Scratch from your minds images of gaudy balloons throwing powdered red stuff into the clear blue skies of California. Cross out images of Robert Englund calling “Mouuusey! Where are you Mousey'” Forget those special effects that were not very special or effective. Welcome in ‘V’ – the re-imagining. A “Re-imagining” is a comparative newcomer to the world of...
Horror fans will be slipping back into a new Nightmare on Elm Street on April 30th, 2010, but we're already being teased with new Freddy Krueger toys, thanks to Entertainment Earth and Mezco Toyz. You can buy a little Freddy of your own in plastic or vinyl next April just in time for Jackie Earle Haley's debut as the mutilated monster who haunts our dreams. The first question I had when I saw the...
The premiere of the Warner Bros show V on ABC has brought back some memories for WME agent Adam Isaacs. As he told me years ago, "I auditioned to be a guest lizard named Howie -- a sort of Jewish guest lizard -- on the original V. And it was during my third callback that I decided 'I don't think I can do this,' and I didn't want to be an actor anymore. And that sent me from LA back to NY and into...
For the first time in years there's programming on network television that I actually look forward to seeing. Most of it is on Fox, but last night ABC added something to my MUST-SEE list... V . I heard a while back that ABC was going to revive the series / mini-series about an invasion of extraterrestrial aliens disguised as humans: V . There were TWO mini-series and a short-lived series on NBC during...
Some of us old farts remember the V miniseries that debuted in the early ’80s. It still has a pretty solid fanbase but to be completely honest – I wasn’t a fan. I cannot remember why all these years later, but as a kid it just wasn’t my thing. Who knows. Maybe it [...]
I remember being introduced to V in high school, shortly after it was finally released onto VHS after years in wherever sci-fi miniseries go to rot. Alien spaceships appear over all of the major cities of the world. They are populated by human looking aliens who wear sunglasses and speak with a metallic [...]
V8/7c ABC Fans of the 1983 miniseries about extraterrestrials who visit Earth under false pretenses can fondly recall hero Marc Singer, hottie-baddie Jane Badler and a pre-Freddy Krueger Robert Englund paying his dues. So what does the reboot have going ...
Despite helping to create one of the most frightening characters of all time, Robert Englund, aka Freddie Krueger in the hit horror series "Nightmare on Elm Street," is actually afraid of "tea-baggers." So wrote Englund in an article published at the Huffington Post Friday. Though Halloween might be over, the following nonsense is likely to scare the Dickens out of many people...
Normally, I embrace opinions. I traffic in opinions. After all, I’m a blogger. Opininions have been good to yours truly. But if there’s anything scaring me these days, it’s the blatant use of celebrity opinions with regard to [the correct version, FYI] health care reform. I am appalled at the obviously widespread school of thought among [...]
"True Blood" stars Rutina Wesley and Sam Trammel hosted Veuve Clicquot's Yelloween party at LAVO at the Palazzo in Las Vegas, while "Twilight" vampires Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene threw their own spooky Yelloween Halloween bash at TAO at the Venetian. Wesley, dressed as a pirate, and Trammel, wearing a wizard costume, dined on Italian dishes at LAVO before heading to their VIP...
Robert Englund is Dr. Andover in "Fear Clinic" on FEARnet.com Robert Englund has been involved in film and television for 35 years, other than his most famous creation, Freddy Krueger, he's been in television staples such as "Soap", "CHiPs", and "V" as well as movies like The Phantom of the Opera , Strangeland , and 2001 Maniacs . He's also been a director and...
How's this for a Halloween treat? A FORCES OF GEEK exclusive interview with Robert Englund on the heals of celebrating his latest web series Fear Clinic . In this complete and utter geek-out, we chat about the new FearNet show and take a glimpse into the reality of it continuing after the initial five. By the way, you can check into the Fear Clinic for free at FearNet.com . Robert also has a new book...