Movies
With “Day of the Dead” (citywide), George Romero completes his horror trilogy that began with “Night of the Living Dead” (1968) and continued with “Dawn of the Dead” (1979).
Oct. 4, 1985
Two of the producers behind January’s successful reboot of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” have snapped up the remake rights to George A.
July 10, 2013
‘Chainsaw’ producers to remake Romero’s ‘Day of the Dead’
“When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth.”
March 18, 2004
On a dark and stormy night, Dr.
Sept. 8, 1985
World & Nation
The Americans make much more money with their movies and dominate the world market.
June 12, 1985
Television
Tony Curtis plays an organized crime chief in “Mafia Princess,” a TV movie scheduled to air Jan. 19 on NBC.
Dec. 29, 1985
Music
Kenny Baker, the lyric tenor who was Dennis Day’s predecessor on Jack Benny’s long-running radio show and a stage and film presence in his own right, is dead at 72, it was learned today.
California
Kim Kahana smiles more these days.
Jan. 14, 1985
Dolph Sweet, most recently the lovingly sarcastic police chief on television’s “Gimme a Break” and an actor who began his career in a World War II prison camp, is dead of cancer.
May 11, 1985