Up until now, I considered myself a true fan of bad movies. This is the type of film that has to be watched to be believed. Honestly if you dont know the diff between lon jr and lon sr. you truly know little of horror movies,and as to whether or not bela and lon were alchoholics i know not,but this i do know here was a guy in his sixties having a ball making a movie with four knockout dames like the chicks in this movie we should all be so lucky, but getting back to the movie i knew this was going to be something special when i set the thing in motion and the first thing i hear is long chaney himself singing the title track,he was a actor with the ability to bring to life any characture or role and make it real to. First I’m glad so many people enjoy this move. Biography. The Spider Baby is the son of Slendrina and an antagonist in the Slendrina series.. Appearence. In these more enlightened times, when cannabis has been made legal in most of the United States, Reefer Madness, the most infamous pot-sploitation film seems almost offensive. Macro of spider and baby spiders on the wall ; selective focus at mother spider, Baby spider hiding under the leaves.on black background. A Mother Black Headed Spider Monkey Embraces Her Baby, Spider monkey female with baby, costa rica. Lon nailed this and it was refreshing to see him as a human instead of a monster. This is one of the goofier horror movies which came out too late for it to capture any notice. Sid Haig gives a standout performance in this movie. Contrary to the nonsense posted by a pseudo-expert Chaney didn't play any role in 1970. Pure camp! Concept of healthy meal food, Closeup of a baby yellow and black garden spider. Taking liberties with the “horror” definition of the list, but no public domain Top 10 would be complete without Ed Woods masterpiece of bad cinema, featuring Aliens invading the earth by resurrecting the dead. The holy grail of low-budget weirdness, not least because of Jill Banner (Mary Malumby), who portrays the title character. Hopefully, you tuned into the NOFS Silver Screams Classic Horror Marathon on New Year’s Day and have already enjoyed these horror classics. Scareeeeeeeeee! Curious baby spider monkey. Wannabe writer, fountain of useless information, horror loving movie fanatic, and time lord. Even though since Technicolor 'Process 4' came out in 1932, color films had become the standard. He said just as long as he put blood, violence, and nudity in the films the studios would allow him to add intelligent ideas and concepts in the films. Mother and baby, A female brown / variegated spider monkey hugging her baby. Members of a deranged and murderous, though wealthy, branch of the Merrye family are looked after by a caretaker (Lon Chaney) when relatives accompanied by a lawyer come to take over. Most studios didn't then have a way to monetize movies after their theatrical run until TV, home video and art houses came around. The film was made for a 1964 release but because of copyright issues and litigation it turned up on the market in 1968(or '67 according to some, all be fore my time. For budget reference, The Night of the Living Dead (1968) had a budget of $114, 000. This guy was BORN to play horror pictures, his timing and portrayals are top notch. The only place to find it is a bonus feature on the Switch Blade Sisters DVD. claytone1953 Technically speaking, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is still one of the most impressive films of all time, especially when you consider that at the time of its release filmmaking was still in its infancy. No wonder it wasn't released! Moreland rarely worked from a script, and fortunately most directors were smart enough to just roll the cameras and let him run with it. The Harrad Experiment is a slow-burning '70s docu-drama about Harrad University, a co-ed university where hooking up is encouraged! To say more would only spoil the surprises. on December 22, 2008. The "children" are afflicted with "Merrye" syndrome, a form of dementia caused by inbreeding. It's enjoyable in a campy sort of way. Sadly Lon Chaney, Mantan Moreland and Jill Banner (played Virginia Merrye) all past a few years after the theatrical release of the film. Black handed spider monkeys Ateles geoffroyi. Spider Baby .-. Make some popcorn. The movie tells the story of a family chauffeur that made a death-bed promise to the head of the household to keep the family together and hide their dark secrets. Addams family on acid kinda describes it. Jack Hill's Spider Baby (1967) will be showing January 24 - February 23 and Pit Stop (1967) will be showing January 25 - February 24, 2017 in the United States. Rob Zombie knew what he was doing to get him in his 2 best pictures (imho of course) lol, Was he BORN bald though? Baby Jumping spider on milllimeter ruller, scale consider size, blue eyes, hairy insect, macro photography, bug, Little baby on spider web nest swing. So there was little interest in preserving or storing them, even though a copy of every film since 1909 was to be preserved in the Library of Congress. Starting with a minuscule budget of $65,000. Nosferatu—a name that ninety-eight years later is nearly as recognizable as its source material. Macro photo of a baby Long legged Sac Spider on a white and blue background, Profile view of a tiny baby grass spider on blue background. Lon Chaney died in 1930, so his presence is a 1964 film would be truly interesting. I have a crystal-clear DVD of the film, secured some years ago. Televisions since the mid-fifties had color available. 1967's Spider Baby, directed by Jack Hill and starring the legendary Lon Chaney Jr., is The Strange Case Of Benjamin Buttons meets The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, in this bizarre exploitation romp through mental illness, the dangers of in-breeding, cannibalism, and corporate greed! FOOTNOTE: Mantan Moreland may be best known for his recurring role as Birmingham Brown in the later Charlie Chan films, but he also made dozens of other movies. - United States Constitution, Intermission Commercials In Public Domain Films, Superheroes & Comic Book Characters in Public Domain Movies, Great Film Noir Movies in the Public Domain, Famous Public Domain Movies That Were Remade, 50 High Grossing Movies Based on Public Domain Works, Why the Public Domain Matters (From Duke University). Mother and baby spider monkeys screaming in Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica, Many spiders. Their branch of the Merry family tree is afflicted with a disease which causes them to regress, brains rotting, and they are fairly homicidal as well. Having Granny's head, it is slender as Slenderman and Slendrina and fast as Angeline.. The best way to describe it would be the Adams Family gone terribly wrong. Share your thoughts by heading over to Twitter, Reddit, or in the Horror Movie Fiend Club on Facebook! Have fun with this goody but an oldie and don't be a bug caught up in a spider web! Luckily for us, this movie miraculously was released on VHS in the late 90's, when an owner of a television station in Finland realized the rights had lapsed allowing him to sell copies of the reel he had. Spider Baby had a rough go of it from the start. Since I have already spoken at length about this genre-defining classic, I’ll just say if you or someone you know has yet to watch Night of the Living Dead go watch it immediately. Plan 9 From Outer Space has had a rocky path to the public domain. If you want an illustration of how the war on drugs in America came to be, watch Reefer Madness. The only real knock is towards the end the make-up they used for Uncle Ned, makes it feel like they had no budget or time. For those unfamiliar, Nosferatu is a vague retelling of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Half serial-killer stalkfest, half bizarro Silver Age sci-fi, the Brain That Wouldn't Die is Eyes Without A Face meets Frankenstein, pre-saging other cult masterpieces like H. P. Lovecraft's Re-animator. This is a great movie; one of my favorite old, low-budget shows. It is broken into four parts, showing a fictional account of the evolution of witchcraft. The interior scenes were filmed in a warehouse in Glendale California in the middle of summer with no air conditioning (studio was going broke).