cult film freak: olivia hussey

Written by James M. Tate / 8/27/2026 / No comments / annette o'toole , harry anderson , horror , john ritter , jonathan brandis , laura harris , miniseries , olivia hussey , richard masur , richard thomas , seth green , stephen king , tim curry , tommy lee wallace

TIM CURRY CLOWNING THE TV-MINISERIES OF STEPHEN KING'S 'IT'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8n0P2o8D4Xchyphenhypheni3mexDbo1kLLZ7k7QCvtbuUDk1StsfCpZ9Fsi8RrVt4ISo5qJ_vfVbAd90NDDjjh3CdRzCLVqSmVADB68u_Y68jUfRJvhPK3TNZynwIrfI4ZTlWrF8o2DkmNVPnTkA-8H0cX91_sTQpLvwrdnlkfV_oNih0Z9wD_XV123m1UdtxucN0/s1600/unnamed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8n0P2o8D4Xchyphenhypheni3mexDbo1kLLZ7k7QCvtbuUDk1StsfCpZ9Fsi8RrVt4ISo5qJ_vfVbAd90NDDjjh3CdRzCLVqSmVADB68u_Y68jUfRJvhPK3TNZynwIrfI4ZTlWrF8o2DkmNVPnTkA-8H0cX91_sTQpLvwrdnlkfV_oNih0Z9wD_XV123m1UdtxucN0/s1600/unnamed.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Director: Tommy Lee Wallace Year: 1990 Rating: ****</td></tr></tbody></table>The 1990 Stephen King adapted miniseries IT actually returned the multi-episodic genre to the glorious 1970's, when ROOTS and RICH MAN POOR MAN cast mostly actors and actresses from nearly every former famous television series that still haunted the syndicated airwaves... It was usually the character-actors, while IT has the leading players as familiar faces: like a broodingly dramatic John Ritter, who was the hilariously clumsy Jack Tripper on THREE'S COMPANY...

annette o'toole, harry anderson, horror, john ritter, jonathan brandis, laura harris, miniseries, olivia hussey, richard masur, richard thomas, seth green, stephen king, tim curry, tommy lee wallace

TIM CURRY CLOWNING THE TV-MINISERIES OF STEPHEN KING'S 'IT'

Director: Tommy Lee Wallace Year: 1990 Rating: **** The 1990 Stephen King adapted miniseries IT actually returned the multi-episodic genre t...

Written by James M. Tate / 12/25/2022 / No comments / andrea martin , art hindle , bob clark , body count , exploitation , holiday , horror , john saxon , keir dullea , lynne griffin , margot kidder , olivia hussey , seventies , slasher , thriller

OLIVIA HUSSEY IN BOB CLARK'S CULT SLASHER 'BLACK CHRISTMAS'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPa0lifL_UgIrZByL3A8x5whRCrO6QaJMgMBUiluwlTI2ZgGW119wchu2plL7BGlFs7A6E1VUunAslBtN4o-9EMzmzPpmGzuMAH3fib7eX3wSl01l_oLvPExECIGPBGEAEwmveoiA6-B8p-f_7hzlIlAI-7B1qscmmCvLuS_5lH9eXeVOFirjRgiUrHA/s1417/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1417" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPa0lifL_UgIrZByL3A8x5whRCrO6QaJMgMBUiluwlTI2ZgGW119wchu2plL7BGlFs7A6E1VUunAslBtN4o-9EMzmzPpmGzuMAH3fib7eX3wSl01l_oLvPExECIGPBGEAEwmveoiA6-B8p-f_7hzlIlAI-7B1qscmmCvLuS_5lH9eXeVOFirjRgiUrHA/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olivia Hussey in BLACK CHRISTMAS Year: 1974 Rating: **1/2</td></tr></tbody></table>In the case of Bob Clark's 1974 cult-horror BLACK CHRISTMAS, Christmas comes before HALLOWEEN since John Carpenter's 1978 slasher took some inspiration from not only a killer stalking a group of pretty young ladies (college instead of high school), but the camera sporadically becomes his shaky, formidable perspective... But not for long enough as most of the would-be victims remain alive for too long: except poor Lynne Griffin's curiously foreboding shy girl, seeming perfect for the sole survivor — described by a loose, foul-mouthed Margot Kidder (more befitting a sex comedy than horror) as a professional virgin — but lovely-lithe Olivia Hussey's our final girl...

andrea martin, art hindle, bob clark, body count, exploitation, holiday, horror, john saxon, keir dullea, lynne griffin, margot kidder, olivia hussey, seventies, slasher, thriller

OLIVIA HUSSEY IN BOB CLARK'S CULT SLASHER 'BLACK CHRISTMAS'

Olivia Hussey in BLACK CHRISTMAS Year: 1974 Rating: **1/2 In the case of Bob Clark's 1974 cult-horror BLACK CHRISTMAS, Christmas comes b...

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