CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Swamp of the Lost Monsters (1957)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Swamp of the Lost Monsters was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, September 20 at 11:20 p.m. and Saturday, January 2 at 1 a.m. A small Mexican village is dealing with not just the death of a man, but the fact that his body has disappeared too. Now, his brother and a cowboy detective […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Not of This Earth (1957)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Not of This Earth was on Chiller Theater on Sunday, January 19, 1964 at 11:10 p.m.; Saturday, February 6, 1965 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, September 16, 1967 at 1:00 a.m. At 67 minutes, this movie was made to be shown with Attack of the Crab Monsters. Its stars Paul Birch as Mr. […]
The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: Atomic Rulers (1957)
BONUS WILDCARD WEEK (September 22 – 28) Go order something from the SWV website and watch it! There are nine Sūpā Jaiantsu (Super Giant) movies that were first shown in Japan. Takeo Nagamatsu’s 1930 kamishibai The Golden Bat (Ōgon Batto) may have been Japan’s first modern superhero and Gekkō Kamen (Moonlight Mask) the first hero to be on […]
September Drive-In Super Monster-Rama 2024 Primer: Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
September Drive-In Super Monster-Rama is back at The Riverside Drive-In Theatre in Vandergrift, PA on September 27 and 28, 2024. Admission is still only $15 per person each night (children 12 and under free with adult) and overnight camping is available (breakfast included) for an additional $15 per person. You can buy tickets at the […]
CBS LATE MOVIE MONTH: The Black Scorpion (1957)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Black Scorpion was on the CBS Late Movie on March 21, 1973 and March 7 and August 1, 1975. This movie has a good FX pedigree: Willis O’Brien, creator of the stop-motion animation effects for the original King Kong, was the special effects supervisor. There’s an urban legend that the spider pit […]
Junesploitation: Sorority Girl (1957)
June 1: Junesploitation’s topic of the day — as suggested by F This Movie— is Roger Corman Tribute! We’re excited to tackle a different genre every day, so check back and see what’s next. 1957 was a big year for Roger Corman. He directed Naked Paradise, Attack of the Crab Monsters, Not of This Earth, The Undead, Rock All Night, Teenage […]
Junesploitation: Not of This Earth (1957)
June 1: Junesploitation’s topic of the day — as suggested by F This Movie— is Roger Corman Tribute! We’re excited to tackle a different genre every day, so check back and see what’s next. At 67 minutes, this movie was made to be shown with Attack of the Crab Monsters. Its stars Paul Birch as […]
ARROW BLU RAY RELEASE: Tin Star (1957)
Jacques Rivette hailed Anthony Mann as “one of the four great directors of postwar Hollywood” alongside Nicholas Ray, Richard Brooks and Robert Aldrich. Studied by French film critics, several of whom would be part of the French New Wave, Mann started as Preston Sturges’ assistant director as well as the director of screen tests for […]
I Vampiri (1957)
Goffredo Lombardo of Titanus wanted Italian films to not just be seen in Italy but around the world. Director Riccardo Freda and cinematographer Mario Bava wanted to make a horror movie. Freda believed that until now, only Americans and German expressionists could make a movie like he had in mind. Lombardo did not care for […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: The Deadly Mantis (1957)
Directed by Nathan Juran (who started as an art director before making this and movies like 20 Million Miles to Earth, The Brain from Planet Arous, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and so many more) from a screenplay by Martin Berkeley (Tarantula!, Revenge of the Creature) based on a story by producer William Alland, The Deadly Mantis was […]
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