#horror movie hostess

[bitter69uk]

"Vampira was the first exaggerated woman I ever yearned to meet. As a child, she never looked scary to me; I thought she was pretty." John Waters In Memoriam: the fabulous Finnish American actress and pin-up model Maila Nurmi (11 December 1922 – 10 January 2008) – better known as cadaverous wraith cheek-boned 1950s horror movie hostess, leading lady of Ed Wood Jr’s Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) and pop culture sensation Vampira – died on this day. Pictured: a 1955 portrait of Nurmi sans her trademark long raven wig. Just how did she acquire this extreme coiffure that anticipates punk by a good two decades? A 1950s gossip magazine posits that Nurmi’s own hair was “singed-off” in a beauty parlour mishap. Perhaps more realistically, in her 2020 biography Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Nurmi’s niece Sandra Niemi explains that the tormented and fragile Nurmi would sometimes chop her hair off during bouts of depression. Either way, the results were fierce! As Nurmi herself put it, "Beauty can be yours even if you're bald.”  Light a black candle (or at least don a black t-shirt!) and crank up the 1981 song “Vampira” by The Misfits LOUD today in tribute!

#maila nurmi #vampira #plan 9 from outer space #the misfits #cadaverous cutie #coffin cutie #glamour ghoul #horror movie hostess #lobotomy room #wraith cheekbones #morbidly beautiful #punk

[thanos-the-dad-titan]

I am so stoked Chicagoland is getting a new Horror Host(esses)!!!

Gwengoolie!!!

I believe she's taking the torch from Svengoolie and carrying on the horror hosting on ME Tv.

#son of Svengoolie #svengoolie #gwengoolie #metv #me tv #vintage horror #horror movies #classic horror #50s horror #horror hostess

[helloitshaley]

The background is very out of place but....heeeeereeeee I aaaaaaammmm

#elvira mistress of the dark #elvira cosplay #elvira #cosplay #cosplayer #movie macabre #horror hostess #glamour ghoul

[philrayart]

Elvira's Movie Macabre poster design

#elvira #elvira's movie macabre #cinema #horror #horror hostess #film #movie poster #poster design #movie #vintage #movies #80s #tv #80s tv

[dark-ethereal-visions]

The worst feeling ever:

Excitedly waiting for Rhonda only to find out it was Gilbert Gottfried's night to host!

#horror #USA #up all night #rhonda shear #gilbert gottfried #horror movies #horror hostess

[schlock-luster-video]

Happy birthday cult film icon, horror hostess and Plan 9 From Outer Space star Maila Nurmi! (1922 - 2008)

#happy birthday #maila nurmi #vampira #the vampira show #plan 9 from outer space #horror film #horror movies #horror #gothic horror art #gothic horror #gothic art #goth aesthetic #cult movies #horror hostess #birthday #movie art #art #drawing #movie history #pop art #modern art #pop surrealism #portrait #cult film

[thousandmovieproject]

a price with legs

There wasn’t a blog post on Thursday because I drove to work at noon and tried to pay for parking it turned out that I’d overdrafted. I work in a restaurant kitchen in a high-end mall called Merrick Park. Each parking ticket you get in their garage costs more than the last one. My most recent parking ticket cost $71. I paid it on a day I’d earned $67.  Realizing I’d overdrafted, and that I…

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#bartender #bartending #busser #dawn of the dead #george a. romero #george romero #halloween #horror #horror movies #hospitality #host #hostess #joe biden #merrick park #miami bartender #miami restaurants #miami server #night of the living dead #parking #parking ticket #personal #restaurant #restaurant worker #runner #server #serving #shops at merrick park #survival of the dead #wisdom #work

[zombillie]

These got me with the psychological horror, I still can't figure out why they're called ScaryCakes

#hostess #scarycakes #horror movie snack food #psychological horror

[bitter69uk]

On this day in show business history: House of Horror premiered on 9 October 1957 on Portland, Oregon TV station KPTV. Like Vampira (Maila Nurmi) before her and Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (Cassandra Peterson) afterwards, cadaverous cutie Tarantula Ghoul (real name: Suzanne Waldron, 1931 - 1982) provided campy comedic introductions to horror films as the macabre Morticia Addams-like hostess of the weekly TV show from 1957 to 1959. Sadly, not a single frame of footage of House of Horror survives, but backed by rock’n’roll band The Gravediggers, in 1958 Ghoul cut one immortal Halloween novelty single in her brief heyday: "Graveyard Rock" / "King Kong". Both songs are seasonal staples – crank ‘em up LOUD today!

#tarantula ghoul #house of horror #horror movie hostess #lobotomy room

[helloitshaley]

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre- Horror Chats Ep. 5

Want to know crazy bts details? Want a safe space to bitch about Franklin? This is the video for you!

#youtube #the texas chain saw massacre #horror movies #horror hostess #horror chats #leatherface

[brave-little-pauper]

Luigi's Mansion but it's an old gothic horror movie

I've always loved black and white horror movies, and I thought the game would fit right into the genre.

Story so far Based loosely in the late 19th century, Luigi and his brother Mario are struggling laborers. One day, Mario leaves in search of work, and Luigi doesn't hear from him for a while until a letter finally arrives with an address.

Luigi ventures through, getting lost in the foggy, rainy night. That is until he comes across a mansion seemingly out of nowhere, and he begs for shelter.

Luckily, the hostess takes him in, claiming that the owner, the self proclaimed "King", always welcomes guests. When Luigi attempts to leave in the morning, the fog becomes impossible to navigate, forcing him to stay. He is offered compensation if he works at the mansion until the fog sets.

But something feels eerie about the place. What do the other residents do? Where is this King? Is there someone watching the mansion? And what sounds like Mario's voice echoing through the corridor?

[First image original post date: June 9th, 2022]

[Second image original post date: June 16th, 2022]

#super mario bros #super mario #mario bros #luigi #luigi mario #smb #mario au #luigi's mansion

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: The horror-movie hostess turns a puritanical community on its ear when she arrives in town to claim her inheritance.

#elvira: mistress of the dark (1988) #horror comedy #1980s #united states #north american movie #horror #movie #poll

[nitrateglow]

Favorite films discovered in 2023

2023 kind of sucked, but it was a fruitful year for me as a movie geek. I finally got around to seeing films that have been on my TBW pile for years now. I also gave myself a challenge that I actually completed: watch at least one film from every year between 1900 and 2023.

Anyway, I'll stop beating around the bush. Here are my top 20 favorite film discoveries in 2023. (The order is very, very loose from 5 on down. I genuinely had a hard time narrowing the list down to 20, let alone ranking everything.)

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (dir. Mikio Naruse, 1960)

This well-regarded drama follows Keiko, a bar hostess who's just turned 30 years old. She has limited options as an unmarried woman in postwar Japan. Considered "old," she has to marry soon or scrape enough money to buy her own bar. With its jazzy score and first-person narration, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs has a noirish vibe but it certainly isn't noir at all. Though the film is tragic, what moved me so much was Keiko's character. She has a tough lot and her story is ultimately tragic, yet she is determined to keep going, even if life won't give her a break.

The Boy and the Heron (dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 2023)

Miyazaki's current "last film" is certainly his most abstract and puzzling. I imagine it'll be one of his more divisive titles in the years to come, but count me among its fans. While being "in the know" regarding the current state of Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki's 60+ year-long career in animation allows one to better appreciate the many allusions and themes within the film, it stands just fine on its own as a surrealistic adventure about grief and the power of art. Also, damn, I LOVE hand-drawn animation so much.

Black Cat (dir. Kaneto Shindo, 1968)

Kaneto Shindo's Black Cat is yet another confirmation of my feeling that horror pairs best with humor or heartbreak. While there are some morbidly funny moments, Black Cat is largely a devastating supernatural horror story about a young samurai who encounters two mysterious women in the woods, not realizing they are the ghosts of his murdered wife and mother. Even worse, they've sworn to kill any and all samurai they encounter, since their deaths were the result of raping, pillaging samurai-- but they remain human enough to desire an exception. I was creeped out thoroughly by the chilly atmosphere and imagery of this film. I liked it even better than Shindo's Onibaba and that was one of my favorites from 2022!

Malcolm X (dir. Spike Lee, 1992)

I usually dislike big movie biopics for being stuffy and formulaic. Malcolm X avoids both of these issues. Directed to the hilt by Spike Lee, this film is passionate and compelling, about as far from a stuffy Oscarbait biopic as you could imagine. Also, Denzel Washington is AMAZING in the titular role. Like, we're talking one of the best performances I have ever seen because not only is Washington convincing as Malcolm X, he also perfectly portrays his arc from zoot-suited young criminal to uncompromising activist leader. I was absolutely mesmerized the entire time-- it's a long movie that never feels its length and I'll definitely be revisiting it in the future.

The Kiss Before the Mirror (dir. James Whale, 1933)

James Whale’s horror movies are listed among the finest 1930s cinema had to offer, but his other works remain woefully overlooked. The Kiss Before the Mirror is a strange marital drama set in a dreamlike interwar Vienna. A lawyer defending a murderer who shot down his cheating wife comes to discover his own wife in the midst of a casual affair. Will this discovery lead to another killing? Despite the lurid plot elements, Kiss is closer to Kubrick’s introspective Eyes Wide Shut than a typical 1930s melodrama. Both husband and wife are complex characters struggling with destroyed illusions, making the story a hell of a lot more complex than you'd expect.

Five Miles to Midnight (dir. Anatole Litvak, 1962)

I am so glad I ignored the meh reviews on this one because I would have missed out on one of the best thrillers I've seen in years. Sophia Loren is a woman desperate to shake off her narcissistic, abusive husband played by Tony Perkins. When Perkins is wrongly believed dead in a plane crash, he hides out in Loren's apartment so they can collect the life insurance money, split the funds, then part amicably. This being a Hitchcock-style thriller, it doesn't work out that way. What sells the film is the psychological cat-and-mouse game between Loren and Perkins's miserable, mismatched married couple, and a noirish sense of doom lends a great deal of atmosphere.

Shoes (dir. Lois Weber, 1916)

Shoes is the best Lois Weber film I have yet seen and it still packs a wallop a century-plus since its initial release. Mary MacLaren plays a young woman single-handedly supporting her family on a five dollar a week salary. She wears shoes that are falling apart but can never seem to save enough for a new pair-- that is, until an unsavory way of getting the cash presents itself, much to her horror and temptation. This is a heartbreaking little film that showcases a lot of what I love about 1910s American cinema. There's less glamor in the settings and nothing at all genteel or cleaned up about the poverty on display. MacLaren is wonderful in the lead too, her performance a quietly compelling portrait of quiet desperation.

Jeopardy (dir. John Sturges, 1953)

Barbara Stanwyck was in such a wealth of films that I can forgive myself for not realizing this one even existed. After seeing it, it's easily in my top five favorite films of hers. On the surface, the plot sounds like fodder for sleazy sex fantasy: a housewife on vacation is kidnapped by a hot escaped convict. She's racing against time to save her husband from drowning after the tide comes in at the beach where he's trapped; the convict has a very specific price for any aid he's willing to offer. Stanwyck's characterization complicates the situation and the direction amps the tension to a breaking point. Great, great stuff!

Girlfriends (dir. Claudia Weill, 1978)

This film came across my path in a weirdly personal way. One of my sisters got engaged this year. We've been close all of our lives and shared an apartment for years, so this is going to be a big change for both of us. Girlfriends is about a young woman whose best friend is getting married, meaning she'll be on her own for the first time. In addition to making this adjustment, she's a photographer currently hired for weddings and bar mitzvahs, but dreaming of entering the larger world of art galleries. I guess you could say it's a 70s version of a quarter-life crisis film (Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha takes A LOT from it). The performances and direction are exceptional, having that unglamorous, lived-in vibe I love about the films of this period. It also just happened to come into my life at the most resonant time, so there's that.

Ivan the Terrible, Parts One and Two (dir. Sergei Eisenstein, 1945 and 1958)

As a person who hates the idea that realism is the only valid form for cinematic drama, Eisenstein's hyper-stylized Ivan the Terrible movies are a joy. The compositions are like something out of a painting, the acting is operatic, the writing mythic and sweeping. The dance number in Part II is one of my favorite scenes in any movie ever. Best of all, the films rise above their propagandist origins, becoming a fascinating study of institutional power set against individual charisma.

The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (dir. Emilio Miraglia, 1972)

I've been getting more into giallo lately and The Red Queen Kills Seven Times is among the more memorable titles. You have the fashion world setting, a disguised murderer running around in a red cloak, over the top kills, a villainous junkie who looks like Bucky Barnes, a spooky castle with death traps, the works. It's a movie where I don't really care too much about the plot. It's the off-kilter, sinister atmosphere that draws me in, as with most giallo movies.

Little Miss Sunshine (dir. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, 2006)

It took Alan Arkin dying for me to finally get around to seeing this much beloved 2000s gem. I expected to only be interested in Arkin as the drug-addled, foul-mouthed grandpa, but the entire movie is so warm-hearted and hilarious that I fell in love with it whole hog. The characters are all quirky without being Quriky (tm), if you know what I mean. And I love the final message about just living your life and not worrying about whether or not you're "successful" in the eyes of society. An old theme to be sure, but done so, so well here. (Also, the mercilessly satirical jab at child beauty pageants is pure gold.)

Pom Poko (dir. Isao Takahata, 1994)

I feel like a lot of western anime fans only see Pom Poko as "lol that movie where the tanuki have comically oversized testicles." And yeah, that is indeed something in this movie but there's so much more. It's one of the boldest films I've ever seen, an "animated documentary" (to use Takahata's words) about a village of tanuki waging war against humankind's encroachment upon the natural world. It's such a genre grab-bag, critic Daniel Thomas' description fits it best: "The story weaves through slapstick comedy, social commentary, satire, surrealism, and tragedy. It changes moods much the way the tanuki change form, bending and molding into a new shape, and relentlessly moving forward." I still think Only Yesterday is Takahata's best film, but Pom Poko is strong competition and yet another film I can see myself rewatching many times to come.

Bullet Train (dir. David Leitch, 2022)

I still kick myself for not seeing this in the theater when it came out. Bullet Train is a wonderful lark of an action film. On first watch, I recall thinking it was like a live-action anime shot in a very Tarantino-esque style. I've seen it a few times now and I enjoy the hell out of it every time. And if you don't like it, well, you just might be a Diesel.

That Cold Day in the Park (dir. Robert Altman, 1969)

Another film with a so-so reputation that I really enjoyed. Sandy Dennis (who's gradually becoming one of my favorites with every performance I see from her) plays a virginal rich woman who takes in a handsome young guy one cold day. Her initial kindness quickly curdles into erotic obsession and her house guest has his own secrets. It's an early Robert Altman film and not his most polished work, but that makes it all the more fascinating to me. It's a creepy psychological thriller with a haunting ending, as well as an interesting time capsule of the late 1960s.

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (dir. Russ Meyer, 1965)

Where has this movie been all my life?? It's a bizarre campfest about three criminally minded go-go dancers who romp across the California desert, strewing all kinds of havoc in their wake. It's such a strange movie that I don't know how to describe it properly: it's got a New Wave sensibility to it all the while indulging in exploitation B-movie nonsense. Definitely a fun film to watch with a group.

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (dir. Chantal Akermann, 1975)

I finally bit the bullet to watch this one after it topped the 2022 Sight & Sound list. Do I think it's the greatest film of all time? No, but I don't like singling out any work of art for such a designation. Putting aside all the drama that ensued when this was granted GOAT status, Jeanne Dielman is a striking film. It's definitely not something you just throw on casually-- you need to set aside the time to watch it and be in the right headspace. My initial mild interest morphed into a sense of anxious dread as the film ground along its three hour runtime, its protagonist struggling to retain her total sense of self-possession and control as she's thrown off her groove by unexpected events.

The Wicked Lady (dir. Leslie Arliss, 1945)

This is not high art by any means. It's melodrama with a capital M, laying the cheese on thick. Margaret Lockwood plays a devious, scheming femme fatale in 18th century England who's a gold-digging noblewoman by day and a highwaywoman cavorting with bad boy James Mason by night. This is easily the most entertaining of the Gainsborough melodramas I've yet seen, dripping with soap opera antics, sumptuous costumes, and camp-a-plenty.

War and Peace (dir. Sergei Bondarchuk, 1966-1967)

There is no substitute for reading Tolstoy's massive novel, but this 1966 Soviet version is definitely a fine work in its own right. Filmed in three parts, it's about nine hours long and it does a good job capturing the interior lives of the characters in the source material. Everything about it is just breathtaking: the costumes, the sets, the massive numbers of extras during those battle scenes. It's the kind of intellectually and emotionally stirring epic that makes all those hours fly by.

The Sweet Smell of Success (dir. Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)

I often chafe when people act as though all 1950s American cinema were Leave it to Beaver wholesomeness and buttoned up repression. Some of the nastiest Hollywood movies I've ever seen came out of the 1950s and The Sweet Smell of Success is prime among them. Among the best of the late classic noir period, it follows Burt Lancaster as a popular but monstrous newspaper columnist who uses his power to control the lives of everyone around him, particularly his sister, to whom he has a borderline perverse attachment. The dialogue is as sharp ("You're dead, son. Get yourself buried." "I'd hate to take a bite out of you. You're a cookie full of arsenic.") and the cynicism as thick as the best of Billy Wilder. If you love noir, you can't miss out on this one.

What were your favorite film discoveries of 2023?

#thoughts #the sweet smell of success #little miss sunshine #that cold day in the park #bullet train #jeopardy 1953 #the kiss before the mirror #malcolm x 1992 #war and peace 1966 #girlfriends 1978 #the wicked lady #jeanne dielman #five miles to midnight #pom poko #the boy and the heron #faster pussycat! kill! kill! #black cat 1968 #kuroneko #when a woman ascends the stairs #ivan the terrible #the red queen kills seven times

[randomrabbidramblings]

With people here talking about Phantom doing drag lately, I remembered I made this a while ago, but I don't think I've ever shared it, so here's Prima Donna, the real drama queen!

It all started with an ask from @hostess-of-horror and then this image rotted in my brain for a bit. I drew something a while ago, but never really shown her entire costume. Prima Donna's outfit is heavily based on the one Carlotta wears in one of the scenes from The Phantom of the Opera (the 2004 movie to be precise). Her capriciousness is only rivaled by her love of pink and frilly things.

Little headcanon, Phantom does not shave his moustache for this, he just dyes it white and combs it in the rest of his face fur to hide it (far be it to remove his trademark, lol).

#rabbid #rabbids #mario rabbids #mario + rabbids #mario+rabbids #sparks of hope #phantom of the bwahpera #rabbid phantom #tom phan #my art

[schlock-luster-video]

On January 30, 1982, The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant was screened on Elvira’s Movie Macabre.

#the incredible 2 headed transplant #anthony lanza #berry kroeger #bruce dern #elvira's movie macabre #horror sci fi #sci fi horror #horror movies #horror film #horror art #horror #cult cinema #horror hostess #american international pictures #science fiction #movie art #art #drawing #movie history #pop art #modern art #pop surrealism #cult movies #portrait #cult film

[color-cacophony]

Things I hope will happen in DLC 3:

This first one's obvious, but Phantom's dialogue being fully voice acted again

Beep-O snaps and completely goes off at Phantom about everything he's done wrong ever (bonus if it leaves Phantom speechless and a little bit intimidated)

References to and/or cameos from other Rayman characters. Maybe even just a post-credit scene with Rayman returning to the Glade of Dreams and telling Globox all the wack stuff that happened on his adventure like "bro you won't believe what the Rabbids are doing now" "the what"

A "you can't say that on TV" moment where the player may choose to troll Phantom by choosing a particular dialogue option (like in A Hat in Time where you can make Hat Kid swear in DJ Grooves' movie)

This one's kind of a stretch but I'd like to see a sequence inspired by the Teensie Highways from Rayman 3. They kinda fit the whole motif of traveling through dimensions, besides they're just a really cool concept :D

Moments where Phantom tries to put an operatic flourish into his speech but he forgets he can't sing anymore so he freezes for a bit after his voice crackles and he's like "...anyway,"

A side quest where you must steal something small from Phantom's dressing room for an obsessive fan lmao this isn't really a serious one but it would be funny

Some huge disaster strikes and we're forced to rescue Phantom. (He might be smug and annoying, but we're still the heroes...) The thought of him as a damsel in distress is so fitting and hilarious, just imagine him dramatically pleading for help like in that dream @hostess-of-horror had about him being tangled in some vines in the Melodic Gardens

Phantom in any context where he has a different outfit. DRESS👏THAT👏MAN👏UP👏!!!

Actually Rayman and the Rabbids with snazzy outfits too 🎉🎉🎉 MAKE EM FABULOUS!!!

Lore murals for Phantom. Mostly just because I want to see more of him in the 2D art style lol

We get to hear 1,000 Hours of Mario Falling Into Lava

Hopefully this list might actually manifest some of these points in one way or another seeing how Mario + Rabbids fans apparently have the power to beam their ideas into the game lmao

#mario rabbids #phantom of the bwahpera #rayman #rabbids