FLASHDANCE.jpg?format=2500w' alt='Flashdance Full Movie Part 1' title='Flashdance Full Movie Part 1' />Naked Facts About FlashdanceThough most people associate the Halloween season with horror movies, there are movies in every genrefrom cartoons to comediesthat take their inspiration from the spookiest time of year, either in a pivotal scene or as an overall theme. Here are 2. 0 of our favorites. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1. One of the most iconic scenes in this adaptation of Harper Lees classic novel is the night Scout Mary Badham walks home in a clumsy ham costume after a Halloween party She and brother Jem are saved by Boo Radley Robert Duvall after being attacked by a man looking for revenge on their father, attorney Atticus Finch. Trapped in the awkward ham costume, Scout is both defenseless and defendedthe heavy exterior thwarts the mans attack and saves her from serious injury. Jake Rossen. 2. ITS THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN 1. Flashdance Full Movie Part 1' title='Flashdance Full Movie Part 1' />Though slightly less famous than its yuletide counterpart, this Halloween themed Peanuts special is just as heartwarming, and introduces us to a whole new benevolent holiday figure the Great Pumpkin. The 2. 5 minute TV specialone of only three animated by Bill Melendez and featuring a classic score by Vince Guaraldifollows Linuss much mocked Halloween traditions surrounding the Great Pumpkin, like writing him an annual letter and waiting patiently at the local pumpkin patch to try to catch a glimpse of him. You also get to see the whole Peanuts gang partying in their best Halloween costumes well, most of them opt to be ghosts, including a brief diversion as Snoopys Flying Ace takes on the Red Baron. Watch King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword Putlocker#. Shaunacy Ferro. 3. When asked to double for Kevin Bacon in Footloose, Peter Tramm was floored. Like many others, he had watched Paramount squirm as it pretended that Jennifer. Flashdance is a 1983 American romantic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne. It was the first collaboration of producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, and the. Contains full filmography, image gallery, biography, movie trivia, awards, news articles and message board. Strictlys Joanne Clifton and A1s Ben Adams will tour Flashdance The Musical. The show kicks off in Glasgow in August. HALLOWEEN IS GRINCH NIGHT 1. The Grinch is well known for his animated Christmas special, but in 1. Halloween. Halloween is Grinch Night takes place on a night when the sour sweet wind is sweeping over Whoville, forcing the Whos indoors and giving the Grinch free rein to terrorize the town. The special lacks the moral lessons and heartwarming ending of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, but it does feature some catchy songs and wordplay from script writer Dr. Seuss. And unlike his Christmas story, this special culminates with a trippy horror sequence thats legitimately scary. Michele Debczak. 4. HALLOWEEN 1. 97. Irene Cara is best known as a singer of movie themes, though she worked as an actress since childhood. Raised in New York City, she appeared on Broadway in. John Carpenters Halloween wasnt the first slasher flick, but it did help solidify the genre for nearly the next 4. The movie established the need for an iconic piece of big screen villainy, which it found in the lumbering, ghostly Michael Myers. Predictably, the movie takes place on Halloween and features all the staples a knife wielding maniac, some hysterical teenagers a young Jamie Lee Curtis among them, and plenty of gruesome kills performed with machine like precision. Whether you watch it with horrific enthusiasm or through the openings of your petrified fingers covering your face, Halloween is a slasher film that has to be seen by any self respecting movie fan. Jay Serafino. 5. DARK KNIGHT OF THE SCARECROW 1. This little seen TV movie stars Larry Drake L. A. Law as Bubba Ritter, a man of impaired intellect who is wrongly accused of attacking a girl in their small southern town. After being murdered by an angry vigilante group, Ritters vengeful presence sends the offenders into a paranoid spiral. At a Halloween party, mob leader Otis Charles Durning menaces the young victim, who knows he was responsible for Ritters murder. All three meet their fates in the climactic chase through a pumpkin patch. JR6. HALLOWEEN III SEASON OF THE WITCH 1. Come for the catchy jingle, stay for the legitimately solid storytelling. Though the third entry in the Halloween franchise has been widely mocked for decades, strip away all the cheesiness of its early 8. Stacey Nelkinand youre actually left with a pretty interesting allegory about the power of corporate America in this case, a popular Halloween mask maker that has rigged its product to kill off the American population. Jennifer M. Wood. E. T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL 1. In addition to making Reeses Pieces a trick or treat staple, E. T. the Extra Terrestrial also gave us one of the most iconic Halloween sequences in cinema. On Halloween, Elliott dresses E. T. the outer space visitor who has been crashing in his closetas a bedsheet ghost to sneak him out of the house for the night. The plot device makes for some delightful scenes, like when E. T. tries to heal the fake knife wound on Elliotts brothers head, or when he bumps into a kid dressed as Yoda and confuses him for a fellow alien. George Lucas returned Steven Spielbergs shout out 1. E. T. cameo in The Phantom Menace. MD8. ONCE BITTEN 1. Ok, so it would probably be more accurate to call Once Bittenthe mid 1. Jim Carrey on the mapmore of a guilty pleasure than a genuinely great flick. But the film, which features Lauren Hutton as a 4. Carrey would become in the decades that followed. JMW9. THE WORST WITCH 1. Before there was Harry Potter, there was Mildred Hubble Fairuza Balk, a student at Miss Cackles Academy for Witches whose greatest talent seems to be in turning everything she touches into a catastrophe hence the title. But when Miss Cackles evil sister Agatha both played by Charlotte Rae makes a sneaky play to take over the school and turn its students into fellow evildoers, its Mildred who ends up saving the day. JMW1. 0. GHOSTWATCH 1. This BBC special was broadcast on Halloween night from a supposedly haunted residence in the UK, with the channels familiar on air personalities lending credence to the prank. What starts off as a reality TV stunt quickly goes off the rails, as the ghost nicknamed Pipes causes a number of unsettling disturbances for both the family and viewers. The program was so scary it was scolded by British broadcasting officials for not making it clear it was a work of fiction. JR1. 1. HOCUS POCUS 1. Roger Ebert may have given Hocus Pocusa one star rating, but the campy filmstarring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and a pre Sex and the City Sarah Jessica Parkeris now considered a Halloween cult classic, with an upcoming TV movie reboot sans original cast currently in the works. For the uninitiated, the original 1. Salem, Massachusetts, where teen Max Dennison Omri Haim Katz accidentally resurrects a trio of murderous witches while trying to impress his crush. Max bands together with love interest Allison Vinessa Shaw Thackery Binx, an immortal black cat and his little sister, Dani played by a tiny Thora Burch to thwart the witches quest to suck out the souls of Salems children. KF1. 2. THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 1. The Nightmare Before Christmas could be billed as either a Halloween movie or a Christmas flick, depending on how macabre you like your holiday films. The 1. 99. 3 claymation musical features Pumpkin King Jack SkellingtonHalloweens answer to figures like Santa Claus or the Easter Bunnywhos tired of always celebrating the same holiday in his native Halloween Town. When Jack accidentally discovers a portal to Christmas Town, he learns about the unfamiliar holiday and decides to adopt some of its trademark cheer. Jacks plans go awry, however, when he kidnaps Santa and tries to take over his job. KF1. 3. ED WOOD 1. Tim Burtons Ed Wood 1. Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi, one of the most famous horror actors of all time, and Johnny Depp as Ed Wood, one of the most infamous directors of all time. Im Glad WikipediaIm Glad is a song recorded by American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez for her third studio album, This Is Me. Then 2. 00. 2. It was written by Lopez, Troy Oliver, Cory Rooney, Mr. Deyo and Jesse Weaver Jr. Oliver and Rooney. It was released as the albums third single on April 8, 2. Background and compositioneditLopezs third studio album This Is Me. Then was released in November 2. It featured the entertainer in a more hands on role than ever before, writing more material. Her fianc at the time, actor Ben Affleck, was her muse and inspiration for the albums lyrics the title referred to who you are at the time, and it was something Lopez wanted to look back on in the future. Affleck and Lopez became a prominent supercouple in popular culture, referred to as Bennifer by the public. Jenny from the Block was released as the albums lead single, peaking at number three on the US Billboard Hot 1. All I Have, topped the Hot 1. However, Lopez was initially dissatisfied with the release of both singles. She felt that the tracks were too similar to her previous singles such as Aint It Funny and Im Real she felt like she was visiting old territory. She subsequently released Im Glad as the albums third single, with it being serviced to Top 4. April 8, 2. 00. 3. Im Glad is an uptempo R B ballad which runs for a duration of three minutes and forty two seconds. Lopez wrote the song with the assistance of Troy Oliver, Cory Rooney, Andre Deyo and Schooly D, with Oliver and Rooney serving as producers. She recorded her vocals for the track with Peter Wade Keusch and Bruce Swedien at The Hit Factory recording studios in New York City, where it was also mixed. Im Glad contains a sample of the 1. Schooly D song P. S. K. What Does It Mean. Its instrumentation consists of classical harp runs laced throughout a computer generated beat. Written in the key of Db Major, Lopezs vocal spans from an A3 to a C5. Its instrumentation includes the use of piano and guitar. Im Glad is about finding true love, containing lyrics such as I think Im in love. Damn, finally. 1. The Boston Globe noted the songs lyrics to be about her relationship with actor Ben Affleck, who served as Lopezs muse for This Is Me. Then. 9ReceptioneditSteven Morse of The Boston Globe praised the song, describing it as elegantly structured. The song was nominated for Choice Love Song at the 2. Teen Choice Awards. Im Glad entered the US Billboard. Hot 1. 00 at number 6. May 3, 2. 00. 3. 1. In its fourth week on the chart, the song climbed to its peak position of number 3. Feelin So Good 2. However, it was more successful on the Billboard. Hot Dance Club Songs chart, peaking at number four on the issue date July 1. The song made its peak at 1. UK Official Charts Company for 1. Im Glad debuted and peaked at number eight in Canada, becoming her eighth top ten hit. It also entered the Australian Singles Chart at number ten, its peak position,1. Australian Recording Industry Association. Music videoeditDevelopment and synopsiseditThe music video for Im Glad was filmed in February 2. While coming up with ideas for the video, Lopezs sole vision was to dance solo, without back up dancers or assistance. She hired David La. Chapelle to direct, and he then came up with the idea to recreate the film Flashdance 1. La. Chapelle identically fashioned the sets, iconography, and costuming of Flashdance as a back drop for Lopez to dance. For the music video, Lopez sported her natural curly hair,1. She spent several hours at night perfecting the music video, taking part in the editing process herself. During the music videos editing stages, Lopez wanted to make sure everything was authentic. She said, I really worked out and did the diet thing. We should retouch this. I was like, Youre going to leave everything the way it is. Thats how it wiggles and jiggles in real life, thats how theyre going to see it in the video. And I noticedthe editors sent the video to me and they have shaved off a little bit of my hips andI was like, That aint methose are not my hips. Just leave them the way they are. Do me a favordont touch my hips. Dont try to make me look skinnier. Its fine, its fine the way it is. And thats what they did. Prior to the clip being released, Jon Wiederhorn of MTV News reported that it was heavily influenced by the 1. Lopez strikes 8. Identical to the storyline in Flashdance, Lopez plays a young aspiring dancer who welds by day and dances by night at a bar. The clip begins with Lopez entering a dance studio wearing a puffy jacket and scarf. She has arrived at an audition, with a table of judges present. Suddenly, the screen switches to showing different aspects of her life, including her at her modest home, riding through the neighborhood on a bike with her dog running along, as well as her role as an exotic dancer at a local bar and grill. Later, at a strip club, she is seen dancing to intricate choreography clothed in a skimpy red top. She then appears exercising and practicing her dance moves in another location. The screen then switches to before she entered the dance audition she walks through a line of intimidating beautiful ballerinas. Lopezs dance routine in front of the judges then commences her audition, which includes her dancing on the judges table, as they move their feet to the music. ReceptioneditA writer from The New York Times praised the video, stating that Lopez has taken whats thrilling about the movie the idea of a working class girls who makes her mark on the world and presented it as a buffed up fairy tale version of her own career, calling Lopez a pleasure to watch. About. coms Jason Shawhan considered it her second best video, behind Waiting for Tonight, and called it one of her most interesting efforts, describing the dance work on display as punishing. Writing for the UGO Networks, K. Thor Jensen placed the video seventeenth on a list of the 5. Sexiest Music Videos of All Time, calling it a funky homage to Flashdance that J Lo in several scenes from the classic flick, dancing like her life depended on it. Jensen also wrote, The video would earn a spot on this list just for the bit where water pours down from the ceiling on Lopez, but luckily the rest of the clip keeps the quality high. Joe Usmar of the Daily Mirror regarded it as one of the 1. Sexiest Music Videos Ever Made, praising Lopezs physicality and calling its visuals goddamn hawt. Author Daniel Bernardi noted that While Beals performance was criticized for its lack of dance, Lopezs bodily performance faced scrutiny for its excess. In the book Dance and the Hollywood Latina Race, Sex, and Stardom 2. Priscilla Pea Ovalle observed that the music videos provocative sexual choreography authenticated Lopez as a bona fide Hollywood Latina by showing her dancing in shots that tilt from face to fanny. Ovalle also wrote that the storyline of Flashdance was similar to Lopezs life, and she fully embodied a fantasy of achievement. Similarly, Gary Susman of Time wrote In a way, of course, Lopez was re enacting her own life story, that of the Bronx girl whod used street moves to dance her way to fame. Unlike Flashdance, Im Glad starred a woman who could perform her own dance moves. The video was nominated for four MTV Video Music Awards.