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08/09/2025

Celebrating 100th Anniversary THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) Dir. Rupert Julian https://tubitv.com/movies/666311
Erik, a heinously disfigured musical genius lives in the catacombs of a Paris Opera House. He's obsessed with Christine Daaé, a singer, who he manipulates into being his protégé. Before long his violent tendencies surface; stemming from a lifetime of rejection n' isolation.

Presented by Carl Laemmle & , Starring silent era legends, Mary Philbin as Christine Daaé, and "The Man of a Thousand Faces," Sr. as Erik, The Phantom. Based upon French author Gaston Leroux' 1910 gothic horror novel 'Le Fantôme de l'Opéra' which has inspired numerous adaptations.

Including: Universal's 1943 remake with Susanna Foster & ; the 1962 Hammer Films take with Heather Sear & Herbert Lom; Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical adaptation; Dwight H. Little's 1989 modern re-envisioning with Jill Schoelen & ; the 1998 re-telling with & ; and the 2004 film based on Webber's musical, with Emmy Rossum & .

04/09/2025

's film debut in Charles Martin Smith's Supernatural Horror film TRICK OR TREAT (1986) about deceased Satanist rocker, Sammi Curr, who through his Satanic heavy metal music is resurrected from the dead to wreck havoc on a bunch of stupid teenagers at the local high school Halloween dance. The "Prince of Darkness" himself, Ozzy Osbourne appears in the film; in a cameo role as Rev. Aaron Gilstrom.

02/09/2025

Rest in Peace, Scott Spiegel. 🕯
Scott was childhood friends with EVIL DEAD alum & . The three of them attended high school together. In the late '70s, he appeared in several of Raimi's short films such as ITS MURDER (1977) and CLOCKWORK (1978).
He was the inspiration for the character "Scotty," Ash's best friend in the original EVIL DEAD (1981); and had previously portrayed the character himself in Raimi's horror short WITHIN THE WOODS (1978), a precursor to . He co-wrote EVIL DEAD II (1987) with Raimi, and directed the extremely underrated slasher flick THE INTRUDER (1989) originally entitled "The Night Crew," about a killer stalking the employees of a supermarket.
The film was inspired by Spiegel & Campbell's time as grocery store stock boys. It stars Danny Hicks (EVIL DEAD II) Elizabeth Cox (NIGHT OF THE CREEPS) and Renée Estevez (SLEEPAWAY CAMP II); and features both Campbell and Raimi (and his little brother, Ted).
It was produced by Lawrence Bender (RESERVOIR DOGS; PULP FICTION). Spiegel also appeared in the martial arts/action flick LIONHEART (1990), a vehicle for ; and directed FROM DUSK TILL DAWN 2 (1999) in which Campbell made a cameo appearence.
He was executive producer of 2001 MANIACS (2005), a remake of Herschell Gordon Lewis' 1964 splatter film TWO THOUSAND MANAICS!. He also produced 's HOSTEL franchise, and severed as director of the third film. He has worked on various films with friend Sam Raimi including:
DARKMAN (1990)
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD (1995)
SPIDER-MAN 2 (2004)
DRAG ME TO HELL (2009)
and DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS (2022)

17/08/2025

"KNEEL BEFORE, ZOD!"
Rest in Peace, Legendary British actor 🕯
known for portraying the Kryptonian super villain, General Zod in Richard Lester's : THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES (1980); and the restored Cut released in 2006. Stamp first, briefly portrayed the character in SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (1978); and would later return to the DC universe lending his voice to Superman's Kryptonian father Jor-El on the hit series .

01/07/2025

🌈Acknowledging American actress, comedian and director, AMANDA BEARSE, best known for co-starring in the supernatural horror film FRIGHT NIGHT (1985) and the sitcom MARRIED... WITH CHILDREN (1987 – 1997). In 1988, her archive footage from Fright Night briefly appeared in the sequel FRIGHT NIGHT, PART II.

Married to a woman, Bearse has been publicly out as le***an since 1993. In 2006, she teamed with actress/comedian Rosie O'Donnell to produce and direct THE BIG GAY SKETCH SHOW (2007 – 2009) which debuted on the Logo network targeting LGBTQ+ audiences.

29/06/2025

🌈 Remembering openly gay musician, radio personality and actor Robert Jacks.
Jacks portrayed the chainsaw wielding horror icon, Leatherface in the self-parody THE RETURN OF THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, 1995), the fourth film in the franchise; and often sited as a sequel, or direct-sequel to the original 1974 film. Its also been described as a remake, as it features a similar structure.

In an 1996 interview, Kim Henkel (Co-Creator of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), admitted that his approach "amounts to almost being a structural remake of the first film, with a new cast and characters," blurring the line between reboot and parody. According to Henkel, the character of Leatherface assumes the persona of the person whose face he wears: "The confused sexuality of the character is complex and horrifying at the same time." Leatherface is loosely based off real-life killer Ed Gein who made skin suits out of his female victims, and "cross-dressed" in their flesh.

Both critics and film scholars have noted Leatherface's overt cross-dressing, which was briefly explored in the original film with the impressions of 'the grandmother' and the 'beautiful woman' personas; that are implemented to a greater extent in this entry; and likening Leatherface's presentation in it to that of a "tortured drag queen." Jacks himself stated that "because of the times..." the character is "much more subjugated in this one than in the other films. It's shown in this that he's really tortured in many ways..."

On August 8, 2001, one day before his 42nd birthday, Jacks, a resident of Austin, Texas sadly passed away from an abdominal aneurysm.

28/06/2025

🌈 Acknowledging British Master of Horror; author, filmmaker and artist CLIVE BARKER, known for his 1984 short story 'THE FORBIDDEN,' and his 1986 novella 'THE HELLBOUND HEART' both of which produced horror icons Candyman, and the Hell Priest "Pinhead."

Barker's sexual orientation was never something he kept a secret. In 1996, he officially came out to the public; around this time his first novel featuring a gay protagonist, ['SACRAMENT'], was published. He also openly stated on Dr. Drew's LOVELINE that during his teen years he had several relationships with older women, but he realized that he was gay around 18 or 19-years-old.

26/06/2025

🌈 Remembering Vincent Price (1911 – 1993)
In the '70s, Price was critical of anti-gay rights campaigns. In later years he was supportive of his daughter, Victoria, when she came out as le***an; and joined PFLAG as an honorary board member. Price was also one of the first celebrities to film a public service announcement to help allay public fears about HIV/AIDS.

In an interview in 2015, Victoria revealed that her father was extremely supportive of her; and had confided in her his intimate, though non-sexual, relationships with men.

Price suffered from COPD, as well as Parkinson's disease. His symptoms were especially severe while shooting his scenes for Tim Burton's EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1990) requiring his schedule to be shortened.

On October 25, 1993, Price died in his Los Angeles, California home, at age 82 from of lung cancer. His remains were cremated and his ashes scattered off Nicholas Canyon Beach, near Point Dume in Malibu.

25/06/2025

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Remembering American actor Anthony "Norman Bates" Perkins.

Tab Hunter's 2005 autobiography "Tab Hunter Confidential" publicly acknowledged his four year relationship with Perkins beginning in 1956; and describes the couple separated just before Perkins filmed Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO (1960).

In a July 2024 article of People Magazine his son, actor and filmmaker Oz Perkins stated: that he and his brother [Elvis] grew up in a "complicated upbringing watching their father struggle to live two lives as either a closeted homosexual or bisexual man."

Many of Tony's friends, partners, and colleagues have consistently said that he was gay rather than bisexual because he had exclusively engaged in same-sex relationships until his late 30s, and expressed very little interest in women, sexually. However, several co-stars and collaborators have recalled situations where he'd leer over as an attractive woman walked by

Still, many friends were surprised by his marriage to American actress, model and photographer Berry Berenson in August 1973; and didn't believe the marriage would last. Berenson once stated: "a lot of people looked at the two of us and said 'Who are they kidding? This is never going to work.' I was so naïve I couldn't figure out what they were talking about. Tony told me, and it just didn't register."

Despite the fact that Perkins remained mostly closeted for his entire life. He supported many progressive causes, such as civil rights and feminism; and expressed his support for LGBTQ+
rights, and stated that the idea that marriage primarily between a man and a woman was "archaic," and that, if having children was the sole reason to get married, "g**s can adopt."

Even before getting diagnosed with the illness, Tony would regularly volunteered at Project Angel Food, a non-profit organization which delivered meals to HIV and AIDS patients. In September 1986, six years before his death, Perkins released a PSA urging people to "fight AIDS with the facts."

While filming PSYCHO IV (1990), Perkins tested positive for HIV. During his time of illness he managed to continue working on movies, and appeared in six television productions from 1990 to 1992; as well as hosted a 12-episode horror anthology while privately battling with disease.

On September 12, 1992, at age 60, he passed away in his Los Angeles home from AIDS-related pneumonia. In a statement prepared before his death, Perkins said: "I chose not to go public about... because, to misquote Casablanca, 'I'm not much good at being noble,' but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of one old actor don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding from the people I have met in this great adventure in the world... than I ever did in the cutthroat, competitive one in which I spent my life."

25/06/2025

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Acknowledging actress Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson.

In her 2021 memoir, "Yours Cruelly, Elvira" the Mistress of the Dark revealed that she's been in a relationship with a woman since 2002.

23/06/2025

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Remembering legendary American filmmaker & producer .

14/06/2025

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Remembering legendary British-American actor of both stage & screen; and former child star . His career spanned over 60 years; having appeared in such film classics as LASSIE COME HOME (1943) Orson Welles' MACBETH (1948); CLEOPATRA (1963), THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965), Rod Serling's PLANET OF THE APES (1968), THE POSEIDON ADENTURE (1972), FRIGHT NIGHT (1985) and many more...

In the early 1950s, McDowall was involved in a forbidden romantic relationship with American actor Montgomery Clift; the two had been introduced to each other by actress Elizabeth Taylor. Roddy, devoted himself entirely to Clift even moving from LA to NYC so they could be closer. After their breakup, Roddy struggled with depression and attempted su***de. Nevertheless, he expressed no bitterness; and the two remained loyal friends.

A lifelong smoker, McDowall was diagnosed with lung cancer in April '98. Doctors told him the disease had spread over his body and was incurable. On Oct. 3, 1998, at age 70, McDowall died from the disease at his home in Studio City, California. His body was cremated and his ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

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