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 […]
2025 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 27: Death Is Not the End (1975)
27. TRANCING AND HYPNOTISM: Gold watches ain’t just for retirement. I’ve been obsessed with this movie for years. My Drive-In Asylum co-host Bill Van Ryn shared an ad for a movie that I’d never heard of on his Groovy Doom Facebook page, and it immediately piqued my curiosity. What could Death Is Not the End be? Kinorium says, “The mystery […]
THE IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB’S SUPER SCARY MOVIE CHALLENGE DAY 27: Ginger Snaps (2000)
27. A Horror Film That’s a Metaphor for Puberty Directed by John Fawcett and written by Karen Walton, from a story they jointly developed, Ginger Snaps is the most puberty-referencing horror that I can think of. Brigitte and Ginger Fitzgerald (Emily Perkins and Katharine Isabelle) are death-obsessed teenagers who promise to run away before they turn […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2025: Queen of Black Magic (1981)
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: Witches or Warlocks Kohar (Teddy Purba) […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Doctor of Doom (1963)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Doctor of Doom was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, August 24, 1968 at 11:20p.m. and Saturday, August 7, 1971 at 1:00 a.m. You know, Gaby (Regina Torne) is great. Across two movies — Las Luchadoras contra El Medico Asesino and Las Luchadoras contra La Momia — we’ve watched Gloria Venus and Golden Rubi battle evil doctors and an Aztec mummy, […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2025: Midnight Offerings (1981)
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: Witches or Warlocks ABOUT THE AUTHOR: […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Beach Girls and the Monster (1966)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Beach Girls and the Monster was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, June 29, 1968 at 11:20 p.m. It played as Monster from the Surf. Directed, shot by and edited by Jon Hall, who also plays Dr. Otto Lindsay, The Beach Girls and the Monster is the kind of strange movie that I love so […]
THE IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB’S SUPER SCARY MOVIE CHALLENGE DAY 26: Asso (1981)
26. A Horror Film That Features Edwige Fenech I may have run out of Edwige Fenech horror films, but this is the next best thing. Directed and written by Franco Castellano and Giuseppe Moccia, who together directed 20 films and wrote 70, this stars Edwige as Silvia, who has just married her longtime lover, Asso […]
Murder, She Wrote S2 E17: One Good Bid Deserves a Murder (1986)
Jessica finds herself in a tough spot when one of the auctioneers of a diary is murdered, and she has to rely on Harry McGraw to help her out. Season 2, Episode 17: One Good Bid Deserves a Murder (February 23, 1986) At the request of Richard Bennett, a friend and a popular actor, Jessica […]
2025 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 26: The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959)
26. THAR SHE GLOWS: There be a light house in this plot. Irvin Berwick and Jack Kevan were nobodies at Universal.. Kevan hated working for makeup department boss Bud Westmore, who took all the publicity ahead of the people who actually did the work. They formed Vanwick Productions and became independent producers and seeing as […]
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