CULTPIX MONTH: Teenage Zombies (1959)
Jerry Warren made a career out of buying foreign films, hacking them to pieces, and inserting scenes of people sitting in offices talking about what we just saw. But Teenage Zombies is a special vintage of Warren: it’s one of the few he actually sat down and directed himself from start to finish. And by […]
2025 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 28: Vertigo (1958)
28. THIS IS JEOPARDY: Ken says you must solve the clues to survive the predicament. I’m working through my central Alfred Hitchcock blind spot this year. Yes, I jumped right past him to Giallo, De Palma and Krimi. As I look back, I see the beginnings of my obsessions. It was written by three people: […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Frankenstein’s Daughter (1958)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Frankenstein’s Daughter was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, November 23, 1968 at 3:00 a.m.; Saturday, September 20 and Saturday December 20, 1969 at 1:00 a.m.; Saturday, June 6 at 11:30 p.m. and Saturday, December 26, 1970 at 1:00 a.m.; Saturday, September 25, 1971 at 1:00 a.m.; Saturday, September 16, 1972 at 11:30 p.m. and Saturday, […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Day the Sky Exploded (1958)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Day the Sky Exploded was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, November 19, 1966 at 11:20 p.m., Saturday, March 16, 1968 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, July 19, 1969 at 1:00 a.m. Known in Italy as La morte viene dallo spazio and in the UK as Death Comes From Outer Space, this was directed by […]
2025 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 1: The Cry Baby Killer (1958)
1. INTRODUCING…: A well-known actor’s first movie. Bonus points if it has an “introducing” credit. “YESTERDAY a Teenage Rebel… TODAY a mad-dog slayer! ” Jimmy Wallace (Jack Nicholson in his first movie ever) is in love with Carole (Carolyn Mitchell, soon to be the wife of Mickey Rooney; she was murdered by stuntman and actor […]
RADIANCE BLU-RAY RELEASE: Underworld Beauty (1958)
Directed by Seijun Suzuki (Branded to Kill, Gate of Flesh) — his first CinemaScope movie and the first time he’d use that name — this Japanese noir has Miyamoto (Michitarô Mizushima), newly released from prison, looking to return stolen diamonds to former crime boss Oyane (Shinsuke Ashida), make some money and escape the life he was […]
Mannequin In Red (1958)
Mannekäng i rött is a 1958 Swedish crime/thriller film directed by Arne Mattson (who six other movies in the series of Hillman-thrillers, starting with The Lady In Black, which star author Folke Mellvig’s detective couple Kajsa and John Hillman) and written by Mellvig. John and Kajsa Hillman (Karl-Arne Holmsten and Annalisa Ericson) are investigating a […]
The Adventures of Super Pup (1958)
Last week, there was plenty of online outrage — when isn’t there? — about Krypto in the new Superman trailer. There’s another super powered dog who no one gets mad about because, well, no one knows about it. Television producer Whitney Ellsworth planned to continue The Adventures of Superman in 1959 with at least two more […]
MOVIES THAT PLAYED SCALA: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Thanks to the British Film Institute, there’s a list of films that played Scala. To celebrate the release of Severin’s new documentary, I’ll share a few of these movies every day. You can see the whole list on Letterboxd. Nathan Juran came to America from Romania. His brother became quality control master Joseph M. Juran. […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Woman Eater (1958)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Woman Eater was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, May 28, 1966 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, August 19, 1967. At the Explorers’ Club in London — yes, it’s all rich white dudes — Dr. Moran (George Coulouris) tells everyone that he’s going to the Amazon to get “a miracle-working JuJu that can bring […]
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