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Underrated Actors
DIR By: Maggie Flannery
Date: July 26, 2018, 7:51 pm
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Just thought I'd do a thread on the underrated and unsung heroes
of cinematic world. They're the people that you may see in the
background and go 'Hey! there's that guy/girl again!' you may
see a movie monster and think 'holy moly there's a human being
in there.' For me, one of the under appreciated ones is Doug
Jones, I can remember 'seeing' ( or rather not ) as Billy
Butcherson. Over the years he's had a very prestigious career
and from what I've read he's a very humble and sweet man. A
gentle double jointed giant if you will. Thought I'd share a
link or two of his other work both in and out of the
prosthetics. The first one, left me quite shaken as the ending
hit me. The second link is just a bit of good old fashioned
terror. Wendigoes have knocked Kelpies off the list on the
Things That Terrify Me list.
The Candy Shop:
HTML https://vimeo.com/20833462
Fear Itself: Skin & Bones:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2R_ilTGusE
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Re: Underrated Actors
DIR By: Wolfy
Date: August 8, 2018, 3:10 pm
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Thank you so much for sharing these clips and I apologise for
how long it's taken me to respond! I finally watched both of
them yesterday and the Candy one left me a little bit shaken.
I've never even heard of that one before, but it reminded me in
ways of the Willy Wonka myth. I also watched the Fear ep and I'm
definitely no longer so blasé about the Wendigo. I've heard of
it on and off before and also looked back to the Supernatural
episode after I had a look at the one above; funnily enough, the
one in Supernatural didn't scare me at all, but the one in Fear
Itself was infinitely more terrifying. I think I have a genuine
fear of certain mannerisms with horror themed shows and movies.
A lot of my reasons for disliking E.T. so much stem from his
little shuffle. I am also horrified by the idea of people
crawling at me on all fours; I used to have nightmares about
this sort of thing. After I watched that Fear episode I did go
on to watch the Werewolf ep out of curiosity and I think, now,
I'm going to go on and watch as many episodes of that show as I
can 'cause I enjoyed those two. I think of everything I've ever
read about or watched relating to folklore, hellhounds are
probably the ones that frighten me the most, but now Wendigo's
are right up there for me! I think overall, anything Japanese is
usually what creeps me out the most, like the Teke Teke demon.
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I think my mention for an underrated actor would probably be Sam
Rockwell, although not nearly as underrated as Doug, because I
think people pay little mind to the actors behind a lot of make
up an awful lot and it's so sad, because I was looking through a
list of his movies and I recognise every character he has ever
played, decked out in costume and make up, but I never knew it
was him. I recognise the character of the Pale Man in Pan's
Labyrinth, Angel Of Death in Hellboy and Joey in Men In Black :D
I had no idea that he was those characters at all, although
looking at them now, the Angel of Death is the easiest to see.
As far as Rockwell goes, I think most people know him in The
Green Mile and not much else. I revere his character in Moon and
I think it's just as much an underrated movie as he is
potentially an underrated actor, too. Wild Bill used to be my
favourite character of his when it was one of the few I knew
about but since I watched Moon a long while ago, Sam Bell is now
my favourite. My other favourites of his include A Single Shot,
Snow Angels, Joshua. Joshua, I think, was the movie I saw
immediately after Moon, but growing up, Wild Bill was always
known to me and I think it was because of that character that it
upsets me he isn't thought of outside of that story.
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Re: Underrated Actors
DIR By: Maggie Flannery
Date: August 9, 2018, 5:00 am
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Aha! You're most welcome! I was shocked myself when I looked him
up to be honest. He's a sort of unsung hero of foam/latex
applications. I'll have to look into that Willy Wonka myth, as
I have never heard it before if it's anything like Candy I'm
intrigued and terrified. I have checked out the sites listed at
the end of the Candy film and it's certainly a worthwhile
organization, heartbreaking but very very much needed in this
day and age. I'm so so glad that you're enjoying Fear Itself
though! It's a shame it was only around for one season though,
they could have gone anywhere with it really. By the way, keep
an eye out for Eric Balfour in one of the later episodes. ;) I
looked up those Teke Teke demons and they're just a big old pile
of nope with a heaping helping of hell nah thrown in. I don't
think I've ever given hellhounds much though ( other then
hearing about them on Supernatural ) but they certainly are
freaky things.
Oh my gosh, Sam Rockwell! I've seen a few of his other films, I
actually have Moon in my Amazon queue right now funnily enough.
A Single Shot is actually always in rotation as my father
enjoyed it. I've yet to see Snow Angels and my mother keeps
telling me to watch Joshua ( but for some reason the synopsis
freaks me out ) but I will watch it! If it terrifies me I'll
watch it. To be honest the book version of Wild Bill didn't
scare as much as Sam's portrayal of him did ( even if the
firehose scene tickled my funny bone oddly enough ). I feel the
same way, he's gone on to make some very wonderful other works.
I do have a recommendation for Matchstick Men, totally worth it
as is Choke and I've heard good things about Three Billboards
Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
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