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After an extended pre-opening credits sequence during which Dr. Golinski (Tom Bosley) tells Hyam Maish (Herschel Bernardi) he needs to slow down at the age of 73 and enjoy life, a lovely song plays. It was written and sung by Paul Williams, a coincidence since we discussed him recently on The Classic Horrors Club Podcast.…
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Before I watched Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968), I had no idea what a “Yokai monster” was. After watching a handful of experts discuss it for 40 minutes on the Arrow Video Blu-ray special feature, Hiding in Plan Sight: A Brief History of Yokai, I learned that the term can mean many things. I’m not…
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After playing tennis at a fancy club in Santa Costa, CA, three cocky rich men and their spoiled wives split into two groups. The men head to the bar, the women to the spa. When the women are finished, the climb into their limousine where the driver has just been knocked out and replaced with…
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Since this is the last entry into our 1980’s horror-comedy/spoof series, it’s a good time to summarize them in a way that I’ve been considering for a few weeks now. The 80’s horror spoofs can be compared to the humor magazines of the era. For example, you have Mad Magazine, the cream of the crop. In…
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Sometimes I feel like I’ve watched so many horror movies that I can tell where one’s headed during its early moments. It’s not disappointing when I’m right. I’d almost be disappointed if these films didn’t end like I’ve been trained to think they will. More often than not, it’s the only satisfying way they could…
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For the first few minutes of Transylvania 6-5000 (1985), I had real hopes that memory wasn’t served and it was going to be better than my preconceived notions. Those were a precious few minutes that soon became a long, agonizing hour and a half that I had to split over the course of two evenings.…
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We’ve discussed Maneaters Are Loose! (1978) in this feature, and while Maneater (1973) is similar, it at least has a scene where a tiger or two are actually in the same shot as the people. It also has a bit more plot. I wouldn’t call it a most dangerous game, but it’s a kinda-sorta dangerous…
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For a bit of a change of pace, Jeff and Richard discuss two films where there are as many songs as there are monsters: Phantom of the Paradise (1974) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975.) Both did their time on the Midnight Movie circuit before the advent of home video boosted one’s reputation and…
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We’ve seen the story many times, going back at least as far as 1954 with Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window. Sure, there are variations and twists, but the basic plot is the same: somebody sees something bad happen in an adjacent building. Usually, nobody believes them and, at some point, they find themselves in personal danger…
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Does anyone remember the Hudson Brothers? Bill, Brett, and Mark Hudson were discovered by a record producer in Portland and offered a contract. They released several singles in the late 1960s under the names The New Yorkers, Everyday Hudson, and Hudson. I know them from The Hudson Brothers Show, a summer replacement for The Sonny…
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