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Ferrera said it felt like she filmed 500 takes of the speech over the two days of filming, adding, “It was probably 30 to 50 full runs of it, top to bottom. By the end, [co-star Ariana Greenblatt] recited the monologue to me because she had memorized it because that’s how many times I had said it.”
Barbie (2023) dir. Greta Gerwig
IT'S A WONDERFUL KNIFE (2023)
Ben (Tony Todd) and Barbara (Patricia Tallman) in NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1990)
“We have the guns. If we’re careful, we could get away. You told me to fight! Well, I’m fighting. I’m not panicking. This place is not safe. Not upstairs or down! We should leave before it’s too late.”
“While this trope has faded away in modern cinema, it’s hold on the human psyche still remains. If Jaws made us fear sharks, these films made us fear our own phones. If it’s night, and you’re all alone, and you receive a call from someone you don’t know, that ring is a chill down your spine. If you choose to answer, the possibilities are endless. It could be a simple wrong number or a telemarketer, or maybe it’s the unknown, a faceless presence in the dark watching you, waiting to strike. That fear never goes away.” (x)
Black Christmas (1974) dir. Bob Clark When a Stranger Calls (1979) dir. Fred Walton A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) dir. Wes Craven Scream (1996) dir. Wes Craven Scream 2 (1997) dir. Wes Craven The Ring (2002) dir. Gore Verbinski The Babadook (2014) dir. Jennifer Kent
All work and no play makes Horny a dull boy. DRIVE THRU (2007) dir. Brendan Cowles & Shane Kuhn