What are some stand out examples of actors known for doing comedy or lighthearted movies playing against type as a horror antagonists/villain and doing it shockingly well?
State and federal prosecutors are quietly adopting algorithmic (or AI) tools for critical tasks without much oversight. This seems like a major powder keg that is almost certain to explode because it probably undermines due process and fair trials for everyone. What policies or regulations should we be pushing for right now to address this issue before it becomes one of those situations where innocent people are locked up and awarded millions in tax dollars that could've gone elsewhere?
For me it would have to be Yvonne from Nightmare on Elm Street 5 Dream Child. She represented two archetypes that I have rarely seen survive horror movies, the best friend and the black character. Also because the film had (it seemed) set up an epic/creative death for her when she fell from the diving board.
I think it must be in that actresses contracts that she doesn't die in the movie she is in lol She has lived in three that I know of
The mid 19th century was when belief in miasma theory (the belief that foul odors were the cause of sickness and disease) was at its peak. This was also a time when dally bathing was not the norm for the average person, and clothing was often worn repeatedly between washes. Also, dental health was significantly worse And most importantly, while deodorant was technically invented around this time it was not in widespread use and was often seen as unnecessary luxuries or even medically sus.
How did people reconcile their fear of bad odors with the smells that had to be coming from their own bodies at that time?
If you feel burned out on typical true crime documentaries that all seem to follow the same Netflix or CourtTV formar, please give this one a watch. You've probably never seen a true crime documentary like it before. , Nick Broomfield' is the director and he drops you right into the middle of a story that has the pacing and suspense of a well directed horror film. It's disturbing, creepy but not sensational. Nor is it edgelord material.
Broomfield starts the investigation in his signature style. This middle age Brit just walks into South Central Los Angeles with no prior permission, no local handlers, and the casual attitude of someone strolling into a Burger King He is determined to figure out how a single serial killer, Lonnie Franklin, managed to murder so many women for decades in plain sight.
At first, Franklin’s closest friends and neighbors stonewall the director and they all start denying that their friend and neighborhood hero could be a monster. Soon, the facade cracks. When they all manage to get alone, privately, each one reaches out to Broomfield with VERY unsettling stories. One noiticed his extreme hatred of women, another remembers his weird collection of polaroids of local sex workers who have been missing, his habit of driving around at night bragging about cleaning up the streets, and even times he paid folks to help him get all these red stains out of his van.
The documentary does not really care about proving Franklin’s guilt because the evidence is overwhelming. Beyond the neighborhood, it's clear LAPS and other authorities dropped the ball in so many ways. How did the LAPD ignore these massive clues for nearly thirty years while dozens of young Black women vanished? The film asks tough questions abouIf you want to know what systemic neglect is, you wil find out watchingthis movie.
The documentary is so tense at times even revealing situations that involved real time danger and threats to peole who participated in filming the doc. I don't want to spoil too much but shit almost spirals out of control.
The doc is at its absolute best when it steps back and lets voices of women who have been affected by this case take over. The stand out star is a former sex worker and addict named Pam who (thankfully) dominates large portions of the runtime. She is hillarious and has teh type of personality that makes anything she does entertaining.
This is a 10/10 for me