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In this ultra-cheap sci-fi B-movie, scientists discover that the 13th moon of Jupiter might be habitable for human life so they hop in a rocket (stock footage, of course) and blast off. Upon landing on the faraway moon, they see a fella in a black monster mask and tight off-the-rack black clothes (complete with very visible zippers) assaulting a pretty woman(Susan Shaw) in a short Roman-style toga. They run the monster off and follow the woman to her city--the viewer has to use their imaginations here, as the "city" consists of about two rooms with large Roman columns and lots of curtains. There they meet Prassus, the only man on Jupiter's 13th moon, who explains to them that he is the last survivor of Earth's Atlantis, and is now the father of this race of women (the fire maidens of the title) that are all apparently his own daughters. It's never explained why no men have been born or who their mother was--or if it is, I missed it.  But let's be real here, th

October is one of the biggest release months of the entire year for Kino Lorber with more than 30 new releases: horror, Kino Cult, deep studio classics, silent films, and big names like Friedkin and Scorsese. This is your passport to every release this month! More Kino Lorber Coverage: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLms82QIo-B9m3xP_xBoKvqUSYQcUMsFdc **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt **************************************************************** Become a Member and unlock exclusive videos, early access, and much more at Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight or through YouTube Memberships at https://www.youtube.com/@CerealAtMidnight/membership **************************************************************** Movie Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Cereal At Midnight Swag: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Eb

October has been PACKED with horror and Hellraising releases for the Halloween season. In this HUGE physical media video, let's check out several dozen of the brand new physical media releases (both horror and non-horror) that arrived in October.  Thanks to this episode's sponsor, HamiltonBook.com ! First time customers save 15% at Umbrella with code CAM15, or with this link: https://shop.umbrellaent.com.au/discount/CAM15. ArrowVideo.com MVDshop.com https://www.radiancefilms.co.uk/ https://88-films.myshopify.com/ https://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/ fatpossum.com **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt **************************************************************** Become a Member and unlock exclusive videos, early access, and much more at Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight or through YouTube Memberships at https://www.youtube

Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Vol. 5 features SIX iconic classics from the Columbia vaults, multiple Academy Award winners, and over 20 hours of special features--including five rare additional films from Columbia history. Let's unbox it together! Order Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Vol. 5 HERE:  https://amzn.to/4e25jb2 **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt **************************************************************** Become a Member and unlock exclusive videos, early access, and much more at Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight or through YouTube Memberships at https://www.youtube.com/@CerealAtMidnight/membership **************************************************************** Movie Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Cereal At Midnight Swag: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/c

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Anastasia Elfman returns for a discussion about the entire THE FLY franchise! From Vincent Price to Jeff Goldblum and beyond! Be afraid…be very afraid.  The Phantom of the Opera 99th Anniversary Screening - November 26, 2024 - Lodgeroomhlp.com More videos featuring Anastasia Elfman https://bloodybridget.com https://instagram.com/bloodybridgetfilm?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076210863085 Forbidden Zone  https://mvdshop.com/products/aliens-clowns-and-geeks-special-edition-blu-ray https://amzn.to/3Vs3Vt0 https://instagram.com/forbiddenzoneofficial?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Forbidden Zone 2: https://instagram.com/forbiddenzone2official?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://www.facebook.com/ForbiddenZone2 Aliens Clowns & Geeks  https://mvdshop.com/products/aliens-clowns-and-geeks-special-edition-blu-ray?_pos=3&_sid=ba347e148&_ss=r https://amzn.to/3woi3pC Aliens Clowns and Geeks Soundtrack https://amzn.to/3PLORzU https://instagram.com/aliensclownsandgeeks?igshi

The world “bubblegum” conjures up sticky-sweet candy that tastes good in the moment, but can rot your teeth if you enjoy too much of it. Maybe that’s why there’s so much division around the style of music, first popularized around 1966 and enduring into the early 1970s, known as bubblegum. Pour A Little Sugar On It: The Chewy Chewy Sounds of American Bubblegum 1966-1971 chronicles a musical movement, taking us back to the time of catchy confections for our ears, with band names like The Peppermint Trolley Company, 1910 Fruitgum Co., Salt Water Taffy, The Raspberry Pirates, The Lemon Pipers, The Cherry People, and The Marshmellow Highway. But bubblegum was never necessarily a genre, it was more of a style and approach, so there's bleed into other territories like psych and sunshine pop. As such, this collection also includes tunes by The Beach Boys, The Monkees, Mama Cass, and even The Velvet Underground.  What is “bubblegum” anyway? In his booklet introduction, disc curator David

49 years ago to the day as I post this review, Saturday Night Live made its debut on NBC and the Not Ready For Primetime Players started a revolution. Before a live audience of millions and with no safety net, they took no prisoners and had few alliances. It was as if the inmates were running the asylum, comedic anarchists who were about to forever change the landscape of television and comedy at the same time. And now, nearly half a century later, SNL is still on the airwaves.  Saturday Night , co-written and directed by Jason Reitman, seeks to take us backstage on the night of that very first show on October 11, 1975. The story is told in real time, spanning roughly the 90 minutes before the show went out live to the nation. With executives that were ready to pull the plug at a moment’s notice and a debut show that was still being conceived right up until the red light went on, it’s a miracle any of it made it to air.   The problem—not just with this film but with all biopics—is th

Equal parts inspirational and absolutely devastating, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is an intimate look at the life of the Superman actor--both before and after his injury, as told by his friends, his family, and Reeve himself.  The structure of the film works well; we start with the horseback riding accident that forever altered the trajectory of Christopher Reeve's life, then we go back to the beginning--his childhood, his troubled relationship with his father, how acting was an escape for him. The film proceeds like this, telling the story of his early years, his development as a physical performer and athlete, what his fellow theater actors at the time-such as Jeff Daniels and William Hurt--thought about his casting as Superman (William Hurt was not enthused, telling Reeve he was selling out his artistic integrity). Then we flash forward to the immediate aftermath of the accident and his long struggle just to survive, then to breathe, then to speak. Back and forth, sl

Let's catch up on some of the latest physical media releases from Umbrella, Eureka, Grindhouse, and more. Plus, Beatles, crime, coffee, and Captain Planet! Save 15% on your first Umbrella order at https://shop.umbrellaent.com.au/discount/CAM15 . **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt **************************************************************** Become a Member and unlock exclusive videos, early access, and much more at Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight or through YouTube Memberships at https://www.youtube.com/@CerealAtMidnight/membership **************************************************************** Movie Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Cereal At Midnight Swag: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Twitter: CerealMidnight I

In this Unscripted video, I talk about being a "cinephile" and why that's not a bad word.  More Unscripted videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLms82QIo-B9mUuikz8UvJP4FvghHmQbeL **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt **************************************************************** Become a Member and unlock exclusive videos, early access, and much more at Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight or through YouTube Memberships at https://www.youtube.com/@CerealAtMidnight/membership **************************************************************** Movie Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Cereal At Midnight Swag: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Twitter: CerealMidnight Instagram: CerealMidnight TikTok: OfficialCerealA

Todd Phillips must think he’s either died and gone to heaven or is perpetually living in hell. The better part of a decade ago, the filmmaker behind The Hangover films had an axe to grind. He wanted to make comedies, but was becoming all too aware that comedies were no longer profitable at the box office; to his frustration, one of the only kinds of entertainment that people would still actually leave their house to see was the comic book movie, a genre that he hated. He began crafting Joker , a resentful satire of the comic book film, pulling DC’s most-known villain out of the pages of comics and dropping him whole cloth into the world of Martin Scorsese. In fact, he even approached Scorsese to help make the film, noting that it would be a meta-commentary on the ouvre of the man who invented the 1970s urban psychotic and thus a whole sub-genre. Scorsese ultimately declined..and don’t think that didn’t add fuel to the fire. Fast forward to 2019. Joker , conceived as the anti-comic-boo

C. Courtney Joyner returns to Cereal At Midnight to talk about his new 70s-style horror movie QUADRANT (directed by Charles Band), a new VHS horror art anthology, the Lone Pine film festival, westerns, genre entertainment, and more! Quadrant at Full Moon   Quadrant Streaming on Full Moon Quadrant on Amazon Prime  Quadrant on Amazon (Blu-ray and DVD)  Quadrant on Tubi  Videotapes From Hell More with C. Courtney Joyner & Cereal At Midnight **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt **************************************************************** Become a Member and unlock exclusive videos, early access, and much more at Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight or through YouTube Memberships at https://www.youtube.com/@CerealAtMidnight/membership **************************************************************** Movie Review Archive: CerealAtM

Kris Kristofferson has left this plane of existence and I find the world without him to be a little bit dimmer, the sky a bit darker without his star shining as a guide for those lost at sea.   I don't remember when I first became aware of Kris Kristofferson. I've been fairly open about my sheltered, hyper-religious youth in which the majority of movies and music were kept away from me--I was told they were distractions from the straight and narrow of a holy, spiritual life. As such, it's quite likely that he wasn't on my radar at all until I started to get out from under their thumbs around the age of 16. What I do know with certainty is that Kristofferson's appearance in the first Blade  film made quite an impression on me when it hit theaters; this grizzled, worn man with a craggy face, each line telling a story that I didn't yet know. He seemed out of place somehow in this polished comic book confection, too real for such escapist fantasy. Blade was The Dayw

September is a HUGE month for Kino Lorber--FIVE 4Ks, two Kino Cults, and classics, deep cuts, westerns, horror, noir, and studio classics--including TWO that feature a commentary by me! My review of Naughty Girl https://www.cerealatmidnight.com/2024/08/review-naughty-girl-cette-sacree-gamine.html Further Viewing Film Restoration with Charlotte Barker, Paramount's Director of Preservation and Restoration https://youtu.be/emtWrSFJoSs Top 5 Film Noir with Max Allan Collins https://youtu.be/GB94fXJR9Ps 50 Westerns From the 50s with Toby Roan https://youtu.be/vQTO92ndqRg **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt **************************************************************** Become a Member and unlock exclusive videos, early access, and much more at Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight or through YouTube Memberships at https://www.youtub

At times heartfelt, yet worldly enough to never feel pretentious or preachy, My Old Ass is thoroughly modern and deeply affecting. Freshly out of high school and college bound, 18-year-old Elliott (Maisy Stella of the series Nashville ) takes mushrooms with her friends in the woods one night and has a hallucination that she meets her 39-year-old self (international treasure Aubrey Plaza). The premise is silly and fun, but writer/director Megan Park soon steers us into troubled waters immediately following this strange one night stand.  In the able hands of Park, we care that Elliott is leaving her home on a cozy cranberry farm for the big city. We care that she hasn't taken the time to appreciate her mother and father or her brothers. When her future self warns young Elliott not to hang out with a boy named Chad (Percy Hynes White, of Wednesday fame), we care that she finds herself drawn to him anyway. What starts as a light-hearted mushroom trip becomes a poignant tale about gro

When George Lucas sold his empire to Disney in 2012, the press asked him what retirement would look like for him. The filmmaker and visionary said he was going to make personal, experimental films that nobody would see. Over a decade later, whether Mr. Lucas has made any of those movies or not remains a mystery.  But Francis Ford Coppola has, and it's called Megalopolis .  Both Coppola and Lucas were once faces of Young Hollywood, a group of upstart filmmakers in the 1960s who were steeped in classic studio pictures of the 1930s-1950s, but who also identified with the rebellious creators of the revolutionary French and Italian art scene, adopting the more experimental, gritty, and verite style of filmmaking that would go on to embody the American New Wave. For the last 25 years, Coppola has been so far under the radar that he's barely been on it at all. But with Megalopolis , his first feature film in many years--and very likely the last one he'll ever make--the filmmaker h