I had an old reel of 8mm film sitting around...

[El Dingo]

I had an old reel of 8mm film sitting around. I sent it to a place that copies old film to DVD.

Turns out it was footage I shot at John Stanley's "Creature Features". I appeared a couple of times around Halloween. I worked at 'Larry's Costume Shop' in San Jose and we would display costumes on the show. The guy with the clown nose at the beginning is Larry, one of the nicest people in the world.

I appeared once with Bob Wilkins and once with John Stanley. I cannot recall what I wore.

Anyway - here is some rare, silent treasure! (circa 1979):

John Stanley's Creature Features Halloween - Opening

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Wasn't it Larry's Costume and Magic shop on West San Carlos? Ken and I would take the bus there all the time to buy tricks.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Sadly I do not have the right plug in to view the footage and can't determine which plug-in to get.

[El Dingo]

VLC is hands-down the awesomest free Video player ever. It plays pretty much everything:

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[cranefly]

Way way cool.
It wouldn't play when I clicked on it. The QuickTime logo came up, like it was loading, but I gave up after several minutes.

Here's how I got it to work.
1) Right-click the link and choose Save Link As to save it to your hard disk. Takes a minute or two to download.
2) Double-click the saved file, which for me brought it up in Windows Media Player and played it just fine.

I have VLC installed on my other computer, which might have handled it easier.

[Drunk Monk]

best vintage doom vid so far this year.

[thatguy]

Timely...

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CreaturesCon-One

The first ever "Creature Features" convention, coming to the Bal Theater in San Leandro.

Saturday May 5th, 2012. (3PM to 10PM)

Featuring Creature Features with Bob Wilkins and John Stanley

Schedule
2:30PM Doors Open - Visit Dealers Tables and Creature Features Displays
3:00PM Welcome - Lord Blood-Rah and John Stanley
3:15PM Film Program One - Rare Bob Wilkins 16mm Films (1 hour & 15 mins)
"Bob Wilkins Trailer Collection"
"Bob Wilkins Big Star Interviews" (Not on video and not seen in years)
4:30PM Intermission - Creature Features Slide Show
4:45PM Creature Features Panel - John Stanley, Ernie Fosselius, Tom Wyrsch,
Scott Moon, Lord Blood Rah, Miss Misery and more
5:30PM Film Program Two - Rare 16mm Films Continue (1 hour)
"Hardware Wars" - (New Mint Print)
"The Homecoming" Stanley's First Mini-Movie (Not seen since 1972)
"Behind the scenes of Nightmare in Blood" (Never shown before)
6:30PM Dinner Break - Creature Features Slide Show continues
7:00PM Film Program Three - Rare Bob Wilkins 16mm Films (1 hr & 30 mins)
"More Bob Wilkins Star Interviews" (Super rare & will not be on video)
8:30PM Monster Raffle - Biggest Bal free raffle yet!
9:00PM Film Program Four - Lost Bob Wilkins TV Special (45 minutes - Video)
9:45PM Final Wrap - Last Minute Dealer Items
10:30PM Doors Close
Creatures Con One

Share your Creature Features memories with fellow fans

Hosted by
Lord Blood Rah
Tickets are always available at the door, unless we sell out.

--tg

PS: Is your clip all private and stuff, or can I share it on the Norman Bates Memorial Soundtrack Show FB page?
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[El Dingo]

Share away!

It kills me that so much Creature Features footage is lost.

Bob Wilkins was instrumental in the love for 'B' movies.

Any TV host that said "Change the channel, this show is horrible" without getting fired deserves any award out there. He actually read alternative shows from 'TV Guide' that you could be watching.