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MR. LOBO'S CINEMA INSOMNIA: BLOOD FREAK, ON OSI74 ROKU

Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia's Jive Turkey Friendsgiving Special: Blood Freak is now streaming on OSI74's Roku Channel. 

Mr. Lobo, Sally the Zombie Cheerleader, Yella Fever and the gang bring lots of groovy, side-dish flavor to this cult favorite that director/narrator Brad F. Grinter coscripted with actor Steve Hawkes way back in far-out 1972.

In the hippy-dippy trip, Hawkes portrays a doomed biker/Vietnam vet named Herschell, who lands a stint at a turkey farm, where company scientists transform him into the titular, beaked beast.

Grinter pays tribute to the Amazing Criswell by appearing on camera at the film's start and finish, instilling the narrative with a powerful, Filmation-esque warning, which viewers are certain to keep close to their ravenous hearts well after the appetizing fable ends.  

No matter when one feasts upon Blood Freak, it'll always fill one's aesthetic belly, albeit in a most "misunderstood," mutant-ous way. Gobble! Gobble!

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MR. LOBO'S CINEMA INSOMNIA: BLOOD FREAK, THANKSGIVING SPECIAL

Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia offers a tasty, new "misunderstood" dish: the monster-"turkey" epic, Blood Freak. 

Director/narrator Brad F. Grinter coscripted this 1972, hippy/drug-oriented opus with Steve Hawkes, who plays its doomed biker/Vietnam vet, Herschell. As poor Herschell's luck would have it, he lands a job at a turkey farm, where a couple of company scientists transform him into the titular, rampaging beast, a sort of spiritual, vampiric cousin, if one will, to The Giant Claw, or so some cinema buffs have argued. 

This Ed Wood-ish entry is lots of fun, with its profound, drug-warning message, scary tactics and pretty girls, but it becomes even more fulfilling thanks to Mr. Lobo and special guest Sally the Zombie Cheerleader, who fringe it with plenty of off-the-cuff stuffing.

One can own a copy of this fine serving (and even gain on-screen credit) if one orders the Blu-ray release. It can be procured and secured at

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MR. LOBO'S CINEMA INSOMNIA: DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME, THIS SATURDAY

This Saturday night on Roku OSI 74 and Twitch (kicking off with a sprightly preshow at 10:00 and the main feature at 11:00), Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia presents a great, pop-cultural crossover, as Boris Karloff goes up against Ralph Byrd in the 1947, B-movie classic, Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome. 

Directed by John (The Green Hornet Strikes Again!) Rawlins and written by Robert E. Kent and William Graffis, the adventure oozes of fun, with Karloff's titular baddie (abetted by Skelton Knagg's X-Ray) pulls a semi-Mr. Freeze/Captain Cool, using an immobilizing gas to subdue his adversaries. Byrd's dashing, master detective (along with his sweetie, Anne Gwynne's Tess Trueheart, and his sidekick, Lyle Latell's Pat Patson) counters the villainy with super-sharp know-how.  

For the movie's wraparound, Mr. Lobo shares his irreverent perspectives on the Chester Gould-inspired tale, squeezing in trailers, snack-bar inserts and a politically incorrect, Dick Tracy cartoon from the 1960s. To support the brash frivolity, the sexy Lady Shank'nstein pumps up the action with an amiable yet competitive visit.

 

Be sure to tune in, folks. The one delivers the investigative goods and oodles more!

SALLY & MR. LOBO AT POP DESIGNER TOY ART FESTIVAL, PHILLY (AUG 9-10)

HAPPY 25 "MISUNDERSTOOD" YEARS, CINEMA INSOMNIA (7/28)

 

MR. LOBO'S CINEMA INSOMNIA PRESENTS THE MAD MONSTER/MONSTERPALOOZA BLU-RAY

 

Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia's Monsterpalooza Con Crud Special: The Mad Monster (set in Pasadena, Ca & OSI 74, Pa) is now available on blazing Blu-ray. 

Released by PRC, The Mad Monster is a neato, 1942, werewolf flick, which stars two horror titans, George Zucco (at the time in full swing with his Mummy/Kharis efforts) and Glenn Strange (just two years before playing Frankenstein's Monster), wherein the former (a mad scientist) transforms the latter (a child-like handyman) into a lycanthrope (with a little, ferocious help from makeup artist Harry Ross). The werewolf emergence is comparable to Whit Bissell's transformation of Michael Landon in I Was a Teenage Werewolf, though that one struck a good fifteen years after the fuzzy fact. 

In addition to Zucco and Strange, Mad Monster stars Johnny (Our Gang) Downs and Anne (Black Friday) Nagel, and was directed and produced by Sam Newfield (the uncredited director of the Gojira II redux, Gigantis: the Fire Monster) and scripted by Fred (Nabonga) Myton. The results create a wolf-soldier-serum experience that triggers top-tier tension throughout its tight running time. 

For extra enjoyment, Mr. Lobo intersects the melodrama by bringing his bushy-tailed cheer to the big convention, meeting fascinating venders, avant-garde artists and even G. Larry (Frankenstein Versus the Monster from Blood Cove/Skate to Hell) Butler. Such is accompanied by a jubilant, studio visit by the hyper Yellow Fever, who nurses a sickly Mr. Lobo back to health with bananas.

Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia, Monsterpalooza Con Crud Special: The Mad Monster is an ideal submission for any "misunderstood," physical-media library, and one can procure it at 

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MR. LOBO'S CINEMA INSOMNIA: SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT, THIS SATURDAY

 

It's Christmas in July this Saturday night (July 5) on Twitch, OSI74/Roku and Amazon Fire, with a reshowing of Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia's 2023 Naughty Christmas/Xmas Special. (The preshow commences at 10 pm.) 

Produced by Troma's Lloyd Kaufman and directed by Theodore Gershuny, who cowrote with Ira Teller and Jeffrey (The Sentinel) Konvitz, Silent Night, Bloody Night is revered not only as a pioneering Christmas, horror picture, but one that holds a noteworthy cast, which includes John Carradine, Patrick O'Neal, Astrid Heeren, Walter Abel, Philip Bruns, Jay Garner, James Patterson and sexy, cult-film sensation, Mary Woronov. 

Along the warm, Yuletide way, the movie takes shameless stabs at Psycho (with an arguable, Empire Strikes Back catch), bumping off a couple of its leads early, as they occupy an old mansion/former asylum where madness and carnage prevail, thanks to a shadowy fiend who flaunts the moniker, Marianne. Why does Marianne kill? Well, the answer lies in that age-old motivator ... back-story revenge!

To wrap the carnage in sardonic joy, Mr. Lobo (equipped with a Grinchy Necronomicon) leads an all-star, Cinema Insomnia roster, featuring Miss Mittens, Countess Bloodsuger (Jessie Seeherman), Sally the Zombie Cheerleader (Nicole King), Yella Fever (Eric Sabo), filmmaker (and Silent Night, Bloody Night connoisseur) Michael Verrati and the laser-disc-loving puppet with a huge heart, Igor (Ben Stansbery), who sprinkle enough cynicism on the proceedings to make any unreformed Scrooge sigh with sadistic respect. 

No ifs, ands or buts about it, Cinema Insomnia's Naughty X-Mess Special: Silent Night, Bloody Night is a gruesome, "misunderstood" gift to open any time of the year; so be there this Saturday night to do just that!

MR. LOBO'S CINEMA INSOMNIA: JESUS CHRIST VAMPIRE HUNTER, SATURDAY NIGHT

  

For a "divisive," Easter nod, Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia presents director Lee Gordon (Harry Knuckles and the Treasure of the Aztec Mummy) Demarbre's epic, hodgepodge crossover, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, which commences with a preshow this Saturday night (April 19, 10 p.m.) on Twitch, OSI74/Roku and Amazon Fire. 

This highly "misunderstood," Canadian, musical anomaly, scripted with quick wit by Ian Driscoll, stars Phil Caracas as Christ, who uses kung fu to protect his fallen flock (lesbians) from vampire attacks that occur in broad daylight. Yep, pretty original, even if it might maybe, just maybe, rub some the wrong way.

On another level, this bloodsucking extravaganza plays a lot like Brian Clemens' Hammer classic, Captain Kronos--Vampire Hunter, using much the same swashbuckling spark to get its ostentatious point across. It's also strengthened by Graham Collins' pulsating, electronic score and an eclectic, supporting cast: Jeff Moffett as El Santo, Tim Devries as Father Eustace, Maria Moulton as Mary Magnum, Murielle Murhelyi as Maxine Shreck, Josh Grace as Dr. Praetorious and writer Driscoll as Johnny Golotha.

To bolster the hippity-hoppity outrageousness, Mr. Lobo (who conducts a blessed interview with director Demarbre, in addition to serving scrumptious, Easter-candy segments) is joined by El Santo, The Easter Kogarella Bunny (Dixie Dellamorto), Miss Mittens and Countess Bloodsugar (Jessie Seeherman), who make the religious fervor all the more, well, offbeat. 

Be sure to tune in for this irreverent but original entry: a legendary movie within a legendary episode that's certain to start a meaningful, holiday tradition for misunderstood fans far and wide.