World’s Strangest

Even legendary directors like Alfred Hitchcock don’t always get their way. Over the course of his illustrious career, Hitchcock had to abandon quite a few projects due to budgetary concerns, issues with stars, the whims of studio heads, or in some cases simply his own instincts that the film wasn’t going to turn out very [...]

Everyone has their weird phobias. Me, I hate clowns and people wearing costumes or masks that cover their faces (which is weird, considering how much I love Disney World). But compared to these 10 celebrity phobias, my fears are pretty normal. 1. Billy Bob Thornton hates antiques so much he refuses to stay in a [...]

“I’d like not to talk to you this morning about movies, but rather about ideas. I may not be successful at that, but, I’m going to attempt it. All the pictures that you do scare people. What frightens you?” With this question, Tom Snyder opened an hour-long interview with Alfred Hitchock in the fall of [...]

Works that we consider classics – or at the very least valuable contributions to society – haven’t always been seen as such. Sometimes it takes a little time and perspective for us to understand the true value of something. Here are a few examples of things that really tanked whey they were first released, but [...]

Even the most successful people in the world didn’t graduate fresh out of college or high school to immediately start making the big bucks – and that goes for the most successful scary people as well. Check out what these frightening writers and directors were doing before they were scaring the pants off of us. 1. [...]

Posters by Matt Needle Remembering to keep it simple, Alfred Hitchcock fan/artist Matt Needle re-imagined a series of posters for the films of Hitch. As you can see, the only differences are an iconic image from each movie placed in the director’s famous profile, and the titles. Link

Where is the house of blood? It could be your house with these home furnishings, most of which are available at the click of a mouse. Individually, they might be described as conversation pieces; put them all together and you’ll have a house of horrors no one would want to visit twice. One of these [...]

Mad Men fans know that before this week’s amazing episode (full of tractor accidents, taxidermied snakes and clandestine hotel magnate meetings), we had an episode dedicated almost exclusively to the birth of Don and Betty’s third child, packed with surreal dream sequences. We were given a prolonged look into Betty’s deep subconscious. Since then, I’ve [...]

“QUANTUM SHOT” #589Link – article by Mark Obstfeld and Avi Abrams Never Obsolete: From Generating Electricity to Generating Art Some power stations are destined to fall into ruins, some are starting to be recognized as monuments to technology and a source of artistic inspiration, and yet others are even being converted into ultra-modern shopping malls and theme [...]

Each year, the Kennedy Center honors a group of legendary performers who have contributed to the arts. This morning, they announced that Mel Brooks would join Robert DeNiro and Bruce Springsteen, among others, in the 2009 class. For tonight’s Late Movies, here are a few clips of Mel Brooks, who brought us such classics as [...]