The Hitchhiker (Ep. 14): Night Shift [REPOST]
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The Hitchhiker (Ep. 14): Night Shift [REPOST]

Note: This was actually the second of my Hitchhiker reviews, back at the old site. Before I procured the Canadian---more or less---chronological sets, I was working off an American---more or less---best of set. Hence the "Disc's Plot Description" below, a bit not found in the later reviews; the Canadian sets don't have those. Now…
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Sci-Fi Saturday on TCM…
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Sci-Fi Saturday on TCM…

TCM will be running five sci-fi movies in a row tonight, starting with Close Encounters appearing in their regular The Essentials slot. All times CST: 7:00 PM Close Encounters of the Third Kind 9:30 Roller Ball (The real one, of course) 11:45 Logan's Run 2:00 Westworld 3:30 Soylent Green What's amazing, looking at that…
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Monster of the Day #463
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Monster of the Day #463

Since I already had featured the film's (by far) most famous monster, I saved this, my second favorite, for the wrap-up. I always liked this sort of thing. This second still gives a better look at it, sans the red tinting. You don't exactly have to be Sigmund Freud (or Georgia O'Keeffe) to suspect…
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RIP Jonathan Frid…
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RIP Jonathan Frid…

Sad news. With the publicity campaign for Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's spoof of Dark Shadows kicking into gear, the original Barnabas Collins, Canadian actor Jonathan Frid, has passed away. Barnabas Collins was a TV sensation, brought onto Dan Curtis' failing daily soap opera Dark Shadows in 1967.* The introduction of this fantastic element…
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The Hitchhiker (Ep. 13): Murderous Feelings
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The Hitchhiker (Ep. 13): Murderous Feelings

Names: Starring Franco Nero, Sonja Smits, Renee Soutendijk. Music by Michel Rubini. Written by Charles Israel. Directed by Mai Zetterling. Set up: We open panning over some train tracks, a sight none too obscured by what is clearly some dry ice fog. Blonde Sara Kendall (Renee Soutendijk) is walking in slo-mo along a depot…
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Monster of the Day #460
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Monster of the Day #460

Man, I loves me some blob monsters. The still below is, I think, supposed to be the same beastie, although it clearly isn't.
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This Week on TCM…
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This Week on TCM…

Fire up those Tivos. All times CST. Thursday 6:30 AM Red Planet Mars 8:00 Phantom from 10,000 Leagues 9:30 The Gamma People 11:00 Riders to the Stars 12:30 PM Cyclops 1:45 Queen of Outer Space 3:15 Wasp Woman 4:30 Illustrated Man 6:30 Beast from the Haunted Cave 8:00 Beach Party 10:00 Muscle Beach Party…
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