Whatza matter? Don't wanna kiss my hand?

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Recently I watched the horror classic, Amityville. It was purported to be one of the scariest movies ever made. Well, it was a rather well done flick, I'll give you that. But then part of the argument would have us believe that this was based on a true story. Hang on a minute, that's stretching it a bit, especially since I have actually seen the flick.

I don't want to dwell on all the details about Amityville and why I scoff when folks bring up the 'real life haunting' angle. The wiki page covers it rather well and google search brings up the numerous controversies surrounding the flick/story. For starters, folks who moved into the house later on didn't experience any X-Files style activity. Some of the events mentioned have been contested by many. At the very least, some folks involved have changed their version of the story a few times.

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... is that it has to fit the feel of the show!

Do you ever wonder what goes through a TV show creator's head when they pick the opening themes? Well, I do, especially when I am watching science fiction shows on TV. Admittedly, some of them have fantastic intros that do justice to the overall concept of the show. And then you have the epic failures. Like Star Trek: Enterprise. 

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What? They left that in?

Nowadays everyone remembers him as the guy who tried to eat a burger off the floor. Yep, I am talking about the Hoff himself. It's sad that such bits of his personal life overshadowed all his other work. Alright, so some of it was quirky whilst other work were noteworthy. So, let's talk about some weird and wonderful facts about David Hasselhoff, shall we?

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Hello:  Growing up I saw a film twice, it was made by Italian, or Indian film company, it was about the Kali cult of India, made in the 1960's and in the film I remember the cult members entered and exited their hideaway through a large tree? 

Does anyone know what the title of this film is?  Or has also seen it?

Somehow of the other, I spent a considerable amount of time today going through urban legends about the movie industry (actors, movies, controversies, you name it). Who'd have thought there would be so much weird and wonderful information out there? Well, here's some of the stranger bits:

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Zombies in a queue?

Ever think about the different types of zombies out there? I meant, the way they are represented over time in movies? How do they change over time? Like treacherous vampires have they ever done an about-turn on us, gone all 'Eww!' at fleshy meals and opted for peas and carrots? Thankfully, nothing as dire has happened …. yet. But zombies have been represented in interesting ways.

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Could be any movie, typical Diesel pose though

I've got nothing against action movies; in fact, some of my favorite movies are fast-paced action flicks (Matrix, LoTR, Pitch Black come to mind). But you know what I find annoying about most movies in this genre? Irrespective of whether it is well-directed or offers a brilliant storyline, it almost always the same type of character as the male lead. You know, the gun-slinging, swearing-when-not-silent man who saves the day? Admittedly, not all flicks opt for this but a large percentage of them are certainly guilty of using this mold. You know what I'm talking about. Check out this list:

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Rocky Horror Picture Show

When I came across the funky “So Bad It's Worse” comic, I thought, 'Hang on, surely Rocky Horror Picture Show' doesn't fall into that particular category? I mean the one depicted in the comic? I suppose folks will differ on that subject; I'm in the 'movie is pure brilliance' school of thought. Anyway, this made me troll a lot of sites looking for RHPS trivia and I figured I might as well share some of info I found.

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Height of Narcissm

This cult classic is in the news again, more so because of director Mary Harron's comments about Tom Cruise. But that surely brings up an interesting point … how about some more interesting trivia about American Psycho?

 

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Angel Comics
A lot of recent movie adaptations have revolved around popular comics. You know, take a beloved idea/theme and dilute it for the big screen debut. Well, to be fair, a few of them do justice to the original concept – and byt that I mean you, Mr Bat Ears. Anyway, I decided to turn it the other way around; I wanted to find out how many movies resulted in the creation of a comic book/series. Check out my list below.

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