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Classic horror film lovers get excited, as Turner Classic Movies just unveiled its movie lineup for the Halloween season. I’d run through and list all the classics that will be popping up throughout the month, but there’s just too many to list. This is Turner Classic Movies after all. Check out the full lineup below, and let us know if you’re excited for any of these! (via Bloody Disgusting)

Wednesday October 3, 2018

8:00 Pm The Unknown (1927) Dir: Tod Browning

9:00 Pm The Phantom of the Opera (1925) Dir: Rupert Julian

10:45 Pm The Monster (1925) Dir: Roland West

Thursday October 4, 2018

12:30 Am The Penalty (1920) Dir: Wallace Worsley

2:15 Am The Unholy Three (1925) Dir: Tod Browning.

4:00 Am He Who Gets Slapped (1924) Dir: Victor Seastrom

Saturday October 6, 2018

2:00 Am Deadly Friend (1986) Dir: Wes Craven

3:45 Am Demon Seed (1977) Dir. Donald Cammell

Sunday October 7, 2018

8:00 Pm The Mummy’s Hand (1940) Dir: Christy...

A few years ago, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the death of influential film critic Pauline Kael, I wrote the following:

“I think (Kael) did a lot to expose the truth… that directors, writers and actors who often work awfully close to the surface may still have subterranean levels of achievement or purpose or commentary that they themselves may be least qualified to articulate. It’s what’s behind her disdain for Antonioni’s pontificating at the Cannes film festival; it’s what behind the high percentage of uselessness of proliferating DVD commentaries in which we get to hear every dull anecdote, redundant explication of plot development and any other inanity that strikes the director of the latest Jennifer Aniston rom-com to blurt out breathlessly; and it is what’s behind a director like Eli Roth, who tailors the subtext of something like Hostel Part II almost as...

Jim Knipfel Oct 17, 2018

After all these years, Al Adamson’s cult classic Dracula vs. Frankenstein still doesn’t make a damn lick of sense!

Growing up in Wisconsin in the early '70s, I would get home from school, drop my bag, park myself in front of the TV and tune in The Early Show. Every weekday between three and five-thirty, a local station aired sometimes shockingly uncut films, and it was there my cinematic education began. I don’t know who was programming The Early Show, but I would like to shake his hand. The focus was decidedly on genre films,especially horror and recent drive-in hits. Along with scattered Westerns, war movies and mysteries, there were regular week-long Toho and Hammer fests, without a single stupid musical or romantic comedy tossed in to muck things up.

It was through The Early Show that I was introduced to Roger Corman,...

Jim Knipfel Oct 17, 2018

After all these years, Al Adamson’s cult classic Dracula vs. Frankenstein still doesn’t make a damn lick of sense!

Growing up in Wisconsin in the early '70s, I would get home from school, drop my bag, park myself in front of the TV and tune in The Early Show. Every weekday between three and five-thirty, a local station aired sometimes shockingly uncut films, and it was there my cinematic education began. I don’t know who was programming The Early Show, but I would like to shake his hand. The focus was decidedly on genre films,especially horror and recent drive-in hits. Along with scattered Westerns, war movies and mysteries, there were regular week-long Toho and Hammer fests, without a single stupid musical or romantic comedy tossed in to muck things up.

It was through The Early Show that I was introduced to Roger Corman,...

Reader and contributor Gemma St. Clair returns this weekend with a new list of horror trivia:

1. Halloween II: This is Dana Carvey’s film debut. Keep an eye out for the guy in a blue vest talking to a reporter.

2. Maximum Overdrive: The main truck’s head is based on Marvel Comic’s Green Goblin.

3. The Cell: Tarsem Singh also directed the muisc video for R.E.M’s “Losing my Religion”.

4. The Corpse Vanishes: One of Dr. Lorenzs henchman played by Angelo Rossitti also starred in Tod Browning’s Freaks.

5. The Town That Dreaded Sundown: The hooded killer is said to have inspired the look of Jason in Friday the 13th Part 2.

6. Creature From The Black Lagoon: Ricou Browning (Underwater Creature) and Ben Chapman (Above Water Creature) were not credited for their performances as the creature.

7. April Fool’s Day: The film...

Reader and contributor Gemma St. Clair returns this weekend with a new list of horror trivia:

1. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark: In the scene where Elvira is being burned at the stake, the flames were so hot that it melted Cassandra Peterson’s black wig.

2. Apt Pupil: When Stephen King heard Bryan Singer was to direct this film, he sold the rights for only $1.

3. Bowery at Midnight: In one scene there is a poster for the movie The Corpse Vanishes, which also stars Bela Lugosi.

4. Alice, Sweet Alice: This was Brooke Shields big screen movie debut.

5. Bad Taste: This was Peter Jackson’s first film. Not only did he direct, but worked on all the special effects, make-up, and built weapon replicas.

6. Nosferatu: Max Schreck does appear on screen before his character Graf Orlok is reviled to the audience. He can be seen briefly in...

Even the London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film is honouring the Royal Wedding - in its own inimitable way.

The event, known more informally as Sci-Fi-London, is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a bigger programme than ever during its 10-day schedule from April 23 to May 2. For the first time, the BFI Southbank and BFI Imax will host events.

In addition to the core programme, highlights include The Royal Wedding all-nighter, from 11pm to 9am on Saturday, April 28.

The night before Prince William and Kate Midddleton's nuptials, organisers will look at a weirder world of weddings with such stars as Veronica Lake, Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff.

The evening features five black-and-white classics: Bride of the Gorilla (1951), The Corpse Vanishes (1942), I Married a Witch (1942), Bride of the Monster (1955) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Hopefully the real Royal Wedding is less of a horror story...

After last years beautifully packaged 20th Anniversary edition fans could have hoped for a little more love this time around. But this is well worth the purchase. For one thing you get the next figurine in what we all hope will be a series. Last year it was Crow and this year it's Tom Servo. You also get the nice mini-posters. Last year I was completely indifferent to these, but this year I realized that they could be group mounted handsomely behind glass. For the true fan only but still a nice touch if Shout Factory! continues to provide them in future installments. A grouping of twelve would look awesome alongside other show promo. 

The films themselves this time around are plenty weird all by themselves and are: The Corpse Vanishes, Warrior Of The Lost World, Santa Claus, and Night Of The Blood Beast. Of these I'll call special attention...

The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Quick Stop Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…

(Please support Quick Stop by using the links below to make any impulse purchases - it helps to keep us going…)

Not as noir-riffic as their take on Batman, Bruce Timm & Paul Dini still delivered a definitive version of the Man of Steel that trumps all but the original Donner film - and it can all be yours with Superman: The Complete Animated Series (Warner Bros., Not Rated, DVD-$53.98 Srp). Bonus features include audio commentaries and featurettes, plus an exclusive disc with an all-new retrospective.

In this incarnation of our Videolog column (which began in 1982 with VHS and Betamax and later laserdisc), Starlog posts information weekly regarding selected genre titles being released (or re-released) now on DVD and Blu-ray. Prices listed are Msrp.

DVD Releases for December 1, 2009

Ben 10: Alien Swarm (Warner, $19.97 DVD; $29.99 Blu-ray): The alien swarm is upon us. Our world is threatened with an imminent invasion from a swarming alien menace. And there is only one hero brave enough, smart enough and tough enough to fight back—Ben Tennyson! But when Ben teams up with an outsider, he breaks ranks with Gwen, Kevin and Max and risks losing against the toughest enemy he has ever faced. This is the live-action incarnation of the hit animated series, a TV movie directed by Bill & Ted’S Excellent Adventure’s Alex Winter.

Gremlins (Warner, $28.99 Blu-ray): Don’t get them wet, keep them out of...

Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.

It's funny how there are some weeks where there's 20 or so different DVD sets released but I won't see any sets that I want. And then there are weeks like this when there are only a handful of DVDs being released but I somehow want two or three of them.

The new Mystery Science Theater 3000 set (with The Corpse Vanishes, Warrior of the Lost World, Night of the Blood Beast, Santa Claus, two shorts, four lobby cards, and a collectible Tom Servo figurine) is a definite, and I might get Better Off Ted too, though I want to watch a few more episodes before I make up my mind.

Ben 10: Alien Swarm Better Off Ted - Season 1 The Donna Reed Show - Season 3 Mental - Season 1 Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Vol. XVI (Limited Edition) Saturday Night Live -...

Kill Devil Hills - The scary season has arrived.

In the spirit of movies that make you fear going to the movies comes The Hills Run Red on DVD. Tyler (Tad Hilgenbrinck) is a film geek obsessed with an ’80s film called The Hills Run Red. The movie was quickly yanked from theaters and no prints or videotapes of the film exist. He finds a clue to the movie by locating one of its stars played by Sophie Monk. After a lapdance, she agrees to take Tad and his two friends to the shooting location. Tad doesn’t realize there might be a sequel in production.

Star Tad Hilgenbrinck and director Dave Parker called up the Party Favors hotline to chat about their grisly horror film about a gruesome horror film recently released on DVD by Warner Premiere.

Tad has been in Epic Movie, Disaster Movie and Lost Boys: The Tribe,...

Christmas is practically around the corner, and a very cool gift for any Mst 3000 fan is Shout! Factory's Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XVI, a limited-edition 4-dvd Box Set. One of the best cult fave shows on smallscreen ever, MST3K featured Joel, Mike, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot as they supplied their own snarky and sly commentaries on some of cinema.s most misunderstood .masterpieces. in Shout! Factory.s Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XVI. The coolness is jam-packed with a Tom Servo figurine and mini-posters. Plus bonus content. Included are never-before-released MST3K episodes: The Corpse Vanishes, Warrior Of The Lost World, Santa Claus and Night Of The Blood Beast. According to Shout! With the holidays...

In the tradition of The Corpse Vanishes and Eyes Without a Face, this sleazoid classic casts Peter Cushing as a mad Swinging Sixties London surgeon who dismembers screaming women for their pituitary glands to restore the beauty of his disfigured fiancee. Despite the sordid surroundings Cushing gives his usual all-out performance. A longer, even scuzzier Continental version exists under the title The Laser Killer.