EUREKA BOX SET: Mabuse Lives! Dr. Mabuse At CCC: 1960-1964: The Return of Doctor Mabuse (1961)
The second of the 1960s CCC Films Dr. Mabuse film series, this movie follows up Fritz Lang’s The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse. Gert Fröbe, who plays Inspector Lohmann, was the selling point in the U.S., as he had become known as Goldfinger. The lawman is called away from his vacation to investigate a series […]
APRIL MOVIE THON 4: Erik the Conquerer (1961)
April 25: Bava Forever — Bava died on this day 43 years ago. Let’s watch his movies. Known in Italy as Gli invasori (The Invaders), this is the story of two Vikings, Erik (George Ardisson) and Eron (Cameron Mitchell), who are separated when Sir Rutford (Andrea Checchi) of England makes a surprise attack on their father, King […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Konga (1961)
Dr. Charles Decker (Michael Gough) has been presumed dead, but he’s really been hiding out in Africa, learning how to grow plants and animals to a huge size. Like the baby chimp Konga, which he turns into a monstrous ape and then, well, he goes bonkers. I mean, he was before too, but even more […]
RADIANCE FILMS BLU RAY RELEASE: Bandits of Orgosolo (1961)
Michel (Michele Cossu) is a shepherd in Sardinia who has been wrongly accused of stealing livestock and killing a policeman. He runs into the hills with his brother Peppeddu (Peppeddu Cossu) and their flock, which they are still paying for. Losing the sheep would be too much to bear for his family, but that’s what […]
Homicidal (1961)
William Castle mortgaged his house and formed William Castle Productions in 1958. For his fifth movie after Macabre, House on Haunted Hill, The Tingler and 13 Ghosts, Castle had another of his gimmick ideas: the Fright Break. Before the end of the movie, a 45-second timer would tell audience members that they could get a […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Goliath and the Vampires (1961)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Goliath and the Vampires was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, October 5, 1968 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, August 29, 1970 at 11:30 p.m. and Saturday, June 23, 1973 at 11:30 p.m. It played as The Vampires. Released in its native Italy as Maciste control il vampiro, American-International Pictures thought no one in the U.S. […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Night Tide (1961)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Night Tide was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, September 4, 1965 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, February 20, 1971 at 11:30 p.m. Written and directed by Curtis Harrington — one of the leaders of New Queer Cinema and also the director of Queen of Blood, What’s the Matter with Helen?, Who Slew Auntie Roo?, Ruby and […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Spiritism (1961)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Spiritism was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, July 1, 1967 at 1:00 a.m. Benito also directed Munecos Infernales, Santo vs. the Zombies and the astoundingly titled Frankenstein el Vampiro y Compania. This time, he’s sending his movie up north where Espiritismo will become Spiritism thanks to K. Gordon Murray. This goes the Monkey’s Paw one better by having Satan […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Phantom Planet (1961)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Haunted Strangler was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, February 19, 1966 at 11:20 p.m., Saturday, May 20, 1967 at 11:20 p.m., Saturday, November 16, 1968 at 11:20 p.m. and Saturday, January 2, 1971 at 11:30 p.m. Released as a double feature with AIP’s Assignment Outer Space, The Phantom Planet finds the U.S. Air Force […]
The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: Werewolf In a Girls’ Dormitory (1961)
BONUS WILDCARD WEEK (September 22 – 28) Go order something from the SWV website and watch it! Lycanthropus was directed by Paolo Heusch (The Day the Sky Exploded) and written by Ernesto Gastaldi. Heusch used the name Richard Benson, as all Italian directors of that time had to have an American names. If the title Werewolf In a […]
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