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'''Horror films''' are [[movie]]s that strive to elicit [[fear]], [[horror and terror]] responses from viewers. In horror film plots, [[evil]] forces, events, or characters, sometimes of [[supernatural]] origin, intrude into the everyday world. Horror movies usually include a central villain. Early horror films often drew inspiration from characters and stories from classic literature, such as [[Dracula]], [[Frankenstein]], [[The Mummy]], [[The Wolf Man (1941 film)|The Wolf Man]], [[Phantom of the Opera]] and [[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]. Later horror films, in contrast, often drew inspiration from the insecurities of life after [[World War II]], giving rise to the three distinct, but related, sub-genres: the [[horror-of-personality]] film, the horror-of-[[Armageddon]] film, and the [[horror-of-demonic|horror-of-the-demonic]] film. The last sub-genre may be seen as a modernized transition from the earliest horror films, expanding on their emphasis on supernatural agents that bring horror to the world.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dark Dreams: A Psychological History of the Modern Horror Film |last= Derry |first= Charles |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 1977 |publisher= Macfarland |location= |isbn= |pages= }}</ref>
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Horror films have been criticized for their graphic violence and dismissed as low budget [[B-movies]] and [[exploitation film|exploitation]] films. Nonetheless, all the major studios and many respected [[film director|director]]s, including [[Alfred Hitchcock]], [[Roman Polanski]], [[Stanley Kubrick]], [[Francis Ford Coppola]], and [[George Romero]] have made forays into the genre. Serious critics have analyzed horror films through the prisms of [[genre theory]] and the [[auteur theory]]. Some horror films incorporate elements of other genres such as [[science fiction films|science fiction]], [[fantasy film|fantasy]], [[mockumentary]], [[black comedy]], and [[thriller film|thriller]]s.


I tagged it for re-creation of deleted material. [[User:Undead warrior|Undead Warrior]] ([[User talk:Undead warrior|talk]]) 05:05, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
== History ==
:The order of tags on a page has no meaning to it. It doesn't matter about the order you put them in. [[User:Undead warrior|Undead Warrior]] ([[User talk:Undead warrior|talk]]) 05:47, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
===1890s-1920s===
[[Image:Lon chaney sr.JPG|thumb|right|[[Lon Chaney, Sr.]] in ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'']]
The first depictions of supernatural events appear in several of the silent shorts created by film pioneers such as [[Georges Méliès]] in the late 1890s, the most notable being his 1896 ''[[Le Manoir du diable]]'' (aka "The House of the Devil") which is sometimes credited as being the first horror film<ref name=truorg/>. Another of his horror projects was 1898's ''La Caverne maudite'' (aka "The Cave of the Demons", literally "the accursed cave"). <ref name=truorg>[http://pages.emerson.edu/organizations/fas/latent_image/issues/1990-05/horror.htm The True Origin of the Horror Film<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
[[Cinema of Japan|Japan]] made early forays into the horror genre with ''[[Cinema of Japan|Bake Jizo]]'' and ''[[Cinema of Japan|Shinin no Sosei]]'', both made in [[1898 in film|1898]].<ref>[http://www.seekjapan.jp/article-1/765/J-Horror:+An+Alternative+Guide Seek Japan :: J-Horror: An Alternative Guide<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In [[1910 in film|1910]], [[Edison Studios]] produced the first film version of [[Frankenstein (1910 film)|Frankenstein]], thought [[Lost film|lost]] for many years, film collector Alois Felix Dettlaff Sr. found a copy and had a [[1993 in film|1993]] rerelease.<ref>[http://www.filmbuffonline.com/Features/EdisonsFrankenstein1.htm Edison's Frankenstein<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


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The early 20th century brought more milestones for the horror genre including the first monster to appear in a full-length horror film, [[Quasimodo]], the hunchback of Notre-Dame who had appeared in [[Victor Hugo]]'s novel, "[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Notre-Dame de Paris]]" (published in 1831). Films featuring Quasimodo included [[Alice Guy]]'s ''Esmeralda'' (1906), ''The Hunchback'' (1909), ''The Love of a Hunchback'' (1910) and ''Notre-Dame de Paris'' (1911). <ref>[http://www.moria.co.nz/horror/hunchback39.htm The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)- Moria The Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Review<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Many of the earliest feature length 'horror films' were created by [[Cinema of Germany|German]] film makers in 1910s and 1920s, during the era of [[German Expressionism|German Expressionist]] films. Many of these films would significantly influence later [[Hollywood]] films. [[Paul Wegener]]'s ''[[The Golem (1915 film)|The Golem]]'' (1915) was seminal; in 1920 [[Robert Wiene]]'s ''[[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920 film)|The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]'', with its [[Expressionism|Expressionist]] style, would influence film-makers from [[Orson Welles]] to [[Tim Burton]] and many more for decades. The era also produced the first vampire-themed feature, [[F. W. Murnau]]'s ''[[Nosferatu]]'' (1922), an unauthorized adaptation of [[Bram Stoker|Bram Stoker's]] ''[[Dracula]]''. <ref>http://silentmoviemonsters.tripod.com/germanexpressionism.html</ref>


Do you know what to do about an inappropriate userpage/username? See [[User:Lickable69]].... --[[User:Crusio|Crusio]] ([[User talk:Crusio|talk]]) 23:19, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Early [[Hollywood]] dramas dabbled in horror themes, including versions of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (1923) and ''[[The Monster (1925 film)|The Monster]]'' (1925) (both starring [[Lon Chaney, Sr.]], the first [[United States|American]] horror [[movie star]]). His most famous role, however, was in ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (1925), perhaps the true predecessor of [[Universal Horror|Universal's famous horror series]]. <ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/horrorfilms.html Horror Films<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
::Already addressed. Wow, my first inappropriate username hardblock. I am really moving up in the admin world! :-) [[User:Risker|Risker]] ([[User talk:Risker|talk]]) 00:28, 6 September 2008 (UTC)


=== 1930s-1940s ===
== FYI ==
[[Image:Frankenstein Karloff.jpg|left|thumb|260px|Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster]]It was in the early 1930s that [[United States|American]] [[Movie studio|film producers]], particularly [[Universal Studios|Universal Pictures Co. Inc.]], popularized the horror film, bringing to the screen a series of successful [[Gothic novel|Gothic]] features including ''[[Dracula (1931 film)|Dracula]]'' (1931), and ''[[The Mummy (1932 film)|The Mummy]]'' (1932), some of which blended [[science fiction film]]s with Gothic horror, such as [[James Whale]]'s ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]'' (1931) and ''[[The Invisible Man (movie)|The Invisible Man]]'' (1933). Tod Browning, director of Dracula, also made the extremely controversial ''[[Freaks (film)|Freaks]]'' based on [[Spurs (short story)|Spurs]] by Ted Robbins. Browning's film about a band of circus freaks was so controversial the studio burned about 30 minutes and disowned it. These films, while designed to thrill, also incorporated more serious elements, and were influenced by the German expressionist films of the 1920s. Some actors began to build entire careers in such films, most notably [[Boris Karloff]] and [[Bela Lugosi]]. The iconic make-up designs were then created by Universal Studios, [[Jack Pierce]].


[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of German-speaking photographers in the Americas]] - closed early as a [[WP:SNOW]] delete. Geez, and I didn't even have a chance to !vote. [[User:Risker|Risker]] ([[User talk:Risker|talk]]) 03:11, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
In 1931, Fritz Lang released his epic thriller [[M (1931 film)|M]], which chillingly told the story of a [[serial killer]] of children, played by [[Peter Lorre]].


:Double dittos, Risker! (Yes, with the prospect of seven years of a "hockey mom" at the helm of the Free World, I must learn to talk like Rush Limbaugh.) To think of all the time I wasted on that bizarre article and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Undelete&target=Talk%3AList_of_German-speaking_photographers_in_the_Americas&timestamp=20080814201704 its lengthy talk page]. -- [[User:Hoary|Hoary]] ([[User talk:Hoary#top|talk]]) 03:48, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Other studios of the day had less spectacular success, but [[Rouben Mamoulian]]'s ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]], 1931) and [[Michael Curtiz]]'s ''[[Mystery of the Wax Museum]]'' ([[Warner Brothers]], 1933) were both important horror films.


== For you ==
Universal's horror films continued into the 1940s with ''[[The Wolf Man (1941 film)|The Wolf Man]]'' 1941, not the first [[werewolf]] film, but certainly the most influential. Throughout the decade Universal also continued to produce more sequels in the ''[[Frankenstein]]'' series, as well as a number of films teaming up several of their monsters. Also in that decade, [[Val Lewton]] would produce atmospheric [[B-movie|B-pictures]] for [[RKO Pictures]], including ''[[Cat People (1942 film)|Cat People]]'' (1942), ''[[I Walked with a Zombie]]'' (1943) and ''[[The Body Snatcher (film)|The Body Snatcher]]'' (1945).


I offer [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joe Sernio (2nd nomination)]]. [[User:Gwen Gale|Gwen Gale]] ([[User talk:Gwen Gale|talk]]) 10:59, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
The first horror film produced by an [[Cinema of India|Indian film industry]] was ''[[Mahal (1949 film)|Mahal]]'', a 1949 [[Bollywood|Hindi film]]. It was a supernatural thriller and the earliest known film dealing with the theme of [[reincarnation]].


== Why are you so bitter and jealous of Stephanie Adams? ==
=== 1950s-1960s ===
<!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: [[Image:Bateshower.jpg|The shadowy mother figure from the famous shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's ''[[Psycho (film)|Psycho]]''.|thumb|right|275px]] -->With the dramatic advances in technology that occurred in the 1950s, the tone of horror films shifted away from the gothic towards concerns more relevant to the late-Century audience. The horror film was seen to sever into three sub-genres: the [[horror-of-personality]] film, the [[horror-of-demonic|horror-of-the-demonic]] film.<ref name="autogenerated1"> Charles Derry, ''Dark Dreams: A Psychological History of the Modern Horror Film''; A S Barnes & Co, 1977.</ref> A stream of low-budget productions featured humanity overcoming threats from "outside": [[alien invasion]]s and deadly [[mutation]]s to people, plants, and insects, most notably in films imported from Japan, where society had had a first taste of nuclear power. In some cases, when Hollywood co-opted the popularity of the horror film, the directors and producers found ample opportunity for audience exploitation, with gimmicks such as [[3-D film|3-D]] and "Percepto" (producer [[William Castle]]'s pseudo-electric-shock technique used for 1959's ''[[The Tingler]]''). The more sensitive directors of horror films of this period, including ''[[The Thing from Another World]]'' (1951; attributed on screen to [[Christian Nyby]] but widely considered to be the work of [[Howard Hawks]]) and [[Don Siegel]]'s ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' (1956) managed to channel the [[paranoia]] of the [[Cold War]] into atmospheric creepiness without resorting to direct exploitation of the events of the day. Filmmakers would continue to merge elements of science fiction and horror over the following decades. <ref>http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0412/is_1_29/ai_73036226</ref> One of the most notable films of the era was 1957's ''[[The Incredible Shrinking Man]]'', from [[Richard Matheson]]'s [[existentialist]] novel. While more of a "science-fiction" story, the film conveyed the fears of living in the "[[Atomic Age]]" and the terror of [[social alienation]].
[[Image:Thethingfromanotherworld.jpg|thumb|left|Original poster for ''[[The Thing from Another World]]''.]]


Actually, I already read your nasty comments about this celebrity (or as you oddly put it, "sleb") in the past. You don't even know her, so why are you so upset by her? Did you date someone who looked like her in the past and got burnt? Seriously sweetie, bitterness and pent up repressions are no place for editing on wikipedia or anyone else if you're somewhat of a professional. Bu then again, that's probably why we are all here wasting time as unknown editiors, rather than writing for noteworthy publications in the real world. No offense, but I had to make a note of this. Good Luck. [[Special:Contributions/71.167.227.11|71.167.227.11]] ([[User talk:71.167.227.11|talk]]) 12:22, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
The late 1950s and early 1960s saw the rise of production companies focused on producing horror films, including the [[United Kingdom|British]] company [[Hammer Film Productions]]. Hammer enjoyed huge international success from full-blooded technicolor films involving classic horror characters, often starring [[Peter Cushing]] and [[Christopher Lee]], such as ''[[The Curse of Frankenstein]]'' (1957), ''[[Dracula (1958 film)|Dracula]]'' (1958), and ''[[The Mummy (1959 film)|The Mummy]]'' (1959) and many sequels. Hammer, and director [[Terence Fisher]], are widely acknowledged as pioneers of the modern horror movie. Other companies contributed to a boom in horror film production in Britain in the 1960s and '70s, including [[Tigon British Film Productions|Tigon-British]] and [[Amicus Productions|Amicus]], the latter best known for their anthology films like ''[[Dr Terror's House of Horrors]]'' (1965).


P.S. I hope I didn't offend you, but your comments about someone you do not even know are really uncalled for. Only jealous little girls react that way, and I'm not sure how old you are, but you're probably a grown man. Dude, think about it. Seriously. It's totally weird and borderline "Jekyll & Hyde" fan. LOLOL! [[Special:Contributions/71.167.227.11|71.167.227.11]] ([[User talk:71.167.227.11|talk]]) 12:26, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
[[American International Pictures]] (AIP) also made a series of [[Edgar Allan Poe]]–themed films produced by [[Roger Corman]] and starring [[Vincent Price]]. These sometimes controversial productions paved the way for more explicit violence in both horror and mainstream films. Teaming with [[Tigon British Film Productions]], AIP would make what is perhaps the most brutal horror film of the late 1960s: [[Michael Reeves]]' [[Witchfinder General (film)]]. Released in 1968, it was oddly retitled for American audiences as ''The Conqueror Worm'', most likely in an attempt to capitalize upon the success of AIP's earlier Poe-themed offerings. But the tale of witch hunter Matthew Hopkins (played by an uncharacteristically humorless [[Vincent Price]]) was more sadistic than supernatural — a reflection of a decade defined by changing tastes in horror.


:He's not bitter. He just needs to take his white sheet off and go to anger management. Anyone who is happy with himself would not be so angry with a famous person who doesn't want or care to know him. Get a girlfriend, and a job, perhaps in a metropolitan city so you won't hate so much on beautiful black women. [[Special:Contributions/170.170.59.139|170.170.59.139]] ([[User talk:170.170.59.139|talk]]) 14:55, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
In [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'' (1960), for example, the object of horror certainly doesn't appear as monstrous or a [[supernatural]] other, but rather as a normal human being.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> The horror has a human explanation, steeped in Freudian psychology and repressed sexual desires. Other seminal examples include ''[[Peeping Tom (film)|Peeping Tom]]'' ([[Michael Powell (director)|Michael Powell]], 1960), ''[[Homicidal]]'' ([[William Castle]], 1961), ''[[What Ever Happened to Baby Jane]]'' ([[Robert Aldrich]], 1962), ''[[Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte]]'' ([[Robert Aldrich]], 1964), ''[[Pretty Poison (film)|Pretty Poison]]'' ([[Noel Black]], 1968), and ''[[The Collector]]'' ([[William Wyler]], 1965). Films of the [[horror-of-personality]] sub-genre continue to appear through the turn of the century, with 1991's ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'' a noteworthy example. Some of these films further blur the distinction between horror film and [[crime film|crime]] or [[thriller film|thriller genre]].
[[Ghost]]s and [[monster]]s still remained popular, but many films that still relied on supernatural monsters expressed a [[horror-of-demonic|horror of the demonic]]. ''[[The Innocents (movie)|The Innocents]]'' ([[Jack Clayton]], 1961) and ''[[The Haunting (1963 film)|The Haunting]]'' ([[Robert Wise]], 1963) were two such horror-of-the-demonic films from the early 1960s, with high production values and [[gothic novel|gothic]] atmosphere. Perhaps the most recognizable milestone of the sub-genre remains ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]'' ([[Roman Polanski]], 1968), in which the devil is made flesh.


First, a big thank you to [[Special:Contributions/71.167.227.11|special-purpose IP 71.167.227.11]] for the agony-aunt advice. If I ever want psychotherapy, I'll be sure to consider asking you. (Just one point of counsel to the would-be counselor: It's hard to sound even slightly serious if you address your client as "sweetie".)
Hitchcock's ''[[The Birds (film)|The Birds]]'' (1963) had a more modern backdrop; it was a prime example of a menace stemming from nature gone mad and one of the first American examples of the [[horror-of-Armageddon]] sub-genre. One of the most influential horror films of the late 1960s was [[George Romero]]'s ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' (1968). This horror-of-Armageddon film about [[zombie]]s was later deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" enough to be preserved by the United States [[National Film Registry]]. Blending psychological insights with gore, it moved the genre even further away from the gothic horror trends of earlier eras and brought horror into everyday life. <ref>[http://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html National Film Registry: 1989-2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Low-budget [[splatter film|gore-shock]] films from the likes of [[Herschell Gordon Lewis]] also appeared. Examples included 1963's ''[[Blood Feast]]'' (a [[devil]]-cult story) and 1964's ''[[Two Thousand Maniacs]]'' (a [[ghost town]] run by the shades of [[Southern United States|Southerners]]), which featured splattering blood and bodily [[dismemberment]].


Secondly to [[Special:Contributions/170.170.59.139|170.170.59.139]]: What's the "white sheet" reference, exactly? And is there some distinction between "hating [X]" and "hating on [X]"?
=== 1970s ===
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With the demise of the [[Production Code|Production Code of America]] in 1964, and the financial successes of the low-budget gore films churned out in the ensuing years, plus an increasing public fascination with the [[occult]], the genre was able to be reshaped by a series of intense, often gory horror movies with sexual overtones, made as "A-movies" (as opposed to "[[B-movie]]s").{{Fact|date=May 2008}} Some of these films were made by respected [[auteur]]s. <ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/horrorfilms2.html Horror Films<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/hall.html Halloween (1978)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
The critical and popular success of ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]'' (1968) prompted the 1970s occult explosion, which included the box office smash ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'' (1973) (directed by [[William Friedkin]] and written by [[William Peter Blatty]], who also wrote the [[The Exorcist|novel]]), and scores of other horror films in which the [[Satan|Devil]] became the supernatural evil, often by impregnating women or possessing children. "Evil children" and [[reincarnation]] became popular subjects (as in [[Robert Wise]]'s 1977 film ''[[Audrey Rose (film)|Audrey Rose]]'', which dealt with a man who claims his daughter is the reincarnation of another dead person). ''[[Alice, Sweet Alice]]'' (1976), is another Catholic themed horror slasher about a little girl's murder and her sister being the prime suspect. Another popular Satanic horror movie was ''[[The Omen]]'' (1976), where a man realizes his five year old adopted son is the [[Antichrist]]. Being by [[doctrine]] invincible to solely human intervention, Satan-villained films also cemented the relationship between horror film, [[postmodernism|postmodern]] style and a [[dystopian]] worldview. Another notable example is [[The Sentinel (film)|''The Sentinel'']], which is not to be confused with the [[Michael Douglas]]/[[Kiefer Sutherland]] film of the same name, as a fashion model discovers her new brownstone residence may actually be a portal to [[Hell]]. The movie is most notable for having a mix of seasoned actors like [[Ava Gardner]], [[Burgess Meredith]] and [[Eli Wallach]] alongside future stars [[Christopher Walken]] and [[Jeff Goldblum]].


Now the title. Perhaps you'd like to prefix the question with another, asking me when I started beating my wife. Adams is of no interest to me (see below); attempts to use Wikipedia for promotion (e.g. of Adams) ''are'' of interest. Because I'm not interested in Adams, I'm certainly not jealous of her. Any bitterness is caused by the amount of my time and others' time that's wasted by those misusing Wikipedia to promote Adams.
The ideas of the 1960s began to influence horror films, as the youth involved in the [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]] began exploring the medium. [[Wes Craven]]'s ''[[The Last House on the Left]]'' (1972) and [[Tobe Hooper]]'s ''[[The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]'' (1974) both recalled the horrors of the [[Vietnam war]] and pushed boundaries to the edge; [[George Romero]] satirised the [[consumer]] society in his 1978 zombie [[sequel]], ''[[Dawn of the Dead (1978 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]''; Canadian director [[David Cronenberg]] updated the "[[mad scientist]]" movie subgenre by exploring contemporary fears about technology and society, and reinventing "[[body horror]]", starting with ''[[Shivers (movie)|Shivers]]'' (1975). <ref>[http://www.acmi.net.au/1F6B9E88D95C48FCA5239678F1BBC8C6.htm like your films with a little more aaargggh!!!??? acmi presents the horror for halloween<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


Both of you seem extraordinarily keen to point out that Adams is famous and a celebrity. I wonder why this needs to be pointed out so energetically -- might her "celebrity" be so minor that without frequent reminders it risks being overlooked? Me, I'd never heard of Adams until something written on one of the noticeboards here alerted me to the way in which the article on her was being used for promotional purposes. I then went to the article and learned (i) that she was one of several hundred people who'd appeared in ''Playboy,'' and (ii) that she had put out obscure books on astrology; if this adds up to "celebrity", I wonder how many million "celebrities" there are. -- [[User:Hoary|Hoary]] ([[User talk:Hoary#top|talk]]) 04:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Also in the 1970s, horror author [[Stephen King]], a child of the 1960s, first arrived on the film scene. Many of his books were adapted for the screen, beginning with [[Brian DePalma]]'s adaptation of King's first published novel, ''[[Carrie (film)|Carrie]]'' (1976), which went on to be nominated for [[Academy Awards]]—although it has often been noted that its appeal was more for its psychological exploration as for its capacity to scare. [[John Carpenter]], who had previously directed the [[stoner film|stoner comedy]] ''[[Dark Star (film)|Dark Star]]'' (1974) and the [[Howard Hawks]]-inspired [[action film]] ''[[Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film)|Assault on Precinct 13]]'' (1976), created the hit ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]'' (1978), kick-starting the modern "[[slasher film]]". This subgenre would be mined by dozens of increasingly violent movies throughout the subsequent decades, and ''Halloween'' has also become one of the most successful independent films ever made. Other notable '70s [[slasher film]]s include [[Bob Clark]]'s ''[[Black Christmas (1974 film)|Black Christmas]]'' (1974), which was released before ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]'', and was another start of the sub-genre.


:Hoary, you're certainly not a "celebrity", nor are you "famous". It sounds like jealousy to me. She couldn't care less who you are either because you are no one. And she has a lot more to do than edit on a free editing resource where most amateurs do so to feel important. Get over it. [[Special:Contributions/66.108.7.182|66.108.7.182]] ([[User talk:66.108.7.182|talk]]) 16:30, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
In 1975, [[Steven Spielberg]] began his ascension to fame with ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'', a film notable for not only its expertly crafted horror elements but also for its success at the box office. The film kicked off a wave of killer animal stories such as ''[[Orca (film)|Orca]]'', and ''[[Up From The Depths]]''. The 1978 [[List of comedy horror films|comedy film]] ''[[Piranha (1978 film)|Piranha]]'', directed by [[Joe Dante]], is a [[parody|spoof]] of such films. ''Jaws'' is often credited as being one of the first films to use traditionally [[B-movie]] elements such as horror and mild gore in a big-budget Hollywood film.
::Actually, according to the talk page of her article, Ms. Adams '''has''' clearly already edited on her own article in the past. Personal attacks will not help your case. [[User:Dayewalker|Dayewalker]] ([[User talk:Dayewalker|talk]]) 18:30, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
:::Indeed she has. User "GODDESSY" [http://vs.aka-online.de/cgi-bin/wppagehiststat.pl?lang=en.wikipedia&page=Stephanie+Adams| has more edits] to the Stephanie Adams page than anyone else. Especially if you add in the various sockpuppets she's been shown to use ([[Special:Contributions/Swiksek|Swiksek]], Ladysekhmet, Cle0patr4, [[Special:Contributions/71.167.230.166|71.167.230.166]], [[Special:Contributions/71.167.230.171|71.167.230.171]], [[Special:Contributions/71.167.246.204|71.167.246.204]], etc.). All of which predominantly edit only the Stephanie Adams page and are extremely similar in the personal insults they hurl at anyone who attempts to make any edit that doesn't fawningly celebrate Ms Adams' celebrity. -- [[User:Sean D Martin|Sean Martin]] ([[User talk:Sean D Martin|talk]]) 20:56, 3 October 2008 (UTC)


Hello again, series of IPs. You all write in a remarkably similar way, so I won't attempt to remember which of you is which.
1979's ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' combined the naturalistic acting and graphic violence of the 1970s with the monster movie plots of earlier decades, and re-acquainted horror with [[science fiction film|science fiction]]. It spawned a long-lasting franchise, and countless imitators.


''you're certainly not a "celebrity", nor are you "famous"'' -- I'm surprised by your degree of interest in me.
At the same time, there was an explosion of horror films in [[Europe]], particularly from the hands of [[Cinema of Italy|Italian filmmakers]] like [[Mario Bava]], [[Dario Argento]] and [[Lucio Fulci]], and [[Cinema of Spain|Spanish filmmakers]] like [[Jacinto Molina]] (aka Paul Naschy) and [[Jess Franco]], which were dubbed into English and filled [[drive-in theater]]s that could not necessarily afford the expensive rental contracts of the major producers. These films were influenced by the success of Hammer in the 1960s and early '70s, and generally featured traditional horror subjects - e.g. [[vampires]], [[werewolves]], [[serial killer|psycho-killers]], [[demons]], [[zombies]] - but treated them with a distinctive European style that included copious gore and sexuality (of which mainstream American [[film producer|producers]] overall were still a little skittish). Notable national outputs were the "[[giallo]]" films from Italy and the [[Jean Rollin]] romantic/erotic films from [[Cinema of France|France]]. <ref>[http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/32/eurohorror.html Bright Lights Film Journal | European Sex and Horror Films<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


''She couldn't care less who you are either because you are no one.'' -- It had never occurred to me that Adams had any interest in me. But I'm mildly surprised in your certainty about her thought patterns. Unless of course you are Adams.
Meanwhile, in [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]], filmmakers were starting to be inspired by Hammer and Euro-horror to produce exploitation horror with a uniquely Asian twist. [[Shaw Studios]] produced ''Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires'' (1973) in collaboration with Hammer, and went on to create their own original films. The genre boomed at the start of the 1980s, with [[Sammo Hung]]'s ''Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind'' (1981) launching the sub-genre of "kung-fu comedy horror", a sub-genre prominently featuring [[hopping corpse]]s and tempting ghostly females known as [[fox spirit]]s (or kitsune), of which the best known examples were ''[[Mr. Vampire]]'' (1985) and ''[[A Chinese Ghost Story]]'' (1987). <ref>[http://www.greencine.com/static/primers/asianhorror1.jsp GreenCine | Hong Kong Horror Comedies<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> But [[Hammer Film Productions]] would stop making movies in the 1970s as the demand for slasher films increased, following the success of ''[[The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]'' and ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]'', among others.


''And she has a lot more to do than edit on a free editing resource where most amateurs do so to feel important.'' -- Funny, I thought it was the professionals rather than the amateurs who edited for self-aggrandizement. That matter aside, do you mean, she's busy writing more astrological tomes, or "spokesmodeling", or getting into disputes with cab drivers? Or something new? Whatever, if it's significant and reliably sourced, stick it into the article about her. [[User:Hoary|Hoary]] ([[User talk:Hoary#top|talk]]) 00:49, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
=== 1980s ===
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The 1980s were marked by the growing popularity of horror movie sequels.{{Fact|date=September 2008}} 1982's ''[[Poltergeist movies|Poltergeist]]'' (directed by [[Tobe Hooper]]) was followed by two sequels and a television series. The seemingly-endless sequels to ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]'', ''[[Friday the 13th (1980 film)|Friday the 13th]]'' (1980), and Wes Craven's successful supernatural slasher ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' (1984) were the popular face of horror films in the 1980s, a trend reviled by most critics.{{Fact|date=September 2008}} Another popular horror film of the '80s, [[Stephen King]] and [[George A. Romero]]'s ''[[Creepshow]]'', spawned two generally-considered 'lesser' sequels in 1987 and 1990 respectively, ''[[Creepshow 2]]'' and ''[[Tales from the Darkside: The Movie]]'' (aka. ''[[Creepshow 3]]'') as did ''[[The Evil Dead]]'' (1981).


== FAR beginner's error? ==
Nevertheless, original horror films continued to appear sporadically: [[Clive Barker]]'s ''[[Hellraiser]]'' (1987) and [[Tom Holland]]'s ''[[Child's Play]]'' (1988) were both praised by some,{{Fact|date=September 2008}} although their success again launched multiple sequels, which were considered inferior by fans and critics alike.{{Fact|date=September 2008}} Also released in 1980 was [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s austere adaptation of the Stephen King supernatural thriller ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]'' which became one of the most popular and influential horror films of the decade.{{Fact|date=March 2008}}


Hoary—although it's not disallowed by the rules, it is commonly understood that [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_article_review/El_Lissitzky&diff=prev&oldid=243111445 reasoning involving context] is frowned upon during featured article reviews (and just about everywhere else). Nice try though! :-P [[User:Whiskeydog|Whiskeydog]] ([[User talk:Whiskeydog|talk]]) 06:41, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
As the cinema [[box office]] returns for serious, gory modern horror began to dwindle{{Fact|date=September 2008}} (as exemplified by John Carpenter's ''[[The Thing (film)|The Thing]]'' in 1982), the genre found a new audience in the growing [[home video]] market, although the new generation of films was less sombre in tone.{{Fact|date=September 2008}} ''[[Motel Hell]]'' (1980) was among the first 1980s films to campily mock the dark conventions of the previous decade.{{Fact|date=September 2008}} [[David Cronenberg]]'s graphic and gory remake of ''[[The Fly (1986 film)|The Fly]]'', was released in 1986, about a few weeks from the [[James Cameron]] film ''[[Aliens (1986 film)|Aliens]]'', [[Stuart Gordon]]'s ''[[Re-Animator]]'', and [[Lloyd Kaufman]]'s ''[[The Toxic Avenger]]'' (all 1985), soon followed. In ''[[Evil Dead II]]'' (1987), [[Sam Raimi]]'s explicitly [[slapstick]] sequel to the relatively sober ''[[The Evil Dead]]'' (1981), the laughs were often generated by the gore, defining the archetypal [[splatter film|splatter]] comedy.{{Fact|date=September 2008}} New Zealand director [[Peter Jackson]] followed in Raimi's footsteps with the ultra-gory micro-budget feature ''[[Bad Taste]]'' (1987). The same year, from Germany's [[Jörg Buttgereit]], came [[Nekromantik]], a disturbing film about the life and death of a necrophiliac.


:Thank you for the word of appreciation. Robots have their places but I've no desire to act like one. You seem an open-minded chap yourself, I'm delighted to say: what's your take on [[Lindsay Robertson]]? (A name I too had never encountered till today, but see [http://www.one18.co.uk/Galleries.html this] etc.) -- [[User:Hoary|Hoary]] ([[User talk:Hoary#top|talk]]) 06:54, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Horror films continued to cause controversy: in the [[United Kingdom]], the growth in home video led to growing public awareness of horror films of the types described above, and concern about the ease of availability of such material to children.{{Fact|date=September 2008}} Many films were dubbed "[[video nasty|video nasties]]" and banned (notably foreign films such as [[The Anthropophagus Beast]], [[A Blade in the Dark]], [[The New York Ripper]] and [[Tenebrae (film)|Tenebre]]{{Fact|date=September 2008}} but US and Canadian films like [[Madman (1982 film)|Madman]], [[Nightmare (1981)|Nightmares in a Damaged Brain]], [[Don't Go in the House]] & [[Maniac (1980 film)|Maniac]]).{{Fact|date=September 2008}} In the USA, ''[[Silent Night, Deadly Night]]'', a very controversial film from 1984, failed at theatres and was eventually withdrawn from distribution due to its subject matter: a killer [[Santa Claus]].{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
::Just to but in here as devils advocate; Hoary I nomed [[H.D.]] at FAR for nefarious reasons outlined in my 'statment' on the nom page. I'd appreciate if you could talk a look and offer any suggestions you think might improve the page. I ask as you seem like a good egg, and as Whiskey says above have a capacity for contextualisted (oh my; six syllabales!) reasoning quite unusual for FAR ;-) [[User:Ceoil|<font color="green">Ceoil</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:Ceoil|<font color="E45E05">sláinte</font>]]</sup> 22:09, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

:::The reasons seem nefarious indeed, perhaps diabolically so; I can certainly go along with them, mwa ha ha. I'm not sure, however, that I can stomach the soap opera of the content: who was bedding who, and all that. Attempts by the kind of folk who make up the "MLA" to make such stuff seem significant strike me as distinctly Tired and Old Directions; I'm going to find it hard to work up an interest in this, I'm afraid. However, I do wonder why she stayed in London during the war. (Better than Dresden or Leningrad, it's true.) -- [[User:Hoary|Hoary]] ([[User talk:Hoary#top|talk]]) 00:55, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
=== 1990s ===
::::Understood Hoary. No harm in asking. [[User:Ceoil|<font color="green">Ceoil</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:Ceoil|<font color="E45E05">sláinte</font>]]</sup> 06:26, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
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In the first half of the 1990s, the genre continued many of the themes from the 1980s. Sequels from the ''[[Child's Play]]'' and ''[[Leprechaun (film)|Leprechaun]]'' series enjoyed some commercial success. The slasher films ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'', ''Friday the 13th'', and ''Halloween'' all saw sequels in the 1990s, most of which met with varied amounts of success at the box office, but all were panned by fans and critics, with the exception of Wes Craven's ''New Nightmare''.

''[[Wes Craven's New Nightmare|New Nightmare]]'', with ''[[In the Mouth of Madness]]'', ''[[The Dark Half (film)|The Dark Half]]'', and ''[[Candyman (film)|Candyman]]'', were part of a mini-movement of self-reflective horror films. Each film touched upon the relationship between fictional horror and real-world horror. ''Candyman'', for example, examined the link between an invented urban legend and the realistic horror of the racism that produced its villain. ''In the Mouth of Madness'' took a more literal approach, as its protagonist actually hopped from the real world into a novel created by the madman he was hired to track down. This reflective style became more overt and ironic with the arrival of ''Scream''.

In 1994's ''[[Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles|Interview with the Vampire]]'', the "Theatre de Vampires" (and the film itself, to some degree) envoked the [[Grand Guignol]] style, perhaps to further remove the undead performers from humanity, morality and class. The horror movie soon continued its search for new and effective frights. In 1985's novel ''[[The Vampire Lestat]]'' by author [[Anne Rice]] (who penned ''Interview...'s'' screenplay and the 1976 novel of the same name) suggests that its antihero Lestat inspired and nurtured the [[Grand Guignol]] style and theatre.

Two main problems pushed horror backward during this period: firstly, the horror genre wore itself out with the proliferation of nonstop slasher and gore films in the eighties. Secondly, the adolescent audience which feasted on the blood and morbidity of the previous decade grew up, and the replacement audience for films of an imaginative nature were being captured instead by the explosion of [[science fiction film|science-fiction]] and fantasy, courtesy of the special effects possibilities with [[computer-generated imagery]]. <ref>[http://www.mediaknowall.com/Horror/eighties.html Horror Films in the 1980s<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

To re-connect with its audience, horror became more self-mockingly [[irony|ironic]] and outright [[parody|parodic]], especially in the latter half of the 1990s. Peter Jackson's ''[[Braindead (1992 film)|Braindead]]'' (1992) (known as ''Dead Alive'' in the USA) took the [[splatter film]] to ridiculous excesses for comic effect. [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s ''[[Bram Stoker's Dracula]]'' (1992), featured an ensemble cast and the style of a different era, harking back to the sumptuous look of 1960s ''[[Hammer Horror]]'', and a plot focusing just as closely on the romance elements of the Dracula tale as on the horror aspects. Wes Craven's ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]'' (written by ''[[Kevin Williamson (screenwriter)|Kevin Williamson]]'') movies, starting in 1996, featured teenagers who were fully aware of, and often made reference to, the history of horror movies, and mixed ironic humour with the shocks. Along with ''[[I Know What You Did Last Summer]]'' (written by ''[[Kevin Williamson (screenwriter)|Kevin Williamson]]'' as well) and ''[[Urban Legend (film)|Urban Legend]]'', they re-ignited the dormant [[slasher film]] genre.

Among the popular English-language horror films of the late 1990s, only 1999's surprise independent hit ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'' attempted straight-ahead scares. But even then, the horror was accomplished in the context of a [[mockumentary]], or mock-documentary. Other films such as [[M. Night Shyamalan]]'s ''[[The Sixth Sense]]'' (1999) also concentrated more on unnerving and unsettling themes than on gore. [[Japanese horror]] films, such as [[Hideo Nakata]]'s ''[[Ring (film)|Ringu]]'' in 1998, also found success internationally with a similar formula.

=== 2000s ===
[[Image:Saw poster.JPG|left|thumb|frame|Poster art for ''[[Saw (film)|Saw]]'' (2004), an enormously popular low-budget horror film that sparked a wave of horror films with a greater emphasis on torture and gore.]]

The start of the 2000s saw a quiet period for the genre. The re-release of a restored version of ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'' in September 2000 was successful despite the film having been available on home video for years. Franchise films such as ''[[Freddy Vs. Jason]]'' also made a stand in theaters. ''[[Final Destination]]'' (2000) marked a successful revival of clever, teen-centered horror, and spawned two sequels with a third sequel coming out in {2009}.

Some notable trends have marked horror films in the 2000s. A French horror film ''[[Brotherhood of the Wolf]]'' became the second-highest-grossing [[French-language]] film in the [[United States]] in the last two decades. ''[[The Others (2001 film)|The Others]]'' (2001) was a successful horror film of that year. That film was the first horror in the decade to rely on psychology to scare audiences, rather than gore. A minimalist approach which was equal parts Val Lewton's theory of "less is more" (usually employing low-budget techniques seen on 1999's ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'') has been evident, particularly in the emergence of Asian horror movies which have been remade into successful Americanized versions, such as ''[[The Ring (2002 film)|The Ring]]'' (2002), and ''[[The Grudge]]'' (2004), as well as unsuccessful Americanized version, such as ''[[One Missed Call (2008 film)|One Missed Call]]'' (2008), ''[[The Eye (2008 film)|The Eye]]'' (2008), and ''[[Shutter (2008 film)|Shutter]]'' (2008)

There has been a minor return to the zombie genre in horror movies made after 2000. The ''[[Resident Evil]]'' [[video game]] [[Media franchise|franchise]] was adapted into a [[Resident Evil (film)|film]] released in March 2002. Two sequels have followed. The [[United Kingdom|British]] film ''[[28 Days Later]]'' (2002) featured an update on the genre with a new style of aggressive zombie. The film later spawned a sequel: ''[[28 Weeks Later]]''. An [[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|updated remake]] of ''[[Dawn of the Dead]]'' (2004) soon appeared as well as ''[[Land of the Dead]]'' (2005) and the [[List of comedy horror films|comedy-horror]] ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' (2004). More recently the popular video game franchise ''[[Silent Hill]]'' (2006) was made into a feature film, based on an original story.

A larger trend is a return to the extreme, graphic violence that characterized much of the type of low-budget, exploitation horror from the Seventies and the post-Vietnam years. Films like ''[[Audition (1999 film)|Audition]]'' (1999), ''[[Wrong Turn]]'' (2003), ''[[House of 1000 Corpses]]'' (2003), ''[[The Devil's Rejects]]'' and the [[Cinema of Australia|Australian film]] ''[[Wolf Creek (film)|Wolf Creek]]'' (2005), took their cues from ''[[The Last House on the Left]]'' (1972), ''[[The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]'' (1974), and ''[[The Hills Have Eyes]]'' (1977). The latter two have also been remade: ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' in 2003, and ''[[The Hills Have Eyes (2006 film)|The Hills Have Eyes]]'' in 2006 both followed by a ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning|prequel]]'' in the same year and a ''[[The Hills Have Eyes 2|sequel]]'' in the following year. An extension of this trend was the emergence of a type of horror with emphasis on depictions of torture, suffering and violent deaths, (variously referred to as "horror porn", "[[Splatter film#"Torture porn"|torture porn]]", Splatterporn, and even "gore-nography") with films such as ''[[FeardotCom]]'', ''[[Turistas]]'', ''[[Captivity (film)|Captivity]]'', and most recently ''[[Untraceable]]'', ''[[WΔZ]]'', ''[[Saw (film series)|Saw]]'', ''[[Hostel (film)|Hostel]]'', "[[E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'Intruso]], "[[Restroom]], ''[[Pathology (film)|Pathology]]'' and their respective sequels in particular being frequently singled out as examples of emergence of this sub-genre.

Remakes of late 1970s horror movies became routine in the 2000s. In addition to 2004's remake of ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' and 2003's remake of ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'', in 2007 [[Rob Zombie]] wrote and directed [[Halloween (2007 film)|a remake]] of John Carpenter's ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]''. The film focused more on Michael's backstory than the original did, devoting the first half of the film to Michael's childhood. It was critically panned by most,<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/halloween/ Halloween - Rotten Tomatoes]. [[Rotten Tomatoes]]. Retrieved [[2007-09-07]]</ref><ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/halloween2007 Halloween (2007): Reviews]. [[Metacritic]]. Retrieved [[2007-09-07]]</ref> but was a success in its theatrical run. Production of re-makes looks set to continue in 2008 and beyond, with ''[[Quarantine (film)|Quarantine]]'' (a remake of ''[[REC (film)|REC]]''), ''[[Friday the 13th (franchise)#Future|Friday the 13th]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fridaythe13thfilms.com/films/newfriday.html |title=''Friday the 13th: The Remake'' |accessdate=2008-05-26 |publisher= |date= }}</ref> ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)#Remake|A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'', ''[[Scanners]]'', ''[[Hellraiser]]'', ''[[The Birds (film)|The Birds]]'', ''[[Child's Play]]'' and even ''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes#Remake|Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]'' being remade.

==References==
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==See also==
*[[Cannibalism in popular culture]]
*[[Exploitation film]]
*[[Final girl]]
*[[German underground horror]]
*[[Giallo]]
*[[horror-of-demonic]]
*[[horror-of-personality]]
*[[K-Horror]]
*[[J-Horror]]
*[[Monster Movie]]
*[[Slasher film]]
*[[Survival Horror]]
*[[Splatter film]]
*[[Thriller (genre)|Thriller film]]
*[[Vampire films]]
*[[Werewolf films]]
*[[Zombies in popular culture|Zombies]]
*[[List of comedy horror films]]
*[[List of horror films]]

==External links==
*[http://www.killriculum.co.uk Killriculum - Launched September 2008 - Interactive horror film timeline]
*[http://www.imdb.com/chart/horror IMDb Entry on Best/Worst "Horror" Titles]
*[http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/horrorbib.html Horror Film Bibliography (via UC Berkeley)]
*[http://www.esplatter.com ESplatter] - Daily horror movie news and reviews
*[http://www.fangoria.com Fangoria] — Magazine devoted to the horror genre
*[http://www.rue-morgue.com/ Rue Morgue] - Canadian horror magazine
*[http://horror.about.com About: Horror & Suspense Movies] — News and reviews about current and classic horror movies
*[http://www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk British Horror Films] - Site devoted to the British film industry
*[http://www.blackhorrormovies.com BlackHorrorMovies.com] - Site devoted to African American horror films
*[http://openguys.org/films/category/horror-films/ Watch Horror Films]- Top 100 Horror films
*[http://www.omghorror.com OMGHorror] - Horror games and movies
*[http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/shdaily_opinion.asp?id=353593&type=Opinion China Bans Horror Movies] - Shanghai Daily, March 2008
*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9805698/ I Spit on Your Horror Movie Remakes] - MSNBC 2005 opinion piece on horror remakes
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/11/movies/11hostel.html Box Office for Horror Movies Is Weak: Verging on Horrible]: New York Times, June 11, 2007
*[http://hellhorror.com Hell Horror] - Horror movies, games and books

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If I've posted something on your talk page, please reply there rather than here. Any new question or comment at the bottom of the page, please. If you post something here, I'll probably reply here.

RE:

I tagged it for re-creation of deleted material. Undead Warrior (talk) 05:05, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

The order of tags on a page has no meaning to it. It doesn't matter about the order you put them in. Undead Warrior (talk) 05:47, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

inappropriate username

Do you know what to do about an inappropriate userpage/username? See User:Lickable69.... --Crusio (talk) 23:19, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Already addressed. Wow, my first inappropriate username hardblock. I am really moving up in the admin world!  :-) Risker (talk) 00:28, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

FYI

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of German-speaking photographers in the Americas - closed early as a WP:SNOW delete. Geez, and I didn't even have a chance to !vote. Risker (talk) 03:11, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Double dittos, Risker! (Yes, with the prospect of seven years of a "hockey mom" at the helm of the Free World, I must learn to talk like Rush Limbaugh.) To think of all the time I wasted on that bizarre article and its lengthy talk page. -- Hoary (talk) 03:48, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

For you

I offer Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joe Sernio (2nd nomination). Gwen Gale (talk) 10:59, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Why are you so bitter and jealous of Stephanie Adams?

Actually, I already read your nasty comments about this celebrity (or as you oddly put it, "sleb") in the past. You don't even know her, so why are you so upset by her? Did you date someone who looked like her in the past and got burnt? Seriously sweetie, bitterness and pent up repressions are no place for editing on wikipedia or anyone else if you're somewhat of a professional. Bu then again, that's probably why we are all here wasting time as unknown editiors, rather than writing for noteworthy publications in the real world. No offense, but I had to make a note of this. Good Luck. 71.167.227.11 (talk) 12:22, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

P.S. I hope I didn't offend you, but your comments about someone you do not even know are really uncalled for. Only jealous little girls react that way, and I'm not sure how old you are, but you're probably a grown man. Dude, think about it. Seriously. It's totally weird and borderline "Jekyll & Hyde" fan. LOLOL! 71.167.227.11 (talk) 12:26, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

He's not bitter. He just needs to take his white sheet off and go to anger management. Anyone who is happy with himself would not be so angry with a famous person who doesn't want or care to know him. Get a girlfriend, and a job, perhaps in a metropolitan city so you won't hate so much on beautiful black women. 170.170.59.139 (talk) 14:55, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

First, a big thank you to special-purpose IP 71.167.227.11 for the agony-aunt advice. If I ever want psychotherapy, I'll be sure to consider asking you. (Just one point of counsel to the would-be counselor: It's hard to sound even slightly serious if you address your client as "sweetie".)

Secondly to 170.170.59.139: What's the "white sheet" reference, exactly? And is there some distinction between "hating [X]" and "hating on [X]"?

Now the title. Perhaps you'd like to prefix the question with another, asking me when I started beating my wife. Adams is of no interest to me (see below); attempts to use Wikipedia for promotion (e.g. of Adams) are of interest. Because I'm not interested in Adams, I'm certainly not jealous of her. Any bitterness is caused by the amount of my time and others' time that's wasted by those misusing Wikipedia to promote Adams.

Both of you seem extraordinarily keen to point out that Adams is famous and a celebrity. I wonder why this needs to be pointed out so energetically -- might her "celebrity" be so minor that without frequent reminders it risks being overlooked? Me, I'd never heard of Adams until something written on one of the noticeboards here alerted me to the way in which the article on her was being used for promotional purposes. I then went to the article and learned (i) that she was one of several hundred people who'd appeared in Playboy, and (ii) that she had put out obscure books on astrology; if this adds up to "celebrity", I wonder how many million "celebrities" there are. -- Hoary (talk) 04:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Hoary, you're certainly not a "celebrity", nor are you "famous". It sounds like jealousy to me. She couldn't care less who you are either because you are no one. And she has a lot more to do than edit on a free editing resource where most amateurs do so to feel important. Get over it. 66.108.7.182 (talk) 16:30, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Actually, according to the talk page of her article, Ms. Adams has clearly already edited on her own article in the past. Personal attacks will not help your case. Dayewalker (talk) 18:30, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Indeed she has. User "GODDESSY" has more edits to the Stephanie Adams page than anyone else. Especially if you add in the various sockpuppets she's been shown to use (Swiksek, Ladysekhmet, Cle0patr4, 71.167.230.166, 71.167.230.171, 71.167.246.204, etc.). All of which predominantly edit only the Stephanie Adams page and are extremely similar in the personal insults they hurl at anyone who attempts to make any edit that doesn't fawningly celebrate Ms Adams' celebrity. -- Sean Martin (talk) 20:56, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Hello again, series of IPs. You all write in a remarkably similar way, so I won't attempt to remember which of you is which.

you're certainly not a "celebrity", nor are you "famous" -- I'm surprised by your degree of interest in me.

She couldn't care less who you are either because you are no one. -- It had never occurred to me that Adams had any interest in me. But I'm mildly surprised in your certainty about her thought patterns. Unless of course you are Adams.

And she has a lot more to do than edit on a free editing resource where most amateurs do so to feel important. -- Funny, I thought it was the professionals rather than the amateurs who edited for self-aggrandizement. That matter aside, do you mean, she's busy writing more astrological tomes, or "spokesmodeling", or getting into disputes with cab drivers? Or something new? Whatever, if it's significant and reliably sourced, stick it into the article about her. Hoary (talk) 00:49, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

FAR beginner's error?

Hoary—although it's not disallowed by the rules, it is commonly understood that reasoning involving context is frowned upon during featured article reviews (and just about everywhere else). Nice try though! :-P Whiskeydog (talk) 06:41, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the word of appreciation. Robots have their places but I've no desire to act like one. You seem an open-minded chap yourself, I'm delighted to say: what's your take on Lindsay Robertson? (A name I too had never encountered till today, but see this etc.) -- Hoary (talk) 06:54, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Just to but in here as devils advocate; Hoary I nomed H.D. at FAR for nefarious reasons outlined in my 'statment' on the nom page. I'd appreciate if you could talk a look and offer any suggestions you think might improve the page. I ask as you seem like a good egg, and as Whiskey says above have a capacity for contextualisted (oh my; six syllabales!) reasoning quite unusual for FAR ;-) Ceoil sláinte 22:09, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
The reasons seem nefarious indeed, perhaps diabolically so; I can certainly go along with them, mwa ha ha. I'm not sure, however, that I can stomach the soap opera of the content: who was bedding who, and all that. Attempts by the kind of folk who make up the "MLA" to make such stuff seem significant strike me as distinctly Tired and Old Directions; I'm going to find it hard to work up an interest in this, I'm afraid. However, I do wonder why she stayed in London during the war. (Better than Dresden or Leningrad, it's true.) -- Hoary (talk) 00:55, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
Understood Hoary. No harm in asking. Ceoil sláinte 06:26, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
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