Monsters HD, television's first and only creature-feature and horror-
movie channel in high definition, has programmed a massive roster of
genre fare for the Halloween season in an effort to draw more
attention to the year-old station. Besides the TV premiere of Don
Coscarelli's BUBBA HO-TEP on October 30 (presented uncut, unedited
and without commercial interruptions, like all Monsters HD movies),
the fearsome lineup will include:

• "The Fiends and Films of Richard Gordon Marathon" (October 13):
FIEND WITHOUT A FACE, INSEMINOID, FIRST MAN INTO SPACE, DEVIL DOLL,
CURSE OF THE VOODOO, CORRIDORS OF BLOOD, THE HAUNTED STRANGLER and
HORROR HOSPITAL

• "They Came from Paul Blaisdell Marathon" (October 14): THE DAY THE
WORLD ENDED, THE SHE-CREATURE, IT CONQUERED THE WORLD, IT! THE TERROR
FROM BEYOND SPACE, INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN and VOODOO WOMAN

• "Bloody British Horror Marathon" (October 17-18): HORROR OF
FRANKENSTEIN, FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MOSNTER FROM HELL, SCARS OF
DRACULA, THE VAMPIRE LOVERS, COUNTESS DRACULA, BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY'S
TOMB, AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS, ASYLUM, THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED
BLOOD, THE SKULL, SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN, THE BEAST MUST DIE and
VAULT OF HORROR

• "Zilla Thrilla Thon" (October 19-20): GODZILLA, KING OF THE
MONSTERS, GODZILLA VS. THE THING, GODZILLA VS. MONSTER ZERO, GODZILLA
VS. THE SEA MONSTER, GODZILLA'S REVENGE, TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA,
VARAN (subtitled!), RODAN, GAPPA THE TRIPHIBIAN MONSTER, Shusuke
Kaneko's GAMERA 2 & 3 and the musical tribute GODZILLA FANTASIA (!)

• "H.P. Lovecraft Fright Festival" (October 22): THE EVIL DEAD, RE-
ANIMATOR, BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR, THE RESURRECTED, THE UNNAMABLE and
DIE, MONSTER, DIE!

• "Zombiethon" (October 23): NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968 and
1990), DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978), THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, DEAD ALIVE and
William Wesley's rare SCARECROWS

• TALES FROM THE CRYPT: FROM COMIC BOOKS TO TELEVISON (October 24):
An all-new Monsters HD one-hour documentary on the history of the
1950s EC horror comics, featuring interviews with EC writers and
artists Al Feldstein and Jack Davis; Wendy Gaines Bucci, daughter of
the late William M. Gaines, EC's founder; CRYPT series producer Joel
Silver; GOOSEBUMPS' author R.L. Stein; filmmakers John Carpenter and
George Romero; artist Bernie Wrightson and many others.

• "Jason vs. Michael vs. Leatherface and Freddy, Too Slasherthon"
(October 29 & 30): THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974), THE TEXAS
CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2, LEATHERFACE: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III, TEXAS
CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION, HALLOWEEN 4 & 5, FRIDAY THE
13TH PART 2 and A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

• "Howlween Moonbeast Marathon" (October 31): GINGER SNAPS 2:
UNLEASHED, I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON,
SILVER BULLET, THE BEAST MUST DIE, WEREWOVES ON WHEELS and HOWLINGs
2, III, V & VI.

Other marathons througout the month will encompass Frankenstein
flicks, alien attacks, dinosaurs, Vincent Price, devil movies, the
PUPPETMASTER series, demons from the deep, robots, vampires and a
selection of Eli (CABIN FEVER) Roth's own favorite films.

"We're doing a big push to get more awareness for Monsters HD to the
fans, the horror channel that's right in front of them," programming
chief David Sehring tells Fango. "We have an extensive library that's
continuing to grow. Best of all, Monsters HD is out there now and
available for all, so we want to flaunt it."

For more info on Monsters HD and how to get it into your home, go to
www.monstershd.voom.com.

~HalloweenMovie