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100 Free Sci-Fi/Horror Movies!

OK, I’ve been busy and I’m behind in my scanning/picture-taking, so here’s something I ran across and thought I’d pass on. Associated Degree Online has temporarily lost their bearings and have posted 100 Free Science Fiction Films You Can Watch For Free Online. The films cover the 1900s-1980s. You may be surprised at what’s free. I’m assuming they are all legal, but you know how that goes. There are some true classics of the genre here such as:

  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) with John Barrymore;
  • Nosferatu (1922);
  • Svengali (1931);
  • The Most Dangerous Game (1932) hunting humans;
  • White Zombie (1932);
  • The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934);
  • The 39 Steps Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film, but not sure why it’s sci-fi;
  • Angel on My Shoulder (1946) starring Paul Muni and Claude Raines and it’s really a good movie;
  • The Amazing Mr. X (1948);
  • Prehistoric Women (1950);
  • The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955);
  • Attack of the Puppet People (1958);
  • Teenagers from Outer Space (1959);
  • Atom Age Vampire (1960);
  • The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962);
  • Carnival of Souls (1962);
  • The Crawling Hand (1963);
  • The Raven (1963);
  • The Last Man on Earth (1964);
  • Pajama Party (1964);
  • Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965);
  • Night of the Living Dead (1968);
  • The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971);
  • Horror Express (1974);
  • The Land That Time Forgot (1975);
  • The People That Time Forgot (1977);
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977);
  • The Howling (1981);
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) yes, THAT E.T.;
  • Poltergeist (1982);
  • The Brother from Another Planet (1984);
  • The Toxic Avenger (1986);

and more! So check it out. Hopefully, I can be up and running again next week.

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Hollywood and the Academy Awards 1970 Edition

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Hollywood and the Academy Awards by Nathalie Fredrik, Forward by Bob Hope. Hollywood Awards Publications, Ace-34250, 1970. THE ONLY BOOK OF ITS KIND!

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U2 Rattle and Hum Poster

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I got this U2 Rattle and Hum poster free while in college. Unfortunately I kept it by a window and it’s faded pretty bad. I did laminate it, but you can see the spots from the silly putty junk you have to use to hang stuff in the dorms. It’s 21 inches by 15 inches or 54 cm x 37 cm. I LOVE U2. And I LOVE this movie. And the CD. I also have the gatefold-cover vinyl and will post it someday. You can buy the DVD for less than two dollars! U2 is largely responsible for pulling me out of heavy metal. Good or bad? Leave a comment.

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Star Wars Stormtrooper Spiral Notebook

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Stormtroopers blasting away. The front cover a Star Wars spiral-bound notebook. Wow, the scan really shows this worse than it looks in person. And darker. Hard to believe I’ve been lugging this thing around since 1977. I should add that this is a rare cover, it was hard to find in the stores, so that’s probably why I kept it. It was hanging on my wall as a kid, so it’s got a pin hole at the top. I should just let my kids have it, but then it would be gone forever. Except, not really, as it will float around in digital form for quite a few years now.

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George C. Scott as General George S. Patton

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8 x 10 glossy of George C. Scott in his famous roll as Gen. Patton. Possibly one of the few times you can truely say someone was born for the part. Although, he was so good, you could say he was born to play Ebenezer Scrooge, or General Turgidson. He took those rolls and made them his own.

Patton (Two-Disc Collector’s Edition), Patton [Blu-ray]

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I Was Quite the Marilyn Monroe Fan

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Marilyn Monroe was quite an item during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The top photo here is a scan of a cardboard/card-stock photo that is 11×17 I think. The other three are scans of 8×10. The fist on is on paper, the middle one in black and white is also on card-stock, the last on is photo-paper. I had a couple books about her, and a bunch of these pin-up photos, and, of all things, a beach towel. The crazy thing is, at the time I’d only seen Bus Stop. This was the days before VCRs and such. It was years after this phase of my life that I watched any of her other movies. I’m happy to report that they are very good and she is a pretty good actress.

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