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From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 5pm Saturday in NZ, 3pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s
the described movies The Fog from 1980, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre from 1974, and Dracula from 1931.
The Fog is a 1980 American supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, who also co-wrote the screenplay and created the music for the film.
It stars Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Janet Leigh, and Hal Holbrook.
It tells the story of a strange, glowing fog that sweeps over a small coastal town in California, bringing with it the vengeful ghosts of mariners who were killed in a shipwreck there 100 years before.
The Fog was not well received by critics upon release but was a hit at the box office, making over $21 million domestically on a $1.1 million budget. Since release, it has received more positive retrospective reviews and has become a cult classic.
A remake of the film was released in 2005, which was also universally panned by critics, but performed well at the box office.
Directed by: John Carpenter.
Written by: John Carpenter, and Debra Hill.
Produced by: Debra Hill.
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, John Houseman, Janet Leigh, Nancy Loomis, Charles Cyphers, and Hal Holbrook.
Cinematography: Dean Cundey.
Edited by: Charles Bornstein, and Tommy Lee Wallace.
Music by: John Carpenter.
Production Company: Debra Hill Productions.
Distributed by: AVCO Embassy Pictures.
Release date: 1 February 1980.
File Length: 85 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $1.1 million.
Box office: $21.3 million (domestic).
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American horror film produced and directed by Tobe Hooper from a story and screenplay by Hooper and Kim Henkel.
It stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen, who respectively portray Sally Hardesty, Franklin Hardesty, the hitchhiker, the proprietor, and Leatherface.
The film follows a group of friends who fall victim to a family of cannibals while on their way to visit an old homestead.
The film was marketed as being based on true events to attract a wider audience and to act as a subtle commentary on the era's political climate; although the character of Leatherface and minor story details were inspired by the crimes of murderer Ed Gein, its plot is largely fictional.
It is the first film of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise.
Hooper produced the film for less than $140,000 ($800,000 adjusted for inflation) and used a cast of relatively unknown actors drawn mainly from central Texas, where the film was shot.
The limited budget forced Hooper to film for long hours seven days a week, so that he could finish as quickly as possible and reduce equipment rental costs.
Due to the film's violent content, Hooper struggled to find a distributor, but it was eventually acquired by Louis Perano of Bryanston Distributing Company.
Hooper limited the quantity of onscreen gore in hopes of securing a PG rating, but the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rated it R.
The film faced similar difficulties internationally.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was banned in several countries, and numerous theatres stopped showing the film in response to complaints about its violence.
While it initially drew a mixed reception from critics, it was highly profitable, grossing over $30 million at the domestic box office, equivalent with roughly over $150.8 million as of 2019, selling over 16.5 million tickets in 1974.
It has since gained a reputation as one of the best and most influential horror films.
It is credited with originating several elements common in the slasher genre, including the use of power tools as murder weapons, the characterization of the killer as a large, hulking, faceless figure, and the killing of victims.
It led to a franchise that continued the story of Leatherface and his family through sequels, prequels, a remake, comic books and video games.
Directed by: Tobe Hooper.
Written by: Kim Henkel, and Tobe Hooper.
Produced by: Tobe Hooper.
Starring: Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen.
Cinematography: Daniel Pearl.
Edited by: Sallye Richardson , and Larry Carroll.
Music by: Tobe Hooper , and Wayne Bell.
Production Company: Vortex.
Distributed by: Bryanston Distributing Company.
Release date: 11 October 1974.
File Length: 74 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $80,000–140,000.
Box office: $30.9 million.
Dracula is a 1931 American Pre-Code supernatural horror film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring Bela Lugosi in the titular role.
It is based on the 1924 stage play Dracula by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which in turn is adapted from the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.
Lugosi portrays Count Dracula, a vampire who emigrates from Transylvania to England and preys upon the blood of living victims, including a young man's fiancée.
Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, Dracula is the first sound film adaptation of the Stoker novel.
Several actors were considered to portray the title character, but Lugosi, who had previously played the role on Broadway, eventually got the part.
The film was partially shot on sets at Universal Studios Lot in California, which were reused at night for the filming of Dracula, a concurrently produced Spanish-language version of the story also by Universal.
Dracula was a commercial and critical success upon release and led to several sequels and spin-offs.
It has had a notable influence on popular culture, and Lugosi's portrayal of Dracula established the character as a cultural icon, as well as the archetypal vampire in later works of fiction.
In 2000, the film was selected by the United States Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Directed by: Tod Browning, and Karl Freund.
Screenplay by: Garrett Fort.
Based on: Dracula: by : Bram Stoker, and Dracula by : Hamilton Deane, and John L. Balderston.
Produced by: Tod Browning , and Carl Laemmle Jr.
Starring: Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, and Edward Van Sloan.
Cinematography: Karl Freund.
Edited by: Milton Carruth , and Maurice Pivar.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures.
Release dates: 12 February 1931 (New York), and 14 February 1931 (United States).
File Length: 74 minutes.
Country: United States.
Languages: English , and Hungarian.
Budget: $341,191.
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