“Don’t believe anything you see on Halloween.” That’s Rev. M. Goodman heart opening quotes millennium‘s second Halloween-themed episode, “…13 Years Later,” instantly sets the tone for this unusual and spooky time in television. If this is your first foray into the world, millenniumyou’re probably wondering what kind of star he is. Lance Henriksen I wonder if they’ll do it on a show like this. on the other hand, chris carter– The created series had some very strange parts during its three short seasons, but no episode has ever come close to this one. Mixing Halloween and B-horror movies with the rock band KISS is definitely a little spooky, but this is a ride you’ll never forget. The station’s own promotion said, “If you like slasher movies… you’ll love it. The wildest band of blood, guts, and music. Don’t miss this outrageous show.”
“Millennium’s second Halloween episode feels like a fever dream”
Thirteen years after FBI profiler Frank Black was last in the small town of Trinity, South Carolina, he and his new partner Emma are investigating a series of murders he helped solve.・Hollis (claire scott) Return to investigating a new murder case. Unfortunately for Frank, the town is now the center of a B-horror movie loosely based on the very case Frank solved over a decade ago. The third act concert of the rock band KISS is currently scheduled.. Yes, they brought out the actual band for this one, complete with a newly reunited original lineup – Gene Simmons, paul stanley, Ace Frehleyand Peter Criss — performing their 1998 hit single “Psycho Circus” together on stage.
What’s even more interesting is The band themselves appear in the episode.. Stanley plays murdered director Lou Carroll. Simmons appears as the fake murderer Hector Leachman. Frehley and Chris make cameo appearances as “Sick Cop” and “Nice Cop” respectively. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given their stage personas, Simmons and Stanley give particularly fine performances, with the latter’s opening performance as a sleazy film director being the most authentic of the bunch. When speaking about the band in an on-set interview, Lance Henriksen once aptly stated:[KISS is] Of course, KISS has its own history of film and television appearances, but this episode millennium Take everything to the next level.
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As Frank struggles to discover the killer’s motives, Frank and Hollis finally have a breakthrough when they realize that the killer does not have a standard criminal profile (which makes Frank I almost lost my mind by the third time.) Instead, The killer is directly inspired by the horror movie that airs locally every night in the lead up to Halloween. In other words, halloween, friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Streetand texas chainsaw massacre All is fair game as the agents try to deduce the culprit before it’s too late. To make the story even stranger, Frank and Hollis are primarily dealing here with people in show business, narcissistic, “fake” Hollywood types who refuse to take danger seriously.
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“…13 Years Later” is a bizarre ode to ubiquitous B-horror movies
“…Thirteen Years Later” feels like an excuse for Fox to air an hour-long ad for Kiss’ 1998 reunion album; psycho circus (Which is a great album, by the way), this episode is likewise a sarcastic critique of the movie business as a whole. X files“Hollywood AD” or supernatural“Hollywood Babylon.” Of course, both episodes aired after millennium did it first. But at its core, “…13 Years Later” plays as a B-horror movie riff, perfect for the Halloween season. Not only does the final act take place on October 31st, right after a Michael Myers-inspired copycat murder, but the entire thing is structured as a meta-interpretation of how ridiculous most B-horror movies are. and has an ending that feels equally strange. In any given flick, it takes a while for the names of the episodes to disappear.
“…13 Years Later” couldn’t be more different. millenniumprevious halloween episode ofThe Curse of Frank Black is melancholy and meditative, but that doesn’t mean it’s without merit. It’s a fun, quirky experience that’s completely different than most episodes. millennium (In fact, this was the show’s first attempt at serious comedy in the third and final season), but it still shines thanks to Henriksen’s deadpan reactions to all the craziness. The twist at the end of the episode, which I won’t spoil here, is particularly noteworthy because it restructures the entire episode and retroactively explains why it feels so weird compared to normal stuff. millennium time. More than 20 years later, “…13 Years Later” is still a lot of fun, and especially at this time of year, it’s worth pulling out your old DVDs and watching.
millennium You can buy it on Amazon, but unfortunately it’s not available for streaming yet.
A former FBI profiler with the ability to peer into the minds of murderers begins working for the mysterious Millennium Group, which investigates serial killers, conspiracies, the occult, and those possessed at the end of the millennium.
- release date
- October 25, 1996
- cast
- Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Terry O’Quinn, Brittany Tiplady, Claire Scott, Stephen J. Lang, Stephen E. Miller, Bill Smitrovich
- season
- 3
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