Oh my god! This is a flashback to almost every Saturaday afternoon between the ages of 8-11! Sitting in my friend Tammie's living room eating pistachio nuts, drinking Pepsi and watching Creature Double Feature!
Just to let everyone know this is not a actual intro from the show but a mock up I created back when CDF was hardly talked about. To those who are privvy the clue is that "London After Midnight" is a lost film, also CDF never showed silent films (LOL) I never imagined this would end up on Tube. This was just done for my lil site that used to be around. Thanks to all who have helped to raise CDF to the limelight.
They need a channel on TV that just shows these old monster movies....Or just put watching them an option instead of those weird things like M.I.L.F and that stuff!
I remember sitting in front of the 13 inch balck and white, eating CBRD raviolis, tunafish sandwhich, wise potatoes chips and glass of coke watching CDF on channel 56. Whatever happended to Bob Gamere?
The very last image was from Frankenstein Conquers the World. I must have seen it 20 times on DCF. Channel 56 was awesome when I was a kid. What I wouldn't give to relive those days again.
I used to watch this show every Saturday. I especially loved the Godzilla & Gamera movies. I was surrpized how many other ppl here mentioned not only watching CDF but also watching WWF wrestling too which I also did. Great time to be a kid.
No. "London After Midnight" never aired. More than likely beccause it a lost film and no print actually exist, at least to my knowledge. I threw it in there cause it is just such a cool pic. I used a lil' affect to make it seem like a film.
I use to shit myself cause they would show all the great Godzilla flicks and also the Dracula series of movies with Christopher Lee.God those were awesome days
Saturdays were heaven as a kid..after creature double feature there was Kung Fu Theater and that wrestling show with Jimmy "superfly"snooka and the midget wrestlers LMAO and what did we lose these treasures too? fuckin infomercials >;(
I feel bad for the kids today, they don't have programming like this to watch, the shows/movies are so graphic and in-your-face or they are trying to shove some politically correct crap down their throats.
Big time memories. My Saturday routine was: breakfast, then chores, at 11 AM it was Ch 56 for "Championship Wrestling", then at noon it was "Creature Double Feature" till 1 PM, then over to Ch 38 for "All Star Wrestling", then out to hunt up my friends for general mischief and such. I grew up in Brockton MA between 1960 and 1973. What a great time to be a kid in New England.
Most if not all are available in DVD; Classic Media and Tokyo Shock released a lot of the Toho stuff several years ago with stellar transfers and both English dubbed and Japanese subtitled versions. The Classic Media website at Godzilla on dvd dot com will answer many questions about availability. Click on community. Enjoy!
Gamera/War of the Collosal Beast/Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster/Rodan/The Manster/? I'm drawing a blank!/Godzilla/Rodan/Beast from 20,000 Fathoms/Ghidorah, the 3 Headed Monster/The Manster/King Kong vs. Godzilla? (hard to see the clip)/Godzilla? (hard to see the clip)/Frankenstein Conquers the World
PhilipDiPrima - Here ya go, from 1st clip to last:
Curse of the Demon/Frankenstein Conquers the World/The Wolf Man/Destroy All Monsters or Godzilla's Revenge/Ghidorah, the 3 Headed Monster/The Deadly Mantis/Johnny Socko and His Flying Robot/Bride of Frankenstein/Godzilla vs. the Thing/Tarantula or Earth vs. the Spider/Destroy All Monsters/Godzilla's Revenge The Manster/Godzilla Vs. the Smog Monster/London After Midnight/Ghidorah the 3 Headed Monster/Warning from Space/ more to follow
Can anyone tell me the names of the movies in this intro? I know the basics like Godzilla and all, but I am at a loss for the two headed character and the bald guy. Does anyone know if these are on DVD? Thanks
@brokencasket Major Mudd (aka Ed McDonnell). What a fun show. It was on the air until a couple months before he passed away, I believe. I moved to CT from Brockton MA in Sept. 1973 and my friend Eddie calls me up a month later and says "Didja hear the news? Major Mudd died today." So sad, because a big chunk of my youth involved watching his show.
OMG!! Creature Double Feature is so Boston OLD SCHOOL. My favorites were always the Japanese kaiju... Godzilla, Rodan and Ghidrah. That intro is so KICKASS. It aired around the 70s-80s. Always on Saturday afternoon. Bring back, cool TV. :)
I think this is the second or third version of the intro, probably '79+. I liked the earlier one that was all B&W and was used for years - had the freeze-frame of Godzilla and his breath weapon.
I don't know if it's simply nostalgia, but Boston media in the 70's through about '85 were awesome. These days, anywhere in the country, media's almost entirely a corporate/right wing shite stain. Democracy needs to make a comeback!
I am writing an article on creature double feature for Scary Monsters magazine. If anyone would like to give me quotes on their memories, please email me here.
@Djangeaux Feep was another one of Ed McDonnell's alter egos (like Major Mudd). Feep gave my little sister nightmares. I didn't care; I thought he was cool.
Thanks. He's retired now but I still hear him everyday talking about protecting his mother's assets when she went to live in a nursing home. I'm pretty sure it's him.
@BeefBurgers I think you might be right about the name being LaPine. (Someone else who knew these spots said the same name!) If I'm correct, he did alot of local ad spots in the Boston area at that time!
@BeefBurgers Give Mr. Beefburgers a . . . steaming plate of fresh beef burgers! It is Gary LaPierre. I remember him from the days when WBZ-AM 1030 was Top 40 radio. Now it's all right wing talk radio.
I used to watch the other CDF what was on WKBS Channel 48 in the mid 70's. It had a hand rising from the ground and groping for a gravestone, while lightning flashed in the background.
Also, the narrator would speak amid the screams of some woman in the background as the hand would scrape away the dust on the headstone to reveal the CDF logo.
Some good times, and to quote greg6363 "what I wouldn't do to go back in time and relive those Saturday afternoons!"
It certainly was Chiller Theatre :-) And I know the part in Idle Hands you're talking about..when the kid's watching TV and the hand is on every channel. That suprised the hell out of me too, I was like "whoa, CHILLER"! lol
I'm sorry, I just realized after a week that I accidentally confused Chiller Theatre with Creature Double Feature on WKBS 48.
I answered yes to your question more in line to confirm that the bit you saw in "Idle Hands" was definitely Chiller Theatre.
No, I'm sure this was WKBS 48 Creature Double Feature I saw, with the rising hand, the gravestone that said "Creature Double Feature" on it and the screams.
@Shawnster65 I'm not familiar with channel 48. What region did it broadcast to? Were they an affiliate station that showed other network's programing? As for the confusion over the intros, I have a hunch that alot of stations may have 'borrowed' cool imagery from other local programing if they thought it would work. (The same way local furniture stores copy-cat other commercials!)
@VideoNitekatt Yep. That was Kaiser-Globe Broadcasting. They were an aluminum company that competed with Reynolds Wrap (Kaiser also was a broadcasting syndicate), then somehow they got in the insurance biz and now they're Kaiser-Permanente. The old Kaiser logo is part of the new one.
Oh, man. What I wouldn't do to go back in time and relive those Saturday afternoons watching Creature Double Feature on Channel 56 in Boston while driving my mother crazy.
@greg6363 Amen. This was on Ch 48 in Philly area. Looked forward to saturdays. That along with awesome 80's toons (Spidey, Hulk, etc). Now TV blows. All these damn channels and if u want to see what u like u have to buy the DVD...if they exist! Most of the best toons of that time still aren't on DVD.
@greg6363 esp in the middle of winter, and she couldn't throw you out of the house!!!! I LOVED the "creature double feature!!" Miss the good ole days.....
another fan here. Used to love watching that and the 3-D black and white movies on WSBK, I believe. You had to go to 7-11 to get the free 3-D glasses to watch.
@tecnohunk One of the heads was from 'Night of the Blood Beast'! Think the other came from a Hammer film??? They showed the two heads for Creature DOUBLE feature... And One head for Creature Feature; which ran late-night and showed only one film.
I'll tell ya...if this isn't the original (which according to its creator, it isn't) its pretty damn close to one of the openings, from what I remember.
I watched this every week. Remember uncle dale, snippets, and the abominable snowman psa commercials? "Abominable, what ARE you doing?...."Balancing my meal."
I have only 1 bad thought about this great show....one of my sisters used to want to watch the saturday afternoon movie on another channel that wreaked of the aftter school movie.
creature double feature on saturday afternoon and creature feature late saturday night. Heaven. You had to be there in the 70's to really appreciate it. And it was a special treat when wlvi ran "creature week". Every once in a while, monday thru friday on a given week, they would show monster movies in prime time. Usually japanese monster movies like godzilla. Mom would let me stay up on a school night to watch em. Memories.
bring back creature week forgot about that it was awesome and bring back creature double feature less the stupid ernie boch garbage get back to the basics keep the original opeaning seen here and introduce c.d.f to a whole new generation
That was the voice of Tom Evans, the legendary announcer for Channel 56--back when it was fun to watch. I don't recognize the station anymore now that it's CW56. I miss the days when they had CDF on Saturday afternoons and reruns of Dark Shadows and The Avengers each weeknight from 11:00PM to 12:30AM.
i remember that as well. I was 7 years old and it was in 1976 when i saw Dark Shadows at 11pm, then it was The Avegers at 11:30pm. But i think in 1977 after Dark Shadows was Love, American Style,, could i be right??
Then i remember after The Avengers was the station sign off when you hear the star spangled banner with the mountains and lakes.
Actually, Love American Style came on first (10PM-11PM), then DS then the Avengers. I remember Tom announcing "stay tuned for Dark Shadows" during the LAS end credits.
I was 9 at the time. The Avengers' theme song kicked ass!!
I don't even recognize WLVI anymore. They are not the same station they used to be. Seems like none of the local stations are nowadays. TV was so much fun back in the 1970s.
The original opening had color-manipulated clips from "Destroy All Monsters", "Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster", "Reptilicus" and "Mothra vs. Godzilla", among others...very cool. Then in the mid-80s there was a really cheesy intro done on a cheap miniature "spooky" set where this rubber skeleton hand would emerge and wave around stupidly. Of course, this latter period was also when VCRs became dominant, thus making shows like "CDF" less relevant.
I watched this show every Sat. afternoon. I even remember my first UHF broadcast,I ever saw. I was in the hospital in Brighton,watching CH.27 WLVI,I believe. They had another version of that show with a host named Feep. He was supposed to be an alien but he looked more like a light bulb. Also first time I saw Astro boy.
Im swear I used to watch this in the late 70s growing up in Philadelphia! Anyone else think they got this in Philly. My favorite was watching Deathmaster.
Boy does this bring back memories. I remember every saturday getting my glass of Quick chocolate milk, and a couple of slices of Elio's pizza, and I was good till 4:30. I loved all the Godzilla movies, and absolutley loved the Christopher Lee dracula movies. I now own them all on dvd, and I am starting to get my kids hooked.
You go, spaceace. Back in the 70's and 80's, nerdy, non-athletic kids like us, would be very content watching 'creature features' on a saturday afternoon!
I can't remember the actual beginning, I remember the music but I couldn't tell you if it is fake or real. I think in Boston the intro changed a little over the years. I loved the show as a little kid.
The video is a fake, it is not the real CDF introduction. The audio is real but was not authorized by the original owner for use on YouTube. The original owner is at SHADO CONTROL.
Thank you so much for this! Growing up in the 60's and 70's in and around Bean town ruled! No school like old school dude! What was on before CDF? Wrestling I think? Anyone remember Hay Stacks Calhoon? More importantly on Friday nights right after The Avengers, there was Creature Feature. Anyone remember that show? How about putting up the into to that one! Man, all I can remember is Frankenstein's Monsters face and some weired stone eye looking at me! Later!
I remember "Superstars of Wrestling" came on at 10 or 11AM on 56, and it always opened with Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and Hulk Hogan coming out from the locker room at Madison Square Garden
That was the intro for "Championship Wrestling" from 1984-86. The the Federation replaced that program with "Superstars", which ran from 1986-98 (its last two years were spent on USA Network, as an All American Wrestling-style "recap" program).
Hey, you forgot Chief Jay StrongBow and Killer Kowalski!
I remember watching these guys on TV with my Dad-and occaisonally, something would go awry with a piece of clothing and suddenly 3 large XXX's would appear across the screen-
Do you remember the Manager called "The WiZard" or the blonde wrestler Gorgeous George?
I remember The Grand Wizard with the glasses, I don't remember much about Gorgeous George. Chief Jay Strongbow was my favorite, I loved when he went into his warpath dance while he was getting pounded on, then he'ld go off. Funny stuff now that I think of it so many years later.
@PatchworkDream Actually, that big 'X' wasn't a "Wardrobe malfunction" but to cover up extreme violence, like Freddie Blassie biting his opponent's forehead, or Spoiler or Baron Von Raschke using the claw to make people bleed.
Wasn't Dale Dorman the host of this show? I remember he got in trouble cause he had a koala bear and they were illegal in the US....Like rlgdguy said it was Cartoons, Wrestling, candlepin bowling on ch 5 (he forgot that) and this show...
Thank you sooooo much for posting this! I used to watch Creature Double Feature with my dad every weekend, and so loved it. It's particularly nice to have that memory brought back right now - thanks again!
Thanks so much for bringing this back! I remember watching this, and "The Ghoul" movie in the late 70's on channel 56 (or 38?). Gotta love the "old school" days of growing up in Boston...wicked pissa!!
i think there was an intro. before this one or after where in the beginning of the intro, there ws 2 flashing monster looking faces and then u hear the "Emerson, Lake & Palmer" music kick in.
and then they switched it to a montage of different movies. I remeber "Creature feature" aired on saturday nights either at 11:00 or midnight. I watched through first and second grade until my mom banned me from watching it because i was having nightmares. Sucks!
What a blast from the past! I loved those rainy Saturday afternoons watching this on TV! I still remember the end music from this clip like it was yesterday..and the old 56 logo from the 70's...hard to believe this was 30+ years ago
i'm from Maine and we were massive fans of the mighty Creature Double Feature show.....Boston cable ruled in those days and it's creativity is sorely missed by us up here....anyone remember Five All Night and a guy by the name of George Fennell?
Omg, this brought me back to Saturday mornings as a kid, bigtime! I'd watch cartoons, then WWF wrestling, then Creature Double Feature, then ate lunch and went outside. It was my ritual every week. Thanks for the memories!
this is awesome grew up watching creature double feature and still would like to see it brought back on an every week basis does anyone know the name of the movie that the egyptian robot appears on this video
actually, the movie that appeared on "creature double feature" was from a japanese show, as you've been told....it was a compilation from the show...they made it into a movie and called it "voyage into space"...I loved it. I never saw the tv show when I was a kid, but I sure remember the movie.
Oh man...many Saturday afternoons of my childhood were centered around the Creature Double Feature...Donovan's Brain freaked me out the most..and the Japanese monster movie with the bald kid in it...so glad this has been posted!!! And awesome on the ID of the theme song...
I believe you are referring to "Destroy All Planets." Two boys, one Japanese and one American, get into a spaceship that whizzes them to a planet in the same orbit around the sun as Earth. The beings of that planet intend to suck the brains out of the kids until Gamera shows up and saves the day.
thats right...I just saw it on the retro channel not that long ago...just couldn't think of the name of it. I think I might even have it on dvd kickin' around somewhere. Terrible movie...but loved it when I was 9.
YOU RULE Qwest417! This made my night, I couldn't stop laughing when I saw this. Anyone who was a kid in the Boston area in the 70's remembers being glued to the TV for this. Wh this?er in the world did you find
I remember that last bit of music at the end. I am 38 and grew up in southern N.H. I used to watch "Creature Double Feature" all the time when I was a kid.
@natanael1970 Godzilla never battled Gamera. They were made by 2 different studios. Also, they were both good guys. You may be thinking, about his battles with Ghidrah. lol
Awesome clip made last year, brings back memories.
This video was created from memory by Dzilla, the webmaster at the cdf site. He used an original vintage audio clip which was recorded in the 70's by Shado and available at his page at shado-x dot com slash cdf.
Thanks for taking me back! Man, i used to love all those old monster movies when i was a kid! Those trailers were awesome! I wonder if they make a DVD with nothing but old monster movie trailers? Now I would buy that ASAP! That's when television was real television and not the garbage that's on now!
The site is currently under construction but please visit the message forum and join us there at:websitetoolbox dot com slash tool slash mb slash dzilla1964
Unfortunately Dzilla has been having issues so the board is down for the third or fourth time in it's short lifespan. I posted a link to the backup board which is identical to the original one but I guess nobody wants to use it.
I thought about setting up a better one but I'm not sure it's worth the effort.
Also looks like this came from 1977, just before Kaiser sold all their stations (including WLVI) to Field Communications. The logo for Ch. 56 is the "Kaiser style" logo.
WLVI is bringing it back, although it's not on every Saturday like the old days (yet). The next CDF revival is Oct. 28th from 12pm to 4pm. The movies will be Horror Express and the original Night Of The Living Dead.
Oh my god! This is a flashback to almost every Saturaday afternoon between the ages of 8-11! Sitting in my friend Tammie's living room eating pistachio nuts, drinking Pepsi and watching Creature Double Feature!
malmnn 5 days ago
Just to let everyone know this is not a actual intro from the show but a mock up I created back when CDF was hardly talked about. To those who are privvy the clue is that "London After Midnight" is a lost film, also CDF never showed silent films (LOL) I never imagined this would end up on Tube. This was just done for my lil site that used to be around. Thanks to all who have helped to raise CDF to the limelight.
Dzilla64 2 months ago
@Dzilla64 Yup, the voice is totally off in any case, saw them all (probably).
mrnoiz23 1 week ago
I saw Godzilla a lot and THEY DIDN"T EVEN MENTION BARAGON!!!
TheFenway21 5 months ago
Did they really use ELP's Tocata as the theme song?
wolfmanjim 6 months ago
They need a channel on TV that just shows these old monster movies....Or just put watching them an option instead of those weird things like M.I.L.F and that stuff!
bcancerninja 7 months ago
I remember sitting in front of the 13 inch balck and white, eating CBRD raviolis, tunafish sandwhich, wise potatoes chips and glass of coke watching CDF on channel 56. Whatever happended to Bob Gamere?
shinobisnivy 7 months ago
@shinobisnivy um..i think he got into some trouble...might want to google it
ba1428 4 months ago
Man.....fun times back then...
Life was much easier
keithsmove 8 months ago
The very last image was from Frankenstein Conquers the World. I must have seen it 20 times on DCF. Channel 56 was awesome when I was a kid. What I wouldn't give to relive those days again.
bennieiv 9 months ago
WLVI 56 was one of the only channels I could get as a kid with the old antenna on the roof. I won a bike in a contest through 56.
Nopeace303 9 months ago
I used to watch this show every Saturday. I especially loved the Godzilla & Gamera movies. I was surrpized how many other ppl here mentioned not only watching CDF but also watching WWF wrestling too which I also did. Great time to be a kid.
Lfdjake91 9 months ago 2
No. "London After Midnight" never aired. More than likely beccause it a lost film and no print actually exist, at least to my knowledge. I threw it in there cause it is just such a cool pic. I used a lil' affect to make it seem like a film.
dzilla1964 9 months ago
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dzilla1964 9 months ago
I can't believe CDF would really put on a silent movie!
Bestmanme08 10 months ago
Make sure you check out the Creature Double Feature Round Up 2, which will be held this fall in South eastern Mass. Stay tuned for more details!
monsterfashion 11 months ago
Great clip, what is the movie towards the end where the guy has an eye growing out his shoulder?
ertznay 11 months ago
@ertznay "The Manster" 1959.
gl797 11 months ago
I use to shit myself cause they would show all the great Godzilla flicks and also the Dracula series of movies with Christopher Lee.God those were awesome days
meckleboy 1 year ago 4
Saturdays were heaven as a kid..after creature double feature there was Kung Fu Theater and that wrestling show with Jimmy "superfly"snooka and the midget wrestlers LMAO and what did we lose these treasures too? fuckin infomercials >;(
Dueville7777 1 year ago 9
@Dueville7777 I thought it was called Black Belt Theater and that it was only on for a couple of months in '83!
Bestmanme08 10 months ago
Oh man...those were the days!!!
BeatleJim55 1 year ago
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fyreflyintheskye 1 year ago
I feel bad for the kids today, they don't have programming like this to watch, the shows/movies are so graphic and in-your-face or they are trying to shove some politically correct crap down their throats.
wtglb 1 year ago 3
Saturday afternoons were the best
kataisa3 1 year ago
awesome use of Toccata by ELP as the intro
kfsfkakf 1 year ago
Memories, Oh Yeah!! TY
mybluemars 1 year ago
Ah, the good old days. I would watch Superstars of Wrestling at 10, All Star Wrestling at 11 and then Creature Double at noon.
EaglesMan36 1 year ago 2
@EaglesMan36 - Yeah, how 'bout that. With Andre the Giant, Chief Jay Strongbow, Tony Azaleus, n gang, lol.
1919Denise 1 year ago
@1919Denise
They were kinda before my time other than Andre. I was more of a Hulk Hogan, Junkyard Dog, Big John Studd era kid.
EaglesMan36 1 year ago
Big time memories. My Saturday routine was: breakfast, then chores, at 11 AM it was Ch 56 for "Championship Wrestling", then at noon it was "Creature Double Feature" till 1 PM, then over to Ch 38 for "All Star Wrestling", then out to hunt up my friends for general mischief and such. I grew up in Brockton MA between 1960 and 1973. What a great time to be a kid in New England.
elc1960 1 year ago
we were blessed to have grown up then........
ipodfreak4455 1 year ago 2
Most if not all are available in DVD; Classic Media and Tokyo Shock released a lot of the Toho stuff several years ago with stellar transfers and both English dubbed and Japanese subtitled versions. The Classic Media website at Godzilla on dvd dot com will answer many questions about availability. Click on community. Enjoy!
MisterDickPontoon 1 year ago
Here's the rest:
Gamera/War of the Collosal Beast/Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster/Rodan/The Manster/? I'm drawing a blank!/Godzilla/Rodan/Beast from 20,000 Fathoms/Ghidorah, the 3 Headed Monster/The Manster/King Kong vs. Godzilla? (hard to see the clip)/Godzilla? (hard to see the clip)/Frankenstein Conquers the World
MisterDickPontoon 1 year ago
PhilipDiPrima - Here ya go, from 1st clip to last:
Curse of the Demon/Frankenstein Conquers the World/The Wolf Man/Destroy All Monsters or Godzilla's Revenge/Ghidorah, the 3 Headed Monster/The Deadly Mantis/Johnny Socko and His Flying Robot/Bride of Frankenstein/Godzilla vs. the Thing/Tarantula or Earth vs. the Spider/Destroy All Monsters/Godzilla's Revenge The Manster/Godzilla Vs. the Smog Monster/London After Midnight/Ghidorah the 3 Headed Monster/Warning from Space/ more to follow
MisterDickPontoon 1 year ago
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MisterDickPontoon 1 year ago
Can anyone tell me the names of the movies in this intro? I know the basics like Godzilla and all, but I am at a loss for the two headed character and the bald guy. Does anyone know if these are on DVD? Thanks
PhillipDiPrima 1 year ago
I even remember Major Mud
What happened to "Feep"?
brokencasket 1 year ago
@brokencasket Major Mudd (aka Ed McDonnell). What a fun show. It was on the air until a couple months before he passed away, I believe. I moved to CT from Brockton MA in Sept. 1973 and my friend Eddie calls me up a month later and says "Didja hear the news? Major Mudd died today." So sad, because a big chunk of my youth involved watching his show.
elc1960 1 year ago
Great show. Sat morn after cartoons. Then Kung Foo Theater.
dylanchamp 1 year ago
Love Creature feature.
Bottomf 1 year ago
Anyone know, who the 1st monster is, at the beginning of this intro?
boofdfast 1 year ago
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Who is that monster at 0:01? He kinda looks like Gabera or a demon. I forgot his name.
boofdfast 1 year ago
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boofdfast 1 year ago
lol I remember this stuff the smog monster and etc etc hahaha great stuff channel 56 outta boston
Sweezelballin 1 year ago
I loved creature double feature on channel 56! It basically made my childhood and has influenced me to this day.
morbidvisionfilms 1 year ago
The siren sound at the end of the intro is Anguilus's roar. Another badass Japanese monster, and one of Godzilla's allies. lol
boofdfast 1 year ago
OMG!! Creature Double Feature is so Boston OLD SCHOOL. My favorites were always the Japanese kaiju... Godzilla, Rodan and Ghidrah. That intro is so KICKASS. It aired around the 70s-80s. Always on Saturday afternoon. Bring back, cool TV. :)
boofdfast 1 year ago 2
I grew up with the "creature double feature on channel 56"! It was rubbish - but great!
sdawilson 1 year ago
I think this is the second or third version of the intro, probably '79+. I liked the earlier one that was all B&W and was used for years - had the freeze-frame of Godzilla and his breath weapon.
I don't know if it's simply nostalgia, but Boston media in the 70's through about '85 were awesome. These days, anywhere in the country, media's almost entirely a corporate/right wing shite stain. Democracy needs to make a comeback!
zenprole 1 year ago 2
I am writing an article on creature double feature for Scary Monsters magazine. If anyone would like to give me quotes on their memories, please email me here.
monsterfashion 1 year ago
I loved The Creature Double Feature on Channel 56!!! They played all the cool movies that have pretty much been substituted for infomercials.
halloweenskeletons 1 year ago
i remember sokko and ultraman 1966 and space giants was cool too
torkerbmx 2 years ago
@torkerbmx Nice little closing clip of Frankenstein and Barago from Frankenstein Conquers The World.
One of my fave Japanese monster flicks.
I always liked the idea of a living Frankenstein as opposed to the classic one sewn together and reanimated.
A very weird, surreal and entertaining film.
Shawnster65 1 year ago
WOW>>>> totally remember this from many moons ago when I lived in boston... Just how many times can Tokyo get destroyed by the way
bossfo 2 years ago
OMFG this brought back childhood memories I didn't remember I had!! Thanks for posting it!
rageonyx 2 years ago
Music is definitely "Toccata" by Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Young, Crofts and Messina, from the "Brain Salad Surgery' album.
But you're not a REAL Boston Horror Movie Show aficionado unless you remember Feep. And that leaves you out, Whitcore, you candy-ass newbie....
Djangeaux 2 years ago
@Djangeaux Feep was another one of Ed McDonnell's alter egos (like Major Mudd). Feep gave my little sister nightmares. I didn't care; I thought he was cool.
elc1960 1 year ago
Ah, back when Toho ruled the creature double feature...
LamangoKaijura 2 years ago
I lived for this show. I'd still happily watch it if it was on.
mediacritic 2 years ago
The music is Toccata by Emerson, Lake and Palmer.... The narrator sounds like Gary LaPierre from WBZ. Anybody know?
BeefBurgers 2 years ago
Good ear ! .....I think your right about that being Gary LaPierre. I don't know for sure though.
DarkColdDaze 2 years ago
Thanks. He's retired now but I still hear him everyday talking about protecting his mother's assets when she went to live in a nursing home. I'm pretty sure it's him.
BeefBurgers 2 years ago
@BeefBurgers I think you might be right about the name being LaPine. (Someone else who knew these spots said the same name!) If I'm correct, he did alot of local ad spots in the Boston area at that time!
dukes0916 2 years ago
@BeefBurgers Give Mr. Beefburgers a . . . steaming plate of fresh beef burgers! It is Gary LaPierre. I remember him from the days when WBZ-AM 1030 was Top 40 radio. Now it's all right wing talk radio.
elc1960 1 year ago
Wish there was still local produced shows like this and Jabberwocky, Bozo, Captain Bob, etc. Such fun times!
Drewster317 2 years ago
I used to watch the other CDF what was on WKBS Channel 48 in the mid 70's. It had a hand rising from the ground and groping for a gravestone, while lightning flashed in the background.
Also, the narrator would speak amid the screams of some woman in the background as the hand would scrape away the dust on the headstone to reveal the CDF logo.
Some good times, and to quote greg6363 "what I wouldn't do to go back in time and relive those Saturday afternoons!"
Shawnster65 2 years ago
@Shawnster65 Wasn't that 'Chiller theater' ??? I used to watch that with my dad when I was a kid! They actally show a blurb for it in Idle Hands!
dukes0916 2 years ago
It certainly was Chiller Theatre :-) And I know the part in Idle Hands you're talking about..when the kid's watching TV and the hand is on every channel. That suprised the hell out of me too, I was like "whoa, CHILLER"! lol
Shawnster65 2 years ago
I'm sorry, I just realized after a week that I accidentally confused Chiller Theatre with Creature Double Feature on WKBS 48.
I answered yes to your question more in line to confirm that the bit you saw in "Idle Hands" was definitely Chiller Theatre.
No, I'm sure this was WKBS 48 Creature Double Feature I saw, with the rising hand, the gravestone that said "Creature Double Feature" on it and the screams.
Sorry for the mixup!
Shawnster65 2 years ago
@Shawnster65 I'm not familiar with channel 48. What region did it broadcast to? Were they an affiliate station that showed other network's programing? As for the confusion over the intros, I have a hunch that alot of stations may have 'borrowed' cool imagery from other local programing if they thought it would work. (The same way local furniture stores copy-cat other commercials!)
dukes0916 2 years ago
@dukes0916
WKBS was a UHF station that operated out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
They actually did, from time to time, have Son Of SvenGhoulie instead of CDF, which got me thinking to whether or not there was a Chicago connection.
The "borrowing" premise you mention makes sense, as several times I've seen the same logo for WKBS's CDF on other logos for CDF onother stations.
Shawnster65 2 years ago
@Shawnster65 WKBS was owned by the some outfit that owend WLVI/56 Boston
VideoNitekatt 1 year ago
@VideoNitekatt Yep. That was Kaiser-Globe Broadcasting. They were an aluminum company that competed with Reynolds Wrap (Kaiser also was a broadcasting syndicate), then somehow they got in the insurance biz and now they're Kaiser-Permanente. The old Kaiser logo is part of the new one.
elc1960 1 year ago
Oh, man. What I wouldn't do to go back in time and relive those Saturday afternoons watching Creature Double Feature on Channel 56 in Boston while driving my mother crazy.
greg6363 2 years ago 17
@greg6363 Amen. This was on Ch 48 in Philly area. Looked forward to saturdays. That along with awesome 80's toons (Spidey, Hulk, etc). Now TV blows. All these damn channels and if u want to see what u like u have to buy the DVD...if they exist! Most of the best toons of that time still aren't on DVD.
CaptainBuckRogers 1 year ago
@greg6363 Wasn't kung fu theater on after this? Good ol' days.
cyanidechrist 1 year ago
@greg6363 esp in the middle of winter, and she couldn't throw you out of the house!!!! I LOVED the "creature double feature!!" Miss the good ole days.....
yankeegurl62 1 year ago
@greg6363 - Say so. Only it was 58 for us in Philly. Oh, the memories, lol.
1919Denise 1 year ago
another fan here. Used to love watching that and the 3-D black and white movies on WSBK, I believe. You had to go to 7-11 to get the free 3-D glasses to watch.
krystilmist 2 years ago
Bring this back! shit on tv sucks the mummies ass!
rustkeeper 2 years ago
My fav SHOW
Bottomf 2 years ago
No there is another one where two faces of ugly monsters zoom up to screen...
tecnohunk 2 years ago
Would it be Frankenstein and Baragon from Frankenstein Conquers The World?
Either that or the Gargantuas from War of The Gargantuas-were they two huge furry Yeti-looking things?
The reason I'm asking is because I swore I could have seen an opening with either Japanese Frankenstein or the Gargantuas at one time also.
Shawnster65 2 years ago
@tecnohunk One of the heads was from 'Night of the Blood Beast'! Think the other came from a Hammer film??? They showed the two heads for Creature DOUBLE feature... And One head for Creature Feature; which ran late-night and showed only one film.
dukes0916 2 years ago
I'll tell ya...if this isn't the original (which according to its creator, it isn't) its pretty damn close to one of the openings, from what I remember.
spongejoe 2 years ago
I loved CDF. Never ever missed it. It's what Saturday afternoons were for. Thanks so much for posting this.
mediacritic 2 years ago
I watched this every week. Remember uncle dale, snippets, and the abominable snowman psa commercials? "Abominable, what ARE you doing?...."Balancing my meal."
ajaded1 2 years ago
I'm actually getting a little choked up! Blast from the past....
fendahl93 2 years ago
I have only 1 bad thought about this great show....one of my sisters used to want to watch the saturday afternoon movie on another channel that wreaked of the aftter school movie.
Monsters usually won though.....
BillyBogartShow 2 years ago
Holy Flash Back !! I remember watching this every stinkin Saturday with my best freind and cheese sandwiches !!!
TinaMask 2 years ago
loved this stuff. Remember many a weekend in front of the TV watching cheesy horror shows
wkneumann 2 years ago
creature double feature on saturday afternoon and creature feature late saturday night. Heaven. You had to be there in the 70's to really appreciate it. And it was a special treat when wlvi ran "creature week". Every once in a while, monday thru friday on a given week, they would show monster movies in prime time. Usually japanese monster movies like godzilla. Mom would let me stay up on a school night to watch em. Memories.
spongejoe 3 years ago 2
bring back creature week forgot about that it was awesome and bring back creature double feature less the stupid ernie boch garbage get back to the basics keep the original opeaning seen here and introduce c.d.f to a whole new generation
trainman82367 2 years ago
Oh yes indeed.
morganfitzp 3 years ago
Fun TV, R.I.P.
ShadowGhost78 3 years ago 16
That was the voice of Tom Evans, the legendary announcer for Channel 56--back when it was fun to watch. I don't recognize the station anymore now that it's CW56. I miss the days when they had CDF on Saturday afternoons and reruns of Dark Shadows and The Avengers each weeknight from 11:00PM to 12:30AM.
SellawEvets 3 years ago
i remember that as well. I was 7 years old and it was in 1976 when i saw Dark Shadows at 11pm, then it was The Avegers at 11:30pm. But i think in 1977 after Dark Shadows was Love, American Style,, could i be right??
Then i remember after The Avengers was the station sign off when you hear the star spangled banner with the mountains and lakes.
KidAJonni 3 years ago
Actually, Love American Style came on first (10PM-11PM), then DS then the Avengers. I remember Tom announcing "stay tuned for Dark Shadows" during the LAS end credits.
SellawEvets 3 years ago
i remember that too, then after The Avengers it would sign off with the Star Spangled Banner, lol i was 5 years old when i saw this in 1976-77
KidAJonni 2 years ago
I was 9 at the time. The Avengers' theme song kicked ass!!
I don't even recognize WLVI anymore. They are not the same station they used to be. Seems like none of the local stations are nowadays. TV was so much fun back in the 1970s.
SellawEvets 2 years ago 2
The original opening had color-manipulated clips from "Destroy All Monsters", "Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster", "Reptilicus" and "Mothra vs. Godzilla", among others...very cool. Then in the mid-80s there was a really cheesy intro done on a cheap miniature "spooky" set where this rubber skeleton hand would emerge and wave around stupidly. Of course, this latter period was also when VCRs became dominant, thus making shows like "CDF" less relevant.
lashutterbug 3 years ago
I loved this show when I was a kid. Now you only see these movies on MST3000.
gravesideservice1 3 years ago
this stuff made us what we are today
glablazuu 3 years ago 2
Classic. How cool is it for this to be archived here? That howl at the end brings back memories.
DaveNC72 3 years ago
dale dorman was the scariest part of creature double feature
adefender03 3 years ago
at the end the cave man wrestles the monster
fred3501 3 years ago
I watched this show every Sat. afternoon. I even remember my first UHF broadcast,I ever saw. I was in the hospital in Brighton,watching CH.27 WLVI,I believe. They had another version of that show with a host named Feep. He was supposed to be an alien but he looked more like a light bulb. Also first time I saw Astro boy.
paleale550 3 years ago
I remembered watching this on Saturdays 2pm in Boston. Giant robot, the collis man, godzilla, radon, and ect,ect
MASTERFONGDJ 3 years ago
Im swear I used to watch this in the late 70s growing up in Philadelphia! Anyone else think they got this in Philly. My favorite was watching Deathmaster.
careerbellman 3 years ago
Boy does this bring back memories. I remember every saturday getting my glass of Quick chocolate milk, and a couple of slices of Elio's pizza, and I was good till 4:30. I loved all the Godzilla movies, and absolutley loved the Christopher Lee dracula movies. I now own them all on dvd, and I am starting to get my kids hooked.
spaceace717 4 years ago 2
You go, spaceace. Back in the 70's and 80's, nerdy, non-athletic kids like us, would be very content watching 'creature features' on a saturday afternoon!
shanara2857 3 years ago 2
I can't remember the actual beginning, I remember the music but I couldn't tell you if it is fake or real. I think in Boston the intro changed a little over the years. I loved the show as a little kid.
dirt031 4 years ago
The video is a fake, it is not the real CDF introduction. The audio is real but was not authorized by the original owner for use on YouTube. The original owner is at SHADO CONTROL.
Gyaos23 4 years ago
Qwest417:
Thank you so much for this! Growing up in the 60's and 70's in and around Bean town ruled! No school like old school dude! What was on before CDF? Wrestling I think? Anyone remember Hay Stacks Calhoon? More importantly on Friday nights right after The Avengers, there was Creature Feature. Anyone remember that show? How about putting up the into to that one! Man, all I can remember is Frankenstein's Monsters face and some weired stone eye looking at me! Later!
Kaiju
Irishkaiju 4 years ago
I remember "Superstars of Wrestling" came on at 10 or 11AM on 56, and it always opened with Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and Hulk Hogan coming out from the locker room at Madison Square Garden
MikeMulligan567 3 years ago
That was the intro for "Championship Wrestling" from 1984-86. The the Federation replaced that program with "Superstars", which ran from 1986-98 (its last two years were spent on USA Network, as an All American Wrestling-style "recap" program).
WhoKilledDizzy 3 years ago
Hay Stacks Calhoon over 600 lbs. and wore a horseshoe on a necklace. The good ole days when Bruno Sammartino ruled all(except Andre), steroid free.
BlkSabbass 3 years ago
Hey, you forgot Chief Jay StrongBow and Killer Kowalski!
I remember watching these guys on TV with my Dad-and occaisonally, something would go awry with a piece of clothing and suddenly 3 large XXX's would appear across the screen-
Do you remember the Manager called "The WiZard" or the blonde wrestler Gorgeous George?
PatchworkDream 3 years ago
I remember The Grand Wizard with the glasses, I don't remember much about Gorgeous George. Chief Jay Strongbow was my favorite, I loved when he went into his warpath dance while he was getting pounded on, then he'ld go off. Funny stuff now that I think of it so many years later.
BlkSabbass 3 years ago
@PatchworkDream Actually, that big 'X' wasn't a "Wardrobe malfunction" but to cover up extreme violence, like Freddie Blassie biting his opponent's forehead, or Spoiler or Baron Von Raschke using the claw to make people bleed.
elc1960 1 year ago
Wow! This brought back memories... I have not seen this in more than 30 years. Thanks for posting :-)
Craccaben 4 years ago
Wasn't Dale Dorman the host of this show? I remember he got in trouble cause he had a koala bear and they were illegal in the US....Like rlgdguy said it was Cartoons, Wrestling, candlepin bowling on ch 5 (he forgot that) and this show...
BobbyDes 4 years ago
Yes, Dale Dorman did host the show. I also remember hearing someone else do the hosting...
davita1111 4 years ago
Thank you sooooo much for posting this! I used to watch Creature Double Feature with my dad every weekend, and so loved it. It's particularly nice to have that memory brought back right now - thanks again!
jennyjennyjenjen 4 years ago
These were the good ol' days before you grow up and adulthood sucks the life out of you!! LOL!
preo2 4 years ago 2
did anyone notice that they showed London after MIdnight in this????!!
888yu 4 years ago
Thanks so much for bringing this back! I remember watching this, and "The Ghoul" movie in the late 70's on channel 56 (or 38?). Gotta love the "old school" days of growing up in Boston...wicked pissa!!
Philbisregin 4 years ago
i think there was an intro. before this one or after where in the beginning of the intro, there ws 2 flashing monster looking faces and then u hear the "Emerson, Lake & Palmer" music kick in.
KidAJonni 4 years ago
Your right! I remember that.
gus4u2c 4 years ago
You're right, it was about 1975 I think.
and then they switched it to a montage of different movies. I remeber "Creature feature" aired on saturday nights either at 11:00 or midnight. I watched through first and second grade until my mom banned me from watching it because i was having nightmares. Sucks!
sep0868 4 years ago
What a blast from the past! I loved those rainy Saturday afternoons watching this on TV! I still remember the end music from this clip like it was yesterday..and the old 56 logo from the 70's...hard to believe this was 30+ years ago
bosma64 4 years ago
i'm from Maine and we were massive fans of the mighty Creature Double Feature show.....Boston cable ruled in those days and it's creativity is sorely missed by us up here....anyone remember Five All Night and a guy by the name of George Fennell?
bpyrad 4 years ago
Omg, this brought me back to Saturday mornings as a kid, bigtime! I'd watch cartoons, then WWF wrestling, then Creature Double Feature, then ate lunch and went outside. It was my ritual every week. Thanks for the memories!
rlgdguy 4 years ago
this is awesome grew up watching creature double feature and still would like to see it brought back on an every week basis does anyone know the name of the movie that the egyptian robot appears on this video
trainman82367 4 years ago
"Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot" is the name of the show. It was actually on video at one time. Good luck, if you can find it still!
rlgdguy 4 years ago
The egyptian robot was Giant Robot. There are some clips here on Youtube.
Miggy1972 4 years ago
actually, the movie that appeared on "creature double feature" was from a japanese show, as you've been told....it was a compilation from the show...they made it into a movie and called it "voyage into space"...I loved it. I never saw the tv show when I was a kid, but I sure remember the movie.
spongejoe 2 years ago
Oh man...many Saturday afternoons of my childhood were centered around the Creature Double Feature...Donovan's Brain freaked me out the most..and the Japanese monster movie with the bald kid in it...so glad this has been posted!!! And awesome on the ID of the theme song...
jonkeegan 4 years ago
The one with the bald kid in it was a gamera movie...I forget which one...if its the same one you're thinking of.
spongejoe 2 years ago
I believe you are referring to "Destroy All Planets." Two boys, one Japanese and one American, get into a spaceship that whizzes them to a planet in the same orbit around the sun as Earth. The beings of that planet intend to suck the brains out of the kids until Gamera shows up and saves the day.
VincentE101 2 years ago
thats right...I just saw it on the retro channel not that long ago...just couldn't think of the name of it. I think I might even have it on dvd kickin' around somewhere. Terrible movie...but loved it when I was 9.
spongejoe 2 years ago
YOU RULE Qwest417! This made my night, I couldn't stop laughing when I saw this. Anyone who was a kid in the Boston area in the 70's remembers being glued to the TV for this. Wh this?er in the world did you find
jmr2921 4 years ago
I remember that last bit of music at the end. I am 38 and grew up in southern N.H. I used to watch "Creature Double Feature" all the time when I was a kid.
mstatz 4 years ago
Brings back great memories - thanks for the post.
Sheapard01 4 years ago
Please repost this clip, I can't seem to get it going. Thanks.
LowellDevil 4 years ago
what is the name of the episode from the robot character that is in this video 6 seconds in looks egyptian with red stripes? thanks
sl1111 4 years ago
voyage into space
CDF1970 4 years ago
voyage into space ... or jonny sokko and his flying robot
spongejoe 2 years ago
Godzilla kicks ass! I used to love watching Godzilla battle Gamera and Rodan.
natanael1970 4 years ago
@natanael1970 Godzilla never battled Gamera. They were made by 2 different studios. Also, they were both good guys. You may be thinking, about his battles with Ghidrah. lol
boofdfast 1 year ago
i grew up with creature feature what memories that was great
spetsapula 4 years ago
Awesome clip made last year, brings back memories.
This video was created from memory by Dzilla, the webmaster at the cdf site. He used an original vintage audio clip which was recorded in the 70's by Shado and available at his page at shado-x dot com slash cdf.
CDF1970 4 years ago
I was PISSED when WLVI got bought out..It's like a big piece of my childhood got erased...LOL
gallwayirishman 5 years ago
Thanks for taking me back! Man, i used to love all those old monster movies when i was a kid! Those trailers were awesome! I wonder if they make a DVD with nothing but old monster movie trailers? Now I would buy that ASAP! That's when television was real television and not the garbage that's on now!
preo2 5 years ago
Hi.A company called "SOMETHING WEIRD" video has video compilations of old movie trailers.Good luck!
Cattman2
cattman2 4 years ago
Do they have a website i can go to? Thanks for the info!
preo2 4 years ago
The site is currently under construction but please visit the message forum and join us there at:websitetoolbox dot com slash tool slash mb slash dzilla1964
CDF1970 4 years ago
the site is down
daimajinbob 4 years ago
The backup board is b5(dot)boards2go(dot)com(slash)boards(slash)board(dot)cgi?user=skorch
CDF1970 4 years ago
What happened to the original board? This is Mechakong from that board. PM me if you can CDF1970
daimajinbob 4 years ago
Hi Mechakong, this is skorch from the board.
Unfortunately Dzilla has been having issues so the board is down for the third or fourth time in it's short lifespan. I posted a link to the backup board which is identical to the original one but I guess nobody wants to use it.
I thought about setting up a better one but I'm not sure it's worth the effort.
CDF1970 4 years ago
I have checked out your temp board and it is a good start.
daimajinbob 4 years ago
Thanks! Great stuff from the days when local channels made an effort to entertain that didnt involve 2 hours of news followed by Wheel fo Fortune!!!
deadpool2099 5 years ago
Also looks like this came from 1977, just before Kaiser sold all their stations (including WLVI) to Field Communications. The logo for Ch. 56 is the "Kaiser style" logo.
wmbrown6 5 years ago
The original version had KISS 108 Dale Dorman doing the Intro...I wish 56 would bring this back
1701alpha 5 years ago
that would be WRKO Dale Dorman, back when they still had music programming
mthai66 5 years ago
The original version had KISS 108 Dale Dorman doing the Intro...I wish 56 would bring this back
1701alpha 5 years ago
WLVI is bringing it back, although it's not on every Saturday like the old days (yet). The next CDF revival is Oct. 28th from 12pm to 4pm. The movies will be Horror Express and the original Night Of The Living Dead.
oursgarou 5 years ago
I saw that at their website. Now all they have to do is bring back the sunday movies at noon,two,and four pm
1701alpha 5 years ago
HOLY CRAP! I remember making sure I had the TV all to myself at noon when this played. Two monster movies back to back.
*sniff!* Thanks for the memories!
Padawanmage 5 years ago