Sizzlin’ Summer of Subterranean Psychotronica 2026: Flaming Creatures (1963)
Week 4 (July 12 – 18) – Roots of the Underground: Film-makers’ Coop The Film-Makers’ Cooperative is a non-profit dedicated to experimental and avant-garde cinema; almost all of the most well-known American experimental filmmakers have had works in their catalogue at some point. Flaming Creatures is largely non-narrative, transgressive joy. Smith, a visionary working with a shoestring […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Molesters (1963)
Der Sittlichkeitsverbrecher is a Swiss social issue film that aims to educate but often feels like a dark, unsettling drama, blending documentary elements with a grim narrative filled with trench coats and grimacing character actors. Zurich is under siege and we follow the tireless Swiss police and the high-tech (for 1963) wizards at INTERPOL as […]
VCI/KIT PARKER FILMS BLU-RAY RELEASE: Creepy Creature Double Feature: The Slime People (1963)/The Crawling Hand (1963)
The Slime People (1963): There’s so much fog in this movie that Lucio Fulci got jealous. There was so much fog that the Elizabeth Dane wrecked. So much fog… You get it, right? A bunch of lizard people emerge from under Los Angeles and use their fog machine to invade the city because, well, we nuked […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Haunted Palace (1963)
Despite being marketed as Edgar Allan Poe’s The Haunted Palace, the story in this is really H.P. Lovecraft’s The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. It gets its title from a poem by Poe that would become part of The Fall of the House of Usher. Everyone in Arkham believes that Joseph Curwen (Vincent Price) is some […]
The Living Head (1963)
Is there anything scarier than a human head living on after decapitation? Probably, but today, we’re diving into 1963’s La Cabeza Viviente, or The Living Head. Director Chano Urueta’s films frequently made their way north, with titles like El Baron del Terror (released as The Brainiac) and El Espejo de la Bruja (featured in horror host packages as […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: The Ghost (1963)
An Italian horror remake of 1955’s Les Diaboliques, I’ll give you one reason to watch this movie: Barbara Steele. Otherwise, it’s a brooding take on murder and gaslighting. And while this is directed by Riccardo Freda, stars Steele and has a character named Dr. Hichcock, it is not the same movie as The Horrible Dr. Hichcock. While this movie […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Doctor of Doom (1963)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Doctor of Doom was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, August 24, 1968 at 11:20p.m. and Saturday, August 7, 1971 at 1:00 a.m. You know, Gaby (Regina Torne) is great. Across two movies — Las Luchadoras contra El Medico Asesino and Las Luchadoras contra La Momia — we’ve watched Gloria Venus and Golden Rubi battle evil doctors and an Aztec mummy, […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Samson In the Wax Museum (1963)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Samson In the Wax Museum was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, September 14, 1968 at 1:00 a.m. It’s Santo en el Museo de Cera. You have to hand it to the people who made Santo movies, this time Alfonso Corona Blake (who made Santo vs. Las Mujeres Vampiro) and Manuel San Fernando (who made three Santa […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Slime People (1963)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Slime People was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, February 25, 1967 at 11:20 p.m.; Saturday, March 30, 1968 at 1:00 a.m.; Saturday, March 29, 1969 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, June 12, 1971 at 11:30 p.m. There’s so much fog in this movie that Lucio Fulci got jealous. There was so much […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Crawling Hand (1963)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Crawling Hand was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, December 16, 1967 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, May 30, 1970 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, April 17, 1971 at 11:30 p.m. If an astronaut crash-lands and says things like, “My hand… makes me do things…. kill…. kill!” At this point, you may say that […]
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