S2E13 - Halloween Dinner Party w/ House on Haunted Hill (1959) & Blood Feast (63)

Halloween is only a few days away so we've got horror romps from a pair of carnival hucksters. First, William Castle--the King of the Gimmicks--is back on OMFYS with his ghostly masterpiece HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL from 1959. Vincent Price is back in this one as an eccentric millionaire (please tell me there's no other kind) who offers $10 thousand to a handpicked group of desperate people. What can go wrong??? Of course, there are ghosts, skeletons and gorilla hands galore in the ultimate Halloween movie. Then, we go from carny spook house to the utter depravity of the geek show with Herschell Gordon Lewis' BLOOD FEAST (1963), the first gore movie where a mad Egyptian caterer is butchering the young women of the Miami suburbs right in their own front yards. We wouldn't have SAW or FRIDAY THE 13th without this one folks. We also talk about the new Jurassic weed that's hitting the California market, the dude who dropped mushrooms and tried to disable a plane, 70s variety TV specials, the TCM Cruise and what's coming up at the New Beverly in Los Angeles. OMFYS Hosts: Bob Calhoun, Cory Sklar and Greg Franklin. Philena Franklin is on assignment. MUSIC Theme song & Funky Frankenstein: Chaki the Funk Wizard "Happy Haunts" by Aaron Kenny via YouTube Audio Library Movie and trailer audio courtesy of Archive.org Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Twitter (X): OM4YStoners Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners AT gmail DOT com