It Came From The Public Domain!

Hello my Darklings, I’m sure that you must agree that a movie starring both Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing is bound to be a hell of a good ride.

Professor Alexander Saxton (Christopher Lee) has made a discovery in the frozen depths of Manchuria that is sure to  turn the scientific world on it’s head. He believes he has found the missing link between man and ape and is in a hurry to get it safely back to England and away from the hands of would be thieves. He is also determined to keep it away from the prying eyes of Dr. Wells (Peter Cushing), a curious rival who is far too curious for his own good.

Their train ride back to Europe takes a tragic turn as one passenger after another is found dead. Who is the mystery killer and could it have something to do with Professor Saxton’s amazing ‘missing link’?

Well my Darklings, to find out you must climb aboard the

Horror Express

It is now officially Christmas here on It Came From the Public Domain! and that means it’s now time for our second special Christmas feature.

Christmas isn’t Christmas without sitting in front of a warm fireplace (or huddled in front of a flickering computer monitor) and watching one of the many renditions of Charles Dickens classic ‘A Christmas Carol’ . In fact it has come to our attention here at It Came From the Public Domain! that there is even a new version that was released this year.

So to celebrate Christmas and the release of another version of the holiday classic, my Darklings I give you the very first sound version of Charles Dickens  ‘A Christmas Carol’…

Scrooge

Merry Christmas to all and a very heartfelt BAH HUMBUG!

‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring… except for your ever faithful projectionist, Cult Hero.

As a  treat for all my Darklings tonight I bring you a special double feature to lighten up what is for many the most depressing night of the year.

To begin I bring you a very special holiday treat that is sure to warm even the bleakest of hearts, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.

There is no Christmas on Mars and the Martians have no one to bring presents to their children so what is a doting Martian parent to do? Why, travel to Earth and kidnap Santa Claus of course! But if Santa Claus is stolen away to Mars what will that mean to Christmas here on Earth?

Well my Darkings, you are about to find out as I now bring you Part One of our special Christmas Double Feature…

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

Don’t forget to watch for part 2 of our Christmas Double Feature later tonight.

Ever wonder just what that feeling creeping down your spine when you’re afraid really was? Ever thought it was an entity all on it’s own that grew inside your body whenever you were frightened and the only way to destroy it was to scream your lungs out? Ever wonder just what would happen if the person frightened into creating such a creature WAS UNABLE TO SCREAM?

Don’t forget to scream my Darklings for it’s time for

The Tingler

When plantation owner Charles Beaumont becomes obsessed with bride to be Madeline Short he convinces her and her fiancee to join him at his plantation in the depths of dark and mysterious Haiti. His obsession reaches it’s climax when, after being rejected by the young lover he turns to Voodoo master Murder Legendre (played by cult legend Bela Lugosi).

Using dark Voodoo, Murder turns Madeline into Beaumont’s unwilling slave and it’s up to her fiancee to save her.

My Darklings, it’s time for

White Zombie

When Mary finds herself the sole survivor of a fatal drag race leaving two of her friends dead and their bodies lost to the river along with the car they were driving she decides it’s best to move on with her life.
She packs up, leaves town and starts a new job, hoping to forget that tragic day. Things seem to be fine until she begins seeing things. At first she believes it’s simply stress from that tragic day but as she becomes more and more obsessed with an abandoned dance hall turned carnival on the outskirts of town she soon finds herself unwillingly dragged into the Carnival of Souls.

Turn out the lights my Darklings for I bring you

Carnival of Souls

When a mild mannered flower shop keeper finds a strange plant and begins to take care of it strange things begin to happen… Like people disappearing. Unknown to poor Seymour his new plant comes from outer space and it’s diet is human flesh!

The Little Shop of Horrors also happens to be the debut of a young Jack Nicholson.

My Darklings beware, The Little Shop of Horrors

Now how could we possibly go without adding a Dracula film into the mix? Well my Darklings not only do we have a Dracula movie for your viewing pleasure but a classic Hammer film at that.

The Satanic Rites of Dracula stars legend Christopher Lee as Dracula who is undead and well and causing havoc in 1970′s London. Our first of what I hope to be many Hammer films my Darklings I present

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

Freaks is the tale of the lives of circus Freaks. It is the tale of love and betrayal and of just what happens when you cross a band of Freaks after they have accepted you as one of their own. Hans, a little person (or midget for the non politically correct) falls in love with a beautiful trapeze artist not realizing the only thing she loves about him is his money.

A tale so gruesome it was banned in many countries including the UK, Freaks is certainly not your every day movie fare.

Grab your popcorn my Darklings, here comes

Freaks

This film is a shorty but a goodie. Perhaps the oldest surviving horror movie, Thomas Edison’s Frankenstein is an early adaption of the book by Mary Shelley. Considered primitive by today’s standards this piece of cinematic history shall be celebrating it’s 100th birthday next year.

Thomas Edison, we salute you (even if you did electrocute elephants, for that you are a bad bad man).

Strap into your time machines my Darklings for I send you back in time to

Thomas Edison’s Frankenstein