Presented by Lisa Frankenstein, 1989 Week is dialing the clock back to the crossroads year for the genre with a full week of features that dig six feet under into the year. Today, Jenn Adams weighs in on the dreamiest and scariest boyfriends the genre has to offer.
We’ve all dated our fair share of bad boys. They win us over with their dreamy aloofness, then just when we’ve let our guard down, they turn out to be monsters in disguise. Horror has a long history of these roguish young lovers, some so bad they commit cold-blooded murder. But they’re not all monsters.
Every once in a while, a cinematic boyfriend manages to be attractive, kind, and non-murderous, all while supporting his girlfriend as she runs away from the film’s true villain. Rospo Pallenberg presents us with two appealing boyfriends in the 1989 slasher Cutting Class. Brian (Donovan Leitch Jr....
We’ve all dated our fair share of bad boys. They win us over with their dreamy aloofness, then just when we’ve let our guard down, they turn out to be monsters in disguise. Horror has a long history of these roguish young lovers, some so bad they commit cold-blooded murder. But they’re not all monsters.
Every once in a while, a cinematic boyfriend manages to be attractive, kind, and non-murderous, all while supporting his girlfriend as she runs away from the film’s true villain. Rospo Pallenberg presents us with two appealing boyfriends in the 1989 slasher Cutting Class. Brian (Donovan Leitch Jr....
- 2/8/2024
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
David Lee Roth returned to the live stage last Thursday (March 23rd) in Las Vegas for a performance of Van Halen’s “Panama” with all-star cover band Royal Machines.
The show took place at the Michelob Ultra Arena at the Mandalay Bay as part of a corporate event for Home Depot sales managers. Comprised of such musicians as Billy Morrison, Mark McGrath, Donovan Leitch Jr., Chris Chaney and Josh Freese, Royal Machines were also joined by Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens for this show. The group gave attendees a big surprise when Dlr took the stage donning a bright yellow suit.
The Van Halen singer guided the group through a rousing rendition of “Panama,” using the downtime between verses to toss in his signature ad libs. During the drop out, Dlr worked the enthusiastic crowd of Home Depot employees, asking: “Are we having a good time so far?!”
In addition to Dlr,...
The show took place at the Michelob Ultra Arena at the Mandalay Bay as part of a corporate event for Home Depot sales managers. Comprised of such musicians as Billy Morrison, Mark McGrath, Donovan Leitch Jr., Chris Chaney and Josh Freese, Royal Machines were also joined by Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens for this show. The group gave attendees a big surprise when Dlr took the stage donning a bright yellow suit.
The Van Halen singer guided the group through a rousing rendition of “Panama,” using the downtime between verses to toss in his signature ad libs. During the drop out, Dlr worked the enthusiastic crowd of Home Depot employees, asking: “Are we having a good time so far?!”
In addition to Dlr,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
A new episode of The Arrow in the Head Show has just been released, and in this one hosts John “The Arrow” Fallon and Lance Vlcek are looking back at one of the coolest remakes ever made – the 1988 version of The Blob (watch it Here)! To find out what they think of this take on The Blob, check out the video embedded above.
A remake of the 1958 sci-fi horror classic, the ’88 version of The Blob was directed by Chuck Russell from a screenplay he wrote with Frank Darabont. Reaching theatres just one year after Russell and Darabont brought us the awesome A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, the Blob remake told the following story: In a tiny California town, high school students Brian, Meg, and Paul discover a strange, gelatinous substance that melts the flesh of any living creatures in its path. The deadly substance gets into the town’s sewer system,...
A remake of the 1958 sci-fi horror classic, the ’88 version of The Blob was directed by Chuck Russell from a screenplay he wrote with Frank Darabont. Reaching theatres just one year after Russell and Darabont brought us the awesome A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, the Blob remake told the following story: In a tiny California town, high school students Brian, Meg, and Paul discover a strange, gelatinous substance that melts the flesh of any living creatures in its path. The deadly substance gets into the town’s sewer system,...
- 1/7/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
What's your favorite melt movie? Don't worry, it's okay if you don't have one. It's an extremely specific horror sub-genre and it's certainly not to everyone's taste. The list is short and grisly, and to qualify a movie's narrative must involve several gnarly scenes of people getting destroyed in some horribly gloopy way. One-off melts like the Nazis at the end of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" aren't good enough. There needs to be a bunch so suffice it to say that maybe you shouldn't eat your dinner while watching stuff like "Street Trash" or "The Beyond."
One of the best and most digestible melt movies is Chuck Russell's "The Blob," a gleefully nasty 1988 remake of the '50s so-called classic. I know the original has many fans, its own spine in the Criterion Collection, and a yearly Blobfest in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, but I think it's a film that...
One of the best and most digestible melt movies is Chuck Russell's "The Blob," a gleefully nasty 1988 remake of the '50s so-called classic. I know the original has many fans, its own spine in the Criterion Collection, and a yearly Blobfest in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, but I think it's a film that...
- 11/17/2022
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
From September 15th until October 30th, I’ll be watching at least one new to me horror film every day, and providing collections of capsule reviews week by week. On Halloween itself, as ever, I’m planning an all day marathon of some of my favourite horror films.
I hope you’ll find it interesting following as I dig further into a genre I’ve always loved, and maybe find some hidden gems along the way yourselves.
Week 1’s film can be found here
Week 2’s films are here.
The Blob (1988) Dir: Chuck Russell
Horror fans, and I count myself as guilty as any of them, are given to complaining about relentless remakes, but it’s worth remembering that they were never exactly thin on the ground. 30 years after Steve McQueen made his screen debut in the original version, this take on The Blob seems to be trying to do...
I hope you’ll find it interesting following as I dig further into a genre I’ve always loved, and maybe find some hidden gems along the way yourselves.
Week 1’s film can be found here
Week 2’s films are here.
The Blob (1988) Dir: Chuck Russell
Horror fans, and I count myself as guilty as any of them, are given to complaining about relentless remakes, but it’s worth remembering that they were never exactly thin on the ground. 30 years after Steve McQueen made his screen debut in the original version, this take on The Blob seems to be trying to do...
- 10/5/2022
- by Sam Inglis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Horror fans have seen a lot of remakes of classics come and go over the years, but occasionally one will come along that achieves classic status on its own. One of those classic remakes is the 1988 version of The Blob (watch it Here), and we’re going to tell you all about it in the new episode of our Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video series. Check it out in the embed above!
A remake of the 1958 sci-fi horror classic, this take on The Blob was directed by Chuck Russell from a screenplay he wrote with Frank Darabont. Reaching theatres just one year after Russell and Darabont brought us the awesome A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, the Blob remake told the following story:
In a tiny California town, high school students Brian, Meg, and Paul discover a strange, gelatinous substance that melts the flesh of any living creatures in its path.
A remake of the 1958 sci-fi horror classic, this take on The Blob was directed by Chuck Russell from a screenplay he wrote with Frank Darabont. Reaching theatres just one year after Russell and Darabont brought us the awesome A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, the Blob remake told the following story:
In a tiny California town, high school students Brian, Meg, and Paul discover a strange, gelatinous substance that melts the flesh of any living creatures in its path.
- 8/17/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Back in 2014, Twilight Time released Chuck Russell’s remake of 1958's The Blob on a limited edition Blu-ray, and if you missed out on adding it to your collection, Scream Factory has you covered this Halloween season with their new Collector's Edition Blu-ray of 1988's The Blob. Ahead of its release on October 29th, Scream Factory has announced the full list of special features for The Blob Collector's Edition Blu-ray, including two new audio commentaries and a bunch of new interviews with the cast and crew.
Press Release: The Blob is back in this horrific tale about a vile, malignant life-form that crashes to Earth in a cozy, rural American town called Arborville. Untroubled by conscience or intellect, the Blob does only one thing – and it does it well. It eats anything and everything that moves: men, women, and children. It wants to swallow the entire town of Arborville. The...
Press Release: The Blob is back in this horrific tale about a vile, malignant life-form that crashes to Earth in a cozy, rural American town called Arborville. Untroubled by conscience or intellect, the Blob does only one thing – and it does it well. It eats anything and everything that moves: men, women, and children. It wants to swallow the entire town of Arborville. The...
- 9/16/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
He kissed the bride! British actor Donovan Leitch has married his fiancee of a little over a year, Libby Mintz. A source confirms to Us Weekly that Leitch, who once dated Gwyneth Paltrow, and actress Mintz tied the knot in West Hollywood on Saturday, Oct. 3, and the pair also just changed their Facebook status to "Married." Girls Club star Leitch, 48, popped the question to Mintz in August 2014, just two months after his wife of 13 years, Kirsty Hume, filed for divorce. The couple shares a [...]...
- 10/4/2015
- Us Weekly
TheWrap Party Report catches Wu-Tang Clan, Nick Nolte and Kevin Bacon turning heads Saturday, while Michael Fassbender’s “job” keeps him away from Utah
%u201CIs Ben Silverman somewhere in here?%u201D Donovan Leitch shouted in to the microphone in the sweaty basement of Cisero%u2019s just before midnight on Saturday night.
Leitch was on stage fronting a supergroup that included Mark McGrath, Dave Kushner, Jane%u2019s Addiction%u2019s Chris Chaney, and Matisyahu. If Ben Silverman was in the room, he was as quiet as his emails, even if a pocket of jacketed bros cheered the shout-out.
%u201CIs Ben Silverman somewhere in here?%u201D Donovan Leitch shouted in to the microphone in the sweaty basement of Cisero%u2019s just before midnight on Saturday night.
Leitch was on stage fronting a supergroup that included Mark McGrath, Dave Kushner, Jane%u2019s Addiction%u2019s Chris Chaney, and Matisyahu. If Ben Silverman was in the room, he was as quiet as his emails, even if a pocket of jacketed bros cheered the shout-out.
- 1/25/2015
- by Mikey Glazer
- The Wrap
Bun in the oven! Donovan Leitch’s fiancée Libby Mintz is pregnant, the couple's rep confirms exclusively to Us Weekly. The happy couple, who are expecting a boy, found out they were pregnant after getting engaged in August. Leitch popped the question to the actress just two months after his wife of 13 years, Kirsty Hume, filed for divorce this past summer. The Girls Club actor and Hume share a daughter, 10-year-old Violet. Leitch, 47, made headlines last year after being snapped locking lips with ex-girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow at [...]...
- 11/28/2014
- Us Weekly
Donovan Leitch is apparently just mad about Libby Mintz. The English actor and his adorable actress girlfriend are engaged, Leitch's manager confirmed Tuesday to E! News. Meanwhile, the betrothed couple have since gone Mia, sort of. Leitch performed in Denmark over the weekend and then informed his Twitter followers yesterday that he was "Away at the moment Lost in the Himalayas." Perhaps he and Mintz are "Lost" together. This will be the second marriage for Leitch. The 47-year-old thesp and son of singer-songwriter Donovan is still technically married to model wife Kirsty Hume, who just filed for divorce last month after 13 years of marriage. But the duo, who are parents to 10-year-old...
- 8/20/2014
- E! Online
Think Gwyneth will be invited to the wedding? British actor Donovan Leitch, who once dated Gwyneth Paltrow, is engaged to marry girlfriend Libby Mintz, his rep confirm to Us Weekly. Leitch, 47, is currently going through a split from estranged wife Kirsty Hume, with whom he shares daughter Violet, 10. According to TMZ, Hume filed for divorce this summer after more than 13 years of marriage, but she and the Girls Club star have been separated for some time. Earlier this year, a photo surfaced from September 2013 [...]...
- 8/19/2014
- Us Weekly
Scottish supermodel Kirsty Hume is kissing her marriage goodbye months after her husband was famously photographed planting one on Gwyneth Paltrow.Hume just filed for divorce from actor Donovan Jerome Leitch after more than 13 years of marriage -- and wants joint physical and legal custody of their 10-year-old daughter ... according to court docs obtained by TMZ.Hume says they've been separated for the last 3 years -- backing up Leitch's story that they were already split...
- 7/2/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Gwyneth Paltrow's ex is breaking his silence on that kiss they shared last September during a L.A. Dodgers game. Almost one week after the actress announced her separation from hubby Chris Martin, Donovan Leitch, who dated Paltrow in the '90s, says there was nothing funny going on between them when they were supposedly snapped smooching six months ago. "I was just saying goodbye to her. It was purely innocent," Leitch told The Daily Mail of the Pda pics. "We were sitting in the owner's box in front of 30,000 people with her two children right next to us. That isn't exactly the setting for a secret liaison." Leitch added, "But the telephoto picture turned it into more. But...
- 3/31/2014
- E! Online
London, March 31: Gwyneth Platrow's former boyfriend Donovan Leitch has finally opened up about the kiss that they shared at a baseball game, months before her split from Chris Martin.
Leitch insisted that he was just saying goodbye to her and it was purely "innocent", the Mirror reported.
He said that they were sitting in the owner's box in front of 30,000 people right next to her two children, which isn't exactly the setting for a secret liaison.
Leitch said that the telephoto picture turned it into something more and as the 'Shallow Hal' star's life is constantly under surveillance, it sparked speculations,.
Leitch insisted that he was just saying goodbye to her and it was purely "innocent", the Mirror reported.
He said that they were sitting in the owner's box in front of 30,000 people right next to her two children, which isn't exactly the setting for a secret liaison.
Leitch said that the telephoto picture turned it into something more and as the 'Shallow Hal' star's life is constantly under surveillance, it sparked speculations,.
- 3/31/2014
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
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