'Igor': Calling All Monsters, By Kurt Loder Sep 20, 2008
The second such figure, again played by Frye, in the 1935 "Bride of Frankenstein," wasn't actually a hunchback; nor was the first known Igor (or "Ygor," as the name was spelled), who appeared out of nowhere in the 1939 "Son of Frankenstein," and was played by Bela Lugosi who had turned down the monster role in the first "Frankenstein" film, to his bitter and lasting regret. . (VHI.com -- Music News)
Metallica looks back to the future Sep 2, 2008
During the show here Hammett played a guitar bearing an image of Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula. Before the Black Album, which sold 15 million copies in the United States and pushed the band toward establishment acceptance, Metallica was both a midsize worldwide success and a subculture. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Freund illuminates three narrative flows in physics Aug 15, 2008
His family then fled to Lugoj, from which the Dracula-portraying Hollywood actor Bela Lugosi took his stage name. Years later at Los Alamos, Teller worked with Oppenheimer, who favored dropping the atomic bomb on Japan. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Tim Burton Films With Johnny Depp Aug 11, 2008
His colorful personal life includes cross-dressing, alcoholism, and a close friendship with horror star Bela Lugosi. Additional cast: Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette. (Suite101.com)
The Evolution of Ellis Island Aug 10, 2008
Among them were Irving Berlin, Knute Rockne, Claudette Colbert, Max Factor, Bela Lugosi, the singing Von Trapps of Sound of Music fame, Xavier Cugat, Ezio Pinza, Arthur Murray, Bob Hope and Rudolph Valentino. It had also served as a and collection point for deportees, housing 7,000 enemy aliens at one time. (Suite101.com)
Levine: Malden musings Jul 26, 2008
And Bela Lugosi was featured alongside former Liggetts Drug Store employee Wally Brown in Zombies on Broadway. The year was 1976, America was celebrating its Bicentennial, and some of us were celebrating freedom from 12 years of compulsory education. (Malden Observer, MA)
BlobFest marks film's 50th anniversary Jul 20, 2008
In many ways, BlobFest's real star is the Colonial Theatre, whose marquee was lettered exactly as it appears in the film: Midnight Spook Show, Daughter of Horror, also Bela Lugosi. For the first time, a banner hung underneath, which read "Healthfully AIR CONDITIONED," adding another authentic touch from the movie. (Boston Globe)
Rob Zombie: Music Man, 1998, In The Loder Files Jul 16, 2008
Zombie's love of old schlock exploitation films was already clear in his music, in song and album titles like "Spiderbaby" and The Sinister Urge, and in the name White Zombie itself, which is also the title of an old Bela Lugosi fright flick. After lobbing a number of his songs onto the soundtracks of movies ranging from "The Matrix" to "Bride of Chucky," Rob finally went totally Hollywood in 2003, writing, directing and scoring his own schlock epic, "House of 1000 Corpses." This, as you know,... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Posthumous roles: We see dead people Jul 15, 2008
Bela Lugosi, Plan 9 from Outer Space: If you think Game of Death sounds cheesy and in poor taste, thats nothing compared to what happened to Dracula star Lugosi in his final screen appearance. Director Edward D. Wood, Jr. now a legend in his own right as one of the worst directors to ever stand behind the camera befriended Lugosi in the final days of the Hungarian actors life, casting in him in zero-budget movies like Glen or Glenda. (MSNBC -- News)
Independent Reader: Tasty summer reading choices Jun 28, 2008
"I had seen that house in my dreams for years," Ellen says, "and when I saw it in real life, I just had to have it." There are black flies everywhere, and mosquitoes and a bat hanging from the kitchen molding "like Bela Lugosi." The roof leaks, but soon an aging and colorful old feller comes to fix it. There's no restaurant nearby, but the thirsty congregate at Boo-Boo's bar ("We put the Boo back in Boonies."). (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Summarized Cinema: Science Movies Explained in a Sentence Jun 25, 2008
Who in real life was the stepfather of Bela Lugosi, Jr. Which is mixing apples and oranges. If by apples you mean flies and by oranges you mean bats. (Scientific American)
Film preview Jun 21, 2008
It's still a challenge for most people to name any Hungarian film luminaries save Bela Lugosi (the Gabor sisters don't really count). But the country has produced several Oscar winners and nominees in its 100 year history. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Review: Shyamalan offers a horror film with plenty to laugh at Jun 13, 2008
Article Launched: 06/13/2008 12:00:00 AM MDTIf M. Night Shyamalan's new movie, "The Happening," only cost 500 to produce, was made on scratchy 16mm film and cast the late Bela Lugosi, it would be a thousand times more charming than the utter disaster it is now. But with an estimated 57 million budget and a major studio behind it, this ecological horror movie from the creator of "The Sixth Sense" and "Lady in the Water" is nothing but a Z-grade thriller with plenty of unintentional laughs and a... (Salt Lake Tribune)
Sarah Jessica Parker And Johnny Depp: Life Before 'Sex' (And 'Pirates'), In The Loder Files Jun 11, 2008
Other cast members included Bill Murray, Vincent D'Onofrio (who contributed a striking cameo as Orson Welles), and Martin Landau, who won an Academy Award for his touching portrayal of the has-been horror star Bela Lugosi. "Ed Wood" was a surprisingly buoyant movie. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Ex-`Vampire Slayer' star coming to comic-book confab in Novi May 15, 2008
She has acted alongside her parents: She appeared in 1996's ``Ed Wood'' with her father (who won a best supporting actor Oscar for his portrayal of Bela Lugosi), and appeared onstage with her mother three years ago in the play, ``Failure of Nerve. . (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
16 comments May 15, 2008
Rowdy, VAMay 14, 2008 @ 09:17 AMI remember an old Dracula movie starring Bela Lugosi, during which Professor Von Helsing stated, "The greatest strength of the vampire lies in the fact that so few believe he exists." Likewise, as Rowdy points out many Americans are ignorant and unaware of the dangers of the jihad (oops, our gummint says we can't use that word) being waged against us; indeed, I am more afraid of the "lawfare" aspect of jihad (oops, I did it again). Their strategy is clear:... (Human Events Online)
Book lifts lid on star of eerie first Dracula film May 11, 2008
Unlike Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee, stars of later Dracula adaptations, Schreck never reprised the role and spent most of his subsequent film career in small, non-horror parts. But as an actor, he was the equal of both, said Eickhoff. (Yahoo News)
Abbott, Costello Meet Frankenstein May 10, 2008
Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr. & Glenn Strange Co-Star in 1948 Movie ... In 1948 Bud and Lou made one of their all-time classic movies, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, with Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr. and Glenn Strange in monster support ... Portraying the three monsters were Bela Lugosi (Dracula), Lon Chaney Jr. (Larry Talbot/The Wolf Man) and Glenn Strange (The Frankenstein Monster). (Suite101.com)
Media Watch- Dont care for the Hollywood scare Apr 18, 2008
And where would Alfred Hitchcock, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Peter Cushing, or Vincent Price be today were it not for horror films. There is, of course, a "top rated" list of horror films for and from fans of the genre, available online at the Internet Movie Database. (Billerica Minuteman, MA)
Vampire Horror Movie History Pt. 2 Apr 15, 2008
In previous films, the vampires teeth were either hidden (in the case of Bela Lugosi) or in the case of Nosfreatu, the incisors were shown instead. However, while these two archetypes were huge additions to vampire cinema, it was the connection between Universal Studio s monster movies and Hammer Productions that brings El Vampiro its fame. (Suite101.com)
Vampire Horror Film History Apr 3, 2008
Bela Lugosi Recreates Dracula ... Casting Bela Lugosi as the lead, Dracula (this time with permission from the Stoker estate) brought us the refined, sophisticated vampire we know today. (Suite101.com)
Today's best bets Mar 31, 2008
" sign or . Contraplano Film Festival 7 p.m., Student Learning Center, room 171 Watch six short films from Spain and Mexico, including "Changes," directed by Daniel Mart nez Lara; "Hasta los Huesos," directed by Ren; Castillo; "La Guerra," directed by Luis Berdejo and Jorge C. Dorado; "Sirenas sin fondo," directed by Arcadi Palerm; "Viaje de Said," directed by Coke Riob o; and "Eramos pocos, " directed by Borja Cobeaga. Jos; Lu s Farias, director, producer and organizer of Contraplano 07,... (Athens Banner-Herald)
A light in the dark Mar 30, 2008
But where the Sex Pistols and their ilk wanted to smash the system and launched tirades against the establishment, the more passive and thoughtful goths wore crushed velvet capes, watched screenings of vintage Bela Lugosi horror movies and wrote angst-ridden poetry while nursing pints of cider and blackcurrant. "The kind of rebellion that being a goth stands for is nothing like being aggressive towards society like punks. Most goths are well educated, hardly ever drop out of school and are often... (Scotsman)
Wacky wonder| Mar 28, 2008
GET IN TOUCH Any suggestions, queries or gripes, please e-mail the. GIG GUIDE Check out what's hot and happening in your town, and post your own events in our. (iAfrica.com)
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Others in the large cast 50 actors provide character voices include Seth Rogen as Horton s mouse friend Morton and Will Arnett as Vlad the vulture (he does a funny send-up of Bela Lugosi). CBS news anchor Charles Osgood is the excellent narrator. (Lima News, OH)
Catholic Actors and Singers Mar 6, 2008
Bela Lugosi, renowned for his work in horror movies and in particular as Dracula, was raised a Catholic. The Singing Catholics. (Suite101.com)
Great Werewolf Movies Mar 2, 2008
The Wolf Man stars as Larry Talbot, the man bitten and transformed into a werewolf by Bela Lugosi s lycanthrope in this classic film. In fact, quite a bit of so-called werewolf lore that filtered into subsequent movies comes from this movie penned by Curt Siodmak. (Suite101.com)
Horror Movies: Zombie Mythology Feb 29, 2008
With the help of horror superstar Bela Lugosi, Halperin delicately crafted what we know as the most common zombie archetype, mindlessness. Like many proceeding films, it focused on Caribbean lore, using voodoo as a catalyst for the plot. (Suite101.com)
Toy Fair Keys In On Movie Adventure Feb 21, 2008
Sideshow is also keeping up with its staple license -- Universal Studios Monsters -- by offering a polystone diorama of Frankenstein (as played by Bela Lugosi) vs. the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr.). Before any "Indiana Jones" rolls into theaters, the Marvel comic-turned-big screen superhero "Iron Man" takes flight with a bevy of movie-related merchandise. (Click2Houston, TX)
Zombie Films Feb 13, 2008
Originally called Grave Robbers from Outer Space, the film's most noteworthy recipients of this electrode-zombifying process are Tor Johnson, Vampira, and a stand-in for a recently deceased (and, alas, not resurrected in real life) Bela Lugosi. No flesh-eating takes place in the film, though plenty of standard-issue undead walking about goes on, with Johnson proving that his getting voted in high school as "Most Likely to Play a Zombie" was no fluke. (IGN FilmForce)
A star's death can be a boost or a hurdle for a film Feb 8, 2008
Bela Lugosi died of a heart attack in 1956 at 73 after having shot one scene that was later shoehorned into Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space (multiple distributors, $10 range). The film came out (barely) in 1959, having employed a Lugosi body double obviously much taller and, in real life, a chiropractor. (USA Today -- Life)
The new jungle book: ape reveals all about Tarzan and Jane Jan 29, 2008
He starred in 12 Tarzan films and went on to work with Bela Lugosi in the 1950s, finally quitting the big screen after 1967's Doctor Dolittle with Rex Harrison. Me Cheeta, to be released in October, will explore his struggle with drink and addiction to cigars, his breakthrough with a radical new form of abstract painting ("apeism"), his relationship with his nightclub-performing grandson Jeeta, and his battle with diabetes. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Weirdos: a love story Jan 20, 2008
He was always a fan of early horror actors, such as Lon Chaney, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Peter Lorre ... Martin Landau, as Bela Lugosi, won an Oscar after stealing the film from Depp's wide-eyed naif. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Murder by numbers Jan 19, 2008
He was always a fan of early horror actors such as Lon Chaney, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Peter Lorre. "We always saw Sweeney Todd as emotional," he says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Horror Movie TV Hostess Vampira Dies Jan 16, 2008
Nurmi also had starring roles in a few films, most notably as Vampire Girl in director Ed Wood's grade-Z horror film cult classic "Plan 9 from Outer Space," which starred film icon Bela Lugosi and pro wrestler Tor Johnson. Actress Lisa Marie played Vampira in the 1994 Tim Burton-directed biopic "Ed Wood," which chronicled Wood's films, including "Plan 9.". (Click2Houston, TX)
State looks beyond box office receipts for arts funding Dec 23, 2007
For more than a century, fans of live theater, music and comedy have been treated to the likes of Al Jolson, Bela Lugosi, Red Skelton and Tallulah Bankhead. The Advocate is publishing a five-part series this week spotlighting past performances as well as the future of local theater. (Stamford Advocate)
Hillary’s Prospects Not Lookin’ So Good Dec 21, 2007
You cast Cary Grant as a President, not Bela Lugosi. The Scripture makes this point again many generations later, when King David s son, Absalom, gets the idea to do door-to-door campaigning to pick up voters one by one in an effort to unseat his own father. (Human Events Online)
'Sweeney' showcases artistic mayhem of Depp & Burton Dec 14, 2007
A check of the tape reveals that the director and his alter ego got caught in the act of discussing a couple of horror heroines of yore: Elsa Lanchester, the shrieking bride of Frankenstein, and the more obscure Caroll Borland, who once vamped with Bela Lugosi. Why. (USA Today -- Life)
Discovering Dracula Oct 31, 2007
The whole country is filled with places where he ate and that he slept and that he crapped and where he killed his enemies," he said. And yet the country has not been able to capitalize on its mythological celebrity. Perhaps, Bibeau notes, it has to do with Universal Pictures' ownership of the Dracula character; the government would have to pay royalties if any of their schemes, such as the proposed "Draculaland" theme park, were to get off the ground. It turns out there's a lot more to the... (The Cavalier Daily, VA)
Scared Silly Oct 27, 2007
Count Orlok (Max Schreck) Talk all you want about Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee, but "Nosferatu," the 1923 silent version of "Dracula" (the name was changed for legal reasons), still featured the most frightening vampire of them all in the form of spectral German actor Max Schreck. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) That polite, twitchy young man running the highway motel for his mother. (CBS News)
Best bets for Halloween horror movies Oct 27, 2007
It was this movie that created the stereotype of the suave, white tie and caped Transylvanian count; this is the movie that imprinted the image of Bela Lugosi into our collective consciousness as the quintessential Dracula. Through countless remakes, despite even more parodies and pastiches, the original Dracula can still chill and inspire nightmares. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
'Bloodsucking Cinema' Oct 26, 2007
25, 2007 12:00 AM "Children of the night," murmured Bela Lugosi, raising those bushy Hungarian eyebrows, "what music they make!" Was he talking about the jingle of a cash register. More than three-quarters of a century after "Dracula" introduced the genre, vampire movies are as popular as ever - America's top box-office attraction last week was "30 Days of Night," about a pack of fanged Alaskans on an all-liquid diet. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
'Saw IV' Brings To Mind The Greatest Horror Franchises Of All Time, In Rewind Oct 23, 2007
Following 1939's lesser "Son of Frankenstein" (the last to star Karloff), the monster would return in five more Universal features, played by Universal Horror stalwarts Lon Chaney Jr., Glenn Strange and Bela Lugosi, the last most notably in 1948's funny-but-somewhat-derisive "Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein." Frankenstein's monster would be resurrected dozens more times over the years, but it's this version that's the most memorable. "Psycho" While the last two films (the third a mere... (VHI.com -- Music News)
WHERE, OH WEREWOLF Oct 21, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007 Last Update: 07:45 AM EDT. October 21, 2007 -- WEREWOLF. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
New film "30 Days" gives vampires more bite Oct 19, 2007
And he gave them a new look that owes more to Count Orlok in the German Expressionist film "Nosferatu" than Count Dracula as played by Bela Lugosi. Next Article. (Reuters)
The Vampire as a Romantic Figure Oct 18, 2007
First played on screen by Bela Lugosi in 1931, the attractive and mysterious figure in swirling black cape has come to represent the vampire as we know him today. Anne Rice's hero/anti-hero Lestat s popularity was enhanced by the movie based upon her novel Interview with the Vampire. (Suite101.com)
This Halloween, TopTenREVIEWS Announces the Most Unforgettable, Creepiest Movie Characters Oct 18, 2007
Vampires- Starting with the first vampire from the 1922 silent film Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror, a character deemed so scary the movie was banned in Sweden for excessive horror, and continuing with Bela Lugosi as Dracula. Vampires are the original creepy characters. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
- David Slade: Revamping film Oct 17, 2007
And the vampires themselves owe little to Bela Lugosi or "Dark Shadows": They look more like especially wound-up skinheads and are shot in desaturated, nearly black-and-white colors, which makes the blood all the more striking. "I wanted to make a scary movie," Slade says, "but the idea was not to make a fantasy. So you have to set it in reality as clearly as possible. The violence cannot be voyeuristic. It has to be true.". (Los Angeles Times)
Top Of His Game Oct 14, 2007
One afternoon, Lin watched a VHS tape of Lee's "Game of Death" (memorably co-starring Abdul-Jabbar), a film released five years after the martial-arts star's death and completed with the use of a double - a la Bela Lugosi in "Plan 9 From Outer Space" - because Lee had completed just a small percentage of the filming. Most of the movie is structured around a guy with big sunglasses (and sometimes a fake beard) knocking off members of a criminal organization. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Halloween Movies for Parties Oct 10, 2007
The movies star classic actors including Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Ginger Rogers, Jack Nicholson, Lon Chaney, and Vincent Price. These movies create the perfect background ambiance for your Halloween party. (Suite101.com)
Court cases, famous faces Oct 3, 2007
The battle over who owns the rights to a celebrity's name or likeness has been waged for decades, involving stars including Elvis Presley, Groucho Marx, horror-movie star Bela Lugosi and Fred Astaire, whose dancing was used to sell Dirt Devil vacuum cleaners. The children of John Wayne sued Andy Warhol for depicting Wayne in silk-screens. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Haunting presence Sep 30, 2007
(The first zombie movie, however, is the 1932 movie White Zombie, where Bela Lugosi plays a voodoo master Murder Legendre who is asked to turn a woman into a zombie. . (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Vamping until fall Sep 7, 2007
Play a vampire and, like Bela Lugosi, you're forever typecast. Alex O'Loughlin has heard the horror stories and knows "Moonlight," his new CBS drama, could be a case of "fangs for nothing.". (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Rob Zombie meets Michael Myers Aug 18, 2007
" Dr. Loomis in "Halloween" (1978) And so here we are, almost 30 years later, with the ninth iteration of the venerable "Halloween" franchise landing in theaters this week. That it was being directed by psycho-horror-death-metal-noise rocker Rob Zombie must have been a comfort for the producers. Of course, Mr. Zombie was born Robert Cummings, and both his adopted moniker and former band name, White Zombie, are taken from a 1932 Bela Lugosi thriller. Zombie's lyrical oeuvre, not surprisingly,... (Los Angeles Times)
Sexiest Monster Movies Of All Time, In Rewind Aug 8, 2007
Some may prefer the exotic sophistication of '31's Bela Lugosi, while others yield to the creepy gothic charm of '92's Gary Oldman. Maybe the silky suave Christopher Lee of the '60s Hammer films gets your blood burning or Frank Langella's dark virility in the 1979 version. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Lawmaker stands up for dead celebrities Jul 23, 2007
Disputes over the use of images of singer Elvis Presley, comedian Groucho Marx and horror-meister Bela Lugosi have led to precedent-setting lawsuits, said Carole Handler, a Los Angeles attorney whose specialties include entertainment and copyright law. "The rights of publicity involving celebrities after their death are definitely defendable," Handler said. (Los Angeles Times)
Twisted Remakes Coming : Saw producers, RKO team for horror classic re... Jun 16, 2007
According to Variety, the oldies getting the remake treatment include Robert Wise's 1945 directing effort The Body Snatcher (which starred genre icons Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff); 1943's I Walked With a Zombie; and Bedlam, a 1946 chiller that starred Karloff. The trade says the fourth project from the RKO library hasn't been selected yet. (IGN FilmForce)
Seth Rogen, Judd Apatow Rave About 'Knocked Up' Sex Scenes, Britney Spears May 30, 2007
Rogen: If anything, it's more like Ed Wood/ Bela Lugosi. MTV: Seth, this is a big leading role for you. (VHI.com -- Music News)
MOVIE INSIGHT May 27, 2007
"Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla" (1952). "This one is always at the top of my list. It's not only got Bela and a gorilla, but it has two guys who were the poor man's Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis: Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo. They were a nightclub act that bore an amazing resemblance to Dean and Jerry. It's a film you watch in utter amazement.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
• Zombies always come back May 11, 2007
1932's crude but influential "White Zombie," starring Bela Lugosi and generally considered to be the first zombie film, was based on W.B. Seabrook's novel "The Magic Island." It was steeped in Haitian voodoo legends about potions and magic that could return the dead to life. When the United States' occupation of Haiti ended in the 1930s, voodoo and zombies were evoked by politicians and the press to stir up fear and opposition to a native-ruled Haiti. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Filmmakers just can't get enough of zombies May 11, 2007
1932's crude but influential White Zombie, starring Bela Lugosi and generally considered to be the first zombie film, was based on W.B. Seabrook's novel The Magic Island. It was steeped in Haitian voodoo legends about potions and magic that could return the dead to life. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Filmmaker of macabre Curtis Harrington dies May 11, 2007
"Curtis Harrington was born in Los Angeles, and grew up in Beaumont, Calif. He begged his mother to take him to The Raven, with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. She claimed he hid under his seat, but he had no memory of that perhaps pivotal event. As a teenager he worked as a movie usher and made amateur films.His Fragment of Seeking, shot with 16-mm film when Harrington was a teenager, is still cited for its adventuresome experimentalism: it was entirely visual with no dialogue.Harrington never... (The Morning Star)
Quiet On Home Front May 6, 2007
Artificiality is one of the films driving components, as it plays more like a Bela Lugosi serial than anything at the local multiplex. Maddin says this old-fashioned methodology, with the dialogue presented either through the narrator or on title cards, was done for its striking effect. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Zombie quizTest your knowlege of movies about the undead Apr 29, 2007
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Haus of horror Apr 15, 2007
IN case you didnt know, Bela Lugosis dead ... Aside from the monumental Bela Lugosis Dead, Bauhaus developed a habit for releasing singles rather than albums ... While they last played in August 2006, its still too early to declare that Bauhaus, unlike Bela Lugosi, is well and truly dead. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
