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Movie Memories of a Boomer Monster Kid: Matinees and Midnight TV - Page 8

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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Gamera (1965)
Gamera (1965)
282
Planet of the Vampires (1965)
Planet of the Vampires (1965)
283
She (1965)
She (1965)
284
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
285
Village of the Giants (1965)
Village of the Giants (1965)
286
War-Gods of the Deep (1965)
War-Gods of the Deep (1965)
287
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
288
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966)
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966)
289
Kill Baby, Kill (1966)
Kill Baby, Kill (1966)
290
One Million Years B.C. (1966)
One Million Years B.C. (1966)
291
The War of the Planets (1966)
The War of the Planets (1966)
292
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
293
Spider Baby (1967)
Spider Baby (1967)
294
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
295
Charly (1968)
Charly (1968)
296
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)
297
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
298
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
299
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
300
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
301
The Green Slime (1968)
The Green Slime (1968)
302
Doppelgänger (1969)
Doppelgänger (1969)
303
Marooned (1969)
Marooned (1969)
304
The Mad Room (1969)
The Mad Room (1969)
305
The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
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