Chattanooga Film Festival 2026 Red Eye #5: Horror Brunch (1987), Mind Control Made Easy or How to Become a Cult Leader (1999), Forklift Driver Klaus: The First Day on the Job (2001) and Dementia (1955)
Horror Brunch (1987): This short film, directed by Rik Carter, is a high-energy, blood-soaked love letter to horror cinema. A group gathers for an ordinary brunch, but the meal is interrupted when the food and utensils turn murderous. The narrative escalates into a chaotic showcase of practical gore and genre moments featuring cameos from Norman Bates, […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 19: Illegal (1955)
April 19: What Happened to Jayne — A movie starring Jayne Mansfield. I’ve seen almost every movie that Jayne had a major role in, so I’ve been making my way through her early roles. In Illegal, she plays Angel O’Hara, a singer whose testimony is crucial to the movie’s conclusion. The main star is Edward G. […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: The Cheney Vase (1955)
Season 1, Episode 13 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, “The Cheney Vase,” stars Darren McGavin as Lyle Endicott, who is hired to be the personal assistant of Martha Cheney (Patricia Collinge). What he really wants is the money he’ll get when he takes a family heirloom, the Cheney Vase. He’s already found a buyer in Herbert Koether […]
ATTACK OF THE KAIJU DAY: Half Human (1955)
Five young university students — Takashi Iijima, his girlfriend, Machiko Takeno, her older brother, Kiyoshi Takeno, and their friends, Nakada and Kaji — went to the Japanese Alps for a skiing vacation. Kiyoshi and Kaji go to meet their friend Gen, but in the middle of a blizzard, they’re lost, and a phone call only reports […]
PARAMOUNT 4K UHD, BLU-RAY AND DIGITAL RELEASE: To Catch a Thief (1955)
John “The Cat” Robie (Cary Grant) is a retired jewel thief who is suspected of crimes all over the French Riviera. His old gang has gone straight, and maybe he has, too. The only way to prove himself is to catch whoever is pulling off these thefts, working with insurance agent H. H. Hughson (John […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Bride of the Monster (1955)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Bride of the Monster was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, February 12, 1966 at 11:20 p.m., Saturday, March 24, 1973 at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, February 1, 1975 at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, October 4, 1975 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, August 12, 1978 at 11:30 p.m. Two psychotronic film experiences shaped my early love of […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: King Dinosaur (1955)
EDITOR’S NOTE: King Dinosaur was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, September 18, 1965 at 11:20 p.m., Saturday, October 26, 1968 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, September 14, 1974 at 1:00 a.m. This shot-in-one-week effort was Bert I. Gordon’s first solo movie as a writer-director (he co-directed the previous year’s Serpent Island, which he wrote), made […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Quartermass Experiment was on Chiller Theater as The Creeping Terror on Saturday, June 29, 1977 at 11: 30 p.m., Saturday, July 28, 1979 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, February 16, 1980 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, June 20, 1981 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, March 13, 1982 at 1:00 a.m. This film is based […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Day the World Ended (1955)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Day the World Ended was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, December 12, 1964 at 11:15 p.m. and Saturday, May 14, 1966 at 11:20 p.m. Produced and directed by Roger Corman, this movie somehow had newsman Chet Huntley as its narrator and tells the story of the end of the world and the mutant monster […]
CANNON MONTH 3: Rock ‘n’ Roll Revue (1955)
Directed by Joseph Kohn, who specialized in these music films, this was put together from several TV shorts and host segments with Willie Bryan were added. Bryan was the “Mayor of Harlem,” famous for being the host of the original Showtime at the Apollo, a 13-episode TV show that is where many of these songs originated. This […]
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