#Charles McKeown

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009, Terry Gilliam)

03/05/2024

#the imaginarium of doctor parnassus #film #2009 #terry gilliam #Charles McKeown #heath ledger #2008 #christopher plummer #tom waits #lily cole #Cast #andrew garfield #verne troyer #johnny depp #colin farrell #jude law #2009 Cannes Film Festival #italy #united kingdom #united states #england #Tony Shepherd #Blackfriars Bridge #russian mafia #vancouver #canada #The Adventures of Baron Munchausen #2007 #london #Tideland

[adamwatchesmovies]

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a lot to take in just one sitting, but what a great-looking, original, whimsical, fun movie! It’s undeniably a Terry Gilliam creation, which is what makes it so enjoyable. When a director is matched with a project that suits them this well, the results demand to be seen.

In an unnamed city besieged by the Turks, the real Baron Munchausen (John Neville) interrupts a play about his many exploits, insisting that it is filled with inaccuracies. Impressed by his many accomplishments, young Sally Salt (Sarah Polley) convinces the baron to seek out his allies: Berthold, the world’s fastest runner (Eric Idle), Adolphus, a sniper with superhuman eyesight (Charles McKeown), Gustavus, armed with incredible hearing and lungs that can create a hurricane (Jack Purvis), and the herculean Albrecht (Winston Dennis). Together, these fantastic characters will surely drive the Turkish army back.

The last time I saw this film, I can’t have been more than 7. I still vividly remembered many scenes. How could you not? Every new place the Baron, Sally, and their allies visit is a treat; a place born out of pure imagination. When you think you're getting acclimated to its distinct sense of unreality, the film will pull back and reveal that what you just saw wasn’t what you thought it was, and then it swings back again and brings us to a world where giants take off their heads, where upside down is right side up, or where tall tales and the truth are synonymous. It’s all done with costumes, makeup, and incredible special effects. There’s a unique quality to this picture because of the time at which it was made. Had this picture been done today, a lot of it would've been achieved via computer, and it just wouldn’t have the same aesthetic. Because of the film's structure and the way the fantasy is brought to life, it feels timeless.

Occasionally, the picture feels a little long. As a whole, it appropriately feels like the mad ramblings of an old man who is filling in the gaps of his greatest adventures with complete fabrications. Nonetheless, a couple of trims here and there - enough to make this film last fewer than its current 126 minutes - would’ve done wonders. When you get to the ending (which is terrific), AoBM makes you immediately want to go back and watch it again, but that’s a bit of a tall order because of the length. My advice? Set aside time to watch this one during the week, and then invite a friend over to watch it with them a day or two later. One of the joys of this picture is how unexpected and unpredictable it becomes. By watching it a second time with someone who has no idea what they’re getting into, you get to relive those feelings, and you’ll also get to mentally note all of the clues that lead to that conclusion.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a feat of imagination. It looks spectacular, the characters are memorable, and many key scenes will be permanently imprinted upon your brain. It’s sly and witty, funny, exciting and so perfectly put together the film becomes an experience. I look forward to catching this bright, colorful, eccentric story again. (On DVD, November 3, 2017)

#The Adventures of Baron Munchausen #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #terry gilliam #charles mckeown #john neville #sarah polley #eric idle #oliver reed #uma thurman #jonathan pryce #valentina cortese #1988 movies #1988 films

[almeriamovies]

“The Adventures of Baron Munchausen“ by Terry Gilliam (1988) Charles McKeown and his amazing blunderbuss on top of Playa de Monsul rock, Cabo de gata #Almeria

#The Adventures of Baron Munchausen #terry gilliam #charles mckeown #cinema #Almeria #Playa de Monsul #cabo de gata

[astralbondpro]

The Deadly Spawn (1983) // Dir. Douglas McKeown

#The Deadly Spawn #Deadly Spawn #Charles George Hildebrandt #Douglas McKeown #B Movies #Cult Movies #Low Budget Movies #B Movie #B Movie Gifs #Gifs #The Deadly Spawn Gifs #AVB #AVBGifs #AVGifs #AVDeadlySpawn #AVDeadlySpawnGifs

[twenty-words-or-less]

The Deadly Spawn

Summary: A bunch of flesh-eating aliens crash-land into Earth and immediately start feasting on the local population.

$8k cost apparent - bad acting and cheap FX offset by chaotic charm that can only come from DIY filmmaking.

Rating: 2.25/5

Photo credit: Gruesome Magazine

#the deadly spawn #1983 #douglas mckeown #science fiction #horror #Charles George Hildebrandt #Tom DeFranco #Richard Lee Porter #Jean Tafler #Karen Tighe #Ethel Michelson #John Schmerling #James Brewster #Elissa Neil #2.25 #film reviews #film review #twenty-words-or-less #twol

[esonetwork]

The Deadly Spawn | Episode 362

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The Deadly Spawn | Episode 362

Jim reflects back on his first viewing of a low-budget Sci-Fi Classic from 1983 – “The Deadly Spawn,” starring Charles George Hildebrandt, Tom DeFranco, Richard Lee Porter, Jean Tafler, Kathy Tighe, James Brewster and Elizabeth Marner-Brooks. Douglas McKeown’s directorial debut caught audiences by surprise 40 years ago leading to a solid cult following over the years. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.

#Charles George Hildebrandt #Douglas McKeown #Elizabeth Marner-Brooks #ESO #ESO Network #James Brewster #Jean Tafler #Jim Adams #Kathy Tighe #low-budget sci-fi #Monster Attack! #Old Monster Movie #Richard Lee Porter #The ESO Network #Thye Deadly Spawn #Tom DeFranco

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#bit rushed but here we are! #web weaving #collage #my web weaving

[audreyhepburninblackandwhite]

Audrey Hepburn's cover story for Illustrated's 2 June 1951 issue.

Carefree, off and on duty.

Audrey — The Other Hepburn

Photography by Joseph McKeown Story by Charles Hammlett

After four years of theatres, cabarets, and films, a young dancer takes a day off from career building

The Sphinx of Hollywood, otherwise Katharine Hepburn, actress and movie performer, recently spent a few days in this country wrapped in rain and  mystery, and wearing an old pair of eye-catching, publicity-snatching slacks. As one of the country’s legends, Miss Hepburn has earned the right to flinch at the rustle of a reporter’s notebook, or to duck at the sound of a photographer’s footfall.

Even as pressmen determinedly pounded the Hepburn beat, a few miles away at Ealing Studios another Hepburn was quietly performing in front of the camera—as yet blissfully unaware of the hysterical mobs and frustrated fanatics who often make the lives of Hepburns, Stanwycks, Gables, or Turners unendurable.

This other Hepburn was Audrey—Britain’s answer to every filmgoer’s hungry dreams. Twenty-two, brainy, beautiful, tantalizing, and talented, she is a girl of simple tastes to travel to Ealing by Underground from Marble Arch, takes Sunday afternoon strolls in Hyde Park, and stops to listen to the geniuses of Orator’s Corner.

Restful spirit at Rottingdean . . .

Over a gate for home . . .

She rides on buses or browses in the Charing Cross Road bookshops. Visits to cinemas and theatres are still fun for her. Given a day off, she will rush to the coast and join countless other holidaymakers. Audrey Hepburn is also a hard and fast worker. Just over two years ago, Jack Hylton selected her from 2,000 other girls to dance in High Button Shoes. After this “break,” Audrey tripped into the chorus of Sauce Tartare. There she caugh the eye of producer Cecil Landeaus sufficiently to be given a solo part in his sequel Sauce Piquante. This, in turn, caught the attention of the theatre critics and the public.

Among the regulars who went to see Audrey’s performance was film producer Mario Zampi. He went fourteen times. Like many pretty showgirls, Audrey had frequently been told she ought to be in films. Zampi not only said it, he gave her a small part in Alastair Sim’s Laughter in Paradise. Other “meatier” parts followed in The Lavender Hill Mob and Young Wives’ Tale. She obtained a contract with Associated British Pictures and a leading part in Ealing’s The Secret People—before her first three pictures were released. During the next few months, filmgoers will be able to make up their own minds about Audrey. They will see a lithe, dark-hair, large-eyed girl who slightly resembles Jean Simmons. Unlike Jean, however, Audrey has a cosmopolitan and somber background.

Secret performances for members of Dutch Resistance were some of Audrey’s experiences during the war. Now, at twenty-two, she takes the part of a refugee dancer in the film The Secret People.

A mixture of Scots, Belgian, and Dutch, she was in Belgium at the outbreak of war. After the Belgian capitulation, the family moved to Arnhem. Their house there was shelled during the airborne landing.

It was at Arnhem that she made her first public appearance as an entertainer. Black, or secret, concerts were given in private houses by performers who had refused to join the German sponsored “Chamber of Culture.” Audrey, then fifteen, was invited to appear at one of these concerts. Her mother helped her to make costumes from old curtains and chair covers. Later, conditions became so bad that cothes and jewellery were sold to provide food for the family.

Looked at from the Mayfair flat where she now lives with her mother, these days seem unreal. Though she entered show business as a dancer, Audrey is rapidly developing as an actress. Unusually tall for films—she is 5'7"—she has passed the stage where producers can brush her off by telling her she is “too lofty for camera work.” A girl with her potential star value can be as tall as a giraffe and still get by.

Audrey Hepburn could gracefully occupy a star’s chair in Britain’s studios. She might even attract some of the international attention now lavished on “Katie” Hepburn, and enable that much harassed star to pursue her life far from the madding crowd.

#audrey hepburn #vintage #classic #style #photography #fashion #old hollywood #old hollywood glamour #1950s #1951 #readings #audrey hepburn readings #magazines #vintage magazines

[books-readers-blog]

Self help books

*1. "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey

2. "How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

3. "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill

4. "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle

5. "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz

6. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

7. "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne

8 "Awaken the Giant Within" by Tony Robbins

9. "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl

10. "The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck

11. "The Power of Positive Thinking" by Norman Vincent Peale

12. "The Art of Happiness" by Dalai Lama XIV and Howard C. Cutler

13. "The 5 Love Languages" by Gary Chapman

14. "Mindset" by Carol S. Dweck

15. "The Miracle Morning" by Hal Elrod

*16. "The One Thing" by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan

17. "Getting Things Done" by David Allen

*18. "Atomic Habits" by James Clear

19. "Unlimited Power" by Tony Robbins

20. "The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy

21. "You Are a Badass" by Jen Sincero

22 "The Success Principles" by Jack Canfield

23. "The Law of Attraction" by Esther and Jerry Hicks

*24. "The 80/20 Principle" by Richard Koch

25 "The Lean Startup' by Eric Ries

26. "The E-Myth Revisited" by Michael E. Gerber

27. "Crush It!" by Gary Vaynerchuk

28. "The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander

29. "The One Minute Manager" by Kenneth H. Blanchard and Spencer Johnson

30 "The Compound Effect' by Darren Hardy

31. "The Gifts of Imperfection" by Brené Brown

32. "The 10X Rule" by Grant Cardone

33. "The Lean Entrepreneur" by Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits

34. "The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau

*35. "Essentialism" by Greg McKeown

36 "The Power of Full Engagement" by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz

37. "The Big Leap" by Gay Hendricks

38 "Mind Over Mood" by Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky

*39 "The Now Habit" by Neil A. Flore

40. "The Happiness Project" by Gretchen Rubin

Productivity books

1. "Getting Things Done" by David Allen

*2. "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey

3. "Deep Work" by Cal Newport

*4. "Atomic Habits" by James Clear

*5. "The One Thing" by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan

*6 "Essentialism" by Greg McKeown

7. "The Productivity Project" by Chris Bailey

8. "Smarter Faster Better" by Charles Duhigg

9. "Make Time" by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky

10. "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg

11. "Eat That Frog" by Brian Tracy

*12. "The 80/20 Principle" by Richard Koch

13. "The Pomodoro Technique" by Francesco Cirillo

14. "The Lean Startup" by Eric Ries

*15."The Now Habit" by Neil Fiore

16. "The Checklist Manifesto" by Atul Gawande

17. "Sprint" by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, and Braden Kowitz

18 "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield

19. "The Compound Effect" by Darren Hardy

20. "The E-Myth Revisited" by Michael E. Gerber

21. "The Miracle Morning" by Hal Elrod

22 "Procrastinate on Purpose" by Rory Vaden

23. "The 4-Hour Work Week" by Timothy Ferriss

24 "The Organized Mind" by Daniel J. Levitin

25. "The Time Trap' by Alec Mackenzie and Pat Nickerson

26. "Flow" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

27. "The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal

28 "Time Management for System Administrators" by Thomas A. Limoncelli

29 "The Goal" by Eliyahu Goldratt

30. "The Way We're Working Isn't Working" by Tony Schwartz

31. "The Art of Stress-Free Productivity" by David Allen

32 "First Things First" by Stephen Covey

33. "The Productivity Handbook" by Paul J. Meyer

34. "The Art of Getting Things Done" by David Allen

35. "The Procrastination Equation' by Piers Steel

36. "Rework" by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

37. "Do More Great Work" by Michael Bungay Stanier

38. "The Time Paradox" by Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd

39. "Make It Stick" by Peter C. Brown, Henry L Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel

40. "The Motivation Manifesto' by Brendon Burchard

[lonesomedreamereccentriclover]

Next year, The @criterioncollection starts of strong with an 4K restoration of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Terry Gilliam - and the special features are:

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

New 4K digital restoration, approved by writer-director Terry Gilliam, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack

One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features

Audio commentary featuring Gilliam and his coscreenwriter, Charles McKeown

Documentary on the making of the film

New video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns about the history of the Baron Munchausen character

Behind-the-scenes footage of the film’s special effects, narrated by Gilliam

Deleted scenes with commentary by Gilliam

Storyboards for unfilmed scenes, narrated by Gilliam and McKeown

Original marketing materials including a trailer and electronic-press-kit featurettes, as well as preview cards and advertising proposals read by Gilliam

Miracle of Flight (1974), an animated short film by Gilliam

Episode of The South Bank Show from 1991 on Gilliam

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: An essay by critic and author Michael Koresky

New cover by Abigail Giuseppe

#The Adventures of Baron Munchausen #The Criterion Collection #Terry Gilliam #4K UHD Blu-ray

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Manhunt Follows St. Thomas Triple Shooting," Toronto Star. May 8, 1934. Page 3. ---- Constable Colin McGregor, on the LEFT, in (1), was killed in a gun, questioning: Mrs. Temple, who was hurried out of the room by her son. fight when attempting to arrest Frank Temple, Sr., and his son in their Frank, Jr., just before the fight, is shown with her daughter, Dorothy, 17. home yesterday. Shown with him is Traffic Officer Symington, who aided George. 13, Charles, 10, and Jean, three. Frank Temple. Jr. (6), who in the search for Temple, Sr., who is now the object of a widespread police say, admitted Sergt. McKeown to the house and sent him to the manhunt. (2) Shows where the shooting occurred. McGregor entered kitchen where McGregor was already held at bay. Faded snapshot (7) of from the rear door. The dark spot near the table is the blood pool where fugitive, Frank Temple, Sr., found in the house by Inspector Thomas McGregor was slain. Mary McGregor (3), his sister, with two little sons Cousans, provincial police, and used as an aid to search countryside. The of the slain man. Sergt. Sam McKeown (4), who tackled Fred Temple, door (8) where P. C. McGregor entered to meet his death. The door was who was armed with two revolvers. McKeown knocked down Fred Temple drilled by a bullet fired by Sergt. McKeown as Temple, Sr., fled. Fred and was fighting with him when, it is alleged, he was shot by Frank Temple (9) in bed in hospital under police guard with a bullet through his Temple, Sr., who is accused of shooting McGregor and his own son Fred, windpipe, alleged to have been fired by his own father at Sergt. McKeown as well. (5) The family of Frank Temple. Sr., on arrival at city hall for who had the youth on the floor.

#port stanley #st. thomas #fatal shooting #shoot out with police #shoot out #cop killer #wanted fugitive #police raid #armed self defence #gun fight #frank temple #great depression in canada #crime and punishment in canada #history of crime and punishment in canada

[chronivore]

The Deadly Spawn (1983) - IMDb

#the Deadly Spawn #horror film

[thepastisalreadywritten]

The Glastonbury Thorn: a resurrected symbol of Christmas

A stamp printed in United Kingdom in 1999 shows image of the dedicated to the Glastonbury Holy Thorn. | MarkauMark / Shutterstock

By Jonah McKeown, 26 December 2022

The Catholic celebration of Christmas is about God’s entry into our sinful world — a theological truth that is sometimes symbolized, in various forms of art, by the blooming of a flower into a snowy winter.

The hauntingly beautiful Christmas hymn “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” captures this theological reality beautifully.

But what if, instead of a rose, it was a thorn? 

The English town of Glastonbury, an ancient settlement primarily known today for its raucous annual music festival and also for its connections to paganism, is also home to a special tree — a hawthorn that blooms every Christmas and again in May.

This is notable since most hawthorns bloom only once a year and, generally, not in winter. Recognized for centuries as a Christian symbol, it’s known as the Holy Thorn.

The Holy Thorn refers collectively to the special variety of hawthorn that grows in and around Glastonbury but also to the legendary, original tree, said to have sprouted from the wooden staff of St. Joseph of Arimathea.

Joseph was the Jewish councilmember who offered his own tomb as a resting place for Jesus’ body after his crucifixion, and numerous legends say he visited Glastonbury.

Whether or not Joseph ever actually set foot in England is a matter of some debate — historical accounts of his visit did not emerge until centuries after the time that Joseph lived.

But nevertheless, the legend does speak to the holiness associated with the area.

At one point, Glastonbury was home to one of the only churches in the world dedicated to Mary.

Later, it was home to a monastery from the seventh century up until the repression of Henry VIII.

The first mention of the Holy Thorn blooming at Christmastime appears to be in 1535, in the midst of Henry’s oppression.

Through the years, popular devotion to the thorn fell in and out of favor, experiencing somewhat of a renaissance during the Victorian era.

The Holy Thorn also has royal connections.

Every December 8, in a tradition dating back nearly a century, a sprig of Holy Thorn is taken from a specimen growing in a Glastonbury churchyard and sent to Buckingham Palace, where it adorns the Christmas table of the monarch.

In 2010, a group of unknown vandals cut the limbs off the most well-known of the Holy Thorns, a lone tree on a prominent hill overlooking the town.

Whether it was senseless vandalism or an attack perpetrated by one of the town’s many pagan residents or visitors has never been determined.

“The mindless vandals who have hacked down this tree have struck at the heart of Christianity. It holds a very special significance all over the world, and thousands follow in the footsteps of Joseph [of] Arimathea, coming especially to see it,” Katherine Gorbing, then the director of Glastonbury Abbey, told The Guardian at the time.

While tragic, it’s worth noting that the vandalized tree was not the one supposedly planted by Joseph of Arimathea — that tree was destroyed during the tumult of the English Civil War, around the year 1653, because it was seen as “popish” — that is, Catholic.

The vandalized tree wasn’t planted until 1952 in honor of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s ascension to the throne.

Fittingly, a new tree was planted in September in Glastonbury, with shoots taken from the vandalized thorn.

Whereas the previous tree was planted to honor Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September after more than 70 years on the throne, the new tree honors her son and successor, Charles III.

Over and over, the Holy Thorn is reborn.

The question of whether the original Holy Thorn was planted by a saint is, at this point, almost irrelevant.

The association of this seemingly ordinary plant with the divine has, over the centuries, been enough to elevate its status from lowly to legendary.

In and around Glastonbury, the progeny of the original Holy Thorn will continue to flower every Christmas, reminding Christians everywhere of the birth of Jesus.

#Glastonbury Thorn #Holy Thorn #Glastonbury #St. Joseph of Arimathea #Queen Elizabeth II #King Charles III

[futfemfantasies]

Do you write for any of these deyna castellanos , vicky losada, tara mckeown, sofia svava, amaiur sarriegi, niamth charles.

I'm happy to write for any one of these woman!

[byneddiedingo]

Jonathan Pryce in Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985) Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Kim Greist, Jim Broadbent. Screenplay: Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown. Cinematography: Roger Pratt. Production design: Norman Garwood. Film editing: Julian Doyle. Music: Michael Kamen. I have to admit reluctantly that I'm not a fan of the kind of dystopian social satire epitomized by Terry Gilliam's Brazil and echoed in such films as Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Delicatessen (1991) and the Coen brothers' The Hudsucker Proxy (1994). They seem to me too scattered to be effective as satire, too dependent on production design and special effects to connect with the realities they're supposedly lampooning. I find myself forgetting them almost once they end. That said, Brazil is always worth watching just for the performances of a cast filled with specialists in a kind of British-style muddling through even the weirdest of situations.

#Brazil #Terry Gilliam #Jonathan Pryce

[docrotten]

THE DEADLY SPAWN (1983) – Episode 213 – Decades Of Horror 1980s

“What… the eff was that?” That’s a very good question! Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr  – as they check out this legendary low-budget film with big-budget effects, The Deadly Spawn (1983).

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 213 – The Deadly Spawn (1983)

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Alien creatures invade a small town and four teenagers, along with a young boy, attempt to escape from them.

IMDb

  Director: Douglas McKeown

Writers: Douglas McKeown (screenplay); Ted A. Bohus, John Dods, Douglas McKeown (story by); Tim Sullivan (additional dialogue)

Special effects director: John Dods

Music by: Paul Cornell, Michael Perilstein, Ken Walker

Art Department: Tim Hildebrandt (poster artist) (uncredited)

Selected Cast:

Charles George Hildebrant as Charles

Tom DeFranco as Pete

Richard Lee Porter as Frankie

Jean Talfer as Ellen

Karen Tighe as Kathy

James L. Brewster as Sam

Elissa Neil as Barb

Ethel Michelson as Aunt Millie

John Schmerling as Uncle Herb

Judith Mayes as Bunny

Tim Hildebrandt as Doctor

Rita Hildebrandt as Nurse #1

Diane Bohus as Nurse #2

Ted Bohus Sr. as Mayor

The Deadly Spawn is Jeff’s pick by way of Doc Rotten. For him, this movie is balls out once the title characters appear. Charles, the film’s monster kid, saves the day while everyone else flounders. He loves the scene with the women’s group, the head removals, and the body thrown out the upstairs window.

Chad first heard of The Deadly Spawn in Fangoria, but it never seemed to be available for him to view it. He finally got it on DVD and holy cow, he loves this movie. The creature is absolutely bonkers and with characters that are interesting, the movie is a fun-as-hell, crazy romp. Crystal can’t believe how low-budget The Deadly Spawn is and how good the acting and the special effects are. Bill also first heard of The Deadly Spawn in Fangoria but assumed it would be one of those movies where the monster looked good in the stills but not so good in the movie. Instead, he found a really good, practically iconic creature feature. It’s hard to believe the budget is so low and yet the monster is better than those in some pictures from Holywood with much bigger budgets.

If you haven’t seen this legendary film, the 80s Grue-Crew command that you do. As of this writing, The Deadly Spawn is streaming from Shudder and is available on DVD from Synapse Films.

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 Bill, will be The Fly II (1989) with Eric Stoltz and Daphne Zuniga and directed by Chris Walas.

Please let them know how they’re doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans:  leave them a message or leave a comment on the gruesome Magazine Youtube channel, on the website or email the Decades of Horror 1980s podcast hosts at [email protected]

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