CHILLER THEATER MONTH: House of Dracula (1945)
EDITOR’S NOTE: House of Dracula was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, May 14, 1966 at 1:00 a.m. It was on so many times: Saturday, October 28, 1967; December 16, 1972; November 3, 1973; October 12, 1974; October 30, 1976 in a triple feature with House of Frankenstein and Curse of Bigfoot; November 19, 1977 and January 1, […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), War of the Colossal Beast (1958) and The Cyclops (1957)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Amazing Colossal Man was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, December 5, 1964 at 11:15 p.m. and December 10, 1966 and the sequel, War of the Colossal Beast, was on Saturday, October 17, 1964 at 1 a.m. and also was on December 4, 1965 and September 2, 1967. The Cyclops was on the October […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Eye Creatures (1967)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Eye Creatures was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, June 5, 1971 at 1:00 a.m. and April 22, 1972. Directed by Larry Buchanon and written by Paul W. Fairman, Robert J. Gurney Jr. and Al Martin, The Eye Creatures is based on Fairman’s “The Cosmic Frame” and is a remake of American-International Pictures’ Invasion […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Casanova 70 (1966)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Casanova ’70 was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, September 13, 1969. Well, kind of. Chiller Theater temporarily became known as The Saturday Late Show and Bill Cardille hosted the first movie from a living room set. For the second feature, Chilly Billy returned to the Laboratory set. The second movie was Voyage to […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dracula’s Daughter was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, February 26, 1966 at 1:00 a.m. It was on a total of nine times: January 21, 1967; July 12, 1969; December 2, 1972; April 6, 1974; May 17, 1975; December 18, 1976; July 8, 1978 and February 8, 1983. Directed by Lambert Hillyer and written […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Terror In the Crypt (1964)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Terror In the Crypt was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, October 7, 1967 at 1:00 a.m. It also appeared on November 21, 1970. La cripta e l’incubo was released in the U.S. on TV by American-International Pictures and retitled Terror In the Crypt. The script was called La maledizione dei Karnstein and Ernesto Gastaldi said […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Tingler (1959)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tingler was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, October 2, 1965 at 1 a.m. It also aired on March 11 and November 25, 1967 and May 9, 1970. The third of five films that director William Castle and writer Robb White made together — the others are Macabre, House On Haunted Hill, 13 Ghosts and Homicidal — […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Manster (1959)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Manster was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, September 28, 1964 at 11:15 p.m. It also aired on June 24, 1967 and July 20, 1968. Also known as Soto no Satsujinki or The Two-Headed Killer, The Manster was directed by Greg Breakstone, who was Beezy in the Andy Hardy movies. It was one of several movies […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
EDITOR’S NOTE: I Was a Teenage Werewolf was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, November 21, 1964 at 1:00 a.m. Herman Cohen started his climb up the show business ladder from the lowest rung, working as a gofer and usher at Detroit’s Dexter Theater at the tender age of 12. By 18, he’d be the manager. […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Terror from the Year 5000 (1958)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Terror from the Year 5000 was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, November 21, 1964 at 11:15 p.m. It also aired on April 9, 1966 and September 30, 1967. Originally titled The Girl from 5000 A.D., this movie had a great tagline: “From Time Unborn … A Hideous She-Thing!” Playing on American-International Pictures double features […]
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