Does anyone remember??

Karenluvs6 · 12-30-2000, 08:32 AM

I am having a debate with my mother....I remember watching a show on Saturdays when I was a kid, called 'Creature Double Feature'. It was a weekly program on one of the UHF channels, that showed different horror movies. It was always called 'Creature Double Feature'.....but it showed a different horror flick each week.
My mother tells me there was no such show.
I insist, there was!
Please tell me someone out there remembers this show!!

jamesglewisf · 12-30-2000, 09:31 AM

I've never heard of that one. It might have been a regional thing.

blinc · 12-30-2000, 09:45 AM

Ok, I do remember a Saturday night show that came on called "The Creature Feature". Don't know about the double part though. Yep, it used to come on every saturday night, I think rather late in the evenings, like 10 or 11 pm. It usually had shows like "The Creature from the Black Lagoon", Bigfoot type scarey movies, just weird/fun movies.

Does that help? The one I'm thinking of probably came on in the 70's though.

Karenluvs6 · 12-30-2000, 10:31 AM

that's the one!
only it was on in the afternoons here...and it was 'double' because it always showed two movies.
And yes, it was always the 'creature from the black lagoon' and 'the Mummy'....things like that.
I know you are talking about the same one as me.
That's it! I'm researching this!!!!

Karenluvs6 · 12-30-2000, 10:38 AM

HA!
I found it!

I typed it in and got this site...
House of Horrors

This is part of the article...
This British Film Studio was responsible for my of the best horror films of the 50's, 60's and early 70's. I remember spending hour upon hour watching many of their classic films Saturday afternoon on "Creature Double Feature." Their success went well beyond remaking many of the Universal Monster Movie (in fact their Dracula series of films starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing far exceeded their American counterpart). In the 50's, horror was dying a slow painful death as my studios were now putting the money they used to use making horror film onto sci-fi arena. What a great way to exploit the "Red Scare". Millions of paranoid American not only feared a Soviet attack, but an invasion from outer space as they packed the theaters to see such great films as "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" or "The Thing from another World". Although Hammer did dip into the Sci-fi genre with "The Quatermass Series", their mainly focus was to make horror films and can directly be credited with keeping the genre alive and kicking during this time.

I don't know why I didn't do this in the first place!

12-30-2000, 08:32 AM	#1
Karenluvs6 WuvvyDuvvy Charteroo Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Delta, PA USA Posts: 1,944	I am having a debate with my mother....I remember watching a show on Saturdays when I was a kid, called 'Creature Double Feature'. It was a weekly program on one of the UHF channels, that showed different horror movies. It was always called 'Creature Double Feature'.....but it showed a different horror flick each week. My mother tells me there was no such show. I insist, there was! Please tell me someone out there remembers this show!! __________________ *It's not how you pick your nose...but where you put the booger that counts.*

12-30-2000, 09:31 AM	#2
jamesglewisf Doofus Maximus Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Texas Posts: 8,138	I've never heard of that one. It might have been a regional thing. __________________ Jim Lewis - Admin Tipping Etiquette Dining Etiquette JamesGLewis.com iPhone Tip Guide Movies Without Nudity.com To BE or not to BE

12-30-2000, 10:31 AM	#4
Karenluvs6 WuvvyDuvvy Charteroo Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Delta, PA USA Posts: 1,944	that's the one! only it was on in the afternoons here...and it was 'double' because it always showed two movies. And yes, it was always the 'creature from the black lagoon' and 'the Mummy'....things like that. I know you are talking about the same one as me. That's it! I'm researching this!!!! __________________ *It's not how you pick your nose...but where you put the booger that counts.*

12-30-2000, 10:38 AM	#5
Karenluvs6 WuvvyDuvvy Charteroo Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Delta, PA USA Posts: 1,944	HA! I found it! I typed it in and got this site... House of Horrors This is part of the article... This British Film Studio was responsible for my of the best horror films of the 50's, 60's and early 70's. I remember spending hour upon hour watching many of their classic films Saturday afternoon on "Creature Double Feature." Their success went well beyond remaking many of the Universal Monster Movie (in fact their Dracula series of films starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing far exceeded their American counterpart). In the 50's, horror was dying a slow painful death as my studios were now putting the money they used to use making horror film onto sci-fi arena. What a great way to exploit the "Red Scare". Millions of paranoid American not only feared a Soviet attack, but an invasion from outer space as they packed the theaters to see such great films as "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" or "The Thing from another World". Although Hammer did dip into the Sci-fi genre with "The Quatermass Series", their mainly focus was to make horror films and can directly be credited with keeping the genre alive and kicking during this time. I don't know why I didn't do this in the first place! __________________ *It's not how you pick your nose...but where you put the booger that counts.*

12-30-2000, 09:45 AM	#3
blinc FrappyDoo! Adminiroo Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: N. Carolina, USA Posts: 2,930	Ok, I do remember a Saturday night show that came on called "The Creature Feature". Don't know about the double part though. Yep, it used to come on every saturday night, I think rather late in the evenings, like 10 or 11 pm. It usually had shows like "The Creature from the Black Lagoon", Bigfoot type scarey movies, just weird/fun movies. Does that help? The one I'm thinking of probably came on in the 70's though.