Plans change, rain falls and the postponement to next week, of the live
show Dr. H. Owll had signed up to be in, left him free--- free to watch monster
movies on his show, brokered by Puzzling Evidence.
And so it was, first The Vampire Bat (1933) with Lionel Atwill, Melvyn
Douglas, Dwight Frye and the haunting Fay Wray among others. Hear our
spontaneous reactions.
Then stay with us as we encounter the far more disjointed and bizarre
Sex Maniac (1934), based on Poe's "The Black Cat" with references to his
"Murders in the Rue Morgue" --also containing numerous gratuitous scenes
of women lounging around in their lingerie.
Outside, the rain fell heavily and strong winds howled.
Inside, we folded into our podcast two strange, compelling films, both
with the persistent subtext of the creation of artificial life.
How rewarding life, and even artificial life, can be...