Horror History: Happy Birthday Now to Scream Queen, Jessica Lange!
On this day in horror history, Jessica Lange was born in 1949. Lange is best known for her roles in Ryan Murphy’s hit FX horror anthology series American Horror Story.
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Seasons she starred in include American Horror Story: Murder House, American Horror Story: Asylum, American Horror Story: Coven, and American Horror Story: Freak. She also showed up for two episodes of the sixth-season crossover, American Horror Story: Apocalypse. Here’s hoping she returns in AHS: Double Feature!
Lange’s other genre contributions include the 1976 remake of King Kong. And also Martin Scorsese’s remake of Cape Fear with Robert DeNiro and Nick Nolte.
Some of her other classic roles include All That Jazz, Tootsie, Rob Roy, Hush, Cousin Bette, Titus, Broken Flowers, and Tim Burton’s Big Fish with Ewan McGregor.
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Her first role was in the above-menyioned 1976 remake of King Kong. It told the tale of a research ship sent to explore an island. En route, the crew rescues Jessica Lange, the sole survivor of a shipwreck. When they arrive, they find native people living in fear of a monster called Kong. The natives kidnap Lange and sacrifice her to what turns out to be an enormous ape. Lange is eventually rescued, and the ape captured.
The remake co-starring Jeff Bridges sports a 51% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The Critics Consensus: King Kong represents a significant visual upgrade over the original, but falls short of its classic predecessor in virtually every other respect
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