Cheap Tricks
2 Episodes
Two classic B movies—one featuring a physical manifestation of the Red Menace, and the other an early glimpse at the special-effects wizardry of Dennis Muren, who would go on to win Oscars for his work on films like STAR WARS and JURASSIC PARK.
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The Blob
Episode 1
Directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. • 1958 • United States
Starring Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl RoweA cult classic of gooey greatness, THE BLOB follows the havoc wreaked on a small town by an outer-space monster with neither soul nor vertebrae, with Steve McQueen playing the rebel teen who...
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Equinox
Episode 2
Directed by Jack Woods • 1970 • United States
Starring Edward Connell, Barbara Hewitt, Frank Boers Jr.Before he took you to a galaxy far, far away, before he brought you face-to-face with living, breathing prehistoric beasts, Dennis Muren, the future nine-time Oscar-winning visual-effects artis...