nine queens ( spanish : nueve reinas ) is a 2000 argentine crime drama film written and directed by fabián bielinsky and starring ricardo darín , gastón pauls , leticia brédice , tomás fonzi and alejandro awada .

the story centers on two con artists who meet and decide to cooperate in a major scam .

the film was nominated for 28 awards and won 21 of them , and is now considered a classic in argentina 's film history .

nine queens

deliciously twist - filled , nine queens is a clever and satisfying crime caper .
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two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps ( the
nine queens
) .
nine queens
works as a look at a buenos aires the tourist rarely gets to experience , but its swindle isn ' t slick enough .
until he makes a trip to the bathroom . marcos follows him in while having a loud and massively unsubtle conversation about the sale of the nine queens on a
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the basic premise of nine queens is not new . thieves team up to commit a crime so profitable they will be set for life if only they can pull it off . this type of movie has been around since… well… since there have been movies . nine queens , however , takes this concept to a new level with so many twists and turns that it will keep you glued to your seat just so you can keep up .
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with ' ' nine queens , ' ' which opens in new york on april 19 , mr . bielinsky has engaged in a similar process of deception . on the surface , his film is a crime yarn , portraying 30 hours in the lives of a pair of swindlers who stumble onto the deal of a lifetime : selling a forged set of rare weimar republic stamps known as ' ' the nine queens ' ' for nearly $ 500 , 000 .
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such an opportunity presents itself when marcos stumbles into a chance to fence the nine queens , a famous sheet of nine defectively printed stamps from weimar germany . more specifically , what marcos can peddle are expert forgeries of the set , and he finds his perfect sucker in gandolfo ( ignasi abadal ) , a wealthy businessman and stamp collector ; because he’s to be extradited to venezuela the next day , gandolfo will have no time to submit the forgeries to expert analysis and will probably jump at the chance to take the queens with him .
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' ' nine queens ' ' was shot with a budget of only $ 1 . 3 million , modest even by local standards . so mr . bielinsky made certain the cast had plenty of rehearsal time , to assure that no time would be wasted once filming got under way .
david mamet might kill for a script as good as the one that fuels “nine queens . ” a seductively structured and superbly acted suspenser that breathtakingly piles swindle upon scam without giving away the game until the very end , fabien bielinsky’s debut feature has been the biggest smash in its native argentina in at least a [ … ]
it all starts , then , with a courting dance between old - timer and apprentice , and between bielinsky and viewer : are you in or are you out ? then nine queens raises the stakes . marcos is offered a slice of a fail - safe plan to sell gandolfo a set of forged weimar stamps , the
nine queens
of the title . but wild factors keep creeping in to make the game more complicated – more and more outsiders to be cut in , marcos ' s beautiful and ferociously straight - edged sister valeria ( leticia bredice ) , and a sudden twist that sends the film off on a brief , breakneck chase sequence .
from the moment it was first shown in theaters here , ' ' nine queens , ' ' a modest caper film by fabian bielinsky , was a commercial and critical success . but one scene so unnverved argentine audiences that the film has become a cultural phenomenon , dissected and analyzed countless times in newspapers and on radio and television .
for his part , mr . bielensky has received proposals to remake ' ' nine queens ' ' in countries as diverse as the united states , france , germany , england and spain . he will probably sell the rights , he said , but made it clear that he does not want to get involved with any remakes himself .
david mamet might kill for a script as good as the one that fuels
nine queens .
a seductively structured and superbly acted suspenser that breathtakingly piles swindle upon scam without giving away the game until the very end , fabien bielinsky ' s debut feature has been the biggest smash in its native argentina in at least a decade .
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it also seems unwise to reveal to a fellow hood that one is sitting on a pile of cash . the crossing and double - crossing to follow seem inevitable , not compelling . this relationship worked in
nine queens
because the partners , closer in age , challenged each other in an almost flirtatious way , each daring the other to blink .
who isn ' t a thief ?
is the question asked in the story of two small - time swindlers , juan ( gaston pauls ) and marcos ( ricardo darin ) , whose paths collide in a convenience store and quickly leads to a half - million dollar forgery scam on a big time gangster about to be deported in
nine queens .
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mr . pauls also said ' ' there is a lot of david mamet in this movie . ' ' but richard peña , program director of the film society of lincoln center , which showed ' ' nine queens ' ' in its new directors / new films series last year , noted that for all its awareness and embrace of international influences , the movie retains a distinctly argentine sensibility .
but you can train yourself to disdain “the king of queens . ” determined viewers have had nearly nine seasons , and a campaign of rerun - saturation so thorough that you might begin to suspect a state sponsor , to muster complaints . they have come up with two . unable to say it’s not funny , detractors say “the king of queens” is unconvincing . slim , go - getter secretaries like carrie ( leah remini ) don’t marry lugs who drive trucks like doug ( kevin james ) , do they ? others don’t buy jerry stiller as carrie’s dad . he’s always george’s dad of “seinfeld” to them .
mr . bielinsky , 43 , also had to battle what was seen as a lack of experience . though he had written the screenplays for several feature films , directed short films based on stories by the argentine writers jorge luis borges and julio cortázar and worked as an assistant director on some 400 commercials and several full - length films , ' ' nine queens ' ' is his debut as a director .
' ' ' nine queens ' is an excellent cinematic example of a certain river plate tradition of paranoid narratives , of which borges is just one example , ' ' he said . ' ' a society looks normal on the surface but is run by corrupt secret societies and secret deals , with a conspiratorial atmosphere that leads you to ask who is real and who is just playing a role . ' '
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is here for all you quotes spouting fans of nueve reinas ( original title ) which was recently remade into criminal . this script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and / or viewings of nine queens . i know , i know , i still need to get the cast names in there and i ' ll be eternally tweaking it , so if you have any corrections , feel free to
released in 2000 , ' ' nine queens ' ' won just about every award for which it was eligible , from the argentine film critics association ( best picture and six other prizes ) and at the mtv latin america people ' s choice awards . to mr . darín , that response confirmed the wisdom of mr . bielinsky ' s decision to focus on plot and character and leave any moral lessons implicit .
s called the nine queens is revealed . the camera zooms out and we see berta , vidal gandolfo , sandler and the stamp expert ( among others ) . it is explained that someone on the inside told juan about the imminent closure of the bank and the whole scheme was devised around this . juan walks over to a couch where valeria ( holding a bag full of money ) is relaxing and the two embrace .
yet ' ' nine queens ' ' has a subtext that has encouraged argentines to see it as an allegory for the entire get - rich - quick mentality that prevailed here during the decade from 1989 to 1999 , when carlos saúl menem was president . those years of ' ' pizza and champagne ' ' are now over , but they left a legacy of spiritual and material impoverishment that mr . bielinsky found hard to ignore .
nine queens
is the story of two small - time swindlers , juan ( gastón pauls ) and marcos ( ricardo darín ) , who team up after meeting in a convenience store and become involved in a half million - dollar deal . as the deceptions and duplicity mount , it becomes more and more difficult to figure out who is conning whom , and we begin to ask ourselves ,
who isn ' t a thief ?
so is soderbergh gonna do something original ever again ? what really bothers me is that we ' re getting remakes of foreign films only a few years after the original . insomnia was released in ' 97 - remake in 2002 . open your eyes was released in ' 97 - remake ( vanilla sky ) in 2001 . and now nine queens ? there ' s probably more , but these are the ones that come to mind right now .
george clooney and steven soberbergh are to collaborate on an american remake of the argentinian thriller nine queens . soderbergh is co - scripting the movie , which he will then produce alongside clooney . the film will mark the directorial debut of soderbergh ' s regular assistant director gregory jacobs .
for years george and i have been trying to find a project for greg to direct ,
soderbergh explains .
we all feel this material hits the bull ' s eye : a street - level , contemporary crime thriller with brilliant plotting and complex characters .
the original nine queens , written and directed by fabian bielinsky , spun a fiendish , hall - of - mirrors tale of two conmen making their way through a buenos aires teetering on the brink of financial meltdown . the film was a huge hit in its homeland and performed well in limited runs in both britain and the us last year .
' ' the idea of sudden wealth has always been incorporated into the psychology of the argentine , but during the 1990 ' s it reached obscene levels and reached into the highest spheres of politics and government , ' ' he said . ' ' we were forced to be witnesses to impunity and corruption , indifference to the common welfare and absolute frivolity , so of course a movie like ' nine queens ' reflects that state of affairs . ' '
now before you think i ' ve given away the game with all those
seeminglys ,
let me point out that they may only seemingly be seeminglys . they may in fact be as they seem . or seemingly otherwise . as juan and marcos try to work out their scheme , which involves counterfeit stamps , we wonder if in fact the whole game may be a pigeon drop with juan as the pigeon . but , no , the fake stamps are stolen , seemingly by complete strangers , requiring marcos and juan to try to con the owner of the real nine queens out of stamps they can sell gandolfo . ( since they have no plans to really pay for these stamps , their profit would be the same in either case . ) and on and on , around and around , in an elegant and sly deadpan comedy . a plot , however clever , is only the clockwork ; what matters is what kind of time a movie tells .
nine queens
is blessed with a gallery of well - drawn character roles , including the alcoholic mark and his two bodyguards ; the avaricious widow who owns the
nine queens
and her much younger bleached - blond boyfriend , and valeria the sister , who opposes marcos ' seamy friends and life of crime but might be willing to sleep with gandolfo if she can share in the spoils .
originally posted by coral so is soderbergh gonna do something original ever again ? what really bothers me is that we ' re getting remakes of foreign films only a few years after the original . insomnia was released in ' 97 - remake in 2002 . open your eyes was released in ' 97 - remake ( vanilla sky ) in 2001 . and now nine queens ? there ' s probably more , but these are the ones that come to mind right now .
fabián bielinsky greets me with a warm and hearty handshake . at once relaxed and fervent , he ' s clearly pleased that his first feature film , nine queens ( nueve reinas ) has won fans on the international film festival circuit , not to mention winning seven 2001 argentinean film critics association awards , out of ten nominations , as well as the people ' s choice award from mtv argentina and the audience award and best director award at the lleida latin - american film festival .
“the king of queens , ” the longest - running live - action comedy currently on television , is the opposite of an acquired taste . like pizza or the doors , the show just hits the spot — the simple , happy sitcom spot .
note :
nine queens
is like a south american version of
stolen summer ,
the movie that won the contest sponsored by hbo , miramax , and matt damon and ben affleck . according to variety , some 350 screenplays were submitted in an argentine competition , bielinsky ' s won , and he was given funds to film . it ' s illuminating that in both cases such competitions yielded more literate and interesting screenplays than the studios are usually able to find through their own best efforts .
just this week we got a preview of julia robert’s take on juan josé campanella’s academy award - winning el secreto de sus ojos ( the secret in their eyes ) , which without the whole dirty war / military junta subtext becomes a kind of creepy film about vigilante justice . but even before el secreto became an international hit there was 2000’s nueve reinas ( nine queens ) , writer - director fabián bielinksy’s loop - de - loop low budget crime caper that unexpectedly turned into a global film phenomenon .
david mamet might kill for a script as good as the one that fuels “nine queens . ” a seductively structured and superbly acted suspenser that breathtakingly piles swindle upon scam without giving away the game until the very end , fabien bielinsky’s debut feature has been the biggest smash in its native argentina in at least a decade . with a strong push from sony classics , there is no reason this utterly accessible genre - and - character piece shouldn’t become a must - see for the “memento” and “amores perros” constituencies stateside .
' ' to my surprise , though , my principal source of information turned out to be people who had been victimized themselves by scam artists , ' ' he said . ' ' friends , relatives , friends of friends , all of them had stories to tell me about being ripped off themselves or knowing someone who was . as a result , every one of the scams you see in the movie is taken from real life , with the exception of the nine queens , which i invented myself . ' '
the 2014 grammys closed on gloriously weird note , thanks to a unique collaboration of nine inch nails , queens of the stone age , dave grohl and fleetwood mac’s lindsey buckingham . the supergroup kicked things off with their take on nine inch nails’ “copy of a , ” of the group’s hesitation marks lp , beefed up with bubbling bluegrass guitar line and flashing psychedelic lights . if someone were to isolate the tracks of the song , it might sound like pretentious noodling – a little edm flourish there , some jangly country guitar there , some muppet - like drum crushing from grohl and a whole lot of sweet vocal harmonies . but together , it made for a sound that was far trippier than the lighting rig but also something that was more than the sum of its parts .
after the disintegration of the argentine economy in december , in fact , ' ' nine queens ' ' seems almost prophetic . but the underlying idea for the movie , mr . bielinsky said , ' ' emerged from my own fascination with the psychology of crime . ' ' researching the subject , he not only read newspaper articles and interviewed police officers , but also watched american movies about con artists , like ' ' paper moon ' ' and ' ' the sting , ' ' and the films of alfred hitchcock .
nine queens
becomes a shell game that requires close attention to figure out who is screwing whom . this is the major problem with the story as , if you stop paying attention for a moment , you lose the thread of what ' s going on . characters are brought in to the story to propel things along and statements about argentine society - who isn ' t a thief in that country - are made repeatedly . by the end of the film , as things wrap up neatly , i was glad that everything gets explained .
talented argentine director fabian bielinsky made just two films before his untimely death in 2006 and his first , “nine queens” , is now considered a classic in his native country . a naive young wannabe grifter , juan ( gaston pauls ) , attaches himself to the older and more experienced con artist marcos ( ricardo dario ) for 24 hours to learn the tricks of the trade after a botched scam at a convenience store . marcos shows him how to improvise and create scenes at newsagents and restaurants in order to get what he wants while paying as little as possible .
inside , though , that first conviction doesn’t go away . “the king of queens , ” which ends this season , now that mr . james is turning to other pursuits , is funny . it’s brisk , perceptive and unpretentious . it works . see for yourself tonight on cbs .
people complain when hollywood remakes classics like
the manchurian candidate .
but the most nonsensical remake might be
criminal ,
based on the stellar argentine crime caper
nine queens ,
a critical smash and a modest box office hit in the united states . the inferior american version strips the menace and texture from the original without offering any big stars to compensate . and it ' s not as if the movie is being introduced to a different generation , since the original came out in 2002 . so why the remake ? a lack of subtitles isn ' t a good enough reason .
when juan ( gaston pauls ) pulls off a bill changing scam with a convenience store cashier , he ' s emboldened to try it again right after a shift change and is challenged . stranger marcos ( ricardo darin ) comes to his rescue , introduces himself as a fellow , more experienced con artist , and asks juan to become his partner . no sooner do the duo work their first job together than a phone call from marcos ' sister valeria ( leticia bredice ) results in a potential half million score - the sale of a counterfeit stamp rarity , a weimar sheet misprint known as the
nine queens .
criminal
does boast an impressive trio of actors in john c . reilly , diego luna and maggie gyllenhaal . they are always engaging , even if sometimes for the wrong reasons . the problems lie not with the actors but with a glib approach that exposes the flaws of the original story . the screenplay , updated by director gregory jacobs and sam lowry ( a steven soderbergh pen name ) , stabs at
ocean ' s 11
breeziness and falters .
nine queens
contained the same faulty premise and flimsy setups but sold them with its taut intensity and a lead criminal who was a truly bad cat .
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“the king of queens” may no longer exemplify a cultural trend . but people watch it . according to cbs , 8 . 7 million viewers tune in each week . after tonight’s episode , the series goes on hiatus until april 9 ; it’s expected to do as well or better for its seven valedictory episodes .
nine queens
characters are engaging and occasionally amusing , but director bielinsky never rises above simply putting them through their paces . he doesn ' t achieve the liftoff the film needs to sparkle , instead letting a leaden monotony set in . the film is goosed up with the introduction of sandler ' s wealthy sister - in - law , who lives in a garish apartment with a younger boy toy , but this lively and amusing character makes too hasty an exit . the multi - layered con ' s final moves become labored by an unconvincing promise between valeria and marcos involving their younger brother ' s faith in his unsavory sibling .
nine queens is a movie about the con - game . marcos finds juan at a gas station using childish
tricks
to cheat some money from the cashier and decides to help him out of the situation and take him under as his con man protege . juan is trying to raise / steal $ 50 , 000 to help his dad get out of jail by paying off a judge . that same day , a deal of a lifetime comes along dealing with a famous stamp called
nine queens
. they find out a rich stamp collector , vidal gandolfo , who will soon be leaving the country and won ' t have time to check it ' s authenticity so they decide to make a fake one and sell it to him . the fake ones get ruined so they have to go in and purchase the actual stamps for $ 250 , 000 which $ 50 , 000 was juan ' s money and the remaining marcos ' . the deal goes down at a hotel where marcos ' sister valerie works . vidal wants her to deliver them and also sleep with him . the entire time the plot keeps twisting , showing both con men having the upper hand at different times and trying to cheat one another . who will take the money and win the game ?
of course marcos is only seemingly a cop . he lectures juan on the dangers of excessive greed and buys him breakfast , and then the two of them seemingly happen upon an opportunity to pull a big swindle involving the
nine queens ,
a rare sheet of stamps . this happens when valeria ( leticia bredice ) , seemingly marcos ' sister , berates him because one of his old criminal associates tried to con a client in the hotel where she seemingly works . the old con seemingly had a heart attack , and now the field is seemingly open for marcos and juan to bilk the seemingly rich and drunk gandolfo ( ignasi abadal ) .
nine queens proceeds in a series of knight ' s moves – you can follow every oblique shift , but you can ' t predict the final pattern . the outcome , in fact , is very much to do with argentina ' s current woes . nine queens is a product of that country ' s recent film - making resurgence , which also produced lucrecia martel ' s la cienaga , and which the country ' s economic collapse has probably scuppered . it ' s hard not to see bielinsky ' s film as a prediction of catastrophe : it could certainly be read as a portrait of a nation where desperate players , at every level of society , are on the make and out of their depth . every cheap chiseller in the film protests that he ' s not a crook , but the crime isn ' t just at street level : the businessman says ,
i ' ll be sad to leave this country – i ' ve never seen such good will for doing business .
this satirical streak no doubt helped make the film a hit in argentina , but i hardly think bielinsky is depicting his nation as unique in its corruption and venality . if this superbly entertaining film gets remade in the enron / worldcom - era us , don ' t be at all surprised .
nine queens
is a neatly handled who ' s - doing - whom story that holds strong ties to such grifter films as
the sting
and david mamet ' s
house of games .
but , this argentine crime thriller is long on dialogue and short on action . things begin slowly and steadily as juan pulls a bill changing scam at a local convenience store . he gets greedy as he watches the shift change and decides to double dip and pull the same scam again , minutes later . he is caught at his ploy and , suddenly , a plainclothes cop is hustling him out of the store , arrested for his crime .
hollywood ( variety ) - the argentine thriller
nine queens
is being turned into an english - language picture by steven soderbergh ( news ) and george clooney ( news ) , who hit the jackpot in 2001 with their remake of
ocean ' s 11 .
queens
follows a day in the life of two con artists . it swept the 2001 argentine film assn . awards , including best picture . sony pictures classics released the film in the united states last spring . soderbergh and clooney will produce the remake through their section eight prods . banner , which is based at warner bros . soderbergh ' s longtime first assistant director , gregory jacobs , will make his directorial debut and co - write the script with soderbergh .
for years , george and i have been trying to find a project for greg to direct , and we all feel this material hits the bull ' s eye : a street - level contemporary crime film with brilliant plotting and complex characters ,
soderbergh said .
premiering in september 1996 , everybody loves raymond starred romano as a father and husband whose parents live next door . his offbeat domestic observations struck a chord with both audiences and critics , earning him an emmy for best actor in a comedy series in 2002 and the series an emmy for best comedy in 2003 . the show ended in may 2005 after nine seasons .
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but reilly and luna have some fun with the con men ' s getting - to - know - you period . rodrigo bets richard he can get a woman ' s purse in a few minutes , then stages an elevator mishap . in helping a woman to safety , he says he will hold her purse for her . he doesn ' t steal the purse , just gets his hands on it - - the point of the bet . other moments , plausible and tense in
nine queens ,
are made ridiculous by this movie ' s more lighthearted approach . when richard enlists a cop friend to pretend to harass him to impress a mark , the cop ' s
performance
is so broad that you half expect him to start stripping , bachelorette - party style .
two grifters - boyish , likable juan and hard - edged , scheming marcos - meet by chance . marcos , who seems to have cheated everyone he knows including his siblings , is missing his partner , so he offers to teach juan tricks for a day . juan accepts because he has some savings , but needs more to bribe a judge to release his father from prison . marcos gets a call from an aging , ill ex - associate needing help to sell a forged set of rare stamps , the nine queens , to a businessman about to be deported ( he can ' t take cash out of argentina , but could take the stamps ) . when the con men have to improvise , marcos asks juan to use his savings to set up the deal . is juan about to be conned ?
but , things are not what they seem and the
cop
turns out to be a fellow con man , marcos , who propositions the young scam artist to team up and make some real money . juan reluctantly agrees and marcos introduces a plan to con a big time hood who is only hours away from being deported . marcos knows a guy , an old time forger , sandler ( oscar nunez ) , who has in his possession a set of counterfeit stamps called the nine queens . the duplicates are so good that only close scrutiny would reveal them as fakes . this fact , and because the gangster , vidal gandolfo ( ignasi abadal ) , is about to be shipped out of argentina , cause marcos to bring juan in on the scam that could net them a cool half million dollars .
then the plot thickens as they get a proposition from an old man , a scam expert himself . he had made a perfect replica of the nine queens , a sheet of uncut , imperfect stamps in mint condition . his plan was to sell the stamps to an avid collector . he wanted to sell the stamps now because since the collector was being deported from the country in a day , he wouldn’t have time to have the stamps thoroughly checked . however , the old man gets sick and entrusts the task to marcos , and since juan happens to be with him , he will be coming along for the ride too . marcos , being the opportunist that he is , ends up making the deal that he will get 90 % of the profit , while the forged stamps’ creator will only get 10 % .
fabian bielinsky ' s
nine queens
is a con within a con within a con . there comes a time when we think we ' ve gotten to the bottom , and then the floor gets pulled out again and we fall another level . since nothing is as it seems ( it doesn ' t even seem as it seems ) , watching the film is like observing a chess game in which all of the pieces are in plain view but one player has figured out a way to cheat .
david mamet might kill for a script as good ,
todd mccarthy writes in variety . true , although mamet might also reasonably claim to have inspired it ; the set - up owes something to his
house of games ,
although familiarity with that film will not help you figure out this one .
this is where
nine queens
gets a bit too full of itself , as the story becomes a swirl of characters brought in to twist the plot around . it is a question of who is scamming whom as juan and marcos run into a myriad cast of characters who have their hands in the con game . marcos ' s sister valeria is the beautiful assistant manager at the hotel housing vidal . she has a bone to pick with her brother and threatens his arrest if he brings his thieving ways into her hotel . it turns out that marcos stiffed his own sister and younger brother , federico ( tomas fonzi ) , from an inheritance . valeria will help her wayward brother if he ' ll fess up his scheme to federico . all sorts of other colorful characters are brought in to help with the con .
actor , comedian . born on december 21 , 1957 in queens , new york . raised the middle child of three sons in the neighborhood of forest hills , the aspiring funnyman formed the
no talent
comedy troupe at age 16 . though romano always knew he could make his friends laugh , he didn & apos ; t give stand - up serious consideration as a career until many years later .
nine queens ' class analysis is acute , and narrowly focused on defining the characters . juan ' s eagerness to find a big , fast job is motivated by his poor father ' s situation ( he ' s in prison for scamming , and needs money , and his good son wants to put what his father has taught him to good , mostly moral use ) . and marcos , well , he ' s a bit more reckless , at least as you understand him , always looking for the huge , put - you - over job , willing to gamble , but also confident of his own scamming skills . he had money , or his late father did , in an estate that marcos squandered and also essentially stole from his two siblings , angry valeria ( leticia brédice ) and undauntedly doting federico ( tomás fonzi ) .
thus , in 1998 , while fox and nbc were peddling “getting personal” and “conrad bloom , ” comedies about front - end figures like art directors and admen , cbs banked on a fat deliveryman . the overgroomed swingers foundered , but “the king of queens” persisted . its hero , doug heffernan ( not a relative ) , worked for a u . p . s . - like company that hasn’t gone under .
next thing you know , an old associate of marcos , sandler , calls marcos to say he needs help in selling counterfeit copies of a stamp collection known as the nine queens . sandler , marcos and juan target a rich spanish businessman , gandolfo , who is being deported to venezuela and needs to smuggle his wealth out of argentina . they take the fake stamps to gandolfo at the hotel where he is staying – coincidentally the same hotel where marcos’ sister valeria and younger brother federico work – and after gandolfo’s hired expert has checked them and declared them authentic , the parties agree to the 450 , 000 peso exchange . as luck would have it though , the hired expert later demands a cut of the money ( he knew the stamps were fakes ) and a motorcycle gang steals the briefcase with the fake stamps and throws it into the river .
argentinian thriller nine queens illustrates this point neatly . marco , played by the saturnine ricardo darín , is a con artist milking the streets of buenos aires for all they ' re worth . his meanest trick , which involves squeezing money from tender - hearted old ladies , is second nature but hardly a worthy game . the real challenge is to rook someone unrookable : a corrupt , fabulously wealthy spanish businessman , vidal gandolfo ( ignasi adabal ) . marcos works an elaborate bluff to get gandolfo hooked on a scam , without letting him know he ' s being played . it seems to work beautifully , but next thing we know , gandolfo is deconstructing marcos ' s strategy move by move . he ' s several steps ahead , having seen every double , triple , quadruple bluff in the book – which is precisely why he ' ll fall this time .
criminal
is an adequate americanization of one of my favorite films of 2002 , the delightfully twisty
nine queens ( nueve reinas ) .
adapter / debut director gregory jacobs doesn ' t quite make up for the extra tension that argentina ' s financial chaos added as an urgent back drop . some of the twists are too smoothly straightened out by focusing more on the older con man , here played by john c . reilly , and his sister , played by maggie gyllenhaal without the original ' s sensuality , despite her low cut blouse . diego luna is a mite young , but he ' s cast to turn reilly ' s character into more of a manipulative mentor and less an apparent partner . on its own , without comparison to the original , it ' s an amusing and workmanlike update of
the sting
crossed with
the grifters .
thirteen - time grammy winner grohl , as usual , is the connective tissue , having performed extensively with both bands , most prominently on qotsa’s 2002 lp songs for the deaf and nine inch nails’ 2005 album with teeth . fleetwood mac guitarist / singer buckingham , of course , is the wild card , and his role — singing a kickass version of “tusk” or “the chain , ” maybe his solo hit “go insane” ? — remains to be seen . however , it’s not as random as it might seem : buckingham guested on nine inch nails’ latest lp hesitation marks and also appears in sound city : real to reel , the grohl - directed documentary about the legendary , now - shuttered l . a . studio where many classic albums were recorded ; his fleetwood - mac - mate , stevie nicks , appears in the film and also joined grohl on the sound city players album and tour last year .
first - time helmer / scribe fabian bielinsky does a fair job in creating a mamet - like whirl of characters and cons as the swindlers , juan and marcos , ply their trade on their unsuspecting victims . as the plot thickens , the duo tests each other ' s ability in their scamming game . juan is reluctant at first to team with the unknown marcos , but the promise of a big killing for a day ' s work is too much to resist . the trouble is , you know that someone is conning someone and i got mired in trying to unravel the plot . a more astute script or director may have made this a less hectic tale . instead ,
nine queens
is a benign story of a sting operation that moves along at a good clip and ties it all up in its
surprise
ending - although i was little surprised at the conclusion .
the early years of her reign play out in a suitably stately fashion over the next nine hours . this may not be one to binge - watch quite so rapidly as other netflix offerings – crown , state and church favour small , subtle nudges of each other and loaded silences , rather than loaded guns and pile - driver plots , which doesn’t exactly make the pace sluggish , but it does mean that one or two episodes at a time feels plenty .
between august and december 1957 , picasso carried out an analysis of velázquez’s las meninas . the suite of fifty - eight works that picasso donated to the museu picasso in 1968 consists of forty - four interpretations of the velázquez picture , nine descriptions of the dovecote at his villa la californie studio in cannes , three landscapes and two free interpretations : the piano and portrait of jacqueline . ten of the forty - four oils devoted to las meninas treat the original composition in its entirety .
these complicated and emotionally volatile family ties are only one angle that the film works well . the central scam that occupies marcos and juan involves a sheet of rare stamps , the
nine queens .
or rather , it ' s a sheet of faux - stamps , but , as you hear it , very good quality art . they locate a buyer , gandolfo ( ignasi abadal ) , who ' s about to leave town quick because he ' s been busted for his own expansively shady deals . they have only a matter of hours to set up the deal and deliver . the scam seems simple enough , but inevitably , problems crop up . also inevitably , most of these problems have to do with doubt and betrayal : as much as the conmen must depend on and trust one another to get their work done , they must also assume , given their career choice , that no one can be trusted . thus , their evolving dilemma .
early one morning , marcos observes juan successfully pulling off a bill - changing scam on a cashier , and then getting caught as he attempts to pull the same trick on the next shift . marcos steps in , claiming to be a policeman , and drags juan out of the store . once they are back on the street , marcos reveals himself to be a fellow swindler with a game of much higher stakes in mind , and he invites juan to be his partner in crime . a once - in - a - lifetime scheme seemingly falls into their laps - an old - time con man enlists them to sell a forged set of extremely valuable rare stamps , the nine queens . the tricky negotiations that ensue bring into the picture a cast of suspicious characters , including marcos ' sister valeria , their younger brother federico and a slew of thieves , conmen and pickpockets . as the deceptions mount , it becomes more and more difficult to figure out who is conning whom .
while the foo fighters did not release any new music during this year’s window of eligibility , grohl has two nominations , both connected to sound city : best rock song for “cut me some slack” ( with paul mccartney and the other surviving members of nirvana , a group often dubbed “sirvana” ) , and best compilation soundtrack for visual media ; separately , he appears as a songwriter ( again , with nirvana ) on a best rap song nominee , jay - z’s “holy grail . ” queens are up for two awards : best rock album ( for …like clockwork ) , best rock performance with the album’s “my god is the sun , ” and , indirectly , best engineered album , non - classical . two - time grammy winners nine inch nails’ hesitation marks is nominated for best alternative music album . buckingham is not nominated but is featured on the delta rae song “if i loved you , ” which garnered rob cavallo a shot at producer of the year , non - classical .
luna looks as if he couldn ' t hurt a fly , which works for his character at times . rodrigo has the advantage of having a trustworthy face , his partner tells him . when the duo fall into a high - stakes scam involving valuable antique silver certificates ( a stand - in for the
nine queens
postal stamps of the original ) , it ' s rodrigo who seals the deal by charming an older woman . but luna also looks terrified when rodrigo and richard engage in heated negotiations with the would - be buyer . his visible show of fear makes sense once you have seen the ending , but it just looks squirrelly without the benefit of that knowledge . but luna is always a joy to watch . he even pulls off a silly moment where he flirts with richard ' s sister , asking the virtual stranger whether she recognizes a certain tune and singing a snippet of it . luna commits himself to this left - field moment . a less game actor might have mumbled and slinked off in embarrassment .
early one morning juan is pulling a bill - switching scheme in an all - night deli when marcos , an apparently innocent bystander , pretends to whisk him off to the police . but marcos is a con artist , just helping out a new recruit , and he enlists juan in a plot that he claims will set them up for early retirement . juan is skeptical at first , but agrees to work with marcos after he impresses him with a few sophisticated cons . a once - in - a - lifetime scheme then seemingly falls in their laps - - an old time con man enlists juan and marcos to sell a forged set of extremely valuable rare stamps - - the nine queens . the tricky negotiations that ensue bring into the picture a cast of suspicious characters including marcos ' beautiful sister valeria , their innocent younger brother , frederico who idolizes marcus - - as well as a slew of thieves , conmen and pickpockets . as the action moves from humble barrios to luxury hotels , it soon appears that the city itself is part of an elaborate plot .
early one morning juan is pulling a bill - switching scheme in an all - night deli when marcos , an apparently innocent bystander , pretends to whisk him off to the police . but marcos is a con - artist , just helping out a new recruit , and he enlists juan in a plot that he claims will set them up for early retirement . juan is skeptical at first , but agrees to work with marcos after he impresses him with a few sophisticated cons . a once - in - a - lifetime scheme then seemingly falls in their laps - - an old time con - man enlists juan and marcos to sell a forged set of extremely valuable rare stamps - - the nine queens . the tricky negotiations that ensue bring into the picture a cast of suspicious characters including marcos ' beautiful sister valeria , their innocent younger brother , frederico who idolizes marcus - - as well as a slew of thieves , conmen and pickpockets . as the action moves from humble barrios to luxury hotels , it soon appears that the city itself is part of an elaborate plot .


campfire tales ( 1991 ) is an anthology horror film written and directed by william cooke and paul talbot .

the film is about a group of teenagers telling ghost stories around a campfire .

one of the storytellers is horror legend gunnar hansen .

the movie also uses many elements from famous horror stories and directors ( lucio fulci specifically ) .

campfire tales

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campfire tales : snap judgment it ' s summertime . nothing like going to the woods , setting up a tent . . . and at night , telling scary stories . on the next snap judgment , from prx and npr , we proudly present . . . campfire tales .
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a grizzled derelict tells a quartet of horror tales to a trio of young campers .
my father use to tell me this tales around the fire when i was a yong boy .
have you ever happily wandered the woods ? not a care in the world . then right after sunset felt a mysterious breath on your shoulder ? our guests this week share their own campfire tales .
barney takes the backyard gang to the allen public library and search for a book about fairy tales .
campfire tales ends with a wrap up of the teenagers telling the story . the first time i saw the movie i admit , i didn’t really care much for the wrap around story . but now i can appreciate it .
campfire tales is a pokemon comic i’m making for the hell of it . i don’t quite have a plot and i’m not even sure what the end goal is yet . with cloudless nights , i lost interest in the shambled thing i called a plot . with campfire tales i intend to have more fun while making it . there are no specific deadlines or days where i’ll release a page , yet i just fancied dedicating my time to something interesting .
as stories are shared and characters are developed , the plot will move on throughout the night . at the break of dawn zoro and duck haven’t a clue of what lies ahead , therefore they make use of their time by telling campfire tales .
today we had lots of fun getting messy with our parents to create lots of different characters from our favourite traditional tales .
it ' s summertime . nothing like going to the woods , setting up a tent . . . and at night , telling scary stories . on the next snap judgment , from prx and npr , we proudly present . . . campfire tales .
it ' s summertime . nothing better than going to the woods , setting up your tent . . . and at nightfall , it ' s time to tell scary stories . on the next snap judgment , from prx and npr , we proudly present
campfire tales .
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behind the lodge you will find a beautiful flowing creek , rolling hills and corn fields . also a massive fire kettle for evenings around a campfire .
i can ' t make this but i ' m thinking how i can learn from it , to offer a campfire conversation in the north . . .
these campfire stories are either funny from start to finish , or appear to be scary but finish with a silly ending . some are just plain corny , and that ' s okay , too ! enjoy ! if you don ' t see your favorite campfire story listed , or know a different version , please submit !
' enjoy fairy tales with barney is a barney & the backyard gang video released in november 27 , 1989 . made by the youtube user
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folk tales around the campfire we set up our tents on the sand beneath the canopy of towering mangetti trees , enveloped on all sides by dense bushveld . after dinner , henry joins us around our campfire with another male ju / ’hoansi elder . in a well - judged theatrical flourish , henry substitutes his jeans and t - shirt for the more traditional regalia . he places his spear , bow and arrow carefully on the sand as he sits to translate for his companion , who in his mother tongue shares tales of close scrapes with lions and extensive hunting expeditions . almost every word draws on one of the palatal ‘clicks’ that decorates all san languages .
depending on the package that is chosen , white tales lodge is available for the ceremony , reception , lodging , or in any combination with mt . hope barn .
director : wayne coe starring : brad dourif , james earl jones , william atherton what’s the story ? a gothic portmanteau western in which two strangers spin scary tales around a campfire . like most anthology films , the individual stories are hit - and - miss . but what makes grim prairie tales such a lost gem are the wraparound segments in which dourif’s uptight city clerk is forced to spend a long , dark night of the soul with jones’ grotesque bounty hunter ( and the corpse he’s got in tow ) .
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grim prairie tales sold well on videotape after being self - distributed theatrically by east west film partners . coe wrote a prequel called grim prairie tales : rescue party in which jones’ character morrison sought to rescue his kidnapped grandchild from his murderous son - in - law , raymer . ( raymer was the corpse in the film . ) that second installment never materialized . after grim prairie tales came out , coe did numerous commercial animations and started shooting music videos and sketch comedy . he worked on several screenplays throughout the 1990s and launched into a successful painting career in 2000 .
please please please , do not confuse this movie with the shitty movie called campfire stories . that ones a piece of crap , while this one is really good . ( i haven’t seen the “campfire tales” film with gunner hansen so i can’t tell you about that one . ) but this one has been a favorite of mine since i first saw it . in fact , i have got to get my niece ( 16yrs old ) and nephew ( 13yrs old ) to watch this next week . i’m sure i could spook them silly with it , as i did with their sister…
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not content with just showing people a bunch of films , the festival has also put together several events to keep people entertained , such as an ice cream social , a bonfire with horror author joe r . lansdale reading creepy campfire tales , a pig roast , and a horror trivia night co - hosted by brad mchargue and yours truly ! head on down for the full second wave announcement !
it’s super versatile and works for indoor cooking on the stove and oven , cooking on the grill , and cooking on a campfire . in fact , one dish could successfully visit all those cooking surfaces for one meal .
a good horror anthology in the vein of creepshow , tales from the crypt , and tales from the darkside . however instead of being influenced by the ec horror comics of the 50s and 60s , this is influenced by horror urban legends . the segment
people can lick too
with the internet chatroom was ahead of its time . i liked the twist ending , it wasn ' t an original idea , but i didn ' t see it coming in this movie .
the four leave the scene of the accident , leaving flares on the road . they end up in the ruins of a 200 - year - old - plus church and build a campfire . they then begin to pass the time telling ghost stories .
in a universe similar to those of the pmd games , follow zoro and duck as they hide outside of the walls of the eternal town , uncover a corrupted system of power , discover terrible truths and , most importantly , talk around the campfire .
despite being a small film by a first - time director , grim prairie tales landed the two leads who drove the film with their fun banter . coe recalls that at the time jones was worth around $ 300 , 000 per feature , although this role required far less screen time than usual . “i think what was offered was $ 25 , 000 cash and $ 25 , 000 ownership in the film , ” says the director . “he happened to be available . ” at a meeting with jones at his home , the famed thespian told coe that his twisted tales reminded him of james beckwourth , a mid - 19 th century author and “prevaricator of tall western tales . ” jones liked the script and the footage they showed him , so he signed on .
a group of teens , stranded in the woods after a car accident , entertain themselves by telling classic horror stories . what follows is a series of eerie tales that include monsters , psychopaths , and ghosts , and that remind you that things aren ' t always what they seem .
amelia writes from grand teton national park where she lives with her husband and five young children . she ' s committed to getting out every single day with her family , hence the birth of tales of a mountain mama . she is a long - time “gear head” and strongly believes that good gear is essential to happy adventures .
there is a strong sense that people want to talk and discuss today ' s rapid global changes more than ever and campfire can evolve into a platform that fulfils that need whilst looking at ways to structure long - term thinking and collective action in the face of the impending swing to the right that has taken so many people by surprise .
we are collectively working towards a framework for real and radical evolutionary change . we can use this potential agenda as a starting point as well as our ' think global , act local ' section , where people from the community are able to table and share their tales and describe how they ' re making the world a better place at a local level .
the title is right , the tales here are nothing more than some old - fashioned ghost stories . but , these are really more suited for the campfire and not the silver screen . all 3 ( and â½ ) stories are predictable , with classic twist endings that have gotten weaker with time . none of the stories are really that scary , either , if not told deep in the forest by a guy with a flashlight held up to his face . although the film is obviously on a low budget , it managed to still have some good acting ( especially the little girl in the ã ? â¢ã ? â ? ã ? â ? people can lick tooã ? â¢ã ? â ? ã ? â ? segment ) .
white tales lodge has 7 bunk rooms which can sleep up to 40 people in beds . the rustic decor includes a log stairwell , antler chandelier , and rock walls just to name a few . the basement level houses a kitchen , dining tables , and shower facilities . the usage of our kitchen , dining tables , and shower facilities are complimentary to your rental .
the horror movie landscape is littered with films crying out for hd release , and one in particular that is truly deserving is the creepy old west anthology grim prairie tales . written and directed by wayne coe , who had previous experience as a poster illustrator for movies like out of africa and back to the future , the quirky pentalogy subverted western movie themes in search of something different .
however , with a gentle nudge in the right direction and some helpful tips , i have successfully crossed over to using it daily . while cast iron would certainly not be used for backpacking trips ( because of the weight ) , the great thing about it is being able to use it both for indoor cooking and cooking over a campfire . our collection joins us both at home and out camping .
discussions are open - agenda and can involve global issues or local concerns , across a side spectrum of interests from politics to the arts , ecology and well - being to how we can work together co - operatively . we are about to launch a campfire ideas institute via our website ( still under beta test until the summer ) , supported and sponsored by brian eno , which we will discuss at our spring meetings .
the rules , then . availability in some regions but not others doesn’t count – these are films that , as far as we can ascertain , have never been released on dvd anywhere . likewise , things that have been available but are now out of print do not make the cut . and we’ve kept it to films with either reasonably recognisable directors or cast . we didn ' t bother with tales from the quadead zone , for example . . .
as we wait for that film to emerge , we hope that grim prairie tales can receive the blu - ray release it deserves with a widescreen video disc that allows us to fully appreciate the movie’s panoramic landscapes and dark imagery . by the way , this was the feature film debut of future two - time academy award winning cinematographer janusz kaminski , who later shot saving private ryan , war of the worlds , war horse , and the forthcoming ready player one .
hay on wye isn ' t an ordinary place . for a town so small in size , it is packed with life , history and character and like lewes , where the first campfire conversation is held this year , its non - conformist nature sits well with our fledgling community and we’re happy to be continuing our spring season of conversation events in 2017 in this vibrant welsh borders town with an invitation to broad and lively topical debate and in one of the most vibrant creative spaces in town .
in south africa , names like coenraad de buys , karel trichardt , henry heartly , petrus jacobs ( 110 lions , 750 elephants ) , jan viljoen , major p . j . pretorius , and , more recently , nico van rooyen , bertie guillaume , and mike cameron will often come up in discussions around the campfire . mike was born in 1939 and grew up in the koedoesrant ( kudu ' s hill ) area of the northern transvaal . that was an era . . . read more
being an indie film , grim prairie tales left no discernible financial trail , unlike a larger studio picture , and coe admits that he was not deeply involved on that side and has not been affiliated with the picture since 1991 . “the video license lasts for 20 years , and as soon as it ended in 2010 i saw dvds , ” he says . unfortunately , they were bootleg dubs from vhs . it appears that a laserdisc came out around the time of the anthology’s original release , but copies are scarce .
it ' s the witching hour on a dark , moonless night . you ' re huddled with friends around a campfire in the woods far from town , taking turns telling stories . someone has just recounted a particularly eerie tale about an encounter with a ghost , insisting it was true . you sit quietly , staring into the flames , reluctant to let on that it actually made your skin crawl . then someone in the shadows clears his throat and begins to speak :
did you hear the one about . . .
the anthology film starts off with four teenagers driving home from a concert one night . they get in an accident , and while waiting for help to arrive they tell spooky stories in a crumbled old building they found in the woods around a campfire they‘ve built . what we have here are three half hour stories , plus the wraparound story . wait , that’s actually not right . right in the beginning we have a really quick story in black and white that spans maybe 10 minutes . it’s the classic “the hook” urban legend .
, it’s essentially an r rated kid’s movie , where it would work best on those who were not yet old enough to watch it , technically . the tales are all based on urban legends ( hook handed guy ( again ) , girl reaches down to pet her dog and realizes it’s a killer , and , oddly , the farmer’s daughter ? ) , many of the protagonists ( including the storytellers ) are young , and it’s not even particularly violent / bloody . yet there are enough f bombs and nudity to ensure an r rating . what the ?
david semel directs the
campfire
scenes and
the locket
with style and assurance . martin kunert who directed
the hook
and
people can lick too
handles himself fine but should be arrested for showing a 12 year old naked girl , just out of the shower , wrapped in a towel , getting dressed and film it as if he’s trying to arouse the audience . shame on you . and matt cooper who directed
the honeymoon
should never direct again . his attempt at suspense was laughable and bored me ( and i think his actor’s ) to death .
while driving in a dangerous zigzag manner on a lonely road in the night , the teenager cliff has a car accident with his friends lauren , alex and eric . while spending the cold night stranded in the woods around a campfire , they kill time telling ghost stories . in
the honeymoon
, the couple rick and valerie travels in their rv to las vegas in their honeymoon . rick takes a shortcut to visit the clayton caverns in the night , but the stranger cole advises them to leave the spot since dangerous creatures attack people in the full moon . in
people can lick too
, on the eve of her twelfth birthday , amanda tells her internet friend jessica that she is alone at home . however , jessica is actually a psychopath . in
the locket
, the biker scott is crossing the country on his motorcycle . when he has a problem with his bike , he finds an isolated house where the gorgeous dumb heather wallace lives with her father . when the man returns from his herd , scott finds the truth about heather .
the american south has a strange history with horror movies . north carolina had its day in the sun with all those dino de laurentiis / stephen king projects ( not to mention
. and let ' s not even get into florida , which spawned the h . g .
lewis gore trilogy , and texas with its chainsaw massacres and s . f . brownrigg . but what about south carolina ? yes , they got their turn as well with
, a direct - to - video horror anthology featuring gunnar
leatherface
hansen as a bearded coot telling scary stories to a handful of kids around a fire . the first yarn is another retelling of that popular urban legend ,
the hook ,
except this time the couple ( lora podell and johnny tamblyn ) winds up getting gutted in juicy detail instead of driving off . the second ,
overtoke ,
is a silly tale about a couple of stoners who pick up some really good weed . . . that turns them into a gory mess . things pick up considerably with
the fright before christmas ,
a
- style holiday yarn about young steve ( paul kaufmann ) who offs his mother ( barbara jackson ) by tossing her down the stairs , only to be confronted with santa - err , satan claus , an axe - wielding ghoul with his own gruesome form of yuletide cheer . finally we close with the most elaborate story of the bunch ,
skull and crossbones ,
a pirate romp that starts off like a retelling of edgar allan poe ' s
the gold bug
but
may be a bit difficult for jaded horror fans to warm up to ; the first half hour or so is standard zero - budget fare with only an unusual amount of gore to distinguish it . stick with it , though , and you ' ll be well rewarded ; the last two stories really pay off with a fine mix of storytelling , grue , and sick laughs ; coupled with some atmospheric camerawork and nifty monster effects . directors cooke and talbot show a definite flair for pulling chills from a threadbare budget , and their affinity for horror anthologies continued in 1995 with the less satisfying but interesting
, reuniting them with hansen . here ' s hoping they step behind the camera again , as these guys could easily become the amicus of our digital video generation .
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a group of teens entertain themselves by telling an anthology of famous urban legends with a modern twist ; including make - out - point , monsters , psychopaths , and ghosts .
hotel transylvania 3 : summer vacation stars plan their dream summer getaways to some memorable movie settings .
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horror anthology about a college professor ( zada ) teaching a course called
the psychology of fear
. he brings his students ( including psychic mcwhirter ) to his home , one dark and stormy . . . see full summary »
three short stories in the horror genre : the first about a serial killer , the second about a hair transplant gone wrong , and the third about a baseball player .
the new kid in town stumbles across something sinister about the town ' s method of transforming its unruly teens into upstanding citizens .
in
the locket
segment as scott walks around the foot of the bed to look out the window , he goes from wearing boxers , to jeans , then back to boxers again .
: he ' s dancing ? okay , he ' s not dancing , he ' s uh , rowing ? no , he ' s , he ' s boxing , he ' s boxing ? your dad ' s not a boxer is he ? okay . . . he ' s horseback riding ! he ' s a horseback rider .
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ten teenagers party at an abandoned funeral parlor on halloween night . when an evil force awakens , demonic spirits keep them from leaving and turn their gathering into a living hell .
two teens on their way to a backwoods party come across a beautiful young woman having car trouble . their search for help only gets them lost , deep in the woods , where they meet forest . . . see full summary »
a teenage girl begins receiving black magic power through an antique mirror that drips blood , not realizing the mirror is controlled by demonic forces .
young co - eds are being dismembered by a mysterious murderer on a college campus . the killer is attempting to put together a human jigsaw puzzle made from body parts .
a demonic force has chosen freddy krueger as its portal to the real world . can heather langenkamp play the part of nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world ?
at a carnival , two teenagers go to an exhibit to hear the stories of the freaks on display .
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a teen - age girl is babysitting in a big house at the end of the block . after putting the baby to sleep , she settles in on the couch to watch some tv . she turns on a sitcom and watches an overweight man in his forties talk with a thin , beautiful young woman in a kitchen . another young woman enters . the man bites into a sandwich and dribbles mustard on his shirt , and the women roll their eyes . the audience laughs .
just then , the babysitter starts to feel uneasy . something ' s wrong , but she can ' t put her finger on it .
suddenly , she hears a creak behind her , and the sound of someone panting .
at that moment , the realization hits her and she screams : the thin young women on the tv are the schlubby guy ' s wife and daughter .
adrenalin takes over . she doesn ' t have time to think . the girl rushes toward the door—just as a masked man jumps out from behind the couch and starts chasing her .
somebody , help ! help me understand why the heavyset man doesn ' t have an age - appropriate partner !
the babysitter screams .
the masked man is quick—he grabs her and raises a long butcher ' s knife high in the air . as she looks up at the gleaming blade , her heart nearly stops .
in the reflection in the metal , she sees that the wife is yelling at the husband for eating her last luna bar , which , she explains , is a nutritional snack for women . the husband appears panicked and asks if the bar could turn him gay .
the babysitter lunges for the knife , wrenches it away from the masked man , and stabs her own eyes until she is blind , and dead .
the psychopath then saws off her limbs as the big man on the tv breaks his wife ' s mini exercise trampoline while jumping to get a glimpse of his hot neighbor sunbathing .
a couple is driving on the highway when they see a girl in a fifties - style prom dress walking along the side of the road . the girl waves them down , and they pull up beside her .
please , would you take me to 33 sycamore lane ?
the girl asks .
that ' s where billy lives , and he ' s been waiting for me all night .
there ' s something kind of off about the girl , something sad about her eyes , but the couple says sure , and she gets in the back seat .
they drive through heavy mist to sycamore lane , and finally reach no . 33 . but , when they turn to say goodbye to the hitchhiker , they are stunned to find that the back seat is empty .
and you know what ' s even crazier ?
he adds .
she wasn ' t even thin enough to be kevin james ' s wife in a network sitcom .
the girl is shocked .
but she was totally thin . she was maybe five feet four , a hundred and thirty pounds .
the guy just shakes his head .
you ' re living in a fucking dream world .
as the mist clears , their headlights illuminate a small cemetery beside the house . they drive up to it and read the twin headstones closest to the road :
here lies billy dunlap , 1935 - 1952 , and elizabeth reynolds , 1935 - 1952 . engaged to be married , died tragically in an automobile accident .
the hair on the backs of their necks stands up as they turn to each other and realize that “king of queens” had almost fourteen million viewers for the season - four finale , on may 20 , 2002 .
it ' s the end of a long day at the office , and a woman waits alone for the elevator . when it finally arrives , the doors open to reveal a crowd of people . the group is eerily silent , and their faces are shrouded in shadow . an elevator operator stands near the door , smiling .
but the woman gets a bad feeling about the man and the elevator , so she shakes her head and takes the stairs .
only years later does she learn that there was once a fire in the building and a group of people got stuck in the elevator and died there . legend has it that they ' ve been doomed to ride the elevator ever since .
legend also has it that kevin james was paid four hundred thousand dollars per episode of
king of queens
starting in 2001 , but leah remini reached that salary only after strenuous negotiations in the show’s eighth and final season .
folks say that , if you listen closely , you can still hear the laugh track .
jen spyra , a former senior writer for the onion , is a staff writer for “the late show with stephen colbert . ”
now , i know that you want the proposal to be a surprise , which is adorable . i ' ll just say that i think presentation is important .
women will walk down the street and tell young men to frown , everyone will always know what phase the moon is in , and others .
an image in a government briefing book helped a state department official see “the forest for the trees” in the west bank—and then was shared with the president .
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a young girl named lisa often had to spend time alone at home at night , as her parents worked late . they bought her a dog to keep her company and protect her .
one night lisa was awakened by a dripping sound . she got up and went to the kitchen to turn off the tap properly . as she was getting back into the bed she stuck her hand under the bed , and the dog licked it .
the dripping sound continued , so she went to the bathroom and made sure the tap was turned off there , too . she went back to her bedroom and stuck her hand under the bed , and the dog licked it again .
but the dripping continued , so she went outside and turned off all the faucets out there . she came back to bed , stuck her hand under it , and the dog licked it again .
the dripping continued : drip , drip , drip . this time she listened and located the source of the dripping — it was coming from her closet ! she opened the closet door , and there found her poor dog hanging upside down with its neck cut . written on the window on the inside of the cupboard was ,
humans can lick , too ! ! !
one night a woman went out for drinks with her girlfriends . she left the bar fairly late at night , got in her car and onto the deserted highway . she noticed a lone pair of headlights in her rear - view mirror , approaching at a pace just slightly quicker than hers . as the car pulled up behind her she glanced and saw the turn signal on—the car was going to pass—when suddenly it swerved back behind her , pulled up dangerously close to her tailgate and the brights flashed .
now she was getting nervous . the lights dimmed for a moment and then the brights came back on and the car behind her surged forward . the frightened woman struggled to keep her eyes on the road and fought the urge to look at the car behind her . finally , her exit approached but the car continued to follow , flashing the brights periodically .
through every stoplight and turn , it followed her until she pulled into her driveway . she figured her only hope was to make a mad dash into the house and call the police . as she flew from the car , so did the driver of the car behind her—and he screamed ,
lock the door and call the police ! call 911 !
when the police arrived the horrible truth was finally revealed to the woman . the man in the car had been trying to save her . as he pulled up behind her and his headlights illuminated her car , he saw the silhouette of a man with a butcher knife rising up from the back seat to stab her , so he flashed his brights and the figure crouched back down .
two dormmates in college were in the same science class . the teacher had just reminded them about the midterm the next day when one dormmate— let ' s call her julie—got asked to this big bash by the hottest guy in school . the other dormmate , meg , had pretty much no interest in going and , being a diligent student , she took notes on what the midterm was about . after the entire period of flirting with her date , julie was totally unprepared for her test , while meg was completely prepared for a major study date with her books .
at the end of the day , julie spent hours getting ready for the party while meg started studying . julie tried to get meg to go , but she was insistent that she would study and pass the test . the girls were rather close and julie didn ' t like leaving meg alone to be bored while she was out having a blast . julie finally gave up , using the excuse that she would cram in homeroom the next day .
julie went to the party and had the time of her life with her date . she headed back to the dorm around 2 a . m . and decided not to wake meg . she went to bed nervous about the midterm and decided she would wake up early to ask meg for help .
she woke up and went to wake meg . meg was lying on her stomach , apparently sound asleep . julie rolled meg over to reveal meg ' s terrified face . julie , concerned , turned on the desk lamp . meg ' s study stuff was still open and had blood all over it . meg had been slaughtered . julie , in horror , fell to the floor and looked up to see , written on the wall in meg ' s blood :
aren ' t you glad you didn ' t turn on the light ?
my great , great grandmother , ill for quite some time , finally passed away after lying in a coma for several days . my great - great grandfather was devastated beyond belief , as she was his one true love and they had been married over 50 years . they were married so long it seemed as if they knew each other ' s innermost thoughts .
after the doctor pronounced her dead , my great - great grandfather insisted that she was not . they had to literally pry him away from his wife ' s body so they could ready her for burial .
now , back in those days they had backyard burial plots and did not drain the body of its fluids . they simply prepared a proper coffin and committed the body ( in its coffin ) to its permanent resting place . throughout this process , my great - great grandfather protested so fiercely that he had to be sedated and put to bed . his wife was buried and that was that .
that night he woke to a horrific vision of his wife hysterically trying to scratch her way out of the coffin . he phoned the doctor immediately and begged to have his wife ' s body exhumed . the doctor refused , but my great - great grandfather had this nightmare every night for a week , each time frantically begging to have his wife removed from the grave .
finally the doctor gave in and , together with local authorities , exhumed the body . the coffin was pried open and to everyone ' s horror and amazement , my great - great grandmother ' s nails were bent back and there were bloody scratch - marks on the inside of the coffin .
a teenage boy drove his date to a dark and deserted lovers ' lane for a make - out session . after turning on the radio for mood music , he leaned over and began kissing the girl .
a short while later , the music suddenly stopped and an announcer ' s voice came on , warning in an urgent tone that a convicted murderer had just escaped from the state insane asylum — which happened to be located not far from lovers ' lane — and that anyone who noticed a strange man lurking about with a hook in place of his right hand should immediately report his whereabouts to the police .
the girl became frightened and asked to be taken home . the boy , feeling bold , locked all the doors instead and , assuring his date they would be safe , attempted to kiss her again . she became frantic and pushed him away , insisting that they leave . relenting , the boy peevishly jerked the car into gear and spun its wheels as he pulled out of the parking space .
when they arrived at the girl ' s house she got out of the car , and , reaching to close the door , began to scream uncontrollably . the boy ran to her side to see what was wrong and there , dangling from the door handle , was a bloody hook !
so - and - so ' s friend , a girl in her teens , is babysitting for a family in newport beach , ca . the family is wealthy and has a very large house—you know the sort , with a ridiculous amount of rooms . anyways , the parents are going out for a late dinner / movie . the father tells the babysitter that once the children are in bed she should go into this specific room ( he doesn ' t really want her wandering around the house ) and watch tv there .
the parents take off and soon she gets the kids into bed and goes to the room to watch tv . she tries watching tv , but she is disturbed by a clown statue in the corner of the room . she tries to ignore it for as long as possible , but it starts freaking her out so much that she can ' t handle it .
she resorts to calling the father and asks ,
hey , the kids are in bed , but is it okay if i switch rooms ? this clown statue is really creeping me out .
the father says seriously ,
get the kids , go next door and call 911 .
he responds ,
just go next door and once you call the police , call me back .
she gets the kids , goes next door , and calls the police . when the police are on the way , she calls the father back and asks ,
so , really , what ' s going on ?
he responds ,
we don ' t have a clown statue .
he then further explains that the children have been complaining about a clown watching them as they sleep . he and his wife had just blown it off , assuming that they were having nightmares .
the police arrive and apprehend the
clown ,
who turns out to be a midget . a midget clown ! i guess he was some homeless person dressed as a clown , who somehow got into the house and had been living there for several weeks . he would come into the kids ' rooms at nights and watch them while they slept . as the house was so large , he was able to avoid detection , surviving off their food , etc . he had been in the tv room right before the babysitter right came in there . when she entered he didn ' t have enough time to hide , so he just froze in place and pretended to be a statue .
a girl and her boyfriend are making out in his car . they had parked in the woods so no one would see them . when they were done , the boy got out to pee and the girl waited for him in the safety of the car .
after waiting five minutes , the girl got out of the car to look for her boyfriend . suddenly , she sees a man in the shadows . scared , she gets back in the car to drive away , when she hears a very faint squeak . . . squeak . . . squeak . . .
this continued a few seconds until the girl decided she had no choice but to drive off . she hit the gas as hard as possible but couldn ' t go anywhere , because someone had tied a rope from the bumper of the car to a nearby tree .
well , the girl slams on the gas again and then hears a loud scream . she gets out of the car and realizes that her boyfriend is hanging from the tree . the squeaky noises were his shoes slightly scraping across the top of the car ! ! !
my cousin and his wife lived in sydney with this huge doberman in a little apartment off maroubra road . one night they went out for dinner and a spot of clubbing . by the time they got home it was late and my cousin was more than a little drunk . they got in the door and were greeted by the dog choking to death in the loungeroom .
my cousin just fainted , but his wife rang the veterinarian , who was an old family friend of hers , and got her to agree to meet her at the surgery . the wife drives over and drops off the dog , but decides that she ' d better go home and get her hubby into bed .
she gets home and finally slaps my cousin into consciousness , but he ' s still drunk . it takes her almost half an hour to get him up the stairs , and then the phone rings . she ' s tempted to just leave it , but she decides that it must be important or they wouldn ' t be ringing that late at night . as soon as she picks up the phone , she hears the vet ' s voice screaming out :
thank god i got you in time ! leave the house ! now ! no time to explain !
then the vet hangs up .
because she ' s such an old family friend , the wife trusts her , and so she starts getting the hubby down the stairs and out of the house . by the time they ' ve made it all the way out , the police are outside . they rush up the front stairs past the couple and into the house , but my cousin ' s wife still doesn ' t have a clue what ' s going on .
have they got who ?
says the wife , starting to get really pissed off .
well , i found out what the dog was choking on – it was a human finger .
just then the police drag out a dirty , stubbly man who is bleeding profusely from one hand .
hey sarge ,
one of them yells .
we found him in the bedroom .
something terrible happened to a 10 - year - old girl who had braids . the little girl had been wearing her braids in a ponytail for the longest time , and apparently the braids were old , at least 2 to 3 months old , and the mother never took them down to wash them or let them air out or anything .
anyway , the girl had been complaining to her mother about having a headache for about two weeks , but her mother just brushed it off , assuming that she had hit her head against the wall or something . well , one morning the child again complained to her mother about having a headache while getting ready for school . again , the mother brushed her off . when the child got to school , she told her teacher that her head was hurting . the teacher assumed that the braids were too tight in the child ' s hair and attempted to let the ponytail down . when she removed the hair piece and let the braids loose , there was a spider in the child ' s hair .
the spider had laid eggs in the child ' s hair and the spiders were eating her scalp . she was rushed to the hospital , where she later died .
this happened in monroe , la . it was all over the news and in the papers for about a week or so . please , parents , don ' t leave braids or any kind of hair extensions in children ' s ( or your own ) hair — no more than 2 - 3 weeks !
back in ' 75 a young couple , both 18 , decided to get married right after high school . the father of the bride lived in palm beach in a mansion and was able to afford a big wedding for them . to make a long story short , they got married and the wedding was beautiful .
after the wedding they had a big reception in an old building and everyone got pretty drunk . when there were only about 20 people left , the groom decided that they should play hide - and - seek . everyone agreed and the groom was
it .
they all went and hid and the game went on .
after about 20 minutes everyone had been found except the bride . everyone looked everywhere and tore the whole place apart looking for her . after a few hours the groom was furious , thinking the bride was playing a terrible trick . eventually , everyone went home .
a few weeks later the groom , having placed a missing persons report , gave up looking for her . heartbroken , he tried to go on with his life .
three years later a little old woman was cleaning the place up . she happened to be in the attic and saw an old trunk . she dusted it off , and , out of curiosity , opened it . she screamed at the top of her lungs , ran out of the building and called the police .
apparently , the bride had decided to hide in the trunk for the game of hide - and - seek . when she sat down , the lid fell , knocking her unconscious and locking her inside . she suffocated after a day or so . when the woman found her , she was rotting , her mouth in the shape of a scream .