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Horror Film Doc Screening In San Francisco Posted By Mike on December 10, 2008
If you happen to be in the San Francisco area this evening and are looking for something to do, we got the following sent over to us from Olson H.:
"Starting in 1971, every Saturday night you could find sci-fi, fantasty, and horror fans in Northern California glued to their TV sets watching a light night horror movie show called ?Creature Features?. The program, which ran both in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sacramento Area, was originally hosted by Bob Wilkins and later by John Stanley. Unlike most local monster movie shows around the country which played up the ghoulish theatrics, Creatures Features went for a humorous tone with Wilkins playing it straight as a mild-manner, unassuming host. He sat smoking a big cigar in a huge rocking chair in a creepy attic, and with great deadpan delivery told the audience just how bad tonight?s feature was. It was a wonderful program with an amazing array of guests (including the cast & crew of Star Wars), funny monologues, and of course the best (or worst) hokey monster movies and schlocky sci-fi flicks. The show held its own in the ratings war against national network programs like Saturday Night Live, pulling in amazing ratings for a local production. Creature Features ran for 14 years and inspired a lot of people to get into the film industry.
Well, now a documentary film about Creature Features has been produced entitled, ?WATCH HORROR FILMS ? KEEP AMERICA STRONG?. And there is going to be a special screening of the film at 7:00pm on December 10th at the Balboa Theater in San Francisco. Even if you didn?t grow up in the area and never saw Creature Features you?ll still enjoy this film.
John Stanley, who took over as host of Creature Features from his friend Bob Wilkins, will be in attendance at the screening along with current horror host Mr. Lobo from the nationally syndicated ?Cinema Insomnia?. Also scheduled to make an appearance at the event is Ernie Fosselius, the writer/director of "Hardware Wars". Fosselius, who additionally provided voices for characters in Return of the Jedi and Attack of the Clones, is interviewed in the documentary about how the show and its host helped him along the difficult pathway of filmmaking. And C. Andrew Nelson, former LucasArts and ILM visual effects wizard and Darth Vader actor, will also be in attendance at the screening. Nelson is another industry professional from the Bay Area who credits Creature Features with inspiring him to pursue a career in film.
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