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Scream Factory’s June home video line-up consists of 4K upgrades for a pair of deep cuts from masters of horror: George A. Romero‘s Monkey Shines and Clive Barker‘s Lord of Illusions.

Monkey Shines will be released on 4K Ulltra HD + Blu-ray on June 3.

The 1988 sci-fi horror film has been newly restored in 4K from the original negative with Dolby Vision.

Romero wrote the scripted, based on Michael Stewart‘s 1983 novel of the same name. Jason Beghe, Kate McNeil, John Pankow, Joyce Van Patten, Christine Forrest, Stephen Root, Stanley Tucci, and Janine Turner star.

Disc 1 – 4K Uhd:

4K Restoration From The Original Negative (new) Presented In Dolby Vision (Hdr-10 Compatible) Audio: DTS-hd Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0 Stereo Audio Commentary With Film Critic Eric Vespe And Author Daniel Kraus (new) Audio Commentary With Director And Writer George A. Romero

Disc 2 – Blu-ray:

4K Restoration From The Original Negative (new) Audio: DTS-hd Master...

Back at the end of December 2023, just two days after the 25th anniversary of the release of director Robert Rodriguez‘s alien invasion horror film The Faculty (watch it Here), which reached theatres on December 25, 1998, scooper Daniel Richtman has revealed on his Patreon page that Rodriguez was on board to produce a remake of The Faculty. Now, thirteen months later, Variety has finally confirmed that scoop – and they have also revealed that the screenplay for the remake is being written by Drew Hancock, writer/director of the sci-fi thriller Companion, which reaches theatres tomorrow. JoBlo’s own Tyler Nichols already had the chance to see Companion and gave it a 9/10 review that can be read Here.

Rodriguez directed the original The Faculty from a screenplay by Scream writer Kevin Williamson (working from a story by David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel). The film has the following synopsis: To the students at Harrington High,...

Clive Barker has gifted audiences with some of the most disturbing horror stories for over 40 years, both in his many works of fiction and his occasional forays onto screens both big and small. The British horror icon is best known for writing and directing Hellraiser, a screen adaptation of his novella The Hellbound Heart, which spawned a massively successful (though creatively dubious) franchise and a well-received reboot in 2022. Dismayed by poor adaptations of his previous work, Barker opted to direct the film himself, a relatively unprecedented move for a young writer at the time.

While Hellraiser is often in the conversation for best horror films of all time, Barker's two follow-ups as director failed to capture the same kind of attention. His second film, Nightbreed, flopped upon release, but has since come to be considered an underrated cult classic, receiving a director's cut re-release back in 2014. But his third film,...

Universal Soldier: The Return, starring the iconic Jean-Claude Van Damme, was released in 1999 to heavy criticism. Twenty-five years later, the film is available to stream for free.

Jean-Claude Van Damme's critically panned film Universal Soldier: The Return is now available to stream on PlutoTV. The film is a sequel to the 1992 sci-fi film Universal Soldier, and it sees Van Damme return to reprise his role as the series protagonist, Private Luc Deveraux. The film was poorly received, with just a 5% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes. Despite the first film's moderate success, Universal Soldier: The Return only grossed $10 million at the box office, failing to make back its $40 million budget.

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Note: This review is based on the Director’s Cut.

Umbrella Entertainment resurrected a forgotten flick from the mid-90s with their Blu-ray release of Lord of Illusions last year. Back in 1995, writer-director Clive Barker ventured outside his normal horror otherworld playground to deliver this unconventional story that is part film noir and part supernatural fantasy thriller, but the result is all entertaining. Besides being a Barker joint, it starred an ex-Quantum Leaper, a Bond villain and a Seinfeld boss who loved making life a living hell for George Costanza!

And almost thirty years later, it indeed might be worth a revisit through fresh eyes.

A specialist in cases involving occult activity, private detective Harry D’Amour heads to Los Angeles for what is supposed to be an easy insurance fraud stakeout to shake off the trauma from his last job involving a demonically possessed young boy. This gig...

Demi Moore defends her movie G.I. Jane. Directed by Alien's Ridley Scott, G.I. Jane is a 1997 movie that sees Moore playing a United States Navy topographical analyst who joins the US Special Navy Warfare group and faces issues with building her reputation in a career that is dominated by men. In addition to Moore, G.I. Jane features a leading cast including Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft, Jason Beghe, Daniel von Bargen, John Michael Higgins, Kevin Gage, and David Warshofksy.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Moore speaks up to defend G.I. Jane. According to the actor, she feels like G.I. Jane was "killed months before anybody had ever even seen it." She thinks that there are several factors that went into this, including Moore becoming the highest-paid female actor in Hollywood and her recent controversial role in Striptease. She said that the media conversation became a question of...

Demi Moore reflects on her intense training for G. I. Jane. Moore played the U.S. military film in the 1997 film G.I. Jane, which was directed by Ridley Scott. In addition to Moore, G.I. Jane featured a leading cast including Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft, Jason Beghe, Daniel von Bargen, John Michael Higgins, Kevin Gage, and David Warshofsky. G.I. Jane remains one of the most notable roles in Moore's career to date.

In an interview with Variety, Moore discusses the intense training that went into her time as G.I. Jane.

According to the former G.I. Jane actor, she was involved in a "two-week modified Seal training" prior to acting in her role in G.I. Jane. This was intense training, in which Moore was only called be her character's name, and not her real name. The training team did "sneaky things to really bring the reality of what the experience was like.

Actor Joe Mantegna has previously recorded a commentary for the 1996 Stephen King adaptation Thinner with the film’s director Tom Holland (whose other credits include Fright Night and Child’s Play)… but that didn’t stop him from sitting down to record a new commentary for Scream Factory’s upcoming Blu-ray release of Thinner! This time, Mantegna was joined by producer Mitchell Galin – and we’ll get to hear what they had to say about Thinner when the Blu-ray is released on January 23rd. Copies are available for pre-order through the Scream Factory website and on Amazon.

Scripted by Tom Holland and Michael McDowell, Thinner is based on a novel King wrote under his Richard Bachman pen name and tells a story of supernatural terror as one man faces a countdown to the ultimate excruciating payback. A 109-year-old Romani man, hell-bent on revenge for the death of his daughter, exacts a...

Two days ago, I mentioned to the loved ones I was spending Christmas with that I knew exactly where I was 25 years earlier. On the evening of December 25, 1998, I was sitting in a movie theatre, taking in an opening day screening of director Robert Rodriguez‘s alien invasion horror film The Faculty (watch it Here). Now, two days after the film’s 25th anniversary, scooper Daniel Richtman has revealed on his Patreon page that Rodriguez is producing a remake of The Faculty!

That’s all of the information that’s available at this time. The Faculty is getting a remake and Robert Rodriguez is on board as producer.

Rodriguez directed the original The Faculty from a screenplay by Scream writer Kevin Williamson (working from a story by David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel). The film has the following synopsis: To the students at Harrington High, the principal and her posse of...

We’re wrapping up the week with a new episode of the Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? video series, and in this one we’re looking back at a film that will be celebrating its 25th anniversary at the end of this year: The Faculty (watch it Here)! To find out what went into the making of this alien invasion high school movie, check out the video embedded above.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez from a screenplay by Kevin Williamson (working from a story by David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel), The Faculty has the following synopsis: To the students at Harrington High, the principal and her posse of teachers have always been a little odd, but lately they’ve been behaving positively alien. Controlled by otherworldly parasites, the faculty try to infect students one by one. Cheerleader Delilah, football player Stan, drug dealer Zeke, and new girl Marybeth team up...

A new episode of our Deconstructing… video series has just arrived online, and in this one we’re looking back at a movie that will be celebrating its 25th anniversary at the end of this year: The Faculty (watch it Here)! To find out all about this alien invasion high school movie, check out the video embedded above.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez from a screenplay by Kevin Williamson (working from a story by David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel), The Faculty has the following synopsis: To the students at Harrington High, the principal and her posse of teachers have always been a little odd, but lately they’ve been behaving positively alien. Controlled by otherworldly parasites, the faculty try to infect students one by one. Cheerleader Delilah, football player Stan, drug dealer Zeke, and new girl Marybeth team up with some of their other classmates to fight back against the invaders.

1979: Ryan's Hope's Delia threated Johnny.

1980: Y&R's Leslie wanted to remember a secret from her past.

1991: As the World Turns' Ellen found out her husband had died.

1996: All My Children's Julia was visited by her Fairy Godmother."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

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Our lookbacks at the screen adaptations of Stephen King find us at Thinner, starring Robert John Burke...

The film: Morbidly obese and deeply unpleasant lawyer Billy Halleck (Robert John Burke) runs over an old gypsy woman with his car, distracted by his wife Heidi (Lucinda Jenney) who is doing something rather rude to him. His ties to the local law enforcement, Judge Cary Rossington (John Horton) and Chief of Police Duncan Hopley (Daniel von Bargen), means the case is dismissed before it gets to court. However, the old woman’s father (Michael Constantine) has a different kind of justice in mind. He curses Halleck with the word ‘thinner’ and soon, Halleck begins to lose weight at a dangerous and ever-increasing rate.

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Thinner is one of the books written under Stephen King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman, and it has the...

In a couple of weeks, TV (The Book) will be in stores (though you can pre-order it now), featuring my and Matt Zoller Seitz's top 100 list of American TV shows and essays extolling their greatness. Most of the book was assembled with a Talmudic level of thoroughness. But scattered throughout are some shorter, sillier lists, which we assembled more on instinct and/or what made us laugh in the moment, on subjects like TV's best spies, best mustaches, and most important articles of clothing. Two of those lists involve TV's best and worst bosses, and a friend who has an advance copy asked me yesterday to go even more granular and rank the various Seinfeld bosses (considering only people who stuck around a while, as opposed to poor Mr. Tomasulo, who gave George a handicap-accessible bathroom). I didn't overthink it, but just went with my gut, and this is what resulted.

One day well look back and say for as many quality flicks that we saw 2015 was a damn dreadful year. Weve lost so much this year its just about unbelievable. Roddy Piper Irwin Keyes Christopher Lee Mary Ellen Trainor Betsy Palmer Geoffrey Lewis Richard A. Dysart Tom Towles Daniel von Bargen and Wes Craven are just a few of the amazing talents to pass this year. They were all special contributors to our precious genre and theyre all going to be dearly missed.

Start with the title: Clown Car! may sound like the movie someone will inevitably make about the 2016 presidential campaign, but how about evoking those great Seventies wacky-journey films like Death Race 2000, Vanishing Point or Smokey and the Bandit?

When I raised the question on Twitter, suggestions included All the President's Wanna-Bes, Every Which Way But Left, Cannonball Rug, A Kochwork Orange and the subtly appropriate Hair.

All excellent ideas, and we may have to put the movie name to a separate vote. Right now, though, the more pressing question is...

Why isn’t there more horror noir? With the exception of a few movies — 1987’s Angel Heart and the 1991 made-for-hbo film, Cast a Deadly Spell, among them — not many filmmakers have crossbred the horror genre with hardboiled film noir. And yet it seems like such a natural fit: film noir’s propensity for shadowy photography, its fascination with the dark side of human nature and a willingness to be unremittingly bleak all lends itself to horror, which so often embraces similar conventions. And, yet, the horror noir remains a rare animal.

In 1993, author and filmmaker Clive Barker created his own horror/noir hybrid with Lord of Illusions, adapted from his own short story, “The Last Illusion” (from Books of Blood Volume 6). It follows Los Angeles private detective Harry D’Amour (Scott Bakula) as he looks into the murder of a shop owner with ties to the occult. D'Amour’s investigation...

Daniel Von Bargen, a character actor who played George’s apathetic boss on Seinfeld among numerous other roles, has died. Von Bargen died Sunday after a long illness, according to Cincinnati TV station Wlwt. He was 64. A Cincinnati, Oh, native,Von Bargen appeared in dozens of TV shows and movies over a decades-long career, including the memorable role of Commandant Edwin Spangler on TV’s Malcolm In The Middle, but he is perhaps best known as Mr. Kruger, George Costanza’s…...

Daniel Von Bargen, a character actor who played George’s apathetic boss on Seinfeld among numerous other roles, has died. Von Bargen died Sunday after a long illness, according to Cincinnati TV station Wlwt. He was 64. A Cincinnati, Oh, native,Von Bargen appeared in dozens of TV shows and movies over a decades-long career, including the memorable role of Commandant Edwin Spangler on TV’s Malcolm In The Middle, but he is perhaps best known as Mr. Kruger, George Costanza’s…...

Daniel von Bargen, the character actor who played George Constanza’s boss on Seinfeld, died over the weekend. He was 64. Daniel Von Bargen Dead At 64 Von Bargen passed away Sunday following a long illness, his friend, actor Bob Colonna, told The Hollywood Reporter. Complications from diabetes are thought to be the cause of death, […]

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Rob Morrow (Entourage, Numb3rs) is about to make serious trouble for the Law & Order: Svu gang.

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Morrow will guest-star in the NBC procedural’s April 1 episode (9/8c) as newsmagazine host Skip Peterson, whose sensationalized reporting about a campus gang rape inhibits Benson and her team from completing their investigation.

“Rob gives a charismatic portrayal of a reporter whose biases and ambitions trump his need to get the story right,” says showrunner Warren Leight.

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Colleagues of Daniel von Bargen are mourning the death of the actor, who died over the weekend after a long illness, Cincinnati's Wlwt 5 reports. He was 64. "We are learning of this event at the same time as the rest of the industry and are deeply saddened to hear of Daniel's loss," his voice-over agents at Access Talent say in a statement released to People on Wednesday. Von Bargen - who was perhaps best known for playing Kruger on Seinfeld and Commandant Edwin Spangler on Malcolm in the Middle - was reportedly a diabetic and had been hospitalized in 2012 after a failed suicide attempt.

Colleagues of Daniel von Bargen are mourning the death of the actor, who died over the weekend after a long illness, Cincinnati's Wlwt 5 reports. He was 64. "We are learning of this event at the same time as the rest of the industry and are deeply saddened to hear of Daniel's loss," his voice-over agents at Access Talent say in a statement released to People on Wednesday. Von Bargen - who was perhaps best known for playing Kruger on Seinfeld and Commandant Edwin Spangler on Malcolm in the Middle - was reportedly a diabetic and had been hospitalized in 2012 after a failed suicide attempt.

Character actor Daniel von Bargen, who is perhaps most famous for his role as Mr. Kruger on the final season of Seinfeld, has died at the age of 64, E! News confirms.  "We are learning of this event at the same time as the rest of the industry and are deeply saddened to hear of Daniel's loss. Although we represented Daniel to the Voice Over Industry for many years, for the past five years he had been grappling with health issues that precluded his active pursuit of work in this area," Chas Cowing, co-owner of Access Talent tells E! News. "We remember him fondly for his easy-going professionalism and dry wit, both of which stood in stark contrast to the driven and near-maniacal roles he often...

He could be terrifying in horror movies and terrifyingly stern in his numerous turns as an authority figure, but prolific, talented character actor Daniel Von Bargen turned his hand to many different roles. It has now been confirmed that he has died at the age of 64.Von Bargen, born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1950, and studied at Purdue University in Indiana. Theatre was one of his driving passions; he enjoyed a long residency at the Trinity Repertory Company in Rhode Island and appeared in productions for the American Repertory Theatre in Massachusetts, which saw him head for New York, appearing both on and off Broadway. Film-wise, he became known as a reliable character actor, able to be threatening and commanding and picking up a variety of roles as police officers and military men in films such as Silence Of The Lambs, Basic Instinct, Rising Sun, Six Degrees Of Separation, Philadelphia, Crimson Tide...

Daniel von Bargen, an actor who had memorable roles on sitcoms including Seinfeld and Malcolm in the Middle, died on Sunday, March 1, The Hollywood Reporter and local news outlets reported. He was 64 years old. According to Cincinnati's NBC affiliate WLWT5, von Bargen had been suffering an undisclosed illness for some time. Further details were not immediately available. Perhaps best known as George Costanza's boss Mr. Kruger in the final season of Seinfeld from 1997 to 1998, the Cincinnati native also played Commandant Edwin Spangler on Malcolm [...]...

Daniel von Bargen, who played Mr. Kruger, George Costanza’s clueless, slacker boss on “Seinfeld,” died over the weekend after suffering a long illness, Wlwt, an NBC affiliate in his native Cincinnati, reported Tuesday. He was 64. The actor, whose credits also included “O Brother, Where Art Thou” and “Super Troopers,” also had a recurring role on the sitcom “Malcolm in the Middle,” as Commandant Spangler. The 2009 comedy “London Betty” is von Bargen’s last listed credit on iMDB.com. See photos: Hollywood’s Notable Deaths of 2015 In 2012, von Bargen made news for shooting himself in the head. In a harrowing 911 call,...

Daniel von Bargen, the talented character actor perhaps best known for playing George Costanza’s imbecilic boss Mr. Kruger during the last season of Seinfeld, has died. He was 64. Von Bargen, who also stood out as Commandant Edwin Spangler on the ABC sitcom Malcolm in the Middle, died Sunday after a long illness, his friend, actor Bob Colonna, said. Cincinnati TV station Wlwt also reported the news. Other details of his death were not known. In February 2012, von Bargen was seriously injured when he shot himself in the temple in an apparent suicide attempt, distraught because he

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In late October, the director’s cut of Nightbreed was finally unleashed upon hungry fans. We’ve been waiting for that release for what seems like decades, and its pre-order phase was met with the appropriate internet buzz, both good and bad. Now Scream Factory are dropping another Clive Barker film upon us, and it too comes with a Director’s Cut, as well as the Theatrical Cut. Some may argue that this is the superior film of the two releases. Some, but not myself. Don’t get me wrong, I love Lord of Illusions, and especially the director’s cut, but for me, Nightbreed is the perfect monster movie. Lord of Illusions is more of a dark pulp detective movie than a horror movie, but it’s dark enough, and violent enough for it to fit nicely in that genre as well. This is a case where Barker had...

For the third week of December, Clive Barker fans have much to celebrate as Scream Factory is releasing Lord of Illusions in high def for the first time ever. Also coming to DVD and Blu-ray this week are several indie horror films, Millennium’s Poe-inspired Stonehearst Asylum and the cult classic Don’t Look in the Basement is being resurrected on DVD as well.

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The plot revolves around a young psychiatric nurse, Charlotte Beale (Rosie Holotik/Playboy cover girl 1972), who goes to work at the isolated Stephens Sanitarium following the murder of its proprietor,...

Welcome to The Last Horror Blog, a biweekly column on all things horror. We tend to joke a lot about cults, but when you get right down it they’re actually pretty terrifying. Brainwashings, torture, delusion, mass suicide, violent acts… all are behaviors that have been linked to various cult organizations over the years. Horror filmmakers have long understood the dark side of men like Charles Manson and Jim Jones – and have used those harrowing tales to craft their own terrifying masterpieces. One of those classics makes its debut on Blu-ray this month. Clive Barker’s 1995 film Lord of Illusions casts a deadly spell involving real magic and the cult dedicated to its brutal leader, Nix (Daniel Von Bargen). Part dark fantasy, part neo-noir, and as...

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There’s been a lot of talk about the director’s cut of Nightbreed, but fans of Clive Barker also have a Lord of Illusions Blu-ray to look forward this month. Due out on December 16th, we have a a look at two clips from the upcoming release.

“In the world where magic is real, death is the ultimate illusion. From best-selling author and celebrated director Clive Barker comes a supernatural thriller that rips apart the boundaries between sanity and madness, and between the art of illusion and the terrifying forces of magic. Written and directed by Clive Barker (Nightbreed) and based on his popular short story, The Last Illusion (from Books of Blood Vol. 6), the 1995 cult film classic Lord Of Illusions stars Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap), Kevin J. O’Connor (The Mummy), Famke Janssen (X-Men, Taken, Hemlock Grove) and Daniel Von Bargen (Crimson Tide, The Faculty).

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Those who appreciate the various macabre and/or fantastical works of author, artist, and auteur Clive Barker are having a happy Halloween, thanks to horror imprint Scream Factory releasing the "Director's Cut" of his 1990 film, Nightbreed. And it looks like they're going to have a terrifyingly terrific Christmas as well. Scream Factory announced today that on Dec. 16, it will release a collector's edition Blu-ray of Barker's third—and so far final—film as director, 1995's Lord of Illusions. The 2-disc set will include both the theatrical version of the film and a director's cut, a commentary from Barker, deleted scenes,...

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There’s been a lot of talk about the Nightbreed Blu-ray release, but fans of Clive Barker also have a Lord of Illusions Blu-ray to look forward to in December. Scream Factory officially announced the upcoming Collector’s Edition and we also have a look at the cover art:

“In the world where magic is real, death is the ultimate illusion. From best-selling author and celebrated director Clive Barker comes a supernatural thriller that rips apart the boundaries between sanity and madness, and between the art of illusion and the terrifying forces of magic. Written and directed by Clive Barker (Nightbreed) and based on his popular short story, The Last Illusion (from Books of Blood Vol. 6), the 1995 cult film classic Lord Of Illusions stars Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap), Kevin J. O’Connor (The Mummy), Famke Janssen (X-Men, Taken, Hemlock Grove) and Daniel Von Bargen (Crimson Tide, The Faculty).

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This is finally happening, and I can’t wait. It has been a really long time since I have seen Lord of Illusions. Fresh off of the Director’s Cut of Nightbreed, I could definitely use some more remastered Clive Barker films in my life. Scream Factory have announced the extras that will be included in their Collector’s Edition of the film. We get a Clive Barker commentary, a behind-the-scenes featurette, some rare on-set footage, deleted scenes with Clive Barker commentary, and likely more. I’ve noticed that they usually undersell the bonus content on their discs, mostly due to space limitations, I would assume. This is shaping up to be a fantastic release, with a new transfer, and what looks to be a generous amount of extras. The release hits shelves on the 16th of December. You can pre-order a copy for yourself either on amazon, or the Shout!

Stars: Scott Bakula, Kevin J. O’Connor, Famke Janssen, Joseph Latimore, Sheila Tousey, Susan Traylor, Ashley Tesoro, Trevor Edmond, Wayne Grace, Daniel von Bargen, Johnny Venocur | Written and Directed by Clive Barker

Liverpool born Clive Barker is a well-known name in fiction, and especially in horror. His novels have sold millions of copies all over the world and many of his stories have been adapted to the screen over the last three decades, one of those films was Lord of Illusions, based on the short story “The Last Illusion” from Barker’s Books of Blood Vol. 6, a compilation of stories from 1985.

Directed by Clive himself, Lord of Illusions is a fantasy horror starring Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap), Kevin J. O’Connor and Famke Janssen (X-Men). This was the last film that Barker directed after previously stepping behind the camera for Nightbreed and Hellraiser. The director’s cut of Lord of Illusions is,...

It’s been over a decade since Malcolm in the Middle first started airing, and for a lot of programmes, that kind of length of time is enough to make it seem more than a little dated. Malcolm in the Middle is not one of those shows. Its characters, storylines, and dialogue are just as hilarious as I remember, and I have the added benefit now of getting the jokes put in for the adults. The show has become somewhat iconic, with They Might Be Giants’ opening credits song readily singable by a generation, and for good reason.

Frankie Muniz stars as the young Malcolm, who is discovered in the pilot episode to be something of a genius, with an Iq of 165 at the age of 12. He’s moved from his regular class into the school’s gifted class, becoming a ‘Krelboyne’ in the process, and consequently labelled a nerd.

Almost a week after "Seinfeld" star Daniel Von Bargen attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head, an episode of the show entitled "The Suicide" -- during which Jerry Seinfeld jokes about people who try and commit suicide, but fail (see above) -- aired on TBS.The episode originally aired in 1992 and Von Bargen, who played Mr. Kruger, didn't begin his stint on the show until years later. The episode aired again last night. TBS had no comment.

In truly tragic and infuriating news, actor Daniel von Bargen (Lord of Illusions, Super Troopers, The Silence of the Lambs, The X-Files, Thinner, "Seinfeld") fumbled a suicide attempt and has been hospitalized.

According to the 911 phone call posted by TMZ (who else?) the character actor made from his Cincinnati home, von Bargen sustained a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the head. The 61-year-old appears discombobulated on the phone: "I was supposed to go to the hospital and I didn't want to… they were supposed to amputate at least a few toes," he said, adding that he is diabetic.

Though we wish von Bargen well and hope that he'll have a speedy recovery, we find it hard to elicit much sympathy for the man after trying to take his own life.

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Literally a day after going on a Twitter rant about the local news being worse than anything you'll ever see on the big screen, ABC shamelessly shares a horrifying story about an ex-movie star who attempted to take his own life. In a world where news outlets brag about scoring exclusive interviews with the parents of rape victims, they also have audio of a 9-1-1 call where Lord of Illusions and Thinner star Daniel von Bargen survives a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. We will not link the audio. If you're a sick f*ck, go Google it. According to the call, Von Bargen shot himself to avoid going to the hospital. He is a diabetic and was supposed to have two of his toes amputated that day. According to Montgomery Police Srgt. Greg Vondenbenken, Von Bargen was seriously injured. They took him to Bethesda North hospital...

A tough bit of serious news to chew on today.  ABC News reports actor Daniel von Bargen was rushed to the hospital recently after a failed suicide attempt.  The actor had starred in Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions and also appeared in The Silence of the Lambs, The X-Files and Thinner and also co-starred in O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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Daniel von Bargen, 61, a character actor most known for playing Mr. Kruger on Seinfeld and Chief Grady in Super Troopers, is in critical condition in a Cincinatti hospital after shooting himself in the head on Monday. This is sad news in and of itself, of course. But what’s making it even sadder is the six-minute-plus 911 call TMZ obtained. We would really, really like to unhear it now.

To spare you from the same, we’ll just recap it right here and then you can avoid it at all costs: Von Bargen says he shot himself in the temple with a 38, five to 10 minutes before calling. The operator asks a number of questions and apparently wants to keep him talking until the EMTs get there. Von Bargen says he won’t be able to get to the door and he can’t open his eyes. He admits to shooting himself...

Actor Daniel von Bargen, who played George Costanza's boss Mr. Kruger on Seinfeld, was hospitalized this week after a failed suicide attempt in Ohio. Von Bargen, 61, shot himself in the temple in his Cincinnati apartment on Monday morning and then called the police, according to TMZ.com, which obtained audio of his 911 call. "I've shot myself in the head … and I need help," he tells the operator. The actor, who is diabetic, says he was distraught because he was scheduled to go to hospital to have "at least a few toes" amputated. Von Bargen was said to be in critical condition at an Ohio hospital.

Actor Jason Alexander has reached out to his former Seinfeld co-star Daniel Von Bargen after he shot himself in the head.

The 61 year old, who played Mr. Kruger on the hit TV sitcom, attempted suicide on Monday, but decided against ending his life after surviving the gunshot.

The diabetic actor told emergency services he was set to have his toes amputated as a result of his health condition and he put a gun to his temple because he didn't want to go through with the surgery.

He was taken to hospital in Ohio, and Alexander was stunned by his friend's drama.

In a post on his Twitter.com page, he writes, "My best wishes to Daniel Von Bargen. I hope he is surrounded by people who love him tonight."...

Actor Daniel von Bargen, who’s most well-known for playing Mr. Kruger on ‘Seinfeld,’ was hospitalized following a failed suicide attempt, TMZ is reporting. The Ohio resident shot himself in the temple with a Col 38 on February 20, 2012, and called Hamilton County 911 after the attempt failed. During the 911 call, which TMZ has posted, von Bargen told the dispatcher that he shot himself to avoid going to the hospital, and the shooting wasn’t accidental. The actor, who is a diabetic, was scheduled to have two of his toes amputated. Von Bargen was unable to open his eyes or move to open his door. He was able to remain...

Daniel von Bargen, who is best known for playing George's boss Kruger on "Seinfeld," is clinging to life in an Ohio hospital after shooting himself in the head Monday morning in a failed suicide attempt. TMZ got its hands on the 911 call that von Bargen made, explaining that he's diabetic and was supposed to go to the hospital to have a few toes amputated. He already had a leg amputated and has had enough. An ambulance arrived in five minutes, with paramedics shouting for the actor to keep his hands where they can see them and asking if there was another gun in the room. Von Bargen spoke clearly, but kept saying that he can't open his eyes. He was transported to a nearby hospital where he is currently in critical condition. Listen to the entire 911 call, which is a bit disturbing. Throughout his career, von Bargen appeared in such films as "S1m0ne,...

Daniel von Bargen, who played George Costanza's boss Mr. Kruger on "Seinfeld," is in critical condition after apparently attempting suicide by shooting himself in the head, TMZ reports. Von Bargen, 61, was transported to an Ohio hospital after calling 911 from his Cincinnati apartment and telling the operator that he shot himself "in the temple." The actor -- who played clueless, slack-happy employer Kruger from 1997 to 1998 -- told the 911 operator that he's diabetic, and that he was "supposed to go to the hospital and I didn't want to." According...

Seinfeld star Daniel Von Bargen has been hospitalized after shooting himself in the head. The actor, who played Mr Kruger in the hit sitcom, called the emergency services on Monday morning following the apparent suicide attempt, reports TMZ. He told the person on the receiving end of the call: "I've shot myself in the head... and I need help." Listen to the 911 phone call recording below: video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player It emerged that the injury was no accident when an operator questioned him (more)...

Daniel von Bargen, the veteran character actor known for recurring roles on TV shows including Seinfeld and Malcolm in the Middle, was hospitalized after allegedly shooting himself in the head and then calling 911 to alert paramedics. Authorities confirm to E! News that von Bargen made the call from his apartment in Cincinnati on Monday, in what appears to be a suicide attempt. Von Bargen told the dispatcher that he had a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and that he needed help. Police and fire were then dispatched to his home, and the actor was transported to Bethesda North Hospital. In the 911 call, which E! News has obtained, the actor claims he shot himself after learning he needed to undergo a...