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The Blob (1988) – WTF Happened to This Horror Movie?
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The new episode of the WTF Happened to This Horror Movie video series looks back at the making of The Blob (1988)
Frank Darabont
Date of Birth
1959-01-28
Place of Birth
Montbéliard, Doubs, France
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) – WTF Happened to This Horror Movie
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WTF Happened to This Horror Movie digs into the script troubles and rushed production of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
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Why The Shawshank Redemption Gets Better With Age
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We dig into why The Shawshank Redemption, despite being a flop in 1994, is a beloved classic thirty-two years later.
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Tim Robbins credits VHS and Ted Turner for the literal Shawshank Redemption
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The Shawshank Redemption star Tim Robbins credits Ted Turner and VHS for helping the 1994 film find its audience.
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Frank Darabont hasn’t directed for 11 years but was convinced to come back for the final season of Stranger Things
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After not directing anything for over a decade, Frank Darabont was convinced to come out of retirement for Stranger Things.
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Why does The Shawshank Redemption endure 30 years later?
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The Shawshank Redemption director Frank Darabont credits TV airings for securing the film’s legacy 30 years on.
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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Abigail, Alien, Barbie, Deadpool & Wolverine, Nope, Training Day
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Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...
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What Happened to Frank Darabont?
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Frank Darabont may be infamously temperamental, but the man behind The Shawshank Redemption and The Walking Dead deserves a comeback.
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Episode 42 of 80s Horror Memories gets absorbed by The Blob
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The 80s Horror Memories docu-series turns its attention to the 1988 remake of The Blob, directed by Chuck Russell
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The Mist: 4K release of Stephen King adaption includes black and white version
Posted 3 years ago
Writer/director Frank Darabont's Stephen King adaptation The Mist is getting a 4K release with both the color and black & white versions
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WTF Happened to The Majestic?
Posted 3 years ago
In this episode of WTF Happened to this Movie, we take a look at The Majestic, a huge box office bomb starring Jim Carrey.
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The Arrow in the Head Show gives The Fly II (1989) its dues!
Posted 3 years ago
For the new episode of The Arrow in the Head Show, John "The Arrow" Fallon and Lance Vlcek look back at 1989's The Fly II
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The Arrow in the Head Show rolls into the new year with The Blob (1988)
Posted 4 years ago
Cody A new episode of The Arrow in the Head Show has just been released, and in this one hosts John “The Arrow” Fallon and Lance Vlcek are looking back at one of the coolest remakes ever made – the...
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Weekend Box Office: Spider-Man Rules Again as Insidious 6 Scares Up a Strong Debut
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day dominates again as Insidious 6 opens strong and The Odyssey hits a major milestone.
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Lily James & Pierce Brosnan’s Cliffhanger reboot is swinging to a 2027 release date
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Jaume Collet-Serra's Cliffhanger reboot starring Lily James and Pierce Brosnan is moving to 2027 following complications from Row K.
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POLL: Which Fall 2026 Movie Are You Most Excited to See?
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There are a ton of really great-looking movies coming out from September to December. Which one are you most excited for?
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Netflix gives you a first look at the upcoming action comedy Bad Day, starring Cameron Diaz
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Cameron Diaz is just a normal mom who is about to have a bad day in the upcoming Netflix action comedy from the director of Back in Action.
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The first reactions to Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars say it’s “emotional,” and one of the director’s most “human” films
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The first reactions to Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic epic, The Dog Stars, say the sci-fi film is "surprisingly emotional" and sprawling.
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Five Great Spaghetti Westerns That Don’t Star Clint Eastwood
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Clint Eastwood may be the face of spaghetti westerns, but these five great movies prove the genre had plenty of other legendary gunslingers.
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Every Live-Action Spider-Man Movie Ranked: Which One Is the Best?
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From 2002 to 2026, we're taking a look at every Live Action Spider-man film and ranking them. Let's see how they stack up!
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VHS Gems: The ’80s Movies We Discovered at the Video Store
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We take a look back at some eighties classics that weren't huge theatrical hits but became classics on home video.
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Five Great Movies That Were Followed by Absolutely Terrible Sequels
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Developing a sequel to a great movie is always difficult, but unfortunately, for each one that succeeds, there's an absolutely terrible one.
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The 10 Best ’80s Movie Villains: From Biff Tannen to Hans Gruber
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No decade had better movie bad guys than the 1980s, but in a decade full of villains, who were the best?
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The Jackal: Is Bruce Willis’s 1997 Thriller Better Than Its Reputation?
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1997's The Jackal teamed two box office heavyweights, Bruce Willis and Richard Gere, but has largely sunk into obscurity.
