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HOUSE (1982) – Episode 256 – Decades Of Horror 1980s

“Damn! Come out of the grave and run out of ammunition!” Resurrection without ordinance? Such a disappointment. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Crystal Cleveland, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they discuss House (1986), a comedy horror picture with its acting roots in Eighties television.

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 256 – House (1986)

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A Vietnam vet/horror novelist’s son disappears while visiting his aunt’s house. His search for his son destroys his marriage and his writing career. When the troubled writer moves into the haunted house after inheriting it from his aunt, the evil ghosts in the house force him to endure a harrowing journey into his past.

  Directed by: Steve Miner

Writing Credits: Ethan Wiley (screenplay); Fred Dekker (story)

Produced by: Sean S. Cunningham (producer)

Music by: Harry Manfredini

Cinematography by: Mac Ahlberg (director of photography)

Production Design by: Gregg Fonseca

Special Paintings by: William Stout (as Bill Stout), Richard Hescox

Special Effects by:

James Cummins (creature design/creature effects designer: Backwood Films)

Kirk R. Thatcher (creature designer: Backwood Films) (as Kirk Thatcher)

Visual Effects by:

Mark Sullivan (stop-motion animation)

William Reilly (motion control technician)

Stunt Coordinator: Kane Hodder

Selected Cast:

William Katt as Roger Cobb

George Wendt as Harold Gorton

Richard Moll as Big Ben

Kay Lenz as Sandy Sinclair

Mary Stavin as Tanya

Michael Ensign as Chet Parker

Erik Silver as Jimmy

Mark Silver as Jimmy

Susan French as Aunt Elizabeth

Alan Autry as Cop #3

Steven Williams as Cop #4

James Calvert as Grocery Boy (as Jim Calvert)

Mindy Sterling as Woman in Bookstore

Jayson Kane as Cheesy Stud

Billy Beck as Priest

Bill McLean as Mr. Jones

Steve Susskind as Frank McGraw

John William Young as Would-be Writer (as John Young)

Dwier Brown as Lieutenant

Joey Green as Fitzsimmons

Stephen Nichols as Scott

Donald Willis as Soldier

Ronn Carroll as Policeman

Robert Joseph as Robert

Curt Wilmot as Skeleton Big Ben

Peter Pitofsky as Witch

Elizabeth Barrington as Little Critter

Jerry Maren as Little Critter

Felix Silla as Little Critter

The rallying cry from the Grue Crew is, “Chad is back!” For his return episode, the crew picks an 80s movie that surely everyone has seen. Well, everyone but Jeff. The film is HOUSE, released in 1985… or is it 1986? Covered seven years ago by Doc Rotten, Christopher G. Moore, and Thomas Mariani in episode 105, the current crew decided to revisit this comedy-horror feature. Starring some 80s TV icons – William Katt (The Greatest American Hero, 1981-1983), George Wendt (Cheers, 1982-1993), Richard Moll (Night Court, 1984-1992) – the cast, crew, and effects give them plenty to talk about and there’s plenty of taglines for Chad’s return. Welcome back, brother!

At the time of this writing, House is available to stream from Tubi, PlutoTV, and Amazon Prime, as well as multiple PPV sources, and on physical media as a Blu-ray from Arrow Video.

Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode’s film chosen by Chad, will be Spookies (1985), a film whose making-of story might be more interesting than the movie itself.

Check out this episode!

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My Thoughts on Predator 5

It’s been a long time since I talked about anything in relation to the Predator franchise. To me, the franchise has been steadily going down hill with the release of Robert Rodriguez’s 2010 sequel PREDATORS and there didn’t seem to be going back after that movie whatsoever. Bad ideas had begotten more bad ideas in the expanded universe material with the idea that there were Predators who were bigger and badder than the original concept which Stan Winston came up with, that the idea of the original Yautja species was outdated and no longer iconic.

And for nearly eight years, I struggled to hold onto the franchise as a loyal fan. And then when 2018′s sequel, The Predator was released under the direction of Shane Black and written by Fred Dekker... I considered the franchise dead in the water, and that there was nothing short of saving it save for a full on reboot or a massive retcon which kept Predator, Predator 2, and both AVP films in continuity... But I knew I was never going to get that. A fan would have to be hopeful or deluded to think that would happen. Perhaps I was the former, perhaps I was the latter, perhaps I was both.

And then the Disney purchase happened. My greatest fear was finally realized, as the Mouse devoured another company in the film industry and now owned the intellectual rights to both the Alien and Predator franchise. I saw what they are doing to Star Wars, or rather what they were doing-- and I saw what they are doing to Marvel comics-- the MCU being a success but the comics not so much with Disney pandering to the Tumblr and Twitter crowd.

And with the Disney purchase I knew that they were going to do to Alien-Predator with what they did to Star Wars. And that was the erasure of the existing expanded universe material which was published by Dark Horse, the first stewards in creating what used to be a shared universe which was birthed in the comics. Marvel acquired the rights, and so far it doesn’t seem like as if they plan on continuing the continuity laid out by Dark Horse.

In hindsight, I consider this a blessing as I hope they NEVER touch the beloved characters of Dachande, Machiko Noguchi and many other characters that are so beloved by the fandom.

And then I had read that after the DISASTROUS performance and fandom reaction towards Shane Black’s The Predator, that a Predator 5 was going to be put into production. A part of me was hopeful in that this could be a full on retcon of Shane Black’s movie, and maybe Robert Rodriguez’s movie-- or a full on reboot of the franchise. But instead, what we were getting was a prequel to the 1987 John McTiernan movie...

So, this was a movie which... everyone wanted to see. It’s something that’s never really been explored, unless you count the first AVP: Alien vs Predator movie, but those were flashback segments in the film.

Then the details of the movie started coming out, and already it was just... stinking of Disney’s agenda. It would serve as a complete antithesis to what the original movie was-- which let’s face it, was a testosterone injected and masculine 1980s action movie with memorable one liners. The story for this upcoming movie was about a Native American young girl who decides to go up against the tribe patriarchy while also fighting against an enemy never before encountered on Earth.

Now, I am not saying that an action movie cannot have a female protagonist. The Alien films show this and they do it BEAUTIFULLY. But bare in mind, this was handled with care and focus on the story first from both Ridley Scott and James Cameron for the first two Alien films. This could most certainly be done for Predator if in the right hands...

But Disney is NOT what I would consider the right hands, especially considering what Disney has done to Star Wars with the sequel films-- which I now hearing, are about to be retconned out of continuity by the efforts of John Favreau and company much to the displeasure of Kathleen Kennedy.

But this movie just screams everything Anti-Predator. Many fans have even said that this is just Mulan but with a Predator in it. And I have to agree with them.

And then word got out that the Thomas Brothers were fighting for the acquisition of the franchise from the hands of Disney. I say good luck to the Thomas Brothers, especially since they are fighting to get the franchise which they have a major hand in creating from the clutches of Mickey Mouse, but we all know the Mouse has a crack team of lawyers who are going to do whatever they can for their company to keep the franchise.

And then the news gets worse, as now the word is that Predator 5, now titled as Skull, is going to be about the FIRST hunt on planet Earth-- the first visitation by the Predators in a pre-colonial era America. So when this was announced, this was an indicator that both the AVP films were going to be ejected out from the Predator canon, as they were ejected out from the Alien canon with the arrival of Prometheus.

This would mean for both the Alien and Predator franchises, that thirty years of storytelling, thirty years of character development, thirty years of developing the Predator culture, thirty years of a shared universe... Is now destroyed. It’s put on the chopping block, ready to be axed and when that happens... the past has been destroyed. Yes, that pun was intentional as it’s a reference to what Kylo Ren said in one of the Star Wars sequel movies.

And the upcoming movie is rumored to be released only on Hulu because of the legal disputes between the Thomas Brothers and Disney... It might not even get a theater release. And I hope it doesn’t.

To me, the golden era of Alien and Predator has long since passed with the 1990s when Alien vs. Predator was a big thing-- to where even children’s toys were produced by Kenner for it and a side-scrolling beat’em up by Capcom was released. I am quite happy with the 2004 and 2007′s AVP films-- regardless of what anyone else thought of them as I felt they were true to the original source material-- which was the comics and novels, as they spawned the idea of a shared universe.

2010 was where it ALL started falling apart... And now Disney owns it all.

The franchise is dead. Now it’s being desecrated for the greedy corporate shills who just don’t care about the lore and want to see nothing but dollar signs... Of course, Fox wasn’t doing any better with the franchise. It’s been dead since 2018.

I’m not going to see this movie. What made it special is going to be killed off a second time. And I hope it doesn’t release in theatres and that the Thomas Brothers get it back.

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Howdy. So I took a class in non-Shakespearean renaissance drama last semester. We read seven plays and they’re iconic and deserve to be read so I’ve compiled them for y’all. bon appetit

Comedies

The Roaring Girl, Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker: Rebelling, crossdressing, and stabbing f*ckboys. The mc Moll is an icon and the play subverts contemporary expectations for men and women in the best way.

A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, Thomas Middleton: The amount of bawdy jokes in this play puts Will to shame. A prime example of citizen comedy (a play that mocks London citizens); there’s disapproving parents outwitted by a daughter and her love, a comically unfit suitor, and as I mentioned plenty of d*ck jokes. My personal favorite character is Tim who returns from Cambridge and like will now only speak Latin but he’s not good at it and it’s so funny.

The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Francis Beaumont: my beloved. A grocer and his wife at the theatre decide that they don’t want to watch another citizen comedy. They decide that they’re going to put on their own play in which a grocer, played by their apprentice Rafe, is the hero. So while the original citizen comedy is going on, there is also a chivalric romance and lots of interruptions from the citizen and his wife. Metadrama turned up to 11. And by the end everything has just descended into chaos, huge monty python energy. Oh and the play was written for an all boys theatre company which is so wild to me as a concept.

The Shoemaker’s Holiday, Thomas Dekker: Probably my second favorite play we read after The Knight. (Roughly) based on the life of shoemaker Simon Eyre who eventually becomes mayor of London. It’s very fun and celebratory. There are also some great side characters like Sibyl, a witty lady’s maid, and Ralph, a wounded veteran who just really loves his wife ;-;

Tragedies

The Duchess of Malfi, John Webster: Another play loosely based off actual events. The titular duchess secretly marries her steward against her brothers’ (the Cardinal and the duke Ferdinand) wishes. The couple has three children together before the duchess’s brothers find out with the aid of spy Bosola. Ferdinand and Bosola are both incredible villains, Ferdinand because his obsession with his sister’s sexuality and his descent into madness is both disturbing and fascinating, and Bosola because his moral ambiguity makes him somehow detestable and endearing. I feel that the villains in this play rival Iago in terms of their ripeness for psychological analysis lol.

The Tragedy of Mariam, Elizabeth Cary: This may not have been my favorite of the plays we read (that’s just my opinion it was my classmate’s favorite) but it’s worth reading because it’s one of the very few renaissance plays written by a woman. It was a closet drama, not written for public performance, in Senecan style. It’s about Herod (killing of the innocents Herod not crucifixion Herod) and his second wife Mariam. Even though it’s set in ancient Israel, it reveals renaissance concerns about femininity and expectations for women from woman’s perspective.

*we also read Arden of Faversham but I’m not including that because there’s evidence to suggest parts of it were written by Shakespeare*

So yea. I expect fanfic and fanart of these plays on my desk by next thursday. thank you.

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Let’s Talk #Terminator

The Terminator franchise badly needs a reboot.

For my overall thoughts on the Terminator franchise, feel free to keep reading. There will be (light) spoilers.

In the year 2029, a computer program called Skynet has taken over the world. A group known as the Resistance fight off Skynet and its many robots to take back the planet. As Skynet is on the verge of defeat, it sends cyborgs called Terminators back in time to kill one of two people: Sarah Connor or her son John, the future leader of the Resistance.

The franchise’s first film, The Terminator, brought both director and writer James Cameron and star Arnold Schwarzenegger to fame and acclaim. The sequel, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, made Sarah Connor into an action icon and featured one of the earliest uses of CGI.

Despite the success of those films, subsequent sequels (and a TV show) have been considered to be inferior in some form or another.

In a way, this franchise has a lot in common with the Alien franchise. James Cameron co-wrote and directed the first two Terminator films as well as Aliens. Their sequels are considered to be some of the best ever made. Subsequent films and spin-offs have not been able to live up to the success of the franchises’ respective first two films.

There is not much to say about the first two films which has not already been written by others. Despite their differing qualities, with the first film clearly being filmed on a shoestring budget and the latter the complete opposite, both films are equally great.

As for the other sequels...

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003): Released more than a decade after the second film, it is the most forgettable of the franchise. The only memorable parts are the female Terminator (T-X), the twist of Skynet being all over the internet, and great stunt work. It was also Schwarzenegger's last film before being elected Governor of California. 

Salvation (2009): The late Anton Yelchin and Sam Worthington give good performances in an original story fully taking place in the apocalyptic future. However, the premise was badly executed, leaves newcomers lost, and tried too hard to set up a new series of films. Since Arnold was still Governor at the time, he only appears as a CG head on a body double.

Genesys (2015): This film tried to reboot the franchise with younger actors in the roles of Kyle Reese and Sarah Connor while retaining Arnold as a now older T-800. The explanation provided for why he aged made sense, but the twist of John Connor being the bad guy was terrible and ruins the film. Paramount’s decision to reveal it in the marketing ruined any chance of the film being successful.

Dark Fate (2019): While it does bring back Linda Hamilton for the first time since Judgment Day (not counting a voice-only cameo in Salvation) and retains the aforementioned aging explanation to justify Arnold’s return, it comes too little too late. Also, the opening twist involving John Connor might have lost the franchise any goodwill it had left to give. 

I should also note the short-lived TV spin-off, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which aired on FOX from 2008 to 2009. It starred Lena Headey (in a pre-Game of Thrones role) as Sarah Connor, Thomas Dekker (Heroes) as John Connor, and Summer Glau (Firefly) as the cyborg Cameron. 

It ignores the third film and takes place in the present day after the characters time travel from the 90s to late 2000s. The show had an interesting premise, with both Skynet and the Resistance sending people back in time to either destroy the future or find Sarah and John.

While the first season was enjoyable, the second season was lackluster. Not helping was FOX moving the show from Monday to Friday, the network’s lowest-rated night where most shows tend to get canceled. It ended on a cliffhanger and was canceled after two seasons with 31 episodes. Coincidentally, it ended a little more than a month before Salvation came out.

There is no one reason in particular as to why the Terminator franchise has been unable to regain the success of Judgment Day. Several factors have made it somewhat cursed to fail on a regular basis.

Inconsistent Studios: Nearly every single studio in Hollywood has been involved in some form or another with the franchise, such as Warner Bros. and Paramount. Some don’t even exist anymore like Hemdale (The Terminator) and Carolco (Judgment Day).

Gaps: Because the franchise keeps moving around, long gaps of time between films have caused it to lose any potential momentum. More than a decade passed between the second and third films, and subsequent films have come out every four to six years.

John Connor: Despite being the future savior of mankind, he is the franchise’s weakest character. Because all of the attention is aimed at the titular cyborg, John comes off as a bland character only described by others to be a great hero.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: The franchise’s Achilles heel is unfortunately its main star. The past two films have done their best to keep the 72-year-old as the T-800 by explaining his appearance as the cyborg’s skin having naturally aged. Arnold is sadly just too old to play a killer cyborg from the future. While he can still do the voice, aside from 3, he comes off more tired than intimidating.

Can this franchise ever be successful again? Yes.

Genesys tried rebooting the franchise but relied too much on nostalgia from the first two films and still had Schwarzenegger as the T-800.

Dark Fate tried doing something similar to Disney’s Star Wars trilogy by featuring a mixture of returning and new characters. However, like those films and Independence Day: Resurgence, it risked alienating longtime fans who might feel betrayed by the changes made to justify a continuation.

The only way Terminator could ever be successful again is in a proper reboot without either Schwarzenegger or any direct connections to the first two films. 

It can be set in the present and have the titular cyborg hunt down Sarah Connor not by phone book but social media. The reboot can even make it more than just a T-800 by combining elements from past Terminators. With a bigger budget, great cast, and good director, the reboot can be a successful modern remake of the first film and revitalize the franchise.

For now, the box office results of Terminator: Dark Fate appear to declare the franchise itself to once again be terminated.

The Terminator films and The Sarah Connor Chronicles are available to stream on multiple providers and own on Blu-ray and Digital.

Until next time, thank you for reading!

[donsinclair]

Official Desmond Dekker Musical Journey

Reggae singer Desmond Dekker was born Desmond Adolphus Dacres in St. Andrew, Jamaica. He grew up in Kingston and attended the Alpha Boys' School.

His father moved him to St. Mary, and then St. Thomas after the death of his mother.

He first worked as a tailor before returning to Kingston to become a welder. Dekker was encouraged by co-workers to persue a singing career due to his constant singing on the job.

Desmond was a rocksteady, ska and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. The Aces, his backing group consisted of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard.

According to Wikipedia, before the ascent of Coxsone Dodd of Studio One Bob Marley, Dekker was one of the most popular musicians within Jamaica, and one of the best-known musicians outside it.

Neither and Duke Reid of Tresure Isle were impressed by his audition with them, but was sucessful at Leslie Kong's Beverley's record label.

Reggae singer Desmond Dekker began to record in 1963 with Kong and his first hit was "Honour Your Mother and Father", then "Sinners Come Home" and "Labour for Learning". The next hit "King of Ska", made him one of the island's biggest stars.

Recording music for over 40 years, he had some big hits, but his music changed from being respectable to the rude boy style. His songs did not go to the extremes, although some of his lyrics rested well with the the rude boys. Such songs include the famous "007 (Shanty Town)". This song convey Dekker as a rude boy icon.

He was the first Jamaican artist to have a major hit in the UK and other major Countries. The release of the "Isrealites", topped the UK charts.

The first reggae hit to do so, reaching #1 and reentering the charts that same year of 1968. This song also reached top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100. Dekker continued to record and toured the world, while living in the UK.

His career was a mixture of high and low times. One of his best recording was "You Can Get It If You Really Want", which was written by Jimmy Cliff and was reluctant to record, but was persuaded by Leslie Kong.

By the end of the 70's Dekker was signed with Stiff Records and recorded his album "Black and Dekker", featuring some of his previous hits.

He made the top ten Belgian Chart with the song "Isrealities", and was followed by Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers To Cross" and "Book of Rules".

Although his album "Compass Point" did not sell well he continued to tour and performed live.

In 1984, he was declared bankrupt and was reborned to the public, when his song the "Isrealities" was featured in a Maxwell advertisement.

Survived by a son and a daughter, Dekker died of a heart attack on May 26, 2006.

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Hi! I have a gif icon suggestion for whenever you are feeling bored or uninspired! Thomas Dekker! He was on The Secret Circle and has almost no resources. His voice is super sexy and... I dunno, that's all I can really tell you about him?

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hi everyone. the name is lil’s, she/them, i’m twenty four years old, from spain and i’m very anti-jkr, this woman is horrible and should not be named on this blog, ever. this is an independant and private chris halliwell writing blog. based in the hp universe. the faceclaim for my muse is Thomas Dekker. i’m quite new to the hp fandom and wanted to try it out. rules that applies here are very simple, i’m open to anything darker. except smut. muse aren’t of age for almost the whole franchise, so, smut won’t happens around here. i’m going to be iconless or using gifs icons ( depends on my mood ) since i don’t want to actually put effort into editting icons that i’m sure i’m not good at and would rather focus on my writing. i’m also headcanons based only. i have already roleplayed millicent bulstrode on another platform and will bring my own headcanons of that minor character that deserve the love. i’m also dyslexic, something i hate a lot but deal with all the time. so, sometimes, my writing isn’t going to be perfect and will mean no sense. that’s why i’m taking time with replies in the first place. i work a full time job ( aka nurse at the hospital ), so, will be active when i have the time or energy. i’ll stop rambling now and i wish you all a good stay on this friendly blog.

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Haunted Mansions: The Horror & History of the Filming Locations from House 1 & 2

Ding dong, you’re dead

The 1986 horror classic House, directed by Steve Miner and produced by Sean S. Cunningham, was released on Blu-ray for the first time ever last year, along with it’s quirky sequel House II: The Second Story. Both films feature some very familiar faces from the 80s, including William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll, Bill Maher, and John Ratzenberger. The creature effects are creative and iconic. The story was based on a 15-page Twilight Zone script written by Fred Dekker, the writer and/or director behind some all-time favorites like Night of the Creeps, The Monster Squad, and a handful of HBO’s Tales from the Crypt episodes.

But the real stars of these films, as you can glean from their titles, are the huge and massively creepy haunted houses in which these epic battles against supernatural evil take place. Though interiors were built on sound stages, the houses used for exterior shots for both films are real and have fascinating histories.

HOUSE: Mills View Mansion, Monrovia, CA

This Eastlake style mansion was built in 1887 as a wedding gift for Milton Monroe, whose father the town of Monrovia was named after, and his wife Mary. The couple later divorced and, in 1899, Milton was killed tragically in a railroad accident at the age of 33.

When Col. John H. Mills retired from public service in 1983, he and his wife Elizabeth bought the mansion. On a clear day they could see Catalina Island from the third floor windows, which is how the house got it’s name. But just three months after moving in, the colonel died of heart failure. Elizabeth continued to live there until her death in 1905. The house had a handful of owners after that, and was up for sale as recently as 2015.

Mills View as seen in House

Including House, Mills View has apparently been used in 20 productions since 1980. It can also be seen in a 1992 episode of Picket Fences, in which I’m sure it wasn’t nearly as ominous. While it may not have any real ghosts, I would still be cautious of the closets at midnight. And maybe try to avoid the upstairs bathroom medicine cabinet.

HOUSE II: Stimson House, Los Angeles, CA

The imposing stone mansion from House II, which looks more like a medieval fortress than a swanky Los Angeles abode, was built in 1891 for lumber and banking millionaire Thomas Douglas Stimson. When the “Red Castle” was completed, the Los Angeles Times wrote that it was “the costliest and most beautiful private residence in Los Angeles.” But, of course, that kind of notoriety often comes with a price. A private detective attempting to blackmail Stimson bombed the residence in 1896. The explosion tore a hole in the wall, but even dynamite couldn’t bring the house down.

Stimson died of heart disease in 1898. His widow lived in the house until her death in 1904. Beer baron Edward R. Maier bought the house, moved his family in, and used the labyrinthine, catacomb-like basement to store wine and other spirits. In the 1940s it served as a fraternity house for USC’s rowdy Pi Kappa Alpha. After years of loud parties and other annoyances, neighbor Carrie Estelle Doheny bought the house from the fraternity and donated it to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet for use as a convent. From 1969 to 1993 the sisters allowed Mount St. Mary’s College to use it as school housing. The nuns moved back in the fall of 1993, just before the Northridge earthquake of 1994 shook California and caused considerable damage to the house.

In a 1976 episode of The Bionic Woman called “Black Magic,” the Stimson House became the location of a remote island home for Vincent Price‘s wealthy inventor character. Price later returned to the house to utilize it’s acoustics for some of his own productions.

The house also appeared in the 1989 horror anthology After Midnight, as a mortuary in the series Pushing Daisies, and most recently in an episode of Mad Men.

The Stimson house as seen in House II: The Second Story

I’m guessing the original blueprints did not include alternate dimensions like the prehistoric jungle bedroom or the Mayan temple, but I like to think they’re in there somewhere.

Slasher Betty

Big Ben returns from the grave

Originally published here: The Horrific Home of House 1 & 2

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Linda Hamilton is best remembered as Sarah Connor in the Terminator franchise, but she hasn’t been the only one who has played this iconic role, and she wasn’t the only actress considered for it either. James Cameron’s directorial debut arrived in 1982 with Piranha II: The Spawning, but his big break happened in 1984 with The Terminator, written by him and Gale Anne Hurd. The Terminator introduced the audience to the title character (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a cyborg assassin sent from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose son will one day save mankind from extinction by a hostile artificial intelligence.

The Terminator was a critical and commercial success, launching Cameron’s career as a filmmaker and solidifying Schwarzenegger’s status as an action star, and made way for a franchise consisting of six movies, one TV series, and other media. Although the Terminator/T-800 is the main character of the series and the one present in all movies, the franchise’s hero, Sarah Connor, has also become one of the most popular and beloved characters in pop culture, and her story has been explored in different ways – for example, Terminator 2: Judgment Day saw her go from final girl to action hero, while the TV show Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles focused on her adventures alongside her son (played by Thomas Dekker) and a re-programmed Terminator named Cameron (Summer Glau).

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Of course, when thinking about Sarah Connor, Linda Hamilton is the face that comes to mind, but it almost wasn’t like that, and before she was cast, there were other actresses considered for the role, as also happened when casting the younger Sarah Connors in Terminator Genisys (Sarah Clarke) and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Lena Heady). Here are the actresses who almost played every version of Sarah Connor in the Terminator franchise.

Before Linda Hamilton was cast as Sarah Connor in The Terminator, James Cameron considered Jennifer Jason Leigh for the role, who at the time was known for playing Stacy Hamilton in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Other actresses who were considered for the role were Michelle Pfeiffer, Diane Lane, and Carrie Fisher, with Debra Winger auditioning and reportedly landing the role, but she changed her mind and left the project. Geena Davis, Sharon Stone, Kelly McGillis, and Lea Thompson auditioned for it, but it ultimately went to Linda Hamilton, who had just finished filming the horror movie Children of the Corn. According to Lisa Langlois, she was offered the role of Sarah Connor and got to read the script with Michael Biehn, and was later told that Linda Hamilton had sprained her ankle badly, so they offered her the part. Sadly, Langlois had to turn it down as she was already shooting The Slugger’s Wife. In the end, Linda Hamilton got to play Sarah Connor in The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, and Terminator: Dark Fate.

In 2015, Warner Bros. tried to reboot the Terminator franchise with Terminator Genisys, which featured a younger version of Sarah Connor played by Emilia Clarke. Before Clarke was cast, Emily Blunt was considered for the role, and Margot Robbie reportedly got as far as to screen-test for it. The choice for Sarah Connor was narrowed to Emilia Clarke, Tatiana Maslany, and Brie Larson, but the producers went with Clarke, who was already a big name in the industry thanks to her role as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones.

Between Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) and Terminator Genisys, the franchise branched out to television with the series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Set after the events of Terminator 2: Judgement Day, the series followed Sarah (now played by Lena Headey) and John Connor as they tried to live under the radar after the destruction of Cyberdyne in Terminator 2. Before Headey got the role, Dina Meyer is said to have been in consideration to play this version of Sarah Connor, but it’s unknown if she got to audition for it. Following Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Headey got the role of Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones.

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May I suggest Thomas Dekker for gif icone?

sorry but i’m not really a fan of thomas so i’m going to have to pass on this one !!