If you’re already sick of jingle bells and good will towards men, then check out TCM Underground late night Friday for Tower of Evil (1972) and The Haunted House of Horror (1969).
Fleischer is best remembered for directing such genre classics as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Fantastic Voyage (1966) and Soylent Green (1974). Lovers of truly awful cinema know that he was also at the helm of the southern trash epic Mandingo (1975), the Neil Diamond remake of The Jazz Singer (1980) and the joyfully derivative Amityville 3-D (1983). Below is the trailer for Fleischer’s Conan-inspired Red Sonja (1985), in which Arnold Schwarzenegger’s acting is positively Oscar worthy compared to Brigitte Nielsen’s wooden line-readings.
It’s criminal that the nut-house melodrama The Cobweb (1955) isn’t available on DVD. In it, Grahame plays the wife of loony-bin doctor Richard Widmark who has given the okay for the patients to design new drapes for the library. Grahame has her own ideas about the curtains, leading to an all-star battle about the drapes! Brilliant!
Blood Freak (1972) Warning: A movie about a murderous, drug-addicted, monster turkey may sound like fun… well, don’t say we didn’t warn you.
What are we thankful for here at CCT? We’re thankful for the fact that TCM will be running a Bette vs. Joan marathon the day after Thanksgiving. So, if you decide to skip all the Black Friday sales and stay home instead, why not tune in for this irresistible day of classic movies? For a complete listing of the films, click here.
Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), programing note, trailer
TCM Underground will be running a Bill Rebane double feature late night Friday (beginning at 2AM). Be sure not to miss Monster A Go-Go (1965) and The Giant Spider Invasion (1975).
Cranky Critters, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), programing note, sci-fi, trailer
Below are the trailers for the snow-bound disaster flick Avalanche (1978) and the soapy Douglas Sirk classics All That Heaven Allows (1955) and Written on the Wind (1956).
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