Photo below: Just as last week, from http://verumfabula.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/the-curious-case-of-edward-mondrake/
Photo below: from the Huffington Post, at this site.
It's late at night and I've got writing to do, so--very quickly:
--Well, I sort of called it, as I did say that the Killer Clown was by far the most worthy of Mordrake to take with him. AHS's creators did a good job of making the trailers look like Elsa was going to go.
### Go to the whole blog entry at my AHS site to read the deleted stuff. ###
--John Carroll Lynch--a.k.a. Twisty the Clown--has played tons of other roles in good TV shows and movies. I remember him most as the main suspect in Zodiac (Didja catch the Zodiac homage in the first episode, the killings at the lake?) and as the pregnant cop's husband in Fargo. Ayuh.
--And, strange to say, sorry to see Twisty go. Felt the same about Gareth in Walking Dead. They had charisma, man. Which is hard to do if, like Twisty, you don't have any lines.
--Heard today that Lily Rabe will be back this season after all. And she's bringing Sister Mary Eunice with her! Apparently she'll explain how she and Pepper got to the Asylum.
--Speaking of Pepper, I met the real actress--Naomi Grossman--at a recent TerrorCon. And she's pretty! I was going to get her autograph, but I was short on cash, having bought waaaaaaaayyyyy too many posters. Won't do that at Saturday's Comic Con.
--And I made eye contact with her twice, so hopefully I was polite enough to at least say Hello to her. Knowing my social skills, probably not. It was sort of like driving by a yard sale, really slowly, looking over everything, but never stopping the car or getting out. Just a drive-by look and nothing.
*** Go to the whole blog entry at my AHS site to read the deleted stuff. ***
--And now the twins are getting that way, too.
--Not sure Desiree Dupree's response to that kid was altogether appropriate. She said, "I'm a woman and a whole lot more," or something like that.
--Let's hope we don't see Evan Peters and Emma Roberts in the tabloids again. Last year, she apparently beat him up. But she's likeable, and his character is already much better than last year's travesty.
--Word has it that the last three or four episodes haven't been shot yet, which is why they can add actors to the cast this late in the game. I mean, Lily Rabe agreed to join the cast this week, which means she hasn't shot her scenes yet. And only three or so episodes remain to be shot.
--Things apparently don't need to be planned any better than that. Weird business.
Happy Halloween, everyone!
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Friday, October 31, 2014
American Horror Story--Freakshow--Edward Mordrake, Part 2--Episode 4--An Excerpt
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Thursday, July 3, 2014
Saving animals; TerrorCon, and Linda Blair
Photo: Linda Blair and an unshaved fan. You can still see the little girl from The Exorcist in her face.
Not too much to say here, except that some time ago I was fortunate enough to go to TerrorCon and to get my picture taken with Linda Blair and a few others, as well as with many Jaws props. (In blogs to come.)
In case you didn't know, Linda Blair was Regan in The Exorcist, still one of the best (and creepiest) horror films ever made. (Though I am seemingly amongst the minority who sees Ridley Scott's Prometheus as a masterpiece. I saw it again last night [or this morning, depending on your POV] and was still jolted a few times. Every time I see it I get something new, important, and scary out of it. How many films can you say that about?) A blog entry to come will be about The Exorcist, as well, so stay tuned.
I don't have anything new to add about Linda Blair's filming of The Exorcist. If you're reading this, you're probably a fan of the film, and if you're a fan of the film you already know that the really bad lines to come out of Linda Blair's mouth was over-dubbed by Mercedes McCambridge (though initially said by Blair), and that she didn't know the meaning of what she was saying most of the time. She was a down-to-Earth kid (so much so that William Friedkin, the director, was a little surprised by the directness of her answers during their interview) and she had a good time during filming. She did, and didn't, like the incredible attention she received afterwards. And, of course, she was never able to repeat such a success. (Though who could?)
And so I just want to take a moment and mention a cause she and I have in common, as I promised her I would, and I am a man of my word. We talked a bit about adopting animals (I have a greyhound, as you may know, who was left in a cage for two years)...
...and she mentioned that she had just bought many acres of land to use to house and treat abused and neglected animals. She takes in dogs and cats and other animals who have been abandoned, left to die, abused and/or neglected, and she gives them a safe haven and the best health care available. It's her Worldheart Foundation. Read about it at http://www.lindablairworldheart.org/
Give, if you can. And report those who abuse and neglect animals.
Have a nice fourth, everyone.
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