Yesterday, amid a crush of sweaty people desperate for last-minute props, I visited a local Halloween superstore with my daughter, looking for a Pikachu mask. Well, there wasn’t much to choose from in the Cute Kid Division. But this particular hall of Halloween hell definitely had the adult sensibility covered. Of course there were the usual skimpy or otherwise outrageous costumes for purchase —ladies, you can dress up like a sexy Kim Kardashian-esque vampire out for a night of Hollywood clubbing, and gents, how about impressing all the sexy Kim Kardashian vampires at your party by dressing up like a walking, talking matched set of cock and balls! It’s been a while since I’ve shopped for fake tools of terror, but it seems there’s been a real advance in sophistication in the market for “Leatherface-approved” (I swear) chainsaws with moving parts and authentic revving noises,...
- 10/30/2016
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Film producer and screenwriter Anthony Hinds has died at the age of 91. Hinds was the son of Anthony Frank Hinds, who co-founded Hammer Films in 1934 with Enrique Carreras. (“Will Hammer” had been the elder Hinds’ stage name when he performed as a music hall comedian.) In the late 1940s, Anthony Hinds took over creative control of production, while Carreras’ son James assumed the post of managing director. For half a dozen years, they were content to turn out modest English thrillers with such titles as Who Killed Van Loon? (1946), What The Butler Saw (1950), and Whispering Smith ...
- 10/21/2013
- avclub.com
Hammer film producer who oversaw popular gothic horror movies such as The Curse of Frankenstein and Dracula
Anthony Hinds, who has died aged 91, became a producer with one of the most famous British film brands almost by default. He joined Hammer Film Productions in 1946 after serving with an Raf Photographic Unit in India. Hammer had been the brainchild of his father, William, and his business partner, Enrique Carreras, but had ceased active production in the late 30s. With the ending of the second world war, the company was fired up anew to capitalise on the need to fill the nation's cinema screens with "quota quickies"; to do so, it required a producer of its own and, by virtue of his family connection, Tony was delegated to the task.
Over the next 20 years, he was responsible for the bulk of Hammer's prodigious output, in particular the grandiose gothic horror films for which it would become famous.
Anthony Hinds, who has died aged 91, became a producer with one of the most famous British film brands almost by default. He joined Hammer Film Productions in 1946 after serving with an Raf Photographic Unit in India. Hammer had been the brainchild of his father, William, and his business partner, Enrique Carreras, but had ceased active production in the late 30s. With the ending of the second world war, the company was fired up anew to capitalise on the need to fill the nation's cinema screens with "quota quickies"; to do so, it required a producer of its own and, by virtue of his family connection, Tony was delegated to the task.
Over the next 20 years, he was responsible for the bulk of Hammer's prodigious output, in particular the grandiose gothic horror films for which it would become famous.
- 10/8/2013
- by Denis Meikle
- The Guardian - Film News
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