With roots in real-life murders, “The Hook” urban legend goes hand-in-hand — or should I say hand-in-hook? — with the slasher genre. After being referenced in ’80s slashers He Knows You’re Alone and Final Exam, it went on to at least partially inspire five slashers from the ’90s: Candyman, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Urban Legend, Campfire Tales, and Lovers Lane. Unfortunately, the latter is the least effective of the bunch.
To be fair, Lovers Lane was made independently for $500,000 — a fraction of the budget of the studio films — before being released direct to video in 1999. Directed by Jon Steven Ward and written by Geof Miller (DeepStar Six) and Rory Veal, the film is best remembered for being the film debut of Anna Faris, one year prior to her starring turn in Scary Movie. It was on this set that she met co-star Ben Indra, to whom she was...
To be fair, Lovers Lane was made independently for $500,000 — a fraction of the budget of the studio films — before being released direct to video in 1999. Directed by Jon Steven Ward and written by Geof Miller (DeepStar Six) and Rory Veal, the film is best remembered for being the film debut of Anna Faris, one year prior to her starring turn in Scary Movie. It was on this set that she met co-star Ben Indra, to whom she was...
- 4/24/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Valentine’s Day slasher Lovers Lane (watch it Here) isn’t a very popular movie, but that isn’t stopping the folks at Arrow Video from giving it a special edition Blu-ray release… although they’re doing a couple months after Valentine’s Day, so genre fans won’t be able to add it to their collections in time for the holiday this year. The street date for this Blu-ray release is April 25th.
Copies are available for pre-order on the Arrow Video website, and fans can choose from the standard edition and the limited edition, which comes with an exclusive slipcover.
Directed by Jon Ward from a screenplay written by Geof Miller and Rory Veal, Lovers Lane has the following synopsis: Passions are aroused and old wounds reopened in this sassy post-Scream teen slasher based on the urban legend of “The Hook”. A steamy secret tryst that was...
Copies are available for pre-order on the Arrow Video website, and fans can choose from the standard edition and the limited edition, which comes with an exclusive slipcover.
Directed by Jon Ward from a screenplay written by Geof Miller and Rory Veal, Lovers Lane has the following synopsis: Passions are aroused and old wounds reopened in this sassy post-Scream teen slasher based on the urban legend of “The Hook”. A steamy secret tryst that was...
- 2/10/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
One of very few Valentine’s Day-themed horror movies, 1999 slasher Lovers Lane is back in the conversation this week, with Arrow Video announcing a brand new Blu-ray release.
Lovers Lane comes to Blu-ray on April 25, 2023.
There will be a Standard Version and an Arrow Exclusive Slipcover Limited Edition.
Arrow Video previews, “Passions are aroused and old wounds reopened in this sassy post-Scream teen slasher based on the urban legend of The Hook.”
Special Features include:
Brand new 2K restoration from a 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation Two versions of the film: the widescreen 1.85:1 version and the full-frame 1.33:1 version Original lossless stereo audio on both versions Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Brand new audio commentary with writer-producers Geof Miller and Rory Veal Screaming Teens: The Legacy of Lovers Lane featurette with Geof Miller and Rory Veal and actors...
Lovers Lane comes to Blu-ray on April 25, 2023.
There will be a Standard Version and an Arrow Exclusive Slipcover Limited Edition.
Arrow Video previews, “Passions are aroused and old wounds reopened in this sassy post-Scream teen slasher based on the urban legend of The Hook.”
Special Features include:
Brand new 2K restoration from a 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation Two versions of the film: the widescreen 1.85:1 version and the full-frame 1.33:1 version Original lossless stereo audio on both versions Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Brand new audio commentary with writer-producers Geof Miller and Rory Veal Screaming Teens: The Legacy of Lovers Lane featurette with Geof Miller and Rory Veal and actors...
- 1/27/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
#EthanCleansUp! 6-Year-Old with Cystic Fibrosis Lives Out Adorable Dream to Be Garbage Man for a Day
Ethan Dean has loved garbage trucks nearly his whole life. The 6-year-old - who suffers from cystic fibrosis - got his first toy garbage truck as a gift four years ago, and became obsessed with watching them from the stairway of his family home in Rancho Cordova, California. "He would hear the garbage truck from two blocks away," his mother, Erin Dean, tells People. "He'd run upstairs to get to the middle of the stairs to watch for them. It just kind of took off from there." Ethan would gradually collect more garbage trucks and cans. He has a garbage truck bedspread and pillow.
- 7/29/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
#EthanCleansUp! 6-Year-Old with Cystic Fibrosis Lives Out Adorable Dream to Be Garbage Man for a Day
Ethan Dean has loved garbage trucks nearly his whole life. The 6-year-old - who suffers from cystic fibrosis - got his first toy garbage truck as a gift four years ago, and became obsessed with watching them from the stairway of his family home in Rancho Cordova, California. "He would hear the garbage truck from two blocks away," his mother, Erin Dean, tells People. "He'd run upstairs to get to the middle of the stairs to watch for them. It just kind of took off from there." Ethan would gradually collect more garbage trucks and cans. He has a garbage truck bedspread and pillow.
- 7/29/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
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