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BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE
Science fiction action film from Toho Studios in Japan. The sound version features an attack on a space station then an alien assault on numerous toy bridges and toy trains. With the world in an uproar, the United Nations  meets (probably to blame America for the assault!) and industrialized countries produce rocket ships to counter-attack the illegal aliens. After much fire-power and nemerous explosions, the world is safe for it's own illegal aliens to invade the country of their choice.
Super 8mm Sound / b & w / 200--foot reel edition / Ex-LN condition in original Columbia Pictures box............$35
BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE
This "headliner" edition features a different section of the movie. This edition shows a mission to the moon and the landing followed by an assault on the ship by the alien space station.
Regular 8mm / b & w / silent /50--foot reel "headliner" edition / Ex-LN condition in original Columbia Pictures box............$8

THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1927)
starring Laura LaPlante, Tully Marshall, Creighton Hale, Martha Maddox
 This silent 1927 version stars Laura LaPlante as one of several potential heirs to a huge fortune. Brought to a foreboding mansion on the 20th anniversary of their eccentric benefactor's death, the heirs must sit in silence as the lawyer, played by Tully Marshall recites the terms of the will. The legacy hinges upon three sealed letters, each to be opened at a strategic point in the evening. The lawyer knows that these letters have been tampered with and opened so there is danger to the heir (LaPlante) almost from the start! A codicil to the inheritance is the insistence that all the heirs spend the night in the creepy old mansion. Nervous Creighton Hale appoints himself LaPlante's protector—a far from simple job, given the many hidden panels and revolving doors which inhabit the old house. When the lawyer is murdered, LaPlante is the principle suspect. A great audience pleaser.
About the print;
It is a 16mm double perf silent print from the traditional source materials. Universal's original negative was long worn out and this appears to be a composite restoration as some scenes feature less specks and scratches while other scene look quite worn. This varies from shot to shot so that indicates there was a restoration done many years ago from existing materials. Scenes pictured here give a general idea of the picture quality but are not details to show the age wear of the original pre-print materials.
16mm / b & w / silent on double perf stock / full-length feature on two 1,600-foot reels/ Ex-LN shape...............$220.

DINOSAURUS
A construction company in the jungle encounters living dinosaurs. What sets the ball rolling is that a tyrannosaurus rex, a brontosaurus, and a neolithic man are brought back to life from their prehistoric world. As desperate leaders of the modern world try their best to kill off the carnivorous tyrannosaurus rex, the caveman is receiving high-voltage culture shock from the "civilization" he encounters all around him. One sequence has him coming face to face with a woman in full make-up -- and both go screaming off in terror. Gregg Martell is the confused Neanderthal, Julio is a boy who tries to make friends with the brontosaurus, and Mike Hacker  is the requisite villain. Nice stop-motion animation in this ten minute digest of the plot just described here. Portions of this plot synopsis courtesy of Eleanor Mannikka and All movie.com.
Regular 8mm / b & w / silent /200--foot reel edition / Ex-LN condition in original Republic Pictures box............$20

EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS
This is the original Columbia "one-reel" digest of the Ray Harryhausen effects classic. Nicely done in terms of the limited time allowed.
Hugh Marlowe who appeared in "The Day the Earth Stood Still", plays scientist Russell Marvin, who is on-hand when an alien spacecraft lands on earth. The saucermen at first insist that they've come in peace, but Marvin suspects otherwise. Sure enough, the visitors eventually declare their intention to take over the earth within the next 60 days, adding that the military's weapons are useless against them. The two-month window gives Marvin and his cohorts plenty of time to build-up an anti-saucer magnetic weapon, and thus stave off the seven-saucer invasion force. Special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen provides a masterful job of  laying waste to Washington DC (we could use that now, more than ever!) in the film's memorable finale. The supporting cast includes those two sci-fi stalwarts of the 1950s, Morris Ankrum and Thomas Browne Henry.
Regular 8mm  Sound / b & w / silent /200--foot reel  edition / Ex-LN condition in original Columbia  box............$35

FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN  (1943)
starring Lon Chaney, Jr & Bela Lugosi
In this Castle Films digest, two grave robbers break into the family crypt of the Talbots to steal Larry's ring. The full moon comes up and the revived wolf man escapes. Next scene, the villagers carry back a dead girl killed by the wolf man and decide to hunt him down. The wolf man falls into the cellar of the castle which Frankenstein's monster is standing around so they decide to beat the crap out of each other but this title match is cut short by an exploding dam which floods the castle as the monsters continue to fight in the flooding waters.
Super 8mm / b & w / silent / 200-foot edition from Castle Films with original box .........................$25.
Super 8mm Sound / b & w  / 200-foot reel edition from Castle / with original box / ...........$40.

FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD
This hilarious monster mess from the makers of the Godzilla series (including director Inoshiro Honda) essentially recruits Mary Shelley's classic creature into the ever-growing ranks of Japanese city-stomping behemoths -- albeit with a less colorful costume. The only nod to the original Frankenstein involves the monster's reanimated heart, rescued from Nazi Germany and blasted with radiation in the Hiroshima blast. When the heart is accidentally eaten (don't ask) by a Japanese youth, the poor kid bulks up to titanic (though hardly Godzilla-esque) proportions, apparently presenting a threat to Mount Fuji's current guardian, the lizard-monster Baragon. The two duke it out Toho-style while token yank Nick Adams comments on the proceedings. The plot originally pitted the colossal Frankenstein monster against a giant sea creature (the film's original title was Frankenstein vs. the Giant Devilfish, but the alternate opponent was edited out of the final print. Plot synopsis courtesy of Cavett Binion and All movie.com.
Super 8mm  / b & w / 200-foot-reel edition from Ken Films..... . original box.....$20.

FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED
starring Peter Cushing
Hammer's fifth installment in the series sees the transformation of doctor into monster complete. Peter Cushing's portrayal of the Baron here is all insanity and hatred, rather than the misunderstood (if unethical) genius of previous entries.  Doctor Frankenstein transplants the brain of an insane doctor into another body, creating a pathetic, misshapen beast, while using blackmail and rape to control the people around him.
Regular 8mm / b & w / 200-foot-reel edition from Ken Films..... . original box.....$20.

I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN
Whit Bissell stars as Professor Frankenstein, (not Fraunkenschtein!) who is a descendant of Victor (or is it Henry?) In any case, old Whit harbors a few radical theories about limb transplantation. Laughed at by students and colleagues alike, the good professor intends to prove his theories in his own lab at home--keeping an alligator as a "pet" to dispose of discarded body parts. When a car full of teenagers crashes near his home, Frankenstein and his assistant Carlton gather up the bodies and begin stitching up the fragments, adding a few chunks of flesh recovered from a convenient plane wreck. The result is a teenaged monster  with a bad attitude. Already a bit off in the coop to begin with, Professor Frankenstein goes completely bonkers, using the monster to dispose of such awkward witnesses as the professor's fiancee Margaret, played by Phyllis "Lois Lane" Coates.  If for nothing else,  "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" would be memorable for Whit Bissell's deathless line to his sullen creation: "Answer me! You have a civil tongue in your head! I know, I sewed it in there!" Portions of the synopsis courtesy of Hal Erickson and all movie.com
Regular 8mm / b & w / silent /200--foot reel / Ex-LN condition in original box............$20

I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF
starring Michael Landon
Landon stars as Tony, a hot-headed teenager whose lightning-quick temper has led to social troubles and created concern from his father, his girlfriend Arlene and local lawman Detective Donovan. After belting his buddy Vic for no reason, Tony agrees to see Dr. Brandon (played by Whit Bissell), a psychologist who uses hypnosis to help his patients. In reality, Brandon is a mad scientist who has designs on regressing Tony to his most primal state using drugs and hypnosis. Not long after Tony's first session, a teen is killed by what the police believe is some kind of animal, but when Tony transforms in front of Arlene at their school, the truth comes to light: Tony is a werewolf. With the townsfolk paralyzed by fear, the police organize a manhunt, which the werewolf manages to evade. After returning to his human state, Tony heads back to the treacherous Dr. Brandon. The shrink's desire to witness Tony in his primal "werewolf" condition goes awry when the frothing Tony goes mad, leading to a violent conclusion. If you think all of this plot makes it into one of these digests, forget it! But at least when you screen these toy films you'll know what you missed!
Regular 8mm / b & w / silent /50--foot reel / Ex-LN condition in original Ken Films box............$8-sold pending payment
Regular 8mm / b & w / silent /200--foot reel / Ex-LN condition in original box...........................................$20

THE INVISIBLE WOMAN!  starring John Barrymore and Virginia Bruce
This digest from Castle Films gives a good flavor of the original feature comedy which casts the great John Barrymore as an eccentric scientist who develops a method of turning humans invisible. In his Strickfaddenesque laboratory, he receives a volunteer in the person of Virginia Bruce who has just been fired by nasty old Charles Lane and she decides to get even with him by returning invisibly to his modeling studio so she can give him a kick in the pants and reform him from his stingy, tyrannical ways. Loads of sight gags and funny bits.
Regular 8mm / b & w silent / 200-foot reel edition from Castle Films / with original box.........................$15.
Regular 8mm / b & w silent / 50-foot "headliner" edition from Castle Films / with original box.................$4.

THE INVISIBLE MAN 
Claude Rains in a James Whale fantasy film about a scientist who discovers the secret of invisibility but can't discover a way back before madness sets in. He holds up in a small boarding house trying to discover the formula for restoration but local curiosity seekers won't leave him alone. Like Doctor Jekyll, he becomes a killer and his hunted down by the police. The special effects of this early talkie era fantasy features are carried off quite well for the era.
Super 8mm / b & w / silent / 200-foot-reel / hard shell Universal 8 box................................................$12.
Super 8mm / b & w /silent /  200-foot-reel / original Castle Films box box............................................$15.
Super 8mm Sound / b & w / 200-foot edition from Castle Films/ comes in original Castle box / ......$40.
Super 8mm Sound / b & w / 400-foot edition from Universal Eight/ comes in original box / ......$60.

IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA
An atomic submarine cruising the Pacific discovers a gargantuan octopus concealed in the ocean depths. By the time they figure out that the monster is the nasty by-product of a hydrogen bomb experiment gone awry, the creature is already well on its way to destroying San Francisco. The sea creature is yet another fantastic example of masterful stop-motion animation from the technique's master, Ray Harryhausen.
Super 8mm Sound / b & w  / 400-foot edition from Columbia /  comes in original box / ......$50.

THE MUMMY
starring Boris Karloff
The original  mummy adventure also features Edward Van Sloan and David Manners. Castle Films does a rare excellent job in capturing the essence of this feature by combining the flashback sequences of ancient Egypt with the contemporary scenes of the mummy's revival and his attempt to sacrifice the girl at the altar of the ancient Egyptian "god". Karloff is in most every scene including the only scene in the entire feature where he is actually a mummy and not the restored "Ardeth Bey".
Super 8mm / b & w / silent / 200-foot reel edition from Castle Films /  ........$20.
Super 8mm Sound / b & w / 200-foot reel edition from Castle Films / orig. box / LN shape...........................$35

THE MUMMY'S GHOST 
starring Lon Chaney, Jr.
The still very undead mummy experiences insane jealousy in this the third of Universal's Kharis thrillers. Although he was thought to have perished in a fire in "The Mummy's Tomb" (1942), Kharis  is once again wreaking havoc in the town of Mapleton, MA. Sent by the High Priest,George Zucco, to retrieve both Kharis and his ancient love interest, the Princess Ananka, from their resting places at New York's Scripps Museum, Yousef Bey (John Carridine) learns that the princess has turned to dust. Her soul, however, seems to have been reincarnated as Amina Mansouri, an Egyptian exchange student studying with Mapleton Egyptologist professor Norman. The latter's experiments with brewing tanna leaves turn ugly when Kharis appears. Soon after, Amina's hair develops grey streaks and she experiences strange and unsettling trances, unsettling especially for boyfriend Tom Hervey. Investigating Professor Norman's strange death, Inspector Walgreen sets a trap for Kharis, but the crafty mummy escapes with a prostrate Amina. Hiding in an abandoned mineshaft, Kharis, to his distress, learns that Yousef harbors more than a religious interest in the beautiful Amina and promptly kills him. With the reincarnated but rapidly decaying princess in his arms, the mummy, to the horrors of the townspeople in general and Tom in particular, blithely walks into a nearby swamp and slowly sinks into the quagmire. Plot synopsis courtesy  Hans J. Wollstein and all movie.com.
Super 8mm / b & w / silent / 200-foot edition from Castle Films / with original box .........................$20
Super 8mm Sound / b & w / 200-foot reel edition from Castle Films / orig. box / LN shape...........................$35

ONE MILLION B.C. -
Victor Mature , Carole Landis & Lon Chaney, Jr. watch lizards wearing pasties fight it out to the death and try and flee the ravages of an erupting volcano in this Hal Roach production about life in the prehistoric days. Considering the low budget and limited special effects of the era, not a bad use of process, rear screen and miniatures. This is a combined digest that also has "Battle of the Giants" on it to make for a 2-reel digest version of the feature.
Regular 8mm / b & w / silent / 400-foot reel edition from Castle Films / ...........................................$15

RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON
In the second of Republic Pictures' three "Rocket Man" serials, the government assigns Commando Cody, played by George Wallace, to look into a series of strange atomic explosions threatening the United States' defense systems. As Cody discovers, the threat comes from the Moon, whose ruler, Retik, played by Roy Barcroft, is planning an invasion of Mother Earth due to a severe lack of atmosphere on his own planet. Retik works through Krog, an inter-planetary henchman who does all the financing and hiring on Earth. Unfortunately, the hooded lunar visitor fails miserably on both fronts: the preparations for the invasion are severely under funded and the hired guns, such as former prison inmate Graber, played by Clayton Moore, less than competent. But despite these caveats, Commando Cody and his fellow space travelers, Joan Gilbert and Ted Richards, have to suffer through 12 chapters before finally destroying the threat from the planet Moon.
Super 8mm  / b & w / silent 200-foot reel edition from Republic Pictures...........................$15

REPTILICUS
This could be run as part of a double bill with "The Giant Claw" for laughably, pathetic sci-fi adventure. This digest is from  the feature-length film of a dinosaur excavated from the frozen tundra in Lapland and shipped to the Danish Aquarium in Copenhagen for safekeeping. Someone turns off the refrigeration, alas, and the tail thaws. Regeneration sets in with alarming dispatch and soon the serpent-like monster, named "Reptilicus" by the learned paleontologist in charge, is devouring a paper mache Copenhagen.  Reptilicus contains filmdom's perhaps least convincing monster and some of the worst performances imaginable from a hard-working Danish stock company. Carl Ottosen stars as the American General Grayson, angrily shouting his every line for unexplained reasons. Ottosen's wooden performance is second only to that of Bodil Miller, a former Universal starlet who appears here for no apparent reason other than to accompany Ottosen's general on a pleasant night out at the Tivoli amusement park. The monster, meanwhile, fights his battles in what appears to be a child's model train landscape while hundreds of extras do their utmost to look sufficiently frightened. Considering that Reptilicus himself is never in the same frame as any humans, what causes the good citizens of Copenhagen to flee in such panic must be the strange sight of Ottosen brandishing a bazooka while barking orders at the fashionably gowned Miller. Portions of this synopsis by Hans J. Wollestein and all movie.com.
Super 8mm Sound  / Color /  200-foot reel edition from Ken Films.........................$35

THE SON OF FRANKENSTEIN   (original digest version, later withdrawn)
starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Basil Rathbone
This is the early original digest version Castle put out before withdrawing it and re-editing the digest using different scenes.
In this early edition, the focus is on Rathbone and his family and the little twerp of a son ("Well, helloooo") After this nauseating scene, the digest continues with his attempts to resurrect the monster from his coma in a laboratory that could be only described  as "Strickfadden-lite". The monster awakens to kidnap the obnoxious little son of Rathbone's and is kicked into the convenient sulfur pit before he can bludgeon anyone to death with Atwill's wooden arm.
Super 8mm / b & w / silent / 200-foot edition from Castle Films / with original box art repro included. .......$20
Super 8mm / b & w / silent / 200-foot edition from Castle Films / Revised edition...........................$20
Super 8mm Sound / b & w / This is a 400-foot expanded version by Universal 8 with extra scenes from the earlier version........$60.
16mm Sound / b & w / 400-foot edition from Castle Films / Ex-LN shape..............................................................................$50.

THE WEREWOLF
 Steven Rich plays a suit and tie version of the werewolf with a modern era twist. Rather than an ancient curse, he is created by two
Scientists who inject him with an experimental serum. They attempt to capture him before the townspeople but fail. The scientists attempt to
get the werewolf out of jail before they can be blamed but the wolf kills them. Loose again,
the posse of hunters track him down and kill him.
Super 8mm / b & w / silent / 200-foot reel edition from Columbia Pictures................$15.

TV viewers couldn’t get enough of the old monster movies—everything from glossy Frankenstein and Dracula epics to low-budget cheapies featuring giant grasshoppers and teenage werewolves. Here in Chicago, these films were broadcast on such horror movie shows as Shock Theatre, Thrillerama, Creature Features, and Screaming Yellow Theater.

Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows: From Shock Theatre to Svengoolie is the first comprehensive look at Chicago’s horror movie programs, from their inception in 1957 to the present. Through career profiles of the Horror Hosts who provided comedic interludes between commercial breaks, discover which creepy presenter was one of the 12 reporters to travel around the country with the Beatles during their 1965–66 U.S. tour, and learn about the politics behind Channel 32’s sudden (and outrageous) switch from Svengoolie to the Ghoul. Also included are broadcast histories of such “hostless” programs as Creature Features, Thrillerama, The Big Show, The Early Show, The Science Fiction Theater, and Monster Rally, along with a guide to 100 fright films broadcast on Chicago television and a look at the “Shock!” horror library that started a TV craze.

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