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Movie Memories of a Boomer Monster Kid: Matinees and Midnight TV - Page 7

In 1958, when I was 7, two things happened: 1) Universal released its classic horror movies to television as "Shock Theater", and 2) James Warren and Forrest J. Ackerman launched the magazine "Famous Monsters of Filmland". A whole generation went monster mad and became what David J. Skal called"The Monster Kids". We would check the listings for local theaters and drive-ins, comb through the TV Guide looking for old classics, and faithfully tune in to "Shock" Theater", "Chiller Theater", and Zacherle. Anything horror or Sci-Fi based we just ate up. A few movies were great; most were not, and a couple were absolutely terrible. It didn't matter; at age 11, everything seemed cool, and at age 17 they were all make out movies anyway. I have ended this list at 1969 - The moon landing made fact more compelling, and I graduated high school and went off to college. Saturday matinees and drive-in summers, like most of these films, became things of the past.
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
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Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
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King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
244
Night of the Eagle (1962)
Night of the Eagle (1962)
245
Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
246
Premature Burial (1962)
Premature Burial (1962)
247
Tales of Terror (1962)
Tales of Terror (1962)
248
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
249
The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
250
The Day of the Triffids (1962)
The Day of the Triffids (1962)
251
The Magic Sword (1962)
The Magic Sword (1962)
252
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
253
Tower of London (1962)
Tower of London (1962)
254
Black Sabbath (1963)
Black Sabbath (1963)
255
Icarus XB 1 (1963)
Icarus XB 1 (1963)
256
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
257
The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
258
The Haunted Palace (1963)
The Haunted Palace (1963)
259
The Haunting (1963)
The Haunting (1963)
260
The Raven (1963)
The Raven (1963)
261
The Terror (1963)
The Terror (1963)
262
Twice-Told Tales (1963)
Twice-Told Tales (1963)
263
X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
264
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
265
Dogora (1964)
Dogora (1964)
266
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
267
Fail-Safe (1964)
Fail-Safe (1964)
268
First Men in the Moon (1964)
First Men in the Moon (1964)
269
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
270
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
271
Nightmare (1964)
Nightmare (1964)
272
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
273
Strait-Jacket (1964)
Strait-Jacket (1964)
274
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
275
The Horror of Party Beach (1964)
The Horror of Party Beach (1964)
276
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
277
The Time Travelers (1964)
The Time Travelers (1964)
278
The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
279
Crack in the World (1965)
Crack in the World (1965)
280
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
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