Friday, June 18, 2010

Genre Films on TCM (06.19.10)

Turner Classic Movies is playing a plethora (that's right...a plethora!) of genre films starting bright-and-early tomorrow morning! Better wake up early, hipsters!

6:00am: Manster, The (1962)
A mad scientist turns a reporter into a two-headed killer.
Cast: Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton, Satoshi Nakamura, Terri Zimmern Dir: Kenneth Crane BW-70 mins, TV-PG

7:15am: Killer Shrews, The (1959)
A maniacal scientist creates a formula that turns your average shrew into a giant, man-killing beast.
Cast: James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis, Gordon McLendon Dir: Ray Kellogg BW-68 mins, TV-PG

8:30am: Wild, Wild Planet, The (1965)
Space amazons control the Earth by shrinking its leaders.
Cast: Tony Russel, Lisa Gastoni, Massimo Serato, Franco Nero Dir: Anthony Dawson C-94 mins, TV-14


10:15am: War of the Planets (1965)
Martians with mind-control powers attempt to take over the earth.
Cast: Franco Nero, Tony Russel, Massimo Serato, Carlo Giustini Dir: Antonio Margheriti C-97 mins, TV-PG

12:00pm: Green Slime, The (1969)
A mysterious fungus invades a space station and turns the inhabitants into monsters.
Cast: Robert Horton, Richard Jaeckel, Luciana Paluzzi, Bud Widom Dir: Kinji Fukasaku C-90 mins, TV-14

1:45pm: Soylent Green (1973)
A future cop uncovers the deadly secret behind a mysterious synthetic food.
Cast: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors Dir: Joe Canutt C-97 mins, TV-MA

3:30pm: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Classic sci-fi epic about a mysterious monolith that seems to play a key role in human evolution.
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter Dir: Stanley Kubrick C-149 mins, TV-G

6:00pm: 2010 (1984)
In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, a U.S.-Soviet crew investigates a mysterious monolith orbiting Jupiter.
Cast: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban Dir: Peter Hyams C-116 mins, TV-14