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Blu-ray.com reports that Scream Factory has announced that they’ll be bringing four horror movies to 4K in February – and each one of these is a cool title that a lot of genre fans will be picking up. Scream Factory’s February 4K line-up consists of Ghosts of Mars (2001), Humanoids from the Deep (1980), Galaxy of Terror (1981), and Sick (2022)!

Directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay he wrote with Larry Sulkis, Ghosts of Mars is one of the least popular films in Carpenter’s filmography… but still, it’s Carpenter, so that means a 4K release is going to be a must-buy for a good number of fans. Here’s the synopsis: Long inhabited by human settlers, the Red Planet has become the manifest destiny of an over-populated Earth. Nearly 640,000 people now live and work all over Mars, mining the planet for its abundant natural resources. But one of those...

General Hospital (Gh) spoilers and rumors tease John “Jagger” Cates’ (Adam J. Harrington) accusations against Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) will be debunked.

Scott Baldwin (Kin Shriner) knows Jagger cheated on Karen Wexler (Marie Wilson) out in California and he’s just using her to stoke a vendetta-Jagger didn’t love his wife!

General Hospital Spoilers – Scott Baldwin Was Karen Wexler’s Father

Scott was Karen’s father, although he didn’t find out until after Jagger and Karen’s wedding-her mother, Rhonda Wexler (Denise Galik-Furey) told him then.

As teenagers, she and Scott Baldwin crossed paths and had a short-lived romance following their high school prom, which led to the birth of Karen. Rhonda kept her teenage pregnancy a secret from Scott and raised Karen on her own.

After Karen tied the knot with Jagger Cates and moved to San Francisco, Rhonda at last disclosed to Karen and Scott that...

Humanoids from the Deep, the Alien-meets-Jaws-meets-Creature from the Black Lagoon cult classic from 1980 is now officially a Scream Factory-branded title as we present it in a new Blu-ray Steelbook&#174 packaging! Swimming its way this Summer. Official street date is July 30th for U.S. and Canada territories (Region A).

Scream Factory is preparing a new 4K scan of the uncut international version of the film from the original camera negative. All bonus features from the prior Blu-ray release will be ported over as well. Only 5,000 units of the steelbook are being produced total. When they're gone, they're gone!

The Humanoids from the Deep steelbook gets a fresh piece of art from artist Laz Marquez, who illustrated prior Scream Factory steelbooks The Howling, Lifeforce and Army of Darkness. If you order directly from Shout! Factory's website, your packaging will also include an exclusive 28.5" x 16.5" rolled lithograph of the illustration. The litho...

1950: The First Hundred Years premiered.

1981: Falcon Crest premiered.

2000: Port Charles kicked off the "Fate" arc.

2009: Venice premiered."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

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1933: After its August 14 debut on local station Wlw in Cincinnati, radio soap opera Ma Perkins graduated to the NBC Red network in the 3 p.m. Et timeslot. The show was produced by Frank and Anne Hummert, the prolific team responsible for numerous radio dramas including Just Plain Bill, Backstage Wife and Young Widder Brown.

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Walter Matthau would’ve celebrated his 98th birthday on October 1, 2018. Born in 1920, the actor was a celebrated performer on both the stage and screen, known for his gruff, rumpled persona. In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at 15 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.

Matthau turned to acting after serving in the United States Army Air Force during WWII. He became a frequent presence on the small screen with appearances in “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “Goodyear Playhouse,” and “The Du Pont Show of the Week” (which brought him an Emmy bid in 1963), to name a few. During this period he also appeared in several films, few of them comedies, including “A Face in the Crowd” (1957) and “Fail Safe” (1964).

At the same time, he gained increasing respect as a stage actor with Tony Award-winning performances in “A Shot in the Dark” (Featured Actor in a Play...

Dena Dietrich (ex-Katie, Santa Barbara; ex-Carlotta, All My Children) - 82

Donnelly Rhodes (ex-Phillip, The Young And The Restless) - 73

Daniel Markel (ex-David, As The World Turns; ex-Sam, Another World) - 47

Marisa Tomei (ex-Marcy, As The World Turns) - 46

Denise Galik-Furey (ex-Rhonda, Port Charles/General Hospital; ex-Cindy, General Hospital; ex-Christine, Flamingo Road; ex-Linda, Knots Landing)

Arielle Renwart (ex-Leah, Guiding Light)...