10/26/26 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Halloween (1978)

John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) is a landmark independent slasher film that permanently redefined the horror genre. Produced on a shoestring budget of roughly $325,000, it went on to gross over $70 million worldwide and birthed an iconic, multi-decade film franchise. Continue reading

9/11/23 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: The Count Of Monte Cristo (1975)

The Count of Monte Cristo is a 1975 film produced by ITC Entertainment  and based upon the 1844 novel The Count Of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.It was directed by David Greene and starred Richard Chamberlain as Edmond Dantès, Kate Nelligan as Mercedes, Tony Curtis as Fernand Mondego, Louis Jourdan who played Edmond Dantès in the  1961 til adaptation of the novel as De Villefort, Donald Pleasence as Danglars,  Trevor Howard as Abbé Faria  and Isabelle de Valvert as Haydee.  Continue reading