Cult Films on TCM

[directeurs]

Turner Classic Movies (USA) will be airing classic cult films every Friday night, beginning this Friday, the thirteenth. The segment will be hosted by Rob Zombie. The lineup is excellent and no one here should miss it.

Comments

[dfordoom]

The Conqueror Worm (AKA Witchfinder General) is excellent and very dark, with Vincent Price giving his most chilling performance ever (and not a trace of ham).

The Last Man on Earth also stars Vincent Price. It’s based on the same Richard Matheson novel that the later (and very inferior) The Omega Man is based on. Again a very dark movie, and Price again plays it very straight in a very effective performance.

[polyester_queen]

I have a class on Saturday, so I won't be able to stay up and watch these. How disappointing! At least I've seen a few of them. :)

[lordgeon]

I like the fact it doesn't begin until 2 a.m. I was so afraid it'd start at like midnight. This way, it has more of a cult film feel

[directeurs]

definitely! although in my area, it starts around eleven, but it goes into the early hours of saturday.

[aehathor]

I don't have cable! Damn!!!!!

[veleka]

I'm finally going to get to see Faster Pussycat!Kill!Kill!.
I love The Conqueror Worm so I'll be taping that.Vincent Price
does give a very chilling and restrained performance in it.
The other male lead is Ian Ogilvy and he is quite comely and
gives a good performance to.I read an article once in FilmFax
I think ,about the director.I want to think he died young perhaps
not to long after the film was made.Could be wrong about that.

I'm not a big De Palma fan but I saw Sisters some time ago and I
remember it as being sort of interesting.I've read some criticism
of TCM for giving Rob Zombie this show.But the films sound
interesting and if it is on in the middle of the night it can be
readily avoided by those that disapprove.I think the general
gist of the criticism was these sort of movies can't be classics
and it is below TCM to show them.