Janet Leigh

Date of Birth

1927-07-06

Date of Death

2004-10-03

Place of Birth

Merced, California, USA

Known for

The Manchurian Candidate, Touch of Evil, The Fog, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Harper

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Awesome Art’s Tribute to John Carpenter with Big Trouble In Little China, Escape From New York, Halloween, They Live, The Thing

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Eric 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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Awesome Art’s Tribute to Slashers with Child’s Play, Friday The 13th, Halloween, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Scream, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Posted 3 months ago

Janet Leigh wouldn't let her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, audition for the role of Regan in the 1973 hit The Exorcist

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Janet Leigh wouldn’t let Jamie Lee Curtis audition for The Exorcist

Posted 5 months ago

Janet Leigh wouldn't let her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, audition for the role of Regan in the 1973 hit The Exorcist

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JoBlo Originals

Halloween H20 (1998) – WTF Happened to This Horror Movie?

Posted 3 years ago

The new episode of the WTF Happened to This Horror Movie video series looks back at 1998's Halloween H20, starring Jamie Lee Curtis

The 80s Horror Memories docuseries checks out one more 1980 horror film before moving on to 1981. It's John Carpenter's The Fog!

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Episode 5 of 80s Horror Memories wraps up 1980 with a look at John Carpenter’s The Fog

Posted 3 years ago

The 80s Horror Memories docuseries checks out one more 1980 horror film before moving on to 1981. It's John Carpenter's The Fog!

Jamie Lee Curtis and Jared Leto have reportedly signed on to play two of the ghosts in Disney's reboot of Haunted Mansion.

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Jamie Lee Curtis calls for kindness amid “nepo baby” discussion

Posted 3 years ago

Merriam-Webster chose “gaslighting” and Oxford Dictionaries went with “goblin mode”, but “nepo baby” is making a last-minute bid for word of the year. But what is it and what are its implications? It may sound like one of those digital...

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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Akira, Jaws, Metroid, Predator, Thor: Love & Thunder

Posted 4 years ago

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...

The new episode of WTF Happened to This Horror Movies looks into the making of one of the all-time greats, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho.

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Psycho (1960) – WTF Happened to This Horror Movie?

Posted 4 years ago

Cody Legendary director Alfred Hitchcock had almost fifty films to his name when he decided to take on an adaptation of a Robert Bloch novel that was inspired by a grisly true crime story. The studio didn’t want him to...

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Awesome Artists We’ve Found Around The Net: Chris Koehler

Posted 5 years ago

Theodore For years, Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net has been about two things only – awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Her, Old, Psycho, Se7en, Yoda

Posted 5 years ago

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...

The Fog (1980) John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis – Show Me the Sequel!

Posted 5 years ago

Back when the remake boom began, one reason why fans would be upset when remakes were announced is because the assumption was made that a remake would prevent the original story from being continued through sequels. The Halloween, Texas Chainsaw...

The Fog sequel: John Carpenter is open to 1980 classic getting a follow-up

Posted 5 years ago

In a recent interview with NME, genre legend John Carpenter gave a great response to the question, "Do you ever worry that because you're the 'Halloween guy' it might sometimes overshadow some of your other work?": No, I love it,...

The Fog sequel talks have happened, says John Carpenter

Posted 5 years ago

When people think of John Carpenter, they likely think of Halloween, and how could they not; the 1978 slasher is one of the greatest horror films there is, but I've got an incredible soft spot for Carpenter's Halloween follow-up —...

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