Celebrity Picks: Diane Franklin (Terror Vision, Bill&Ted, The Amityville Murders)!!
Hello Grue-Lings,
Today we have a Horror Icon for Celebrity Picks. Her name is Diane Franklin.
Diane Franklin is an iconic 80s American film actress. Beginning her acting career at the age of ten, Diane started with modeling, theater, commercials, and soap opera work. She then won the lead role of the dream girl, Karen, in cult classic THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (1982) and soon after played the daughter, Patricia Montelli in AMITYVILLE II: THE POSSESSION. Her break-out film role was the spirited French-exchange student, Monique Junot, from BETTER OFF DEAD. A great horror film called Terror Vision, she plays Suzy. And she played the medieval Princess-babe, Joanna, from BILL & TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE. Diane sang the NATIONAL ANTHEM at Dodger Stadium in 2004, and wrote two autobiographies about her career: Diane Franklin: The Excellent Adventures of the Last American, French Exchange Babe of the 80s (Amazon/Kindle), and Diane Franklin: The Excellent CURLS of the Last American, French Exchange Babe of the 80s (Amazon/Barnes&Noble). Her other acting credits include episodic television, such as Charles in Charge, Murder She Wrote, Matlock, Freddy’s Nightmares, Aflred Hitchcock Presents, and Dallas : The Early Years. She also re-curred in televisions series, and movies made for television, such as SummerGirl and Deadly Lessons. Over the years Diane has also performed in her daughter/filmmaker, OLIVIA DELAURENTIS’ award winning comedies: HUMANIZED (L.A. Film Festival,) MY BETTER HALF (Soho Film Festival,) and a comedy web-series on YouTube titled SUGARBABIES (Barely Legal Comedy). Also in the films: WALLY GOT WASTED, WAKING NIGHTMARE, THE FINAL INTERVIEW and THE AMITYVILLE MURDERS: THE HAUNTING ON LONG ISLAND. HERE IS CELEBRITY PICKS WITH THE LEGEND DIANE FRANKLIN:
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JAWS:
The music gripping!!
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THE EXORCIST:
The subject matter. Auditioned for this film at 11. Didn’t know what curse words meant at the time 🙂 Was young when I saw film and never saw anything like this before. Cool.
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POLTERGEIST:
Connected to this film emotionally. Love ghost subject matter and little girl Heather O’Rourke drew me in. Dominque Dunne connection: the night she died I was supposed to meet her with friends. Also acted with JoBeth Williams in a play at 15.
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DRESSED TO KILL:
Gripping, Suspensul. Loved Angie Dickenson in this!
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THE BLOB:
Scared me as kid but I loved it.
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THE INVISIBLE MAN:
Loved the special effect as a kid at the time!!
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DEVIL DOLL:
Puppets freak me out.
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WAKING NIGHTMARE:
Horror/thriller I did! Girl commits murder in her sleep! I play mom. Juicy role!! GREAT twists!! Crazy scary!!!! Soooo scary!!
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AMITYVILLE 2: THE POSSESSION:
The Possession is definitely scary. Music, abuse, incest, real. Even freaked me out in theater! But I’m bias… 😉
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THE FINAL INTERVIEW:
Another film I did for horror director Fred Vogel. Thriller. Directed like a play. Three hours before an execution. Sooooo intense. You can’t take your eyes away for a second. So excited about this!
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