Category Archives: Editorial

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October Chicago marathon of marathons

A Halloween Massacre Box? Last weekend I was in a packed house at the Music Box Theater for their annual Music Box of Horrors event, a 24-hour marathon of horror films. The parade of terrors was spiced with personal appearances by … Continue reading






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Gimme a D!

Hi! Just a quick note to tell you we have finally/again made progress in posting content from our old site. Now available are Movie Madness reviews starting with the letter ‘D’. Hoping we can continue getting our archives back online. … Continue reading






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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






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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






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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






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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






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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






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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.






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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.






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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.






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