Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Fragment of Seeking (1946)
Week 4 (July 12 – 18) – Roots of the Underground: Film-makers’ Coop The Film-Makers’ Cooperative is a non-profit dedicated to experimental and avant-garde cinema; almost all of the most well-known American experimental filmmakers have had works in their catalogue at some point. Curtis Harrington had a career trajectory that oscillated from occult underground circles to the […]
ATTACK OF THE KAIJU DAY: Devil Monster (1946)
Confusion at the start of this. This was first released in 1936 as The Great Manta and shown in Great Britain as The Sea Fiend. Also, a Spanish-language version, El diablo del mar, directed by Juan Duval using some of the same actors and footage, was released in the United States. Ten years later, it […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: Shock (1946)
Dr. Cross, portrayed by the remarkably young Vincent Price, is treating a young patient for shock. She fell into a coma after witnessing a man kill his wife with a candlestick. The twist? The man she saw was Dr. Cross himself. The question remains, how will she escape this perilous situation? Lynn Bari plays the […]
APRIL MOVIE THON 4: The Catman of Paris (1946)
April 8: Zoo Lover’s Day — You know what that means. Animal attack films! Lesley Selander directed 107 Westerns, but he also found the time to make other things, like assistant directing A Night At the Opera and making early TV shows like Lassie. The script was by Sherman Lowe, who mostly worked in movie serials. Writer Charles […]
SEVERIN BOX SET RELEASE: All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium Of Folk Horror Vol. 2: Boundary (2009), Journey Through Setomaa (1913) and Midvinterblot (1946)
These three films appear along with November on the All the Haunts Be Ours Volume 2 set. Boundary (2009): Set among an isolated community in a remote landscape near the Russian border, Boundary offers the sound of wind, images of spaces and a general feeling of a chill. According to its mission statement, it “evokes a space of ambiguity, […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: She-Wolf of London (1946)
EDITOR’S NOTE: She-Wolf of London was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, March 19, 1966 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, December 31, 1966 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, May 17, 1969 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, January 20, 1973 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, July 26, 1975 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, June 24, 1978 at 11:30 p.m. and Saturday, October […]
Cisco Kid Movie Collection: South of Monterey (1946)
Directed by William Nigh and written by Charles S. Belden, this time The Cisco Kid (Gilbert Roland) learns that Commandante Arturo (Martin Garralaga) and Bennet, a tax collector (Harry Woods), are stealing land from the poor. Can he play them against one another and return the land to the people who really deserve to live […]
Cisco Kid Movie Collection: Beauty and the Bandit (1946)
The Cisco Kid (Gilbert Roland) attacks a stagecoach carrying a wealthy young French person named Du Bois who ends up being Jeanne Du Bois (Ramsay Ames). The gang escapes with the money which Cisco says is money stolen for years from the poor of California. Of course, she soon falls in love with Cisco — […]
Cisco Kid Movie Collection: The Gay Cavalier (1946)
The Cisco Kid (Gilbert Roland) has no Pancho to help him. That said, he can still keep a young girl named Pepita (Ramsay Ames, who played Princess Ananka in The Mummy’s Ghost; despite her exotic appearance, she was born on Long Island) from marrying a rich man to save her family home. There’s also a gang […]
MILL CREEK SCI-FI CLASSICS: Queen of the Amazons (1946)
Directed by Edward Finnery and written by Roger Merton, this movie begins when Jean Preston (Patricia Morison) heads into the jungle to find her fiancee Greg Jones (Bruce Edwards). She goes to Akbar, India with Colonel Jones (John Miljan) who is Greg’s dad, along with Wayne Monroe (Keith Richards) and the Professor (Wilson Benge). While […]
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