Monster of the Day #535
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Monster of the Day #535

Well, obviously this guy redefined the invisible monster for the modern age. Once they were used as a cheapie substitute for special effects. Not so after this (or at least less so), as the computer camouflage effect seen here launched a zillion similar monsters. It's the sort of thing that became so ubiquitous so…
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Rock Baker’s Video Cheese: Playgirl Killer (1966)
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Rock Baker’s Video Cheese: Playgirl Killer (1966)

"Psycho artist can't get his models to hold still, so he kills them." During the first half of Playgirl Killer, the phrase "sensory overload" kept running through my brain. It seemed at times that the film had been made specifically for me! Beautiful print, gorgeous color. Low budget 60's exploitation movie shot in Los…
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More Fathom events…
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More Fathom events…

Fathom is that company that offers one night (concert, movies, opera, theater, etc) programming digitally streamed that theaters can sign on for. Apparently their occasional partnership with (sob!!) TCM is going well, because they have more such stuff planned over the next couple of months. Check the Fathom site to see if any of…
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Monster of the Day #532
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Monster of the Day #532

Invisible Monster Week! We've already had this beastie as a visible monster, but really, you can't go Invisible Week and leave him off. Kudos to the filmmakers, who managed to make the invisible monster nearly as scary as the really, really neat visible ones later. By counter-intuitively using stop-animation for the 'invisible' part, along…
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