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Anthony Perkins is in reverse-Psycho mode in How Awful About Allan, a 1970 TV-movie perfectly representing the surfeit of small screen psychological thrillers of the era. He’s the victim in this one, still perhaps a little cuckoo, but really the victim of malicious intent rather than the perpetrator. I have a great fondness for all
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Next off my stack of unwrapped, unwatched movies… Written by Henry Farrell Directed by Curtis Harrington Starring Anthony Perkins, Julie Harris, Joan Hackett Released September 22, 1970 (TV) RT 90 min. Home Video Alpha Video (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 5 (out of 10) WHY I’VE NEVER SEEN IT I may very well have seen How
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Next off my stack of unwrapped, unwatched movies… Written by Jerry Sohl Based on The Color Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft Directed by Daniel Haller Starring Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Freda Jackson, Suzan Farmer, Terence de Marney, Patrick Magee Released October 27, 1965 RT 80 min. Home Video Shout! Factory (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) WHY
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ABOUT OUR GUEST “Adventure guaranteed. Monsters optional.” I love that slogan, and it belongs to someone worthy of using it, Stephen D. (Steve) Sullivan (except I’ve never known the monsters to be optional.) Steve is one of the guests this month that I actually have met in person, instead of hoping to meet one day.
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Next off my stack of unwrapped, unwatched movies… Written by Richard Hilliard Directed by Del Tenney Starring John Scott, Alice Lyon, Allan Laurel, Eulabelle Moore, Marilyn Clarke Released April 29, 1964 (New York City) RT 78 min. Home Video Severin Films (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) WHY I’VE NEVER SEEN IT I’ve wanted to see The Horror
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Guess the movie in which this headline appears. Please send your answers to classichorrors.club@gmail.com so everyone has a chance to play. We’ll announce winners during next week’s contest. (See last week’s winner below.) Good luck! Congratulations to last week’s winners! Rich Chamberlain, Josh Lycans and Richard from https://pureblather.com/ correctly guessed that the Hump Day Headline was
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ABOUT OUR GUEST Andrew Llewellyn is a UK based freelance writer who began bagging various writing assignments two years ago at the ripe old age of 46 when he submitted two pieces for the book Unsung Horrors. Since then Andrew has been a regular contributor to We Belong Dead magazine (“Mysterious Island”, issue 19 /
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This week’s classic horror release is conveniently, for the Countdown, one I’ve never seen… Written by John Landis Directed by John Landis Starring John Landis, Saul Kahan, Joseph Piantadosi, Richard Gillis, Eric Allison Released December 12, 1973 (Hollywood, California) RT 80 min. Home Video Arrow Video (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) WHY I’VE NEVER SEEN IT
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ABOUT OUR GUEST I “met” Neil when we co-authored a chapter on the 1970s in the soon-to-be-published retrospective of the genre during the 20th century, from the folks at We Belong Dead. I enjoyed the experience greatly; he is a conscientious and responsive collaborator. I’d work with him again in a heartbeat. Neil has contributed to a