Classic Horrors Club

Originally posted on July 17, 2017, episode eight of the podcast featured our first live guest, Sam Irvin, author of "The Epic Untold Saga Behind Frankenstein: The True Story" in issue #38 of Little Shoppe of Horrors.

With a career spanning nearly 40 years, Sam is a veteran film and television director, producer, screenwriter, author, journalist and educator who’s worked with a long list of legendary Hollywood talent, including Brian DePalma, Rod Steiger, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cassandra Peterson..

To celebrate the Blu-ray release of "Frankenstein: The True Story," we present a "remastered" version of the interview.

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From the safety of their bunkers in two different locations, Jeff and Richard connect to discuss the new Blu-ray release of Frankenstein: the True Story, as well as dust off their original segment on the movie from Episode 9. It's a mix of old and new, but mostly business as usual, providing some certainty in an uncertain time.

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The 1930s had been a golden decade for Lionel Atwill. He was one of Hollywood's most highly respected and sought-after character actors. He was earning substantial amounts of money that offered him a luxurious standard of living. He was married to an extremely wealthy woman. He traveled often from East Coast to West Coast and back again, making the most of his homes in both - a large house and beach homes in Los Angeles, and a palatial mansion out East in Maryland. He had two yachts, one on a lake near his Baltimore home, the other on the West Coast. He had a valet to look after all his domestic needs. In his social life, he met and entertained rich and important guests - some of the foreign royalty - whose presence gave him prestige and status. It was a dream life.

What could possibly go wrong?

Neil Pettigrew, Lionel Atwill: The Exquisite Villain

2014, United States, Midnight Marquee Press

p. 127

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It started in 1972 with an ABC-TV movie called The Night Stalker, continued in 1973 with a sequel called The Night Strangler, and culminated in 1974 with a 20-episode television series called Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Ignoring the 2005 reboot (Stuart Townsend is no Darren McGavin), the saga now continues with... The Classic Horrors Club Podcast!

Put on your seersucker suit and straw porkpie hat and join this month's meeting as Jeff and Richard discuss all things Kolchak. Our special guests include a vampire, a 14-year old alchemist, a devil dog, and an ape man. When you've finished listening to our bizarre account, judge for yourself its believability and then try to tell yourself wherever you may be: it couldn’t happen here...

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One thing we can promise about this month's episode: it is not "a miasma of putrid decay." But what about the movies? As we call this month's meeting to order, Jeff and Richard ring in the new year, celebrate our podcasting anniversary, and discuss Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) and The Return of Count Yorga (1971.) Take your seats and let's begin...

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If you love the holidays because you get to spend time with your grandmother, you're going to love this month's episode! Of course, if your grandmother is anything like Bette Davis, Geraldine Page, or Shelley Winters, you may not want to spend the holidays with her...

Learn all about "Hagsploitation," a beloved (by some people, especially Jeff) sub-genre, as Jeff and Richard discuss the movies What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962), What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice (1969), and Whoever Slew Auntie Roo (1971).

You're going to love it... ya' ahrrr, Blanche, ya' ahrrr!

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Order Into the Velvet Darkness: A Celebration of Vincent Price

Richard selflessly (and patiently) gives Jeff a formal introduction to Doctor Who by way of the two movies that really aren't part of television series canon: Dr. Who & the Daleks (1965) and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966.) You may ask where this subject belongs on The Classic Horrors Club Podcast, but we would reply with two words: Peter Cushing!

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Join us for this month's meeting as we open the doors to TARDIS and explore infinite worlds inside, including clips from an interview with Victoria Riskin (Fay Wray's daughter) recorded at Monster Bash by our good friend, Steve Turek...

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When is one movie really three movies (or four, or five)? When it's an anthology! It's Halloween season and there's no better way to maximize your movie-watching time than by consuming as many bite-sized stories as you can.

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As we call this month's meeting to order, Jeff & Richard lead a discussion about three anthology films from three different decades: Dead of Night (1945), Twice-Told Tales (1963), and Asylum (1972). Sit back and make yourselves comfortable as we face ventriloquist dummies, eternal youth potions, and severed limbs. Only together can we survive...

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You'd probably rather be sitting in school than watching the three movies we picked this month! Memory serves these better than they deserve: Unman, Wittering & Zigo (1971), Nothing but the Night (1973), and Satan's School for Girls (1973). What can we say... it was the 70s?

Our choices don't prevent us from having another great meeting, though, so take your seats and we'll call it to order...

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You speak; we listen. Well... Nicholas Hatcher spoke and we listened; hence, this special episode where we take a look at the genre career of the lovely Fay Wray (1907-2004.)

Between 1932 and 1935, she made seven genre films: Doctor X, The Vampire Bat, The Most Dangerous Game, Mystery of the Wax Museum, King Kong, Black Moon, and The Clairvoyant. Between the two of them, Jeff and Richard watched them all and offer their opinions about the movies and how well Wray fares.

What's your favorite Fay Wray film? Take your seats, let's call the meeting to order, and we'll discuss...

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