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LEFT-HANDED HONEYMOON (Eli Arnold, 1988) A dissipated werewolf gigolo (Jeff Fahey), having run afoul of his pimp (Tom Atkins), tries to lay low at a remote bayou hotel owned by an enticing vampire queen (Jenny Wright). With Marshall Bell, Andrew Divoff, and Vincent Schiavelli.

“My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.” ~ Herman Hesse, ‘Siddhartha’ (1922) #Sculpture, ‘The book of Life’ by Bolesław Biegas, 1877-1954.

cats in sheet music

‘A Dark Pool.’ #Painting by Laura Knight (c. 1908) #art

Matchboxes featuring cats by Arna Miller and Ravi Zupa.

Trina Schart Hyman (April 8, 1939 – November 19, 2004) was an American artist who illustrated over 150 books (many of them fairy tales or fantasy stories). She won the 1985 Caldecott Medal for illustrating Margaret Hodges' picture book adaptation of "Saint George and the Dragon." #MythologyMonday

Speak, Nostrodamus

‘The Horrible Snow Cat.’ #Painting by Albert Dumouchel (1969) #art

Hexagonal growth in a black olive tree.

Bronze head from a statue of Hypnos, 350-200 BC

‘Icarus.’ #Photography by Adger Cowans (1970) #art

Let’s keep ramping up this energy. This one’s a bit tougher to kill like we did with 3D TV and Web 3.0 but I’m confident we can do it. I call on all directionless haters who need a direction to join us.

INVADERS FROM MARS (William Cameron Menzies, 1953) A young boy becomes convinced that his family has been replaced by invading pod people from Mars. tubitv.com/movies/10001...

TERROR BENEATH THE SEA (Hajime Sato, 1966) When the Underwater Illuminati start surgically creating hybrid human/merman warriors, a pair of very attractive reporters (Sonny Chiba & Peggy Neal) join with American naval submariners to thwart the scheme. tubitv.com/movies/49636...

Welcome, one and all, to our #SaturdayNight #AlienInvasion #DoubleFeature

La Orgía Satánica De Las Licántropas (León Klimovsky, 1971) A nymphomaniacal countess (Helga Liné) erupts in frenzy of erotic bloodlust after being bitten by an itinerant werewolf handyman (Paul Naschy). With Jack Taylor, Carlos Lemos, and Silvia Tortosa.

THE SPECIALISTS (MBS, 1971-1972) A debonair and dandyish secret agent (Calvin Lockhart) forms an unusual partnership with a glamorous jewel thief (Gloria Hendry) in witness protection. Posing as husband and wife, they travel the world to solve cases that baffle law enforcement.

THE SPECIALISTS (MBS, 1971-1972) A debonair and dandyish secret agent (Calvin Lockhart) forms an unusual partnership with a glamorous jewel thief (Gloria Hendry) in witness protection. Posing as husband and wife, they travel the world to solve cases that baffle law enforcement.

This month on Multiversal’s Listening Party: Jeff Kirwin (lead guitarist of The Bottle Rockets) discusses Jimi Hendrix’s fourth studio album, “First Rays of the New Rising Sun,” which was released in December of 1971.

CANDLE COVE (1971) Multiversal+ is pleased to feature this infamous children’s marionette show, which ran for a single glorious season on WCLV-TV in the Huntington–Ashland Tri-State area. The series is charming and unsettling; guaranteed to evoke delicious nostalgia in grownup Gen-X latchkey kids.

STRONGROOM (Sergio Girotti, 1971) In a desperate bid to avoid prison, Venetian mafia boss (Adolfo Celi) blackmails a ménage of international cat burglars (George Lazenby, Mario Adorf, and Anita Strindberg) into stealing the evidence against him from an impregnable police vault.

MINNIE’S BOYS (Bob Fosse, 1971) Minnie Marx of East 93rd Street drags her five smart-ass hoodlum sons kicking and screaming into a career on Broadway with the help of her brother Al, a successful vaudevillian, and against the wishes of her humdrum husband Frenchie.

WINDFALL (Richard Brooks, 1971) A disgruntled bank teller (Walter Matthau) gathers a crew of devious hustlers and oddball ex-cons to carry out the elaborate robbery of a safe deposit vault. Co-starring Warren Oates, Angie Dickinson, Jerry Reed, Michelle Phillips, and Charles Dierkop.

WINDFALL (Richard Brooks, 1971) A disgruntled bank teller (Walter Matthau) gathers a crew of devious hustlers and oddball ex-cons to carry out the elaborate robbery of a safe deposit vault. Co-starring Warren Oates, Angie Dickinson, Jerry Reed, Michelle Phillips, and Charles Dierkop

SIX BUTTERFLIES ON A BALCONY (Massimo Cazzioni, 1970) While eavesdropping on neighbors through the old vents of his apartment building, a psychiatrist (David Hemmings) believes that he hears a murder take place, the work of a serial killer. Fabio Testi & Soledad Miranda co-star.

A JEWEL IN THEIR CROWN (Jack Smight, 1970) A pair of cockney brothers (Davy Jones & Jack Wild) attempt to prevent their larcenous uncle (Alfred Burke) from taking part in a heist to steal England's crown jewels from the Tower of London. Diana Dors co-stars as "Aunty Jean."

THE MAIDEN RETURNS (Pasquale Festa Campanile, 1970) An audacious con-woman (Monica Vitti) falsely claims to be Joan of Arc, risen from the dead. She convinces Joan’s unscrupulous family to support her claims and travels the country accepting lavish gifts from her many admirers.

HUNTED (J. Lee Thompson, 1970) Imaginative retelling of an event from Teddy Roosevelt’s autobiography. Two mountain men encounter a murderous cryptid while hunting deep within the badlands of Montana. Starring Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Brian Keith, and Chief Dan George.

OPERAZIONE DYN-O-MITE! (Antonio Margheriti, 1970) The CIA hires a professional thief to steal KGB microfilm from the dentures of a corpse - and transport it from Rome to Paris while evading assassins. Starring Rick Dalton, Margaret Lee, Gordon Mitchell, and Michael Rennie.

HUNTED (J. Lee Thompson, 1970) Imaginative retelling of an event from Teddy Roosevelt’s autobiography. Two mountain men encounter a murderous cryptid while hunting deep within the badlands of Montana. Starring Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Brian Keith, and Chief Dan George.

INSULT TO INJURY (Buzz Kulik, 1970) When a gang war between rival heroin dealers starts to leave civilian casualties, a brutal vice detective (Burt Reynolds) is forced to team up with an undercover narc (Harrison Ford) who has become schizoid from years of deep cover duplicity.

Our second bill… THE GORILLA (Allan Dwan, 1939) A millionaire insurance executive is threatened by a criminal mastermind; a homicidal strangler known only as The Gorilla. Starring Ritz Brothers, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Joseph Calleia, and Patsy Kelly. youtu.be/IP1xlXj76Mw?...

Our second cartoon… DONALD DUCK AND THE GORILLA (Jack King, 1944) youtu.be/mxeSkKHjSsI?...

Our first feature… GORILLA AT LARGE (Harmon Jones, 1954), starring Cameron Mitchell, Anne Bancroft, Lee J. Cobb, Raymond Burr, Lee Marvin, and Warren Stevens. youtu.be/upfH0ktyxx4?...

First, a cartoon… TERROR ON THE MIDWAY (Dave Fleischer, 1942) is the 9th in a series of celebrated Superman cartoons produced by Fleischer Studios. In this short, a gorilla (aptly named Gigantic) gets loose and creates havoc at a circus. youtu.be/TrNYK7EWUHM?...

Multiversal presents a #SaturdayNight #Gorilla #DoubleFeature … for people who don't mind watching old-timey video on their phones...

MAGIC KINGDOM (Denis Villeneuve, 2031) Obsessed by the specter of “urban decay,” Walt Disney (Ryan Gosling) struggles to build an enormous amusement park and visionary “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow" (EPCOT) in the swamplands outside of Orlando.

MAGIC KINGDOM (Denis Villeneuve, 2031) Obsessed by the specter of “urban decay,” Walt Disney (Ryan Gosling) struggles to build an enormous amusement park and visionary “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow" (EPCOT) in the swamplands outside of Orlando.

THE SECRET OF SKULL MOUNTAIN (Robert Stevenson, 1968) The Hardy Boys get tangled up in a mystery involving a gang of thieves, a dry swimming hole, and a mountain with sinister reputation. Starring Tim Matheson as Frank, Kurt Russell as Joe, Fred McMurray as Fenton Hardy. A Walt Disney Production.

THE SECRET OF SKULL MOUNTAIN (Robert Stevenson, 1968) The Hardy Boys get tangled up in a mystery involving an underworld gang and a desert mountain of sinister repute. Starring Fred MacMurray as Fenton Hardy, Tim Matheson as Frank, Kurt Russell as Joe. A Walt Disney Production.

THE SHADOW KING (Henry Selick, 2013) An orphan with unusually long fingers is able to create sentient shadow puppets which fight a horrifying monster. From Disney Studios and the people who brought you Coraline and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

this brand is so familiar (though Peter Weller has been such a good sport about coming back for every iteration) it's a delight to see it back in its early days when it still has some creative energy and could push some boundaries. Disney!Buckaroo could never do what Weller did here.

based on King's relationship with her alcoholic mother - King's Jill is somebody fundamentally crushed and altered by a sinister outside force, Kubrick saw her (and had Nicholson play her) as someone frightening and dangerous from the get-go.

the start of many very successful collaborations between Yankovic and Cronenberg, of course - what a talented duo!

Hanks has talked about this at length - he was worried that BIG would both underperform and typecast him in kid-adjacent roles, so he did one as _insurance_. An irony, given what it did to his career! He was lucky Penny Marshall was a fan and cast him in A LEAGUE OF OUR OWN.

THE EAST TEXAS BONEYARD (Tobe Hooper, 1980) A tenacious Texas Ranger named Sergeant Cordell "Southpaw" Enright (Chuck Norris) goes rogue while investigating a decades-long series of unsolved chainsaw killings. With Jim Siedow, Gunnar Hansen, L. Q. Jones, and Claudian Jennings.

THE SHINING (Stanley Kubrick, 1980) Jill Torrance (Jacqueline Nicholson), a resentful mother and recovering alcoholic, undergoes a sinister metamorphosis after her husband (Sheldon Duvall) agrees to become caretaker at an isolated hotel in the Rockies.

THE ENCHANTING BUT DECIDEDLY UNEROTIC ADVENTURES OF TOM BOMBADIL (Hildebrandt, 1980) Ralph Bakshi’s controversial X-rated 1978 cartoon prompted the Brothers Hildebrandt to animate a wholesome alternative origin for the relationship of Goldberry & Tom Bombadil.

THE FIREMAN (Rick Dalton, 1980) In this AVCO Embassy video classic, an NYPD detective (Rick Dalton), still suffering from PTSD after two tours in Vietnam, seeks revenge when his partner (Samuel L. Jackson) is murdered by corrupt cops. With Jim Brown, Ralph Meeker, Lynda Day George, & Jane Kennedy.

THE FIREMAN (Rick Dalton, 1980) In this AVCO Embassy video classic, an NYPD detective (Rick Dalton), still suffering from PTSD after two tours in Vietnam, seeks revenge when his partner (Samuel L. Jackson) is murdered by corrupt cops. With Jim Brown, Ralph Meeker, Lynda Day George, & Jane Kennedy.