Description In the mid-1950s, to combat declining theater attendance, film distributors began releasing pre-packaged genre double-bills--including many Horror and Science Fiction Double features.
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About the Author Psychometrist Bryan Senn\'s work has appeared in Filmfax, Cult Movies, Shivers, Midnight Marquee Press and Monsters from the Vault.
This book presents these Double Features year-by-year, and includes production details, historical notes, and critical commentary for each film.
Beginning with Universal-International\'s 1955 pairing of Revenge of the Creature and Cult of the Cobra, 147 officially sanctioned Horror and sci-fi double-bills were released over a 20-year period.
Though many of these films were low-budget and low-end, others, such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Horror of Dracula and The Fly, became bona fide classics.
Description In the mid-1950s, to combat declining theater attendance, film distributors began releasing pre-packaged genre double-bills--including many Horror and Science Fiction Double features