Classic double-features

[Mike Scott]

Still waiting for the DVD...

Yeah, DVD. They released Soul Of A Monster, but no CRY, yet.

[Memphremagog]

More from the 1940's...

Ghost Of Frankenstein/Mystery Of Marie Roget(1942)
Strangler Of the Swamp/The Devil's Mask(1946)

[Memphremagog]

Bumping this thread 'cause this is the best time of year for these double features..

[ChristineBCW]

I think distributors may have taken over by 1960 as the main culprit/force behind double-bills.  I think the studios gave all of that away as part of their collapse (of the 'studio system' which started heavily after WWII and by the 1950s, was well on its way to the end). 

Some of these combos are soooo weird.  I can just see some distributor-clerk playing 52-card-pickup with the inventory rolodex, and deciding to follow the Corman School Of Marketing - "Anything with a good poster will sell - trust me."

Some of these films - they really should have handed out the poster WITH the tickets, though.  "What are we watching?"  I dunno.  "Who's in it?"  Don't know...not sure if they want us to remember their name, either.   

-signed, cast of GIANT GILA MONSTER

[Memphremagog]

Bumping this again for those who may want to try some of these for the Halloween season..

[Ludi]

The most astonishing double feature I ever attended was FREAKS with ERASERHEAD.  People practically ran from the theatre vowing never to have children!

[Memphremagog]

A few more for the list:

Seizure/The Beast Must Die!(1974)
The Black Room/Mad Love(1935)
X-The Man With the X-Ray Eyes/Dementia 13(1962)
Back From the Dead/The Unknown Terror(1957)

[Lunkenstein]

Wow Memph, what a great thread! I'm definitely gonna try some of these. Very cool and thanks for researching them.

[Memphremagog]

Wow Memph, what a great thread! I'm definitely gonna try some of these. Very cool and thanks for researching them.

You're welcome and I hope you enjoy the viewing experience!

[Lunkenstein]

Thanks!

[Monsters For Sale]

These are double features that were probably never intended, but I swear I saw them  on real marquees:

Torso - 1073
Autopsy - 1975

The Black Hole - 1979
The Big Red One - 1980

[Memphremagog]

A few more:

The Vampire's Ghost/The Phantom Speaks(1945)
The Time Of Their Lives/A Game Of Death(1946)

[Memphremagog]

Another one:

The Strange Door/Son Of Dr.Jekyll(1951)

[Mike Scott]

The Time Of Their Lives/A Game Of Death(1946)

The Strange Door/Son Of Dr.Jekyll(1951)

Not studio dbl features, though.

[Memphremagog]

Not studio dbl features, though.

No, and yet these were the first-run double bills as they were paired..