THE IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB’S SUPER SCARY MOVIE CHALLENGE DAY 21: Parents (1989)
21. A Horror Film About Evil Parents Directed by Bob Balaban (yes, the guy from Christopher Guest comedies) and written by Christopher Hawthorne. Parents finds the Laemle family — Nick (Randy Quaid), Lily (Mary Beth Hurt) and Michael (Bryan Madorsky) moving into the California suburbs. Between seeing his parents making love and watching his father do […]
2025 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 21: The Boys from Brazil (1978)
21. TWINNERS CIRCLE: Scientists rejoice! Human cloning has been achieved. Barry Kohler (Steve Guttenberg) died so that Ezra Lieberman (Laurence Olivier) could learn that Dr. Josef Mengele (Gregory Peck) lives and plans on killing 94 civil servants near retirement. Despite being exhausted by the world, Ezra forms a team with his sister Esther (Lilli Palmer), […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2025: Mars Needs Women (1968)
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 works to save the lives of cats and dogs across America, giving pets second chances and providing them with happy homes. Today’s theme: 1960s! Larry Buchanan was making low budget […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Man and the Monster (1959)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Man and the Monster was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, June 22, 1968, at 1:00 a.m. It’s the Mexican horror movie El hombre y el monstruo. If I’ve learned anything from watching Mexican films, it’s that you should never make a deal with el diablo. If you’re like Samuel Magno (Enrique Rambal, The Exterminating […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mothra vs. Godzilla was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, February 17, 1968, at 11:20 p.m. and Saturday, July 26, 1969, at 11:30 p.m. as Godzilla vs. The Thing. With the box office success of King Kong vs. Godzilla and Mothra, Toho chose to send Godzilla against the butterfly in a movie that was meant for […]
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