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Coming Attractions for October 27, 2026: Universal Monsters and Their Kin. 11 pieces (vintage commercials and promos, short pieces): Stuck In A Cave, Lover Come Back, Blacula and more, with Ray Starling.
In this episode:
- 0:00 Coming Attractions opens: Ray Starling welcomes you
- 1:06 Stuck In A Cave — I Was a Teenage Frankenstein is a 1957 horror film starring Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, and Gary Conway that was previewed by American International Pictures in November 1957 as a double feature with Blood of Dracula. The film followed AIP's successful I Was a Teenage Werewolf, which had been released less than five months earlier, and both films later received a sequel called How to Make a Monster, which came out in July 1958.
- 1:54 Lover Come Back (radio spot, 1961) — Lover Come Back is a 1961 romantic comedy film from Universal-International Pictures directed by Delbert Mann, starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson in their second collaboration. The supporting cast features Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Ann B. Davis, and Donna Douglas.
- 2:50 Blacula (spot) — Blacula is a 1972 American blaxploitation horror film directed by William Crain, starring William Marshall as an 18th-century African prince named Mamuwalde who is turned into a vampire by Count Dracula in Transylvania in 1780 after Dracula refuses to help him stop the slave trade. The film also features Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas, Gordon Pinsent and Thalmus Rasulala.
- 3:48 Invisible Invaders (trailer, 1959) — Invisible Invaders is a 1959 science fiction film starring John Agar, Jean Byron, John Carradine and Philip Tonge. The film was produced by Robert E. Kent, directed by Edward L. Cahn and written by Samuel Newman. United Artists released it on May 15, 1959, as a double feature with The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959).
- 5:20 Coming Attractions on Stupid Potato
- 5:30 Strange Bedfellows (radio spot, 1965) — Strange Bedfellows is a 1965 American romantic comedy directed by Melvin Frank and featuring Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Gig Young, and Terry-Thomas. The film was made by Gibraltar Productions, Fernwood Productions, and Panama Productions, and distributed by Universal Pictures.
- 6:32 Blood of the Man-Devil (trailer) — House of the Black Death is a 1965 American horror film directed by Harold Daniels, Reginald LeBorg and Jerry Warren, with Lon Chaney Jr. and John Carradine in the cast, though they did not appear together on screen. The film was written by Richard Mahoney and based on Lora Crozetti's novel The Widderburn Horror.
…and 7 more. The whole running order: Coming Attractions
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