Monster Scholar

“His irises tremble violently as the camera fixes on his glassy gaze, and before you know it, you've once again been entranced by the character with whom you're unsure if you should fear or sympathize.”— Actor Bio on Blockbuster Onlin e I just got finished watching Captivity , one of the After Dark Horrorfest films starring Elisha Cuthbert as a kidnapped supermodel with Daniel Gillies and Pruitt Taylor Vince as her captors. Vince gives an unsettling performance as the psychotic Ben Dexter, who owns his own catering business to finance his and his brother's hobby of capturing young women and keeping them in the basement. Vince’s roles always leave me with a feeling of lingering creepiness, so I thought I’d do a brief review of the weirdos he’s played in the past. Monster (2003) Vince plays Gene the stuttering "John" in Monster, one of the many victims of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute from Daytona Beach who became a serial killer. Identity (2003) Malcolm Rivers is ...

Jamie Lee Curtis was on today’s Bonnie Hunt Show to hype the release of her 8 th children’s book "Big Words for Little People" and it looks like she’s doing her best to dissociate herself from her horror roots. “As you know I got my start in horror,” she began before launching into a discussion about the content of her new book, and how it encourages family values by teaching kids the meaning of big words like “respect” and “ consequences ”. She then told a story of how a parent at a book signing told her that his little girl loved Halloween . Curtis’s reaction was complete shock as she dubbed the film “not at all appropriate” for kids that age. Jamie ended the interview with the statement that “now I can make films that make people smile” as Bonnie mentioned Curtis’s latest film Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) is now available on DVD. Though Jamie Lee has come a long way since her horror days, she is just one of dozens of actors that got their start in show business by star...