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Betty White Gave Us One of Horror’s Most Beloved Villains in ‘Lake Placid’

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Betty White is a treasure. Her work on Golden Girls alone was substantial and a blaring bright spot. The comedian had always managed to bring levity and light to each of her roles. She was one of those actresses that made films or TV series’ better just by her addition. Director, Steve Miner’s animals attack horror outing, Lake Placid was an enormous hit in 1999. While, it was filled with stars like Oliver Platt, Bill Pullman and Bridget Fonda, the real shining star of the whole film was definitely White’s innocuous chracter.

If you recall, Lake Placid was about a rogue killer alligator that was making folks disappear all around Black Lake. Everything about the gator and the disappearances are unprecedented. While investigating the ordeal one of the lake’s residents is introduced – an old-fashioned, sweet old lady, Mrs. Delores Bickerman.

Of course, Bickerman is only acting old-fashioned and sweet. She is harboring a gigantic secret in the form of a behemoth of a killer alligator. It turns out that lil’ old Mrs. Bickerman has been keeping the gator fed by blindfolding poor moo-cows and leading them toward the giant hungry beast. Since, the gator has been fed really well its entire life, it has grown to record size with a substantial appetite.

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Bickerman is later revealed to be a little bit murdery. Possibly due to empty nest fallout, she has gone a little bit batty. It turns out that Bickerman hasn’t just fed cows to the gators. Hint-hint, she has fed the gator a bit more man-sized.

White shines through in her role as Bickerman. Every part of her personality is present. The sweet side, with the prickly and naughty side that she was famous for in her early comedy. She steals the show. Not an easy task considering the film is filled with stars and a giant gator to boot. White also totally made audiences gasp and heartily laugh when her true character is revealed and she lets loose a volley of curse words. Something about seeing old women curse like a sailor has always been hilarious and beyond entertaining.

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White’s character even goes out on a huge note. She is eventually eaten by the gator that she fed all those years. Its a bittersweet ending to a character that fans loved to death.

Lake Placid is a film that manages to hold up. There are a lot of 90’s films that do not hold up, but this one does. In particularly, White’s character holds up and is almost a bigger treasure than it was during its release. White’s Bickerman has aged like wine. A wine that curses like a sailor and feeds gators the goods.

White’s body of work was entirely entertaining and constantly hilarious. A body of work that raised the bar on everything she did. Lake Placid was a better film due to Delores Bickerman. I truly believe like a lot of other films that White graced with her presence, stood out and became more than the sum of their parts simply due to her and her smile.

Betty White may be gone, but her incredible film and TV work is still here for us to laugh and cry to. I suggest by starting with Lake Placid everything White does in the venture into gore and horror was substantial. Long live Mrs. Delores Bickerman.

Its a perfect time to revisit Lake Placid. Order your copy right here.

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Watch ‘The Burning’ At The Location Where It Was Filmed

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Fangoria is reporting that fans of the 1981 slasher The Burning will be able to have a screening of the film at the location where it was filmed. The movie is set at Camp Blackfoot which is actually the Stonehaven Nature Preserve in Ransomville, New York.

This ticketed event will take place on August 3. Guests will be able to take a tour of the grounds as well as enjoy some campfire snacks along with the screening of The Burning.

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The film came out in the early ’80s when teen slashers were being churned out in magnum force. Thanks to Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th, filmmakers wanted to get in on the low-budget, high-profit movie market and a casket load of these types of films were produced, some better than others.

The Burning is one of the good ones, mostly because of the special effects from Tom Savini who had just come off of his groundbreaking work on Dawn of the Dead and Friday the 13th. He declined to do the sequel because of its illogical premise and instead signed on to do this movie. Also, a young Jason Alexander who would later go on to play George in Seinfeld is a featured player.

Because of its practical gore, The Burning had to be heavily edited before it received an R-rating. The MPAA was under the thumb of protest groups and political bigwigs to censor violent films at the time because slashers were just so graphic and detailed in their gore.

Tickets are $50, and if you want a special t-shirt, that will cost you another $25, You can get all the information by visiting the On Set Cinema webpage.

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‘Longlegs’ Creepy “Part 2” Teaser Appears on Instagram

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Neon Films released an Insta-teaser for their horror film Longlegs today. Titled Dirty: Part 2, the clip only furthers the mystery of what we are in for when this movie is finally released on July 12.

The official logline is: FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.

Directed by former actor Oz Perkins who also gave us The Blackcoat’s Daughter and Gretel & Hansel, Longlegs is already creating buzz with its moody images and cryptic hints. The film is rated R for bloody violence, and disturbing images.

Longlegs stars Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe, and Alicia Witt.

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Exclusive Sneak Peek: Eli Roth and Crypt TV’s VR Series ‘The Faceless Lady’ Episode Five

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Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) and Crypt TV are knocking it out of the park with their new VR show, The Faceless Lady. For those unaware, this is the first fully scripted VR horror show on the market.

Even for masters of horror like Eli Roth and Crypt TV, this is a monumental undertaking. However, if I trust anyone to change the way that we experience horror, it would be these two legends.

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Ripped from the pages of Irish folklore, The Faceless Lady tells the story of a tragic spirit cursed to wander the halls of her castle for all of eternity. However, when three young couples are invited to the castle for a series of games, their fates may soon change.

So far, the story has provided horror fans with a gripping game of life or death that doesn’t look as if it will slow down in episode five. Luckily, we have an exclusive clip that may be able to satiate your appetites until the new premiere.

Airing on 4/25 at 5pmPT/8pmET, episode five follows our final three contestants in this wicked game. As the stakes are raised ever higher, will Ella be able to fully awaken her connection with Lady Margaret?

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The newest episode can be found on Meta Quest TV. If you haven’t already, follow this link to subscribe to the series. Make sure to check out the new clip below.

Eli Roth Present’s THE FACELESS LADY S1E5 Clip: THE DUEL – YouTube

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