Comments on: Nick Cato’s 50th SUBURBAN GRINDHOUSE MEMORIES Column!!

By: Mark Onspaugh of the Remote Outpost

Mark Onspaugh of the Remote Outpost — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:46:41 +0000

Awesome column, Nick, and I’ve now got to track some of these down – stumbled on BLOOD FREAK late one night and just watched with my mouth hanging open – there is something so compelling about horror with such low budget sensibilities, like SHE FREAK, where you feel almost like a voyeur, knowing that the lives of some (or all) of the stars is as grim and depressing as their characters’ lives… Also saw NOTLD late one night when my parents were out – I also laughed at my little brother for being scared of horror films (he made me change THE TINGLER to some kiddie movie and I held a grudge), but Romero’s zombies scared the crap out of me – left a few lights on and made sure that closet door was SHUT!

By: Craig Gardner

Craig Gardner — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:59:18 +0000

I actually saw NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD on the big screen at least five times. The first viewing was part of a triple feature (with CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and HORROR OF DRACULA as the first two parts) at the old Cinerama Theater in Boston’s combat zone. When NIGHT started, my college buddies and I were disappointed that it was in black and white, and thought about leaving, until about a minute later “They’re coming to get you, Barbara!” and we were sucked in for good.

For the next few months, it became my mission to take all my friends to see this thing, first at a drive-in in East Rochester, NY, (another triple bill), and then, when it started really getting Buzz, at the regular showings at the famed Orson Welles Theater in Cambridge. It was fascinating and fun to see curious folks coming to see this phenom. People would stagger out of the movie mid-viewing. Somebody fainted at one of the shows. Ah, that innocent age.

Craig

By: william carl

william carl — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:08:06 +0000

I agree with every one of these!