ARROW VIDEO 4K UHD AND BLU-RAY REVIEW: Forbidden Planet (1956)
Directed by Fred M. Wilcox from a script by Cyril Hume that was based on an original film story by Allen Adler and Irving Block, Forbidden Planet is a movie that is forever in the zeitgeist of what 1950s American science fiction looked like. It’s also the first movie to show hyperspeed travel, to feature a […]
CULTPIX MONTH: The Blonde Witch (1956)
If you ever wondered what would happen if you took the DNA of a classic tragedy and stirred it up in a bucket of mid-century French existentialism and Scandinavian folklore, you’d get André Michel’s The Blonde Witch. It’s a film that feels less like a traditional narrative and more like a haunting B-side on a […]
RADIANCE BLU RAY RELEASE: The Ogre Of Athens (1956)
Directed by Nikos Koundouros, this is the story of bank clerk Thomas (Dinos Iliopoulos), who struggles to keep up with the pace of modern life. On New Year’s Eve, a comedy of errors ensues when he’s confused with a crime boss named The Ogre. Now, men respect him, and women want him, but sooner […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: Manfish (1956)
Based on “The Gold-Bug” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, this at least has a great title. In the U.S., at least, as it was sold as Calypso in Great Britain. Directed by W. Lee Wilder (Billy’s brother) and written by his brother Myles and Joel Murcott, this begins with Inspector Warren (Jack […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: How to Make a Monster (1956)
EDITOR’S NOTE: How to Make a Monster was on Chiller Theater on Saturday. March 13 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, December 25, 1965 at 11:20 p.m. Directed by Herbert L. Strock and written by Herman Cohen, this is a sequel — sort of! — to both I Was a Teenage Werewolf and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein. […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Mole People (1956)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Mole People was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, November 24, 1973 at 11;30 p.m.; Saturday, December 1, 1974 at 1:00 a.m.; Saturday, August 2, 1975; Saturday, March 26, 1977 and Saturday, November 5, 1983 at 2:00 a.m. A hollow earth movie that posits an underground civilization created by Sumerian descendants who worship Ishtar. Never […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Invasion of the Body Snatchers was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, November 13, 1965 at 11:20 p.m., Saturday, October 22, 1966 at 11:20 p.m., Saturday, March 22, 1969 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, December 30, 1972 at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, April 27, 1974 at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, January 18, 1975 at 11:30 p.m. and […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Indestructible Man (1956)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Indestructible Man was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, August 1, 1964 at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, July 30, 1966 at 11:20 p.m. and Saturday, August 12, 1967 at 11:20 p.m. Charles “Butcher” Benton (Lon Chaney Jr.) is dead. He lived a life of crime and now, after being blasted by the electric chair, he’s […]
CHILLER THEATER: Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers (1956)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers was on Chiller Theater on Sunday, April 5, 1964 at 11:10 p.m. “Many times in the history of our civilization the introduction of a new thought has brought skepticism, even ridicule. Despite this, there always has remained the duty and inalienable right to tell the […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: It Conquered the World (1956)
EDITOR’S NOTE: It Conquered the World! was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, March 27, 1965 at 11:15 p.m. It Conquered the World was released by American-International Pictures as a double feature with The She-Creature and has perhaps the goofiest monster ever, The Venusian. It was originally written by Lou Rusoff, who had to leave for Canada […]
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