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DAY 25: THEY ROSE AGAIN THIS TIME IN 3D!!!!!!

 

Director Jeff Broadstreet wrote the Gerald Tovar, Jr. part specifically for Sid Haig. He didn't let him in on this fact until after filming wrapped.

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DAY 24: THEY CAME BACK FROM THE GRAVE TO PARTY! 

 

Return of the Living Dead

 

Some of the zombie extras were paid more to eat real calf brains in the film. Dan O'Bannon didn't want the actors to do anything he wasn't willing to do and ate some raw calf brains first in front of them.

 

After the "rabid weasels" are brought into the Resurrection Funeral Home and the tarp is removed, what is actually in the bags are those motorized toy monkeys that have the cymbals. The cymbals were removed for obvious reasons.

 

The part of Burt was originally offered to Leslie Nielsen who wanted too much money. Then offered to Robert Webber who hated the script. Then they tried Scott Brady who was too sick and actually died a year later. They finally went with Clu Gulager right before the first day of filming.

 

 

Night of the Creeps

 

All the last names of the main characters are based on famous horror and sci-fi directors: George A. Romero (Chris Romero), John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper (James Carpenter Hooper), David Cronenberg (Cynthia Cronenberg), James Cameron (Det. Ray Cameron), John Landis (Det. Landis), Sam Raimi (Sgt. Raimi) and Steve Miner (Mr. Miner - The Janitor).

 

Grafitti on the wall of the men's room where J.C. is trying to escape a number of slugs reads, "Go Monster Squad!". The Monster Squad (1987) was also directed by Fred Dekker.

 

The tool shed sequence was filmed after principal shooting on the movie had wrapped. After a rough cut was shown to a test audience, several people thought that the picture needed more action so this particular sequence was added to the movie.  

 

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DAY 23: THE GIRLS THOUGHT THIS WAS THE FINAL GO AROUND

 

The Final Girls

 

This is the second film Alexander Ludwig has starred in that has ''Final Girl'' in the title. Both films are released in 2015.

 

Angela Trimbur was also in Halloween II (2009), a similar slasher film to the film in this film.

 

The run time of Camp Bloodbath is 92 minutes, same run time as The Final Girls.

 

 

Humongous

 

The shipwreck sequence was originally supposed to take place during a storm. The storm was changed to a fog bank because of the constraints of the low budget.

 

Garry Robbins, who plays the disfigured killer, was driven to the set in full monster make-up.

 

The killer's home was really two separate places: One was a house located outside of Toronto while the other was an office building.

 

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DAY 22: BEHIND THIS MASK LURKS THE LIVING DEAD

 

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

 

Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees), in seen walking into 1428 Elm Street. This was the address that Nancy lived in, in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).

 

When Leslie is applying his makeup while being interviewed about his target, the song playing in the background is the same as that heard at the end of The Shining (1980), where Jack Torrence appears in the photo: ''Midnight, The Stars and You,'' sung by Al Bowlly with the Ray Noble Orchestra, 1934.

 

Zelda Rubinstein's last movie.

 

 

Dead Alive

 

Peter Jackson, is a well-known aficionado of the original 1933 version of King Kong (1933). In the beginning of Braindead, the New Zealand Zoo official is stealing the rat monkey from Skull Island. That's Jackson's nod to Skull Island's more famous resident, King Kong. Jackson would 'return' to Skull Island for his 2005 remake of King Kong (2005).

 

The movie was finished under budget with NZ$45,000 remaining. Peter Jackson used it to spend two days shooting the park scene with Lionel and the baby Selwyn. He has gone on to say that it is his favorite scene.

 

300 liters of fake blood was used in the final scene of the film. 

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DAY 21: THE OCEAN. THE MOST SCARIEST THING IN THE WORLD

 

 

Jaws

 

Although Steven Spielberg wanted Charlton Heston to play Brody, the main reason Spielberg decided against casting him was because of Heston's "saving the day" role in his previous movies, Airport 1975 (1974) and Earthquake (1974). Spielberg reasoned that if Heston would have been cast, it signifies to the audience that the shark has virtually no chance against the hero.

 

Quint's tale of the USS Indianapolis was conceived by playwright Howard Sackler, lengthened by screenwriter John Milius and rewritten by Robert Shaw following a disagreement between screenwriters Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Shaw presented his text, and Benchley and Gottlieb agreed that this was exactly what was needed.

 

Despite reports to the contrary, "Bruce" was actually tested in water before it arrived on Martha's Vineyard and worked perfectly. However, the tests were done in the non-salt water tank at Universal Studios. Once it was placed in actual ocean water, the salt played havoc with the shark's controls.

 

 

Piranha

 

Universal Studios attempted to sue New World for spoofing Jaws (1975). However, Steven Spielberg saw the movie in advance and loved it. After that, Universal dropped the lawsuit.

 

Piranha (1978) had some documented production problems. There were last-minute cast changes, underwater cameras that kept breaking down, union woes, and unusable second unit footage. It still went on to become one of New World Pictures' biggest hits.

 

Rick Baker was originally tapped to provide the make-up effects but recommended the then 17-year-old Rob Bottin instead.

 



            

           

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DAY 20: HELL HAS BEEN UNLEASHED UPON US

 

 

The Gate

 

The fictional The Dark Book album that Terry shows to Glen features the logo for (the very real) Canadian thrash metal band Sacrifice.

 

The logo on the back of Terry's jacket is that of the Killer Dwarfs, a heavy metal band from the Toronto, Ontario area who were known for their offbeat sense of humor.

 

Stephen Dorff's debut film role.

 

 

Warlock

 

When Julian Sands received the script, he assumed it was in the mold of the then-popular slasher movies, so it sat around for a while before he got around to reading it. Once he finally decided to give it a once-over, he was captivated and quickly became excited about the film.

 

Screenwriter David Twohy's original conception was that the Warlock was a good-natured man forced flee the 17th century to avoid religious persecution only to find himself similarly persecuted in the 20th century. After working on the script for 2 months, he realized it didn't work and decided to make the character a villain.  

 

In 1995, Saskatchewan teenager Sandy Charles and an unnamed 8 year-old accomplice murdered a 7 year-old boy, cut strips of flesh from his body, boiled and drank it in hopes that, as in the film, it would give them the ability to fly. Charles was found not guilty by reason of insanity but was sentenced to stay at the high security Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon, where he has primarily resided since shortly after the murder occurred.
 

                           
            
                            

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DAY 19: THEY'RE YOUNG, HOT AND SOON TO BE MASSACRED!

 

 

Slumber Party Massacre

 

Director Amy Holden Jones shot a promo film of the original script's prologue for $1,000 so she could get a directing job from Roger Corman. Corman was so impressed by the promo that he asked Jones to make a feature-length movie from the script.  

 

Brinke Stevens got her first big speaking role in this film.

 

Michael Villella deliberately avoided talking to the other cast members during the shooting of the picture.

 

 

Sorority House Massacre

 

The blonde woman in the poster artwork for this movie is actress Suzee Slater.

 

The initials on Beth's suitcase as she's entering the sorority house are the same initials that are on the outside of the house: LBH.

 

Film debut of Vinnie Bilancio.

                           

                         

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DAY 18: THE HOUSE ON THE HILL IS HAUNTED THEY SAY.....

 

The films opening was something of a jump scare gimmick, the total darkness accompanied by horrible noises echoing in a large movie theater would have been very terrifying, the effect is somewhat lost on a modern viewer watching the film on a television screen without the volume and scale to provide shock of theatrical sound and darkness.

 

William Castle had related the story of meeting Vincent Price on a day when Price had learned that he had been passed over for a part. Over coffee, Castle described the premise of this picture. Price liked the idea and it led to a two-picture collaboration, this and The Tingler (1959).

 

The large grosses for this film were noticed by Alfred Hitchcock. This led him to create his own low-budget horror film - Psycho (1960).

 

(1999 Remake)

Elizabeth Hurley was considered for the role of Evelyn Stockard-Price while Cindy Crawford was considered for the role of Melissa Margaret Marr. 

 

Geoffrey Rush was never meant to look like Vincent Price (star of the original film House on Haunted Hill (1959)). The original screenplay described Stephen Price as a regular looking businessman. Rush didn't care for this, so he suggested that his character look like the film director John Waters. The director agreed to test this look out. After his transformation, he ended up looking so much like Vincent Price the director decided to keep the look.

 

Famke Janssen performed her own stunt when the glass ceiling breaks. It was extremely important for Janssen to remain where she was and very still, yet even with her basically glued to the spot, the shard hit with so much impact that it bounced her head off the table as you can see on close inspection of the scene. 

          

                           

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DAY 17: THEY WERE DESIGNED TO PROTECT BUT NOTHING IS PERFECT!

 

 

The movie was originally theatrically released in March 1986 under its original title, "Killbots." It performed poorly during its initial release. The producers felt the movie's title might have disinterested audiences, who might think based on the original movie poster that it was a "Transformers"-like children's cartoon instead of a violent exploitation movie. After some time, the movie was re-released on video under its new title with over 15 minutes cut.

 

Debra Blee was originally cast as Linda Stanton, but dropped out prior to the shooting of the film. Blee was subsequently replaced by Karrie Emerson.

 

The film was allowed to shoot at a real California mall as long as they did not damage any facilities and had removed any traces of their presence before the mall opening time of 9AM. While the mall's head of security didn't like the filmmakers and was constantly accusing them of causing disrepair, the mall's owner was supportive of the film and made sure the production was able to complete its work on schedule.

 

The horror movie that Allison (Kelli Maroney) and Ferdy (Tony O'Dell) are watching in the furniture store is Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957), another Roger Corman movie.

                             

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DAY 16: ZIP YOURSELF IN TIGHT!

 

 

In "The Gas Station", as Bill is watching TV, the anchorman mentions a body was found in Haddonfield, a reference to John Carpenter's earlier film, Halloween (1978).

 

The scene where Stacy Keach unwraps his long hair in front of the mirror was done in a single take.

 

 Clive Barker was asked to play a role, but had to decline said part because he was busy at the time.

 

This film features many great horror directors that act and/or direct. John Carpenter director of Halloween (1978) plays "The Coroner" and introduces each segment as well as directs two of the stories, "The Gas Station" and "Hair", Tobe Hooper director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) plays "Morgue Worker # 2" and directs the last segment, "The Eye", Wes Craven director of A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) plays "Pasty-Faced Man" at the gas station, Sam Raimi director of The Evil Dead (1981) plays "Dead Bill", and Roger Corman plays Dr. Bregman in the segment "Eye".

           

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DAY 15: WHERE DOES EVIL LIVE?

 

Body Parts is very similar to a 1971 episode of Night Gallery titled "The Hand of Borgus Weems."

 

The lead character's car is struck from the rear by a tractor trailer, and we see him fly forward into the dashboard. A rear-end impact would cause the occupant of the struck car to fly backward. In severe cases such as this, the occupant would be ejected out the rear window.

 

Advertisements for the movie were cancelled in Wisconsin due to the Dahmer killings.

 

                               

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DAY 14: THE DEVIL'S FAVORITE FAMILY HAS ARRIVED....

 

 

To make Anjelica Huston's eyes look slanted like the original Morticia, the make-up artists had to attach strings with spirit gum to the outside corners of her eyes and anchor the strings on her head.

 

Originally the "Mamushka" scene was supposed to be longer, with a full song describing brotherly love, and both Gomez and Fester naming other famous brothers. Test screenings revealed that audiences felt this song brought the movie to a stand-still. The film shows an edited version with only Gomez and Fester dancing, and Gomez throwing the knives at Fester. The full song can be found on the motion picture soundtrack.

 

By the time this movie was made, all of the adult cast members from the original series had died except John Astin, who had played Gomez. Astin ironically also outlived the movie Gomez, Raul Julia, who died in 1994.

 

Tim Burton was originally set to direct. While Cher wanted to play the role of "Morticia" but Huston had landed the role.

           

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DAY 13: THEY'RE PISSED AND HUNGRY FOR FLESH

 

 

In the kitchen scene in which Mrs. Mac is preparing a haggis, she recites the opening lines of "Address to a Haggis" by Robert Burns. Haggis traditionally is made using a sheep's heart, liver, lungs, and stomach.

 

Just before Mike (Mick Rose) is attacked by a killer sheep, he is seen reading "The Penguin History of New Zealand", a well known book written by the late Dr. Michael King, the father of  Black Sheep director Jonathan King.

 

Special effects were done by Weta Workshops, the same crew who did the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

 

At the end of the movie, Experience is offered 'mountain oysters' to try before spitting them out when Henry whispers what they really are to her. Mountain oysters are sheep's/ram testicles.

 

 

    

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DAY 12: IT'S NOT OVER YET.....

 

 

Christopher Lee stated in an interview at the time of the film's US release, that his reason for accepting the part was because he had never before appeared in a werewolf movie.

 

This is the only Howling sequel that directly follows the original film's events, and is also the only Howling film to feature the input of the original novelist, Gary Brandner, despite the fact that this film is not actually based on his 1979 novel, 'The Howling II'.

 

When Christopher Lee was cast in Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), one of the first things he did was apologize to director Joe Dante (who directed The Howling (1981)) for being in this film.

          

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DAY 11: SHUT YOUR EYES...AND SCREAM

 

 

These stories were originally written and filmed for the anthology series Darkroom (1981). They were deemed too intense by Universal and thus culled into an anthology film for theatrical release.

 

Lee Ving, lead singer of punk band Fear, appears in the segment, "Terror in Topanga." One of the songs that Emilio Estevez listens to in the segment "Bishop of Battle" is "I Don't Care About You" by Fear.

 

 Emilio Estevez went through a two week training course with the NYPD on gun use to train for his battle scenes when the computer-generated enemies entered the real world.

                          

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DAY 10: EVIL BEGETS EVIL

 

 

This was Christopher Lee's final appearance as Count Dracula in the Hammer "Dracula" series. However, he later reprised his role in the French comedy Dracula and Son (1976). 

 

This was the final Hammer film in which both Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing appear.

 

Michael Coles reprises his role as Inspector Murray from Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972). Besides Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, he was the only actor to play the same character in more than one Hammer "Dracula" film.

 

Stephanie Beacham was intended to reprise her role as Jessica Van Helsing from Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) but was unavailable.

 

Christopher Lee later claimed that, for his death scene, he had to tear his way through actual hawthorn bushes, shedding real blood on the sharp thorns.

           

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DAY 9:  SHE'S LOVING, CARING AND A SERIAL KILLER?

 

 

This was Matthew Lillard's first film. When he noticed that Kathleen Turner had memorized everyone's names from the call sheets, he asked her why she did it. Her reply was, "Oh, honey, that's the first thing you do!"

 

Opening credits say "This film is a true story. The screenplay is based on court testimony. Sworn Declarations. And hundreds of interviews conducted by the film-makers. / Some of the innocent characters' names have been changed in the interest of a larger truth. / No one involved in the crimes received any form of financial compensation."

 

The original choice for the lead role was Susan Sarandon, but her asking price was too high for such a low budget film.

 

A poster of the band L7 can be seen in Chip's room, briefly, on the back of his bedroom door. L7 plays as the band Camel Lips in the movie.

                              

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DAY 8: THIS IS A HOUSE WHERE NO ONE SHOULD LIVE

 

 

According to Fred Dekker, the script was originally inspired by Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). After seeing that film, Dekker and his friends, which included Ethan Wiley, Steve Miner, and Shane Black, planned to make their own independent anthology movie on video. But the project was never completed. Dekker used the idea for his unproduced segment for this film.

 

The next door neighbor, Harold, is played by George Wendt, best known for his role as Norm on Cheers (1982). His on-screen best friend from Cheers, Cliff the mailman (played by John Ratzenberger), appears in the sequel to this film, House II: The Second Story (1987) as Bill Tanner, the electrician/adventurer.

 

Glenn Close and Sigourney Weaver were considered for the female lead role.

 

The For Sale sign at the beginning of the movie has the name of Craven Realty, perhaps a nod to Wes Craven, the legendary horror director.

           

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DAY 7: HE SOLD HIS SOUL FOR ROCK N' ROLL

 

 

Gerrit Graham has talked about the infamous "musical chairs" casting, where William Finley almost wound up with no part to play. The studio considered casting Paul Williams as Winslow, Graham as Swan and Peter Boyle as Beef. Williams turned down the role not only because he didn't feel physically fit or menacing for the role, but he didn't want to use the role as a slam against the recording industry. Boyle was unavailable, Graham took the Beef role and Finley ultimately took the Winslow role. In fact, director Brian De Palma actually wrote the part with Finley in mind. Finley said in a recent interview that Jon Voight was at one time considered for the role of Swan.

 

Director Brian De Palma originally considered the popular group Sha-Na-Na for the roles of the Juicy Fruit. They were very big at the time, but De Palma found them too difficult to work with and rejected them.

 

At the airport when Beef is introduced, the Death Records logo on the lectern was superimposed over the original logo for Swan Song Records to avoid conflict with Led Zeppelin's record label, which had sued. Although the film's producers were certain they would win due to the fact that the phrase was common long before, they decided to make the change in order to get the film finished quickly rather than go through a prolonged court fight.

 

 

                            

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DAY 6: THE FLESH HAS COME TO LIFE

 

 

This is the final film of Harry Locke and George Benson.

 

Freddie Francis replaced Don Sharp as director at the last minute.