16mm Movie Collecting

 It all started about 25 years ago.  I mean, when people were shifting from VHS tapes to DVD, I went backwards to 16mm films.

I bought my first projector, a Bell and Howell 2582 projector on eBay for something like 25 bucks and another 25 bucks for shipping.

My first film was Reptilicus.  It had turned red, but the monster was still great.

I then had access to my college catalog of old educational films that were being surplused since the films had been replaced with VHS titles. (Now it is likely to be streamed.)

Here are some fun titles.

and of course, some interesting scenes from others.

Social Guidance

Star Trek

Old Dracula

Warning

Creeping Terror

Night of the Living Dead

I visited the opening scene of the Evan's City Graveyard with my brother.

Front lawn at Westfield State.

and inside in cooler weather

Oblong Box

and even more

Andromeda Strain

For some of the titles, once I watched them, I would resell on eBay to buy another film.

After 20 years of collecting I ended up with this list.

Then, last year, we had an unexpected fire in our pole barn, and lost the entire collection, plus six projectors and supplies.

Slowly I am building up the collection with two refurbished EIKI projectors (plus an Elmo that needs some work).

My list, so far is.

Try Jason and the Argonauts for size.

Hallowe'en Movies

Want a list of free horror and sci fi films for your Hallowe'en Parties?  Check out one of my favorite websites archive.org at this specific place.

Where else can you find Night of the Living Dead, along side with Plan 9 from Outer Space?  Enjoy streaming White Zombie, or Spider Baby. 

And the titles are free to download to watch again and again.

Obscure titles are found too and include The Brain that Wouldn't Die, or The Screaming Skull.

good stuff, eh?

In the meantime, enjoy Zontar, the Thing from Venus.

Mexican Horror Films

Ok,

I am getting slammed at the end of the semester, so I have left this page to get a tad old. But many of you realize I am into old (bad) horror and sci fi films so I wanted to highlight some of the research on Mexican films. Seems you can't deny that the Santos films fall into the realm of cult horror films. With titles like "Santo contra las mujeres vampiros" you can't go wrong. See this page for the details on this classic: http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~dwilt/review2.htm#vampiras.

So when you are burned out from reading all the geography papers, slip one of these films into your DVD player for some mindless entertainment.

Try "Santo en el museo de cera" or "SANTO EL ENMASCARADO DE PLATA VS. LA INVASION DE LOS MARCIANOS"