Kevin McDonald's character "Chris Cooper" in Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996) is named after the film editor Christopher Cooper who worked on the The Kids in the Hall (1988) TV series. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Monkeybone (2001): Ben Stiller was original cast to voice "Monkeybone" but had to step down due to complications with Mystery Men (1999). #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Fritz the Cat (1972): Ralph Bakshi bought the rights to use Billie Holiday's performance of the song "Yesterdays" for $35. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Traci Lords was in contention for the role of Holli Would in Cool World (1992), but lost out to the more widely recognized Kim Basinger. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

The CGI roach scenes in Joe's Apartment (1996) were filmed using the same graphics effects engine from Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Jurassic Park (1993). #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Moon Garden (2022): Emma is played by director Ryan Stevens Harris' actual daughter, Haven Lee Harris. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

The sets for The Wolf House (2018) were built in real human size and exhibited among various venues in multiple countries during the process of production. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Plankton (1994) is the directorial debut of FX wizard Al Passeri. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Class of Nuke 'Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown (1991) was actually filmed at Calabasas High School. Not the school mentioned in the filming locations. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) required 2.8 tons of Plasticine in 42 colors and 1000 baby-wipes per week to wipe it off animators' fingers. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Moon of the Wolf (1972): The house used for the Rodanthe estate is the Houmas Plantation House in Burnside, LA. The mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places, & has been used in other films, notably Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte and Fletch Lives. #TheGoreYouKnow @themutantfam.bsky.social

Haunts (1976): The screenplay was written by director Herb Freed and his wife, Anne Marisse, and was inspired by a series of repressed memories Freed experienced after his wife witnessed a car accident. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Scream Bloody Murder (1973): Angus Scrimm (under his real name, Rory Guy) has a cameo as the ill-fated doctor who visits the mansion. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

The Love Butcher (1975) was Robin Sherwood's debut and first nude scene. She was in college at the time and worked as an actress as part of a work/study program. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Wacko (1982) director Greydon Clark plays the Lawnmower Killer in the opening scene. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Mila Kunis, Jennifer Aniston, Neve Campbell, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Scarlett Johansson, Salma Hayek, Christina Ricci, Jennifer Lopez, Sandra Bullock, and Hillary Swank auditioned to play Lisa in Obsessed (2009). It went to Ali Larter. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Resident Evil: Extinction (2007): Ali Larter was cast largely on the strength of her performance in the first two Final Destination movies. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001): When Chrissy (Ali Larter) pulls a knife on Jay (Jason Mewes), he says "What's with the knife, we havin' cake or something?" This line was originally written for the train scene in Dogma (1999). #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Jessica Biel was considered for the role of Clear Rivers in Final Destination (2000) before the part went to Ali Larter. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Varsity Blues (1999): In the scene where Darcy (Ali Larter) sports her whipped-cream-bikini, shaving cream was used. Whipped cream wouldn't stick right. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

The Manson Family (1997): Real marijuana was smoked by the actors both off and on screen. #SplatterDay #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Phil Anselmo, the singer for Pantera and Down, can be heard as the voice of Satan in The Manson Family (1997). #SplatterDay #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

The Manson Family (1997): The extras for the scene in which the family dance around a bonfire covering each other in blood and having sex were actually strippers and prostitutes from a small Cincinatti town. #SplatterDay #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

The band Download, a spin-off project of members of Skinny Puppy supply most of the original score for The Manson Family (1997). Jim Van Bebber once directed a music video of one of their songs. #SplatterDay #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Jim Van Bebber directs, writes, produces, edits and acts in The Manson Family (1997), and even financed most of it himself. #SplatterDay #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Meatball Machine (2005) effects artist Yoshihiro Nishimura would go on to direct the 2017 sequel, Meatball Machine Kodoku. #SplatterDay2K #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Meatball Machine (2005) , premiered in Japan on October 14, 2005 at the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival, premiere) #SplatterDay2K #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

The special effects, special makeup effects and moldmaking for the NecroBorgs were done by noted effects artist Yoshihiro Nishimura who would go on to do effects for The Machine Girl and Tokyo Gore Police. #SplatterDay2K #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Meatball Machine (2005) was released theatrically in Japan on September 23, 2006. #SplatterDay2K #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Meatball Machine (2005) is a remake of Meatball Machine (1999). #SplatterDay2K #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

The usual #SplatterDay2K #TheGoreYouKnow trivia for the #MutantFam / @themutantfam.bsky.social will be put up tomorrow. Still at the con hotel.

Sorry, still at con, still no trivia. Have a good weekend.

Well, I can repost one or 2 old ones.

Sorry @themutantfam.bsky.social , at a convention so no #TheGoreYouKnow trivia. Won't be back till Monday morning. Take care, have a good weekend, and don't stop being amazing.

The title of the original screenplay for Just Before Dawn (1981) was "The Last Ritual". It was changed after the script's heavy religious theme was axed, and the story was rigorously revised. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

The Prey (1983): Jackson Bostwick ad-libbed his dialog during the scene where he's telling the wide-mouth-frog joke to the deer. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Filming for Killer Workout (1987) took three weeks, primarily at night since they had to film on location in the health club they rented after they closed. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

The police officer taking pictures during the final sequence of Death Screams (1982) was an actual sheriffs officer from the Rutherfordton country sheriffs department who was asked to join in to make it "more realistic." #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Co-writer Rossella Drudi, director Claudio Fragasso's wife, got the idea to write Troll 2 (1990) after several of her friends became vegetarians at the same time. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Primal Rage (1988) was first released in Italy on December 1, 1988. #SplatterDay #MutantFam #TheGoreYouKnow @themutantfam.bsky.social

The poster art Primal Rage (1988) was made by Renato Casaro. #SplatterDay #MutantFam #TheGoreYouKnow @themutantfam.bsky.social

The red scooter Sam Nash (played by Patrick Lowe) uses in Primal Rage (1988) is a Yamaha Riva 80. #SplatterDay #MutantFam #TheGoreYouKnow @themutantfam.bsky.social

Primal Rage (1988) was released a year before Nightmare Beach, which was also filmed in Florida, featured two actors from this film, and features a few of the same songs on the soundtrack. Umberto Lenzei was also involved with both films. #SplatterDay #TheGoreYouKnow @themutantfam.bsky.social

Primal Rage (1988) is directed by Vittorio Rambaldi (in his directing debut), the son of Italian special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi. #SplatterDay #MutantFam #TheGoreYouKnow @themutantfam.bsky.social

Lilith, the shark "star" of Under Paris (2024), reproduces and has baby sharks asexually, without a mate. This part of the movie is not science fiction as females from at least 2 species of sharks have had pups without mating. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

The original negative for Shock Waves (1977) mysteriously disappeared over 20 years ago. The print used for the Blue-Underground DVD is from director Ken Wiederhorn's personal collection. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Chernobyl Diaries (2012): Oren Peli first thought of the idea for the story when he saw a photo blog posted by a girl traveling through Pripyat on a motorcycle. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Cold Fish (2010) was "inspired by true events" known as the "Saitama serial murders of dog lovers"; the convicted killers in the real-life case are Gen Sekine (b. January 2, 1942) and his ex-wife Hiroko Kazama (b. February 19, 1957). #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Helter Skelter (2012) is based on Kyoko Okazaki's manga "Helter Skelter" (published by Shoudensha in 2003). Manga "Helter Skelter was the 2004 Grand Winner of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

Run! Bitch Run! (2009) was realeased on dvd in the United States on December 8, 2009. #SplatterDay2K #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social