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4 Shots From 4 Films: Happy Birthday Fay Wray!

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4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking. Today is the birthday of 1930s Scream Queen Fay Wray (1907-2004), and since it’s so close to Halloween season (can’t wait!!), here are 4 Shots From The Horror Films of the fabulous Fay Wray!!

The Most Dangerous Game (1932; D: Irving Pichel & Ernest B. Shoedsack)

The Vampire Bat (1933; D: Frank R. Strayer)

Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933; D: Michael Curtiz)

King Kong (1933; D: Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Shoedsack)

Hottie of the Day: Mary Elizabeth Winstead

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MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD

With this being horror-theme month here at Through the Shattered Lens I thought it was time for another “Hottie of the Day” entry and one who has some experience atbeing a scream queen in horror films these past couple years.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead is better known for the role (perfectly cast and played) of Ramona Flowers in Edgar Wright’s wright’s film adaptation of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, but she has done quite a bit of work in the horror genre. One of her earliest films was as the lead in Final Destination 3. Then she has followed that up with roles in Quentin Tarantino’s half of Grindhouse as a naive young actress being stalked by Kurt Russell’s psychotic stuntman in Death Proof. Her last couple films have also been in the field of horror as she had major roles in both The Thing prequel and the fantasy horror mash-up this past summer with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Ms. Winstead has become a favorite of genre fans and not just for her All-American girl-next-door look, but for the fact that she has talent as an actress and makes the most of every role she plays even in films that critically fails. Of late her work has gotten her noticed as a contender for the end of the year awards for best performance in a film with her performance as Kate Hannah in the comedy-drama Smashed.

Whether she wins awards later this year or not, here’s to hoping that she doesn’t stop doing genre projects while moving on towards more serious work.

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Hottie of the Day: Odette Yustman

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ODETTE YUSTMAN

The latest hottie of the day is the one and only Odette Yustman.

Ms. Yustman was born in the City of Angels in 1985 from a Cuban mother and a French-Italian father. This potent genetic mix has turned out one fine daughter who has been in the film business at a very young age. She was only 4-years old when she appeared as one of the young children in Arnold Schwarzenneger’s action-comedy, Kindergarten Cop. Her career will lend her appearance in tv shows and films such as South Beach and October Road, respectively. Her big break will be as the damsel-in-distress in the J.J. Abrams produced and Matt Reeves directed monster flick, Cloverfield.

She would add to her geek cred by lending her voice to the character of Amata Almodovar in Bethesda Software’s extremely popular and critically-acclaimed post-apocalyptic rpg, Fallout 3. Her last two major projects has been two horror films (The Unborn and And Soon the Darkness) which could add to her geek cred as an up-and-coming scream queen like previous hottie of the day Amber Heard.

Hottie of the Day: Amber Heard

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AMBER HEARD

Texas born and raised Amber Heard is the latest hottie of the day.

The young model and actress had her first major role in the 2004 sports drama, Friday Night Lights. Other small roles in TV shows like Jack & Bobby, The Mountain and The O.C. soon followed. Ms. Heard’s career would continue on a gradual trajectory as she takes on roles in other TV shows such as Hidden Palms and Californication. But her career seem to be set for her as a film star as roles in major films such as The Pineapple Express, Never Back Down and, the soon to be released Johnny Depp drama, The Rum Diary.

Fans of Amber Heard last saw her in a small role in Zombieland as the college girl whom Jesse Eisenberg’s character falls for only to see her turn into a zombie. This turn as a potential horror babe must’ve been impressive enough that horror maestro John Carpenter himself has cast her in the lead role of his next feature-lenght film, The Ward.

Hottie of the Day: Diora Baird

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DIORA BAIRD

One Ms. Diora Baird takes on the mantle of Hottie for the Day from one Irina Voronina. Ms. Baird was first discovered as a model while doing side jobs while trying to break into acting. It was during one of these side jobs that she someone saw her and thus her modeling career began. She became the a Guess? model pretty quickly. Landing spreads and covers at magazines such as FHM, Maxim and the like helped move her modeling career forward but it wasn’t until landing the cover of Playboy Magazine‘s August 2005 issue that she really got noticed. It wasn’t too long until she became an Elite Modeling Agency model.

Ms. Baird could easily have kept to modeling but she continued with her dream to break into the entertainment industry as an actress. In between modeling gigs she landed roles in small films. Usually they were comedies and horror films like Wedding Crashers and Brain Blockers. Her big break came when she was cast as one of the main characters in the prequel to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake. In 2010 she’s to be seen as Lily Thompson in the remake of the horror cult-classic, Night of the Demons.