CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Cosmic Monsters (1958)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cosmic Monsters was on Chiller Theater on Sunday, October 5, 1963 at 11:10 p.m. It also was on the show on December 26, 1964. Also known as The Strange World of Planet X, this film has scientists Dr. Laird (Alec Mango) and Gilbert Graham (Forrest Tucker) goofing around with magnetic fields and working with […]
Deaf Crocodile Announces Acquisition of 3 Ultra-Rare Eastern European Genre Films: Aleksandr Ptushko’s RUSLAN AND LUDMILA (1972), Valeri Rubinchik’s THE SAVAGE HUNT OF KING STAKH (1980) and Georgiy Daneliya’s KIN-DZA-DZA! (1986)
Since it’s the Halloween month of October, Deaf Crocodile is thrilled to announce its acquisition of 3 rarely-seen Eastern European genre classics for release in 2024 in newly-restored versions, co-presented with Seagull Films: The fourth release by legendary Russian fantasy master Aleksandr Ptushko following Ilya Muromets, Sampo and The Tale of Tsar Saltan: his final […]
Beneath Us All (2023)
Somewhere in Maine, Julie (Angelina Danielle Cama) has grown up with foster parents Todd (Sean Whalen) and Janelle (Maria Olsen), but at this point, she can’t wait until she’s eighteen. Despite how close she is to being free, she keeps running away from home, which alerts a social worker named Rebecca (Kaiti Wallen) to her […]
THE IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB’S SUPER SCARY MOVIE CHALLENGE DAY 14: Prokletí domu Hajnù (1989)
October 14: A Czech Horror Film The Damned House of Hajn is about Soňa Hajnová (Petra Vančíková), who now has all of the money and power of the Hajns, a noble Czechoslovakian family with soap business. She is married to Petr Svejcar (Emil Horváth), who wants to grow in social circles no matter how crazy his […]
2023 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 14: Sssshhh… (2003)
14. AKA: The same great show by a name you didn’t know. I might not be the biggest fan of Scream but I’m going to watch the Bollywood remake. Directed by Pavan S. Kaul and written by Arshad Ali Syed, this starts just like its American inspiration with two teens — Malini Gujral and Sunny […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2023: Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971)
Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year they will once again be setting up a fundraiser to benefit Best Friends, which is working to save the lives of cats and dogs all across America, giving pets second chances and happy homes. Today’s theme: Physical media John Ebony (David Hemmings, who also […]
TUBI ORIGINAL: The Murdaugh Murders (2023)
Alicia Seaborne (Nichelle Hines) has come to South Carolina to interview Alex Murdaugh (Chris McGarry) as he’s in jail awaiting trial for the deaths of his wife Maggie (Amy Parrish) and son Paul (Joshua Whichard) in this new Tubi original. I’m happy that this exists because one of the things that I miss from the […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Death Curse of Tartu (1966)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Death Curse of Tartu was first on Chiller Theater on Saturday, July 2, 1977 at 11:30 p.m. It also aired on March 11, 1978. If you didn’t have enough of teenagers in the Everglades screwing with forces they didn’t quite comprehend in Grefe’s Sting of Death — which was the other part of a double bill […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Hatchet for the Honeymoon was first on Chiller Theater on Saturday, April 30, 1977 at 11:30 p.m. It also aired on March 8, 1980 and August 8, 1981. Do you need to love, trust and care about the hero of the movie? Mario Bava is here with Hatchet for the Honeymoon in an attempt to craft a […]
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