Earlier this month, Damien and Aaron, and I, your wonderful hosts of Discover the Horror Podcast, all met up at the spring show of Cinema Wasteland. Not only did we have the usual great time, but we also took some time to record some of other’s thoughts on why they like coming to Cinema Wasteland, and what is it about it that sets it apart. Below is the result! Make sure you like and subscribe (and share) the Discover the Horror YouTube channel, where we will have more stuff coming!
Curators . . . Not Collectors
I’ve been a movie poster collector for over 30 years. The cost of what I will spend has gone up a bit over those three decades. In the past, the thought of spending $50 on a single poster was way too much for me to even consider. Then I saw an American 1-sheet for The Green Slime for $50. I bought it instantly. Now, I’m still not one of these big-time collectors, spending hundreds and hundreds of dollars on them, mainly just because of my budget. But what I will spend has increased to even dropping $175 for an Astro Zombies 1-sheet. I mean, it’s Ted V. Mikels!
Mystery Photo 4-22
The sun is still up from where I’m sitting, so it is still Monday! I was going to get this posted this morning and then quickly realized I hadn’t even gotten the post written, so there you go. But we’re here now, so that is all that matters, right? Right! Our photo from last week might have been too easy for a few of you, especially if you were at Facets in Chicago the Saturday night before for their melting triple feature they were running. One of which, was The Devil’s Rain (1975), which I had forgotten just how much of an impact it had made with me, so I used it for the photo! Kudos for the following that sent in the correct answer: Wendy Bodine, Aaron Christensen, Robert Chambers, Bob Hartman, Tim Palace, Michael Pniewski, and James Turner. Well done!
Now on to today’s photo. Take a peek and see if you can recognize where this shot is taken from. Just remember to send me you guess in an email, to jon@kitleyskrypt.com. Good Luck!
Movie Review: Tormented
(1960)
Directed by Bert I. Gordon
Starring Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon, Lugene Sanders, Juli Reding, Joe Turkel
Director Bert I. Gordon, or known to most fans as Mr. BIG, got that moniker because of the unusual sizes of the subjects of his films, from giant grasshoppers, dinosaurs, spiders, and angry men. So, it was a quite the change of pace when he came up with this simple story about a ghostly revenge on a seemingly innocent man. While there is nothing giant here, Gordon still was able to pull off some of his unusual and interesting camera tricks, including a talking head sitting on an end table.
Continue readingDtH Episode 68 – Made for TV Horrors 3
The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964), Crowhaven Farm (1970), and Cruise into Terror (1978)
With this being our 3rd episode covering these little television terrors, one would get the idea that there is a lot of teleplays, or TV-movies, out there that deserve our attention. And you would be correct! From the ’60s into the early ’80s, there was a plethora of amazing features being made for the little boob tube, not to mention a wide variety to talent behind them too!
Unfortunately, a lot of these titles still wander in limbo with never getting a legitimate release, some never even seeing a VHS release. While you can find a lot on YouTube, we’re all hoping for a real legitimate release at some point. Until then, we do what we must to see some incredible cinema!
So, grab your notepad because we’re going to discuss 3 titles that are definitely worth your time and hope to spark you to take a little further adventure into Made-for-TV Terrors!
Titles Mentioned in this Episode:
Continue readingMystery Photo 4-14
Back to another Monday, so that means another Mystery Photo! Hope you’re all ready for this one! Should be an easy on. Hehehe. No, really. It is . . . Honest. But first, our last pic was from the bizarre flick from Belgium Rabid Grannies (1988). There is a lot of fun to be had there! Kudos to Aaron Christensen and James Turner for the only two to send in the correct answer. Well done!
Okay, so on to this week’s pic. Give it a look and see if you can recognize where this is from. Just remember to send me your answers in an email to jon@kitleyskrypt.com. Good Luck!
Last Chance for Rondos!
In case you haven’t voted yet, the deadline for the 2023 Rondo Awards ends at midnight on Tuesday the 16th. Yes, I am nominated in few categories (Best Column, Best Article, and Best Podcast), and would love your vote, but more importantly, just vote. There are a lot of hard-working people nominated there, so it’s always nice to be recognized for that hard work. So, head over to the Rondo site (just click HERE) and take a few minutes to send off an email to them with your votes. It’s pretty simple. Just copy and paste the ballot, and mark who you’re voting for, and send it off to David Colton, the Grand Poobah of the Rondos!
Eco-Horror and Maximal Melt at Facets
This Friday and Saturday, at Facets in Chicago, they will be having a double and triple feature playing that is simply must-see. On Friday, they will be screening Godzilla vs the Smog Monster (1971) and Frogs (1972), both films trying to warn us about the dangers of the ecological damage we’re doing. Plus, they are just damn fun movies! We will actually have a small table in the lobby on Friday, and will have copies of my book, Discover the Horror, for sale as well as a few other book titles. I’ll also have T-shirts for our podcast, also called Discover the Horror, for sale as well. So, if you’re coming out on Friday, make sure you stop by and say hello! Click HERE for tickets.
Continue readingMyster Photo 4-8
Welcome to Monday. But since today is the eclipse and everyone has seemed to be losing their mind about this, I guess it really is the end of the world. Oh well…see you on the other side. But until that, let’s take a quick look at today’s pictorial puzzle! First, as always, let’s look at the photo from last week that nobody was able to send in the correct answer. It was from the 2018 film The Sonata, starring Freya Tingley and Rutger Hauer, about a mysterious and reclusive composer that might have been dealing with darker things when he was creating this music. Not bad with a very interesting plot.
For this one, we might be going a little easier. Or not. You decide. Take a look and see if you can recognize where this shot came from. Just remember to send your guess to me in an email to jon@kitleyskrypt.com. Good Luck!
Nightbreed Soundtrack Expanded!
Almost 35 years since its release, we’re finally going to get the Danny Elfman’s complete soundtrack for Clive Barker’s Nightbreed. Needless to say, I’m more than thrilled. Say what you will about the film, whether it’s the theatrical cut, director’s cut, or any of the extended, bootleg, Cabal-cuts out there, I just love this movie, and have always loved the score.
Originally released by MCA which had 22 tracks and ran 46:42 minutes, it was pretty great. But now, thanks to fine folks at Intrada, we will now have the complete score which runs 75:19 minutes, in a special 2-disc release. The first disc has the complete score, while the second disc has the original release of the score, plus another 21:16 minutes of extra stuff, such as some alternate cuts, and 3 different versions of the song Country Skin, which no version of that is included first disc.
You can order it directly from Intrada (click HERE) or from Screen Archives (click HERE), where I get a lot of my soundtracks from!
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