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[R.I.P.] ‘Bride of Re-Animator’ and ‘Dark Night of the Scarecrow’ Actor Claude Earl Jones Has Passed Away
Character actor Claude Earl Jones passed away late last month in Claremont, California due to complications from dementia, we’ve learned this week. The actor was 86 years old.
Horror fans will surely remember Claude Earl Jones for his role as Lt. Leslie Chapham in Brian Yuzna’s Bride of Re-Animator (pictured above), a police lieutenant who Dr. Herbert West kills and then brings back from the dead. The actor also starred in two horror films earlier in the decade: 1981’s TV movie Dark Night of the Scarecrow and that same year’s Evilspeak.
Claude Earl Jones also made appearances on countless big time television shows, including “Kojak,” “Police Story,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Diff’rent Strokes,” “The Greatest American Hero,” “T.J. Hooker,” “Little House on the Prairie,” “Buffalo Bill,” “The Dukes of Hazzard,” “The A-Team,” “Who’s the Boss?,” “Matlock,” “21 Jump Street,” “Baywatch” and “Dallas.”
He also starred in the 1988 film Miracle Mile.
The Hollywood Reporter’s obituary notes that Claude Earl Jones is survived by his wife Nancy Jones, sons Steve and Tawn, daughter Julie, and stepdaughter Beth.
Are you watching? Ishana Night Shyamalan has clearly been paying attention to her father, M. Night Shyamalan. Not only is she following in his footsteps as a filmmaker, but she’s also embracing a similar mystique surrounding her work.
The new trailer for her feature directorial debut, The Watchers, gives viewers a taste of what’s in store. AreYouWatching.com has launched with even more clues.
Visit the site to join the mysterious creatures that lurk in the Irish forest as you observe a shelter. From the time the sun sets at 7:30 PM until it rises at 5:55 AM, four strangers — played by Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Oliver Finnegan, and Olwen Fouere — can be seen trapped inside.
You’ll find several interactive items. Click on the gramophone to set the mood with some spooky music. Tap on the birdcage to hear an ominous message from the parrot inside: “I’m going out, try not to die.” Press on the TV to watch clips from a fake reality show called Lair of Love. And if you tap on the window during the daytime … they’ll tap back.
There are also Easter eggs hidden at specific times. We’ve discovered three: a disorienting shot of Fanning’s character’s car at 5:52 PM, a closer view of the captives at 11:11 PM, and a glimpse of monitors at 12:46 AM. Let us know if you find any more in the comments…
The Watchers opens in theaters on June 14 via New Line Cinema. Ishana Night Shyamalan writes and directs, based on the 2022 novel of the same name by A.M. Shine. M. Night Shyamalan produces.
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