WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers It seems much like his predecessor, Chris Evans, Joseph Quinn was an unknown name when he was chosen for the role of Johnny Storm, the Human Torch – for some reason I always think the name is Flame Boy instead. Having now seen Fantastic Four: First Steps, I won’t …
Actor to Singer: Tim Curry
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I don’t think I can say this enough, but I absolutely love Tim Curry! It’s a shame however that all of the singing roles I am about to discuss – are all bad guys! No matter how great his singing voice is, along with his acting of course, as …
Jessica Tandy (1909-1994)
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 7th June 1909 Died: 11th September 1994 Jessica Tandy was born the youngest of three siblings in Stoke Newington, London (bet that surprises a lot of you as it did me!). Her father was a rope salesman and her mother was the head of a school for disabled …
Silence Is Deadly
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers They always say it’s the quiet ones that you need to worry about, and honestly when you consider some villains, across horror in particular, I don’t think the saying is that far from the truth. What’s weirder is, how this article could pair well with Behind the Mask considering …
Robert Shaw (1927-1978)
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 9th August 1927 Died: 28th August 1978 Born in Westhoughton, Lancashire, Robert Shaw was the oldest of five children, his mother was a nurse and his father was a doctor. At the age of 7 the Shaw family relocated to Scotland, the home of his father’s family, but …
Sue Storm AKA Jessica Alba
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Considering that she was the first Sue Storm/Invisible Woman of my generation, it’s funny to think that I am discussing Jessica Alba after Kate Mara. To think that this film came out in the early 2000s and that there is now a whole generation who potentially do not know …
Rocky Horror Picture Show Reimagined
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers So, this is something I never thought I would say, someone has remade Rocky Horror Picture Show! Now, I guess the best way to describe it is more that it has “reimagined” which I will explain as we go along but what is even more rare is that it …
Demonised Disney
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers So, here’s a little spin-off from my Horrifying Childhood articles to focus specifically on the horror twists on some beloved Disney characters that have hit our screens in recent years. I guess now is the most apt time of all, what with the release of Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble being …
Central American Horror
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I have to admit, this was one of the hardest articles to write as films from Central America really are not easy to get hold of! As you will come to see, some of these films find themselves rooted in folklore, even if that is not of their own …
David Niven (1910-1983)
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 1st March 1910 Died: 29th July 1983 (aged 73) James David Graham Niven was born in Grosvenor Gardens, London, the fourth child of William and Henrietta Niven. He was given the name David as he was born on St David’s day – probably also the reason why he …