Category: Scary Stories

After seeing Cat-Women of the Moon and Missile to the Moon, why would anyone need to see Queen of Outer Space?  After all it’s just a variation of the same story that I had already seen twice.  What could possibly make a difference to make this one worth watching?  First, I think they are all… Continue reading Why Zsa Zsa Gabor Scares Me

In my previous blog post, I talked about the film Missile to the Moon, which is a remake of this week’s subject, Cat-Women of the Moon. I first heard of Cat-Women of the Moon when reading the book, Son of the Golden Turkey Awards where it was another nominee in the “Most Primitive Male Chauvinist… Continue reading Why Cat Women Scare Me

Back in the days of the home video revolution, I picked up an inexpensive VHS set of low budget sci-fi films.  It included The Hideous Sun Demon and Missile to the Moon. When I watched Missile to the Moon, I realized that it was one of those films where space explorers land on a planet… Continue reading Why Moon Maidens Scare Me

A syndicated movie show appeared on late night around 1987 featuring bad movies.  One of the only movies that I saw on this program was Hillbillys in a Haunted House starring country music singer Ferlin Husky. Ferlin Husky was familiar to me because his song Wings of a Dove was on some 8-track tape that… Continue reading Why Ferlin Husky Scares Me

Robot Monster is another film that I discovered from the Golden Turkey Award books. It has a lot going for it to make it bad fun.  The monster is a guy in a gorilla suit with a fake scuba diving helmet for a head.  The opening credits lists the N. A. Fischer Chemical Products as… Continue reading Why Scuba Diving Apes Scare Me

Plan 9 From Outer Space is the grandaddy of all bad movies.  It is the film that has worn the title Worst Movie Ever Made for the longest.  One review of the movie said that it might not be the worst movie ever, but it is the most entertaining bad movie you’ll ever see.  I… Continue reading Why Chiropractors Scare Me

In 1980, the movie The Creeping Terror was featured in a book, The Golden Turkey Awards.  The book shared information about a variety of movies that are considered the worst ever made. In addition to being an extremely bad movie, this one is also very fun to watch.  It involves a creature in a spaceship… Continue reading Why the Carpet Monster Scares Me

One day in 2009, I was channel surfing and I saw a showing was coming on called A Haunting in Connecticut.  I had recently seen ads for a movie called The Haunting in Connecticut that I didn’t think had been released yet.  The similarity of the names confused me, and I watched just to see the show on… Continue reading Why Connecticut Funeral Homes Scare Me

My family and I started watching classic blaxploitation movies from the 1970’s on Turner Classic Movies several years ago. There is a sub-genre of these films that are horror films too.  Blackula and Scream Blacula, Scream are probably the most famous of these films.  One of the lesser known of these films is called Sugar Hill.

We watched Pee-wee’s Playhouse when it first came out in 1986.  My wife and I were fans of Pee-wee Herman and were interested in seeing how they would do a children’s show.  One of the show’s characters was someone they called The King of Cartoons.  The King of Cartoons dressed like you would expect a king to… Continue reading Why The King of Cartoons Scares Me