Lon Chaney was known as the man of a thousand faces
because of his uncanny ability to transform himself into numerous characters
which he portrayed on the Silent Film Silver Screen.
One of his most iconic roles was as the star of the 1927
MGM film: London after Midnight.
To many the film is considered the blueprint or Holy
Grail for all Horror films that followed it had to adhere to.
It is remarkable that the film (although silent) scared
audiences and is considered a classic, even though a copy does not exist-only photos. It is truly a classic, but a classic with a convoluted
past.
For years film scholars have argued and theorized as to
the structure and nature of the film.
Author Thomas Mann and BearManor Media have reconstructed
the film using a contemporary source- a long-lost short story version written
in 1928.
Cobbled together with other archival text, photos, script
and press materials the mystery behind the film is finally solved in a
thoroughly fascinating exposition and exploration into the film to which today’s
modern Horror films owe a great deal of gratitude.
There are movies and then there are weird movies.
The
Weirdest Movie Ever Made, written by Phil Hall, examines the
1967, 59 second grainy film of Sasquatch, or as he is commonly known name: Big
Foot.
The controversial film, believed to be filmed by amateurs,
has its distracters who theorize that it is one of the biggest hoaxes ever
presented to the public.
Was it truly an amateur film or a clever fraud concocted
by two conmen and a professional Hollywood makeup artist?
How did the two film makers just happen to be at the
right place at the right time? How were
they able to foist in on the scientific community and American public?
The Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film-truth or fiction? You decide.