The buxom horror hostess Elvira (played by Cassandra Peterson) first appeared on a local Los Angeles station (syndicated to other markets). It wasn’t long before she was appearing on The
Released in 1966 and promoted with no gimmicks, Let’s Kill Uncle (also known as Let’s Kill Uncle Before Uncle Kills Us) represents a subdued William Castle. Twelve-year-old Barnaby Harrison (Pat
Based on the ground-breaking 1968 Broadway musical of the same name, Hair was long considered unfilmable. Under the guidance of noted director Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,
It’s Samantha Baker’s (Molly Ringwald) 16th birthday. Unfortunately for her, it’s also the day before her older sister’s wedding, causing her entire family to forget about her birthday. To make
An epic portrait of athletes’ will to succeed, Kon Ichikawa’s Tokyo Olympiad is a beautiful, if unconventional documentary of the 1964 Summer Olympic games in Tokyo, Japan. Every Olympiad commissions
Inspired by the success of John Carpenter’s Halloween two years before, Friday the 13th was made on a budget estimated to be $550,000 and went on to gross over $39.7
Jennifer Lopez was just another fledgling actress when she won the title role in Selena, and it made her a superstar. Lopez stars as Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, the Grammy-winning Mexican American
Following the success of Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club, filmmaker John Hughes explored teen angst once again, with Pretty in Pink. Premiering on the U.S.A. on January 29, 1986,
Inspired by an article by the same name in Esquire Magazine, and capitalizing on the late 1970’s early 1980’s popularity of country music, Urban Cowboy stars John Travolta as Bud
Originally set for a September 2019 opening, The Hunt got pulled from that date after a rash of shootings. However, the film became a political talking point after the rumor