TCM To Premiere Moguls And Movie Stars

Image via WikipediaBeginning on November 1, TCM will air the first of a seven part documentary series called "Moguls And Movie Stars.  It will be narrated by Christopher Plummer  and will air on successive Mondays at 8 P.M.

Each episode will tell the story of the people, power and periods that formed the dynasty of Hollywood.  The shows will span a period of Hollywood from 1889 to 1970 with each program focusing on a different era of American movie history.

The films that are shown later each evening will be ones that cover the points made in that night's documentary.

Here is a schedule for the first nights films on November 1:

8:00 PM Moguls and Movies Stars, A History of Hollywood:

Episode One – Peepshow Pioneers (’10)

9:00 PM The Films of Thomas Edison

Blacksmithing Scene (1893)

The Barbershop (1893)

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)

Sandow (1894)

Boxing Cats (1894)

Annabelle Butterfly Dance (1894)

Sioux Ghost Dance (1984)

Annie Oakley (1894)

Roberta and Doretto - Chinese Laundry (1894)

Fire Rescue Scene (1894)

Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1895)

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)

The John C. Rice - May Irwin Kiss (1896)

Shooting the Chutes (1896)

Fatima, Muscle Dancer (1896)

Fifth Avenue, New York (1897)

Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory (1897)

What Happened on 23rd, NYC Pan American Exposition by Night (1901)

Life of an American Fireman (1903)

What Happened in the tunnel (1903)

The Great Train Robbery (1903)

The Kleptomaniac (1905)

The Little Train Robbery (1905)

The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)

Three American Beauties (1906)

Films of the San Francisco Earthquake (1906)

The “Teddy” Bears (1907)

The Rivals (1907)

Rescued from an Eagle’s Nest (1908)

The Lone Game (1915)

11:00 PM Moguls and Movie Stars, A History of Hollywood:

Episode One – Peepshow Pioneers (’10)

You can find out more about this series and get the full schedule by going here.

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Halloween Horror Theater 2010 - "Killer Condom"

Last year I did an almost daily post on my blog during October of Halloween movies in what I called the Blog-o-rama Spookyfest.  While I don't plan on posting movies everyday, I will post a few this month of films that I find to be hidden or forgotten gems.
The Killer Condom aka Kondom des Grauens was made in Germany and was released in 1996.  It was written by noted comic book writer Ralph Konig and directed by Martin Walz.  The film is in German with English subtitles.
The plot takes place in New York, and in the present. In a Hotel called "Quicky" a professor blackmails a student of his into having sex with him. But when the professor puts on a condom, the carnivorous condom bites off his penis and disappears. Detective Mackaroni who gets the case thinks that the college girl just bit off her teacher's penis! Mackaroni goes to the motel himself to check out the crime scene, in the lobby he finds a gigolo named Bill and he asks him to follow him to crime room, there the two men attempt to have sex when they are suddenly interrupted by the attack of a killer condom. -source: IMDB.com.

Don't let the subtitles put you off. This is a delicious horror-comedy well worth watching.

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AMC Fearfest 2010 Movie List

A Scene From Dracula 2000 Playing Oct. 26 on AMC's Fearfest

Below is the list of films for AMC's Fearfest 2010. It's kind of surprising but they have no page on their website that even recognizes that they are having one this year.

Aliens

next air date:WED OCT 27 @ 9:00 AM | 8:00 AMInfoStarring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn

Blood of Dracula

next air date:SAT OCT 30 @ 9:00 AM | 8:00 AMInfoStarring: Sandra Harrison, Louise Lewis, Gail Ganley

Bram Stoker's Dracula

next air date:THU OCT 21 @ 10:00 AM | 9:00 AMInfoStarring: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins

Constantine

next air date:FRI OCT 29 @ 2:30 AM | 1:30 AMInfoStarring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf

Corridors of Blood

next air date:SAT OCT 16 @ 4:30 AM | 3:30 AMInfoStarring: Boris Karloff, Betta St. John, Christopher Lee

Creature From the Black Lagoon

next air date:THU OCT 28 @ 4:00 AM | 3:00 AMInfoStarring: Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning

Cujo

next air date:FRI NOV 12 @ 6:00 PM | 5:00 PMInfoStarring: Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro, Daniel Hugh Kelly

Dawn of the Dead

next air date:SUN OCT 31 @ 8:00 PM | 7:00 PMInfoStarring: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber

Dead Silence

next air date:SAT OCT 23 @ 12:30 AM | 11:30 AMInfoStarring: Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg

Dracula

next air date:SAT OCT 23 @ 11:45 AM | 10:45 AMInfoStarring: Bela Lugosi, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight Frye

Dracula 2000

next air date:TUE OCT 26 @ 11:30 AM | 10:30 AMInfoStarring: Christopher Plummer, Gerard Butler, Jonny Lee Miller

End of Days

next air date:THU OCT 28 @ 9:30 AM | 8:30 AMInfoStarring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Pollak

Evil Dead 2

next air date:SAT OCT 30 @ 10:15 PM | 9:15 PMInfoStarring: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks

Exorcist: The Beginning

next air date:FRI OCT 22 @ 9:00 AM | 8:00 AMInfoStarring: Stellan Skarsgard, James D'Arcy, Izabella Scorupco

Frankenstein

next air date:SAT OCT 23 @ 10:00 AM | 9:00 AMInfoStarring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke

Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman

next air date:SUN OCT 24 @ 8:00 AM | 7:00 AMInfoStarring: Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Ilona Massey

Friday the 13th

next air date:MON OCT 18 @ 8:00 PM | 7:00 PMInfoStarring: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby

Friday the 13th -- A New Beginning

next air date:FRI OCT 29 @ 12:30 AM | 11:30 AMInfoStarring: John Shepard, Melanie Kinnaman, Shavar Ross

Friday the 13th Part 3

next air date:FRI OCT 29 @ 10:00 AM | 9:00 AMInfoStarring: Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, Tracie Savage

Friday the 13th Part VII -- The New Blood

next air date:FRI OCT 22 @ 12:15 AM | 11:15 AMInfoStarring: Lar Park Lincoln, Terry Kiser, Susan Blu

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

next air date:FRI OCT 22 @ 5:45 PM | 4:45 PMInfoStarring: Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Kane Hodder

Friday the 13th, Part 2

next air date:MON OCT 18 @ 10:15 PM | 9:15 PMInfoStarring: Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King

Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives

next air date:FRI OCT 29 @ 4:00 PM | 3:00 PMInfoStarring: Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, Ron Palillo

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

next air date:FRI OCT 29 @ 12:00 PM | 11:00 PMInfoStarring: Kimberly Beck, Peter Barton, Corey Feldman

Ghost Ship

next air date:FRI OCT 15 @ 10:30 PM | 9:30 PMInfoStarring: Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington

Graveyard Shift

next air date:MON OCT 25 @ 9:30 AM | 8:30 AMInfoStarring: David Andrews, Kelly Wolf, Stephen Macht

Halloween

next air date:MON OCT 25 @ 8:00 PM | 7:00 PMInfoStarring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

next air date:SUN OCT 31 @ 2:00 PM | 1:00 PMInfoStarring: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris

Halloween II

next air date:MON OCT 25 @ 10:00 PM | 9:00 PMInfoStarring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

next air date:SUN OCT 31 @ 12:00 PM | 11:00 PMInfoStarring: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy

House of Wax

next air date:FRI OCT 22 @ 10:00 PM | 9:00 PMInfoStarring: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt

House on Haunted Hill

next air date:SAT OCT 23 @ 10:30 PM | 9:30 PMInfoStarring: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

next air date:FRI OCT 22 @ 8:00 PM | 7:00 PMInfoStarring: Jon D. LeMay, Kari Keegan, Kane Hodder

Jeepers Creepers 2

next air date:MON OCT 25 @ 6:00 PM | 5:00 PMInfoStarring: Ray Wise, Jonathan Breck, Garikayi Mutambirwa

Magic

next air date:TUE OCT 19 @ 9:00 AM | 8:00 AMInfoStarring: Anthony Hopkins, Richard Attenborough, Joseph E. Levine

Night of the Living Dead

next air date:TUE OCT 19 @ 11:30 AM | 10:30 AMInfoStarring: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman

Pet Sematary

next air date:FRI OCT 22 @ 11:30 AM | 10:30 AMInfoStarring: Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby

Pet Sematary Two

next air date:FRI OCT 22 @ 1:30 PM | 12:30 PMInfoStarring: Edward Furlong, Anthony Edwards, Clancy Brown

Piñata: Survival Island

next air date:FRI OCT 22 @ 4:15 AM | 3:15 AMInfoStarring: Nicholas Brendon, Jaime Pressly, Garrett Wang

Return to House on Haunted Hill

next air date:SUN OCT 24 @ 12:30 AM | 11:30 AMInfoStarring: Amanda Righetti, Erik Palladino, Cerina Vincent

Slaughter of the Vampires

next air date:TUE OCT 26 @ 4:45 AM | 3:45 AMInfoStarring: Dieter Eppler, Walter Brandi, Graziella Granata

Sleepwalkers

next air date:FRI OCT 22 @ 2:15 AM | 1:15 AMInfoStarring: Brian Krause, Madchen Amick, Alice Krige

The Funhouse

next air date:TUE OCT 19 @ 1:45 PM | 12:45 PMInfoStarring: Elizabeth Berridge, Cooper Huckabee, Miles Chapin

The She Creature

next air date:WED OCT 27 @ 4:15 AM | 3:15 AMInfoStarring: Chester Morris, Marla English, Tom Conway

The Shining

next air date:THU OCT 21 @ 12:30 PM | 11:30 PMInfoStarring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd

The Wolf Man

next air date:SUN OCT 24 @ 6:15 AM | 5:15 AMInfoStarring: Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy

They

next air date:MON OCT 25 @ 11:30 AM | 10:30 AMInfoStarring: Laura Regan, Marc Blucas, Ethan Embry

Thirteen Ghosts

next air date:THU OCT 28 @ 2:15 PM | 1:15 PMInfoStarring: Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard

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