Year: 2022

31 Scary Movies that are 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon: ‘The Stepfather’

Jeff Mitchell

“The Stepfather” (1987) – Hey, being a stepparent is hard, but in 86 minutes, director Joseph Ruben explains his view: a stepchild’s world is more difficult…because a kid may have to fend for his or her life.  Add an unsuspecting spouse to the list too! Seventeen years before Terry O’Quinn starred in “Lost” (2004 – 2010), he infamously played Jerry Blake, a husband to Susan (Shelley Hack) and a stepdad to Stephanie (Jill Schoelen).  This teenager never warmed up to Jerry – over the course of a year – despite…

31 Scary Movies that are 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon: ‘Thirst’

Jeff Mitchell

“Thirst” (2009) – Park Chan-wook (“Old Boy” (2003), “The Handmaiden” (2016)) spins the “classic” tale of…Priest contracts an incurable disease, Priest becomes a vampire, Priest meets Girl in a proudly eccentric horror film set in Seoul.  Sang-hyun (Song Kang-ho) is a thoughtful, earnest man of the cloth, and he regularly reaches out to help humanity, including attempting to discover a cure for the Emmanuel Virus, but he becomes infected and – out of the blue – becomes a vampire.  Since his new vampire skills suppress the virus, the public reveres…

Celebrate Sigourney Weaver’s birthday with these five memorable performances

Jeff Mitchell

Sigourney Weaver turns 73 years young on Oct. 8, so Happy Birthday, Ms. Weaver!  Most folks – including yours truly – link Sigourney to Ellen Ripley as her most recognizable character, but this legendary, Oscar-nominated actress has dozens of impressive credits listed on her resume.  To celebrate Sigourney’s birthday, let’s look back at five memorable performances, ones outside the “Alien” and “Ghostbusters” franchises. Dian Fossey, “Gorillas in the Mist” (1988) – In the 1960s, American primatologist Dian Fossey moved to Africa and lived among, studied, and protected mountain gorillas, an…