Halloween will soon be here. So, take a few moments to listen to a few old school radio adverts for classic horror films.
Horror of Dracula
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The She Creature - It Conquered the World
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I Was a Teenage Werewolf
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The Gates of Hell and Halloween would make my hair raise and stop my b;ood flowin' when I heard them on my alarm clock radio back in the day.
ReplyDeleteThe Gates of Hell had the coolest movie poster and radio ads, I was dying to see it as a kid. Then, when I got older and actually watched it - let's just say it didn't live up to the "hype".
ReplyDeleteTV ads were often too expensive for the distributors to pay for every week, so many films would have radio ads instead. Against considerable odds, like having no images to work with, these can still be very effective at conveying action, excitement and horror. Though for some reason, trying to make funny ads for funny movies rarely succeeds.
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In about 1974, "Tales from the Crypt" came out. They gave out barf bags in the theaters and the radio ad had a guy in a monotone voice, chanting, "It's only a movie."
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