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by lhb412 » Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:43 pm
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by jellydonut25 » Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:06 pm
I love TCM, but AMC ain't doing TERRIBLE this year:
http://www.halloweenmoviesontv.com/amc- ... -schedule/Seems they've got a lot of time devoted to Stephen King, and yeah, some hokey and new films, but there is some 80s classic horror mixed in there. It's not too shabby a lineup, especially since TCM is your go-to for CLASSIC horror. I like the mix.
SYFY is the one that's a huge letdown of garbage and non-horror.
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by walshiam » Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:11 pm
One difference though. AMC has commercial interruptions, something they didn't always have in the early days of "MonsterFest".
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by H-Man » Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:45 pm
It's frustrating that although AMC can show some moderately obscure '50s and '60s genre movies such as Creation of the Humanoids or even Toei's Invasion of the Neptune Men, they don't. At least not completely. Those are usually saved for filler around 5 AM and shown in 15 minute time slots (!) before infomercials take over. They've promoted these before as "Fifteen Minute Movie," but it's really closer to 11 minutes with commercials in the middle. None of these movies are absolute classics but I'd rather watch any of them before Halloween 5 (or whatever).
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by lhb412 » Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:28 pm
Wha?! Whole films edited into 11 minute montages?
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by lhb412 » Sun Nov 30, 2014 4:48 pm
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by lhb412 » Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:27 pm
On the 16th of this month TCM will have a day long celebration of the work of director Nathan Juran, who directed several giant monster films including some of Harryhausen's finest.
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.html? ... 2015-01-16
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by Gwangi » Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:05 pm
I keep forgetting that Juran directed "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman", of course billing himself differently!
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by lhb412 » Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:11 pm
Rodan on Saturday morning, April 25.
Mothra on the evening of May 18, along with other bug movies that night (The Fly, THEM!, The Wasp Woman, The Swam, and The Cosmic Monsters)
Monster Zero and King of the Monsters make for a prime time Godzilla double feature on May 28.
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by Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!! » Fri Apr 03, 2015 11:39 am
Ultraman. Is a Dick. A Big Dick.
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by lhb412 » Fri Apr 03, 2015 9:59 pm
Since TCM's recently switched from just an HD upconvert of the SD channel to native HD I wonder how the films will look? I wonder if they'll use Criterion's print of KOTM?
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by Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!! » Fri Apr 03, 2015 10:32 pm
I wondered the same thing. Apparently Mothra was on the Sony Film Channel a few months ago too, but I don't have that channel.
And I saw Monster Zero on Epix-Drive In this week, with the original title card M O N S T E R Z E R O, not the video generated titles seen since the 80s
Ultraman. Is a Dick. A Big Dick.
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by H-Man » Sat Apr 04, 2015 3:41 pm
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by canofhumdingers » Sat Apr 04, 2015 4:49 pm
Regarding Mothra, I saw a gorgeous DCP screening of it at Alamo Drafthouse back when Pacific Rim came out. I have no idea if Sony ever made an HD video transfer of the film, but they certainly have the materials to do so if they wanted. It was really spectacular looking! (and I'd be willing to bet it used the same source material as that DVD from a few years ago)
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by lhb412 » Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:14 pm
Heads up: Quatermass and The Pit on TCM this Wednesday. One of those classics currently unavailable on home video... at least here in the US (come on Shout Factory, Olive Films, Kino, or Twilight Time!).
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by lhb412 » Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:58 pm
^The 18th is gonna be awesome: The Fly, Mothra, THEM!, The Wasp Woman, The Swarm, and The Cosmic Monster... admittedly, the real classics are in the first half, but how cool is a killer bug movie marathon?
Movie Camp looks great, an awesome update of Essentials Jr.!
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by Dr Kain » Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:00 am
I'm definitely going to see Jaws and Double Indemnity in theaters, I just hope the audio is better than it was for Rear Window.
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by The Shadow » Wed Jun 17, 2015 3:31 am
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
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by Gwangi » Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:24 am
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by lhb412 » Thu Jun 18, 2015 5:03 pm
^ The new Blu Ray set also includes Mighty Joe Young and Son of Kong! And they're releasing a Hammer Horror set the same day!
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by Dr Kain » Fri Jun 19, 2015 6:11 pm
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by lhb412 » Fri Jun 19, 2015 6:48 pm
^The original Drac and Frankenstein movies are both absent, even though WB owns the rights. I heard they needed more work done restoration-wise, but maybe they're just saving the two most popular films for the second set? The fact that this set is labeled 'Volume 1' makes me happy!
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