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Joseph Stefano is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Executive Producer American born on 5 may 1922 at Philadelphia (USA)
Joseph William Stefano (May 5, 1922 – August 25, 2006) was an American screenwriter, known to genre fans for adapting Robert Bloch's novel for Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho and for being the producer and co-writer of the Outer Limits TV series.
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Birth name Joseph Stefano
Nationality USA
Birth 5 may 1922 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 25 august 2006 (at 84 years) at Thousand Oaks (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 5 may 1922 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 25 august 2006 (at 84 years) at Thousand Oaks (USA)
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Hitchcock (2012)
, 1h38Directed by Sacha Gervasi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about films, Serial killer films, Children's films
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette, Danny Huston, Jessica Biel
Rating67%
In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock opens his latest film, North by Northwest, to considerable success, but is troubled by a reporter's insinuation that it is time to retire. Seeking to reclaim the artistic daring of his youth, Hitchcock turns down film proposals like adapting Casino Royale in favor of a horror novel called Psycho by Robert Bloch, which is based on the crimes of murderer Ed Gein. Gein appears in sequences throughout the film in which he seems to prompt Hitchcock's imagination regarding the Psycho story, or act as some function of Hitchcock's subconscious mind (for instance, drawing Hitchcock's attention to sand on his bathroom floor, the quantity of which reveals how much time his wife Alma has been spending at the beachhouse with Whitfield Cook).
, 1h28Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Horror, Historical, Slasher
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Lilyan Chauvin, Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Kevin Bacon, Rob Zombie, Sean S. Cunningham
Roles Self
Rating71%
The film is a historical and critical look at slasher films, which includes dozens of clips, beginning with Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Prom Night. The films' directors, writers, producers, and special effects creators comment on the films' making and success. During the Ronald Reagan years, the films get gorier, budgets get smaller, and their appeal diminishes. Then, A Nightmare on Elm Street revives the genre. Jumping to the late 1990s, when Scream brings humor and TV stars into the mix. Although some criticize the genre as misogynistic, most of the talking heads celebrate the films: as long as there are teenagers, there will be slasher films.
, 1h41Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Kevin Spacey, Tippi Hedren, Janet Leigh, Patricia Hitchcock, Rod Taylor, Veronica Cartwright
Roles lui-même
Rating78%
Scriptwriter
Psycho (1998)
, 1h45Directed by Gus Van Sant
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Vince Vaughn, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Heche, William H. Macy, Philip Baker Hall
Rating46%
Marion Crane steals $400,000 from her employer to get her boyfriend, Sam Loomis, out of debt. She flees Phoenix, Arizona, by car. While en route to Sam's California home, she parks along the road to sleep. A highway patrol officer awakens her and, suspicious of her agitated state, begins to follow her. When she trades her car for another one at a dealership, he notes the new vehicle's details. Marion returns to the road but, rather than drive in a heavy storm, decides to spend the night at the Bates Motel.
Two Bits (1995)
, 1h25Directed by Frank Borzage, Tom Chatterton, James Foley
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Al Pacino, Joe Grifasi, Andy Romano, Alec Baldwin, Frank Borzage
Roles Writer
Rating60%
It is a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philadelphia, where 12-year-old Gennaro lives with his widowed mom and his ailing grandfather. His grandfather sits outside holding tight to his last quarter. He has promised the quarter to Gennaro so the boy can buy a ticket to a plush new movie theater. But grandpa is not ready to pass on the quarter or pass on to his final reward. He has some unfinished business with a woman from his past, and he enlists Gennaro to act as his emissary.
Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)
, 1h36Directed by Mick Garris
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Anthony Perkins, Henry Thomas, Olivia Hussey, CCH Pounder, Janet Leigh, Warren Frost
Roles Writer
Rating54%
Norman Bates is released from the mental hospital again, after having been re-incarcerated at the end of Psycho III; after spending several years there, he is judged rehabilitated for the second time. Norman is now married to a young nurse named Connie and is expecting a child. Norman secretly fears that the child will inherit his mental illness, so he must seek closure once and for all.
Blackout (1988)
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Gail O'Grady, Carol Lynley, Joanna Miles
Roles Writer
Rating56%
The Kindred (1987)
, 1h31Directed by Stephen Carpenter
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors David Allen Brooks, Amanda Pays, Talia Balsam, Kim Hunter, Rod Steiger, Julia Montgomery
Roles Writer
Rating56%
Amanda demande à son fils John avant de mourir que celui-ci se rende à son laboratoire pour détruire toutes les notes sur ses dernières expériences et tout ce qui concerne son "frère" que John n'a jamais connu. Mais le collaborateur d'Amanda ne l'entend pas de cette oreille...
Snowbeast (1977)
, 1h26Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors Bo Svenson, Yvette Mimieux, Robert Logan, Clint Walker, Sylvia Sidney, Annie McEnroe
Roles Writer
Rating46%
Former 1968 Winter Olympics gold medal ski champion (Bo Svenson) Gar Seberg and his wife Ellen, a television presenter (Yvette Mimieux), return to his home, a ski resort in the Colorado Rockies where the faded star seeks a job using his skiing skills. As the Sebergs arrive, the town's annual winter carnival is spoiled by the disappearances of a series of vacationers, later revealed to have been brutally killed by an unknown animal. There are eyewitness accounts that the culprit is a Yeti or Sasquatch, which are met with ridicule. The owner of the ski resort (Sylvia Sidney) declares that there is no such being, because she doesn't want to lose her business, and she arranges for her grandson Tony (Robert Logan) to keep the disappearances a secret. The local sheriff (Clint Walker) spreads the story that there is a lone savage bear on the loose. Tony gives Gar a job with the ski resort and confides in him about the monster. Gar's first job is to stalk and kill it. Gar keeps an open mind due to his wife's former work on a documentary about Sasquatch sightings, but is reluctant to kill it, feeling that it would be murder. He changes his mind when the monster comes to town and not only panics the population but kills the mother of the Snow Carnival Queen.
Home for the Holidays (1974)
, 1h13Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Christmas films
Actors Sally Field, Eleanor Parker, Julie Harris, Jessica Walter, Jill Haworth, John Fink
Roles Writer
Rating62%
The film opens in an enormous house where Benjamin Morgan, a rich dying father, is talking to his oldest daughter Alex. He thinks his second wife, Elizabeth, is trying to poison him. Alex believes him. Benjamin then sends Alex off to pick up her three sisters. While Alex is driving, she stops and asks Benjamin's doctor, Ted Lindsay, for directions. He tells her and comments on the fact that they haven't come to town since their birth mother committed suicide five years ago.
Eye of the Cat (1969)
, 1h42Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Michael Sarrazin, Gayle Hunnicutt, Eleanor Parker, Laurence Naismith, Jennifer Leak, Truman Linden Chiles
Roles Writer
Rating60%
Tante Danny (Eleanor Parker) vît avec son neveu Luke (Tim Henry) et ses nombreux chats. À son décès, elle a décidé de léguer sa fortune à ses animaux de compagnie. Quand Wylie (Michael Sarrazin), le frère de Luke, revient vivre à la maison accompagné de sa nouvelle compagne, Kassia (Gayle Hunnicutt), celle-ci change d'avis et en fait son héritier. Ce qui arrange bien Wylie qui a pour projet d'éliminer sa tante une fois le testament signé et de partir avec son héritage ...
The Naked Edge (1961)
, 1h37Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Gary Cooper, Deborah Kerr, Eric Portman, Diane Cilento, Hermione Gingold, Peter Cushing
Rating65%
In the aftermath of a theft and murder, Martha Radcliffe (Kerr) increasingly suspects her husband George Radcliffe (Cooper), whose testimony in court convicted the main suspect, of being the real culprit.
Psycho (1960)
, 1h49Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Hilton A. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Janet Leigh
Rating84%
During a lunchtime tryst in Phoenix, Arizona, a real estate secretary named Marion Crane discusses with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis, how they cannot afford to get married because of Sam's debts. After lunch, Marion returns to work, where a client drops off a $40,000 cash payment on a property. Her boss asks her to deposit the money in the bank, and she asks if she can take the rest of the afternoon off. Returning home, she begins to pack for an unplanned trip, deciding to steal the money and give it to Sam in Fairvale, California. She is seen by her boss on her way out of town, which makes her nervous. During the trip, she pulls over on the side of the road and falls asleep, only to be awakened by a state patrol officer. He is suspicious about her nervous behavior but allows her to drive on. Shaken by the encounter, Marion stops at an automobile dealership and trades in her Ford Mainline, with its Arizona license plates, for a Ford Custom 300 that has California tags. Her transaction is all for naught - the highway patrolman sees her at the car dealership and witnesses her purchase of the newer car.
, 1h49Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
The Black Orchid (1959)
, 1h34Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Peter Mark Richman, Ina Balin, Frank Puglia, Virginia Vincent
Roles Writer
Rating63%
Rose Bianco (Sophia Loren) a florist widowed by a famous gangster, looks for happiness with widower Frank Valente (Anthony Quinn). Rose is dealing with her son Ralph in a work farm for troubled boys, while for Frank, his grown up daughter Mary (Ina Balin) takes care of everything for him. Noble and Mary love each other and are engaged, but Mary refuses to marry him because she worries about who will take care of her father. She asks Noble to marry her and stay with her in her father’s house. At the same time, however, she refuses to accept Rose as her stepmother and allow her to join the family. Before Frank’s wedding day Mary irons Frank’s clothes, cooks all the food and locks herself in her room. This leads Rose and Frank to call everything off, devastating them both.