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All About Hollywood’s Original Scream Queen

Linnea Quigley Hollywood Chainsaw HookersAmerica’s one and only, “Scream Queen” – This is how we would like to introduce one of the top B-horror film actresses, Linnea Quigley. Even though, the actress has done over 100 movies in her acting career, her 90 second longest scream and exotic dance in her breakthrough movie, became her trademarks. Even so, Linnea Quigley has always been seen as a woman of substance. She is a gorgeous woman, often seen in scary situations in her movies. Whether it is the horrors of inhuman, or darkness of the human spirits, the splendid “Scream” beauty has faced it all, leaving the imprints of her character in everyone’s horror heart.

 

Early Life and Relationships

Born in Davenport, Iowa on May 27th, 1958, Linnea Quigley was an only child.

She was born to Heath Quigley, a chiropractor/psychiatrist and Dorothy Quigley, a homemaker. Most of her early childhood years were spent in Iowa, but in 1970s the family moved to Los Angeles, United States. This marked a turning point in Quigley’s life. Soon after the relocation, in 1978 the actress got her first acting break. Even though, she never dreamt of being an actress, she couldn’t resist the offer when it was presented. Linnea started getting work in B-horror movies and thus, soon became the first choice of director’s working on horror flicks in the 80’s.

Not much had been written about Linnea’s personal life. During her career, she wasn’t linked with any specific personality from the industry. However, in the year 1990, she married Steve Johnson, a special effects wizard. The marriage came out as a sudden shock to many, but didn’t last much longer than a horror flick sequel. The couple separated in 1992. Rumor has it, Linnea was very disturbed with her broken marriage and for a long time she couldn’t get over the past.Linnea Quigley Chainsaw Original

In 2001, she moved to Florida to stay close to her parents. It was reported that Linnea wanted to take some time off from her regular schedule, and moving to Florida was a part of her rejuvenation process and getting some scenic change in her life.

 

How Did Movies Happen To Her – Her Step In To Hollywood

She started her modeling career at the age of 15 with a television commercial, and soon started getting offers for horror films. The struggling period for the actress did not last long and in 1975, she bagged her first role in a small budget movie Wheeler, also known as The Psycho from Texas. The role was small, but her acting skills were highly acclaimed. The part brought her notoriety and she started getting offers from the movie industry. Linnea’s career was born as an actress in 1978 with Sleeping Beauty. It was a soft-core sex spoof fairy tale.

It was 1985’s with Return of the Living Dead that proved to be a breakthrough in her acting career. In this movie, she played the role of a punker named, “Trash”. Her exotic dance in a graveyard at midnight garnered her much horror fan acclaim, which made her the instant success in the industry. There was no turning back then and soon she was known as the “Queen of the ‘B’s”. Her reign was explicable in the late 1980s with some of the all times hits such as Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988), Nightmare Sisters (1987), Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988), and Night of the Demons (1988). Quigley was paid only $400 for her small role in Nightmare Sisters. However, Nightmare Sisters turned out to be a good success for her as an actor. Her work as an obsessed and possessed sex bomb was highly appreciated.

Linnea Quigley’s Popular Movies – What Were They All About

Linnea Quigley has so far worked with almost 125 feature movies since she started working in Hollywood. She landed her very first role while still in her teens, and proved her worth as an actress in merely a couple of movies she did in the 80’s. Here is the list of some of most popular films.

1. Psycho from Texas (1975)
This was the first feature film of Linnea. She performed the role of a barmaid. This was Linnea’s one of the least glamorous roles. Even though, she didn’t have much to do, her small scenes didn’t go unnoticed in the industry. The movie revolved around a hitman, hired to kill a Texas oil millionaire.[amzn_product_inline asin=’B00179UY3Q’]

2. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Needless to say, this movie came as a breakthrough in Quigley’s life. She played the role of a punker named, “Trash”. Her exotic nude dance atop a tombstone and 90 seconds long scream made her a hit overnight. The movie was a comedy/zombie flick that tells the story of three men accompanied by a group of teens. [amzn_product_inline asin=’B000RPCK2Y’]

3. Creepozoids (1987)
Creepozoids was a low budget sc-fi horror movie, set in 1998, Linnea Quigley had a very prominent role in the movie and she gave her best. Even though, the movie flopped, her acting was quite appreciated.[amzn_product_inline asin=’B0000B1OCP’]

4. Nightmare Sisters (1987)
The story revolves around three girls who aren’t able to find a date for them. One night when they decide to call some geeky guys at their place, the three sisters are possessed by evil and possessive spirits, bringing the unexplainable horror twist. Linnea played the role of Melody, and definitely did the justice to her role as a ravenous sex bomb.[amzn_product_inline asin=’B0000CG8GZ’]

5. Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
Notable to be one of the only two films, starring together the 1980s scream queens Linnea, Brinke Stevens and Michelle Bauer. Quiglewy played the role of “Spider”, who battles the bowls and IMP.[amzn_product_inline asin=’1573471038′]

6. Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)
An American comedy, B-horrow flick, revolves around the life of a private detective who accidentally meets a cult of Prostitute, Egyptian chainsaw worshipper. Quigley played the role of “Samantha”, a teenage runaway. [amzn_product_inline asin=’B000ZM1MHI’]

7. Blood Nasty (1989)
The role of “Wanda Dance” in Blood Nasty, did not do much good to her in terms of career, but her role didn’t go unnoticed either. The movie was filmed around the life of an ordinary fellow who dies and reanimated with soul of a deadly serial killer.

8. Assault of the Party Nerds (1989)
The role of cute, “Bambi” in the movie was played by Linnea. She played the role of a cute girl enlisted as the family members to help swell the rolls. Even though, the movie flopped, the actress was noticed to have even performed the “girl next door” roles.[amzn_product_inline asin=’B002WQI6DS’]

9. Robot Ninja (1990)
When a comic book character transforms himself into the famous Robot Ninja, nothing could stop him in fulfilling his revenge. Linnea did a good job as Ms. Barbeau, but couldn’t get the much-needed acclaim as the story line was more about the Ninja.[amzn_product_inline asin=’B000OI6CXM’]

10. Beach Babes from Beyond (1993)
Due to unexpected circumstances, the interstellar girls land on earth and take part on bikini contest. Their intention to help a man hang on to a beach house, drive them to face all kinds of uncertainties on earth. Linnea was quite a fit in the role of “:Sally”.[amzn_product_inline asin=’B006PM3N92′]

11. Kannibal (2001)
In this comedy horror, Quigley played the role of a crime boss named as Georgina Thereshkova. The movie focuses on the twists of her life when she finds who finds herself in crosshairs of police and a mob chief.[amzn_product_inline asin=’B00005N9GJ’]

Linnea Quigley’s Horror Workout DVD

Horror WorkoutThe Horror Workout DVD by Linnea Quingley is the fitness video boom idea that happened to the actress accidentally. During the shoot of Murder Weapon in 1989, when the director Kenneth J. Hall cracked a joke about how the repeated use of Sledgehammer by Linnea in one of the death scenes, resembles a workout, Quigley’s mind made instant plans to launch her own version of workout DVD’s. This throwaway joke became a great idea and the instant hit, right after the launch.

Essentially, the DVD follows the format of every other successful fitness video, only with added trademarks of Quigley v.i.z nudity, zombies and gore. This one hour-long workout DVD is built around three routines. The workout sequences are delivered in a fairly straightforward manner. Quigley is the main attraction of the workout, and it has been said that the video targets more to spectatorship than actual participation. Her presence is incredibly endearing.

Linnea Quigley’s Horror Workout is released by The Fright Film Factory via the Legacy Features’ website. The DVD also comes with a signed photo of Linnea Quigley and Hall. Linnea’s DVD out rated all the other fitness DVD’s in the market at the time of the launch. The choreography in the video was highly appreciated, and considered to be unique in its own way. You won’t see some skinny girl exercising in loose hoodies, rather you see a gracious lady working out to keep herself toned and maintain her ravishing sex appeal. Her fan following has tremendously increased after the launch of Horror Workout DVD.

Quick Facts From The Life of Linnea Quigley

A lot has been said about the actress in the last 35 years, but there are many things that her fans would love to know. Here are some quick bites for Linnea’s fans of all times.

    • Linnea was once the member of all girl band called, “The Skirts”. She has also sung for many background scores of her movies.
    • She regularly appears in horror conventions to meet her fans. She is reported to have attended several conventions in a year.
    • She is a long time friends with fellow Scream queens of Hollywood, Michelle Bauer and Brinke Stevens . The group of three has worked together in a couple of horror flicks.
    • She got her very first acting break in a toothpaste commercial, way before The Wheeler in 1975.
    • In the early 90s, Linnea gave written exam to enter LAPD. She wanted to become a police officer, but gave up on her thoughts and decided to continue her career as an actress.
    • Linnea Quigley was interviewed by Jewel Shephard for his book “Invasion of the B-Girls”.
    • She has been ranked as top#9 “Hottest Women of Horror Movies” in Maxim’s list.
    • Linnea is just 5ft 2 inches tall. She wears a shoe size 4.5.
    • She attended Bettendorf High School in Bettendorf, Iowa.
    • Her friends used to call her “Barb” while growing up in Iowa.
    • Before taking up acting as her career, Linnea worked in Jack LaLanne’s Health Spa.
    • At the age of 15, the actress represented her state in the Miss National Teenager Pageant.

Linnea Quigley Discusses Her Horror Roles

Linnea Quigley’s Life Today

Linnea-Quigley-TodayCurrently, Linnea resides in South Florida with her parents. She has a huge collection of pets, and takes full responsibility to keep and raise them in a protective and healthy environment. Linnea is an extensive supporter of animal rights. She has contributed many years of her life to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) campaigns. She has enormously participated in PETA’s “Lettuce Ladies” campaign; where she took the pledge to educate people on adopting vegetarian lifestyle while using lettuce as the only means to cover the body. She even got a poster made promoting this campaign for animal rights.

According to media reports, apart from films, Linnea spends most of her time in participating in conventions around the world, playing guitar, singing for her band and writing. She has nearly two auto-biographies based on her life in the movie industry, so people can know much better about her.

Linnea Quigley as Miss Strangelove
Picture from just completed movie: Miss Strangelove

As far as movies are concerned, Linnea has approximately 9 releases lined up in the next couple of year. “Kannibals” is just out and an autographed copy (Kannibals) is available directly from Quigley’s site, and 8 other movies are in various stages of post production including: Blood Wings, Virginia Obscura, Disciples, Demonica, A Blood Story, Hunters, Terror Toons 3, Crazy Fat Ethal, and Miss Strangelove.

Linnea has a broad selection of autographed pictures, DVDs, and collectibles on her website.

Linnea is one of the most popular pin-up girls in the world. In fact, she was recently inducted into the horror hall of fame for her exceptional books including Skin and The Linnea Quigley Chainsaw Bio Book. So while she hasn’t been too far from acting, she continues to be an extremely busy lady indeed! After 35 years of her acting career and more than a hundred movies, Linnea Quigley is still known to be the best “America’s Scream Queen”. After 35 years of serving the horror film industry, the actress has been able to maintain the same stature and fan following. She is always the favorite at Conventions due to her happy-go-lucky, vibrant and exuberant personality. She has one of the highest social networking following in the Hollywood.

Zombie Reckoning | The Hive (Episode 1)

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The time when your actions are judged as good or bad and you are rewarded or punished…

An informed group of secluded “zombies” is aware of the earth’s impending apocalypse and are making plans on taking over the world.  The zombies are organized like a bee colony with a queen, worker bees and sacrificial bees.  Zombie squads are sent out into the world using various methods to recruit soldiers, and destroy enemies.    

Almost ninety-five percent of the United States is uninhabited, and the sobering truth of the matter is that the government has no ability to monitor all of the activities that occur in these rural lands.  Officials attempt to record major events in the unpopulated zones, but there simply are not the resources available to do so.  Not to mention, if anyone wishes to remain hidden, it is not that difficult to do so with that much open space available.

Across the continent, in isolated pockets, there are unknown hives; entire populations that have yet to be documented or studied.  These hives are found in the desert, where the creatures are hard like rocks, and dry and dark and dusty.  In the forests, the creatures are larger, and more dependent on water, unlike the smaller northern variety, which are almost pure white.  In every corner of the nation, hives are tucked away in the mountains and deserts, the swamps and frozen hills.

Waiting.

Deep in the heart of the Oregon forests, lies the nation’s largest hive.  Thousands strong, the colony has existed for as long as humans have been in that region.

Because the creatures in the hive were once humans themselves.

Out of the chaos that is evolution, came a creature whose purpose was not killing and eating, but poisoning and collecting.  These creatures infect healthy hosts with a toxin that reprograms the mind.  All that matters to the infected is the survival of the colony and the spread of the infection.  If the colonies were no more than a collection of infected hosts biting and spreading their disease, the region would have a serious problem.  In the hive, the problem has the potential to be worldwide.

Within a colony is a simple hierarchy that keeps the creatures organized and focused.  Like bees, there are different classes within these hives, and each infected person is assigned a duty by the queen, the source of the infection.  Some are reserved as builders and engineers.  Others are hunters and soldiers.  Still others are set aside for private service to the queen.

The colony gathers food and wards off predators and expands the hive.  For the most part, American hives have never grown beyond moderate in size and have never seriously threatened human populations.  The Oregon hives have grown larger due in part to the number of lost hikers every year in state forests.  It’s all too easy for a meandering soldier to snag a live human and assimilate them into the colony.

Which is not a pretty sight.

An infected human is little more than an automated shell.  The venom used to convert a healthy person into a worker in the hive attacks all four lobes of the brain to a degree, but leaves the brain stem relatively untouched.  This allows for the body to maintain major motor functions, but eliminates conscious thought, independent problem solving, and creativity.  Infected persons can hear, see, smell, touch, and taste, but they will not attempt undesignated tasks.

The appearance of an infected person is similar to one who has become very ill.  The color in the skin depletes until the body appears ashen, more so than others depending on the age of the queen and the region the hive inhabits.  The hair becomes thin and oftentimes falls out.  The skin becomes thick and rough, as though the entire body is covered with thick callouses.  This phenomenon gives the infected an additional visual symptom of unhealthy, though the condition does not seem to slow them down at all.

It can be understood why the assimilated human is often confused with what popular media refers to as a ‘zombie’, though the two have very little in common.  The assimilated member of the hive is not dead, nor does  it exist solely to find and consume human flesh.  It may look infected with death when all one sees is the grey, calloused skin, thin hair, and thoughtless expression, but assimilated humans are very alive and can be killed like any other living creature.  The difference between them and the uninfected is the presence of the toxin, and the power the venom has over the assimilated.

Infected humans will continue to operate long after receiving a mortal wound.  The venom forces the brain stem to continue to operate for hours after the rest of the vital organs barely function.  This allows for assimilated humans to continue to hunt, work, and protect the hive even after they are technically dead, further fueling the zombie fears.

Besides the infected humans that have been added to the hive, there are natural-born creatures in the colony as well, including the queen.  These creatures have only received cultural titles, but a common name used in many areas is Reaper.  Very little is known of these creatures, and even less is known of the queens.  What is known is that the queen communicates with the colony through her Reapers, who in turn send messages to infected humans by way of pheromones.  Different pheromones are used to place different orders.  There are protection pheromones, as well as build, gather, and attack orders, not to mention the countless small tasks that are chemically transferred.

Reapers are smaller than humans, and shaped like elongated, tube-shaped spiders, complete with eight legs, fangs, and a cluster of eyes, though they behave more like a bee colony.

Hives have existed and thrived for thousands of years in the world, but only a fraction of that time has been in America.  This had more to do with a lack of human habitation than a difficulty of environment.  In fact, the only places on earth where there are no hives are the places where you will also not find humans residing.  And for centuries the hives seemed content to maintain their numbers and preserve themselves as opposed to growing.

Until now…

Something is stirring in the hives, and it is not just in isolated locations.  The commotion is spreading from one corner of the nation to the other.  Hives are increasing their numbers and preparations can be seen being made from colony to colony.  The number of soldiers is increasing and the number of engineers is dwindling.  Why?  No one knows for sure, but all the measures point to war.  What can the hives sense that healthy humans can’t?

The world is plagued with famine, war, poverty, sickness, and death.  Humans have never been more engaged in the eradication of cultures and beliefs than they are currently, and the most powerful nations are at the tip of the spear, including the US.  It is an era filled with hate, and fear, and destruction, and the Reapers can feel it.  The end is coming, and the time has never been better for the hives to make a mighty migration.  Like African Bees, the Reapers will gather the colony, and rove the country, killing and assimilating, killing and assimilating, until the world is a hive, alive and crawling with the lifeless servants of the queen.  There can be no stopping them once it has begun.  There will be no escaping them once they enter a city.  Every man, woman, and child will join the colony or be destroyed in the process.  The world as it has always been will be replaced.  Humans will lose their seat as the most powerful creatures and the Reapers will rule.

There can be no escape.

There is no cure.

There is no standing against the wave.

The Hive is expanding….

Stay tuned for Episode 2!

 

Experiments in Podcasting

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Experiments in Podcasting: “Thomas “Tomahawk” Dettloff and Joseph “Joe Mummy” Christaina from The Cutting Room Podcast make history with the first bi-weekly film production-diary podcast. Experiments in Podcasting chronicles the making of the independent horror film, Experients in Killing.”
The podcast will include updates on production development, production meetings, and you’ll have the ability to interact with the filmmakers to help make creative decisions.