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Details: Created: 25 November 2020; Published: 25 November 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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“This . . . is the Inner Sanctum.” With that opening statement as a guiding force, Universal Pictures launched what would be an interesting venture alongside Simon & Schuster as they produced a series of B-grade horror films starring the one and only Lon Chaney, Jr. ...

Details: Created: 15 November 2020; Published: 15 November 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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We aren’t in Las Vegas anymore, baby! Written, produced, and directed by Mr. Rear-Projection himself, Bert Gordon (King Dinosaur, Earth vs. the Spider, The Amazing Colossal Man, and Empire of the Ants), War of the Colossal Beast is the ...

Details: Created: 14 November 2020; Published: 14 November 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Fans of Paul Blaisdell’s creature work for films like The She-Creature, It Conquered The World, and Invasion of the Saucer Men are going to dig How to Make a Monster as his monster designs get some prime camera time when hung on the walls. Some audiences are going to see ...

Details: Created: 13 November 2020; Published: 13 November 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Beware the barn! Ah, f@#$ it. Enter at your own risk, fools. You’ve been warned. With the smells of rotted wood and autumn leaves hanging in the air, you know that it is time to celebrate serial killing season once more! Hell, we even have a Friday the 13th release for this horror flick ...

Details: Created: 12 November 2020; Published: 12 November 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Alien invaders? Mind control via sharks? Underwater inner monologues? Treasure and babes in bikinis? Shark Encounters of the Close Kind has it all! It even has an abundant amount of gut busting laughs as this comedy takes nothing seriously - even the shark attacks! ...

Details: Created: 07 November 2020; Published: 07 November 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Shot in black-and-white on a shoestring budget of nickels and dimes, Lake Michigan Monster is - at once - alarmingly successful in its goal of sending-up the whole monster hunting motif in horror films as a wronged sea captain living in a lighthouse mounts a hilarious hunt involving a ...

Details: Created: 03 November 2020; Published: 03 November 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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From dry deserts to tropical islands, Tremors shows no signs of stopping anytime soon, but - if this is the end of the road for the franchise - it goes out on a hell of a high note thanks to Tremors: Shrieker Island ...

Details: Created: 01 November 2020; Published: 01 November 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Greetings, Starfighter! Arrow Video invited you to watch this 1984 science fiction classic in a way never before thought possible. With a newly restored 4k scan of the original negative and the 4.1 sound mix originally created for the 70mm release, The Last Starfighter returns to your living ...

Details: Created: 24 October 2020; Published: 24 October 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Watch polio get pulverized by a primate! When a circus burns down, a mustached Boris Karloff, as Dr. Bernard Adrian, finds himself battling a loose ape in his laboratory. What? What? What. You heard me. It’s one of the wildest scenes - and maybe the best scene ...

Details: Created: 23 October 2020; Published: 23 October 2020; Written by Loron Hays

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Housesitter . . . The Night They Saved Siegfried’s Brain has an interesting history and it makes for a great lead. Originally filmed in Kalamazoo in 1987, this horror/comedy sat unfinished for over 30 years because no one wanted to deal with it. Now, thanks to Skywalker Sound and Paramount ...