Many a baby boomer got hooked on horror movies watching these Alliedreleases and after nearly a half century they retain a place in the hearts of genre followers.įrom 1952 to 1978 Allied Artists Pictures Corporation released over 80 feature filmsin the horror, science fiction and fantasy film categories. It was evident these more modern fright festofferings were of a different (lesser) breed than the monster movies of yore, but they had alure of their own. In the spring of 1962 he was back on late Fridayswearing a silver spacesuit purchased from the Captain Company and presenting a new flockof scary movies, this time from Allied Artists. From 1958 to 1961 the classic movie monsterswere seen each Friday night until Selwin began showing Tarzan and Bomba movies on anafternoon show called Selwin on Saturday. Living in Central Indiana,I was able to see these wonderful movies on WISH-TV, Channel 8, when they were presentedby the hugely popular horror host, Selwin. When Screen Gems released its “Shock!” and “Son of Shock!” packages of old Universaland Columbia horror films to television in the late 1950s, it opened a floodgate of popularityfor horror, science fiction and fantasy films that has yet to abate. McFarland & Company, Inc., PublishersBox 611, Jefferson, North Carolina 28640 Manufactured in the United States of America On the cover: Poster art from the 1959 film The Giant Behemoth, originally titled Behemoth, the Sea Monster (Allied Artists/Photofest)
Without permission in writing from the publisher. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any formor by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopyingor recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, Science fiction films-United States-Catalogs. Allied Artists Pictures Corporation-Catalogs. cm.Includes bibliographical references and index. Pitts, Michael R.Allied Artists horror, science fiction and fantasy films / Michael R. Included here are detailed plot synopses and critical analyses of all of the films.LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Allied also released the camp favorites Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster, From Hell It Came and Queen of Outer Space, and imported European efforts such as Blood and Black Lace and Caltiki the Immortal Monster.
Among Allied Artists’ contributions are the classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the William Castle productions House on Haunted Hill and Macabre. Overview: Between 19, Allied Artists Pictures Corporation released over 80 feature films with horror, science fiction and fantasy themes, several of them featuring such genre stars as Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, John Carradine and Lon Chaney, Jr. Allied Artists: Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films by Michael R.
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