Sunday, December 31, 2000

Laura Vandervoort appeared in the series "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

Laura Vandervoort appeared in the role of Ashley Fox in episode: "The Tale of the Laser Maze" (season 7, episode 11) of the series "Are You Afraid of the Dark?".

Some info on the series:

Are You Afraid of the Dark?
(TV Series)

Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a joint Canadian-American horror/fantasy-themed anthology series. Thoriginal series was a joint production between the Canadian company Cinar and the American company Nickelodeon. The show was filmed in Richmond, British Columbia and Montreal, Quebec.
The episode "The Tale of the Twisted Claw" was aired as a pilot on the evening of October 31, 1991 in the USA and more than a year earlier in October 1990 in Canada. Are You Afraid of the Dark? was aired from August 15, 1992 to April 20, 1996 on Nickelodeon's SNICK. Are You Afraid of the Dark? also aired on the Canadian television network YTV (TV channel).
A revived series with new directors, writers, and cast was produced by Nickelodeon from 1999 to 2000 and also aired on SNICK. The sole member from the original lineup to return for the sixth and seventh seasons was Tucker (Daniel DeSanto), although Ross Hull returned for the concluding miniseries, which notably broke from the show's established format by blurring the line between story and reality.


Format: Horror/fantasy
Created by D. J. MacHale
Directed by David Winning
Country of origin: Canada, United States
Language(s): English, French (Dubbed)
No. of seasons: 7
No. of episodes: 91

Production:
Executive producer(s): D.J. MacHale
Camera setup: Single-camera
Running time: 22–24 minutes
Production company(s): Cinar, Nickelodeon Productions

Broadcast:
Original channel YTV (Canada)
Nickelodeon(United States)
NHK (Japan)
Disney Channel (Portugal)

Original run: August 15, 1992 (1992-08-15) – June 11, 2000

Guest stars:
Although not nearly as prestigious as the guest stars of similar shows such as Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone and Tales from the Darkside there were a fair number of notable actors, many of whom would become much more famous later in their careers. Some of these include Mia Kirshner, Bobcat Goldthwait, Charles S. Dutton, Ryan Gosling, Neve Campbell, Will Friedle, Melissa Joan Hart, Kim Schraner, Frank Gorshin, Hayden Christensen, Daniel Clark, Ryan Cooley, Tia Mowry, Tamera Mowry, Laura Vandervoort, Danny Cooksey, Tara Lipinski, Jay Baruchel, Jewel Staite, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Gilbert Gottfried, Jennifer Finnigan, Tatyana Ali, Jennifer Irwin, Aaron Ashmore, Christopher Castile, Colin Ferguson, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Gregory Smith, Harold Howard and Laura Bertram.

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Friday, October 13, 2000

Laura Vandervoort in "Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire"

Laura appeared in the role of Chelsea Hansen in "Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire" Disney Channel Original Movie.
Some info on the Tv Movie:

Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire
(TV Movie)

Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie.

 

Directed by Steve Boyum
Produced by Don Schain
Written by Lindsay Naythons, Robert Keats
Music by Christopher Brady
Cinematography: Michael Storey
Editing by Alan Cody
Country: United States
Language: English
Original channel: Disney Channel
Release date: October 13, 2000 (2000-10-13)
Running time: 85 minutes

- Cast: -
Matt O'Leary as Adam Hansen. The main character.
Laura Vandervoort as Chelsea Hansen. The second main character.
Myles Jeffrey as Taylor Hansen. The third main character.
Caroline Rhea as Lynette Hansen. The fourth main character and the mother of Adam, Chelsea and Taylor.
Charles Shaughnessy as Dimitri Denatos. The main antagonist of the film.
Robert Carradine as Malachi Van Helsing. The vampire hunter.
Jake Epstein as Duffy. Adam's best friend.
J. Adam Brown as Boomer. A boy who likes Chelsea.


- Plot: -
The Hansen children are in a jam. Adam (Matt O'Leary) and his best friend Duffy (Jake Epstein) have some tickets for the Headless Horseman concert, and his sister Chelsea (Laura Vandervoort) has a date with her dreamy boyfriend Peter. The only problem is, they are both grounded: Adam as punishment because he did not do his homework, instead making up a story using an article from the magazine The Weekly Secret, and Chelsea because she called Adam a dweeb, which their divorced mother, Lynette (Caroline Rhea), happened to hear. Chelsea and Adam will do whatever it takes to get their mother out of the house, even if it includes a chance meeting with a very mysterious man. Everything seems to go according to plan, until their little brother Taylor (Myles Jeffrey) realizes that this stranger might be a vampire.[SPOILER]His brother and sister do not believe Taylor, so he calls Malachi Van Helsing (Robert Carradine), the vampire hunter. The night that their mother goes out with Dimitri (Charles Shaughnessy), the vampire, Taylor follows them. Not wanting their mother to come home, they follow Taylor and find him outside the restaurant that Lynette and Dimitri are at. Adam and Taylor make the vampire do the spoon test (a fake test made up by Adam to get Taylor to stop calling Dimitri a vampire). Afterwards, Adam discovers that Taylor was right about Dimitri being a vampire when he looks in the mirror and notices Dimitri does not have a reflection. So, along with Chelsea, he sets out to stop Dimitri, who puts their mother in a trance and takes her to his mansion. Meanwhile, Malachi Van Helsing arrives and begins to hunt down Dimitri, only to discover that he was being followed by Taylor, who (after learning the spoon test was made up by Adam) had also set out to save his mother from Dimitri.
In the end, Taylor becomes Van Helsing's partner and they arrive to do battle with Dimitri, who has Lynette in a trance, but even together Taylor, Adam, Chelsea and Van Helsing are unable to defeat Dimitri. Dimitri goes to bite a powerless Adam, but he and Chelsea call out to Lynette, breaking her trance (as only true love for someone can break a vampire's trance). She throws Dimitri into his coffin. Van Helsing seals the coffin with silver-plated nails and explains that he plans to send it to a place where it's always sunny. Shortly after Dimitri is sealed up, Van Helsing asks their mother out on a "date", after which Adam, Chelsea and Taylor, believing they have heard the word "date" enough for one night, try to convince her to stay single -- which is when Lynette confesses, "I date...just not vampires." Finally, they all decide to go back to the Hansen house for breakfast as the sun is finally rising.

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Saturday, March 18, 2000

Laura Vandervoort in the"Alley Cats Strike" Disney Channel Original Movie

Laura Vandervoort appeared in the role of Lauren in the "Alley Cats Strike" Disney Channel Original Movie.
Some info on the Tv Movie:

Alley Cats Strike
(TV Movie)

Alley Cats Strike is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie produced by Rastar. It premiered on March 18, 2000.


Directed by Rod Daniel
Produced by Rastar
Written by Gregory K. Pincus
Starring: Kyle Schmid, Robert Ri'chard
Language: English
Original channel: Disney Channel
Release date: March 18, 2000 (2000-03-18)
Running time: 103 minutes

Cast:
Kyle Schmid - Alex Thompson
Robert Ri'chard - Todd McLemore
Kaley Cuoco - Elisa Bowers
Joey Wilcots - Ken Long
Laura Vandervoort - Lauren
Mimi Paley - Delia Graci
Matt McCoy - Mr. Kevin Thompson
Hardee T. Lineham - Principal Morris
Evan Noble - Leo
Gino Giacomini - Flip
Tim Reid - Mayor McLemore
Daphne Reid - Mrs. McLemore (as Daphne Maxwell Reid)

Plot:
A citywide Jr. High sports rivalry erupts when the competing schools manage to split the year-long series of athletic events. With the city championship at stake, the bowling teams are put to the test, and a superstar jock must coexist with a group of misfits in order to win the precious title.

Here in Laura in a scene (from the minute 0:35):