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...that Witchfinder General is loosely based on Matthew Hopkins, who claimed to have been given the title of "Witch-finder General" by the Puritan Parliament?
...that Anthony Hopkins was the second actor to portray Hannibal Lecter (the first was Brian Cox who portrayed Lecter in Manhunter (1986))?
...that the making of From Dusk Till Dawn was documented in the feature-length film Full Tilt Boogie?
...that I Am Legend has been adapted to film three times (as The Last Man on Earth (1964), The Omega Man (1971), and I Am Legend (2007))?
...that the My Chemical Romance music video for the song "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us" was based on the film Audition?

...that Johnny Depp's first film appearance was in A Nightmare on Elm Street?
...that The Evil Dead was originally titled The Book of the Dead?
...that the subset of cultural studies dealing with issues related to gender as expressed through the content of the television program Buffy the Vampire Slayer and to a lesser extent, Angel have been dubbed Buffy studies by academics?
...that Rasen and Ring were filmed and released concurrently with a shared cast but separate screenwriters, crews and production companies?
...that Sergey Lukyanenko, author of Night Watch was educated as a psychiatrist?