Peter James

Horror filmmaker, writer & producer. I create my own stuff. DM if interested collaborating current Horror films.

[Peter James @PeterJames16599]

me, my work on my film Cannibal Witches from Hell

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

MITCH HEDBERG left us way too early.

[𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐬 @CinemaCrimes]

BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
John Carpenter | 1986

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

Shooting Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey must have been a breeze compared to Ulysses (1954), a production nightmare of clashing egos, language barriers, and literal natural disasters. It was so chaotic that it helped inspire Alberto Moravia’s novel Il Disprezzo (Contempt), later adapted into Jean‑Luc Godard’s 1963 New Wave classic Le Mépris... erm, also Contempt

Producers, seven different writers, and star Kirk Douglas fought constantly for creative control. The tug‑of‑war caused wild tonal swings, turning the film into a strange cocktail of high‑art wannabe historical epic one minute, pulp fantasy monster movie the next.

It also had a revolving door of directors. G.W. Pabst quit because he refused to shoot in 3D. Mario Camerini, best known for lighter 1930s comedies, buckled under the production's scale... and the lack of laughs. So cinematographer Mario Bava (later the “Master of Italian Horror” behind Black Sunday) secretly stepped in to co‑direct major fantasy set pieces, like this Cyclops sequence, entirely uncredited.

Because it was an Italian production, Douglas was surrounded by Italian actors speaking Italian... for obvious reasons. Douglas delivered his lines in English; his co‑stars replied in rapid Italian he couldn’t understand. He had to rely on physical cues and memorised script translations just to know when it was his turn to open his mouth. It was later dubbed into English so badly that even Douglas' mouth is out of sync.

The film was meant for 3D, requiring special cameras that caused weeks of technical delays and drove the cast up the wall; then the producers decided 3D was a passing fad and just abandoned it halfway through production... just like that. So Italian.

Oh, and then an earthquake hit. When the crew went to shoot on Ithaca, Ulysses’ legendary home island, a major quake devastated the area, wrecked infrastructure, and forced the production back to mainland studio sets. Which I’m sure had absolutely nothing to do with Zeus.

Despite all of this, Ulysses became Italy’s highest‑grossing film of the 1954–55 season, selling 13.1M+ tickets in Italy alone. Made for roughly 500 million lire ($800,000... the equivalent of Nolan's catering bill), it earned around 1.8 billion lire domestically, and it’s still the 15th most‑watched Italian film of all time.

Ulysses is proof that if you get an American who doesn’t speak Italian, an Italian who doesn’t speak English, a director who doesn't do fantasy, and an actual earthquake together in a room, you don't get a disaster; you get the 15th most-watched film in Italian history.

[Best Indie Games @clemmygames]

Pilot the mighty ZeroBot to save the world from rampaging AI-driven machines in this top-down shooter.

This is Oh! Robot: Legendary Mechanic. Would you play this?

[Peter James @PeterJames16599]

my favorite

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Walt Disney’s
THE BLACK CAULDRON
Ted Berman, Richard Rich | 1985

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Walt Disney’s
THE BLACK CAULDRON
Ted Berman, Richard Rich | 1985

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:

“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

“There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

“If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice!

“Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”

[ramagazzi @ramagazzi]

Quentin Tarantino admits he was writing Django Unchained specifically for Christoph Waltz — and Jamie Foxx reveals Waltz often didn't know his lines

“But you look at Django — only person got nominated was Kristoff. Dr. Schultz. I was writing for Kristoff. It wasn't by accident that the dentist happened to be German.”

"It wasn't by accident that the the dentist happened to be German. You wanna talk about amazing? He wouldn't even know his lines.. 'Calm yourselves gentlemen, I am but a weary traveller.. -line"

“Quinton told me something that was amazing. He says, 'I don't need all of the lines. I need the line.'”

[Ned Middles @NedMiddles1]

In memory of Bonnie Tyler, here's the best use of HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO in a movie. It's in a lot of movies, but there's only one SHORT CIRCUIT 2.

[ToyCollector_73 @ToyCollector_73]

Does He-Man ever actually use his sword to strike down the baddies?

#mastersoftheuniverse

[CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 @CBSSunday]

J.K. Simmons, who played J. Jonah Jameson in six of the “Spider-Man” films, recalls how friends urged him to ask director Sam Raimi for a role in the 2002 movie, but he never did because he didn't like asking for parts.

As it turned out, Raimi had already envisioned him as the iconic publisher of the Daily Bugle: "Thank you, Sam Raimi." #SpiderMan https://t.co/vc8GTBRfaZ

[IMX @IMX_doomer]

AND ALSO, ON THIS DAY (July 9, but 1985); the man, myth and legend himself Mick Gordon was born! Composer for both DOOM 2016 and DOOM Eternal

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICK!!!

#gaming #DOOM #videogames

[Peter James @PeterJames16599]

@PlayStationPark Still own my copy, one of the best games in my collection

[Dead Wrong History @deadwronghist]

A student asked George Carlin in 2004 what still gave him hope. He said he didn't see a way out for the human species.

[Peter James @PeterJames16599]

@FreddyInSpace 100%

[Peter James @PeterJames16599]

@SebMcKinnon @ysnkhll reminds me of this book

[Peter James @PeterJames16599]

@KevinLamb74 @osgamer74 That's a good point but I still like Dizzy, she really loved Rico. Though I'd rather be a T-Rex than get my brain sucked out.

[🖤 Buy Physical Media 🖤 @VHSDVDBLURAY4K]

Coming to 4K UHD in December

Kokuho (2025)

[Let’s Talk Godzilla @GodzillaLets]

This scene from Darkman might be the single most unhinged minute in Sam Raimi’s’ entire filmography and it’s all the more amazing for it.

[Andrew Gilmour @MrAwolf]

Old Horrors emerge
Slain2
#indiedev
#pixelartㅤㅤㅤㅤ