Doc Savage (1975) - Newspaper Ad

San Francisco Examiner - August 5, 1975

All I remember about this movie is the snakes.
 

Alien 3 (1992) - Trading Card #57

Behind the Scenes - Suiting Up

Tom Woodruff, Jr., dons the latex Alien suit to prepare for a scene calling for a full shot of the Alien. The transformation takes over an hour. Woodruff, along with Alec Gillis, is co-Alien effects designer and creator. Gillis is the one preparing Woodruff for the Alien headpiece.
 

Yog: Monster from Space [aka Space Amoeba, aka Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai no daikaijû] (1970) / The House That Screamed [ La Residencia (1969)] - Newspaper Ad

Oakland Tribune - August 4, 1971

Japanese Giant Monster flick coupled with a landmark Spanish Gothic Horror.

Fright Flicks - Sticker #2

Aliens (1986)

 

The Food of the Gods (1976) - Newspaper Ad

San Francisco Examiner - August 3, 1976

Wow, the St. Francis, the Empire, and the El Rancho Drive-In paired this goofy giant animal attack feature with the more challenging and unsettling They Came from Within? That would have been interesting to see, but I highly doubt I would have truly 'understood' the adult themes in They Came from Within in August of 1976. Considering I would have been all of nine and about to start the fourth grade.

Alien 3 (1992) - Trading Card #56

Behind the Scenes: Ceiling Maneuvers

A team of puppeteers prepare the Alien for filming on the ceiling of the prison facility mess hall. Scenes, such as this one that involve more complicated movements from the Alien, require three people to control the rods for the Alien's different body parts.
 

Fright Flicks - Sticker #1

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors (1987)

 

Alien 3 (1992) - Trading Card #55

Behind the Scenes - Alien Torso 2

A special effects crew member prepares the Alien torso for one of the final scenes in the Lead Works by wetting it down with a solution to give a smokey effect. The torso is controlled by cable mechanisms and is capable of full neck movement. 

The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972) - Newspaper Ad

Oakland Tribune - July 31, 1973

The Legend of Boggy Creek was a fixture of our syndicated broadcast stations, back in the mid-to-late 1970s and early 1980s. Whenever it aired, I would watch it.

There were a plethora of movies, books, magazines, comics, television specials, and, as is the case with today's subject, purported documentaries about Bigfoot and its many cryptozoological brethren that saturated the pop culture landscape of the mid-to-late 1970s and early 1980s. It got to the point where it seemed if one were to throw a rock between any two random trees, there was no way you would NOT hit a Sasquatch with it.

Although I was raised and have spent most of my life in California, I was born in Arkansas. My parents would take my brother and I back to visit friends and family in Arkansas every few years. Which proved and provided interesting and informative experiences in cultural difference to me.

During one trip I asked if it were at all possible to visit Fouke, just to see where the infamous (to me, at least) Boggy Creek creature was supposed to reside. My dad rolled his eyes and told me we were not going to waste a day driving to and from Fouke because, well, "That damn fool made the whole thing up."

While making a visit (or pilgrimage) to Fouke, Arkansas still tickles my monster kid fancy, I think that doing so may have been a ship which has already set sail, struck a reality iceberg, and sunk. So it goes.

But I can still dream, right...?

Fright Flicks - Trading Card #90

Alien (1979)