SHOCK IT TO ME! Horror Film Festival & Convention's Interests
General
R.I.P. BOB WILKINS (1932-2008)
SHOCK IT TO ME! is forever dedicated to our immortal horror host, Bob Wilkins! To find out how you can send your condolences, please click on the above image.
Forrest J. Ackerman (1916-2008)
Classic horror movies, the unearthly, the supernatural, the undead, strange phenomena, hot rods, warm blood and cold beer.
Music
The Misfits, The Cramps, The Ghastly Ones, The Hellbillys, Bauhaus, The Undead, 45 Grave, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Damned, Christian Death, Reverend Horton Heat, Cocteau Twins, The Meteors, Tones On Tail, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Morrissey, Death In June, Coil, Wire, New Order, Mad Sin, OMD, Daisy Chainsaw, Echo & The Bunnymen, Deadbolt, The Polecats, X, Johnny Thunders, Cop Shoot Cop, Demented Are Go, Satan's Pilgrims, The Bomboras, Zacherle, Swingin' Neckbreakers, Los Straightjackets, The Born Losers, The Mummies, The Legendary Invisible Men, Plan 9, Rob Zombie, Bobby "Boris" Pickett, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Jackie Moringstar, Ronnie Dawson, The Horrifics, Calabrese, The Crimson Ghosts, The Ghouls, Electric Frankenstein, The Trashwomen, The Phantom Surfers, The Gories, Murder City Devils, Necromantix, The Undead 1977, The Young Werewolves, Balzac, and more!
Movies
Each year, SHOCK IT TO ME! presents a diabolical dozen monstrous movies. So, far we have screened THE CREEPING UNKNOWN (1955), THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1958), THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (1970), NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968), THE HORROR OF PARTY BEACH (1964), NIGHTMARE IN BLOOD (1974), THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS (1967), THE HOUSE OF USHER (1960), THE COMEDY OF TERRORS (1964), THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (1971), NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957), THE HAUNTING (1963), THE GORGON (1964), THE BRIDES OF DRACULA (1960), THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF (1961), MUNSTER GO HOME (1966), NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986), NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984), SHOCK WAVES (1975), THE TINGLER (1959), DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN (1972), BLACK SUNDAY (1960), BLACK SABBATH (1963), DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE (1968), FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED (1969), KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE (1988), MATINEE (1993), GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (1990), BLOOD AND ROSES (1960), RE-ANIMATOR (1985), BLACULA (1972), SUGAR HILL (1974), THE SENTINEL (1977), ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968), SPIDER BABY (1964), HORROR OF DRACULA (1958), CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957), NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS (1971) and HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS (1970).
Television
The biggest thing on Bay Area television in the '70s - KTVU-TV 2's CREATURE FEATURES, hosted by the legendary Bob Wilkins!
Thought lost to antiquity! Rare 1969 footage of San Francisco's SHOCK-IT-TO-ME-THEATER on KEMO-TV 20, featuring its host - Asmodeus!
More rare SHOCK-IT-TO-ME-THEATER footage, an after-Christmas promo with Asmodeus hammering home the Yuletide fear!
THE MUNSTERS, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, NIGHT GALLERY, CREATURE FEATURES, BOB WILKINS, JOHN STANLEY, SHOCK-IT-TO-ME-THEATER, ASMODEUS, GHOUL A-GO-GO, MASTERS OF HORROR, TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE, MONSTERS, KOLCHAK THE NIGHT STALKER, THE OUTER LIMITS, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, THRILLER, 13 DEMON STREET, THE VEIL, ONE STEP BEYOND and more!
Books
H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, August Derleth, Lafcadio Hearn, Rampo Edogawa, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Bram Stoker, William H. Hodgson, Algernon Blackwood, J. Sheridan le Fanu, Jonathan Carroll, Clive Barker, Robert Bloch, H.G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Colin Wilson, and more!
Heroes
Thanks to everyone who helped to make SHOCK IT TO ME! an electrifying success: Bob Wilkins, John Stanley, Veronica Carlson, Joe Dante, Doktor Goulfinger, Lon Huber, Steve Moore, Ms Monster, Aaron Farmer, Marc Nordstrom, Mr Lobo, Russ Tamblyn, Tom Wyrsch, Robert St John, Scott Moon, Bob Ekman, Eric Yee, DJ Omar, Will “The Thrill” Viharo, Maya Martinez, Rachel Herz, Alexis Pacelli, David Chapple, Joey Myers, the Wilkins Family, Madame Maraschino, Odessa Lil, David Nahmod, Dick Klemensen, Reyna Young, John Gillette, Malcolm Wilson, Morgan D., Ken Leicht, William Melton, Bill Longen & the staff of the Castro Theatre!
SHOCK IT TO ME! Horror Film Festival & Convention's Details
SHOCK IT TO ME! Horror Film Festival & Convention's Blurbs
About me:
SHOCK IT TO ME! is a celebration of classic (and not so classic) horror films, presented at the historic Castro Theatre in San Francisco. But SHOCK IT TO ME! is much more than a simple film festival... SHOCK IT TO ME is a witches’ brew of spooky movies, ghastly guests, and colorfully creepy horror hosts. Doktor Goulfinger, Ms. Monster and Mr. Lobo have all graced the SHOCK IT TO ME! stage, while our special guests of honor have included actor Russ Tamblyn (THE HAUNTING), and local legends Bob Wilkins and John Stanley from KTVU's "Creature Features" program (1971-1984).
OUR NEXT SINISTER "SHOCK IT TO ME!" HALLOWEEN SHOW WILL BE ON OCTOBER 16th-18th, 2009! MARK THOSE DATES DOWN NOW! STAY TUNED FOR MORE GORY DETAILS TO BE POSTED SOON!
Postponed until 2010: GODZILLA & THE MONSTERS OF MASS DESTRUCTION Stomping into San Francisco's historic Castro Theatre is a weekend celebration of Japan's monster cinema, featuring ten classic films, presented in glorious 35mm, from the producers of the annual SHOCK IT TO ME! Classic Horror Film Festival.
Our special guest will be the man in the Godzilla suit himself, Haruo Nakajima. From 1954 through 1972, Mr. Nakajima played Godzilla and various monsters on screen and television, and will be in attendance throughout the weekend to meet with fans and sign autographs.
OUR MOST RECENT "SHOCK IT TO ME!" TOOK PLACE ON OCTOBER 17th & 18th, 2008! Thanks to all of you who attended the 2008 event — our biggest and most successful yet! Our Special Celebrity Guests were SID "Captain Spaulding" HAIG from SPIDER BABY, KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT & LARA PARKER from DARK SHADOWS who were interviewed by author and former horror host, JOHN STANLEY. Stay tuned to our official website SHOCK-IT-TO-ME.COM for photos of this year's show and previous events — and keep your eyes pulled out of their sockets for undead updates and other freaky features to be added!
Clips from the DARK SHADOWS tribute at this past SHOCK IT TO ME! event.
THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF SHOCK!
SHOCK IT TO ME!'s haunted venue, San Francisco's historic CASTRO THEATRE!
SHOCK IT TO ME!'s partner in crime is the 1407-seat Castro Theatre (429 Castro Street, San Francisco), a historic landmark built in 1922. The Castro Theatre is the perfect venue for a classic horror film event – it's an atmospheric setting with a massive screen and a genuine history of haunting. Truly one of the last of the giant single screen theaters of a bygone era - and we're glad that they love horror films! CLICK HERE for the Official CASTRO THEATRE Website!
The atmospheric auditorium of the Castro Theatre! (The Phantom would be proud to haunt this place!)
Ms. Monster & the Hel On Ice Dancers rock the "Zombie Dance Party" "SHOCK IT TO ME!" 2006
Who I'd like to meet:
Vampires, Monsters, Ghouls, and Monster Kids like YOU!
OUR SPOOKY SPONSORS and FIENDISH FRIENDS!
SHOCK IT TO ME! is proud to support this fang-tastic East Coast event!
Support the DEAD CHANNELS festival (they support us)!
Visit Reyna and the gang at LAST DOORWAY PRODUCTIONS!
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THRILLVILLE DOES THE SOUTH BAY! Hosted by Will the Thrill and Monica Tiki Goddess www.thrillville.net Camera 3 Cinema, 288 S. Second St., San Jose CA www.cameracinemas.com
Thursday, June 18, 7:30, $10 THRILLVILLE'S TRIBUTE TO "CREATURE FEATURES"!
AND! Thursday, July 9, 7:30, $10 THRILLVILLE'S NEW RETRO GRINDHOUSE DOUBLE THRILL BILL!
THE RETURN OF THE BAT
Specimen will bring their special brand of glam mayhem, The Batcave to London again.
After last year’s wildly-successful 25th anniversary Batcave event, The Batcave returns to its original spawning ground of London’s West End on Sunday July 19 for another night of blasphemy, lechery and blood.
Specimen (Fresh from a fantastic show at Leipzig’s Waves Gotik festival), the original Batcave instigators will headline the lurid frolics at the Embassy Club, (29 Old Burlington St, London W1S3AP) Also on the bill are original Batcavers Sexbeat, with DJs Hamish and Cavey Nick, cavorting from decks to decadence with the usual brutal, trouser-dropping surprises & suitably confronting & barbaric entertainment.
The 2009 Batcave will feature installations from exciting new artists of the ‘Dark London Underground’ and visuals from the upcoming ‘Welcome To The Batcave’ book, along with this year’s bitcrushed message from the creature in t
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