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Old intro probably from the 1970s
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Creature Double Feature WLVI TV56
June 12th, 2010 
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Old intro probably from the 1970s
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I grew up with the “creature double feature on channel 56″! It was rubbish – but great!
I think this is the second or third version of the intro, probably ’79+. I liked the earlier one that was all B&W and was used for years – had the freeze-frame of Godzilla and his breath weapon.
I don’t know if it’s simply nostalgia, but Boston media in the 70′s through about ’85 were awesome. These days, anywhere in the country, media’s almost entirely a corporate/right wing shite stain. Democracy needs to make a comeback!
I am writing an article on creature double feature for Scary Monsters magazine. If anyone would like to give me quotes on their memories, please email me here.
I loved The Creature Double Feature on Channel 56!!! They played all the cool movies that have pretty much been substituted for infomercials.
@torkerbmx Nice little closing clip of Frankenstein and Barago from Frankenstein Conquers The World.
One of my fave Japanese monster flicks.
I always liked the idea of a living Frankenstein as opposed to the classic one sewn together and reanimated.
A very weird, surreal and entertaining film.
@Shawnster65 WKBS was owned by the some outfit that owend WLVI/56 Boston
i remember sokko and ultraman 1966 and space giants was cool too
WOW>>>> totally remember this from many moons ago when I lived in boston… Just how many times can Tokyo get destroyed by the way
OMFG this brought back childhood memories I didn’t remember I had!! Thanks for posting it!
Music is definitely “Toccata” by Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Young, Crofts and Messina, from the “Brain Salad Surgery’ album.
But you’re not a REAL Boston Horror Movie Show aficionado unless you remember Feep. And that leaves you out, Whitcore, you candy-ass newbie….
Ah, back when Toho ruled the creature double feature…
@dukes0916
WKBS was a UHF station that operated out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
They actually did, from time to time, have Son Of SvenGhoulie instead of CDF, which got me thinking to whether or not there was a Chicago connection.
The “borrowing” premise you mention makes sense, as several times I’ve seen the same logo for WKBS’s CDF on other logos for CDF onother stations.
@Shawnster65 I’m not familiar with channel 48. What region did it broadcast to? Were they an affiliate station that showed other network’s programing?
As for the confusion over the intros, I have a hunch that alot of stations may have ‘borrowed’ cool imagery from other local programing if they thought it would work. (The same way local furniture stores copy-cat other commercials!)
I’m sorry, I just realized after a week that I accidentally confused Chiller Theatre with Creature Double Feature on WKBS 48.
I answered yes to your question more in line to confirm that the bit you saw in “Idle Hands” was definitely Chiller Theatre.
No, I’m sure this was WKBS 48 Creature Double Feature I saw, with the rising hand, the gravestone that said “Creature Double Feature” on it and the screams.
Sorry for the mixup!
I lived for this show. I’d still happily watch it if it was on.
It certainly was Chiller Theatre
And I know the part in Idle Hands you’re talking about..when the kid’s watching TV and the hand is on every channel. That suprised the hell out of me too, I was like “whoa, CHILLER”! lol
@tecnohunk One of the heads was from ‘Night of the Blood Beast’! Think the other came from a Hammer film??? They showed the two heads for Creature DOUBLE feature… And One head for Creature Feature; which ran late-night and showed only one film.
@Shawnster65 Wasn’t that ‘Chiller theater’ ??? I used to watch that with my dad when I was a kid! They actally show a blurb for it in Idle Hands!
@BeefBurgers I think you might be right about the name being LaPine. (Someone else who knew these spots said the same name!) If I’m correct, he did alot of local ad spots in the Boston area at that time!
Thanks. He’s retired now but I still hear him everyday talking about protecting his mother’s assets when she went to live in a nursing home. I’m pretty sure it’s him.
Good ear ! …..I think your right about that being Gary LaPierre. I don’t know for sure though.
I used to watch the other CDF what was on WKBS Channel 48 in the mid 70′s. It had a hand rising from the ground and groping for a gravestone, while lightning flashed in the background.
Also, the narrator would speak amid the screams of some woman in the background as the hand would scrape away the dust on the headstone to reveal the CDF logo.
Some good times, and to quote greg6363 “what I wouldn’t do to go back in time and relive those Saturday afternoons!”
The music is Toccata by Emerson, Lake and Palmer…. The narrator sounds like Gary LaPierre from WBZ. Anybody know?
Wish there was still local produced shows like this and Jabberwocky, Bozo, Captain Bob, etc. Such fun times!
Oh, man. What I wouldn’t do to go back in time and relive those Saturday afternoons watching Creature Double Feature on Channel 56 in Boston while driving my mother crazy.