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Monday, January 27, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Psychotronic Movie of the Week: The Sadist (1963)
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1963 - Fairway International Pictures - D: James Landis - S: Arch Hall, Jr., Richard Walden, Marilyn Manning, Don Russell, Helen Hovey
Arch Hall, Jr. only appeared in a handful of films in the early 1960s, all produced by his father, Arch Hall, Sr., but his star will shine forever in the psychotronic universe for his turns in The Choppers, Eegah!, Wild Guitar, and this, perhaps his greatest moment. He plays the sadist of the title, Charlie Tibbs, who, along with his mute girlfriend Judy, terrorize a trio of teachers who stall out in the desert on their way to a ballgame at Dodger Stadium. Hall is a man possessed in this film - a sneering psycho ready to snap at any moment. If you notice some sharp camera work while you're watching, there's good reason for that, as the cinematographer was none other than a young Vilmos Zsigmond, who had previously worked on Ray Dennis Steckler's The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies, but would go on to do award winning work on films such as McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Close Encouters of the Third Kind, Blow Out, and The Deer Hunter.
And now, our feature presentation,...
Cast and crew on the set |
Posted by Ted Cogswell at 3:45 PM 3 comments
Labels: Arch Hall Jr., psychotronic movies, Ted Cogswell
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Are You Gonna Be There?
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Labels: Chick Willis, Debbie D, Harvey Scales
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
The Ball State University Singers, 1966
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Monday, January 13, 2014
WSB is on the air
Jim Wesley mans the DJ booth at Atlanta's WSB radio station, 1957. Via the Georgia State University Library Archives, file #LBP48-196a.
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Sunday, January 12, 2014
Happy Mighty Hannibal Day
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Psychotronic Movie of the Week: Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965)
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1965 - Allied Artists - D: Robert Gaffney - S: Marilyn Hanold, James Karen, Lou Cutell
In The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film, Michael Weldon's review of Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster said it all in the first two sentences: "Don't miss. It's the worst." The plot is about a Martian princess and her flamboyant dwarf assistant coming to Earth in search of women to help repopulate their planet. They both have hilariously un-subtle homoerotic undertones. There's an android astronaut named Frank (the "Frankenstein" of the title), who ends up fighting the Martians' giant monster they keep chained up in their spaceship (played by an uncredited Bruce Glover). There's also some groovy soundtrack music, including "That's the Way It's Got to Be" by the Poets. And that's pretty much it. All in all, a mindless but fun flick that cruises along and delivers plenty of laughs. This was Gaffney's only credit as a director, but he later showed up as the DP on Superfly T.N.T. in 1973. Enjoy!
And now, our feature presentation,....
Posted by Ted Cogswell at 9:08 PM 3 comments
Labels: 1965, psychotronic movies, Ted Cogswell, The Poets
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Monday, January 6, 2014
January Is Mighty Hannibal Month!
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