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Written by | Frank De FelittaDirected by | Don MedfordAir Date | September 12, 1952 There’s always drama on these scientific expeditions! Susan (Edith Fellows) joins her uncle, Professor John Blanforth (Edgar Stehli) into the jungle looking for fossils of unknown insect species. With them is her fiancée, Tom (Jackie Cooper), with whom Professor Blanforth…
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Upon first watch, one would assume that Savage Weekend (1979) is a typical slasher film, albeit an early one. When you learn it was filmed in 1976 and preceded Halloween (1978) and Friday the 13th(1980), you realize it was instead a proto-slasher film ahead of its time, much like Black Christmas (1974.) In either case,…
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Written by | Max EhrlichStory by | Fitz-James O’BrienDirected by | Don MedfordAir Date | March 14, 1952 On death row, thirty minutes before execution by guillotine, Andre Lapalme (Franchot Tone) tells us the story of what put him there. They call me mad, but I saw what I saw through the diamond lens. In…
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The Driller Killer (1979) brings to life the gritty streets of 1970s New York City. Watching it, I felt like I was there… but I didn’t want to be. Should the film be praised for its realistic depiction or panned for its distasteful content? For what viewer ratings are worth, the majority says it’s above…
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Written by | Mann RubinAir Date | Oct. 31, 1952 It’s shades of The Fatal Flower as Doctor Allen (Walter Abel) and Quincy (Richard Purdy) argue about their situation. Instead of an experimental plant station in Brazil, though, they’re at a dig site in Egypt. Quincy fears they’ve been abandoned and says he never wanted…
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During the summer of 1983, which I’ve often referred to as the most fun summer of my life, there was a definite bump in the road when I saw Metalstorm: the Destruction of Jared-Syn at the Esquire Theater in Enid, Oklahoma. It was an unforgettable experience… because I’ll never forget how bored I was. I…
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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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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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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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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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