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  • Plague from Space/The Lost Planet

    Written by | Harry Guth, Mann RubinDirector | Don MedfordAir Date | April 25, 1952 While Colonel Jeffrey Ward (Gene Raymond) and Captain Hutchinson (Charles Proctor) await the arrival of General Bonameade (Richard Keith), a strange disc that they tracked earlier on radar reappears in the sky and then lands on base. They haul it

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  • The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 105: Things to Come

    It’s another world premiere movie event as Jeff and Richard are “whooshed” across the pond to London on Friday, February 21st… 1936. There are still seats available, so join us. The “programme” starts at 8:45. There are wonderful Things to Come for you when you listen to this month’s episode of The Classic Horrors Club

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  • Many Happy Returns/The Fatal Flower

    Written by | Raymond Z. Gallun (story), David Karp (adaptation), Frederik Pohl (writer)Director | Don MedfordAir Date | Oct. 24, 1952 Andy (Gene Raymond) tells his son, Jack (Clifford Sales), that his science experiment won’t work because there’s no electricity running to it, yet Jack warns him not to touch it. He tells him a

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  • Planet of Storms (1962)

    Chances are you’ve seen Planeta Bur (Planet of Storms) and don’t even know it. Roger Corman took footage from the 1962 film and hired then-film student Curtis Harrington to add footage and Americanize it. He somehow got Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue to appear in it and, in 1965, AIP released it for television (and maybe

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  • Youth on Tap/The Horn

    Written by | Lona KeeneyDirector | Don MedfordAir Date | Sept. 26, 1952 Dr. Platan (Harry Townes) observes young couple Jeff (Robert Alda) and Kitty (Mary Alice Moore) arguing about money and marriage. Jeff needs $1,000 to close the deal on the purchase of a gas station, and Platan offers him that amount in exchange

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  • Brainstorm (1965)

    Brainstorm (1965)

    If I knew more about film noir, I have a feeling parts of Brainstorm (1965) would seem familiar. I say “parts” because, from the noir I have seen, this one explores new territory as it escalates into pure horror, at least from one character’s point of view. William Conrad also explores new territory when compared

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  • Ice from Space/Seeing-Eye Surgeon

    Written by | E.H. FrankDirector | Don MedfordAir Date | Aug. 8, 1952 Our story opens on a military base with Major Dozier (Edmon Ryan) and Congressman Burns (Raymond Bailey) arguing about the fate of the AR-76 rocket that launched two days ago and has since disappeared. They agree on one thing: That rocket must

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  • The Incredible Petrified World (1959)

    Ah, the American dream! Jerry Warren grew up in Los Angeles and wanted to go into the movie business. However, unlike untold numbers of people who only wanted to do it, he actually did it. After creating and distributing his first four films, though, he decided it took too much effort, so he began buying

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  • The Duplicates/Ahead of His Time

    Written by | Richard M. SimonDirector | Don MedfordAir Date | July 4, 1952 Bruce Calvin (Darren McGavin) has been out of a job for three months after working eight years with the Dunhill Engineering Company and unexpectedly losing his job. When he answers an ad in the newspaper, a potential employer, Dr. Johnson from

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  • The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 104: The Crawling Slime

    Do you like your calamari so fresh it could crawl off your plate? How about your oysters extra slimy? If so, join Jeff & Richard at the Union Oyster House in Boston, MA on Wednesday, September 18, 1963, for a discussion of a new double feature that just opened at the E.M. Loew’s Center theater.

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