{"id":934,"date":"2026-07-20T18:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/?p=934"},"modified":"2026-07-20T18:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:01:12","slug":"mm-1972-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/2026\/07\/20\/mm-1972-4\/","title":{"rendered":"MM &#8211; 1972"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/07\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-935\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/07\/image-3.png 600w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/07\/image-3-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Jackson-Ben official music video\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ewVWdAp0HLs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" id=\"mwDg\"><strong><em>Ben<\/em>\u00a0is a 1972 American\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horror_film\">horror film<\/a>\u00a0directed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phil_Karlson\">Phil Karlson<\/a>\u00a0and starring\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lee_Montgomery\">Lee Montgomery<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Campanella\">Joseph Campanella<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_O'Connell\">Arthur O&#8217;Connell<\/a>. It is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sequel\">sequel<\/a>\u00a0to the film\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willard_(1971_film)\">Willard<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1971).<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_(1972_film)#cite_note-2\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/sup>The film follows a lonely boy named Danny Garrison who befriends Willard&#8217;s former pet rat named Ben. Ben becomes the boy&#8217;s best friend, protecting him from bullying and keeping his spirits up in the face of a heart condition. However, Ben forms an army of deadly rodents while the police attempt to control it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" id=\"mwHQ\"><strong>The film premiered on June 21, 1972 in California and was given a wide release on June 23.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" id=\"mwHg\"><strong><em>Ben<\/em>\u00a0was released on June 23, 1972 by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cinerama_Releasing_Corporation\">Cinerama Releasing Corporation<\/a>. Much like its predecessor, it was met with mixed reviews.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" id=\"mwIQ\"><strong>American singer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Jackson\">Michael Jackson<\/a>\u00a0performs the theme song of the film, also titled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_(song)\">Ben<\/a>&#8220;. The song is also included on his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_(Michael_Jackson_album)\">1972 album of the same name<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . . Ben\u00a0is a 1972 American\u00a0horror film\u00a0directed by\u00a0Phil Karlson\u00a0and starring\u00a0Lee Montgomery,\u00a0Joseph Campanella, and\u00a0Arthur O&#8217;Connell. It is a\u00a0sequel\u00a0to the film\u00a0Willard\u00a0(1971).\u00a0\u00a0The film follows a lonely boy named Danny Garrison who befriends Willard&#8217;s former pet rat named Ben. Ben becomes the boy&#8217;s best friend, protecting him from bullying and keeping his spirits up in the face of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}