2025 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 28: Vertigo (1958)
28. THIS IS JEOPARDY: Ken says you must solve the clues to survive the predicament. I’m working through my central Alfred Hitchcock blind spot this year. Yes, I jumped right past him to Giallo, De Palma and Krimi. As I look back, I see the beginnings of my obsessions. It was written by three people: […]
THE IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB’S SUPER SCARY MOVIE CHALLENGE DAY 28: Rigor Mortis (2013)
28. A Post-2000s Hong Kong Horror Film Chin Siu-ho, the star of Mr. Vampire, is suicidal after his wife divorces him and takes his son. Moving into a run-down apartment, he soon tries to hang himself, which brings twin ghosts his way, possessing him. He’s soon saved by Yau (Anthony Chan, who was also in […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2025: Siegfried and Roy: Masters of the Impossible (1996)
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: In Memoriam I think I’ve written […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Gamera vs. Gyaos was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, November 30, 1968, at 11:20 p.m. and Saturday, September 12, 1970, at 11:30 p.m. as Return of the Giant Monsters, the title that American-International Television used when they re-edited it. It all starts when a series of volcanoes go off, attracting Gamera, who enters one of them. This reveals […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Gamera vs. Barugon was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, April 13, 1968, at 11:20 p.m.; Saturday, March 1, 1969 at 1:00 a.m.; Saturday, June 12, 1971 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, April 1, 1972 at 1:00 a.m. as War of the Monsters, the title that American-International Television used when they re-edited it. The second Gamera […]
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