Horror Channel continues to explore THE VINTAGE VAULT with four more Sunday night classic genre double-bills this June

This June, Horror Channel takes us on another journey into the history of genre cinema with THE VINTAGE VAULT, presenting double-bills of classic sci-fi and horror films every Sunday night. 

The first incursion into the vault takes place on Sunday June 5^th with Nathan Juran’s Ray Harryhausen-inspired 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH. This is matched with Fred F. Sears’ rampaging alien bird romp THE GIANT CLAW. Then Sunday June 12^th brings us THE MONOLITH MONSTERS, in which thirsty giant crystals attack the world, which is followed by the beastly mutant classic THE DEADLY MANTIS.

Sunday June 19^th sees the arrival of brilliantly lurid THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957), directed by Terence Fisher, as well as drive-in favourite THE BLOB, starring Steve McQueen. Sunday June 26^th closes the month with a Terence Fisher double-bill, featuring the hypnotically sensual and gory DRACULA (1958), the adaptation that launched Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee onto the global stage. The magnificent Peter Cushing also appears in the evening’s second film, Fisher’s equally successful adaptation of the classic Universal monster movies, THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN.

Full film details in transmission order:

Sunday 5 June @ 21:00 – 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (1957)

A manned space flight is transporting reptilian eggs from Venus back to Earth when it crash lands in the Mediterranean. When something escapes from the wreckage, Italian zoologist (Frank Puglia), his American granddaughter, Marisa (Joan Taylor), and astronaut Calder (William Hopper) must seek out the mysterious and destructive invader.

Sunday 5 June @ 22:35 – THE GIANT CLAW (1957)

A strange flying object is believed to be a UFO, but the reality is far worse. An extra-terrestrial bird consisting of anti-matter inflicts death and destruction wherever it flies.

Sunday 12 June @ 21:00 – THE MONOLITH MONSTERS (1957)

A meteor crashes in the desert, leaving behind mysterious black crystals. When analysed in a science lab, the crystals react unexpectedly to water and begin to grow to colossal dimensions. When a sudden rainstorm exacerbates the situation, the monoliths continue to grow and grow. Could the only hope for the world lie in a saline solution which the scientists desperately scramble to complete?

Sunday 12 June @ 22:30 – THE DEADLY MANTIS (1957)

Col. Joe Parkham (Craig Stevens) swings into action when a giant insect attacks people in a remote Arctic region. Parkham and his associates, Dr. Ned Jackson (William Hopper) and Ned’s assistant Margie Blake (Alix Talton), must track the predatory mantis before it reaches Washington DC. 

Sunday 19 June @ 21:00 – THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957)

Scientist Victor Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) is consumed by his obsession to reanimate the dead, assembling a hideous creature (Christopher Lee) from dead body parts. But once he brings it to life, the monster proves less obedient and docile than Frankenstein expected…

Sunday 19 June @ 22:40 – THE BLOB (1958)

Two teenagers, Steve (Steve McQueen) and Jane (Aneta Corseaut), notice a shooting star fall to earth, only to release an alien entity that grows to a terrifying size while consuming all in its path. As the blob continues to grow and kill, the teenagers and policeman Dave (Earl Rowe) search for a way to stop it.

Sunday 26 June @ 21:00 – DRACULA (1958)

After his friend, Jonathan Harker (John Van Eyssen) goes missing, vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) investigates the castle of Count Dracula (Christopher Lee), only dis discover an undead Harker in Dracula’s crypt and that the count’s next target is Harker’s ailing fiancée, Lucy Holmwood (Carol Marsh). Van Helsing sets out to protect Lucy with the help of her brother, Arthur (Michael Gough), determined to end Count Dracula’s parasitic reign of terror.

Sunday 26 June @ 22:35 – THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957)

Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) has escaped execution and taken on a new identity. Determined to continue his work, Frankenstein transplants the brain of his deformed underling into a perfect body, but the effectiveness of the process and the secret of his identity soon begin to unravel. Directed by Terence Fisher, this sequel to THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN is the second instalment in Hammer’s Frankenstein series.

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