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Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney , 1883-1930, American film actor, b. Colorado Springs, Colo. Chaney was the son of deaf-mute parents. He made more than 150 silent films. A master of the use of grotesque, distorting makeup, he is best remembered for his work in horror films such as The Phantom of the Opera (1925). His... Read more |
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William Wymark Jacobs
William Wymark Jacobs 1863-1943, English author. His humorous sea stories were first collected in Many Cargoes (1896). Of his several horror stories, the most famous is "The Monkey's Paw."... Read more |
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Bram Stoker
Stoker, Bram ( Abraham) (1847–1912) Irish novelist. Stoker wrote several novels and a memoir of the actor Henry Irving (1906), but he is best-remembered for the classic, gothic horror novel Dracula (1897).... Read more |
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Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 1922-2007, American novelist, b. Indianapolis. After serving in a World War II combat unit, he worked as a police reporter. Marked by wry black humor, Vonnegut's satirical, pessimistic, and morally urgent novels frequently protest the horrors of the 20th cent., as in the... Read more |
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Ugliness
ugliness The etymology of the word indicates what is at stake: ‘ugly’ is a Middle English (1150–1475) term meaning ‘frightful’ or ‘repulsive’, and is derived from the Old Norse term uggligr. Uggligr is in turn formed by uggr: fear or horror, and the... Read more |
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Dith Pran
Dith Pran Dith Pran (born 1942) became known to moviegoers in the West as his story was portrayed in The Killing Fields (1984). When the Communist forces of the Khmer Rouge took control of his homeland in 1975, Pran and his compatriots experienced almost unimaginable suffering. Four years later... Read more |
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John Richardson
RICHARDSON, John 1946–PERSONALBorn in 1946, in England; son of Cliff Richardson (a special effects artist).Career: Special effects artist.Awards, Honors: Saturn Award nomination (with John Evans), best special effects, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, 1980, for Moonraker;... Read more |
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Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff , 1887-1969, Anglo-American actor, b. Dulwich, England; his original name was William Henry Pratt. A distinguished character actor with a superb speaking voice, Karloff was famous for his monster roles in Hollywood horror films, notably Frankenstein (1931). His other movies include ... Read more |
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Charles Robert Maturin
Charles Robert Maturin , 1782-1824, Irish author. A minister by vocation, he wrote novels in the manner of the Gothic horror tale of Ann Ward Radcliffe . They include The Fatal Revenge (1807), The Milesian Chief (1812), and his masterpiece Melmoth the Wanderer (1820). He wrote several... Read more |
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Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr
...often draws on the conventions of fantasy to satirize the horrors of the 20th century. Vonnegut's novels, which experiment...and narrative structure, include Player Piano (1952), Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), and Hocus Pocus (1991). His short stories... |
 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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HORROR OF MONAGHAN AND DUBLIN BOMBS: I went to the morgue to say goodbye to...
...haunted by the memory of what I saw ever since. "It was like a slaughterhouse. There were limbs and bits of bodies everywhere. They were...which I found remarkable in the middle of all the panic and horror. She told me they had done everything to save him and said... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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SLAUGHTERHOUSE HORRORS.(MAIN)
...law. The Agriculture Department has been testing the new policies since last October, in a pilot program at 30 slaughterhouses that process chicken, turkeys and swine. It claims dramatic improvement from the traditional slaughter methods... |
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`Slaughterhouse' dulls war horror
Slaughterhouse-Five Through Nov. 3 Steppenwolf...it, no one who has experienced the horrors of war - as either a soldier or a civilian...In Kurt Vonnegut's 1969 novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, Billy Pilgrim, a mild-mannered... |
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Slumber Party Slaughterhouse/Isle of the Damned Horror Double Feature
...BRAIN DRAIN Slumber Party Slaughterhouse/Isle of the Damned Horror Double Feature Sat., Oct...interactive Slumber Party Slaughterhouse: The Game, which, through...audience's knowledge of horror movies to help its undead... |
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SUNDAY MIRROR INVESTIGATES: BARBARISM; Sheep hacked with blunt knives and...
...must also be killed in a licensed slaughterhouse with one swift cut from the knife...unnecessary pain even in a legitimate slaughterhouse," a spokesman said. "But when...authority officials to shut down illegal slaughterhouses and prevent such meat from getting...you've got. ... |
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"Slaughterhouse Rock" starring Chicago's Nicholas Celozzi premieres Jan. 22.
"SLAUGHTERHOUSE ROCK" STARRING CHICAGO...Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- "Slaughterhouse Rock," an action- packed horror film starring Chicago's...distributor of the film. "Slaughterhouse Rock" stars Celozzi as Alex... |
 "San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, CA)")
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Makeshift slaughterhouse found in Muscoy
...enforcement officers on a routine call at a Muscoy home Thursday were startled when they discovered a makeshift slaughterhouse straight out of a horror film - complete with meat hooks, ropes and a drainage area for blood. Code-enforcement officials... |
 "The News Sun - Waukegan (IL)")
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Horse slaughterhouses
...Many thanks to Pat Slusser of Beach Park for her excellent letter of April 9 enlightening readers on the horrors of horse slaughterhouses and the importance of passing Senate Bill 1921 to prohibit horse slaughter in Illinois for human consumption... |
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So it goes... Kurt Vonnegut, author of Slaughterhouse 5, dies aged 84
...To most of his readers, that reputation began in 1969 with the publication of his novel Slaughterhouse 5, which expressed the absurdity and the horrors of war more searingly than almost anything anyone else ever has done. The novel takes its... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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Common Council hears arguments on slaughterhouse
...Horton. Alluding to the horror flick "Nightmare on Elm...Supporters insisted the proposed slaughterhouse and farmers' market would...family wants to open a slaughterhouse and farmers' market in...challenged claims that the slaughterhouse would use humane ... |
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