#william demerest

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William Demerest

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Marian Anderson (read her biography), Mildred Bailey, Adam Baldwin, Beethoven’s 8th Symphony (1814), Joan Bennett, Chilli, Louis Clark (ELO), Constantine the Great, William Demerest, Joaquin Valverde Durán, Gian Francesco Fortunati, Mary Frann, Eddie Gray (Tommy James & The Shondells), Josh Groban, Steve Harley, Adam Kinzinger, David Kleinberg, Gidon Kremer, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kate Mara, the 1981 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder single “Ebony & Ivory,” Jose Melis, Ralph Nader, Neal Schon, Timothy Spall, Nancy Spungen, Elizabeth Taylor, Franchot Tone, Johnny Van Zant, Van Williams, Joanne Woodward, James Worthy (PM Dawn), and the great American writer John Steinbeck. For me, Steinbeck is "the real California." Of his writing he said, “These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new.” 

My Americana composition “Steinbeck Found the Valley” was prompted by lyrics from The Beach Boys's "California Saga": "Have you ever been down Salinas way where Steinbeck found the valley, and he wrote about the way it was, and his travelings with Charley..." The music bed was inspired by “Trombone Dixie,” an obscure Brian Wilson instrumental (a PET SOUNDS outtake). On this track I played accordion and piano with cellist Kim Osterwalder (who also gigged w/mutual friends Buddy & Julie Miller) + trombonist Richard Marriott.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tODZxOojn0s&t=2s

#JohnSteinbeck #birthday #California #novelist #writer #BeachBoys #CaliforniaSaga #BrianWilson #Salinas #TromboneDixie #PetSounds #accordion #piano #cello #KimOsterwalder #trombone #RichardMarriott #composer #johnnyjblair #recordingartist

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Obscure Characters List - Male Edition (N-Z)

Obscure Characters I love for some reason (N-Z). (By obscure I mean characters that have little to no fanfic written about them. Not necessarily characters nobody’s ever heard of.) Don’t ask me to explain why. UPDATED: Tumblr is being a butt about post length or something so I’m splitting up the lists.

N

Nigel Billingsley (Jumanji 2 and 3)

Night’s Cavalry (Elden Ring)

Nothing (The Night House)

P

Pazuzu (The Exorcist)

Pierre Despereaux (Psych)

Prince Anton Voytek (Vampire 1974)

Prince Escalus (Romeo and Juliet, no particular adaptation)

Prince Quartus (Stardust)

Prince Septimus (Stardust)

Professor Petrie/Phantom of the Opera (Phantom of the Opera 1962)

Peter Quint (Turn of the Screw, the book and maybe some other adaptations. Not the Bly Manor Flanagan show.)

R

Reese Kelly (Scarlet Hollow)

Rene Belloq (Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark)

Roland Voight (Hellraiser 2022)

Ronin (Star Trek)

Rorschach (Watchmen)

Rupert Giles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Rusty Nail (Joyride trilogy)

S

Salem Saberhagen (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)

Sam Wayne (Scarlet Hollow)

Silver Surfer/Norrin Radd (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer)

Simon Jarrett (SOMA)

Sir Lancelot (Night at the Museum 3)

Sportacus (LazyTown)

Starscourge Radahn (Elden Ring)

STEM (Upgrade)

Sutter Cane (In the Mouth of Madness)

T

Thantos DuBaer (Twitches 1 and 2)

The Auditor (Hellraiser: Judgment)

The Babadook (The Babadook)

The Black Knight Ghost (Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed)

The Curator (Dark Pictures Anthology)

The Designer (Devil’s Carnival 2)

The Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest/Professor Joel Barash/Steven Verdel (Wishmaster series)

The Faun (Pan’s Labyrinth)

The Fox (The Little Prince 1974)

The Jester (The Jester, A Short Horror Film series)

The Kinderfänger (Crypt TV)

The Knight/Tarhos Kovács (Dead by Daylight)

The Look-See (Crypt TV)

The Man (Carnival of Souls)

The Merman (Cabin In The Woods)

The Metal Killer (Stage Fright 2014)

The Mirror (Oculus)

The Narrator (Stanley Parable)

The Other (Hellfest)

The Phantom (Phantom Manor)

The Projectionist (Pearl)

The T-1000/Cop (Terminator 2, Terminator Genisys)

The Tall Man/The Entity (It Follows)

The Thing (The Thing 1982)

The Torn Prince/Royce Clayton (Thirteen Ghosts remake)

The Torso/James “Jimmy” Gambino (Thirteen Ghosts remake)

Thomas Alexander “Alex” Upton (TAU)

Tiger Mask/Dave (You’re Next)

Tommy Ross (Carrie, 1976)

V

Valak (The Conjuring)

Valdack and his real world counterpart (Black Mirror)

Van Pelt (Jumanji 2)

Venable (Wrong Turn 2021)

Viktor (Underworld series)

Viktor Frankenstein/Dr. Whale (Once Upon a Time)

Vladislaus Dracula (Van Helsing 2004)

W

Wade Thornton (Nancy Drew, Ghost of Thornton Hall)

Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Westley/Dread Pirate Roberts (The Princess Bride)

Wildwind/Dark Skull, Stormy Weathers, and Lightning Strikes (Scooby Doo and the Legend of the Vampire)

“William”/The Headless Figure (Crypt TV)

William “Billy” Butcherson (Hocus Pocus 1 and 2)

X

Xenan the Centaur (Xena Warrior Princess)

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DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (1973)

There's a very specific art to the made-for-TV movie. When they touch upon the horror genre they can be more unsettling than anything you'll see on the big screen, and while I wouldn't call director John Newland's 1973 feature DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK terribly frightening, it certainly fits the bill of something that can only be accomplished within the quaint and unassuming confines of your television set.

Sally (Kim Darby) and her husband Alex (Jim Hutton) recently finished renovating an inherited home, and they're… mixed on the results. There's still a lot of work to be done, and one thing that would really wrap it all up nicely is a fresh take on the previously-locked study. This room, dark by design, has pretty much nothing in it but a chair and an old fireplace that doesn't work. Despite its dank and foreboding nature, Sally insists that the house would finally be a home if she could just sit there in front of a roaring fire. 

As their handyman (William Demerest) advises, though, they should leave well enough alone. The fireplace is sealed with brick and iron all around, with the only opening bolted tight. There's clearly a history here with Sally's late grandfather, and we get some hints at what awaits within those bricks when the movie opens to the ominous sound of faint whispers. Hushed calls for action that declare they—whomever or whatever it is that might be speaking—will soon be free at last.

Much to the delight of audiences around the world who also happen to be fans of nasty little freaks, that's exactly what lurks behind closed doors. After Sally unwittingly frees these creatures, they constantly harass her in the dark and make her husband think she's completely lost the plot. It all comes to an embarrassing head during a dinner party the couple hosts one night, when one of the pint-sized monsters yanks the napkin off Sally's nap like a bored child trying to get their mom's attention. 

Just as I'm assuming TV audiences did 50 years ago, Sally shrieks when she sees these abominations. Meanwhile, her husband is totally fed up to the point where he actually agrees it might be best to get rid of the house and tough it out in an apartment all over again. Now they just need their handyman to agree to come back for a little more work so they can finish renovating and sell this haunted hellhole. But perhaps it might be too little and too late for all of that. 

DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK is a briskly paced little 74-minute creeper that still wields plenty of spellbinding power, especially whenever the creatures are on screen. While I never saw this on TV as a child, the dehydrated little monsters reek of kindertrauma and I can only imagine the impact they had on the younger primetime viewers. What makes this work most of all, though, is the sheer lack of explanation. Sally may be dying to learn more about the squat roommates with which she and her husband share an overly large and ornate residence—if only to prove she's not crazy after all—but we're all the better for not knowing anything at all.

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"ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO" (1953) Review

"ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO" (1953) Review Years ago, I used to watch a great deal of old movies on late night television. My two favorite channels that offered these movies were Turner Network Television (TNT) and the American Movies Classic (AMC), which used to air movies without any commercial breaks. On TNT, I had stumbled across a Western movie originally released by MGM Studios in 1953 called "ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO" (1953) and fell in love with it. After watching my recently purchased DVD copy of the movie, I could see why it became a favorite of mine. 

 Directed by John Sturges during the first decade of his directorial career, "ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO" told the story of a Union Army officer that served as the second-in-command of a prisoner-of-war camp located in the Arizona Territory in 1863. The movie’s opening pretty much set the stage of what kind of character Captain Roper was, as it depicted him dragging an escaped Confederate prisoner back to Fort Bravo. The fact that Roper was on horseback and his prisoner – a Lieutenant Bailey – was on foot pretty much established the Union officer as a hard-nosed and ruthless man. That flint-like personality was exacerbated by his cynicism, revealed in his reactions to the other characters’ disapproval of his treatment of Bailey. However, chaos soon arrived in the form of one Carla Forrester, a Texas belle who arrived at Fort Bravo to serve as maid-of-honor at the wedding of Alice Owens, the daughter of Fort Bravo’s commanding officer, Colonel Owens. Carla was also there to ensure the escape of the prisoners’ ranking officer, her fiancé Captain John Marsh and a few of his men. In order to keep their Union jailers distracted, Carla set out to seduce and romance the fort’s most feared man – Captain Roper. When I first saw "ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO", I never thought I would become such a diehard fan of the movie. Do not get me wrong. It was not the best or innovative Western I had ever seen. Screenwriters Frank Fenton and an unaccredited Michael Pate had created a solid character study about conflicts – both political and personal – between the Union and Confederate troops in the Civil War Southwest, and the conflict between the Apaches and everyone else. The movie even had a happy ending – somewhat. Yet, Sturges, Fenton and Pate managed to lift a solid tale into something more fascinating by infusing a great deal of emotion and complexity in the main characters And it were these complex characters that truly made "ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO" for me. The characters seemed to seethe with an array of emotions that eventually burst forth as the movie unfolded. Many of these emotions seemed to center around the story’s main character. One of those characters happened to be Carla Forrester. And Eleanor Parker managed to do a top-notch job in portraying the bundle of contradictions that simmered underneath her ladylike façade. Parker portrayed Carla as a cool Southern belle with impeccable manners and a talent for seduction. Her Carla also possessed the ruthlessness to browbeat a reluctant pro-Southern storekeeper into helping Marsh and his men escape; a boldness that allowed her to chase after Roper in an age where women were valued for being passive; and a great deal of passion for Marsh and later, Roper. One of the more interesting aspects of Parker’s performance was expessing Carla’s struggles to suppress her feelings for Roper. Recently, I learned that Parker had earned the nickname Woman of a Thousand Faces. Judging from her portrayal of Carla Forrester, I would say that she deserved the name. I have been a fan of John Forsythe since his years as Charlie Townsend’s voice in "CHARLIE’S ANGELS" (1976-1981) and his work on the ABC nighttime soap opera "DYNASTY" (1981-1989). But I must admit that I found his performance in "ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO" somewhat perplexing. On one hand, Forsythe did a excellent job in portraying John Marsh’s patience, intelligence and slightly caustic nature - especially in scenes that featured Marsh's exchanges with his fellow Confederate prisoners. However, there seemed to be something not quite . . . right about the character. I do not know if the fault lay with Forsythe’s performance or Fenton and Pate’s screenplay. The problem with the Marsh character or Forsythe’s acting seemed to be Marsh’s successful ability to suppress his emotions. There were times when I wondered if the only true feelings that Marsh seemed able to truly express, centered around his desire to escape. And when he finally did express his his jealousy toward Carla’s feelings about Roper – it came off as slightly unconvincing. Either Forsythe had failed to sell it . . . or Fenton and Pate failed to allow Marsh to express his jealousy until it was too late in the story. I certainly cannot accuse William Demarest and William Campbell for giving unconvincing performances. The pair portrayed two of the Confederate prisoners – the wise "old" man Sergeant Campbell and the cocky young Cabot Young. The pair seemed to be engaged in some kind of verbal warfare that I found a lot of fun. Yet, it also seemed to hint some kind of mild dislike between the two – until the ending revealed their true feelings for each other. Two other performances caught my attention – John Lupo as the cowardly Confederate officer Lieutenant Bailey and Richard Anderson (of "THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN" and "THE BIONIC WOMAN" fame) as the soon-to-be husband of Alice Owen, Lieutenant Beecher. What made these two characters interesting was that each man – in his own way – seemed capable of some kind of courage. Although a physical coward, Bailey possessed the courage to openly admit his limitations. And Beecher had no qualms about openly expressing his disapproval of Roper’s ruthlessness, despite being the captain’s subordinate. While writing this review, it occurred to me that I had yet to comment on William Holden’s performance as the hard-nosed Captain Roper. The same year (1953) that MGM released "ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO", Paramount released Billy Wilder’s movie, "STALAG 17" - the movie that featured Holden’s Oscar winning performance. If I had my way, I would have given Holden the Oscar for his performances in both movies. What I found amazing about his portrayal of Roper is that in the hands of a lesser actor, the character could have easily ended up one-dimensional. Ironically, most of the supporting characters seemed to view him as a one-dimensional hard ass. Yet, Holden managed to effectively convey Roper’s complexity by perfectly balancing the character’s ruthlessness with an intelligent, witty and passionate man. In the end, he actor did a superb job in combining the many aspects of Roper’s personality into a complex and interesting character. MGM’s Oscar winning costume designer Helen Rose added color to the movie with some lush costumes befitting the movie’s early 1860s setting. Unfortunately, Rose made one serious misstep with a yellow evening gown worn by Eleanor Parker:

The gown seemed more befitting of a movie set in the early 1950s, instead of the 1860s. It is not surprising that Rose had received her Oscar nominations and wins for movies in a modern setting. I also have to commend cinematographer Robert Surtees for capturing the Southwest landscape (Southern California and New Mexico) without overwhelming the performers. Surtees also made use of the Ansco cameras to give the movie a rich and lush aura, allowing the desert to seem more colorful than usual. Surprisingly, Frank Fenton and Michael Pate’s script for "ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO" seemed to bear a small, yet striking resemblance to John Ford’s 1939 classic, "STAGECOACH". Both movies are basically character studies of a group of people in a Western setting – namely the Southwest – that included action against the Apaches in the final acts. And the Apaches in both films proved to be nothing more than plot devices to drive the characters’ situations forward. However, Sturges and the two screenwriters gave the Apaches’ roles a twist by portraying them as an organized military unit, instead of a bunch of rampaging "savages", during a sequence that featured Roper, Carla, Beecher, Marsh, Bailey, Campbell and Young under besiege by the Apaches’ "bombardment" of arrow similar to Henry V’s use of English and Welsh longbowmen at the Battle of Agincourt. And unlike the John Wayne and Claire Trevor characters in "STAGECOACH", this movie left the fate of Roper and Carla’s future romance in the air. After all, she had assisted in the Confederates’ escape. It is a shame that "ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO" has never been considered when top Hollywood Westers are discussed. Or even when John Sturges’ career is discussed. Frankly, I believe the movie deserves to be considered. Sturges had taken Frank Fenton and Michael Pate’s sharp screenplay and a top notch cast to create a tense and complex Western that I feel is one of the best I have seen to come out of the Hollywood studio era.

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Lucifers-Horror-Harem Kinktober 2020 Masterlist

This is a complete masterlist of all my Kinktober prompts in one place! Each drabble is around 500-1000ish words, and I specify if the reader is Gender Neutral or AFAB.

The final word count for Kinktober is 24,000 words over 74 days (because I ran late) but hey better late than never! Plus these fics are here for you to read all year long <3

Hope y’all enjoy!

Day 1: Spanking with Hannibal Lecter (Gender Neutral Reader)

Day 2: Knife Play with Chromeskull (Gender Neutral Reader)

Day 3: Face Sitting with Beetlejuice (AFAB Reader)

Day 4: Breathplay with Michael Myers (Gender Neutral Reader)

Day 5: Vibrator with Nancy Downs (AFAB Reader)

Day 6: Chair Sex with Jason Voorhees (Gender Neutral Reader)

Day 7: Blood Kink with Philip K. Decker (Gender Neutral Reader)

Day 8: Daddy Kink with Ash Williams (Gender Neutral Reader)

Day 9: Bondage with Pyramid Head (Gender Neutral Reader)

Day 10: Shower Sex with Pavi Largo (Gender Neutral Reader)

Day 11: Fingering with Carrie White (Gender Neutral Reader)

Day 12: Road Head with Bo Sinclair (Gender Neutral Reader)

Day 13: Voyeurism with Max Sonnen (AFAB Reader)

Day 14: Morning Sex with Brahms Heelshire (AFAB Reader)

Day 15: Dirty Talk with Otis Driftwood (AFAB Reader)

Day 16: Thighjob with Charles Lee Ray (AFAB Reader)

Day 17: Edging with Victor Frankenstein (AFAB Reader)

Day 18: Mutual Masturbation with Leslie Vernon (AFAB Reader)

Day 19: Strip Tease with Tiffany Valentine (Gender Neutral Reader)

Day 20: Nipple Play with Pinhead (AFAB Reader)

Day 21: Thigh Riding with Harry Warden (AFAB Reader)

Day 22: Mirror Sex with Billy Lenz (AFAB Reader)

Day 23: Loud Sex with Luigi Largo (Gender Neutral Reader)

Day 24: Doctor Play with Mary Mason (AFAB Reader)

Day 25: Spit Roasting with Ghostface (Billy & Stu) (Gender Neutral Reader)

Day 26: Size Kink with Thomas Hewitt (AFAB Reader)

Day 27: Predator/Prey with Doom Head (AFAB Reader)

Day 28: Quickie with Freddy Krueger (AFAB Reader)

Day 29: Breeding Kink with The Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest (AFAB Reader)

Day 30: Somnophilia with Vincent Sinclair (AFAB Reader)

Day 31: Exhibitionism with The Collector (Gender Neutral Reader)

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Character Masterlist

                            𝕊𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤/ ℍ𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕀𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤

Freddy Krueger (ANOES 1984)

Mayor Buckman (2001 Maniacs)

Inkubus (Inkubus)

Rusty Nail (Joy Ride series)

Michael Myers (Halloween 1978)

Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th 1980)

Norman Bates (Psycho 1960/ Bates Motel)

John Kramer (Saw series)

Brahms Heelshire (The Boy 2016)

Bubba Sawyer (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974)

Tiffany Valentine (Bride of Chucky)

Charles Lee Ray/ Chucky (Child’s Play)

Leslie Vernon (Behind the Mask)

Nathan Wallace (Repo! The Gebetic Opera)

Ash Williams (The Evil Dead 1981)

Stuart Lloyd (The Last Showing)

Dr. Peter Andover (Fear Clinic)

Herbert West (Re-Animator)

Buddi!Chucky (Child’s Play 2019)

Art the Clown (Terrifier)

Metal Killer/ Buddy Swanson (Stage Fright 2014)

The Woodcarver/ Sam Wescott (You Might Be The Killer)

Candyman/ Daniel Robitaille (Candyman 1992)

The Djinn/ Nathaniel Demerest (Wishmaster)

Ghostface/ Billy Loomis & Stu Macher (Scream 1996)

Warden Kane (Funhouse Massacre)

Danny Torrance (Doctor Sleep)

Corey Cunningham (Halloween Ends)

The Boise Butcher (original slasher character)

The Grabber/ Al Shaw (The Black Phone)

The Driller Killer (Slumber Party Massacre II)

Harry Warden (My Bloody Valentine 1981)

Robert!Erik Destler (Phantom of the Opera 1989)

                                 ℕ𝕠𝕟-𝕊𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤/ 𝕆𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣

Jareth the Goblin King (Labyrinth)

Vigilante/ Adrian Chase (Peacemaker)

Doc Halloran (Behind the Mask)

Norman Nordstrom/ The Blind Man (Don’t Breathe)

Cooper “The Ghoul” Howard (Fallout 2024)

The Driver (Drive 2011)

Terrence LaCroix/ Peter (Abigail 2024)

Logan Howlett/ The Wolverine (Hugh Jackman X-Men 2000 and on)

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Funny movie quotes from All Through the Night

Funny movie quotes from All Through the Night

All Through the Night is equal parts serious and funny. It’s a World War II drama, about criminals fighting Nazi saboteurs. And it has a lot of verbal humor as well!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Marian Anderson (read her biography), Mildred Bailey, Adam Baldwin, Beethoven’s 8th Symphony (1814), Joan Bennett, Chilli, Louis Clark (ELO), Constantine the Great, William Demerest, Joaquin Valverde Durán, Gian Francesco Fortunati, Mary Frann, Eddie Gray (Tommy James & The Shondells), Josh Groban, Steve Harley, Adam Kinzinger, David Kleinberg, Gidon Kremer, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kate Mara, the 1981 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder single “Ebony & Ivory,” Jose Melis, Ralph Nader, Neal Schon, Timothy Spall, Nancy Spungen, Elizabeth Taylor, Franchot Tone, Johnny Van Zant, Van Williams, Joanne Woodward, James Worthy (PM Dawn), and the great American writer John Steinbeck. For me, Steinbeck is "the real California." Of his writing he said, “These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new.” 

My Americana composition “Steinbeck Found the Valley” was prompted by lyrics from The Beach Boys's "California Saga": "Have you ever been down Salinas way where Steinbeck found the valley, and he wrote about the way it was, and his travelings with Charley..." The music bed was inspired by “Trombone Dixie,” an obscure Brian Wilson instrumental (a PET SOUNDS outtake). On this track I played accordion and piano with cellist Kim Osterwalder (who also gigged w/mutual friends Buddy & Julie Miller) + trombonist Richard Marriott.

#JohnSteinbeck #birthday #California #novelist #writer #BeachBoys #CaliforniaSaga #BrianWilson #Salinas #TromboneDixie #PetSounds #accordion #piano #cello #KimOsterwalder #trombone #RichardMarriott #composer #johnnyjblair #recordingartist

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"THE LADY EVE" (1941) Review

"THE LADY EVE" (1941) Review I must admit that I have never been a diehard fan of Preston Sturges. I realize that he is the one Hollywood director and screenwriter credited for taking the screwball comedy format to a more mature level. And this is certainly apparent in his films. But of all of his movies, I can only think of two that I consider personal favorites of mine. And one of those two happen to be his 1941 comedy classic, "THE LADY EVE". 

Starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda, ”THE LADY EVE” told the story about a mismatched romance between a beautiful con artist (Stanwyck) named Jean Harrington and Charles Pike (Fonda), the naïve heir to the Pike Ale fortune and a reptile expert. The pair met aboard an ocean liner bound from South America to the United States. Jean and her father, Colonel Harrington (Charles Coburn) decided to fleece Charles at cards, but she fell in love with him and ruined her father’s plans for a quick score. But Charles broke up the romance after learning that Jean and Colonel Harrington were gamblers and con artists, thanks to his ever vigilant valet/minder, Mugsy (William Demerest). Furious at being scorned, Jean re-entered Charles’ life, while masquerading as the posh "Lady Eve Sidwich" - niece of Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith (Eric Blore), another con man who's been swindling the rich folk of Connecticut. What can I say about ”THE LADY EVE”? It is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Period. And that is quite an achievement for a film that is seventy-three (73) years old. Do not get me wrong. I can think of other comedies made during this period that were just as funny. Unfortunately, a good number of them tend to lose steam by the film’s last fifteen minutes or so. A good example of this would be the two comedies that Cary Grant and Irene Dunne made together - ”THE AWFUL TRUTH” and ”MY FAVORITE WIFE”. But thanks to Sturges and Monckton Hoffe, who wrote the movie’s original story, allowed Jean’s deception and torment of Charles in order to keep the laughs going . It began with that first moment when Jean and Colonel Harrington spotted Charles boarding the ocean liner and ended right up to the film’s last flickering moment when a reconciled Charles and Jean kicked Mugsy out of her stateroom. Some of my favorite scenes from the movie included the following: *Jean’s criticisms of many other female passengers, determined to seduce poor Charles in some of the most hilarious and awkward ways ever conceived; *Jean’s seduction of Charles inside her stateroom; *Mr. Pike’s (Eugene Pallette) frustration at the lack of a breakfast prepared for him; *Mugsy’s attempts to determine whether Lady Eve Sidwich and Jean Harrington are ”the same dame”, during the Pikes’ dinner party for their aristocratic guests; *Charles’ many pratfalls that threatened to ruin the dinner party; *Lady Eve’s revelation of her less than virginal past with a score of men to a very stunned Charles during their honeymoon aboard a train. Naturally, I have to speak about the cast. Sturges filled it with some first-rate performers – whether they were character actors with minor roles that did not require any lines (think of the numerous shipboard females that attempted and failed to woo Charles Pike), or the two leads – Stanwyck and Fonda. There were certain performances that caught my eye. William Demarest was a hoot as Mugsy, Charles’ paranoid and very faithful retainer, whose suspicions of Jean as the Lady Eve provided some of the funniest moments in the film’s second half. Eugene Pallette was equally funny as the gruff Horace Pike, who seemed incapable of understanding his shy and scholarly son. Charles Coburn made a cool Colonel Harrington, a card sharp who is also shrewd enough to gauge his daughter Jean’s feelings for Charles. And Eric Blore portrayed a deliciously over-the-top Sir Alfred McGlennan Keith, a fellow con artist of the Harringtons, who is recruited by Jean to portray her relative during her Lady Eve impersonation. But this movie obviously belonged Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda as the two lovers – Jean Harrington and Charles Pike. Stanwyck’s Jean is so deliciously manipulative, yet passionate when she first falls for Charles. And Charles Pike has to be one of Fonda’s funniest roles in his long career. Watching him struggle and fail to resist Jean’s charms filled me with a lot of laughs, along with his series of pratfalls during the sequence that featured the Pikes’ dinner party. Stanwyck and Fonda first worked together in the 1938 comedy mystery, ”THE MAD MISS MENTON”. In both ”MISS MENTON” and ”THE LADY EVE”, it seemed quite apparent that they truly enjoyed working together. Monckton Hoffe had received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story. This is the only Academy Award nomination that the film had ever received, I find that a criminal oversight on the part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The New York Times had voted "THE LADY EVE" as one of the "10 Best Films of 1941". The movie industry and the media in 1941 had vastly underrated the quality of this film, as far as I am concerned. Personally, I believe that it is one of the best movie comedies ever made. Period.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Marian Anderson (read her biography), Mildred Bailey, Adam Baldwin, Beethoven’s 8th Symphony (1814), Joan Bennett, Chilli, Louis Clark (ELO), Constantine the Great, William Demerest, Joaquin Valverde Durán,Gian Francesco Fortunati, Mary Frann, Eddie Gray (Tommy James & The Shondells), Josh Groban, Steve Harley, Adam Kinzinger, David Kleinberg, Gidon Kremer, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kate Mara, the 1981 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder single “Ebony & Ivory,” Jose Melis, Ralph Nader, Neal Schon, Timothy Spall, Nancy Spungen, Elizabeth Taylor, Franchot Tone, Johnny Van Zant, Van Williams, Joanne Woodward, James Worthy (PM Dawn), and the great American writer John Steinbeck. For me, Steinbeck is "the real California." Of his writing he said, “These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new.”

My Americana composition “Steinbeck Found the Valley” was prompted by lyrics from The Beach Boys's "California Saga": "Have you ever been down Salinas way where Steinbeck found the valley, and he wrote about the way it was, and his travelings with Charley..." The music bed was inspired by “Trombone Dixie,” an obscure Brian Wilson instrumental (a PET SOUNDS outtake). On this track I played accordion and piano with cellist Kim Osterwalder (who also gigged w/mutual friends Buddy & Julie Miller) + trombonist Richard Marriott. (www.richardmarriott.com).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tODZxOojn0s&t=2s

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Character Roster & Guidelines

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Character Roster:

Ash Williams

Beetlejuice

Billy Lenz

Blind Mag

The Blissfield Butcher/Quentin Shermer

Bo Sinclair

Brahms Heelshire

Carrie White

Charles Lee Ray

Chatterer

Chromeskull/Jesse Cromeans

The Collector/Asa Emory

The Djinn/Nathanial Demerest

Doom Head

The Driller Killer/Johnny

Freddy Krueger

Ghostface (Billy Lenz, Stu Macher, Danny Johnson)

The Grabber/Albert Shaw

Grave Robber

Hannibal Lecter

Harry Warden

Jason Voorhees

Leslie Vernon

The Lost Boys (poly or just one boy)

Luigi Largo

Mary Mason

Michael Myers

Nancy Downs

Otis Driftwood

Pavi Largo

Philip K. Decker

Pinhead 

Pyramid Head

Sam Wescott (You Might be the Killer)

Thomas Hewitt

Tiffany Valentine

Victor Frankenstein (Peter Cushing)

Vincent Sinclair

More characters will eventually be added to the list and you’re always welcome to request a horror movie for me to watch/character you would like to see added and I will check them out <3 I will also make sure to reblog this list when I add new characters <3

Guidelines for Requests:

I’m mostly going to be focused on headcanons and scenarios for these characters. I focus on character x reader scenarios and I am not interested in writing ship pairings. I won’t be asking for requests for longer fics though if I decide I want to turn a scenario into a fic I’ll post it on my main blog and then reblog it here. Though please don’t ask for certain scenarios to become fics, it really depends on my motivation and how busy I am with stuff.

There isn’t much I won’t write, and if you are wondering if I will write for a certain prompt/kink you are always more than welcome to ask. Some things that I won’t write are incest, pedophilia, DD/lg (I will write daddy kink just not DD/lg), strong non-con themes (I write dub-con but I won’t write really graphic non-con scenarios), or any sort of piss/scat.

I will write fluff, angst, and smutty scenarios, SFW and NSF/W. I will also try my best to write scenarios as gender neutral unless specifically asked for something else. I will also warn properly for specific kinks or for some dub-con/rough sex content so you can avoid that content if you wish. Again, I’m pretty much open to any scenario and I’m a pretty kinky person so I’m down to hear the weird kinks you want to indulge in. If there’s something that I’m not comfortable with I will let you know but other than my specific don’t list I’m down for anything.

While I do write angst, I’m not comfortable writing anything that involves people dying or being mortally in danger, I’m fine with more mild requests like “reader got hurt” but the best thing I can suggest is to ask if that’s okay and if I give you the okay then it’s fine. Sorry I can’t be more specific but it’s kind of hard to know what will make me uncomfortable unless I encounter it.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Marian Anderson (read her biography), Mildred Bailey, Adam Baldwin, Beethoven’s 8th Symphony (1814), Joan Bennett, Chilli, Louis Clark (ELO), Constantine the Great, William Demerest, Joaquin Valverde Durán,Gian Francesco Fortunati,Mary Frann, Eddie Gray (Tommy James & The Shondells), Josh Groban, Steve Harley, Adam Kinzinger, Gidon Kremer, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kate Mara, the 1981 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder single “Ebony & Ivory,” Jose Melis, Ralph Nader, Neal Schon, Timothy Spall, Nancy Spungen, Elizabeth Taylor, Franchot Tone, Johnny Van Zant, Van Williams, Joanne Woodward, James Worthy (PM Dawn), and the great American writer John Steinbeck.For me, Steinbeck is "the real California." Of his writing he said, “These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new.”

My composition “Steinbeck Found the Valley” was prompted by lyrics from The Beach Boys's "California Saga": "Have you ever been down Salinas way where Steinbeck found the valley, and he wrote about the way it was, and his travelings with Charley..." The music bed was inspired by “Trombone Dixie,” an obscure Brian Wilson instrumental (a PET SOUNDS outtake). On this “Americana instrumental” I played accordion and piano with cellist Kim Osterwalder (who also gigged w/mutual friends Buddy & Julie Miller) + trombonist Richard Marriott. (www.richardmarriott.com).

https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/steinbeck-found-the-valley

#JohnSteinbeck #California #novelist #writer #BeachBoys #CaliforniaSaga #BrianWilson #Salinas #TromboneDixie #PetSounds #accordion #piano #cello #KimOsterwalder #trombone #RichardMarriott #composer #johnnyjblair #recordingarist