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...bright green eyes and red hair made her a pinup favorite, but British actress Hazel Court also attracted a cult following in the 1960s for her piercing shrieks and gory death scenes in horror films like The Curse of Frankenstein and for her appearances in Roger Corman films inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's macabre works, such as The Raven and The Masque of the Red Death. In addition, Court appeared in several TV series, including a British export to the U.S. called Dick and the Duchess, before retiring from show business in the 1970s to pursue a successful career...
...This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] Bram Stoker's The bar was set in 1897 with the gothic novel Dracula Anne Rice's Lestat's exploits kept readers biting from 1976 to 2003 Joss Whedon's In 1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer became a cult fave Stephenie Meyer's Her three Twilight novels are hits; the first will soon be a movie POWERS Mysterious. They include strength, form-changing and mist-summoning They're strong and fast; some have gifts like flying and mind-reading Buffy's vampires are extra-strong, extra-tough and extra-surly...
...knowledgeable about the music, and maybe it’s always going to be that way to a degree,” he says. SO WHATBut, as Everett notes, the status of jazz at Harvard echoes the dynamics of the broader jazz culture. Although jazz is not quite cult music, it is also not the music of the masses. Everett paraphrases a saxophonist who describes jazz as “an unpopular form of popular music.” Besides reflecting the situation of the jazz world outside Harvard, the relative smallness of the student jazz culture has allowed...
...something you want to do.’”Despite breaking into the business with relative ease, it has taken Segel a while to get his leading role. Segel is probably best-remembered as Nick, the John Bonham-worshiping burnout from the Apatow-produced cult television series “Freaks and Geeks.” After that series he did another critically acclaimed but short-lived show with Apatow called “Undeclared,” followed by a stint on “CSI.” Recently, though, he has settled into the role...
...other experts, however, the concern is not the separation of church and state but deprogramming. The bottom line, according to Utah psychologist Dr. Larry Beall, who has worked work with women and children who have fled polygamists sects, is the FLDS is a "cult" involved in "plain ole brainwashing since birth." Says Beale, "They have been taught that anyone on the outside is untrustworthy. They are the enemy and they are going to hurt you." He adds, "My experiences with these kids is once they are out of the controlled environment they come to enjoy their freedom...