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"Dang creature . . . I'm gonna get my shotgun and make a rug outta that damn thing!" And Jack Elam is just the one who can do it! Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they make a trip to the bayou to check out Creature from Black Lake (1976) and its new Synapse Films Blu-ray, released December 13, 2022. It's a beauty!

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 178 – Creature from Black Lake (1976)

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Two young students from the University of Chicago hear of the mysterious happenings at Black Lake and armed with a van packed with scientific equipment set out to solve the mystery.

• Director: Joy N. Houck Jr.
• Writer: Jim McCullough Jr.
• Produced by: Jim McCullough (Sr.)
• Production Company: Jim McCullough Productions
• Distributors: Howco International Pictures (1976) (USA) (theatrical)
• Music by: Jaime Mendoza-Nava
• Cinematography by: Dean Cundey
• Film Editing by: Robert Gordon
• Sound: Thomas Causey
• Creature design: Dean Cundey
• Makeup Department: Charlene Cundey (makeup artist)
• Poster Artist: Ralph McQuarrie
• Selected cast:
  • Jack Elam as Joe Canton
  • Dub Taylor as Grandpaw Bridges
  • Dennis Fimple as Pahoo
  • John David Carson as Rives
  • Bill Thurman as Sheriff Billy Carter
  • Jim McCullough Jr. as Orville Bridges
  • Roy Tatum as Fred/Creature
  • Cathryn Hartt as Eve-Waitress (as Catherine McClenny)
  • Becky Smiser as Becky Carter
  • Michelle Willingham as Michelle
  • Evelyn Hindricks as Grandma Bridges
  • Roger Pancake as H.B.
  • Karen Brooks as Orville's Mother
  • Chase Tatum as Baby Orville
  • Jim Garth as Willy (uncredited)
  • Bob Kyle as Rufus
  • Joy N. Houck Jr. as Prof. Burch (as J.N. Houck Jr.)
  • I.M. 'Buddy' Brumley Jr. as Barber (uncredited)

To begin with, your Decades of Horror 1970s Grue Crew are universally impressed with the quality in the look and sound of the new Synapse Films Blu-ray release of Creature from Black Lake. In the past, many of the crew had seen the film in a cropped, pan-and-scan version on TV or videotape. They discovered that Creature from Black Lake is an excellent movie that had been marred by the poor quality of many of the prints to which they had access. The Synapse Blu-ray release is a great showcase for Dean Cundy's cinematography and facilitates a far more enjoyable viewing experience. As far as bigfoot movies of the era, Creature from Black Lake moves to the top among a select few. Synapse did a great service to horror fans in restoring Creature from Black Lake to this pristine, widescreen format.

After gushing over the Synapse Blu-ray, the Grue-Crew gushes equally over the movie itself. A great cast of character actors led by Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Bill Thuman, Dennis Fimple, and John David Carson, supported by a well-cast group of locals, makes Creature from Black Lake a heck of a fun watch. In fact, they were having so much fun, they forgot to mention that Cathryn Hartt (credited as Catherine McClenny), who played Eve-the-waitress, is Morgan Fairchild's sister. And be assured, there are plenty of creature shenanigans to supply the tension required in a good bigfoot film.

The crew's thanks go out to Synapse Films for supplying them with the Blu-ray screeners! The official release date is Tuesday, December 13, 2022. You can purchase your copy at Creature from Black Lake (1080p Blu-ray + Limited Edition Slipcover) – Synapse Films. You know you want it!

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode in their very flexible schedule will be Count Dracula (1970), directed by Jesús "Jess" Franco and starring Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom, Klaus Kinski, Maria Rohm, and Soledad Miranda. Yes, Grue Believers, this is their first Jess Franco movie.

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"All right. We're gonna do this the scanner way. I'm gonna suck your brain dry!" Yikes! Can we not do it the scanner way? Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they go in for some vintage 1980s David Cronenberg with Scanners (1981). That's right. Somebody's head will explode.

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 221 – Scanners (1981)

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A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called "scanning," to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-scanners.

• Written & Directed by: David Cronenberg
• Music by: Howard Shore
• Cinematography by: Mark Irwin (director of photography)
• Film Editing by: Ronald Sanders
• Makeup Department:
  • Dick Smith (special makeup effects consultant)
  • Stephan Dupuis (special makeup)
  • Tom Schwartz (special makeup)
  • Chris Walas (special makeup)
  • Brigitte McCaughry (makeup artist)
  • Constant Natale (hair stylist)
• Selected Cast:
  • Jennifer O'Neill as Kim Obrist
  • Stephen Lack as Cameron Vale
  • Patrick McGoohan as Dr. Paul Ruth
  • Lawrence Dane as Braedon Keller
  • Michael Ironside as Darryl Revok
  • Robert Silverman as Benjamin Pierce
  • Mavor Moore as Curtis Trevellyan
  • Anthony Sherwood as Aiden
  • Fred Doederlein as Dieder Tautz
  • Victor Désy as Dr. Gatineau
  • Louis Del Grande as First Scanner

Jeff has always been drawn to stories of humans with paranormal powers so Scanners is right up his alley. He came for the legendary exploding head and stayed for the story . . . and, of course, Patrick McGoohan's and Michael Ironside's performances. Bill saw Scanners in a theater and witnessed the audience flipping out at the scene. It is the closest thing to an X-men movie he'd found up to that time. After his buddy snuck him into the theater, Scanners seemed like a superhero movie to Chad. Even now, he enjoys it more every time he watches it, always noticing something new.

It probably goes without saying, but as usual, they say it anyway. Michael Ironside! Holy Cow! His performance is . . . over-the-top? Uninhibited? Off the wall? Sick? Dope? Well, you get the idea. They ran out of words.

At the time of this writing, Scanners is available to stream from HBOmax, Criterion Channel, and IndieFlix as well as some PPV options, and on physical media as a Blu-ray from Criterion.

Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode's film, chosen by Bill, will be Dragonslayer (1981). They don't need any stinking CGI.

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"You're a strange girl, Lizzie, one minute as hard and cold as a grave so, next as loving as any father could wish. Wonder what goes on in that mind of yours, I guess I'll never know." Actually, he's about to find out right quick. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out the representation of the most infamous crime involving the numbers 40 and 41 as depicted in The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 177 – The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)

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Synopsis: In 1893 Massachusetts, Lizzie Andrew Borden is put on trial for murdering her father and stepmother with an axe.

• Director: Paul Wendkos
• Writer: William Bast
• Selected cast:
  • Elizabeth Montgomery as Lizzie Borden
  • Fionnula Flanagan as Bridget Sullivan
  • Ed Flanders as Hosea Knowlton
  • Katherine Helmond as Emma Borden
  • Don Porter as George Robinson
  • Fritz Weaver as Andrew Borden
  • Bonnie Bartlett as Sylvia Knowlton
  • John Beal as Dr. Bowen
  • Helen Craig as Abby Borden
  • Alan Hewitt as Mayor Coughlin
  • Gail Kobe as Alice Russell
  • Hayden Rorke as Julien Ralph
  • Amzie Strickland as Adelaide Churchill
  • Robert Symonds as Andrew Jennings
  • Gloria Stuart as Store Customer

The Legend of Lizzie Borden, an ABC Monday night movie of the week, is Bill's pick. He's always loved Elizabeth Montgomery and this film blew him away. He describes it as far creepier than most TV fare of the time and though the blood now seems understated, it was plenty enough for the time.

Learning it was a true story after hearing his mom recite the rhyme, Chad then watched The Legend of Lizzie Borden with his mom. It gave him nightmares as a youngster and though not as creepy now, it's still a compelling thriller. Jeff points out the emphasis on women's plight – their position in society of the time – given in The Legend of Lizzie Borden. He also loves the well-known character actors in the cast – Katherine Helmond, Fionnula Flanagan, Bonnie Bartlett, Ed Flanders, and Don Porter – and the first reappearance of Gloria Stuart after a 29-year absence from film.

The 70s Grue Crew gives unanimous praise to Elizabeth Montgomery for her Emmy-nominated performance and gives the movie a strong recommendation. As of this writing, The Legend of Lizzie Borden is available to stream from Amazon Prime.

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode in their very flexible schedule, in a departure from what was originally announced, will be Creature from Black Lake (1976) starring Jack Elam and Dub Taylor and featuring the cinematography of Dean Cundey.

We want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at [email protected].

"The dog's meat! Have you seen it?" Isn't it in the dog? Join this episode's Grue-Crew – Whitney Collazo, Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr – as they travel to a seemingly harmless bee farm for a bit of R & R in The Deadly Bees (1966).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 139 – The Deadly Bees (1966)

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ANNOUNCEMENT Decades of Horror The Classic Era is partnering with THE CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIE CHANNEL, THE CLASSIC HORROR MOVIE CHANNEL, and WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL Which all now include video episodes of The Classic Era! Available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, Online Website. Across All OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop. https://classicscifichannel.com/; https://classichorrorchannel.com/; https://wickedhorrortv.com/

Trouble strikes when an exhausted pop singer, sent on a vacation to a farm, realizes that the farm's owner grows deadly bees.

• Director: Freddie Francis
• Writers: Robert Bloch (screenplay); Anthony Marriott (screenplay by); Gerald Heard (novel A Taste for Honey, 1941)
• Selected Cast:
  • Suzanna Leigh as Vicki Robbins
  • Frank Finlay as H.W. Manfred
  • Guy Doleman as Ralph Hargrove
  • Catherine Finn as Mary Hargrove
  • John Harvey as Thompson
  • Michael Ripper as David Hawkins
  • Anthony Bailey as Compere
  • Tim Barrett as Harcourt
  • James Cossins as Coroner
  • Frank Forsyth as Doctor
  • Katy Wild as Doris Hawkins
  • Greta Farrer as Sister
  • Gina Gianelli as Secretary
  • Michael Gwynn as Dr. George Lang
  • Maurice Good as Agent

The Deadly Bees, an Amicus Production directed by Freddie Francis, is Daphne's pick. She used to watch "creatures run amok" films on Saturday afternoons with her mom and this film seemed to fit that profile. It looked absolutely cuckoo to her and it did turn out to be fun to watch.

Whitney has a thing about bees, making The Deadly Bees cringeworthy for her. Though it's a little bit out there, the Freddie Francis direction and the drama between characters with the requisite backstabbing definitely make the film entertaining. Chad also finds The Deadly Bees to be entertaining. Even though he sees through the mystery toot de suite, he likes the writing and how the story plays out. The scene with what Jeff calls a "bee-nado" captures his attention. He agrees with Chad that the plot-supplied red herring doesn't pass the smell test. He would love to see a production of The Deadly Bees with Robert Bloch's script starring Peter Cushing and Boris Karloff as originally intended. And, oh yeah. Suzanna Leigh. New movie crush.

A television adaptation of H. F. "Gerald" Heard's mystery novel, A Taste for Honey (1941), aired as an episode of The Elgin Hour on February 22, 1955, under the title "Sting of Death." Boris Karloff stars as Mycroft, the episode's protagonist. A Taste for Honey was the first of three mysteries by Heard featuring Mr. Mycroft, the implication being he is the retired Sherlock Holmes. The Deadly Bees abandoned that idea. What if Boris Karloff played Sherlock Holmes? You can view the episode here: The Elgin Hour, "Sting of Death," w/ Boris Karloff

The Deadly Bees is available to stream from Classic Horror Movie Channel, PLEX, Flix Fling subscription, and several PPV services; and as a Blu-ray disc from Olive.

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule, as chosen by Whitney, will be The Aztec Mummy (1957). Yeah, they switched mummies in the middle of the tomb, but that's the "very flexible" part of their schedule.

Please let them know how they're doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel, the site, or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at [email protected].

To each of you from each of them, "Thank you so much for listening!"

"Tetsuo is our friend. If anyone is going to kill him, it should be us." That's what friends are for, right? Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they take on the Decades of Horror universe's first anime in Katsuhiro Ôtomo's Akira (1988).

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 220 – Akira (1988)

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A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends, and a group of psychics.

• Directed by: Katsuhiro Ôtomo (supervising director)
• Writing Credits: Katsuhiro Ôtomo & Izô Hashimoto; Katsuhiro Ôtomo (manga)
• Selected Cast:
  • Mitsuo Iwata as Kaneda (voice)
  • Nozomu Sasaki as Tetsuo (voice)
  • Mami Koyama as Kei (voice)
  • Tesshô Genda as Ryu (voice)
  • Hiroshi Ôtake as Nezu (voice)
  • Kôichi Kitamura as Lady Miyako / Committee A (voice)
  • Michihiro Ikemizu as Inspector / Committee I (voice)
  • Yuriko Fuchizaki as Kaori (voice)
  • Masaaki Ôkura as Yamagata (voice)
  • Tarô Arakawa as Army / Committee G / Eiichi Watanabe (voice)
  • Takeshi Kusao as Kai (voice)
  • Kazumi Tanaka as Army (voice)
  • Masayuki Katô as Engineer Sakiyama / Committe D (voice)
  • Yôsuke Akimoto as Harukiya Bartender (voice)
  • Masato Hirano as Committee F / Spy / Yûji Takeyama / Terrorist (voice)
  • Yukimasa Kishino as Assistant / Committee B / Mitsuru Kuwata / Terrorist / Shimazaki (voice)
  • Kazuhiro Kandô as Masaru (voice) (as Kazuhiro Kando)
  • Tatsuhiko Nakamura as Akashi (voice)
  • Fukue Itô as Kiyoko (voice) (as Sachie Ito)

Akira is Chad's pick and it completely blew his mind as he watched it for the first time with his mouth hanging open. It's not just the animation that still captures his attention. It's also the excellent stories and characters, the relationships, and how it leaned into body horror during the confrontation between Kaneda and Tetsuo. There is so much going on that it's a treat to sit down and watch it. Akira keeps getting better every time he experiences it.

Crystal also loves the characters and their relationships depicted in the oppressed society of Akira. Those psychic kids messed her up and the animation is great, but it's really the story that makes it special. Bill prefers watching Akira in the original Japanese language with English subtitles, adding that this beautiful and influential film is an unrelenting and brutal bloodbath of a film in which no character is safe. Akira is the first anime Jeff's seen with the exception of the original Astro Boy TV series (1963-1965) and he, too, is blown away. There seemed to be no top end as the story, color, and animation just kept ramping up. He's so glad Chad chose this film.

In general, the 80s Grue Crew prefers the version with Japanese language and English subtitles, but it is difficult to take in the visual feast while reading subtitles. At the time of this writing, Akira is available to stream from Hulu, Funimation, and Tubi, and on physical media as a Blu-ray disc or 4K UHD from Funimation.

Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode's film, chosen by Jeff, will be David Cronenberg's Scanners (1981). You know… the one with the scene?

Please let them know how they're doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans – so leave them a message or comment on the gruesome Magazine Youtube channel, on the website, or email the Decades of Horror 1980s podcast hosts at [email protected].

"There's a bald maniac in there, and he's going bat shit!" Believe it or not, this is an accurate description of several scenes in this movie. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out this representative of the 70s LSD-scare hype, Blue Sunshine (1977) from Jeff Lieberman, the director of Squirm (1976).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 176 – Blue Sunshine (1977)

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A bizarre series of murders begins in Los Angeles, where people start going bald and then become homicidal maniacs. But could the blame rest on a particularly dangerous form of LSD called Blue Sunshine that the murderers took ten years before?

• Writer/Director: Jeff Lieberman
• Selected cast:
  • Zalman King as Jerry Zipkin
  • Deborah Winters as Alicia Sweeney
  • Mark Goddard as Edward Flemming
  • Robert Walden as David Blume
  • Charles Siebert as Detective Clay
  • Ann Cooper as Wendy Flemming
  • Ray Young as Wayne Mulligan
  • Alice Ghostley as O'Malley's Neighbor
  • Stefan Gierasch as Lieutenant Jennings
  • Richard Crystal as Frannie Scott
  • Bill Adler as Ralphie
  • Barbara Quinn as Stephanie
  • Adriana Shaw as Barbara O'Malley
  • Bill Sorrells as Ritchie Grazzo
  • Jeffry Druce as Junkie
  • Brion James as Tony

Blue Sunshine is a request from a Grue Believer that has popped on and off the 70s schedule depending on its streaming availability and that of other films on the Grue Crew's list. At long last, it made it through to the recording schedule as Jeff's pick for this episode and he is impressed with the surprisingly good cast of actors familiar to TV viewers of the time. He kind of likes the idea of the chromosome-altering, 10-year time bomb included in a designer version of LSD, and the trippy music – highly appropriate for the period and the subject – is to his liking. However, Zalman King's overboard approach to method acting, though he's directed to do so as a red herring, is off-putting.

"The longest hour-and-a-half he's had to sit through" is how Chad describes Blue Sunshine. He didn't care for the story or the characters and Zalman King's character's lack of feeling for personal space is annoying as hell. On the plus side, he is hilariously amused by Ray Young's portrayal of Wayne (or "Biff," as Chad calls him) and his final rampage. Bill agrees with Chad on the unlikeability of King's character calling his performance more like meth-head acting than method acting. He doesn't buy into the conspiracy presented, but admits, Blue Sunshine is definitely a 70s film. Doc had a great time with Blue Sunshine. The bizarre and quirky lead, Bryon James flapping around, "Biff's" murder spree, and the crazed bald maniac look are just a few of his trigger trippers in this movie.

Blue Sunshine certainly isn't for everyone, but if you're a director Jeff Lieberman (Squirm, 1976) completist or are in the mood for some LSD-fueled political intrigue dressed up as a horror movie, this should fit the bill. At the time of this writing, Blue Sunshine is available to stream from Shudder.

Be sure to check out The Black Saint's and Doc Rotten's take on Squirm in Decades of Horror 1970s #6!

• SQUIRM (1976) – Episode 6 – Decades Of Horror 1970s

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode in their very flexible schedule, chosen by Bill, will be The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975), an ABC TV movie of the week starring Elizabeth Montgomery. How does that go? Forty this and forty-one that or something like that?

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"Possibly the murderer used an electric drill. I say this because the person who did it was quite skilled. Just look at these two orifices." Okay. Watch out for a killer with skill at orifices. Join this episode's Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Jeff Mohr, and guest host Ralph Miller – as they check out this Mexican classic while managing to evade the vengeance delivered by The Brainiac (1962).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 138 – The Brainiac (1962)

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ANNOUNCEMENT Decades of Horror The Classic Era is partnering with THE CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIE CHANNEL, THE CLASSIC HORROR MOVIE CHANNEL, and WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL Which all now include video episodes of The Classic Era! Available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, Online Website. Across All OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop. https://classicscifichannel.com/; https://classichorrorchannel.com/; https://wickedhorrortv.com/

In 1661 Mexico, Baron Vitelius is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico. As he dies, the Baron swears vengeance against the descendants of the Inquisitors. 300 years later, he returns as a horrible, brain-eating monster to enact his vengeance.

• Director: Chano Urueta
• Writers: Federico Curiel, Adolfo López Portillo; Antonio Orellana (uncredited)
• Producer: Abel Salazar
• Selected Cast:
  • Abel Salazar as Baron Vitelius d'Estera
  • Luis Aragon as Prof. Milan
  • Rubén Rojo as Reynaldo Miranda / Marcos Miranda
  • Rosa María Gallardo as Victoria Contreras (as Rosa Ma. Gallardo)
  • David Silva as the Detective-Inspector
  • Federico Curiel as Detective
  • Germán Robles as Indelacio Pantoya/Sebastian de Pantoja
  • Roxana Bellini as María de Pantoja (daughter)
  • René Cardona as Baltasar de Meneses / Luis Meneses
  • Ofelia Guilmáin as Señora Meneses
  • Magda Urvizu as Ana Luisa del Vivar (as Magda Urbizu)
  • Carlos Nieto as Lic. Francisco Coria
  • Mauricio Garcés as Médico forense / Forensic surgeon
  • Marco Antonio Arzate as Álvaro de Contreras (uncredited)

The Brainiac is Ralph's pick. He'd always been intrigued by that weird thing he'd seen in images from the film and knew there had to be a crazy movie there. He also thought it would make for a fun discussion and he was right.

Daphne had seen the Rifftrax treatment of The Brainiac so appreciates watching this fun and ridiculous movie "straight" for the first time. She loves the atmosphere and the mid-century furniture and clothing. What really gets to her, though, is when the Baron eats unrefrigerated brains!

Once Chad saw the hands on the poster as little hairy butts, he was gone. He goes so far as to call The Brainiac the weirdest movie he's ever seen, and that's saying a lot. The story's two police officers, looking like they're straight out of a Little Rascals episode, just happen to show up at the Baron's abode with flame throwers. For him, it's a fun movie. The translation and dubbing in The Brainiac remind Jeff of El Santo and Blue Demon movies, becoming another part of the entertainment.

If you have a hankering to see The Brainiac, also known as El barón del terror, you can stream it from hoopla, tubi, and PlutoTV.

Ralph Miller, the Grue Crew's guest host, was a special effects artist in the 1980s and early 1990s. To hear more about Ralph's work and experiences check out these episodes where we discuss Ralph's work with him:

• Interview With Special Effects Artist Ralph Miller III – Episode 155 – Decades Of Horror 1980s
• TRICK OR TREAT (1986) – Episode 156 – Decades Of Horror 1980s
• FROM BEYOND (1986) – Episode 199 – Decades Of Horror 1980s

Correction: While discussing the Classic Horror Movie Channel, Jeff mentions watching "The Man with the Atomic Brain" on the streaming channel. In reality, the film was Creature with the Atom Brain (1955). He apologizes for the error.

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule, as chosen by Daphne, will be The Deadly Bees (1966), an Amicus production directed by Freddie Francis.

Please let them know how they're doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel, the site, or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at [email protected]

To each of you from each of them, "Thank you so much for listening!"

Welcome to HORROR NEWS RADIO for NOVEMBER 12, 2022. JOIN US FOR horror movie news for IT: WELCOME TO DERRY, LONGLEGS, along with trailer news for CHRISTMAS BLOODY CHRISTMAS. All this, and more, coming up next…

Join your host Doc Rotten for this episode of HNR, the official GRUESOME MAGAZINE HORROR NEWS podcast. Back again are the scariest, goriest, bloodiest co-hosts on the 'Net.

Dave Dreher, the lead news writer at Gruesome Magazine Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6dead6irl

The HBOMax "IT" prequel series still lives: IT: WELCOME TO DERRY…Jason Fuchs and Brad Caleb Kane will serve as co-showrunners on the "It" prequel series. Source: Variety and Variety

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11/07/2022

Dirk Rogers: I'm wondering if the new crystal lake series will introduce or even center around Jason's father. It's an untapped idea that has no legal entanglements and could really expand upon the Vorhees story. I'm so happy that the horror news is back on each week. Great job grue crew. Keep it up.

Chad White: Great show everyone.. lots of stuff here to be excited about.

10/24/2022

Renee St. Aubin: Awwww, one day I'm going to make one of these live streams!

10/10/2022

Chad White: Great show everyone! I'm looking forward to Five Nights at Freddy's. they made it into a VR game and it is literally terrifying and it gave me anxiety, lol. I really liked Willys wonderland, but it had a lot of campyness, I hope they make it an intense horror instead of being campy…

Mason Campise: Keep up the great work!

10/03/2022

Don Joe: Thanks for another fun episode. I had to look away for the Halloween Ends trailer, don't need those spoilers. Also, thanks Crystal for not spoiling Last of Us!

Meretneith: Sandra Bernhard was in AHS Apocalypse as a satanist.

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"Eat shit and die, Ricky!" "Eat shit and live, Bill." Yup. Sounds like your typical summer camp version of witty patter. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they finally cover the notorious Sleepaway Camp (1983).

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 219 – Sleepaway Camp (1983)

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Angela Baker, a shy, traumatized young girl, is sent to summer camp with her cousin. Shortly after her arrival, anyone with sinister or less-than-honorable intentions toward her gets their comeuppance.

• Writer/Director: Robert Hiltzik
• Makeup Department: Ed French (makeup illusions)(as Edward French)
• Special Effects:
  • William Bilowit (special effects coordinator)(as Bill Billowit)
  • Ed Fountain (special mechanical effects)
• Selected Cast:
  • Felissa Rose as Angela / Peter Baker
  • Maximo Gianfranco Sorrentino (credited as Frank Sorrentino) as Young Peter
  • Colette Lee Corcoran as young Angela
  • Jonathan Tiersten as Ricky Thomas
  • Karen Fields as Judy
  • Christopher Collet as Paul
  • Mike Kellin as Mel Costic
  • Katherine Kamhi as Meg
  • Paul DeAngelo as Ronnie Angelo
  • Susan Glaze as Susie
  • Thomas E. van Dell as Mike
  • Loris Sallahain (credited as Loris Sallahian) as Billy
  • John E. Dunn as Kenny
  • Willy Kuskin as Mozart
  • Desiree Gould as Aunt Martha Thomas
  • Owen Hughes as Artie
  • Robert Earl Jones as Ben
  • Frank Trent Saladino as Gene
  • Rick Edrich as Jeff
  • Fred Greene as Eddie
  • Allen Breton as Frank the Cop
  • Lisa Buckler as Leslie
  • Michael C. Mahon as Hal
  • Dan Tursi as John Baker
  • James Paradise as Lenny
  • Paul Poland as Craig
  • Alyson Mord as Mary Ann
  • Carol Robinson Alexander (credited as Carol Robinson) as Dolores

Sleepaway Camp is one of Crystal's favorite movies. In fact, she loves it right from the opening scene depicting a boating accident and describes the film as intentionally funny. She loves Desiree Gould as Angela's Aunt Martha and the two camp snarks, Judy and Meg. She also issues the caveat that you shouldn't watch it if you're not open to some politically incorrect attempts at humor.

Chad differs from Crystal and does not think Sleepaway Camp is intended to be funny, but he does think it's an okay slasher with good makeup effects. Bill went in with low expectations but was pleasantly surprised by Sleepaway Camp, calling it a slice of 80s cheese. Back in the day, Jeff heard the rumors about Sleepaway Camp and its shocking ending so he rented the video to verify it for himself, and indeed, the rumors were true. He was shocked. Now he enjoys the film, its appropriately juvenile humor, and its inventive kills.

It might go without saying but it will be said nonetheless. The 80s Grue Crew unanimously loves Felissa Rose.

At the time of this writing, Sleepaway Camp can be streamed from Peacock and several ad-based services. A Blu-ray disc is available from Scream! Factory.

Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode's film, chosen by Chad, will be Akira (1988), a "Japanese animated cyberpunk action film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, … based on Otomo's 1982 manga of the same name," according to Wikipedia

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"I walked the streets, brooding on the bitter irony that all I wanted to do for humanity, for life, would be cheated by death… unless I could cheat death." And eventually, he discovered… you can't cheat a cheater. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they discuss Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde(1971), a Hammer film with a twist on the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story.

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 175 – Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971)

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A Victorian scientist tests a serum that transforms him into a sensuous murderess.

• Director: Roy Ward Baker
• Writers: Brian Clemens (screenplay); Robert Louis Stevenson (based upon the story by)
• Selected cast:
  • Ralph Bates as Dr. Henry Jekyll/Jack the Ripper
  • Martine Beswick as Mrs. Edwina Hyde
  • Gerald Sim as Professor Robertson
  • Lewis Fiander as Howard Spencer
  • Susan Brodrick as Susan Spencer
  • Dorothy Alison as Mrs. Spencer
  • Ivor Dean as William Burke
  • Tony Calvin as William Hare
  • Philip Madoc as Byker
  • Paul Whitsun-Jones as Sergeant Danvers
  • Virginia Wetherell as Betsy
  • Dan Meaden as Town Crier
  • Neil Wilson as Older Policeman

Bill describes Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde as a mid-level Hammer film searching for the magic mix that can reverse the company's fortunes during the beginning of its decline. At the same time, he gives the filmmakers credit for their creativity and for the transformation scenes that, though not perfect, are well done. Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde was not at the top of the list of Hammer films he hadn't yet seen, but Jeff's glad he did experience it. He praises the filmmakers and actors for depicting the Jekyll and Hyde variations as somewhat androgynous, helping to make the transformations believable. He also likes the triple threat of Jekyll/Hyde, Jack the Ripper, and Burk & Hare nicely combined into one story by writer Brian Clemens. Doc, who chose Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde for this episode, also describes it as an example of Hammer reaching for some answers. To him, the way the film's themes are handled doesn't really hold up while admitting the failure might be a product of the times in which it was made. He also describes Dr. Jekyll as a role more complex than many, possibly making it Ralph Bates' best Hammer role.

The 70s Grue-Crew universally laud Martine Beswick's performance and lament the absence of any character in the film for which to root. For those wishing to watch, or rewatch, Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde, the film is available to stream from Tubi, Freevee, The Roku Channel, Peacock, Hoopla, and several PPV sources. The film is also available as a Blu-ray disc from Scream Factory. Of course, this information is as of the time of this writing.

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode in their very flexible schedule, chosen by Jeff, will be Blue Sunshine (1977). That one should be a fun trip. (See what I did there?)

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