2024 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 15: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
15. YOU TOO, SHALL PASS: …If the gatekeeper permits. During the time between seasons 3 and 4 of their show, the Monty Python group decided to make a movie. Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones had never made a movie before, as And Now for Something Completely Different was a collection of sketches from the show. They got the […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2024: Blood Frenzy (1987)
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: In Memoriam The pedigree of this movie: It […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: She Devil (1957)
EDITOR’S NOTE: She Devil was on Chiller Theater on Sunday, March 22, 1964 at 11:10 p.m., Sunday, August 30, 1964 at 11:10 p.m., Saturday, February 3, 1973 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, March 9, 1974 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, January 11, 1975 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, March 13, 1976 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, March 28, […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Ghost Diver (1957)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ghost Diver was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, January 12, 1964 at 11:10 p.m. A diver by the name or Rico finds an ancient idol and soon loses it and his life to Manco (Nico Minardos), who sells it to TV hose Richard Bristol (James Craig). Soon, Bristol, his son Robin (Lowell Brown) […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Friday the 13th (1980)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Friday the 13th was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, November 6, 1982 at 1:00 a.m. After the success of John Carpenter’s Halloween, every studio wanted a piece of the horror pie, which to this point had been exploitation fodder. Paramount Pictures was first. Sure, critics salvaged the film, but after $40 million in […]
I HOPE YOU SUFFER OCTOBER FILM CHALLENGE: The Amityville Playhouse (2015)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The I Hope You Suffer podcast said that “Since everybody is doing these movie challenges now, we made the only one worth doing.” Bring the pain. Look, if you can’t have a house in Amityville, have a theater. And if you can’t shoot in Amityville, shoot your movie in Canada and the UK. After evil […]
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