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When we discussed Scream & Scream Again (1970) on The Classic Horrors Club Podcast, We mentioned that director Gordon Hessler always seemed to get the short end of the stick, either filling in at the last minute, or being restricted by contract. After making The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973), he directed several TV movies…
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Peter Cushing once claimed to have played only four villains during his lengthy film and television career. One of these was Captain Judd in Cone of Silence (1960) aka Trouble in the Sky. Sandwiched between two Hammer horrors, The Mummy and The Brides of Dracula, and following The Flesh & the Fiends, Cone of Silence…
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Lane Slate wrote some of the TV movies in this series that I’ve rated highly, such as Isn’t It Shocking? (1973) and The Strange & Deadly Occurrence (1974.) Plus, he wrote a theatrical favorite, The Car (1977.) Richard A. Colla directed one of the best TV movies in this series, The UFO Incident (1975), as…
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You can’t expect much from a one-hour movie made quickly with the sole purpose of serving as the bottom half of a double-bill with another movie. That’s exactly what The Headless Ghost (1959) delivers… not much. It also seems like an odd companion for a movie as dark as Horrors of the Black Museum (1959.)…
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The most frightening moment in The Missing Are Deadly (1975) comes when Dr.. Margolin (Ed Nelson) tells a member of the press that a pandemic is “a very real possibility that no one thinks about.” Been there; done that. It’s intriguing, but is unfortunately only a footnote to the story. Here, the authorities seem prepared…
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We’re thrilled to have as our guest award-winning writer, illustrator, and pop culture historian, Rob Kelly, from the Fire & Water Podcast Network! Rob recently provided the commentary track for the VCI Entertainment Blu-ray release of Horrors of the Black Museum (1959.) Besides the fact-filled discussion of that film, Jeff and Richard pair it with…
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Imagine it’s late one Friday night in 1975. You’re leaning back in your recliner, the living room lit only by the glow of your television. On comes ABC’s The Wide World of Mystery, which resides under the umbrella of ABC’s Wide World of Entertainment, the network’s effort to compete with The Tonight Show on NBC.…
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Twice recently I’ve seen a giant monster movie in which the characters and story steal the spotlight from the destruction and mayhem. The first, or course, was Godzilla Minus One, and now it’s The Whale God (1962) aka Killer Whale aka Kuijira gami. To be clear, though, this one features a real monster rather than…
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The Secret Night Caller (1975) takes a different approach for an obscene phone caller movie. Although it opens with a few thrills and chills, it quickly morphs into a sympathetic character study of a man with compulsions he doesn’t understand. Because he takes responsibility for what he’s done and seeks help, he’s magically forgiven for…
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The connective tissue among the three films on The Criterion Collection’s box set, Tod Browning’s Sideshow Shockers, is the director’s experience as a circus performer that he incorporated into a series of films such as The Unknown (1927), Freaks (1932), and today’s movie, The Mystic (1925.) This is the least “sideshow” of the trio and…
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