Uphill Both Ways listeners know that your friendly interwebs-neighbors and podcast co-hosts Mike and Joseph love classic horror movies and monsters of all shapes and sizes, and U.K.-based creature feature lovers are in for a treat this June because Horror Channel once again serves up a fantastic array of just such films from the 1950s! Laboratory-created monsters brought to life by mad scientists? Check! Oversized oddities wreaking havoc on an unsuspecting populace? Check! No matter your preference on how such beasts spring to life, there’s something on this bill for creature feature fans of all stripes! Check out the official press announcement that follows.
This June, Horror Channel once again journeys into the history of genre cinema with THE VINTAGE VAULT, presenting double-bills of classic sci-fi and horror films every Sunday night.
The vault is unlocked on Sunday June 5th with Nathan Juran’s Ray Harryhausen inspired 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH. This is paired with Fred F. Sears’ rampaging alien bird yarn THE GIANT CLAW. Then on Sunday June 12th, we have THE MONOLITH MONSTERS, in which the world is attacked by thirsty giant crystals, followed by the beastly mutant classic THE DEADLY MANTIS.
On Sunday June 19th, the brilliantly lurid THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957), directed by Terence Fisher, hits our screens, followed by drive-in favourite THE BLOB, starring Steve McQueen. Finally on Sunday June 26th, a Terence Fisher double-bill as the hypnotically sensual and gory DRACULA (1958) swoops onto the channel. This adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic launched Cushing and Christopher Lee into global stardom. This is followed by Fisher’s equally successful adaptation of the classic Universal monster movies, THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN, again starring the incomparable Peter Cushing.
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