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As Los Angeles residents return home to sort through the rubble of their lives after the devastating fires that ravaged much of the area, there have been a lot of heartbreaking stories to come out of the region. Some people lost a little, while others lost everything, including treasured memorabilia they'd spent years collecting. Case in point: actor Carel Struycken and his wife, Tracey. Struycken portrayed The Giant in the original run of David Lynch's Twin Peaks in 1990, and The Fireman in 2017's Twin Peaks: The Return. Sadly, Lynch passed away earlier this month, making Struycken's loss of his one-of-a-kind Twin Peaks memorabilia and costumes even more upsetting.

Speaking with Variety, Struycken, a longtime character actor also known for his role in the live-action Addams Family movies, revealed that he wasn't able to save much of anything from his Altadena, California home, let alone his Twin Peaks treasures. He...

“Twin Peaks” and “The Addams Family” actor Carel Struycken and his wife, Tracey, lived in their Altadena, Calif. home for more than 12 years without ever having to evacuate, despite a few close calls. Usually when there’s a fire in the nearby brush-covered hills, they see it coming toward them, giving them ample time to gather their belongings. But the Eaton fire, one of the several wildfires that recently devastated Southern California, was different.

“There was such a strong and erratic wind, it kind of happened everywhere all at once,” Struycken tells Variety. “That’s why we had to leave so quickly. I had prepared so many things in case of a fire. I have a lot of photo equipment and had put it all in cases that were standing, ready to grab if we had to leave. But this happened so quickly that none of that happened.”

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The past several weeks have seen devastating losses of life and property in Los Angeles, California, with the region’s wildfires leaving communities in ruins and countless individuals without the support needed to rebuild. Many of our friends in the entertainment industry have been hit hard, with various fundraisers asking friends and fans alike to come together to help.

A makeup artist on Blumhouse’s Halloween Ends and The Exorcist: Believer, Jill Fogel has seen her neighborhood in Altadena decimated and rendered uninhabitable, leaving she and her two kids, Arrow and Rain, in a tough spot. A fundraiser on Go Fund Me started by a friend is currently just shy of its $18,000 goal, and you can lend a hand and pitch in right now.

Also a special makeup effects artist, Gabe Bartalos is a legend in the field, having worked on everything from Leprechaun to Frankenhooker, Darkman, Gremlins 2, Underworld, and...

When it debuted in the spring of 1990, David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks was inarguably the strangest show to have ever been made for American television. It was, simultaneously, a gothic horror story, a murder mystery, a supernatural thriller, a throwback to 1950s soap operas and movie melodramas, and a goofy comedy. Its stories intermingled human-scale nightmares like sex trafficking, drug addiction, domestic abuse, and incestuous rape with demonic possession, psychic visions, and periodic trips to another dimension where a dwarf hung out in a very red room.

Amongst the thousands of people who have lost their homes during the devastating Los Angeles wildfires this January, there are many familiar faces. This includes Carel Struycken, whose iconic presence has featured in numerous films and TV shows over the past several decades, including Barry Sonnenfeld’s Addams Family films and Twin Peaks, in which he played first The Giant, and then (in The Return) The Fireman.

Struycken may also be familiar from key roles in Men in Black, Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep, The Witches of Eastwick, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. The 76-year-old actor and his wife, who resided in Altadena, lost everything after the Eaton Fire burned through their neighborhood. Their son-in-law, Michael Anspach, has launched a GoFundMe to help support the family. “We’re so very thankful they were able to safely escape the oncoming blaze, but like so many others, they lost everything to the Eaton Fire.

The charming, mysterious, and all together ooky Addams Family has captivated audiences for decades - dating back to Charles Addams' popular single-panel cartoons that appeared in The New Yorker magazine beginning in 1938. Through the decades, several filmmakers have taken the unconventional family to the screen and next month, Barry Sonenfeld's Addams Family Values (arguably one of the greatest sequels ever made), will make its way to Max.

While sequels don't generally have the reputation of critically surpassing their predecessors, Addams Family Values is a different story. When it came to critical reception, the 1993 sequel fared better than Sonnenfeld's The Addams Family (1991). Addams Family Values boasts a 75% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, an 8% increase from the 1991 original. These higher marks were largely due to iconic performances by Christina Ricci (as Wednesday Addams) and Joan Cusack as Uncle Fester's manipulative girlfriend, Debbie. Addams Family Values begins streaming on Max on January 1st.

As much as we adore our short kings, the world absolutely loves a tall man. Sure, they’re probably sick of being asked, “How’s the weather up there?” but they always come in handy when you need something off the top shelf.

Table of Contents: Tall Hollywood Actors

Fortunately, there is no shortage of sky-scraping men in Hollywood. Here is a non-exhaustive list of some of the tallest actors in Hollywood. Click on a name to jump directly to their full profile and learn more about their careers and footwear stats.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson – 6’2 ½” Dolph Lundgren – 6’2 ½” Dave Bautista – 6’2 ¾” Bill Skarsgård – 6’3 ¼” Vincent D’Onofrio – 6’3 ½” Jared Padalecki – 6’4” Liam Neeson – 6’4” Alexander Skarsgård – 6’4 ¼” Tyler Perry – 6’4 ¼” Jeff Goldblum – 6’4 ¼” Vince Vaughn – 6’4 ½” Armie Hammer – 6’4 ½” Joe Manganiello – 6’4 ¾” Tim Robbins – 6’4 ¾” John Cleese – 6’5” James Cromwell – 6’5” Kevin Durand – 6’5 ¾” Brad Garrett – 6’8 ⅛” Joonas Suotamo – 6’11” Carel Struycken – 7’0”

While the likes of Kevin Hart and Tom Cruise may not make the list, here are...

The first horror family to attend the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade may have been “The Munsters” back in 1964, but The Addams Family eventually caught up a few decades later.

It was in 1991 that the Charles Addams-created Addams Family debuted at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, taking over the short-lived “European Village” float in celebration of that year’s live action movie. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, the live action movie had just arrived in theaters on November 22 of that year, a mere six days before the November 28, 1991 airing of the 65th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. And the cast of the film even showed up in full costume, including Christina Ricci (Wednesday), Jimmy Workman (Pugsley), Judith Malina (Grandmama), and Carel Struycken (Lurch), joined by Cousin Itt.

The Addams Family float at the 1991 parade was paired up with the Cultural Dance Ensemble of Camden High School in New Jersey,...

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Stephen King is one of the most legendary writers in the world, and in the horror genre he is basically a god and his work has been adapted endlessly in movies and TV shows. With Netflix having such a huge content library we though of picking out the best of the best Stephen King adaptations you should check out right now.

Stand by Me Credit – Columbia Pictures

Stand by Me is a coming-of-age drama film directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay co-written by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon. Based on the 1982 novella The Body by Stephen King, the 1986 film follows four friends who decide to go hiking to find the dead body of a local teenager who was hit by a train. Stand by Me stars Will Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell, and Kiefer Sutherland.

With a career spanning over half a century as the most recognizable name in horror storytelling, it's safe to say that Stephen King knows how to scare the pants off of you. But whereas most of his page-turning chillers are almost always as terrifying as possible, sometimes, the Hollywood adaptations of his work can miss the mark, fright-wise.

Due to the sheer volume of Stephen King adaptations made over the decades, not all of them are winners, but the ones that hit their target are some of the scariest movies of all time. In fact, if it wasn't for Stephen King, we might not have some of the most iconic moments in horror movie history.

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They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re all together ooky…Core cast members from The Addams Family reunited at this past weekend’s Los Angeles Comic Con, more than 30 years since they first brought the gothic family to the big screen.

Gathering for the event was Christina Ricci (Wednesday), Anjelcia Huston (matriarch Morticia), Christopher Lloyd (Uncle Fester), Jimmy Workman (Pugsley), and Carel Struycken (butler Lurch). Of course, the Addams Family reunion was obviously missing the late Raul Julia, who brought a whole new energy to father Gomez. In fact, Gomez died less than one year after the release of 1993’s Addams Family Values, succumbing to a stroke after battling other illnesses. It would be his final film released during his life, with Street Fighter being posthumously released.

But Julia’s presence was still felt by his Addams family, with Anjelica Huston remembering him as “the perfect gentleman.

The Addams Family movie cast has nothing but fond memories of their Gomez Addams, Raul Julia.

Per Entertainment Weekly, Anjelica Huston, Christina Ricci, Jimmy Workman, Christopher Lloyd, and Carel Struycken attended an L.A. Comic Con panel celebrating the legacy of 1991's The Addams Family and its sequel Addams Family Values. During the panel, the cast members -- minus Carol Kane, who replaced Judith Malina in Addams Family Values as Grandmama -- talked about Julia's Gomez performance, with Huston describing the late actor as "the perfect gentleman" on set.

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"He was always the first on set and the last to leave. He was a great dancer. I'd get really grumpy around dancing rehearsals, which I felt were unnecessary since...

The 1991 big screen outing for The Addams Family remains a much-loved movie over 30 years after its original release. At Los Angeles Comic Con, fans of the kooky, spooky family were given a huge treat as the surviving cast members reunited for a special family photo. The moment was shared on social media by Christopher Lloyd, who was joined by Anjelica Huston, Christina Ricci, Jimmy Workman, and Carel Struycken, for the kind of image that brings both joy and a little sadness to the heart for the movies fans, thanks to the absence of Raul Julia and Judith Malina, who passed away in 1994 and 2015, respectively.

Based on the Charles Addams comic strip, The Addams Family appeared on TV in the 1960s, but many still hold their first big screen outing as the go-to reference for all things Addams. This is mostly down to the casting of the main family members. Julia...

Most of the main cast members of The Addams Family, the original live-action feature film from the franchise, has gotten back together again. The special reunion comes 33 years after the release of the original film.

The reunion happened at L.A. Comic Con with several Addams Family cast members offering professional photo-ops for fans. Reunion photos of the cast members present have also been getting shared online. The reunited actors include Anjelica Huston (Morticia Addams), Christopher Lloyd (Uncle Fester Addams), Christina Ricci (Wednesday Addams), Jimmy Workman (Pugsley Addams), and Carel Struycken (Lurch). The only ones missing are Raul Julia (Gomez Addams) and Judith Malina, as they respectively died in 1994 and 2015.

Its an Addams Family reunion Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Jimmy Workman, and Carel Struycken reunite at #ComicCon in LA pic.twitter.com/k8C1kgWJpC (@CinemaBurst) October 5, 2024 The Addams Family cast Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Jimmy Workman, Anjelica Huston and Carel Struycken reunite.

Actor Christopher Lloyd debuted in the role of Fester Addams over three decades ago as one of the stars of The Addams Family. Looking back at his casting, Lloyd can remember how excited he was to land the part, as it reminded him of the love he had for the original comic strip as a kid.

Lloyd commented on her Fester Addams role while speaking with Variety. When he was a child, the actor's family was subscribed to the New Yorker magazine, and Lloyd would always read the cartoons. He particularly enjoyed the Addams Family cartoon created by Charles Addams, which obviously included the Fester character as a part of the family. Many years later, Lloyd happened to get the call to potentially play Fest, and that felt like a full-circle moment for the actor.

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Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.

Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!

Us: The Complete Annotated Screenplay by Jordan Peele

Us: The Complete Annotated Screenplay by Jordan Peele will be published on October 11 via Inventory Press, who previously released a similar book for Get Out.

Priced at $19.95, the 208-page softcover book illustrates Peele’s script with over 150 stills from the film, deleted scenes, in-depth annotations, and an introduction by Peele.

It includes writing by Hannah Baer, Theaster Gates, Jamieson Webster, Jared Sexton, Mary Ping, Shana Redmond, and Leila Taylor, alongside excerpts from Naomi Klein, Coleson Whitehead, Maggie Nelson, Carol J. Clover, Michael Harrington, and Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Puppet Master: Leach Woman Figure & Toulon’s Trunk from Neca

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Ray Wise portrayed Liko in Tng & Arturis in Voyager, showcasing his range in the Star Trek franchise. Wise's memorable role in Twin Peaks as Leland Palmer is just one example of his extensive acting career. Numerous actors from Twin Peaks, such as Carel Struycken and Michael J. Anderson, have also appeared in Star Trek episodes.

Twin Peaks actor Ray Wise portrayed two different characters in the Star Trek franchise. Wise's first Star Trek appearance came in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3, episode 4, "Who Watches the Watchers," in which he plays Liko, a member of a Vulcan-like species being observed by the United Federation of Planets. In Star Trek: Voyager season 4, episode 26, "Hope and Fear," Wise portrayed Arturis, a member of an unnamed species designated Species 116. Ray Wise is most known for his role in Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as Leland Palmer, the father...

The first Charles Addams' strip that might be considered a part of the Addams Family canon was published in the pages of the New Yorker on August 6, 1938. In it, a vacuum cleaner salesman stands just inside a large, creepy, obviously haunted mansion, addressing the denizens, a cadaverous vampire woman and a brutish bearded man. The salesman, unperturbed by his grim surroundings offers his sales pitch, declares that no well-appointed home should be without such an appliance.

58 of Addams' 1,300 cartoon strips would feature his oddball Family, a nameless clan of ghouls who cherished horror and death. Throughout the '40s, a central canon of Family members would solidify, and come to include a squat, beastly patriarch, his skeletal wife, their two murderous children, a witchy grandmother, a fecklessly weird bald uncle, and their Frankensteinian live-in butler. In Addams' strips, the Family would talk about how much they loved destructive storms, how...

Pfeiffer's diverse filmography showcases her unmatched talent in various genres, from comedy to drama. Her iconic roles, like Catwoman in Batman Returns, have left a lasting impact on moviegoers and the industry. Pfeiffer's ability to embody complex characters, like Elvira in Scarface, cements her as a true Hollywood icon.

Michelle Pfeiffer's captivating career has delivered incredible and memorable performances for decades, showcasing that her filmography is filled with some of cinema's finest movies. Rising to prominence in the early 80s, Pfeiffer's star shone brightest in the late 80s and early 90s, when she established herself as one of the most talented actresses to grace the silver screen. Her breakout role as Elvira Hancock in Brian De Palma's Scarface marked the beginning of a commercially successful and critically acclaimed career that continues to this day.

Pfeiffer's remarkable versatility has allowed her to excel in every major genre, from comedies...

Lwaxana Troi, played by Majel Barrett, had a complex and realistic relationship with her daughter Deanna on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Mr. Homn, portrayed by Carel Struycken, served as Lwaxana's silent valet in five episodes of Tng, accompanying her with infinite patience. Despite his limited dialogue, Mr. Homn's distinctive appearance made him a memorable character and helped balance out Lwaxana's flamboyant personality.

On Star Trek: The Next Generation, Mr. Homn (Carel Struycken) served as the nearly silent valet for Lwaxana Troi (Majel Barrett). The Betazoid mother of Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis), Lwaxana visited the USS Enterprise-d on several occasions, eventually becoming one of Star Trek's best recurring characters. Sometimes referred to as "the First Lady of Star Trek," Majel Barrett portrayed Nurse Christine Capel on Star Trek: The Original Series, in addition to voicing Starfleet's computers in the Rick Berman-era Star Trek series.

Lwaxana and her daughter,...

If you’re anything like me, the two Ewok movies were always that piece of Star Wars media you meant to get around to at some point but never did. I remember first reading about the existence of these movies in a Star Wars action figure guide, yet even as a Star Wars obsessed kid, I never bothered to seek them out. They weren’t exactly easy to come by for a while but when they dropped on DVD in 2004… I still never got around to it.

Yeah, it was part of Star Wars lore, but both films were about the Ewoks, no one’s favorite Star Wars race of aliens. Nowadays the made-for-tv films are struck from canon, if they really had a place there to begin with. Yet two years ago, when out of nowhere Disney+ added both of the films, I finally decided to give them a watch.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds improves on a plot from Star Trek: The Next Generation by embracing a comedic tone and delivering an emotional story. The characters in Strange New Worlds develop more over the course of the series, making their engagement scenes more impactful and the humor more effective. Both Star Trek shows highlight strong and caring mothers in Lwaxana Troi and Amanda Grayson, who bring depth and contrast to their respective storylines.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds updated a plot from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1, and did it better. In Tng season 1, episode 11, "Haven," Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) finds herself pushed to marry a man she was promised to as a young girl. Her mother, Lwaxana Troi (Majel Barrett), arrives on the USS Enterprise-d alongside Deanna's betrothed, Wyatt (Robert Knepper), and his parents. As Deanna and Wyatt try to get to know one another,...

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Few experiences unite people from all walks of life like a fear of the dark. Often surpassing specific concerns of serial killers, monsters, witches, or demons, what we collectively fear most is that mysterious, dark unknown. Anything and everything could be lurking in the shadows just waiting to pounce. Bishal Dutta’s terrifying new film It Lives Inside follows an ancient evil that hides in dark corners while terrorizing its prey. The film follows a troubled teen named Tamira (Mohana Krishnan) terrorized by a flesh-eating demon known as the Pishacha that feasts on negative energy. This malevolent being soon sets its sights on her best friend Samidha (Megan Suri) and begins a campaign of terror hoping to gorge itself on chaos, destruction, and emotional pain.

One of Dutta’s most frightening scenes takes place in Samidha’s darkened bedroom. Staring at her open closet door,...

Lt. Boimler's first away mission in Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4, episode 3, "In the Cradle of Vexilon," sends him to a strange room resembling Twin Peaks' Red Room. The appearance of the Red Room is likely just a shoutout to Twin Peaks and doesn't have significant meaning in the Star Trek universe. Twin Peaks and Star Trek have several connections, including shared actors and the involvement of Catherine E. Coulson, who worked on both franchises. The mysterious koalas in Lower Decks are also a recurring gag.

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At first glance, Star Trek and Twin Peaks may not appear to have a lot in common, but the most recent episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks sent Lt. Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid) to Laura Palmer's old stomping ground. In Lower Decks season 4, episode 3, "In the Cradle of Vexilon,...

This article contains Gerald’s Game spoilers.

The grace and intelligence with which Mike Flanagan approached Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game novel never gets enough credit. Released to streaming in 2017, the psychological thriller with a hint of the supernatural suffered the same fate as many of the best movies released on Netflix; it blipped into the pop culture aether and then vanished from it, buried by a lack of attention. (The fact it came out the same month as WB’s splashy big budget It: Chapter One didn’t help.)

Yet the raw emotional power of the film has lingered for those who continue to discover it on the big N, as has its legacy for Flanagan, whose clarity of storytelling and vision in Gerald’s Game paved the way for a series of fascinating Netflix shows, including The Haunting of Hill House, and the chance to pull off another miracle by...

Where to Watch Powered by Christina Ricci's appearance in Netflix's Wednesday series has opened the door for more actors from the beloved Addams Family movies of the 1990s to make cameos. Anjelica Huston, who portrayed Morticia Addams in the iconic '90s movies, could potentially have a cameo in Wednesday and have a showdown with Catherine Zeta-Jones' version of the character. Other actors from the Addams Family movies, such as Christopher Lloyd, Jimmy Workman, and Carel Struycken, could also make appearances in future seasons, adding to the nostalgia and connection to the original films.

Christina Ricci’s killer return to the spooky world sets up more actors from The Addams Family movies of the 1990s to appear in Netflix’s Wednesday series. Since the characters’ origination in Charles Addams’ 1930s comics, the eccentric, macabre Addams family has graced the big and small screens on numerous occasions. From the...

Dark Star Pictures has announced that they will be giving King on Screen, a documentary that was directed by Daphné Baiwir (The Rebellious Olivia De Havilland) and focuses on the many film and television adaptations of the works of Stephen King, a theatrical release in North America on August 11th – and along with that announcement comes the unveiling of a trailer for King on Screen, which you can check out in the embed above!

Dark Star will also be giving the documentary a Blu-ray and VOD release on September 8th.

Over fifty filmmakers, including Flanagan, have taken the helm of more than eighty King film and TV adaptations as the decades have gone by. King on Screen offers an inside look with the majority of directors who have adapted his work for the screen, showcasing that unique relationship. Included in the picture are The Shawshank Redemption helmer Frank Darabont as well as Mick Garris,...

Dark Star Pictures holds the North American distribution rights to King on Screen, a documentary that was directed by Daphné Baiwir (The Rebellious Olivia De Havilland) and focuses on the many film and television adaptations of the works of Stephen King. While Dark Star Pictures is planning to give the documentary a late summer theatrical release in North America, the UK release is in the hands of Signature Entertainment, and they’re going to give King on Screen a digital release on June 26th. To promote that release, they have shared a clip from the documentary that shows filmmaker Mike Flanagan discussing the heroines that can be found in King’s work – and also in the writer’s own life. Including his wife Tabitha, who took the early pages of Carrie out of the trashcan King had dropped them in and encouraged him to finish the story. You can watch...

A new video series called Modern Horror Movie Talk recently made its premiere on the Arrow in the Head Show YouTube channel, and with each episode of this show we’ll be joining host Tyler Nichols as he covers all new horror releases, the latest horror movie news, and new horror trailers. Films discussed in previous episodes of Modern Horror Movie Talk include Cocaine Bear, Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving, The Pope’s Exorcist (a couple times!), the newly released entry in the Children of the Corn franchise, The Blackening, Scream VI, 65, Infinity Pool, Terrifier 2, Knock at the Cabin, Renfield, and Evil Dead Rise. Now, for the eleventh episode, Tyler is joined by special guest Andrew Hatfield to discuss a trio of horror films that are currently available to watch on the Netflix streaming service: Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation Gerald’s Game, Gareth Evans’ Apostle, and David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows.

Brian de Palma got the ball rolling with his big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Carrie… and since then, over fifty filmmakers have taken the helm of more than eighty King film and TV adaptations. The many adaptations of King’s work are the focus of the King-approved documentary King on Screen, directed by Daphné Baiwir (The Rebellious Olivia De Havilland), which we previously heard about when it was gearing up for its Fantastic Fest premiere last year. Now Deadline reports that Dark Star Pictures has acquired the North American distribution rights to King on Screen. They’re planning to give the documentary a theatrical release sometime in the late summer, with a digital release following in the fall.

With a running time of 105 minutes, King on Screen offers an inside look with the majority of directors who have adapted his work for the screen, showcasing that unique relationship.

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[The following story includes major spoilers from Wednesday season one and plot details from Smallville.]

With the Netflix series Wednesday, creators Al Gough and Miles Millar gave viewers something they had never seen before: the world of Wednesday Addams, away from her kooky, lovable family.

The breakout show, which opened to the second-largest premiere week in the two-year history of Nielsen’s weekly rankings, is the latest in a long list of Addams Family adaptations. What’s unique about Wednesday, however, is that it largely follows one member of the clan (with a helping hand, ahem, from Thing) and her life at Nevermore Academy, a boarding school for “outcasts, freaks and monsters.” Within days of being at her new school, the teen goth icon is wrapped up in a fantastical whodunnit that she’ll spend the entirety of the first season solving: Who’s killing Nevermore students, and why?

By the end of the finale, Wednesday discovers that her almost-beau,...

Tim Burton's Wednesday focuses on the titular member of the Addams Family, but most of the other characters from the iconic comic strip also appear in the Netflix show, including Lurch. While not a blood relative of the Addamses, Lurch is as much a part of the family as the rest. The large, Frankensteinian butler is short on speech but visually unforgettable, and it takes a special sort of actor to fill the role. The performer must be physically imposing, have a deep voice, and convey what he's thinking with little facial expression.

In Netflix's Addams Family show, Wednesday, Lurch is played by George Burcea. While reports of his exact height vary, the actor is only a few inches over 6 feet tall. This would seem a problem for the visual comedy of Lurch's role in the Addams home, but Burcea is a good deal taller than the rest of the main cast.

The Addams Family's history began in 1938 when cartoonist Charles Addams first drew the eccentric (and then-nameless) characters in a series of cartoons for The New Yorker. In the 1960s, "The Addams Family" television show cemented the iconic characters' influence on pop culture. Whether or not they directly inspired their competitors like "The Munsters," the titular family and their ooky-spooky-kooky theme song have been inescapable ever since. There have been two live-action shows in the '60s and the '90s, two animated series in the '70s and the '90s, board games, and video games. In fall 2022, Netflix will debut a Wednesday Addams series.

But let's not forget the films! Decades after the family first debuted, director Barry Sonnenfeld finally brought them to the big screen in 1991's "The Addams Family," starring Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, and Christina Ricci. Sequels followed in 1993 and 1998, with the latter film serving...

For horror fans, the autumnal season is the time of year when we all get to be the belle of the ball. For a few weeks each year, our expertise in all things creepy and spooky is valued above all other film fanatics, and we're often tasked with providing as many film recommendations as possible for casual horror fans to cram into a month or two of viewing. Sure, there's bound to be requests for "the scariest movie ever," but as new crops of monster kids grow into their own year after year, there's an evergreen need for horror movies that adults can watch with their little ones.

Family-friendly horror movies are a great way to inaugurate younger viewers to one of the most prolific subgenres in all of cinema, as well as offer a safe outlet to begin processing negative emotions like fear, grief, sadness, and anxiety. It's a...

Brian de Palma got the ball rolling with his big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Carrie… and since then, over fifty filmmakers have taken the helm of more than eighty King film and TV adaptations. The many adaptations of King’s work are the focus of the upcoming documentary King on Screen, directed by Daphné Baiwir (The Rebellious Olivia De Havilland). King-approved, King on Screen will premiere at Fantastic Fest next month, and Deadline reports that Yellow Veil Pictures has picked up the world sales rights.

With a running time of 105 minutes, King on Screen offers

an inside look with the majority of directors who have adapted his work for the screen, showcasing that unique relationship. Included in the picture are The Shawshank Redemption helmer Frank Darabont as well as Mick Garris, Mike Flanagan, Greg Nicotero and more.

Yellow Veil Pictures’ Hugues Barbier had this to say: “King...

Yellow Veil Pictures have acquired world sales rights to Daphné Baiwir’s feature documentary King on Screen, Bd has learned. The documentary, approved by Stephen King, will premiere at Fantastic Fest in September, with more festivals to be announced throughout the fall.

“In 1976, Brian de Palma directed Carrie, the first novel and adaptation of Stephen King’s work. Since then, more than 50 directors have adapted the master of horror’s books, in more than 80 films and series, making him now the most adapted author still alive in the world.

“King on Screen features an inside look with the majority of directors who have adapted Stephen King’s work for screen, showcasing the unique relationship as they reimagine his work for film. The documentary, which interviews the lion’s share of the filmmakers who have adapted his work to screen, includes Frank Darabont, Mick Garris, Mike Flanagan, Greg Nicotero and more.

Exclusive: Yellow Veil Pictures has acquired world sales rights to Daphné Baiwir’s feature documentary King On Screen. The film, which centers on the journey of works by legendary horror author Stephen King from the page to cinema and television screens, will premiere at Fantastic Fest in September.

Approved by King, the doc features an inside look with the majority of directors who have adapted his work for the screen, showcasing that unique relationship. Included in the picture are The Shawshank Redemption helmer Frank Darabont as well as Mick Garris, Mike Flanagan, Greg Nicotero and more. In 1976, Brian de Palma directed Carrie, the first adaptation of King’s work. Since then, more than 50 directors have brought over 80 films and series to the screen.

Directed by Baiwir (The Rebellious Olivia De Havilland), the documentary is produced by Sebastien Cruz for Les Films de la Plage, Jean-Yves Roubin for Frakas Productions and...

Last month marked the 25th anniversary of Men in Black, arguably one of the most influential science fiction films in blockbuster history. That release not only added a major genre franchise to the table—one which would continue to have success decades later—but it also showcased that sci-fi and buddy comedies could co-exist as one. It pushed the industry forward in regards to the marriage of visual and practical effects, and helped to boost a rising star in Will Smith. But that first movie could have gone down a very different path, one that might have seen it lose some of its shine.

Not only was the first script for Men in Black wildly different, but changes were eventually made to remove a whole subplot from the final film. Watching it back, audiences would be forgiven for never noticing that anything was missing. But for those in the trenches of the production,...

With winter storms still sweeping through the land, it might be nice to stay in and watch some movies on your streamer of choice. While Netflix is increasingly interested in its own original films, they are still committed to bringing you plenty of classic catalogue titles, including a whole bunch in February. It was hard to pick our favorites, but we tried anyway.

Below are the best new movies on Netflix in February 2022.

The Addams Family Paramount Pictures

There’s been so much “Addams Family”-related stuff since the two original theatrical films in the 1990s that it’s easy to forget just how good they both were. The first film, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and co-written by Burton collaborators Larry Wilson and Caroline Thompson (and later re-written by Paul Rudnick), doesn’t have quite the same edge as the sequel but it did establish the world beautifully. This is...

Barry Sonnenfeld leaped from hot cinematographer status to A- list director with this sure-footed big screen adaptation of the TV show based on Charles Addams’s marvelously morbid New Yorker cartoons. The cast is ideal: Anjelica Huston and Raul Julia complement TV’s Carolyn Jones and John Astin without inviting comparisons. Winning an imaginary award for making sick jokes safe for PG-13, the script has true wit. The characters have depth as well, which is wonderful. Daring to be out of step with the times, the elaborate production, costumes and special effects are all on the same page: director Sonnenfeld and producer Scott Rudin see to it that the goofy premise never wears thin. The 4K encoding is a dazzler.

The Addams Family

4K Ultra-hd + Digital Code

‘With More Mamushka!’

Paramount Home Video

1991 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 99 min. / Street Date November 23, 2021 /

Starring: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya, Elizabeth Wilson,...

Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has acquired worldwide rights to Lance Kawas’ thriller Good Thief, also claiming North American rights to Sonny Mallhi’s Hurt and Phil Harding’s The Reunion. The Red Arrow Studios company will release the first title on Tvod and digital platforms on November 30, with the second debuting in select theaters and on internet, cable, and satellite platforms on December 10, and the third arriving on all Tvod and digital platforms in February.

Good Thief follows a pair of thieves (played by Peter Donahue and newcomer Shomari Giles) on the outskirts of Detroit who rob a neighborhood pawnbroker (Jimmy Doom) of his valuable baseball card collection, only to find out they’ve unleashed something far more sinister. Aaron Sizemore penned the script for the film, which also stars Melanie Mahanna and Bobby Laenen. Kawas produced with Hicham Benkirane’s company, Hbk F.C. Myriad Pictures is handling international sales.

Stars: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis, Zahn McClarnon, Emily Alyn Lind, Selena Anduze, Robert Longstreet, Carel Struycken, Catherine Parker, James Flanagan, Met Clark, Zackary Momoh, Jocelin Donahue | Written and Directed by Mike Flanagan

Doctor Sleep can never quite find what it wants to be. Stuck between an adaptation of Stephen Kings novel and Stanley Kubrick’s movie, Doctor Sleep sinks somewhere in the middle, but not without a fair attempt at being both.

The Shining is perhaps one of, if not the, most famous horror film of all time. Even if you’ve never seen it, you know of axe wielding Jack Torrance, played by Jack Nicholson in the most Jack Nicholson performance of all time. It’s a voice and line that’s heard by everyone who’s ever heard of a movie, the famous ‘here’s Johnny’ is cemented into pop culture, and in essence...

The ’80s Slasher Classic The Prey will be available on Blu-ray October 1st From Arrow Video

It s not human, and it s got an axe! One of the most underrated efforts to hail from the slice-and-dice boom, The Prey at last emerges from the VHS wilderness in a brand new 2K restoration from the recently unearthed original camera negative.

Three young couples set off into the mountains for a weekend of climbing, drinking and lovemaking. But little do they know that they are stumbling into the terrain of a fearsome predator – a wild man, horrifically burned as a child many years ago in a fire which engulfed his gypsy camp and left only him alive. Now he roams the woods in search of his next human prey.

Filmed in 1979-1980 – making it a contemporary, rather than an imitator, of the likes of Friday the 13th – but not released until...

Jane Jenkins, the casting director of “The Princess Bride,” looked at a lot of tall men for the part of the giant Fezzik. But in her mind, there was only one giant who could plausibly haul three people up the Cliffs of Insanity: André the Giant.

In speaking with TheWrap, Jenkins explained how André Roussimoff, better known as André the Giant and quite literally the biggest wrestler in the world, got out of a wrestling match in Tokyo and ended up cast in Rob Reiner’s cult classic comedy “The Princess Bride.” Jenkins and Reiner met with the book’s author William Goldman to find out just what they were dealing with.

“So this Fezzik character, this giant, what are we talking about? Am I looking for a basketball player,” Jenkins recalls asking Goldman. “Oh no, I want a giant like André the Giant,” was his reply, referring to the late star who is the subject of a new HBO documentary produced by Bill Simmons’ Ringer Films titled “André the Giant.”

Also Read: 'Groundhog Day' at 25: How Bill Murray Rom-Com Became an Accidental Classic

The first problem was, Jenkins didn’t know who that was. “You don’t know who André the Giant is,” her friend told her at the time. “He is, pardon the pun, a huge wrestler!” (Roussimoff was billed to be 7 feet 4 inches tall.)

Jenkins then tracked down his contact at the World Wrestling Federation (now the WWE) and simply asked to meet him for a movie Reiner was directing. But they learned that André had a conflict with a wrestling match in Tokyo for which he would be paid millions, and unless they were willing to buy it out and match his salary, he was unavailable.

“So we did not have André the Giant,” Jenkins said. “So I proceeded to meet every tall person in L.A. and say ‘if you didn’t duck in through my doorway, you were way too short.'”

Also Read: 'Princess Bride's' Cary Elwes Talks Drinking 'Airplane Fuel' With Andre the Giant (Video)

Among some of the other potential Fezziks, Jenkins met with Carel Struycken, another 7-footer who was already committed to do a part in “The Witches of Eastwick.” She met a Scottish man who was known as the strongest man in the world, but wasn’t “the tallest man in the world.” And she even met a man she described as being like Ichabod Crane who, when they shook hands, made her own hand feel like “an infant’s hand inside a catcher’s mitt.”

“He said in a British accent, ‘I see there are a lot of fight scenes. I have a rather awkward center of gravity. Would there be a double for me,'” Jenkins recalled. “I don’t think that we can double you,” she responded.

But as if bestowed by Miracle Max himself, André’s fight was canceled, so Reiner and producer Andrew Scheinman dropped everything — literally leaving during an audition — to fly out to Paris and meet the Frenchman. Reiner told TheWrap via email that Scheinman read lines along with André, and Reiner ultimately put all of Fezzik’s lines onto a tape recorder for André to study and learn.

Also Read: Andre the Giant Biopic in the Works About Pro Wrestler, 'Princess Bride' Star

In upcoming HBO doc, Reiner explains that André had auditioned for the part, but upon their first meeting, the filmmaker couldn’t understand a word he said. Reiner also added that André’s sensitive side came to define the cliche of the “gentle giant.”

“André the Giant” airs Tuesday, April 10, on HBO at 10 p.m.

Read original story How André the Giant Was Cast in ‘The Princess Bride’ At TheWrap...

Simon Brew Oct 11, 2019

After Addams Family Values struggled at the box office, another film still followed a few years later. But Addams Family 3 this was not...

This article comes from Den of Geek UK.

In a better world Addams Family Values would have got both the rich acclaim and enormous box office it merited in 1993. A deliciously playful sequel, it’s 94 minutes of tightly put together comedy, with a bunch of performers that come close to defining "perfectly cast." Christina Ricci, clinging to a fence as she’s threatened with the Harmony Hut, remains a comedy highlight of 1990s cinema.

But the film didn’t really hit. As much as it was liked, its box office was less than half of the original. It was released the week before Mrs. Doubtfire in the Us, and it was the latter that became the widely seen family comedy of Christmas 1993. Addams Family Values...

Simon Brew Nov 15, 2017

After Addams Family Values struggled at the box office, another film still followed a few years later. But Addams Family 3 this was not...

Were the world right, then in 1993, Addams Family Values would have got both the rich acclaim and enormous box office it merited. A deliciously playful sequel, it’s 94 minutes of tightly put together comedy, with a bunch of performers that come close to defining ‘perfectly cast’. Christina Ricci, clinging to a fence as she’s threatened with the Harmony Hut, remains a comedy highlight of 1990s cinema.

But the film didn’t really hit. As much as it was liked, its box office was less than half of the original. It was released the week before Mrs Doubtfire in the Us, and it was the latter that become the widely seen family comedy of Christmas 1993. Addams Family Values would do okay at best, but...

Gerald’S Game Netflix Director: Mike Flanagan Written by: Jeff Howard, Mike Flanagan, from Stephen King’s novel “Gerald’s Game” (published 9/27/16) Cast: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Henry Thomas, Chiara Aurelia, Carel Struycken, Kate Siegel Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 9/27/17 Opens: September 29, 2017 Joan Baez does a great job singing the traditional song that opens […]

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Stars: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Henry Thomas, Carel Struycken, Kate Siegel, Chiara Aurelia, Gwendolyn Mulamba | Written by Jeff Howard | Directed by Mike Flanagan

Mike Flanagan has been on a pretty successful run when it comes to horrors. With Absentia, Oculus, Hush and Ouija: Origin of Evil, it is fair to say he has brought us well made horror that actually delivers. Now that Gerald’s Game has arrived on Netflix, can he continue his success.

Gerald’s Game is the story of Jessie Birlingame (Carla Gugino) who agrees to go on a retreat with her husband Gerald (Bruce Greenwood) to find the spark in her marriage. Letting him handcuff her to the bed to spice up their love life, things go horribly wrong when he dies of a heart attack, leaving Jessie trapped with her own mental demons, along with what lurks in the shadows of the seemingly empty house.

It’s been a very strong year for Stephen King adaptations (well, adaptations not named The Dark Tower), with the release of Andy Muschietti’s It and several new TV series, too. Now we’ve got two other stellar projects making their way to Netflix, Gerald’s Game from Mike Flanagan (Ouija: Origin of Evil, Oculus, Hush) and 1922 from genre newcomer Zak Hilditch. This dynamic duo of Netflix films recently screened at the 2017 Fantastic Fest in Austin, and I'd like to share my thoughts on these two wildly different films that were both equally compelling and entertaining viewing experiences all the same.

Gerald's Game: With Gerald’s Game, Flanagan has nearly done the unimaginable by somehow finding a way to translate a story that is mostly internally driven by its protagonist, and bring it to life visually in a way that’s still in line with King’s material,...

Gerald’s Game Trailer Mike Flanagan‘s Gerald’s Game (2017) movie trailer stars Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas, Bruce Greenwood, Carel Struycken, and Kate Siegel. Gerald’s Game‘s plot synopsis: based on the book by Stephen King, “Gerald’s Game follows Gerald and Jessie Burlingame, who have gone to their summer home [...]

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