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Director Richard Stanley on Why His 'The Island of Dr. Moreau' Became Such a Notorious Flop
"People weren't prepared to see baboons with machine guns."
Heather Langenkamp from 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' Is Still the Ultimate Scream Queen
Heather Langenkamp, the beloved scream queen who played final girl Nancy Thompson in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, could never get past the horror genre, so she made a documentary about life as a "final girl."
Off Hollywood - Joanna Cassidy
Statuesque and confident, Joanna Cassidy has built a career out of playing highly competent women who are usually well-paid professionals, unmarried, and sometimes not human at all—as was the case when she played the replicant Zhora in Blade Runner...
Off Hollywood - LeVar Burton
Born during the height of the civil rights movement, LeVar Burton made his name with the landmark 1977 miniseries Roots, and went on to play Geordi LaForge on Star Trek: The Next Generation and his own endearing self on Reading Rainbow...
Off Hollywood - Joshua John Miller
By the time Joshua John Miller was 12 years old, he had established himself as an actor able to play dark and intense children who were often in trouble. Then in 1991, he decided to quit acting to pursue a career in writing. I spoke to him about his...
Off Hollywood - David Worth
David Worth is a tough, blue-collar filmmaker whose work as both a cinematographer and director has helped boost the careers of some of Hollywood’s highest-caliber badasses like Clint Eastwood, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Cynthia Rothrock. I sat him...
Off Hollywood - Denise Crosby
Denise Crosby, the 'Star Trek' actor who made Tasha Yar legendary, continues to appear in films and on television as heroines in all sorts of universes. I met her recently at a Star Trek convention and, surprisingly, we hit it off. A month later I...
Off Hollywood - Jeanne Basone
Not only did she wear fantastic outfits while smashing someone’s head against the turnbuckle in the ring, she put feminine stereotypes in a chokehold as well as Hollywood of Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.
Off Hollywood - Gabe Bartalos
He invited me to his workshop, where horror and fine art collide—a place where Belial from "Basket Case" has been tossed in a closet next to prosthetic legs used in "Drawing Restraint." In other words, a paradise.
Off Hollywood - Steve Wang
I was filed with new hope the minute I walked in the door of Steve Wang's practical effects workshop. No one was hunched over a computer, it reeked of epoxy, and people were working together on a number of elements with their bare hands. Steve is...