![]() ![]() This package also included an uncut print of Night of the Living Dead The movies Ĭreature Features normally showed all the classic Universal Horror movies from the 1930s and 1940s, like Dracula, Frankenstein, and others. The films in this package ranged from horror and science-fiction films of the 1950s, British horror films of the 1960s, and the Japanese "giant monster" movies of the 1960s, and 1970s. Ĭreature Features was another film package that was released in the early 1960s and added to in the 1970s. A "Son of Shock!" package was released in 1958. Viewers loved the package, as well as the concept, and ratings soared. This is why many of the early programs were called " Shock Theater". They encouraged the use of hosts for the broadcasts. In October 1957, Screen Gems released a bundle of old Universal horror movies to syndicated television, naming the collection "Shock!". The movies broadcast on these shows were generally classic and cult horror movies of the 1930s to 1950s, the horror and science-fiction films of the 1950s, British horror films of the 1960s, and the Japanese kaiju " giant monster" movies of the 1950s to 1970s. The Lair arrives theaters and on Digital and VOD on October 28, 2022.Chiller Theatre, Fright Night, Creature Double FeatureĬreature Features is a generic title for a genre of horror TV format shows broadcast on local American television stations throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. In The Lair trailer, the creatures look especially spectacular in the way only a terrible, human-created biological weapon could. Those two elements mixed together point the way for The Lair to become a new fan-favorite. Marshall immediately established himself as a purveyor of strong, female-led horror, which paved the way for countless other films that followed. The new creature feature is a much-anticipated follow-up to a film like The Descent, which is especially terrifying for its gruesome inhabitants of the caves, monsters who feel relentless in the claustrophobic, dark interiors of the underground. "It’s packed full of cool characters, scares, laughs, and of course some grizzly death scenes.” The Lair cast also includes Jonathan Howard ( Thor: The Dark World) and Jamie Bamber ( Battlestar Galactica). "Originally conceived as a small and contained indie film to shoot during lockdown, my ambitions for the movie grew into something much more action-packed and monster-fuelled, with a sci-fi twist," Marshall continued. Marshall, who conceived the film during 2020 and co-wrote it with Kirk, said in a statement, "I’m thrilled to be back in the world of full-blooded action horror for the first time since ‘The Descent’ and ‘Dog Soldiers,’ and this film certainly holds some kinship with those two movies." ![]() She returns with her fellow soldiers to investigate only to wind up their prey. There, she finds terrifying bloodthirsty alien/human hybrid creatures created as biological weapons. ![]() The Lair stars Charlotte Kirk ( The Reckoning) as a Royal Air Force pilot shot down over Afghanistan where she flees opposing forces by hiding in a bunker. RELATED: The Best Horror Movies On HBO Max (October 2022) The film has been praised for its mix of feminist themes, monster horror, slow-build dread, and old-fashioned gore. Marshall, who has created films like the recent Hellboy reboot and The Reckoning, made waves in the horror world with 2005’s The Descent, in which a group of women on an outdoor spelunking adventure journey into an unexplored cave inhabited by a horrifying world of creatures they must try to escape from. RLJE Films recently released the first trailer for The Lair, which is set for release at the end of the month with Shudder bringing the film to streaming in February of 2023. A new gruesome creature flick is on the way from The Descent director Neil Marshall. ![]()
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