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fanofspooky · 4 months

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emiarainewrites · 10 months

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Rest In Peace, Julian Sands

The world has lost a phenomenal actor and gentle soul.

Julian Sands went missing in early January whilst going on a hike. His body has only just been found now in late June, 2023. He was 65 years old.

Along with many, many others, I am deeply saddened by his passing. The only positive thing is that his body has been recovered. I’ve been hoping for the last few months that this would be the case. At least his family can have some form of closure now.

This is a terrible tragedy that I truly wish had not happened.

But, to honour Mr. Sands, I thought I’d briefly go over a few of his films that I’ve seen and highlight the amazing range that he had.

Boxing Helena (1993)

I first became aware of Julian Sands a few years ago when I saw this film.

Directed by Jennifer Lynch, Boxing Helena tells that story of Nick (Sands) and his obsession with one-night-stand Helena (Sherilyn Fenn). After an accident makes her dependent on him, we explore Nick’s psyche and how far he’s willing to go to keep Helena with him.

This is a film that will not appeal the everyone unfortunately, but I’d still highly recommend you see it. It’s a brilliant picture with many layers and at the centre is Julian Sands and his amazing performance.

Nick’s character is heads over heals obsessed with Helena, despite her outright stating she has no interest in him. She’s quite cold to Nick for most of the film, and you can understand why. However, for Nick, that coldness is incentive to try harder for her affections. He ensures she has to rely on him for everything because he “loves” her and wants to keep her for himself.

This showcases Julian Sands’ range as an actor. He has done many serious performances throughout his career, but for me this one is special. Nick is kind of a sad person and even a tad pathetic at times. But you never lose track of why he’s like that.

He’s emotional and even intimidating when need be. It’s a comparatively softer character than some of his other work, but Nick still stands out as a sympathetic and sometimes abhorrent character - played to absolute excellence by Julian Sands.

Warlock (1989)

Directed by Steve Miner, Warlock follows Julian Sands as the titular villain who travels from the 17th century to the 20th in order to end the world. As you do. Along the way he is pursued by Redferne (Richard E. Grant), who follows him from the past, & Kassandra (Lori Singer), a modern woman caught up in the dangerous medieval magic.

This is a good film, and it’s one of the biggest things Julian Sands is known for (the others undoubtedly being Room With A View (1985), Gothic (1986) and to a lesser extent Argento’s Phantom of the Opera (1998)) Not without reason, either.

Julian Sands is excellent in this, playing a cold hearted and cruel sadist of a character. The definition of evil. He’s very direct and at times his menacing stare does most of the talking. He brings a presence that few could ever hope to match.

From the first moment you see him, you know he’s bad news. A complete one-eighty to Boxing Helena.

I for one was quite surprised to see him in this role, having known him primarily for that film. He disappears into this terrifying, yet not outright scary, role. Rocking the long-hair-ponytail look, Julian Sands will make you fear magic and what it’s (and, by extension, he’s) really capable of.

Warlock II: The Armageddon (1993)

Directed by Anthony Hickox, the sequel follows the eponymous Warlock (Sands) as he is resurrected into the 90s (oh no!) and once again sets off on a quest to obtain mystical macguffins so he can put an end to the world as we know it. While that’s going on we follow a group of good warlocks that aren’t Julian Sands who must ready for the coming evil.

This film does away with the seriousness of the first and just about loses its damn mind with how crazy it can get. But if you’ve seen Hickox’s other works such as Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992) & the Waxwork films (1988 & 1992, respectively), you’ll probably be used to the amount of darkly wacky he puts into his pictures.

The lore is almost completely revamped in terms of the Warlock and he’s after. Plus, the expansion of other magic practitioners is interesting in theory, but the result for the latter is underwhelming.

Julian Sands, however, is magnificent. This is a bit of a lesser product compared to the first, but you can’t tell that from his performance alone. I feel like you get way more of him in this one (kinda rocking his Boxing Helena look a little bit, no surprise considering it was probably filmed around the same time). You follow the Warlock as he interacts with the modern world and it’s inhabitants, tracking down mystical stones that will bring about the end of the world once assembled.

The character feels more accessible too for modern times, in terms of his presentation and demeanour. So this means there’s less medieval speak and more one-liners. Also seems like they ramped up the sexiness too at times.

The movie is much sillier than it’s predecessor, but it’s goofy fun. And you have Julian Sands dispatching people in increasingly gruesome and creative ways. Very Wishmaster (1997), with the vibe of Wishmaster II: Evil Never Dies (1999). His performance remains intimidating and cruel, but all around less cold.

Tale of a Vampire (1992)

Directed by Shimako Sato, Tale of a Vampire follows Alex (Sands) as he finds reprieve from his lonely existence in the form of Anna (Suzanna Hamilton), a kind librarian. However, all is not well as parts of his past, and his bloodlust, come back to haunt him.

This seems to have been released direct to video and, call me crazy, may have been capitalising on another vampire film that came out the exact same year. Even this film’s poster shares some similarities. Although, Julian Sands was apparently in talks to play Lestat instead of Tom Cruise, so there’s another connection. At the moment, you can find this film on YouTube (VHS rip).

Setting that aside, this is an interesting film that I don’t believe gets talked about much. It won’t change your life and I don’t think it quite gets across its ideas perfectly, but Julian Sands’ performance, as ever, is brilliant. You believe he’s been around for ages and has never been able to keep a love for himself. We get flashbacks concerning a previous companion throughout the film as Alex tries to get close to Anna in the present. There is a type of warmth that Julian Sands brings to the role, whilst also maintaining the lonesome chill of a corpse. You get a sense of confliction from him as the film goes on - whether to pursue Anna or leave her be; damn her or let her go.

Edgar Allen Poe’s ‘Annabel Lee’ also features in the film, so the idea of youth and love lost are meant to be front and centre.

There is still an element of danger to Julian Sands’ character. The film doesn’t shy away from the fact that he’s still undead and thus, must consume fresh blood. ((Special warning to all cat lovers, by the way.)) He even has a brief flash of harming Anna due to his nature and personal feelings towards her.

You feel his pain and it’s a shame that Julian Sands didn’t play more vampires, or had roles like this. Or maybe he did and I just don’t know about them. Either way he was great in this role.

Arachnophobia (1990)

Directed by Frank Marshall, Arachnophobia follows a doctor (Jeff Daniels) and his family who move to a town that is soon besieged by tons of lethal spiders. As the death toll rises, it’s a race against the clock to stop the eight-legged menace from killing everyone there.

Julian Sands has a smaller role here compared to the previous films mentioned, but he is still important and does serve as the catalyst for everything. He plays Dr. James Atherton, who is studying an undiscovered type of spider that, of course, makes it back to a populated area and spawns off a deadly chain of events.

The film itself is fun and Julian Sands is a great, somewhat pompous, doctor who can be very dismissive of those around him. Very British and very passionate about his work.

Though, of course, he does not survive the film. The big hoss spider gets him. Then again, he did declare himself as “supper”. And when you see his body, it’s pretty gnarly. He’s covered in webbing with spiders crawling all over him. Real spiders. No CGI. That alone increased my respect for him one-hundred fold when I saw it.

From unhinged sap to scary villain to lonesome creature to apathetic doctor to even romantic lead, Julian Sands led a varied and fascinating career. He seemed unafraid to attempt any role and did so with impressive commitment and astounding results.

The world has lost a great talent that will never be forgotten.

RIP Julian Sands, we will all miss you dearly.

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thegayhimbo · 2 years

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2. What was the film that scared you the most?

Tie between Arachnophobia and A Nightmare on Elm Street. I saw the former when I was a kid and it led to me having a hatred of spiders for a long time. The latter had such a surreal quality to it that I was left deeply unnerved for a while.

#tgh opinions #arachnophobia 1990 #a nightmare on elm street

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schlock-luster-video · 4 months

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On January 4, 1991, Arachnophobia debuted in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Here's some new John Goodman art!

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yodaprod · 1 year

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1990

#arachnophobia #movie #1990s #90's #90s #1990

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haveyouseenthishorrormovie · 9 days

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SUMMARY: A new species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to a small California town in a coffin and starts to breed, leaving a trail of deaths that puzzle and terrify the young doctor newly arrived in town with his family.

#arachnophobia (1991)#natural horror #1990s #united states #north american movie #mentionable warning #spiders #animal death #horror #movies #poll

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k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9 · 10 months

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Arachnophobia (1990) directed by Frank Marshall

#Arachnophobia #1990 #90's #90s #American horror comedy film #horror comedy film #John Goodman #90's movies #90s film #film #my gif #gif #my edit #gifs

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disneyprint · 7 months

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Arachnophobia

1990 theatrical poster

The first film under Disney's Hollywood Pictures banner.

#Disney #Hollywood Pictures #Arachnophobia #poster #1990 #1990s

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dfilms · 6 months

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Arachnophobia, 1990

After the success of Disney's Touchstone Pictures label, which started in 1984, the company began the additional Hollywood Pictures label in 1990 beginning with this film.

#Disney #Hollywood Pictures #Arachnophobia #titles #1990 #1990s

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simder-talia-blog · 2 years

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Tonight’s double feature 🕷

#blog #non sims #films i like #arachnophobia #1990 #charlotte's web #1973 #double feature night

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fanofspooky · 10 months

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Arachnophobia

1990 • PG-13 • 1h49m

A species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to the U.S. in a coffin and starts to breed and kill.

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askfoxythejokerfox · 1 year

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tomorrow’s horror comedy movie ill be re-watching ^w^

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#Horror Movies #horror comedy movies #Arachnophobia (1990)#foxy the joker speaks #uploads

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ethan-hawke · 6 months

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ARACHNOPHOBIA (1990) dir. Frank Marshall

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kino-zoo · 7 months

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Arachnophobia (1990)

#spiders #tarantulas

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schlock-luster-video · 3 months

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#arachnophobia #john goodman #frank marshall #horror movies #horror #horror film #horror art #1990s #1990s movies #1990s horror #movie art #art #drawing #movie history

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burningexeter · 8 months

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Here's a reminder to anyone that due to the events being referenced and a jab being thrown directly at the second in the third's opening, it's official canon that these three take place in the same universe or rather continuity.

You have to admit that it's certainly an interesting continuity to say the least.

• Godzilla (1954)

• Godzilla (1998)

• GMK: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)

We could also throw in Godzilla: The Series as they also say that after the attack in New York City that there have been numerous sightings across the world.

Now this part is just pure headcanon on my end but I do like to think personally that there could be more to this "continuity" so if I had to choose there to be a few others that could be a part of it than I'd go with these since they were either made around the same time or at the very least share similar visual aesthetics....

• Arachnophobia (1990)

• Jurassic Park Trilogy (1993 - 2001)

• Twister (1996)

• Transformers Prime (2010 - 2013)

Make of it however you want to.

#godzilla #kaiju #gmk #zilla

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