Release Date:
Friday, January 21, 2000
TV Network:
AMC
Horror movies have always reveled in the return of the repressed, exploring dark and disturbing themes of sexuality, violence and scientific hubris, according to author and film historian Joseph McBride. If youre not quite bright enough to pick up on the sex stuff, American Movie Classics spells it out for you in its four-day Monsterfest, spiking the creature-feature mix with a dose of B-movie bimbage. One Million Years B.C., starring Raquel Welch in a fur bikini, is bookended with Mighty Joe Young and The Wolf Man in a typical nights fare.
Beginning October 27 and ending at 5 A.M. on November 1, the fright fest features restored horror classics and a few rediscovered gems. Watch Dracula with its original score and with new music by Philip Glass, and compare them with a Spanish-language version shot on the same set at night, after the American crew had gone home. (Its a lot sexier!) And when Dracula spreads his bat-wing cape wide and bares his fangs, Me venga a bebe su sangre needs no translation.
The festival also features other greatest hits offerings, like restored versions of Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Wolf Man. But AMC planned this block carefully, showcasing some excellent lesser-known movies as well. Do yourself a favor and check out the truly spooky Draculas Daughter (Oct. 28, 6:15 A.M.) or the terrifying Invaders from Mars (Oct. 30, 12 noon). And your girlfriend will recognize the hairy-handed transformation in I Was a Teenage Werewolf (Oct. 29, 2:25 A.M.) only too well.
Its just the thing to enjoy while youre preparing little goodie bags of cigarettes and airplane glue for the neighborhood trick-or-treaters.
Beginning October 27 and ending at 5 A.M. on November 1, the fright fest features restored horror classics and a few rediscovered gems. Watch Dracula with its original score and with new music by Philip Glass, and compare them with a Spanish-language version shot on the same set at night, after the American crew had gone home. (Its a lot sexier!) And when Dracula spreads his bat-wing cape wide and bares his fangs, Me venga a bebe su sangre needs no translation.
The festival also features other greatest hits offerings, like restored versions of Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Wolf Man. But AMC planned this block carefully, showcasing some excellent lesser-known movies as well. Do yourself a favor and check out the truly spooky Draculas Daughter (Oct. 28, 6:15 A.M.) or the terrifying Invaders from Mars (Oct. 30, 12 noon). And your girlfriend will recognize the hairy-handed transformation in I Was a Teenage Werewolf (Oct. 29, 2:25 A.M.) only too well.
Its just the thing to enjoy while youre preparing little goodie bags of cigarettes and airplane glue for the neighborhood trick-or-treaters.