Author Archives: Brian Thomas

Nov. 24 at the Portage Theater

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Brian Thomas

This Saturday, the Portage Theater (4050 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago) presents another great monster movie marathon! Doors open at 11 a.m. 1st movie at 12 noon – Godzilla vs Biollante 2nd movie at 2.15 p.m. – King Kong 3rd movie at … Continue reading →

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We moved the Psychotronic Store!

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Brian Thomas

Those of you that know that the Psychotronic Film Society has had a store on ebay for years may have been wondering where it went the past few months. Well, to put it briefly, we went on ‘vacation’ and never … Continue reading →

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Universal Monsters go Blu Oct. 2

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Brian Thomas

Anticipating a pre-Halloween rush, Universal is releasing UNIVERSAL CLASSIC MONSTERS: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION on Blu-ray October 2. The 8-disc set includes Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Phantom of the Opera and … Continue reading →

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From a Shout to a Scream

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Brian Thomas

Shout Factory announces new label Psychotronic films have been well served by the Shout! Factory DVD label, from their respectful treatment of their Roger Corman titles to their Mystery Science Theater 3000 box sets. Today the label announced a new … Continue reading →

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GODZILLA Blu-ray awesome!

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Brian Thomas

While working this morning I’m eating some sushi and watching the Criterion Blu-ray disc of Ishiro Honda’s original GODZILLA. Picture and soundtrack of this restoration are far better than the one released to US theaters and on DVD by Classic … Continue reading →

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Help the Portage Theater

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Brian Thomas

For the past few years, the Portage Theater has served as one of the main meeting places for the Psychotronic Film Society, hosting a variety of sci-fi marathons, Saturday monster kids programming, and other events of interest to members. After … Continue reading →

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New Monster show at the Portage!

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Brian Thomas

Here’s an announcement from PFS member Monster John about this weekend’s monster movie marathon at Chicago’s Portage Theater: Continue reading →

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[REC] 2 – Trailer

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Brian Thomas

Sequel coming to US DVD on July 12. Here’s the trailer:

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Monsters Meet the Kids Night at Portage Theater

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Brian Thomas

This Saturday, April 30, will be a special day for Monster Kids of all ages at the Portage Theater in Chicago. A mini-marathon of five great monster movies! For the kids – bring in a colored picture or drawing of … Continue reading →

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Elvira coming again on home video

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Brian Thomas

Last fall Elvira’s Movie Macabre returned to the airwaves on 120 stations in syndication, presenting a fine package of psychotronic clasicks. June will see the release of the first in a series of double feature discs preserving the show on … Continue reading →

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