UNSUNG HORRORS HORROR GIVES BACK 2026: The Gorgon (1964)
Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year, they will once again be setting up a fundraiser to benefit Best Friends, which works to save the lives of cats and dogs across America, giving pets second chances and happy homes. Today’s theme: Hammer Time By 1964, director Terence Fisher and […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Horror of Party Beach (1964)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Horror of Party Beach was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, February 19, 1972 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, August 7, 1976 at 1:00 a.m.Shot in two weeks for $50,000 outside Stamford, Connecticut by local producer/director Del Tenney, The Horror of Party Beach was advertised as “The First Horror-Monster Musical.” Tenney would also direct I […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Curse of the Living Corpse was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, March 6, 1971 at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, June 17, 1972 at 11:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 7, 1973 at 1:00 a.m. Not only did Del Tenney write, produce and direct The Curse of the Living Corpse, he was the Living Corpse. Made […]
RADIANCE BLU-RAY RELEASE: The Magnificent Cuckold (1964)
A wry, hallucinatory, and sardonic Italian-style dark comedy that mixes sex, paranoia and mid-century swagger, made in a place where Rome was in the mod 60s, scored by a jazzy Armando Trovajoli, all mixed up to show one man going insane when he thinks his wife is stepping out on him. Directed by Antonio Pietrangeli, […]
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 […]
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