Is He Man or Monster! (December, 1939)

 

 

 

 
The Return of Dr. X (1939) A First National Picture :: Warner Bros. / EP: Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis / AP: Bryan Foy / D: Vincent Sherman / W: Lee Katz, William J. Makin / C: Sidney Hickox / E: Thomas Pratt / M: Bernhard Kaun / S: Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Dennis Morgan, Huntz Hall

On the Stage! Not a Movie! Direct from the World Institute of Bio-Psychology! An Amazing Presentation of Health and Beauty! Also, SEX! (December, 1931)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The William Shatner Blogathon :: So Frightening, You’ll Never Recover. (June, 1982)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Way back in June of 2010, the fine folk behind the magnificent She Blogged by Night held The Shatnerthon!, a tribute to the great William Tiberius Shatner. Scenes from the Morgue heeded the call and participated back then, and now, to celebrate Wild Bill’s birthday this weekend, it was high time we migrated those ads over to the new site plus a few more treats mixed in. Enjoy.
 
 
 
 
 
Visiting Hours (1982) Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) :: Filmplan :: Victor Solnicki Productions :: 20th Century Fox / EP: Pierre David, Victor Solnicki / P: Claude Héroux / D: Jean-Claude Lord / W: Brian Taggert / C: René Verzier / E: Jean-Claude Lord, Lise Thouin / M: Jonathan Goldsmith / S: Lee Grant, Linda Purl, Michael Ironside, William Shatner, Lenore Zann, Harvey Atkin

Stalk ‘n’ SlashCinema :: Your Next Visit May Be Your Last. So Frightening You’ll Never Recover. (June, 1982)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
FINALLY! Thank you, Ghost of the Conestoga 4. Great artwork, outstanding cast, and Michael Ironside makes for a great psychopath, but, too bad the movie they were all plugged into kinda stinks. I’ve seen it. Twice. But damned if I can remember if the killer was after the patient (Grant) or the nurse (Purl) with the other getting in the way. What I do know is, the film could have used a lot more William Shatner.
 

 
Visiting Hours (1982) Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) :: Filmplan :: Victor Solnicki Productions :: 20th Century Fox / EP: Pierre David, Victor Solnicki / P: Claude Héroux / D: Jean-Claude Lord / W: Brian Taggert / C: René Verzier / E: Jean-Claude Lord, Lise Thouin / M: Jonathan Goldsmith / S: Lee Grant, Linda Purl, Michael Ironside, William Shatner, Lenore Zann, Harvey Atkin

NOTE! Segregated Audiences Only! The New Hygiene Thunderbolt! To Miss It is a SIN! (February, 1948)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Nothing’s hopeless if it’s advertised right.”

                                               — Kroger Babb

Other Points of Interest:

For more on Kroger Babb, Elliot Forbes, Mom and Dad, and the history of Post-Word War II sex-ed exploitation movies and the death of the Hayes Code, click right here and head on over to the Brewery.

Mom and Dad (1945) Hygienic Films :: Hallmark Productions EP: Barney A. Sarecky / P: Kroger Babb, J.S. Jossey / AP: Lewis G. Dow / D: William Beaudine / W: Kroger Babb, Mildred Horn / C: Marcel Le Picard / E: Richard C. Currier, Lloyd Friedgen / M: Dave Torbett / S: June Carlson, Hardie Albright, George Eldredge, Lois Austin

The William Castle Blogathon :: His Face Could Stop a Heart. You, the Audience, Decide His Fate! (January, 1962)

 

 

 

 
Despite assurances that the audience could decide the fate of our dastardly protagonist, no matter what rumor you’ve heard that out there, somewhere, an audience let Mr. Sardonicus off the hook, there is no evidence of an alternate, happy ending ever being shot let alone shown — except for that dramatic re-enactment on Wiseguy in what was perhaps the strangest TV season of episodic TV ever. Does anyone else remember that?
 

 

 
Also, somewhat coincidentally, as far as Mr. Sardonicus’ excellent co-feature is concerned, Jimmy Sangster might have been shooting for the same fearful beats as Alfred Hitchcock and Henri-Georges Clouzot, but, Scream of Fear (and Nightmare, and The Snorkel, and Maniac), I think, hews a helluva lot closer to the five-car contrivance twist-pile-ups of William Castle. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind you. Just giving credit where credit is due.
 

 
This post is part of Goregirl’s Dungeon and The Last Drive-In’s The William Castle Blogathan, a week long tribute to the King of Schlock. Follow the linkage, Boils & Ghouls. It’s gonna be a great week. And stick around, as we’ll be showcasing Castle’s film career from its fairly normal beginnings through it psychotronic glory days. Stay tuned!

Mr. Sardonicus (1961) William Castle Productions :: Columbia Pictures / P: William Castle / AP: Dona Holloway / D: William Castle / W: Ray Russell / C: Burnett Guffey / E: Edwin H. Bryant / M: Von Dexter / S: Ronald Lewis, Audrey Dalton, Guy Rolfe, Oskar Homolka, Erika Peters, Lorna Hanson

Scream of Fear (1961) Hammer Film Productions :: Columbia Pictures / EP: Michael Carreras / P: Jimmy Sangster / D: Seth Holt / W: Jimmy Sangster / E: Eric Boyd-Perkins / M: Clifton Parker / S: Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd, Christopher Lee, John Serret

A Double-Jolt of Excitement! (November, 1963)

 

 

 

 

 
Shock Corridor (1963) F & F Productions :: Allied Artists / EP: Sam Firks, Leon Fromkess / P: Samuel Fuller / D: Samuel Fuller / W: Samuel Fuller / C: Stanley Cortez / E: Jerome Thoms / M: Paul Dunlap / S: Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best, Hari Rhodes

Day of the Triffids (1962) Security Pictures Ltd. Production :: Allied Artists / EP: Philip Yordan / P: George Pitcher / D: Steve Sekely / W: Bernard Gordon, John Wyndham (novel) / C: Ted Moore / E: Bill Lewthwaite / M: Ron Goodwin / S: Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey, Janina Faye, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore

Fight for Your Right to a Night of Fright! (March, 1965)

 

 

 

 

 
Don’t you just love the twisted artwork in these ads? First up we have the extremely twisted, and yet hauntingly beautiful tale of a mad surgeon whose necrophiliac sexual proclivities accidentally gets his wife killed. Not to fear, he has a plan to bring her back — and all he needs is a lot of blood from an unwilling donor. Enter wife number two … And then, Central Nebraska, welcome to the wacky world and demented genius of Jesus Franco, whose awful Dr. Orlof is also on a kidnapping binge for unwilling donors to provide skin-grafts for his disfigured daughter.

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) Panda Film :: Sigma III Corp. / P: Luigi Carpentieri, Ermanno Donati / D: Riccardo Freda / W: Ernesto Gastaldi / C: Raffaele Masciocchi / E: Ornella Micheli / M: Roman Vlad / S: Barbara Steele, Robert Flemyng, Silvano Tranquilli, Maria Teresa Vianello, Harriet Medin

The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962) Hispamer Films :: Leo Lax Production :: Ydex Eurociné :: Sigma III Corp. / P: Leo Lax, Marius Lesoeur, Serge Newman/ D: Jesus Franco / W: Jesus Franco / C: Godofredo Pacheco / E: Alfonso Santacana / M: José Pagán, Antonio Ramírez Ángel / S: Howard Vernon, Conrado San Martín, Diana Lorys, María Silva, Perla Cristal

George or Christine? Seven Years Later… (April, 1959)

 

 
A lot of folks are probably keenly aware of Georgie Weiss and Ed Wood’s aborted-to-altered attempt to bring George Jorgensen’s transformative tale to the big screen in Glen or Glenda. However, more folks should really be aware that there really was an officially sanctioned adaptation that came out in 1970, The Christine Jorgensen Story, produced by the equally schlock-minded Edward Small (Monkey on My Back, IT! The Terror from Beyond Space) and written by his usually partners in crime, Robert Kent and Ellis Joseph. At last check, this gonzoidal classic was streaming on Netflix for all to see.

Ringing in the New Year :: A New Concept in Terror and Sudden Shocks! Also Free Ham Salad Sandwiches. (December, 1962)