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Maybe that Santa's gonna do some good after all. Make them kids scared again. They won't think everything's coming to them so easy. They're bad? Santa will get 'em.
Christmas Evil (1980) dir. Lewis Jackson
#horroredit#filmedit#horrorfilmgifs#christmas evil#lewis jackson#brandon maggart#you better watch out#80s horror#userbrittany#classichorrorblog#junkfooddaily#mine#my gifs#taxi driver for christmas fanatics#put that on expecting some stupid exploitation but it was in fact very sad and meditative#THE ENDING! cheered
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Christmas Evil (1980)
#Christmas Evil#You Better Watch Out#horroredit#Lewis Jackson#Brandon Maggart#Jeffrey DeMunn#Dianne Hull#My Stuff
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Christmas Evil (1980) // dir. Lewis Jackson
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Christmas Evil (1980) Lewis Jackson
December 8th 2024
#christmas evil#1980#lewis jackson#brandon maggart#jeffrey demunn#dianne hull#joe jamrog#you better watch out#santa#a bit bonkers#christmas 2024
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Retro Trailer: Christmas Evil (1980)
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Wishing a happy birthday to Christmas Evil star Brandon Maggart!
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W A T C H I N G
#CHRISTMAS EVIL (1980)#YOU BETTER WATCH OUT (1980)#Brandon Maggart#Jeffrey DeMunn#Dianne Hull#Mark Chamberlin#Scott McKay#Patricia Richardson#Raymond J. Barry#Mark Margolis#CHRISTMAS#HORROR#SANTA CLAUS#WATCHING
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CHRISTMAS EVIL
or YOU BETTER WATCH OUT:
Toy Maker’s breakdown
Obsessed with being Santa
Goes on killing spree
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#christmas evil#you better watch out#random richards#poem#haiku#poetry#haiku poem#poets on tumblr#haiku poetry#haiku form#poetic#Brandon maggart#jeffrey demunn#Dianne hull#Andy Fenwick#Lewis Jackson#Gus Salud#Ellen McElduff#horror movies#Youtube
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Christmas Evil (1980)
Christmas Evil (1980) #Review
Synopsis- Traumatised by an abusive past and various hypocritical present-day occurrences, a youngster dons the attire of Santa Claus and embarks on a killing spree on Christmas Eve. Director- Lewis Jackson Starring- Brandon Maggart, Joe Jamrog, Diane Hull Genre- Horror | Mystery Released- 1980 ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. Christmas Evil, a cult holiday horror film released in 1980, walks a…
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#1980s Cinema#★★★#Brandon Maggart#Christmas#cinema#Diane Hull#film review#Film Reviews#Horror#Joe Jamrog#Lewis Jackson#movie review#Mystery#slasher
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Christmas Evil / You Better Watch Out (1980)
For my money, the best (and most underrated) of the Christmas-based slashers (and one of the infamous "video nasties," banned in the UK for its conflation of a wholesome holiday with dark, gruesome themes. A man witnesses (what he thinks is) Santa hooking up with his mom on Christmas Eve and becomes pathologically obsessed with becoming Santa Claus, down to the look, ride, and list of good and bad children...terrorizing his New York community in the process. Stylish. Weird. Unforgettable!
Director: Lewis Jackson
Cinematographer: Ricardo Aronovich
Starring: Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull, Andy Fenwick, and Peter Friedman.
#christmas evil#1980#you better watch out#slasher movies#video nasty#christmas movies#cult classic#80s indie#cult horror#80s movies#80s horror#christmas horror#holiday season#christmas#cult movies#independent film#indie film#cult films#indie cinema#cult cinema#slasher film#80s films#holiday films
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Dressed to Kill
By the time he made DRESSED TO KILL (1980, TCM, Tubi), Brian De Palma was such an overt stylist his films seemed to take place in a hermetically sealed world with less connection to reality than to other movies. In this case, he’s mirroring Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO (1960). Both feature a transgressive leading lady with whom we come to identify before she’s murdered at the end of the first act. Both end with a psychiatrist’s explanation of the plot’s psycho-sexual basis. And both resolve the mystery almost by accident as investigations of private spaces trigger the murderers to reveal their identities. There are also stylistic echoes in the way both directors use a moving camera to pull us in and rapid cutting for shock effect.
If PSYCHO is the superior film, it’s because it takes us deeper into its consideration of transgressive acts. Hitchcock transfers our sympathies to Norman Bates, suckering us in to identify with the film’s most destabilizing figure. De Palma transfers our sympathies to Nancy Allen’s Liz Blake, the world’s cutest high-priced call girl, who discovers Dickinson’s murder and has to find the real killer to clear her name. He gets in some good comic moments aimed at her and her profession — the client bragging about his stock portfolio who turns tail and runs at the sight of a dead body, Allen’s changing masks as she fields calls from her escort service and her stockbroker on two different phones, the client who can’t even acknowledge he called for her while she’s still in the hall outside his hotel room. But identifying with her doesn’t make us question the ways we invest in characters emotionally.
The film is still tremendously effective, particularly in the first half hour focusing on Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) and her frustrating marital situation. Dickinson is totally committed to Kate’s emotional state. She easily pulls us into her fantasies, her flirtation with her psychiatrist (Michael Caine) and the wordless nine-minute sequence in which she and a handsome stranger cruise each other in an art museum. That scene is De Palma’s great tour-de-force in the film. Kate is in a room with sexualized paintings as she watches a middle-aged man come on to one of the patrons and a couple cuddling as they look at the art works. It’s all sensuality, and he builds suspense so that we’re actually rooting for her to score a one-night stand. There’s a lot of good work in the rest of the film, and De Palma keeps the tension up as the killer stalks Allen, the one witness to Dickenson’s murder. Keith Gordon is particularly appealing as Dickinson’s son, who helps Allen search for the killer. Dennis Franz is the police detective putting pressure on Allen, and there are bits by Brandon Maggart and actor-playwright Samm-Art Williams.
#horror films#brian de palma#angie dickinson#nancy allen#keith gordon#dennis franz#michael caine#samm art williams
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Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple, pianista, compositrice e cantautrice è tra le artiste più interessanti della sua generazione.
Tra i tanti premi e nomination ricevute, spiccano tre Grammy e due MTV Video Music Award.
Nel 2023 la rivista Rolling Stones l’ha inclusa tra le 200 cantanti più brave di tutti i tempi.
Ha composto ballate con liriche drammatiche e intimiste che testimoniano la sua personalità tormentata e i problemi psicologici cominciati dalla violenza sessuale subita a dodici anni da uno sconosciuto, nel garage di casa.
All’anagrafe Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart, è nata a New York il 13 settembre 1977, dall’unione tra Brandon Maggart e Diane McAfee, entrambi attori che si sono separati quando lei era ancora molto piccola.
A otto anni ha iniziato a suonare il piano e a undici ha scritto la sua prima canzone.
La sua ascesa artistica è iniziata quando, nel 1994, un’amica ha fatto ascoltare una sua cassetta a Kathryn Schenker (che ha prodotto anche Sting e Smashing Pumpkins), per la quale lavorava come babysitter, che le ha subito procurato un contratto con la Sony.
Ha esordito a soli diciotto anni con Tidal del 1996, disco di platino che ha venduto oltre tre milioni di copie solo negli Stati Uniti e con cui ha partecipato al primo festival tutto al femminile della storia, il celebre Lilith Fair. L’album ha riscosso subito un grande successo di pubblico e di critica e le ha portato il primo Grammy Award nella categoria Best New Artist in a Video per il brano Criminal.
Il suo carattere difficile e la resistenza ad accettare le leggi dello star system che la voleva sex-symbol a tutti i costi, mal si adeguavano alle sue ambizioni artistiche. Nel 1997, agli Mtv Video Music Awards, ritirando il Best New Artist Award, ha dichiarato che quel mondo faceva schifo e concluso con la frase della scrittrice Maya Angelou Go with yourself.
Nel 1999 è uscito il suo secondo album When The Pawn Hits The Conflicts He Thinks… che ha venduto oltre un milione di copie ottenendo il disco d’oro e portandole ulteriori candidature ai Grammy. Il disco è entrato nel Guinness dei Primati come album dal titolo più lungo mai entrato nelle classifiche statunitensi, è infatti, una poesia di 90 parole.
Tra i vari progetti collaterali, nel 1998 ha contribuito anche alla realizzazione della colonna sonora del film Pleasantville interpretando Across the Universe dei Beatles.
Il terzo album di inediti, Extraordinary Machine, è uscito nel 2005, portandole il disco d’oro, una candidatura ai Grammy e molte recensioni positive dalla critica. La casa discografica ne aveva bloccato l’uscita ritenendolo poco vendibile, allora venne distribuito in rete, tanto da mobilitare i suoi fans in una raccolta di firme e coniare lo slogan “FreeFiona!
Nel 2006 ha interpretato una cover di Sally’s song inclusa nell’edizione speciale della colonna sonora del film di Tim Burton Nightmare Before Christmas.
Nel 2011 ha partecipato all’album di cover in onore del cantante Buddy Holly, Rave on Buddy Holly, interpretando il famoso brano Everyday.
Nel 2012 ha pubblicato il quarto album, un altro titolo lunghissimo, The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do, svettato subito alla terza posizione della classifica statunitense.
Dopo quasi otto anni di parziale assenza dalle scene musicali, nel 2020, ha pubblicato Fetch the Bolt Cutters, interamente registrato a casa sua, che è stato uno degli album maggiormente acclamati nella storia della musica, vincitore del Grammy Award al miglior album di musica alternativa nel 2021.
Fiona Apple ha iniziato come una tenera e languida cantautrice di storie intrise d’angoscia e malinconia, in eterna lotta con il music business, con un carattere difficile e ribelle che l’ha portata a porsi contro chi voleva affibbiarle etichette di bella, sexy e ricca. Oggi è un’artista che non ha dimenticato nulla, che ha imparato a convivere col caos dei suoi sentimenti, pronta ad accusare in pieno ogni nuova ferita. E ad apprezzarne morbosamente le ripercussioni.
Tra uscite di scena, silenzi infiniti e improvvisi ritorni, la sua carriera è un grande gioco di magia che continua a lasciarsi dietro applausi e commozione. Prosegue così come vuole lei, coi suoi tempi e la sua libertà.
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Fiona apples poetry only got so far because of brandon maggarts performance in christmas evil
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A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: T.S. Garp: Robin Williams Helen Holm: Mary Beth Hurt Jenny Fields: Glenn Close Roberta Muldoon: John Lithgow Mr. Fields: Hume Cronyn Mrs. Fields: Jessica Tandy The Hooker: Swoosie Kurtz Pooh: Brenda Currin John Wolfe: Peter Michael Goetz Cushie: Jenny Wright Referee: John Irving Ellen James: Amanda Plummer Woman Candidate: Bette Henritze Rachel: Katherine Borowitz Real Estate Lady: Kate McGregor-Stewart Michael Milton: Mark Soper Stew Percy: Warren Berlinger Ernie Holm: Brandon Maggart First Coach: Victor Magnotta Helicopter Pilot: Al Cerullo Stephen: Ron Frazier Marge Tallworth: Eve Gordon Pilot (uncredited): George Roy Hill Film Crew: Producer: George Roy Hill Screenplay: Steve Tesich Novel: John Irving Editor: Stephen A. Rotter Director of Photography: Miroslav Ondříček Producer: Robert Crawford Jr. Executive Producer: Patrick Kelley Casting: Marion Dougherty Production Design: Henry Bumstead Art Direction: Woods Mackintosh Set Decoration: Robert Drumheller Set Decoration: Justin Scoppa Jr. Costume Design: Ann Roth Hairstylist: Bob Grimaldi Makeup Artist: Robert Laden Movie Reviews:
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This was a great movie about a man who snaps and takes Christmas upon himself. It stars Fiona Apple's father, Brandon Maggart who delivers a truly terrifying performance. Must recommend.
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