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Category Archives: Editorial
We moved the Psychotronic Store!
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
Posted in DVD, Editorial, Movie, News
Tagged administrivia, DVD, events, Movie, store
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Psychotronic king Dave Friedman dead at 87
Another psychotronic icon has succumbed to heart failure this month. We’re not near done mourning the passing of Tura Satana, and now we’ve learned of the death on Monday of exploitation legend David F. Friedman, producer of Blood Feast and … Continue reading
Sc-Fi Spectacular 5 announced
PFS member Rusty Nails has announced the FIFTH big science fiction movie marathon at the Music Box Theatre. Here is the scoop: Movieside Presents: Sci-Fi Spectacular 5 March 19, 2011 Music Box Theatre 3733 N. Southport Ave., Chicago, IL 1.773.871.6604 … Continue reading
Goodbye Tura Satana
Official press obits and fan reaction to the death of psychotronic icon Tura Satana flew all over the internet this weekend, including on our Facebook page. Satana died Friday night of heart failure in Reno, NV, according to her manager. … Continue reading
B-fest 2011 is coming!
And we’re helping with the insanity Coming soon! The Psychotronic Film Society is proud to announce that we will once again be a sponsor of B-fest – the world’s greatest 24-hour B-movie trashfest marathon! This year’s line-up was announced last … Continue reading
Maintanenance…
Sorry for the post-Halloween slowdown – been upgrading our workstation and doing general clean-up chores. Will be making it up to you soon. Meanwhile, we’re curious how many of you out there have some kind of Blu-ray Disc player. Way … Continue reading
Ten Movie Alternatives for Halloween
A list
In 2001, Larry Potash, anchor of the WGN Morning News show, asked me come up with some sort of list of recommended movies to watch on Halloween. Not wanting to simply send a list of the same old titles, I came up with the following list of alternatives.
Naturally, whoever transcribed the list hacked it down and misspelled a whole lot, but it got us some exposure. It’s a bit dated at this point – in the post-DVD age, everything is a little more accessible and cult items better known – but I think it still stands up. Continue reading
PFS on PBS
Psychotronic goes Wild in Chicago Chicago PBS station WTTW had a popular show for years called Wild Chicago featuring visits to outre locations and personalities. Here’s a clip from the early 1990s on the Psychotronic Film Society. Thanks to the … Continue reading
Rock in the House
Well, at least in the Basement.
We long ago gave a home to local filmmaker David “the Rock” Nelson on this website, and even though we’re still in the process of revamping the site we wanted to make sure you could still sample his special brand of kookness. So we set up a links page which at this point features only a link to his section of the site. Continue reading
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Tagged administrivia, backyard, David "the Rock" Nelson, DVD, horror, Movie, News, VHS
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I Scream Social
Say, I hear there’s this new thing on the interwebs called “social media.” Now that it’s not cool, we’re getting in on it. Join our new Facebook group here! Follow our Twitter tweets here.