The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: How to Make a Doll (1968)
Herschell Gordon Lewis week (July 14 – 20) HG seemed to truly love packing theaters. He’s most famous for introducing gore to horror movies, but he’d fill any need that the audience had. He made every genre of exploitation – even kids movies! Gore movies would’ve happened eventually, but Herschell seemed to take joy in […]
The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: Blast-Off Girls (1967)
Herschell Gordon Lewis week (July 14 – 20) HG seemed to truly love packing theaters. He’s most famous for introducing gore to horror movies, but he’d fill any need that the audience had. He made every genre of exploitation __ – even kids movies! Gore movies would’ve happened eventually, but Herschell seemed to take joy […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: The Wrecking Crew (1968)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Wrecking Crew was on the CBS Late Movie on November 17, 1977 and November 10, 1978. Directed by Phil Carlson (Walking Tall, Ben), the last of the Matt Helm movies dispenses with screenwriter Herbert Baker, James Gregory as MacDonald and Beverly Adams as Lovey Kravesit. Thanks to Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood, this is […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: Excalibur (1981)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Excalibur was on the CBS Late Movie on June 6, 1986. Shot entirely on location in Ireland, employing mostly Irish actors and crew, Excalibur was an important film for the Irish filmmaking industry and helped start the careers of Liam Neeson, Patrick Stewart, Gabriel Byrne and Ciarán Hinds. It was also known as the […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: The Shadow of Chikara (1978)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Shadow of Chikara was on the CBS Late Movie on May 25 and August 12, 1983. It played as Wishbone Cutter. Earl A. Smith was the writer of The Legend of Boggy Creek and The Town That Dreaded Sundown, but he only directed this one movie. It’s a Western horror, which is rare, and one […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: The Premonition (1976)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Premonition was on the CBS Late Movie on January 29, 1982 and January 19, 1983. A foster mother has The Premonition: her new daughter’s unstable biological mother is going to come and take her away. It comes true, so what happens next? PS – it’s beyond the power of an exorcist in […]
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