Saturday, November 5, 2011

The Very First Regional Horror?


Hop on the way-back machine and travel with us to the America of 1910, when Edison Studios launched its production of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Filmed at Edison's facilities in New York, this may very well be the very first "regional" horror film (although, since the film industry was based on the East Coast at the time, that may be a stretch).

You can watch the film below in its 12-minute entirety:


Monday, October 31, 2011

Trailer of the Week: Wild Women of Wongo (1958)


Early made-in-Florida cheapie with lots of leopard-print writhing -- kind of like a nudie-cutie without all that pesky nudity.