CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Pyro… The Thing Without a Face (1964)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Pyro…The Thing Without a Face was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, March 4, 1967 at 11:20 p.m., Saturday, October 28, 1967 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, November 9, 1968 at 11:20 p.m., Saturday, January 3, 1970 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, October 17, 1970 at 11:30 p.m. and Saturday, September 11, 1971 at 11:30 p.m. […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2026: Beware! Children at Play (1989)
Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year, they will once again host a fundraiser for 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: Killer Kids Imagine seeing the dusty, sun-bleached back […]
2026 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 22: They Saved Hitler’s Brain (1968)
22. PRONOUNCEMENTS: Wordplay! He/she/they/it and an action word in the title. In 1962, director David Bradley shot a tight, 74-minute espionage flick under the working title The Return of Mr. H, eventually released in 1963 as Madmen of Mandoras. It wasn’t a masterpiece, but it was a complete film. Fast forward a few years and […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Voodoo Man (1944)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Voodoo Man was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, February 1, 1969 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, August 1, 1970 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, October 9, 1971 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, April 14, 1973 at 11:30 p.m. Originally written as Tiger Man by author Andrew Colvin — uncredited, of course — Voodoo Man was […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: TNT Jackson (1977)
Roger Corman’s New World Pictures decided that it was time to mash up the emerging martial arts craze with the unstoppable power of Blaxploitation. Enter TNT Jackson (released in the Philippines as Dynamite Wong and T.N.T. Jackson). Originally scripted by legendary character actor Dick Miller, the film hit a bump during production. Corman felt Miller’s […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Tintorera…Tiger Shark (1977)
When I was a kid in the 1970’s, I sat in a B. Dalton’s reading room — parents routinely dropped kids off to read without any fear of kidnapping back then—and discovered a copy of Alex Comfort’s The Joy of Sex on a shelf. I had no idea what it was at the time, but […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: 100 Cries of Terror (1965)
EDITOR’S NOTE: 100 Cries of Terror was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, August 12, 1972 at 1:00 a.m. There are two distinct stories packed into this chilling Mexican portmanteau, 100 Cries of Terror (Cien gritos de terror), a film that embraces the macabre styling of classic Gothic horror. The first segment, Pánico—hey, how about that […]
UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2026: House of Whipcord (1974)
Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year, they will once again host a fundraiser for 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: 1970s House of Whipcord (1974) marks a monumental […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Tiffany Jones (1973)
Pete Walker (Die Screaming, Marianne; Frightmare; House of the Long Shadows) directed this movie, which is based on the comic strip by Pat Tourret and Jenny Butterworth. It fits nicely into both the comic book and spy genres. Anouska Hempel was one of the Angels of Death in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and she […]
2026 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 21: Future Cops (1993)
21. BACK TO THE FUTURE DAY: Really though, any time travel flick will do the trick. Long before Hollywood handed $35 million to Steven E. de Souza to make the 1994 official Street Fighter movie—and decades before Legendary Pictures decided to try again with their upcoming live-action reboot—director Wong Jing did it. Released in July […]
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