Scary Movie Mondays at the Starlite Drive-In!

September 8, 2020 by Jon Kitley in Movie Events and tagged Creepshow, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Doctor Sleep, Evil Dead, Friday the 13th, Galaxy of Terror, Godzilla vs Megalon, King Kong, Nightmare on Elm Street, Starlite Drive-In, The Beyond, The Shining | Leave a comment

It seems more and more of these drive-ins are holding events that keep tempting me to take more road trips! Once I hit the lotto, that is exactly what I’ll be doing, in between hitting on these old book stores!

Anyway, starting next Monday, the Starlite Drive-In, located in Wichita, KS, they will be having double and triple features each week through most of October, with some really choice titles. If there is anyway I could get down there to see Godzilla vs Megalon on the big screen, I would definitely be there. You can see all the features below on the ad, or you can head over to their Facebook Events page HERE. If you’re in the area and can make it, I will be very envious of you!

Weekend of Terror 5 at the Mahoning Drive-In

September 8, 2020 by Jon Kitley in Movie Events and tagged Beyond the Door, Beyond the Door II, Buio Omega, Deep Red, House on the Edge of the Park, Mahoning Drive-In, New York Ripper, The Psychic, Torso | Leave a comment

The Mahoning Drive-In continues to program some amazing lineups at their theater. Unfortunately for me, it is located on the far east side of Pennsylvania, which would be about a 11+ hour drive (one way) for me to attend. Otherwise, I would definitely be there for this. But for those of you that are closer, here’s the amazing lineup they have announced:

Friday, Sept. 25th:
Deep Red (1975)
The Psychic (1977)
Torso (1973)

Saturday, Sept. 26th:
House on the Edge of the Park (1980)
New York Ripper (1982)
Buio Omega (1979)

Sunday, Sept. 27th:
Beyond the Door (1974)
Beyond the Door II (1977)

If only I had hit the lotto and could just spend my days traveling from drive-in to drive-in….

For all the information about this event and the Mahoning Drive-In, just click HERE.

Mystery Photo 9-7

September 7, 2020 by Jon Kitley in Mystery Photo | Leave a comment

Welcome to our first Mystery Photo in September. That means Halloween is just a little bit closer. Then again, we all know that Halloween is every day, right! Okay, let’s get down to business. Last week’s photo was from the 1933 film Murders in the Zoo, starring the one and only Lionel Atwill. Such seedy and sadistic goings-on way back then. Congrats to the following for sending in the correct answer: Hoby Abernathy, Aaron Christensen, Dave Fronto, Troy Howarth, Dough Lamoreux, and Michael Shields. For those of you that haven’t seen this picture, I would highly recommend it.

For this week’s photo, we’re giving a shout out to all those hardworking people in the kitchens! It’s a bloody tough job! But take a look at the photo below and see if you can recognize which film it is from. As always, please do not post your guess here so that others can have a chance. Just send us your guess in an email, to jon@kitleyskrypt.com. Good Luck!

Happy Birthday Paul Naschy!!!

September 6, 2020 by Jon Kitley in Misc. Ramblings and tagged Gerardo Moreno, Human Beasts: The Films of Paul Naschy, Jacinto Molina, Mondo Macabro, Naschycast, Official Naschy Art Shop, Paul Naschy, Rod Barnett, Scorpion Releasing, Scream Factory, Shout Factory, Troy Guinn, Vinegar Syndrome | Leave a comment

Back on this day, in 1934, Jacinto Molina was born. He would later adopt the name of Paul Naschy for his film work, which happened to be massive by the time of his death in 2009. He wasn’t just an actor, writer, and director, but he was one of us… a lover of the horror genre. I can’t think of too many other people in the industry that has created the work he had in his lifetime, dedicated to this “cinéma fantastique”, as he referred to it. That really puts him in the icon status. Not to mention that he made a hell of a lot of entertaining films! Continue reading →

Book Review: The Most Important Horror Films of 1970

September 5, 2020 by Jon Kitley in Reviews: Horror Reference Book and tagged Laura Cremonini, The Most Important Horror Films of 1970s, Wikipedia | 5 Comments

The Most Important Horror Films of 1970
Self Published, 2019. 312 pages.
By Laura Cremonini

Let me first start out with that I sort of knew what I was getting into with this book, but am standing proud as I take one for the team, to make sure no one out there reading this every spends a penny on this book. On the book’s back cover, as well as in the Amazon listing, the author is completely upfront about the text:

“This book is the assembly of various texts that are freely available on the web, especially from Wikipedia. The next obvious question is: why buy this book? The answer: because it means you avoid having to carry out long and tedious internet searches.”

And that is exactly what this book is. The author has taken film reviews from Wikipedia and copied them in this volume. After each movie discussed, there is the link to the Wikipedia site. Even the introduction is taken from the website. Except in this intro, there is one part that seemed to get some extra works in there that the no-where-to-be-seen editor, didn’t pick up on this: Continue reading →

William Grefé Came from the Swamp

September 2, 2020 by Jon Kitley in Misc. Ramblings and tagged Arrow Video, Death Curse of Tartu, Mako: Jaws of Death, Sting of Death, The Hooked Generation, The Naked Zoo, The Psychedelic Priest, They Came From The Swamp, Whiskey Mountain, William Grefe | Leave a comment

There is a list of different filmmakers like Bill Rebane, Larry Buchanan, or Ted V. Mikels, that stayed away from Hollywood, making films on their own turf, with little or no money, but were still able to produce films that were entertaining. William Grefé was one of those, cranking out films made in Florida. Now thanks to Arrow Video, there is a box set of Grefé’s films coming out on Blu-ray this November that is a collection that I feel is a must for any fans of exploitation and drive-in features. The box set is going to feature 7 features, all newly restored from the best surviving film elements, in this one box set. The features are: Sting of Death (1966), Death Curse of Tartu (1966), The Hooked Generation (1968), The Psychedelic Priest (1971), The Naked Zoo (1971), Mako: Jaws of Death (1976) and Whiskey Mountain (1977). Haven’t heard of some of these? Well now is your chance to remedy that! I mean, how can you go wrong about a film that features a jellyfish man???

The set is going to be filled with extras to make any fan drool. Amazon has it listed for $99.99, but you can pre-order it now from Diabolik DVD for only $59.99! Below is all the goodies in the set: Continue reading →

September Army Mission: See You in September

September 1, 2020 by Jon Kitley in Kryptic Army | 21 Comments

In 1959, the band The Tempos released the song See You in September. Using that song title as a starting point, we’re going to “focus” on the eye part. In horror films over the years, the eyes have been something to exploit, either by damaging them, taking away their use, or just making you twitch when something crawls up by them.

So, during the month of September, you have to find and watch two horror films that you haven’t seen before, that have either Eye or Eyes in the title. Now this mission might be a little challenging for some of you out there, but after all, if this wasn’t a little work, it wouldn’t be an army, would it? Although, if anybody chooses to watch Headless Eyes, let me apologize up front!

You have until 11:59pm on Sept. 30th, to find and watch these two titles, and then report back to the Krypt. This might not be too easy, so start looking now. But I think you can find a couple out there that are more than worth a watch.