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ABOUT OUR GUEST How awesome is this? When I invited Chris Franklin to contribute to the countdown, he offered to report on his recent vacation to Florida where he encountered all kinds of spooky Halloween characters and events. I really appreciate you taking the time to do this for the blog, Chris! I bet its…
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ABOUT OUR GUEST How awesome is this? When I invited Chris Franklin to contribute to the countdown, he offered to report on his recent vacation to Florida where he encountered all kinds of spooky Halloween characters and events. I really appreciate you taking the time to do this for the blog, Chris! I bet its…
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ABOUT OUR GUEST Last week, I stated that Andrew Llewellen is the one friend/colleague from the We Belong Dead/Unsung Horrors group that I’d most like to meet in person. I was wrong. Ian Taylor is that person. I’m just kidding, of course. My original statement generated some good-natured comments on Facebook that demonstrate why the…
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Next off my stack of unwrapped, unwatched movies… Written by Lou Shaw Directed by Jerry Jameson Starring Stewart Moss, Marianne McAndrew, Michael Pataki, Paul Carr Released January 30, 1974 (San Francisco) RT 93 min. Home Video Shout! Factory (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) WHY I’VE NEVER SEEN IT Due to name alone, The Bat People has been on…
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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! Nobody correctly guessed that last week’s Hump Day Headline was from The Maze (1953).
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ABOUT OUR GUEST Loey Lockerby is a “colleague” from the Kansas City Film Critics Circle that offered to participate in the Countdown. I don’t know her very well, but would like to remedy that situation because she has an interest in horror films that I sometimes forget. Usually, the Critics Circle members are focused primarily…
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Next off my stack of unwrapped, unwatched movies… Written by Helen Martin & Al Martin Directed by Joseph H. Lewis Starring Bela Lugosi, Polly Ann Young, John McGuire, Clarence Muse, Betty Compson, Ernie Adams Released April 25, 1941 RT 64 min. Home Video Kino Lorber (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) WHY I’VE NEVER SEEN IT In July,…
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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…