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"You know, my son, I wouldn't be Emperor of the Galaxy if I didn't have some powers at my disposal. Imperial Battleship, halt the flow of time!" Yup. That could come in handy. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out Starcrash (1978), starring Caroline Munro, Christopher Plummer, Marjoe Gortner, David Hasselhoff, and Joe Spinell. What's not to like?

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 169 – Starcrash (1978)

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An outlaw smuggler and her alien companion are recruited by the Emperor of the Galaxy to rescue his son and destroy a mysterious superweapon designed by the evil Count Zarth Arn

• Director: Luigi Cozzi (credited in the US as Lewis Coates)
• Writers. Luigi Cozzi & Nat Wachsberger (screenplay); R.A. Dillon (additional dialogue)
• Music by: John Barry
• Selected cast:
  • Caroline Munro as Stella Star
  • Candy Clark as Stella Star (voice) (uncredited)
  • Marjoe Gortner as Akton
  • Judd Hamilton as Elle
  • Hamilton Camp as Elle (voice)
  • David Hasselhoff as Prince Simon
  • Christopher Plummer as The Emperor
  • Joe Spinell as Count Zarth Arn
  • Robert Tessier as Thor
  • Nadia Cassini as Corelia
  • Salvatore Baccaro as Neanderthal Man (uncredited)
  • Omero Capanna as Spaceship Guard (uncredited)
  • Hélène Chauvin as Amazon (uncredited)

Bill picked this one and he remembers originally liking Starcrash a lot more than he does this time around. Caroline Munro is still fetching, even though Candy Clark dubs her, but every actor seems to be acting in a different movie. There is a colorful, comic-book style to this weird oddball movie, but as Bill points out, sometimes you can't go back again.

Jeff has been wanting to see Starcrash since Decades of Horror 1980s covered Maniac, another film starring Caroline Munro and Joe Spinell. Jeff sees the obvious similarities to the recently released Star Wars (1977), but the bad dialogue and long, drawn-out fight scenes cause Starcrash to… crash. Doc remembers great-looking stills in magazines of the time, but their quality does not lead to a good film. The dubbing is laughably bad and the movie is just awful. Still, there is a sort of weird charm to it.

If you have a hankering for late-70s, cheesy, space opera, Starcrash is available to stream with ads from multiple services, and on physical media as a Shout Factory! Blu-ray.

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 Chad, will be H. G. Wells' Empire of the Ants (1977), starring Joan Collins and Robert Lansing.

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Welcome to HORROR NEWS RADIO for August 15, 2022. Tonight, we have casting news for LISA FRANKENSTEIN and THE POPE'S EXORCIST, along with trailer news for THE MENU and CABINET OF CURIOSITIES.

I am your host Doc Rotten and this is HNR, the official GRUESOME MAGAZINE HORROR NEWS podcast. Back with me again are the scariest, goriest, bloodiest co-hosts on the 'Net.

Dave Dreher, the lead news writer at Gruesome Magazine Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6dead6irl And Vanessa, Podcasting Rock Star and International Cosplay Queen

UPCOMING FILMS

Lionsgate sets October 27, 2023 for the next installment of the SAW franchise (Saw X?). "Kevin Greutert, who directed Saw VI an Saw: The Final Chapter and edited Saw I through V and Jigsaw, will helm the latest installment"

https://deadline.com/2022/08/saw-sequel-halloween-2023-release-1235092699/

The Bohemia Group is set to adapt one of Stephen King's "Richard Bachman" bestsellers, THE REGULATORS. George Cowan is scripting the western horror-thriller.

Synopsis: Peaceful suburban life on Poplar Street in Wentworth, Ohio is shattered when four vans containing shotgun-wielding "regulators" terrorize the street's residents, cold-bloodedly killing anyone foolish enough to venture outdoors. Houses mysteriously transform into log cabins and the street now ends in what looks like a child's hand-drawn western landscape. Masterminding this sudden onslaught is an evil creature who has taken over the body of an autistic boy whose parents were killed in a drive-by shooting several months earlier.

https://deadline.com/2022/08/the-regulators-film-based-on-stephen-king-novel-in-works-at-bohemia-group-1235089181/

What to watch this weekend, you ask…

• GLORIOUS (SHUDDER) 8/18
• BEAST 8/19 Theaters
• ORPHAN: FIRST KILL 8/19 Theaters and Paramount+
• THE IMMACULATE ROOM 8/19 Theaters and VOD

CASTING NEWS

Screen Gems' THE POPE'S EXORCIST expands its cast with the legendary actor Franco Nero as…The Pope

Synopsis: Portrayal of a real-life figure Father Gabriele Amorth, a priest who acted as chief exorcist of the Vatican and who performed more than 100,000 exorcisms in his lifetime. (He passed away in 2016 at the age of 91.) Amorth wrote two memoirs -- An Exorcist Tells His Story and An Exorcist: More Stories -- and detailed his experiences battling Satan and demons that had clutched people in their evil.

https://deadline.com/2022/08/the-popes-exorcist-adds-laurel-marsden-franco-nero-cornell-s-john-more-1235088253/

Carla Gugino and more join the cast of LISA FRANKENSTEIN written by Diablo Cody. Zelda Williams directs.

Synopsis: In 1989, an unpopular high school girl named Lisa accidentally re-animates a handsome Victorian corpse during a lightning storm and starts to rebuild him into the man of her dreams by using the broken tanning bed in her garage.

https://deadline.com/2022/08/lisa-frankenstein-adds-carla-gugino-liza-soberano-joe-chrest-more-1235090223/

TRAILERS

GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES arrives on NETLIX on October 25, 2022

Searchlight Pictures releases THE MENU on November 18, 2022. Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes, John Leguizamo, Judith Light, Hong Chau. Mark Mylod directs. Synopsis: A young couple travel to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

SHUDDER streams the Senegal action/horror thriller SALOUM on September 8, 2022. Directed by Jean Luc Herbulot. Synopsis: 2003, three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.

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• ORPHAN: FIRST KILL
• THE INNOCENTS (SHUDDER)
• GLORIOUS (SHUDDER)
• STARCRASH (Decades of Horror 1970s)

"What did I ask from you? A little affection, and mostly peace. And see what you made me do?" Wait. Who is the victim here? Join this episode's Grue-Crew – Whitney Collazo, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr – as they make the Decades of Horror's eighth trip south of the border with The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales(El esqueleto de la señora Morales,1960).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 131 – The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (1960)

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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/

A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after twenty years of hellish marriage.

IMDb

• Cast and Crew:
  • Director: Rogelio A. González
  • Writers: Luis Alcoriza (adaptation) (screenplay); Arthur Machen (story, "The Islington Mystery")
  • Music by: Raúl Lavista
  • Cinematography by: Víctor Herrera
  • Film Editing by: Jorge Busto (as Jorge Bustos)
  • Production Design by: Edward Fitzgerald
  • Selected Cast:
    • Arturo de Córdova as Dr. Pablo Morales
    • Amparo Rivelles as Gloria de Morales
    • Elda Peralta as Señorita Castro
    • Guillermo Orea as Profesor
    • Rosenda Monteros as Meche
    • Luis Aragón as Elodio
    • Mercedes Pascual as Lourditas Mendiolea
    • Antonio Bravo as Padre Artemio Familiar
    • Angelines Fernández as Clara, sister of Gloria
    • Armando Arriola as Don Amado
    • Paz Villegas as La otra Sra. Mendiolea
    • Roberto Meyer as Historiador
    • Pepita González as Amiga de Gloria, testiga contra Pablo
    • León Barroso as Dr. Quiñones

The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales is Whitney's pick and is, as she describes it, a black comedy complete with los tóxicas y chismosas (the toxic and the gossipy). The unhealthy relationships in the film lead to murder with a dose of humor. Daphne loves The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales, lauding its atmosphere, its beautiful cinematography, and its winning combination of the grim and the playful. The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales got funnier each time Jeff watched it, even though there are some very disturbing events in the film. Its award-winning cast and crew, including the director of Ship of Monsters (La nave de los monstruos, 1960), have created a tour de force in The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales.

Your Classic Era Grue Crew highly recommends The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales. At the time of this writing, it can be streamed from the Classic Horror Movie Channel, Tubi, and YouTube. There is also a Blu-ray available from VCI.

If you're interested in Mexican cinema, check out these other episodes of Decades of Horror:

• SANTO AND BLUE DEMON AGAINST THE MONSTERS (Santo el enmascarado de plata y Blue Demon contra los monstruos, 1969-70) – Episode 19 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
• THE SHIP OF MONSTERS (La nave de los monstruos,1960) – Episode 23 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
• SANTO VS. THE ZOMBIES (Santo Contra Los Zombies, 1962) – Episode 54 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
• MACARIO (1960) – Episode 115 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
• DOS MONJES (1934, TWO MONKS) – Episode 119 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
• EL LIBRO DE PIEDRA (1969, THE BOOK OF STONE) – Episode 127 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
• SANTO AND BLUE DEMON VS. DRACULA AND THE WOLF MAN (SANTO Y BLUE DEMON CONTRA DRACULA Y EL HOMBRE LOBO, 1973) – Episode 168 – Decades Of Horror 1970s

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule is one chosen by Chad: Son of Dracula (1943).

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 site or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at [email protected]

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

Welcome to HORROR NEWS RADIO for August 8, 2022. Tonight, we have casting news for HAUNTED MANSION and THE EXORCIST, along with trailer news for THE HARBINGER and GLORIOUS.

I am your host Doc Rotten and this is HNR, the official GRUESOME MAGAZINE HORROR NEWS podcast. Back with me again are the scariest, goriest, bloodiest co-hosts on the 'Net.

Dave Dreher, the lead news writer at Gruesome Magazine Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6dead6irl And Vanessa, Podcasting Rock Star and International Cosplay Queen

OBITS

Clu Gulager, beloved actor who most fans remember from RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985), has passed away at the age of 93.

https://deadline.com/2022/08/clu-gulager-dead-horror-film-actor-was-93-obituary-1235086691/

UPCOMING FILMS

Production is set to start on INSIDIOUS 5, directed by Patrick Wilson. Insidious 5 is scheduled to hit theaters via Sony Pictures's Screen Gems on July 7, 2023. Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne and Ty Simpkins return. Sinclair Daniel, Peter Dager, and Hiam Abbass (Hellraiser 2022) join.

https://deadline.com/2022/08/insidious-5-sinclair-daniel-peter-dager-hiam-abbass-1235085898/

CASTING NEWS

Disney's HAUNTED MANSION movie adds Jamie Lee Curtis and Jared Leto. Jamie Lee Curtis will portray Madame Leota, while Leto will play the "Hatbox Ghost." Also starring are Rosario Dawson, LaKeith Stanfield, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, and Tiffany Haddish. Director Justin Simien (Bad Hair) helms the film. Haunted Mansion movie opens March 10, 2023

https://ew.com/movies/disney-haunted-mansion-movie-jared-leto-jamie-lee-curtis-characters/

Casting begins on Blumhouse's THE EXORCIST with Ann Dowd (The Handmaid's Tale, Hereditary) joining Leslie Odom Jr. and Ellen Burstyn, who is reprising her role as Chris MacNeil.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-exorcist-ann-dowd-joins-blumhouse-and-universal-1235191097/

Josh Monkarsh's nuclear zombie apocalypse feature, AS WE KNOW IT, adds Oliver Cooper, Chris Parnell, and Pam Grier to its cast. You had us at "Pam Grier."

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/pam-grier-chris-parnell-as-we-know-it-movie-1235330712/

TRAILERS

Screen Media Films is set to scare audiences with THE HARBINGER on September 2.

Daniel and Theresa Snyder move their troubled young daughter Rosalie to a quaint Midwestern town. Soon after they arrive, neighbors begin to die. The townspeople suspect Rosalie and shun the Snyder family. Fearing something evil followed them, the tormented parents seek the advice of a Native American seer who tells them that only death can save Rosalie. When more people die and a detective starts looking into the mysterious deaths, the Snyders must do whatever it takes to protect their family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMov6M-rQZo

SHUDDER plans on making public restrooms even more frightening than they already are with GLORIOUS, streaming on AUGUST 18.

A heartbroken man finds himself trapped in a bathroom with a strange voice who says he may be the only hope in stopping a terrible event. Starring Ryan Kwanten and J.K. Simmons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esqxTzc3lgM

"You see my dear, immortality exacts a handsome price. Both for those who must claim it and those who must pave the way." Seems like a simple equation. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out Tom Savini as the ripper in this straight-to-video effort, The Ripper (1985).

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 212 – The Ripper (1985)

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An old antique ring turns a college professor into a homicidal maniac when he puts it on. The ring originally belonged to Jack the Ripper, and the Ripper's spirit possesses whoever wears it.

• Director: Christopher Lewis
• Writer: Bill Groves
• Special Makeup Effects: David Powell, Robert Brewer
• Selected Cast:
  • Tom Schreier as Richard Harwell
  • Mona Van Pernis as Carol
  • Wade Tower as Steve
  • Tom Savini as Jack the Ripper
  • Andrea Adams as Cindy
  • Randall White as Fred
  • Bennie Lee McGowan as Clerk
  • Jeffrey R. Fontana as Brian (as Jeffrey Fontana)
  • Wilma Jeanne Cummins as Mrs. Pratt (as Wilma Cummins)
  • Karen Morgan Williams as Harlet
  • Patti Beth Abbott as Waitress
  • Alicia Todd as Judy

The Ripper caught Chad's eye as it had many times on the video rental store shelf, but this time he went for it. The verdict? He's never seen such a long, drawn-out movie where entire scenes were of no use and were stretched out for no reason. He chose this movie for the 80s Grue Crew because of the presence of Tom Savini, who plays the title character, but he wasn't enough to outweigh the bad.

Bill also loves Tom Savini, but not this film in which even the padding is padded and long dialogue scenes go nowhere. On the plus side, the effects work is fairly well done for lowbudget gore. Agreeing with Chad and Bill, Jeff describes the script as mundane with very bad jokes. He likes the general idea of the story but the execution needed to capitalize on that idea is missing from The Ripper.

If you're a Savini completist or just want to see what the 80s Grue Crew is talking about, at the time of this writing, The Ripper can be streamed from Tubi and Screambox.

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 The Deadly Spawn (1983), filmed in artist Tim Hildebrandt's house and featuring the effects of John Dods!

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, on the website or email the Decades of Horror 1980s podcast hosts at [email protected]

"She is a sad romantic woman. She will fall in love with me. Then I will sacrifice her on the next full moon." So says the Wolf Man wearing a gold, silk, disco shirt. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out the monster-filled world of luchadors enmascarado (masked wrestlers) in Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dracula and the Wolf Man (Santo y Blue Demon Contra Dracula y el Hombre Lobo, 1973).

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 168 – Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dracula and the Wolf Man (1973)

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Synopsis: Masked wrestling champion and occasional crime fighter El Santo once again saves Mexico from the ravages of undying monsters in this blend of grappling and horror. While the great fighter is busy in the ring, two legendary monsters, the vampire Dracula and a werewolf named Rufus Rex are brought back to life by his enemies. As the monsters roam free and threaten the life of El Santo's closest friends, he teams up with fellow wrestling icon Blue Demon to vanquish the creatures once and for all.

• Director: Miguel M. Delgado
• Writers: Alfredo Salazar (story)
• Selected cast:
  • Santo as Santo (credited as Santo el Enmascarado de Plata)
  • Alejandro Moreno as Blue Demon (credited as Blue Demon)
  • Aldo Monti as Drácula
  • Agustín Martínez Solares as Rufus Rex – el Hombre Lobo
  • Nubia Martí as Lina
  • María Eugenia San Martín as Laura Cristaldi (credited as Ma. Eugenia San Martín)
  • Alfredo Wally Barrón as Eric (credited as Wally Barrón)
  • Jorge Mondragón as Prof. Luis Cristaldi
  • Lissy Fields as Rosita
  • Antonio Raxel as Jefe de policía
  • Carlos Suárez as Jefe de los gangsters
  • Lourdes Batista as Josefina
  • Carlos León as Hombre encadenado
  • Ángel Blanco as Luchador
  • Renato el Hippie as Luchador
  • Enrique Llanes as Narrador
  • Roberto 'Güero' Rangel as Referee (as Roberto Rangel)

Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dracula and the Wolf Man is Jeff's pick. He was turned on to the El Santo films by Joseph Perry, one of the founding hosts of Decades of Horror: The Classic Era and though it took him a while to get into the feel of the films, he loves them unabashedly now.

Bill likes any creator who lives the role and you can't live the role any more than the luchadors enmascarado do. They even kiss their girlfriends with the mask on. You gotta love that! And just for kicks, the film opens and closes with wrestling matches. Chad has always enjoyed these movies and is impressed by the production values and vivid colors in this entry in the El Santo canon. And, as always, he digs the monsters and the wrestling. Once he warmed up to it, Doc had a great time with Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dracula and the Wolf Man as well. He admits that it takes a special mindset to enjoy these, the dumbest but most fun, movies.

Once you learn to love these films you won't be able to get enough of them. Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dracula and the Wolf Man is available to stream from Tubi and Amazon Prime as PPV, and on physical media as one of the titles included in "Santo: El Enmascarado De Plata" Blu-ray Boxset from VCI Entertainment.

If you'd like to hear other Decades of Horror podcast episodes featuring the great El Santo, check these out:

• SANTO AND BLUE DEMON VS. THE MONSTERS (SANTO Y BLUE DEMON CONTRA LOS MONSTRUOS, 1969-70) – Episode 19 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
• SANTO VS. THE ZOMBIES (SANTO CONTRA LOS ZOMBIES, 1962) – Episode 54 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

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].

Welcome to HORROR NEWS RADIO for August 1, 2022. Tonight, we have casting news for THE POPE'S EXORCIST, THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP, and DUST, along with trailer news for PEARL, CHUCKY Season 2, and SPIRIT HALLOWEEN... the movie...

I am your host Doc Rotten and this is HNR, the official GRUESOME MAGAZINE HORROR NEWS podcast. Back with me again are the scariest, goriest, bloodiest co-hosts on the 'Net.

Dave Dreher, the lead news writer at Gruesome Magazine Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6dead6irl And Vanessa, Podcasting Rock Star and International Cosplay Queen

CASTING NEWS

Alex Essoe and Daniel Zovatto join Russell Crowe in the upcoming Screen Gems feature, THE POPE'S EXORCIST, directed by Julius Avery (Overlord, Samaritan). The screenplay is based on the Father Gabriele Amorth memoirs, AN EXORCIST TELLS HIS STORY and AN EXORCIST: MORE STORIES. Source: DEADLINE https://deadline.com/2022/07/the-popes-exorcist-adds-alex-essoe-daniel-zovatto-1235081217/

Director Joe (Mayhem) Lynch has wrapped his next feature film based on the H.P. Lovecraft short THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP. The cast includes Heather Graham, Judah Lewis, Bruce Davidson, Johnathan Schaech, and Barbara Crampton. Crampton, along with Brian Yuzna, serve as producers. The screenplay is written by Dennis Paoli (Re-Animator, From Beyond). Source: DEADLINE https://deadline.com/2022/07/heather-graham-judah-lewis-barbara-crampton-horror-hp-lovecraft-1235079743/

DUST is set to film in late August with Sarah Paulson featured in the starring role. The Searchlight Pictures film is a HULU Original. "The film follows a woman who is trapped by increasingly perilous dust storms and is haunted by her past encounters with a threatening presence and takes extraordinary measures to protect her family." Source: DEADLINE https://deadline.com/2022/07/sarah-paulson-searchlight-horror-thriller-dust-1235075101/

TRAILERS

SPIRIT HALLOWEEN The Movie (2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTF9ltgkRIQ

PEARL (2022, A24) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5PW5r3pEOg

CHUCKY SEASON 2 (October 5 - SYFY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B44ik8o0mDA

HOUSE OF DARKNESS (2022, Saban Films) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mnuvcWZglY

"I can tell you of my own fear, of what I might be risking here since I revealed to you the secret of Villa Graps." Do tell, do tell. Join this episode's Grue-Crew – Whitney Collazo, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr – as they make the Decades of Horror's ninth journey with the genius of Mario Bava with Kill, Baby… Kill! (1966).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 130 – Kill, Baby… Kill! (1966)

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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/

A Carpathian village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl, prompting a coroner and a medical student to uncover her secrets while a witch attempts to protect the villagers.

• Cast and Crew:
  • Director: Mario Bava
  • Writers: Romano Migliorini (story) (screenplay), Roberto Natale (story) (screenplay); Mario Bava (screenplay); John Davis Hart (dialogue: English version) (as John Hart)
  • Cinematographer: Antonio Rinaldi (director of photography)
  • Assistant Director: Lamberto Bava
  • Film Editing by: Romana Fortini
  • Set Decoration by: Alessandro Dell'Orco (as Sandro Dell'Orco)
  • Costume Design by: Tina Grani
  • Production Management:
    • Production supervisor: Nando Pisani
    • Production manager: Luciano Catenacci (uncredited)
    • Unit manager: Mario Olivieri (uncredited)
  • Produced by: Luciano Catenacci, Nando Pisani
  • Selected Cast:
    • Giacomo Rossi Stuart as Dr. Paul Eswai
    • Erika Blanc as Monica Schufftan
    • Fabienne Dali as Ruth
    • Giovanna Galletti as Baroness Graps (billed as Giana Vivaldi)
    • Luciano Catenacci as Burgomeister Karl (billed as Max Lawrence)
    • Piero Lulli as Inspector Kruger
    • Micaela Esdra as Nadienne
    • Franca Dominici as Martha
    • Giuseppe Addobbati as Innkeeper
    • Mirella Panfili as Irena Hollander
    • Valerio Valeri as Melissa Graps

Daphne picked this Bava classic and she loves Kill, Baby… Kill! right from the opening scene in which a distraught woman impales herself on wrought iron fence spikes. From the costumes to the atmospheric village, she's all in. Chad was never drawn in by the title or the poster, but now that he's seen Kill, Baby… Kill!, he thinks it's a beautiful movie. It has that Bava look and feel with almost a Hammer, gothic sensibility. Jeff's first thought is, "Not another Italian horror movie with a creepy kid," but now, Kill, Baby… Kill! is one of his favorite horror movies. He loves everything about it – story, cinematography, acting, set design – and it's scary as well.

In a strange marketing ploy, Kill, Baby… Kill! was given a new title, paired with two other films, and the resulting retitled trio was billed as "Orgy of the Living Dead." As promised on the podcast, here is a link to the "Orgy of the Living Dead" Trailer.

The Classic Era Grue Crew strongly recommends Kill, Baby… Kill! At the time of this writing, the film is available to stream on the Classic Horror Movie Channel, Wicked Horror TV, Shudder, and Kanopy, and on physical media as a Kino Classics Blu-ray.

This is the ninth Mario Bava film covered by Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror Grue Crews. You can check them out here:

• BLACK SUNDAY (1960) – Episode 40 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
• BLACK SABBATH (1963) – Episode 108 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
• BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1964) – Episode 65 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
• PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1965) – Episode 94 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
• A BAY OF BLOOD (1971) — Episode 78 — Decades Of Horror 1970s
• BARON BLOOD (1972) – Episode 155 – Decades Of Horror 1970s
• LISA AND THE DEVIL (1973) – Episode 117 – Decades Of Horror 1970s
• SHOCK (1977) – Episode 133 – Decades Of Horror 1970s

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule is one chosen by Whitney: The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (El esqueleto de la señora Morales, 1960).

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• The Grue-Crew review… NOPE (2022, Universal Pictures).

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NOPE (2022, Universal Pictures)

The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.

• Available in Theaters on July 22, 20222
• Directed by Jordan Peele
• Written by Jordan Peele
• Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott,, Steven Yeun, Wrenn Schmidt, Keith David, Devon Graye, Terry Notary, Barbie Ferreira, Donna Mills

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"By pick, by axe, by sword, bye-bye!" They forgot by pitchfork, by gaff hook, and by pointy coat hooks. Join your faithful Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out the mutilations in The Mutilator (1984).

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 211 – The Mutilator (1984)

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A college student, who accidentally killed his mother as a child, decides to take his friends to his father's fishing cabin during fall break, not knowing that his crazed father is stalking the place.

• Directors: Buddy Cooper, John Douglass
• Writer: Buddy Cooper
• Special Makeup Effects:
  • Mark Shostrum (makeup supervisor/special makeup effects)
  • Anthony Showe (makeup supervisor/special makeup effects)
• Selected Cast:
  • Matt Mitler as Ed Jr.
  • Ruth Martinez as Pam
  • Bill Hitchcock as Ralph
  • Connie Rogers as Sue
  • Frances Raines as Linda
  • Morey Lampley as Mike
  • Jack Chatham as Ed Sr.
  • Ben Moore as Cop
  • Trace Cooper as Young Ed Jr.
  • Pamela Weddle Cooper as Mother

Crystal chose The Mutilator when she saw that a sequel had just wrapped filming and is scheduled for a September 2022 release. According to her, this is not a case of so-bad-it's-good, it's just bad. It's strange and weird and there are no surprises in the story. On the plus side, there is some decent gore.

Chad views The Mutilator as a cross between a Mentos commercial and Growing Pains (TV Series, 1985-1992). In other words, it's not good. He's also puzzled by the lead not being bothered at all by the deaths of friends. However, it's great to see some of Mark Shostrum's early effects work and there are some creative kills. The actors in The Mutilator give it the old college try with their attempts at campy humor but they are not supported in their efforts by the script, according to Jeff. For him, the only positive is Mark Shostrum's effects work.

To summarize, your 80s Grue-Crew is none too enamored with The Mutilator, but if you're a Mark Shostrum fan or want to prepare for the sequel's release, you might still want to check it out. As of this writing, The Mutilator is available to stream free with ads from Tubi and from multiple subscription services, including Shudder and Arrow. In terms of physical media, The Mutilator (2-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray + DVD ] is available from Arrow Video.

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 The Ripper (1985) "starring" Tom Savini!

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