CULTFLIX MONTH: The Sheriff was a Lady (1964)
Also known as In the Wild West, Freddy und das Lied der Prärie, The Wild Wild West, 6 pallottole per Ringo Kid, this stars German singing sensation Freddy Quinn as Black Bill (aka Freddy / John Burns), a gunslinger returning to his hometown of Moon Valley. He’s looking forward to reuniting with the Daniels family, […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Magic Christmas Tree (1964)
Much like The Wizard of Oz, The Magic Christmas Tree believes reality is in black and white, while dreams are in color. Both films have a witch. Both movies have wishes. But only one of them had a budget. And only one of them is a classic beloved by families for generations. Sorry, Richard C. […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Joy House (1964)
René Clément, fresh off the success of Purple Noon (another Delon vehicle), opted to shoot iJoy House in lush black-and-white. This choice turned the Mediterranean villa into a labyrinth of shadows. While the plot sounds like a standard potboiler, Clément treats the house itself as a character—a gilded cage where everyone is both predator and […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: The Long Hair of Death (1964)
Adele Karnstein (Halina Zalewska, An Angel for Satan) is accused of witchcraft and burned, but really it’s because she wouldn’t sleep with Count Humboldt (Giuliano Raffaelli). When her daughter Helen (Barbara Steele) confronts him, she even offers her body to him to save her mother. The Count still watches as her mother is burned alive and […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: War of the Zombies (1964)
EDITOR’S NOTE: War of the Zombies was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, November 3, 1979 at 1:00 a.m.; Saturday, April 11, 1981 at 1:00 a.m. and saturday, December 3, 1983 at 1:00 a.m. It playted as Zombies. Also known as War of the Zombies, Rome Against Rome was the second to last film from the Galatea production company (some […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Black Torment (1964)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Black Torment was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, Novembr 9, 1968 at 1:00 a.m.; Saturday, February 20, 1971 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, April 8, 1972 at 11:30 p.m. Made by Compton Films, directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and written by Derek and Donald Ford. I watched this because those three men also made one […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mothra vs. Godzilla was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, February 17, 1968, at 11:20 p.m. and Saturday, July 26, 1969, at 11:30 p.m. as Godzilla vs. The Thing. With the box office success of King Kong vs. Godzilla and Mothra, Toho chose to send Godzilla against the butterfly in a movie that was meant for […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Dagora the Space Monster (1964)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dagora was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, April 22 at 1:00 a.m. and December 16, 1967 at 11:20 p.m., Saturday, October 16, 1968 at 11:20 p.m., Saturday, May 16, 1970 at 11:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 24, 1971 at 11:30 p.m. Giant Space Monster Dagora, directed by Ishiro Honda with special effects by […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Dr. Orloff’s Monster (1964)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Orloff’s Monster was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, December 17, 1966 at 11:20 p.m. and Saturday, May 17, 1969 at 11:30 p.m. Jess Franco on Chiller Theater! He had enough money for film stock and some of the cast; the rest of this movie was made thanks to the kindness of others. And […]
88 FILMS BLU-RAY RELEASE: Gate of Flesh (1964)
The destroyed neighborhoods of Tokyo are home to a group of prostitutes who form a sex worker union and build their own dancehall, Purgatory. Then, the gangsters and pimps make a play for what the women have earned and an unexploded bomb appears. Based on a novel by Taijiro Tamura and directed by Seijun Suzuki, […]
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