Greetings!
My name is Ty, a new member to this great forum, and I wanted to introduce myself.
I am a 32 year old librarian by day, but during stormy nights I am a lover of all things Universal Horror and creatures great and small. Some of my favorite hobbies revolve around collecting Super 8/16mm films, drawing, and just recently started dabbling in Model Kits!
I love watching the classic horror films on my Super 8 projector and collecting classic film memorabilia too!
I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone and hopefully find some help to get better at painting models.
I hope you all have a great day.
Stay spooky.
Welcome to the UMA, Ty! :)
Love the box art on all the old Super 8 (especially Castle Films) horror/sci-fi titles! :)
Shriek back to you, ty0005. There was nothing more fun in the '70s than shooting amateur monster movies on Super-8.
'Got boxes of them in storage along with Castle Film digests and silent era comedies. Our local library used to have movies
on S-8 cartridges that I'd spend all afternoon watching. What do you have in your collection? Can one still purchase S-8
film stock and have it processed? Have fun here. There aren't many active members left but we can still roar when motivated!
Quote from: Sir Masksalot on January 06, 2024, 02:47:36 PM
Shriek back to you, ty0005. There was nothing more fun in the '70s than shooting amateur monster movies on Super-8.
'Got boxes of them in storage along with Castle Film digests and silent era comedies. Our local library used to have movies
on S-8 cartridges that I'd spend all afternoon watching. What do you have in your collection? Can one still purchase S-8
film stock and have it processed? Have fun here. There aren't many active members left but we can still roar when motivated!
I shoot a lot on my Super 8 film camera! Mostly home videos and short films for my enjoyment. I ship them off occasionally to get developed, then I digitize them myself with my Wolverine film transfer machine. It's expensive but worth it if you can spread it out.
You can still buy a lot of films today through film forums sort of like this place, as well as eBay! It's always better imo to buy from other collectors because you'll often get a fair deal compared to some of the prices you can pay on eBay.
I love the old Castle films, but don't own many of them at present. The films in my collection:
John Carpenters The Fog
John Carpenters Halloween
Poltergeist
ET
Secrets of Nihm
Raiders of The Lost Ark
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Plus a ton of short 200 ft/400 ft reels of digest films or cartoons.
I look forward to talking with anyone here!
Since you said "plus" a bunch of digests, does that mean the titles you mentioned are complete, feature length films?
Quote from: Mike Scott on January 06, 2024, 03:19:36 PM
Since you said "plus" a bunch of digests, does that mean the titles you mentioned are complete, feature length films?
Yup! Full features for those listed! I think I have a couple westerns too, but I'd have to look at my films to remember what the title are.
In the days before home video, I had a modest collection of 200' S8 films. Sold them all years ago but kept these 2 because I collect CFTBL stuff.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/828/6A6O2p.jpg)
Quote from: Mike Scott on January 06, 2024, 03:33:58 PM
In the days before home video, I had a modest collection of 200' S8 films. Sold them all years ago but kept these 2 because I collect CFTBL stuff.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/828/6A6O2p.jpg)
'The Creature' is my favorite too! I have a 400 ft digest of the original on 16mm. Although, I am sad to report that it has the early stages of Vinegar Syndrome. Still runs well right now, but def has that vinegar odor.
Quote from: ty0005 on January 06, 2024, 03:39:03 PM
'The Creature' is my favorite too!
Here is most of my Creature collection. The first page is mostly cards and other stuff from my Creature binder.
https://imageshack.com/a/nbaz/1
Quote from: ty0005 on January 06, 2024, 11:46:07 AMSome of my favorite hobbies revolve around collecting Super 8/16mm films....
I love watching the classic horror films on my Super 8 projector and collecting classic film memorabilia too!
Cool! Nothing beats Super 8 and freshly popped popcorn when it comes to reliving the monster kid experience.
8)
Quote from: ty0005 on January 06, 2024, 11:46:07 AM...and just recently started dabbling in Model Kits!
Have you confined your dabbling to traditional styrene plastic kits or have you already branched into resin or vinyl kits?
Quote from: ty0005 on January 06, 2024, 03:09:15 PMI shoot a lot on my Super 8 film camera! Mostly home videos and short films for my enjoyment. I ship them off occasionally to get developed, then I digitize them myself with my Wolverine film transfer machine.
But why do you want to digitize them when you have your own Super 8 projecting equipment?
???
Quote from: Sir Masksalot on January 06, 2024, 02:47:36 PM'Got boxes of them in storage along with Castle Film digests and silent era comedies.
Weren't the Castle Film digests the Super 8 products advertised in Warren magazines in the 1960's and 1970's?
???
Quote from: Hepcat on January 14, 2024, 11:59:07 AM
Weren't the Castle Film digests the Super 8 products advertised in Warren magazines in the 1960's and 1970's?
Yes, along with others, like KEN.
Quote from: Mike Scott on January 06, 2024, 04:29:50 PM
Here is most of my Creature collection. The first page is mostly cards and other stuff from my Creature binder.
https://imageshack.com/a/nbaz/1
That is an awesome collection, Mike. Wow!