CULTPIX MONTH: Blaze Starr Goes Nudist (1962)
If you ever wanted a collision of two absolute titans of mid-century exploitation cinema, Blaze Starr Goes Nudist is your holy grail. First, you have Blaze Starr (born Fannie Belle Fleming), the undisputed Queen of Burlesque. Blaze wasn’t just a dancer; she was a master marketer and an American icon who famously caught the eye […]
CULTPIX MONTH: Terror of the Bloodhunters (1962)
May 3, 1962 should be a day to be celebrated. After all, that’s when this movie debuted as a double feature with Invasion of the Animal People, Jerry Warren’s remix of the Swedish movie Space Invasion of Lapland. But here, in this film, it’s all Jerry: directing, writing, producing and editing. What did people feel […]
CULTPIX MONTH: The Doll (1962)
Forget your Mannequin whimsy. Arne Mattsson’s The Doll is a dive into the deep, dark end of the loneliness pool, where the water is freezing, and the only thing keeping you afloat is a hollow piece of storefront fiberglass. Per Oscarsson, a man who could look haunted while eating a sandwich, plays a night watchman […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The House on Bare Mountain (1962)
You’ve never seen more! Let us prove it to you when the monsters meet the girls! The nudies meet the nasties! No monster ever had it so good! See Frankenstein do the twist with Miss Hollywood! The gayest girlie spree of all time! Everything’s off when the horror boys meet Granny Good’s girls! The biggest […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Invasion of the Star Creatures was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, May 22, 1965 at 11:20 p.m. Directed by character actor Bruno VeSota and written by Jonathan Haze, this has Privates Philbrick (Robert Ball) and Penn (Frank Ray Perilli) assigned to Fort Nicholson, which has a cave under the Earth — is this another Shaver […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Brainiac (1962)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Brainiac was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, October 15, 1966, at 1:00 a.m.; Saturday, May 3, 1969, at 1:00 a.m.; Saturday, June 19, at 1:00 a.m.; and Saturday, March 4, 1972, at 1:00 a.m. Known as El Baron del Terror in Mexico, this was directed by Chano Urueta, who helped Blue Demon get […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)
Based on Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, written by Thomas De Quincey — the same person who inspired Suspiria — and has Vincent Price as Gilbert De Quincey. He’s an adventurer hired to stop the sale of Chinese brides to overseas men. That makes this sound too ordinary, a film that feels like you’re on drugs, […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Brainiac (1962)
Known as The Brainiac in the U.S., this was directed by Chano Urueta, who helped Blue Demon get on the silver screen and was written by Federico Curiel, who would make The Champions of Justice, several Santo movies and Neutron. All the way back in 1661, Baron Vitelius was burned at the stake during the Inquisition and […]
EUREKA BOX SET: Mabuse Lives! Dr. Mabuse At CCC: 1960-1964: The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962)
Dr. Mabuse has a new base under a theater, a place that is putting on a play about the French Revolution but really, it’s just a place for dancer Liane Martin (Karin Dor, You Only Live Twice, Assignment Terror) to take a steamy bath. Something for daddy, as they say. Anyhow, Mabuse wants an invisibility machine and […]
RADIANCE FILMS BOX SET RELEASE: The Shinobi Trilogy (1962,1963)
We often think that ninjas only started to exist in the 80s. Yet, in the early 60s, there was a craze in Japan because of the Shinobi no Mono books and these three movies. Written by Tomoyoshi Murayama, these stories were serialized in the Sunday edition of the newspaper Akahata from November of 1960 to May […]
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