Join The Grue-Crew as they take a look back at the original The Town That Dreaded Sundown from 1976. The blueprint for slasher films of the 80s is clearly drawn in the film's plot including inventive kills, borrowed heavily from the Italian Giallo genre. Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, and Gilligan's Island star Dawn Well head up the cast. Check out what the crew think of Charles B. Pierce's Seventies horror film. Enjoy!
Decades of Horror 1970s
Episode 259 - The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
Director: Charles B. Pierce
Writer: Earl E. Smith
Cast: Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells, Jimmy Clem, Jim Citty, Charles B. Pierce, Cindy Butler, Earl E. Smith
Synopsis: The story of a berserk, hooded killer who terrorized the border town of Texarkana, Arkansas in 1946--leaving no fewer than five murder victims in his wake. He was never caught. Based on one of America's most baffling murder cases.
The Grue-Crew settle in to review the early Sixties fantasy film THE MAGIC SWORD (1962) from director Bert I. Gordon. To the Crew's surprise the film balances it's fantasy with some bonified creepy horror elements with monsters at each curse Sir George, Sir Branton, and the six Knights encounter. For a Mr. B.I.G. feature, the effects, cinematography, acting, and sets are above expectations with Basil Rathbone and Estelle Winwood hamming it up with delicious relish. Also, keep your eyes open for a fun performance from Maila Nurmi... "Vampira" herself!
Decades of Horror: The Classic Era
Episode 221 – The Magic Sword (1962)
Synopsis. The son of a sorceress, armed with weapons, armor and six magically summoned knights, embarks on a quest to save a princess from a vengeful wizard. - IMDb
Writer/Director: Bert I. Gordon
Selected cast: Basil Rathbone as Lodac, Estelle Winwood as Sybil, Gary Lockwood as Sir George, Anne Helm as Princess Helene, Liam Sullivan as Sir Branton, Danielle De Metz as Mignonette, Merritt Stone as King, Paul Frees as Sir Ulrich of Germany (voice), and Maila Nurmi as the hag.
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Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Next in their very flexible schedule – this one chosen by Chad – is THE MYSTERIANS (1957).
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For episode 302, The Grue-Crew discuss the House series slasher film, THE HORROR SHOW (1989) on Decades of Horror 1980s.
“Never sneak up on a man when he's blasting Metallica” is the perfect quote to sum up the vibe of often overlooked horror movie featuring Lance Henricksen and Brion James. Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! Click the alert to get notified of new content!
Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 302 – THE HORROR SHOW (1989)
Synopsis: "Detective McCarthy finally catches "Meat Cleaver Max", a serial killer, who promises revenge during his execution. Nonetheless, a parapsychologist tells the detective that the only hope of stopping Max for good is to destroy his spirit." - IMDb
Director: James Isaac
Writer: Leslie Bohem, Alan Smithee
Cinematographer: Mac Ahlberg
Special Effects: KNB
Selected Cast: Lance Henricksen, Brion James, Rita Taggart, Dedee Pfieffer, Aron Eisenberg, Thom Bray.
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Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode’s film, chosen by Doc: HELL NIGHT (1981) featuring Linda Blair.
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Join us for a review of the Andy Milligan horror movie from the 1970s, BLOOD (1973). Classic Retro Horror Movie reviews from the GRUE-CREW.
Grue-Believers,
You knew the day was coming, the day Bill Mulligan finally delivers on his frightening promise, the Andy Milligan selection for the Grue-Crew to dive into with his creature feature opus, BLOOD (1973). Dave Dreher joins the crew in Jeff's absence just in time for all the bad movie shenanigans. Somehow, even though the film is truly bad cinema, the Crew find themselves enjoying it for what it is... crap. Maybe we all need therapy. Who knows?
Milligan's Blood is a strange beast, supposedly set in the 19th century, it features the son of the Wolfman shacking up with the daughter of Dracula trying to survive in Staten Island, New York. Throw in various gothic tropes like hunchbacks, wacky scientists, and even man-eating plants and the film still struggles to overcome its bad acting, poor lighting, wooden dialog, oddball special effects, and silly, plastic, dime-store fangs. Thankfully, the Grue-Crew manage to come out of it alive. Whew!
Enjoy,
Chad, David, Doc, and Bill
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“This mysterious germ of the bacillus vampiris creates in the body of the vampire a fiery fluid, similar in chemical composition to that of hot glue, so that no bullet can cause any damage whatsoever to the flesh of the body of a vampire. The hot glue renders the bullets harmless, but wood turns the glue into water!” And now you know… the rest of the story. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Doc Rotten, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they take in this unique Filipino horror film from National Artist of the Philippines for Film, Gerardo de Leon: The Blood Drinkers (1964).
Decades of Horror: The Classic Era
Episode 220 – The Blood Drinkers (1964)
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Decades of Horror The Classic Era is partnering with THE CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIE CHANNEL, THE CLASSIC HORROR MOVIE CHANNEL, and WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL
Which all now include video episodes of The Classic Era!
Available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, Online Website.
Across All OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop.
https://classicscifichannel.com/; https://classichorrorchannel.com/; https://wickedhorrortv.com/
Synopsis: A mad nobleman and his vampiric helpers terrify a small town until the villagers turn against them.
In this episode, Daphne treats the rest of the Grue-Crew to a 1964 Filipino horror film from director Gerardo de Leon. Whether you know the film as The Blood Drinkers, Kulay Dugo Ang Gabi, Blood is the Color of Night, Color of Night, or The Vampire People, there are aspects and scenes of this film that will burrow their way into your permanent memory. Driven by the high cost of color film stock, de Leon and crew came up with a unique solution that makes the movie more interesting. The story also employs variations on vampire mythology to drive the conflict, although those variations might not make much sense. To top it off, a heart transplant, a surgical procedure first performed in January 1964, finds its way into the plot. Finally, the crew can only say… they hope you really like the theremin.
At the time of this writing, The Blood Drinkers (1964) is available to stream from the Classic Horror Movie Channel. It is also available on Blu-ray from Severin.
Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Next in their very flexible schedule – this one chosen by Bill – is Bert I. Gordon’s The Magic Sword (1962), featuring Basil Rathbone, Estelle Winwood, Gary Lockwood, Anne Helm, Liam Sullivan, and Danielle De Metz. Bill says it haunts his nightmares. Are you game?
They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel, the website, or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com
To each of you from each of them, “Thank you so much for watching and listening!”