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Third "Paranormal Activity" wins weekend box office

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Haunted house movie "Paranormal Activity 3" easily won the weekend box office race with a strong $54 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates released on Sunday.

The third installment of the low-budget horror flicks topped robot boxing movie "Real Steel," which finished in second place with $11.3 million at U.S. and Canadian ...

A Minute With: Katie Holmes on "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It sounds like a latter-day version of "The Odd Couple" -- petite, American actress Katie Holmes (Mrs. Tom Cruise) paired with portly Mexican writer/director Guillermo del Toro, a gothic horror film devotee known for "Hellboy" and "Blade" franchises.

But their new film together, "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" which hits theaters on Friday, is anything ...

Strawberries and Scream for Murray at Wimbledon

Britain's Andy Murray has found the perfect way to unwind after another stressful Wimbledon day - by watching the whole series of hit US slasher film series Scream.

Murray, bidding to become Britain's first men's champion since Fred Perry in 1936, has reached the third round with little difficulty, buoyed by his evening TV viewing habits.

"You normally ...

"Scream 4" aims to put film franchise back on track

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nearly six years ago, "Scream" horror director Wes Craven said he didn't think it wise to make a fourth movie in the blockbuster franchise because all the stories that could be told, had been.

But as the new "Scream 4" opens in theaters on Friday, Craven says that with all the key characters back -- including Courteney ...

Drifter sentenced to 25 years to life in slaying of NYC college student as horror movie played

A drifter convicted of strangling a New York City college student while watching a horror movie will spend at least a quarter-century behind bars.

Jeromie Cancel (jehr-uh-MEE' kan-SEL') smirked, lolled in his chair and finally applauded as he was sentenced Wednesday to 25 ...

Psycho at AFI Silver

There's a delicious irony in screening Psycho the day after Thanksgiving, as if AFI wants to offer a post-holiday reminder that however bad our relationship with dear ol' mum might be, it couldn't possibly be more fractured than Norman and Mrs. Bates'. An undisputed hallmark of American cinema, Psycho is celebrating its 50th anniversary by touring the repertory ...

Ingrid Pitt, queen of Hammer horror films, dies

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Ingrid Pitt, seductive queen of the Hammer horror films who survived a Nazi concentration camp as a girl, has died aged 73, a spokesman for her agent said on Wednesday.

The actress started her screen career in the mid-1960s with roles in Spanish films and minor, uncredited parts in "Doctor Zhivago" and "A Funny Thing Happened on ...

I have always loved watching scary movies. However, there are other people who simply cannot handle watching scary movies. According to Glenn Sparks, a professor of communication at Purdue University, the physical reactions to horrifying images include sweaty palms, tense muscles, a drop of several degrees in skin temperature, a spike in blood pressure and an increase in heart rate ...

Stephen King

Stephen King is a best-selling author, screenwriter, columnist, film producer and director from Portland, Maine . The Fall of Gilead #3 went on sale online and in stores. Bram Stoker Awards: Distinguished Contribution to American Letters More than forty motion pictures have been based on works by King, or written for the screen by King.

Rodney Eastman

He played Russ in the 2008 thriller, Rule of Three , and was cast with Chad Lindberg and Sarah Butler in the remake of I Spit On Your Grave in 2010. The actor was also nominated for Best Performance by a Younger Actor at the 1990 Saturn Awards for his role in Deadly Weapons .Rodney Eastman was born on July 20 ...

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