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This Is What Scared Robert Englund As A Child…
I enjoyed this little piece of information revealed during an IAmA with Robert Englund, best known as Freddy Krueger in eight A Nightmare on Elm Street films, and the television series.
Reddit user “RubenTheCuban” asked Mr. Englund what monster or icon scared him as a child, to which he replied, “[I] saw Frankenstein on the late show and was fascinated. [I] was disturbed by the ‘Monster from the Id’ (sabertooth tiger; pictured above) in Forbidden Planet,” he explained before adding that he “didn’t want the suckers from that giant squid’s tentacles to get near me after seeing 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.”
As a bonus, Englund tells “kaminm” a list of actors and films that he respects and recommends.
“My favorite oldie horror is Brian DePalma’s 1974 film Sisters,” he reveals. “My favorite mad scientist performance by the late William Findley. I also recommend Lucky McKee’s film, May, starring Angela Bettis. A more recent favorite and another recent devil child picture starring Sam Rockwell and Vera Farmiga, Orphan. And Guillermo Del Toro’s The Devils Backbone.” He also reveals that he’s “looking forward [to] The Conjuring.”
Read the entire IAmA here.
Hollywood is serious about landing the next Backrooms. Hot on the heels of a Siren Head feature announcement, Deadline reports that a new movie based on viral YouTube series The Mandela Catalogue is in development.
It also has some Hollywood heavy hitters behind it.
Amblin Entertainment’s Steven Spielberg, United Artists’ Scott Stuber (Frankenstein), and Amazon MGM Studios are set to produce, emerging victorious after a highly competitive 11-studio bidding war.
Launched in 2021, the YouTube series is set in the fictional Mandela County, Wisconsin which is “invaded by shape-shifting, nearly immortal creatures called Alternates. The Alternates are led by a false depiction of the Archangel Gabriel and their aim is to wipe out the human race by psychologically torturing them to the point of suicide. The Alternates are known for manipulating AV media, TVs, computers and GPS systems.”
The movie will be directed by the series’ creator, Alex Kister, based on a screenplay he adapted with Tyler Clifton.
The Mandela Catalogue has racked up an impressive 100 million views across its official episodes alone, solidifying it as one of the largest original analog horror franchises on YouTube.
Spielberg and Holly Bario are producing for Amblin Entertainment alongside Aaron B. Koontz for Paper Street Pictures and Stuber and Nick Nesbitt for United Artists. Kister and Clifton are also producing. Annie McCreery will oversee the project for United Artists. Maria Fortese will oversee for Amblin.
Get acquainted with The Mangela Catalogue below while we wait to learn more.
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