Black & White Fright

This week’s episode covers the 1960 Italian horror “Black Sunday”. Mario Bava, who had directed other films previously, but always uncredited, received his first actual credit here. A gory and violent movie for the time, it was banned in the UK until 1968. In the US, some scenes were censored and it was shown as a double feature with the completely different Little Shop of Horrors.

Georges Franju’s 1960 classic gets a watch this week. Not much loved at the time of release, this film has since gone on to influence other directors (and Billy Idol).

1959’s Roger Corman feature “A Bucket of Blood” gets a rundown this week. Beatniks, poets and some ridiculous sculptures abound. Dig it daddy-o’s! Starring the late, great Dick Miller.

Tod Browning’s 1932 cult classic “Freaks” gets a walk-through this week. Join us as we talk about Schlitzie, Prince Randian, Johnny Eck, Koo Koo and the rest of this fantastic cast. This episode is brought to you by Fright Lights . Visit their Etsy shop for a great selection of lithophane night lights of your favorite monsters and follow them on Instagram .

This week we watch and discuss Herk Harvey’s 1962 classic “Carnival of Souls”. A crazy organ score, creepy dancers and a nosy landlady are just some points of interest along the way.

Jack Hill’s 1967 film Spider Baby gets a run-through this week. Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart and Sid Haig star in this well made and very strange black comedy/horror.

Welcome to Black and White Fright! Every other week, Bill, Kevin and Scott will cover one horror movie (in black and white, naturally). Some classics, some garbage, and some in-between. To kick things off, we mutually agreed on this pick of The Invisible Man. This is a classic from 1933 with some amazing effects, a landlady that can really scream and perhaps the first on-screen “what’s all this?”...