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Award-Winning Actress Cloris Leachman Has Died at 94

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Oscar and Emmy-winning actress Cloris Leachman has died. She was 94 years old.

Born on April 30, 1926 in Des Moines, Iowa, she would later attend Illinois State University and Northwestern University where she majored in drama. She would spend some time acting in the Des Moines Playhouse before moving to New York. She worked steadily as an actress, garnering a reputation for her brilliant comedic timing while appearing in a number of television shows before making her big screen debut in 1955 in the noir-classic Kiss Me Deadly.

Even after that debut, Leachman worked almost entirely in television throughout the 50s and 60s during which time she appeared on the classic Twilight Zone episode “It’s a Good Life” about a young boy with monstrous powers whose family lived in constant fear. She would go on to appear in multiple episodes of Alfred Hitchcok Presents and Kraft Mystery Theater.

It was in 1971 that Leachman would play the role that would earn her Academy Award as Ruth Popper in The Last Picture Show. Only a couple of years later, she would take on the role of Phyllis Lindstrom in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, a role that would earn her multiple Emmy nods and her own spin-off series.

It was in 1974, however, that Leachman would step into what would become her most iconic roles as the stiff-backed, cigar-smoking, violin-playing Frau Blucher in Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein. At only 5’4″, not counting that high hair, she commanded every scene she was in, and she would work with the director later on films like High Anxiety and History of the World Part I.

She was an actress who continued to work to the very end. At the time of her passing, she had 287 acting credits on IMDb including two films that have not yet been released.

It’s hard to imagine a world without that wry smile and razor-sharp wit.

iHorror sends our condolences to the family and friends of Cloris Leachman. Gone, but never forgotten. Take a look at some of her work from Young Frankenstein below.

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Watch ‘The Burning’ At The Location Where It Was Filmed

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Fangoria is reporting that fans of the 1981 slasher The Burning will be able to have a screening of the film at the location where it was filmed. The movie is set at Camp Blackfoot which is actually the Stonehaven Nature Preserve in Ransomville, New York.

This ticketed event will take place on August 3. Guests will be able to take a tour of the grounds as well as enjoy some campfire snacks along with the screening of The Burning.

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The film came out in the early ’80s when teen slashers were being churned out in magnum force. Thanks to Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th, filmmakers wanted to get in on the low-budget, high-profit movie market and a casket load of these types of films were produced, some better than others.

The Burning is one of the good ones, mostly because of the special effects from Tom Savini who had just come off of his groundbreaking work on Dawn of the Dead and Friday the 13th. He declined to do the sequel because of its illogical premise and instead signed on to do this movie. Also, a young Jason Alexander who would later go on to play George in Seinfeld is a featured player.

Because of its practical gore, The Burning had to be heavily edited before it received an R-rating. The MPAA was under the thumb of protest groups and political bigwigs to censor violent films at the time because slashers were just so graphic and detailed in their gore.

Tickets are $50, and if you want a special t-shirt, that will cost you another $25, You can get all the information by visiting the On Set Cinema webpage.

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‘Longlegs’ Creepy “Part 2” Teaser Appears on Instagram

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Neon Films released an Insta-teaser for their horror film Longlegs today. Titled Dirty: Part 2, the clip only furthers the mystery of what we are in for when this movie is finally released on July 12.

The official logline is: FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.

Directed by former actor Oz Perkins who also gave us The Blackcoat’s Daughter and Gretel & Hansel, Longlegs is already creating buzz with its moody images and cryptic hints. The film is rated R for bloody violence, and disturbing images.

Longlegs stars Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe, and Alicia Witt.

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Exclusive Sneak Peek: Eli Roth and Crypt TV’s VR Series ‘The Faceless Lady’ Episode Five

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Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) and Crypt TV are knocking it out of the park with their new VR show, The Faceless Lady. For those unaware, this is the first fully scripted VR horror show on the market.

Even for masters of horror like Eli Roth and Crypt TV, this is a monumental undertaking. However, if I trust anyone to change the way that we experience horror, it would be these two legends.

The Faceless Lady

Ripped from the pages of Irish folklore, The Faceless Lady tells the story of a tragic spirit cursed to wander the halls of her castle for all of eternity. However, when three young couples are invited to the castle for a series of games, their fates may soon change.

So far, the story has provided horror fans with a gripping game of life or death that doesn’t look as if it will slow down in episode five. Luckily, we have an exclusive clip that may be able to satiate your appetites until the new premiere.

Airing on 4/25 at 5pmPT/8pmET, episode five follows our final three contestants in this wicked game. As the stakes are raised ever higher, will Ella be able to fully awaken her connection with Lady Margaret?

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The newest episode can be found on Meta Quest TV. If you haven’t already, follow this link to subscribe to the series. Make sure to check out the new clip below.

Eli Roth Present’s THE FACELESS LADY S1E5 Clip: THE DUEL – YouTube

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