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1 day ago · That has more or less been Harvey Spencer Stephens' career graph as a horror film icon. He wasn't more than 5 years old when he transformed into devil child Damien Thorn for Richard Donner's 1976 classic "The Omen," winning against 500 boys to clinch the role. The enormity of the moment was lost on little Stephens, who only stepped into showbiz ...
1 day ago · Yes, he did. Giger's most famous contribution to the movie industry was his design of the Xenomorph creature for Ridley Scott's 1979 film "Alien." His work on the film earned him an Oscar for Best Achievement for Visual Effects. Giger's influence extended to other films as well, including designs for "Species," "Poltergeist II," and "Dune."
4 days ago · The plot of 1982 classic "Poltergeist" was based on the Hermann family of Long Island, New York, who claimed to be haunted by a poltergeist that made objects fly through their home, according to ...
4 days ago · Laszlo and Gibson check a setup. Though certain elements of Poltergeist II were deliberately designed to meet and satisfy the expectations of the audience whose appetite has been whetted by the first film, the current production has a far less brightly lit quality than Poltergeist, since Laszlo and director Brian Gibson opted to go for a more dramatic, more disturbing photographic tone.
2 days ago · The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, and Linda Blair, and follows the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother's attempt to rescue her through an exorcism by two Catholic priests. Blatty, who also produced, and Friedkin, his choice as director, had difficulty casting the film.
1 day ago · The first film dramatized the Perron family haunting of the 1970s; The Conjuring 2 took on the Enfield poltergeist, one of the U.K.'s most infamous paranormal sagas; while The Devil Made Me Do It borrowed from the case of Arne Cheyenne Johnson, the defendant in a murder trial to plead guilty on the grounds of demonic possession.
2 days ago · Naomi Scott knew exactly what she was getting into when she signed on to Smile 2, the upcoming horror sequel about a pop star cursed by a malevolent, smiling poltergeist. “I remember reading the script and being like, ‘Every day is going to be intense’,” she tells Yahoo UK. “I relished the challenge.
