Greatest Movie Series Franchises of All Time The "Halloween" Films Halloween (1978). I’m mighty glad to have found this website! I’m an upcoming film writer from Zambia and I’ve been struggling with finding the right information to aid work. The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo. No other kind of film offers that same mysterious anticipation as you head into a dark auditorium. No other make such powerful. Ghostface (alternatively stylised as Ghost Face) is a fictional identity adopted by several characters of the Scream series. The character is primarily mute but. ![]() The Mask - Wikipedia. The Mask. Cover to The Mask volume 1. Publication information. Publisher. Dark Horse Comics. First appearance. As Masque: Dark Horse Presents #1. September 1. 98. 7)As The Mask: Mayhem #1 (May 1. Created by. Mike Richardson. Mark Badger. John Arcudi. Doug Mahnke. In- story information. Alter ego. Stanley Ipkiss (comics, film, and TV series)Mitch Kellaway (comics)Dorian Tyrell (film)Milo (film and TV series)The Joker (Joker/Mask)Tim Avery (Son of the Mask)Otis (Son of the Mask)Notable aliases. Masque, Big Head, Loki, Green Guy, Green Head, Green Face, Green Joker, Freak, Clown, The Green Mask. Abilities. In comics and film version: Reality fabric manipulation (wearer of the magical Mask can alter surrounding reality, including ex nihilo object manifestation)Superhuman strength, durability, speed and agility. Twenty years ago, Pulp Fiction took. The Mask is a Dark Horse comic book series created by writer Mike Richardson, the artist Mark Badger, John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke. The series follows a magical mask. Invulnerability to any kind of assault (except removing the Mask)Increased intelligence at the loss of sanity, inhibitions, and self- control. In comics only: Appear as any person with second lifelike 'mask' of a human face formed over the wearer's green . The series follows a magical mask which imbues the wearer with reality- bending powers and physical imperviousness, as well as bypassing the wearer's psychological inhibitions. It was adapted into the 1. The Mask, starring Jim Carrey, which was followed by an animated television series voiced by Rob Paulsen and a stand- alone sequel made in 2. Son of the Mask. Overview. The mask affects the personality of the wearer by removing all personal social inhibitions, causing the wearer to become insane. The book was inspired by a combination of earlier characters: The Joker and Steve Ditko's Creeper. Jekyll and Mr. In the original comic stories, characters who wore the Mask would become dangerous and cruel antiheroes at best or villains at worst with ultra- violent tendencies, even if this was not the wearer's original intention. When adapted into a film, the violence was toned down to make the Mask only as dangerous as its wearer. In both the 1. 99. Stanley Ipkiss was depicted as a benevolent yet mischievous superhero. The same is true of the 2. Tim Avery, who is named after Tex Avery. The title of the comic book originally referred to the mask itself and not the character it unleashed. In early stories, the character was referred to as Big Head; it was not until the films and television series that the character became known as The Mask. The Mask (comic books). Aspiring writer John Arcudi, and artist Doug Mahnke, were hired to create the new adventures, which became the first very popular use of the character, . This run was among Dark Horse's best sellers; following it, the company continued a succession of miniseries around the Mask, with various antagonists and protagonists wearing the mask. These series concluded in 2. DC Comicscrossover. Masking in the Media Updated: April 27, 2017. Comics & Animation on its own page now. Hey, we finally identified the foreign mystery movie. Written and compiled by Kerry. As McPhedran ferried rolls of film from the stadium to the newspaper’s offices, he glimpsed a future. SHOCK TILL YOU DROP is the wildest portal to horror, cult, exploitation and dark fantasy film culture on the weird wide web! Everything horror movies! ![]() Joker/Mask, in which the magical Mask finds its way into the hands of Batman's arch- enemy The Joker. In 2. 01. 4, after a 1. Dark Horse started publishing a new addition to the original Mask series, entitled . It takes an approach similar to . At the store he purchases an old jade mask which begins to speak to him. When Stanley wears it, he is transformed into a wacky, super powered being with an abnormally large, bald, green- skinned head and a mouthful of large teeth. After exploring his new abilities, Ipkiss goes on a rampage, taking revenge on those with whom he has a grudge, and earns the nickname Big Head. After taking the mask off, Stan begins to realize what has been happening. His acts as Big Head begin to take an emotional toll on him. He becomes verbally abusive toward Kathy. She kicks him out but keeps the mask since it was a gift from Stanley. Later Stan breaks into her apartment to steal it back just as the police arrive in response to an earlier domestic violence call. Deciding his only way out is as Big Head, Stan puts the mask back on and kills eleven cops during his escape. He returns home as Big Head and removes the mask only to be shot in the back and killed by Kathy, who has put two and two together and figured out the identity of Big Head. Kathy takes the mask to Lieutenant Kellaway for safe- keeping. Kellaway, who had been struggling with both the recent Big Head murders, and organized crime lords on the loose in his city, disregards Kathy's warnings, believing she is stressed and not thinking clearly, and tries on the mask. Becoming Big Head, Kellaway sets out to take down the crime lords who have plagued his police career. City dwellers, not knowing of the magical mask, assumes Big Head is still the same killer whose targets are now high- profile crime lords. Despite Kellaway's good intentions, the mask causes his methods to become increasingly more violent. Big Head encounters Walter, a behemoth- sized mob muscle- man who never speaks, who has undertaken a vendetta against Big Head for killing his employers. Walter never shows pain and is the only one who can injure Big Head to any real degree. While fighting off Walter's attacks, Lieutenant Kellaway, as Big Head, becomes the target of a police manhunt. Big Head fights off the police and tracks down the remaining mobsters. When Kellaway's partner attempts to stop Big Head, the mask- altered policeman nearly kills his friend and colleague. Kellaway, realizing what he has been doing, flees. He removes the mask, buries it in his basement in cement, and vows never to let it be worn again. The first half of the story following Stan as Big Head was originally published in the four- issue anthology series Mayhem and was then collected as the first part of The Mask trade paperback. The Mask Returns (#1–4)The crime lords send men to Lieutenant Kellaway's home and attempt to kill him. Kellaway makes his way to the basement in an attempt to retrieve the mask. But he is wounded before he can put it on and ends up in a coma. After the shooting, the men escape, taking the mask with them. One of them puts it on the wimpy driver, Nunzio, as a joke, but he becomes Big Head. Big Head kills the thugs and kills all of the crime lords, and becomes the city's preeminent crime boss. Kathy, realizing the return of Big Head means Kellaway failed to hide the mask well enough, knows that it is up to her to stop him. She dresses as a hooker, and Big Head falls head over heels for her. She tricks him into taking off the mask, pulls out a gun, and as Nunzio dives for the mask she shoots and kills him. Kathy uses the mask to escape and decides to go after the real crime boss (whom Big Head stole the office from while he was in Miami), Don Mozzo. When Don comes back from Miami, he knows Big Head is after him and he goes to get help from the one man who can help him, Walter. After Kathy destroys the remaining mobsters, she comes across and gets into a fight with the only man left, Walter. However, Kathy decides to throw caution to the wind and surrenders after deciding neither one of them are going to die and soon some random bystander will just come across the Mask anyway and tosses it to Walter, but he seems to have no interest in it. Kellaway, recovered from the hospital, drives his car into Walter, sending him and the Mask into the docks. The Mask Strikes Back (#1–5)Four friends, named Rick, Ben, Hugo, and Archie, all fascinated by the Big Head murders, feel that their lives are at a dead end, until one of them finds the magical mask by the city pier and brings it home. Realizing this was the source of their hero's power, each of the four take turns trying it on. They attempt to use its power to fix their lives but end up making things worse for themselves. By the end, Walter, having recovered since being plowed into by Kellaway, finds the mask in his hands and is unable to use it and, in frustration, throws it off into the distance with tremendous force. This was the last series in the original Mask storyline by Arcudi and Mahnke. It was also the first to be made after the success of The Mask film and, as such, the violence of the earlier stories was toned down and the Tex Avery aspects were more prominent than before. The Mask: The Hunt for Green October (#1–4)The Mask continues to find its way into the hands of unwitting wearers. Ray Tuttle, a loser film- buff, and his daughter Emily, discover its power, but Lieutenant Kellaway and a group of terrorists who know about the mask's secrets are looking to take it from them. The title parodies the title of the novel The Hunt for Red October. The Mask: World Tour (#1–4)A new wearer of the magical mask finds his way traveling through the Dark Horse Comics universe. The Mask: Southern Discomfort (#1–4)In New Orleans, the mask ends up in the hands of Eric Martin who tries to find his sister who has been kidnapped by voodoo gangsters, while Lieutenant Kellaway looks for the mask so that he can destroy it. The Mask: Toys in the Attic (#1–4)A character named Aldo Krasker gets his hands on the mask which leads him to subconsciously embark on a murder spree. Lieutenant Kellaway joins the investigation so he can find the mask. Doug Mahnke returned to illustrate the covers for this series. Specials, spin- offs, and crossovers. Marshal Law is called in to take down a nemesis who is not only immune to his usual ultra- violence, but can warp reality according to his psychotic whims. These issues were released in February and March 1. Trouble ensues when one of the tourists ends up with the mask, and Big Head causes a riot at the gun show by pulling a knife. Grifter initially mistakes the Mask for a target, but when the tourist's girlfriend is threatened, Grifter and the Mask team up to stop the smuggling ring. These issues were published in September and October 1. The Mask (February–March 1. Lobo's hunt leads him to Earth, where a petty thief has become Big Head. In a battle that decimates Manhattan, Big Head finally offers to . At a space truck stop, Lobo eventually wins the mask for himself, puts it on, and causes even more damage. The Story Behind The Masked Horror Of The Munich Olympics. The attack began in the early morning hours of Sept. Palestinians affiliated with the Black September Organization snuck into the Olympic Village in Munich. They made their way to 3. Connollystrasse, where the Israeli delegation was housed, killed two men and took nine others hostage. Television coverage of the standoff transfixed the world for 2. Pre- 9/1. 1, this shocking and seminal moment introduced the modern age of terrorism to a global audience. Today, the most enduring image from the Munich Massacre is the black- and- white photograph of a balaclava- wearing terrorist standing on the balcony at 3. Connollystrasse. He has been called “a masked figure of doom.” One reporter described his “hangman- like visage,” while another referred to “that specter with cut- out eyes.”“The sight of a ski- masked terrorist peeking out from a white- paneled balcony amidst the long, tedious negotiations became a symbol of the times,” wrote former New York Times sports editor Neil Amdur, who covered the Games for the Times in 1. It is “framed to the world’s soul, the last splice to the politics- and- sports- don’t- mix axiom.”Several photographers took pictures of the masked man. And yet no English- language caption that has accompanied these photos over the past 4. That’s a mystifying oversight given that there were only eight terrorists in Munich, all of whose names are well known. Faceless and nameless, his anonymity has become his identity. I decided to try and find out the name of the masked man, if possible, beginning with the photographers who took the iconic picture. The most widely published photo is credited to Kurt Strumpf, a German photographer working for the Associated Press. His is the one you see in the countless books and films about Munich, primarily because many media outlets subscribed to AP’s popular wire service. But Strumpf died in 2. Germany were unsuccessful. Another photojournalist, though—Russ Mc. Phedran with the Sydney Morning News—took a photo that is eerily similar, but his work has been overshadowed by Strumpf’s iconic image. Mc. Phedran, now 8. Russ Mc. Phedran was born in Scotland and came to Australia with his family in 1. He quickly found work as a copyboy at the Sun newspaper in Sydney. Australia and the United States enjoyed a fierce rivalry, meeting in the Davis Cup finals for 1. The matches were a matter of considerable national pride. As Mc. Phedran ferried rolls of film from the stadium to the newspaper’s offices, he glimpsed a future. Having quick reflexes was vital, as was an instinct for storytelling: the ability to take in the scene, artfully frame the most important elements, snap the picture, keep moving. Mc. Phedran absorbed the lessons well and soon moved up the ranks. Then off to Fleet Street, the center of print journalism in London, where he wrangled a job at the Daily Express, a formidable sheet for photojournalists. He covered major stories—the Profumo Affair, the Great Train Robbery—and learned more tricks from war photographer Terry Fincher.“Terry and I were in a pack of photographers shooting . He had a camera that he took the main picture with and around his body he had four other cameras with different lenses all linked to the first one. When he took one snap he got five photos. I thought, . I know nothing.’” Mc. Phedran returned down under in 1. Buckingham’s department store fire. He also gained a new title: senior photographer at Fairfax Media, the owner of the Sun and the Sydney Morning Herald. In the summer of 1. Fairfax assigned Mc. Phedran to go to England and cover The Ashes, the intensely competitive series of cricket matches between Australia and Britain. Cricket photographers are required to stand far from the action at venues like Lord’s and The Oval, either behind the boundary ropes or in the stands. So, Mc. Phedran made sure to pack his longest lens: a 4. He took plenty of Kodak Tri- X, the black- and- white film that all the pros used, and his Nikon F2 camera. He fashioned a portable darkroom inside a tent to develop the film and make prints of the best shots. Then, from inside the media truck that accompanied the journalists on the tour, Mc. Phedran slipped the prints into a transmitter (which was like a fax machine for photos) to wire them back to Sydney. Mc. Phedran was scheduled to be away from home for about three months. He’d arranged to take a vacation in Spain with his wife, Shirley, after the tour concluded in mid- August. But as soon as Shirley arrived in England, Russ received instructions to go to West Germany. The holiday was canceled, and Shirley returned to Sydney. Mc. Phedran headed to Munich to cover his first Olympic Games – the first in Germany since 1. The context of the Munich Olympics can only be explained by what happened in Berlin and Garmisch- Partenkirchen (site of the winter games) 3. From the swastika flags that flew on every street corner to the banning of Jewish athletes from competition to the hiring of Leni Riefenstahl to direct the documentary film Olympia, Adolf Hitler sought to turn the 1. Olympics into a propaganda showcase for Nazism and the Aryan race. A dozen miles from the site of the Dachau concentration camp, organizers stressed unity and peace: They created the first official Olympic mascot (a cute dachshund named Waldi) and hired prominent artists like David Hockney and Jacob Lawrence to design festive posters. The motto was Die Heiteren Spiele, or “The Happy Games.”As the 7,1. Munich, they found an Olympic Village designed to encourage the intermingling of nations and races (although men and women stayed in separate dorms). It was a veritable wunderland that featured a disco, a miniature golf course, a giant outdoor chess set, plenty of food, and superb training facilities nearby. In their efforts to redeem Germany’s reputation, Munich organizers relaxed security precautions. Officers patrolling the Olympic Village wielded walkie- talkies, not guns. There were no metal detectors or security cameras. If athletes blowing off steam at a local beer hall returned after dark, they easily scaled the six- foot chainlink fence that was left unmonitored. There were certainly moments of glory, led by Mark Spitz, who churned his way to seven gold medals and a bestselling poster that highlighted his Marlboro Man mustache and stars- and- stripes Speedo. Frank Shorter became the first American to triumph in the Olympic marathon since the controversial race of 1. Dan Gable and boxer Sugar Ray Seales powered past Eastern Bloc opponents to win gold medals. I grew up in a home without a television. When my parents’ TV went on the fritz, the story goes. America’s fastest sprinters, Eddie Hart and Rey Robinson, were disqualified for missing their quarterfinal heats for the 1. Miler Jim Ryun tripped and fell in a preliminary, ending his illustrious amateur career. Swimmer Rick De. Mont was stripped of his victory in the 4. IOC the prescription medication that he took for his asthma. And, as would be revealed years later, East Germany’s state- sponsored doping program assured the success of their female athletes. Most controversial of all, the U. S. They climbed over the fence surrounding the Village with help from some drunken athletes returning from a night of carousing. Once inside, the eight fedayeen converged on a four- story building at 3. Connollystrasse, the living quarters of the male athletes and coaches from Israel. Connolly, the American triple- jumper who in 1. Olympics.)Their surprise assault was brutally effective. By around 5: 0. 0 a. Israelis hostage, killing one in the process and wounding another. That this played out at the Olympics, an ideal as much as an athletic competition, dedicated to bringing nations together peacefully, only added to the drama.“The Olympics of Serenity have become the one thing the Germans didn’t want it to be,” intoned ABC host Jim Mc. Kay. The swimming action had concluded; Olga Korbut, Ludmilla Tourischeva and the gymnasts had packed up their leotards; track and field and the U. S. Covering Spitz and Australia’s Shane Gould, the Sydney teen whose heroics (five medals, three gold) were overshadowed by Spitz’s, had kept him busy at the. Schwimmhalle aquatics center. He’d scored a major coup by getting a photo of the two stars together inside the Village. Australia’s journalists had earlier deadlines than their American and European counterparts, so they were used to meeting early in the morning to discuss their assignments. At around 6: 0. 0 a. Mc. Phedran was having breakfast in the media center with colleague Jim Webster when longtime Reuters correspondent Vernon Morgan approached them. According to Webster, Morgan told them about a report that “shots had been fired” in the Village. Mc. Phedran and Webster had not heard anything, but their news instincts kicked in and they quickly left the dining hall. While Mc. Phedran collected his gear, Webster changed into a tracksuit. They hurried to the Village, about a kilometer away, with Mc. Phedran falling behind because he was lugging all his equipment. Security had tightened. Policemen stood guard along the length of the fence. Using his tracksuit, Webster was able to bluff his way into the Village by convincing a policeman that he was “an athlete returning from a morning run without his ID.” Mc. Phedran could not penetrate the cordon. But he whipped out his long lens from the cricket matches in England, and he used it to snap pictures of the scene developing inside the Village: German officials with walkie- talkies, groups of athletes huddling with security. He raced back to the media center with barely enough time to make the press deadline back home. Earlier, Mc. Phedran had arranged to use the facilities operated by the Associated Press. But at this early hour he found the second- floor offices locked tight. Nobody was around.“I rang the big boss of AP,” Mc. Phedran recalled, referring to photo editor Bob Wells, “and he wasn’t happy. Sample Scripts – Screenwriting Tips & Advice. As a scriptwriter you can never read too many scripts. Think of reading scripts as your study time, with your scriptwriting as your actual work. Here I’ve tried to pluck a script from every genre of film. If you are currently writing a script on a specific genre it can be most helpful to read through other scripts in that genre to see how the story was structured and how the characters were bought to life. All these scripts are for educational purposes only and not to be resold. Alien by Dan O’Bannon & Ronald Shusett – Action, Sci- Fi. Antz by Todd Alcott, Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz – Adventure, Animation, Comedy. Blade by David S. Goyer – Action, Horror, Thriller. The Bourne Identity by Tony Gilroy –Action, Mystery, Thriller. Braveheart by Randall Wallace –Action, Biography, Drama, War. The Cable Guy by Judd Apatow & Lou Holtz Jr – Comedy. Clerks by Kevin Smith – Comedy. The Crow by David Schow – Action, Fantasy, Thriller. Dawn of the Dead (1. George A. Romero – Horror. Dead Poets Society by Tom Schulman –Drama. Die Hard by Jeb Stuart – Action, Thriller, Crime. The Empire Strikes Back by George Lucas – Sci- Fi. Fight Club by Jim Uhls & Chuck Palahnuik – Action, Drama. Highlander by Gregory Widen – Action, Fantasy. I Am Legend by Mark Protosevich –Horror, Sci- Fi, Action. Independence Day by Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich – Sci- Fi. Jaws by Peter Benchly & Howard Sackler – Adventure, Horror, Thriller. Jerry Maguire by Cameron Crowe –Romance, Comedy. JFK by Jim Marrs & Jim Garrison –Drama. Jurassic Park by David Koepp – Action, Thriller. The Mask by Michael Fallon & Mark Verheiden – Comedy, Crime, Fantasy. Misery by William Goldman – Horror. Midnight Run by George Gallo – Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller. Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary – Action, Crime Drama. Rocky by Sylvester Stallone – Drama, Sports. Sister Act by Paul Rudnick – Comedy, Crime, Musical. Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan –Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Suspense. Thelma & Louise by Callie Khouri –Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Walk The Line by Gill Dennis & James Mangold – Biography, Drama, Musical, Romance.
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