Mar 3, 2020 - Explore R S's board "Creature Features" on Pinterest. This syndication of Creature Features could also be seen via cable in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. Examples of these low-budget It also played as "Double Creature Feature" and featured the bug-eyed monster from Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1966) in the title card. The first 20 or 30 minutes were fairly amusing. Take one part early Jennifer Lopez, one part would-be actor Ice Cube, add a giant-ass snake, and you have Anaconda. Here is a list of all the films shown on Creature Double Feature from September 6 1975 to January 15 1983 according to TV listings in the Boston Globe and Herald. mutant creature/monster films featured beasts that were released And with fan support he entered the modern era with interviews, Facebook pages, and chat groups. Creature Features which aired on ATN-7 Channel 7 was hosted by "Vampira" – played by Jill Forster. Deadly Harvest 1977 As Thanksgiving rolls around, and Covid-19 bangs on the front door like that drunk relative you never invite, We stop to take measure of all the things we have and how tenuous our grip on things can be. [4] The show was canceled after Bennick died following open heart surgery in 1995. Wilkins showcased many classic horror and sci-fi movies; the classic low budget Plan 9 from Outer Space, produced and directed by Ed Wood and which features the last footage of Bela Lugosi, was first televised in the Bay Area on Creature Features. Each and every one covered in this film, take a trip through 16 years across 3 stations of Bob Wilkins’ wit and of course the horror films. They broadcast all the best British horror films by Hammer Film Productions, like The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula: Prince of Darkness, The Phantom of the Opera, The Curse of the Werewolf, and The Hound of the Baskervilles. Over the next six years the show would be rebroadcast periodically, but never with great success. Menu. Movies. Recent guests include John Stanley, Erin Brockovich, Steve "Zetro" Souza, Veronica Carlson, Jon Provost, Kathy Garver, stuntman Tony Vella, Webberly Rattenkraft, author/podcaster Boo Rhodes/Spooky Boo, and so many more. The movies shown were generally classic and cult horror movies of the 1930s to 1950s. Creature Features was broadcast in the New York Metropolitan Area, on WNEW, Channel 5 (Metromedia Broadcasting). With William Herbert, Bob Wilkins, John Stanley. Creature Features was hosted by Lou Steele also known as "The Creep." Do you want to post a feature film? View a list of all the Feature Films sorted by popularity. Again based on fan support and Peer group recognition, in 2017 Mark Lashley and Baron Von Crypt were inducted into the Horror Host Hall Of Fame at The Sharonville Center in Cincinnati Ohio. Other folks to visit Crematia's spooky castle home included her mother Desiree, her sister Cremora, and their strange old cousin, Henry. Creature Feature was shown from 1973 until 1995 on WTOG Channel 44 in the Tampa Bay Area. Lauderdale), Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Vampire Horror Host Count Gore De Vol Creature Feature", "Crazed Fanboy presents "Dr. Paul Bearer and Me" by ED Tucker", Official Misty Brew Creature Feature Website, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Creature_Features&oldid=989115780, Articles needing additional references from September 2020, All articles needing additional references, Articles to be expanded from December 2009, Articles with empty sections from December 2009, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, North Carolina channel 6 every Friday night at midnight, This page was last edited on 17 November 2020, at 03:33. Making her television debut in 1983, Misty Brew continued to host a variety of Creature Feature movie until late 1989. The set was a dungeon, with stone walls and fireplace which always had a picture of Floyd Kephart, local political analyst, on it. Set 0f 4 Individual Creature Feature Movie Poster Art Featuring The Wasp Woman, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Clam Man and The Green Slime Are Coming. as adventure, fantasy, thriller and sci-fi) included The man of 2019, Bong Joon Ho was already well established as one of Korean cinemas most exciting talents by the time he made The Host in 2006. The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) and Attack of the Misty Brew was inducted into the Horror Host Hall of Fame in 2015. Golden Age of Science Fiction Films," pioneered These included Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, The Amazing Colossal Man, Them!, Tarantula, The Thing from Another World, It Came from Outer Space, The War of the Worlds, and Forbidden Planet. These antagonists can be natural or otherwise, and they are almost always beyond human's control. Enjoy! From fire-breathing flying turtles ( Gamera ) to beauty-queens transforming into menacing winged wasps, fans of kitschy cult classic drive-in fare will certainly enjoy over 16 hours of monster madness. High quality. over our minds and territory. or atomically created from nuclear experiments or A-bomb Another reason for the decline of these shows is the change in Friday and Saturday night viewer demographics, as young people are increasingly less likely to stay home on those nights. Read this FAQ about determining if something is PD. A "Son of Shock!" Her on-air personality progressed from Dark and Mystical to Wacky off the wall shtick with a Midwest flare. THE COMPLETE BOB WILKINS CREATURE FEATURES From 1966 to 1981 Over 1,200 Shows & 1,800 Movies! Now, this movie isn’t going to end up being hailed as an all-time great creature feature, but it sure is entertaining. See more ideas about Movie posters, Classic movie posters, Creature feature. The show featured artwork of 4–6 monster heads on a blue background used during announcements, or another watercolor of a black castle on a long winding road in the moonlight. Guy Movies of All-Time, and the Pixar-Disney attended drive-ins - caring little for character development, I t was the decade that gave the world the maverick New Hollywood drama, the Nixon-era paranoid thriller, the slasher flick, the all-star disaster movie, the … Film Scene? The films in this package ranged from horror and science-fiction films of the 1950s, British horror films of the 1960s, and the Japanese "giant monster" movies of the 1960s, and 1970s. KDNL's Shock Theater hosted by a campy vampire named Baron Von Crypt and his side kick Igor. Do you want to post a feature film? A hosted horror movie show with Bob Wilkins (1971- January 1979) and then John Stanley (January 1979- 1 September 1984) on KTVU Channel 2, Oakland/San Francisco, California. Baron Von Crypt has made very few live appearance, but when did materialize it was at the legendary St. Louis Checkerdome where lines of fans waited to meet him. Later, during the 1970s, the films of Amicus Productions and Tigon British Film Productions, which included Dr. Terror's House of Horrors and The House That Dripped Blood, became popular features on the shows. ("Acri" rhymes with "BAKE-ree"). Out of nowhere in 2016 Baron Von Crypt reemerged. Misty was often accompanied by various campy co/host like Drac, Freddie, Wolifie, DT, Mother Zombie, and her old dear friend "Frankie". Any members from the Tri State area remember Chiller Theater WPIX Ch 11 and Creature Features WNEW Ch 5 both were monster movie venues that broadcast in the 1960s on Saturday night usually 8pm I recall many of the films that were shown Fiens without a face , Attack of the Crab Monsters , The Crawling Eye , etc but its hard to remember the shows themselves as I was pretty young at the … Long after the show was cancelled, and after its host had died in 1988, the show was rebroadcast from 2001 until 2003, hosted by a new character known as "Son of San Guinary". ~~~~~ Very easy to see how the Classic Movie Posters are so much better than the modern covers. Most titles offered by CFV are "MOD" (Movies On Demand) and are re-produced in the DVD-R/BD-R format in NTSC Region 0. their way into Hollywood features as allegories of the Cold Misty Brew's Creature Feature aired every Friday Night at 11 pm CST, on KBSI TV 23 The Fox Affiliated Station for The Paducah, Ky/Harrisburg, IL/Cape Girardeau, Mo Television Market. Monster/Creature Feature - Full Length Horror Movies - YouTube The next incarnation (1974 or 1975) was with wacky local morning radio host Bwana Johnny this time formatted as a Saturday afternoon children's show with a live audience, new theme song ,and opening sequence with the host wandering the streets of downtown miami filmed in super fast motion. Wilkins had been hosting a similar program on KCRA in Sacramento from 1966, Seven Arts Theater. Creature Feature was a TV horror movie series on WTOG in St. Petersburg, Florida, from 1973 to 1995.The films were hosted by Dick Bennick Sr. (November 3, 1928 - February 18, 1995) as Dr. Paul Bearer, who hosted a different cheap horror film every Saturday afternoon. Baron Von Crypt's Shock Theater aired on KDNL TV Channel 30 in St. Louis Missouri from 1970 to 1971. with a refilmed reboot in 1976. Creature Feature originally aired late 1972-early 1973 on Friday nights at 11:30pm out of WCIX-TV channel 6 an independent station broadcasting out of southern Miami-Dade County, Florida. It eventually changed the name of the program to Sci-Fi Theater and moved it to Sunday Nights. See more ideas about movie monsters, creature feature, monster. The movies shown ranged from classic Univeral films to fun b-grade flicks. of politics - with suspicion, anxiety, and paranoia of anything "other" - accidents. The Old Time Movie Show - Creature Double Feature. in sci-fi and horror films of the era. In October 2004 Dr. Paul Bearer's long lost nephew; Professor Paul Bearer hosted Creature Feature but only for that month ending in a Halloween triple feature. Creature Features first aired from July to August 1969 on a test run, and was found to be a hit. TV horror shows of this sort became more scarce during the early and mid-1980s, partly because acquiring broadcast rights for these films became considerably more expensive in the new era of cable television. Glossy finish. Chicago area horror movie program that aired on WGN in the 1970's, originally starting at 10:30 on Saturday nights. comment. Top Summer Blockbusters, Creature-Features of Sit back and enjoy all those fake buildings getting destroyed, with this collection of the very best creature-features … Courtesy of Universal Pictures; photograph, The Bettmann Archive. Unlike the previous host's easygoing relaxed style Bwana Johnny would be more active, interrupting and even inserting himself into the film with humorous dialogue to bizarre effect. With Carl Greyson, Marty McNeely. There are multiple artists under the name of Creature Feature: 1. In the Philadelphia area, another Kaiser/Field station, WKBS Channel 48, aired this program between 1976 and 1979 after the success the show had in Boston. second-rate sci-fi flicks or B-movies with corny Creature Feature was the name of a show broadcast by WUTV Channel 29 in the Buffalo area. During Halloween KDNL featured Shock Week. Northern California's legendary horror host! [2], Creature Features was another film package that was released in the early 1960s and added to in the 1970s. Saturday Night Shocker aired on KPLR-TV TV Channel 11 in St. Louis Missouri in the 1980s. Creature Features was originally shown on local U.S. tv stations in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. values. Misty Brew's Creature Feature aired classic films like Psycho, Swamp Thing, Phantom of the Opera, The Haunting, Theater of Blood, and the yearly Halloween Marathon. Each week Shock Theater brought St. Louis its share of late night screams. Baron Von Crypt had his share of catchphrases, "Blu", "Think About It" and "Trust me Punky" were some of his most known. KMTV Channel 3 in Omaha, Nebraska, aired a long-running show called Creature Feature. Acri marketed and distributed the program from the Quad Cities, including Milan, Illinois, to Cedar Rapids, Iowa (KCRG) to Peoria (WEEK) and Springfield (WICS), Illinois. Originally produced as Awful Movies, from 1966–1968, on the 0–10 Network, it was picked up by the Seven Network, ATN-7 and aired as Creature Features in New South Wales in 1972. package was released in 1958. Created in the 1950s, these movies generally featured giant mutant monsters or aliens from outer space terrorizing Earth. Tremors (Netflix) Their very existence threatens mankind. A hosted horror movie show with Bob Wilkins (1971- January 1979) and then John Stanley (January 1979- 1 September 1984) on KTVU Channel 2, Oakland/San Francisco, California. It was re-broadcast in 1979–1980, but cut again due to poor ratings. Some of the new movies were remakes of the earlier films, and some only had the title in common. When John hosted "Creature Features" in the San Francisco Bay Area, from 1979 to 1984, he interviewed hundreds of major figures in the sci-fi and horror fields, produced dozens of mini-movies… From 1968 until 1977 it was hosted by a local business man named Chuck Acri, sponsored by Acri's home improvement business. The show quickly became a staple of the station's Saturday programming schedule during the 1970s and early 1980s. ), so I got to thinking about how creature features are … View a list of all the Feature Films sorted by popularity. 4X4 Rounded corners 1/8 wide Cork Back Wipe with a damp cloth. Chicago's WGN television 9 introduced CREATURE FEATURES in the fall of 1970. With William Herbert, Bob Wilkins, John Stanley. WCIX's Channel 6 Creature Feature played the classic Universal monster movies of the 1930s , 1940s, and early 1950s in addition to RKO and American international's post atomic bomb films. 100 Years of Memorable Movie Title Screens: 1960 (Mark Twain's) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) Afraid to Die (1960, Jp.) Alien (1979) Director: Ridley Scott. I try to put remakes close to the originals. In all Creature Features was televised in almost 100 cities nationwide, throughout the 1960s to the 1990s, with more than 6,000 broadcasts aired, and more than 4,500 movies shown. The show was introduced with a spooky voice-over, reciting a chilling poem, while a creepy montage of Universal monsters lurked on screen. The fictional show was hosted by Count Floyd, played by the station's newscaster, Floyd Robertson (both played by Joe Flaherty), and recurring characters included fictional film villains Dr. Tongue (John Candy) and his servant, Bruno (Eugene Levy). This version began with a disturbing animated six fingered hand growing out of the ground ,reaching toward the sky while "The Destruction Of Sogo" from Barbarella played in the background. Creature Feature is the first and second episodes of season two of R.L. 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