Stuff I like
John Amos was born on December 27th, 1939 in Newark, New Jersey.
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| John Amos |
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| Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971) |
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| Good Times (1974-1976) |
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| Roots (1977) |
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| The Beastmaster (1982) Directed by Don Coscarelli |
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| Coming to America (1988) |
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| Coming 2 America (2021) |
On December 26th, 1973, The Exorcist premiered in US theaters.
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| Iconic |
Written and based on the book by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin.
Starring Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow and Jason Miller.
Special effects by Dick Smith.
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| Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair on set |
Featuring the Oscar winning star of film, stage, TV and radio, Mercedes McCambridge as the voice of Pazuzu.
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| Mercedes McCambridge |
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| Set puppet |
A fun place to go if you’re ever in Georgetown is the location of the concrete stairs prominently featured in the film.
I’m not sure how to get there because I went after a Violent Femmes show in ‘99 at the university and I was totally off the hook at the time. It’s definitely a surreal experience and I would recommend going at night. It’s been a bit of time since I’ve been there but as far as dwindling shooting locations go, this would be a tough one to get rid of.
Sissy Spacek was born on December 25th, 1949 in Quitman, Texas.
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| Sissy Spacek |
She originally aspired to be a recording artist and in 1968, at age 18, recorded a diss track to John Lennon under the name Rainbo. The single didn’t perform well and she was dropped by her label.
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| Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) |
After being dropped by her label Sissy enrolled in theater school in New York City and began hanging out with the Warhol crowd. Her first acting role was as an extra in Warhol’s Women In Revolt (1971) with Candy Darling and Holly Woodlawn.
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| Prime Cut (1972) |
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| Terrence Malick’s Badlands (1973) with Martin Sheen and John Carter |
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| Carrie (1976) with Nancy Allen, P.J. Soles, Priscilla Pointer, Amy Irving and Edie McClurg |
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| The voice of the brain in The Man With Two Brains (1983) |
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| Rip Torn and Sissy Spacek are cousins |
On December 24th, 1967 Spider Baby aka Cannibal Orgy aka the Maddest Story Ever Told aka the Liver Eater aka Attack of the Liver Eaters premiered in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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| Spider Baby aka… |
Written and directed by Jack Hill and starring Lon Chaney, Jr., Carol Ohmart, Beverly Washburn, Jill Banner and Sid Haig.
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| Beverly Washburn, Sid Haig, Jill Banner and Lon Chaney, Jr. |
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| Carol Ohmart |
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| Pit Stop (1969) |
Hellbound: Hellraiser II was released on December 23rd, 1988.
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Directed by Tony Randel, who was on the editing team for the original movie, with Clive Barker writing and executive producing.
Clive Barker and Oliver Smith as skinless Frank
The returning actors are Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman and Oliver Smith as “Skinless Frank”.
William Hope and Ashley Laurence
Doug Bradley, Nicholas Vince and Simon Bamford return as the cenobites with Barbie Wilde replacing Grace Kirby from the original film.
The Order of the Gash
Doug Bradley as Captain Elliot Spencer
Introducing Kenneth Cranham and Imogen Boorman and William Hope.
Imogen Boormam Kenneth Cranham as the Doctor
The Mummy was released nationwide on December 22nd, 1932.
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| The Mummy (1932) |
Directed by Karl Fruend and starring Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Bramwell Fletcher and Arthur Byron.
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| “Karloff the Uncanny” |
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| Make-up artist Jack Pierce |
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| Julie Delpy |
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| Killing Zoe (1993) |
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| But I’m a Cheerleader (1996) |
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| An American Werewolf in Paris (1997) |
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| The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999) with Eric Stoltz, Helen Mirren and Peter Fonda |
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| Before Sunrise (1995) |
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| Before Sunset (2004) |
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| Before Midnight (2013) |
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| The Countess (2009) |
Jenny Agutter was born on December 20th, 1952 in Taunton, Somerset, England.
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| Jenny Agutter |
Best known for her roles in Logan’s Run, An American Werewolf in London and Child’s Play 2.
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| Logan’s Run (1976) |
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| An American Werewolf in London with David Naughton (1981)  |
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| Child’s Play 2 (1990) |
