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    Museum Robot
    • May 9, 2007
    • 5952

    Super 8 Shockers



    Rob from the great blog "All in Black and White for 75 Cents" sent me these great Castle film ads from various monster publications in the 70's. While the home video market is definitely an example of how change can be good (in this case great) thing, I still kind of miss when my parents would rent these reels from the library, it was like having a movie theatre in your house.



    Frankenstein Conquers the World? Man, I've got to own that. Everytime I look at these things, I wonder how I don't own hundreds. I don't have any will power, so it must be laziness.....
    On the Halloween Front, a couple of folks have dropped me a line about entering the Halloween Countdown:
    Laura Moncur has a Halloween Countdown each year
    Gravedigger's Local 16
    For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at Plaid Stallions.com


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  • vulcan2074
    Live Long and Prosper
    • Mar 23, 2008
    • 7817

    #2
    Sitting at Home Watching these Films Would Make a Great Halloween. I Love Films in Black and White.
    Sammy

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    • Earth 2 Chris
      Verbose Member
      • Mar 7, 2004
      • 32966

      #3
      When I saw the title of this thread, I thought it had to do with motels!

      So, were these only PARTS of the movies? 8 to 15 minutes a piece? I'm totallyclueless on these. Love the ads though.

      Chris
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      • toys2cool
        Ultimate Mego Warrior
        • Nov 27, 2006
        • 28605

        #4
        very cool,I love those old vintage movies
        "Time to nut up or shut up" -Tallahassee

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        • HardyGirl
          Mego Museum's Poster Girl
          • Apr 3, 2007
          • 13950

          #5
          I posted on Super 8 flicks on here awhile back. Some of them were edited versions of the full length movie, while others, I guess were spliced together sounds effects and action scenes. I do have a few of those on tape: Tarantula and It Came from Outer Space. I have seen War Of The Collosal Beast, The Screaming Skull, and The Blob. I love B movies. And it's a great way to spend Halloween, w/ your favorite munchies sitting in the dark, watching this chesecake fest!
          "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
          'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
          Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
          If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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          • cjefferys
            Duke of Gloat
            • Apr 23, 2006
            • 10180

            #6
            Oh man, I always used to salivate over those ads in the old Warren mags. My dad used to rent some films for us too, but the selection was kind of crappy. Instead of "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" we had to settle for "Abbott and Costello's Jack and the Beanstalk". I would have killed to be able to rent stuff like "Konga" and "Destroy All Monsters"! (with sound yet! Boy those sound reels were pretty pricey for back then!)

            Ah the good old days. I remember my school getting a copy of Star Wars on Super 8 and showing it one day (less than a year after it premiered in theatres). The whole movie condensed to around 15 minutes. But it was a really big deal seeing it like that in those pre-video days.
            Last edited by cjefferys; Oct 5, '08, 3:09 PM.

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            • mazinz
              Persistent Member
              • Jul 2, 2007
              • 2249

              #7
              I just had a bunch of these transferred over to disc a few weeks back. Love these old films
              "What motivated him to throw a puppy at the Hells Angels is currently unclear,"

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              • Meule
                Verbose Member
                • Nov 14, 2004
                • 28720

                #8
                Ya gotta love those old horror movies
                "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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