2024 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 16: Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires (2018)
16. INCREMENTAL BREAKDOWN: Stop-motion films are hard to make. Appreciate that mania today. Directed, written by and starring the voice of Mike Mort, this is the story of tough guy cop Chuck Steel, a man who lost his wife to the Yakuza. He drives Captain Jack Schitt (Mort) crazy with his ability to always blow […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2024: Stryx (1978)
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: Series episode For six Sunday evenings in 1978, […]
I HOPE YOU SUFFER OCTOBER FILM CHALLENGE: Amityville Bigfoot (2024)
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. I have a list of Bigfoot movies on Letterboxd. I also have an Amityville list. This movie put chocolate in my peanut butter. In the woods of Amityville, scientists […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: First Man Into Space (1959)
EDITOR’S NOTE: First Man Into Space was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, June 13, 1964 at 4:00 p.m. U. S. Navy Commander Charles “Chuck” Prescott (Marshall Thompson) is worried if his brother Lt. Dan Milton Prescott (Bill Edwards) is the right man to be first into space. He doesn’t follow orders — he went to […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Indestructible Man (1956)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Indestructible Man was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, August 1, 1964 at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, July 30, 1966 at 11:20 p.m. and Saturday, August 12, 1967 at 11:20 p.m. Charles “Butcher” Benton (Lon Chaney Jr.) is dead. He lived a life of crime and now, after being blasted by the electric chair, he’s […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Son of Godzilla (1967)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Son of Godzilla was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, February 23, 1974 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, August 16, 1975 at 11:30 p.m. Toho’s A-list was all working on King Kong Escapes while Godzilla got what was left behind, just like what happened with Ebirah, Horror of the Deep. It’s the first movie where […]
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