and folded into IFC themselves. IFC also launched a film company, IFC Productions, which set up operation in March 1997 to produce their own feature film projects. On January 18, 1999, IFC launched a film label Agenda 2000, which set up their own film projects, which have their world premiere on IFC. On September 26, 2000, IFC launched its own feature film unit, branded IFC Films, to be headed by Bob Berney, who went on to have jobs at Newmarket Films, and later founder of Pict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Garrett
Betty Garrett (May 23, 1919 – February 12, 2011) was an American actress, comedian, singer and dancer. She originally performed on Broadway, and was then signed to a film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She appeared in several musical films, then returned to Broadway and made guest appearances on several television series. Garrett later became known for the roles she played in two prominent 1970s sitcoms: Archie Bunker's politically liberal neighbor Irene Lorenzo in ''All in the Family'' and landlady Edna Babish in ''Laverne & Shirley''. In later years, she appeared in television series such as ''The Golden Girls'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Boston Public'' and '' Becker'' as well as in several Broadway plays and revivals. Early life Garrett was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the daughter of Elizabeth Octavia (née Stone) and Curtis Garrett. Shortly after her birth, her parents relocated to Seattle, Washington, where her mother managed the sheet music department at Sherman C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
