Coming Attractions

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• 2026-10-22 · 17 min
  Drive-In Fright Night
  What's in it

  1. 0:00 Coming Attractions opens: Ray Starling welcomes you
  2. 1:07 Halloween (radio spot) — Halloween is an American slasher franchise with thirteen films plus novels, comic books, video games and merchandise. The films mostly follow serial killer Michael Myers, who was committed to a sanitarium as a child after murdering his sister Judith Myers in 1963 and later escapes to kill people in the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois on Halloween night. The original Halloween was released in 1978 and was written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, with Carpenter directing and Hill producing, and it went on to inspire many other slasher films.
  3. 2:04 Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (trailer) — Abbott and Costello Go to Mars is a 1953 American science fiction comedy film starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and directed by Charles Lamont. The film was produced by Howard Christie and made by Universal-International, and despite its title, no character actually travels to Mars. The film marks the debut of Harry Shearer.
  4. 4:10 Texas Chainsaw Massacre (radio spot) — The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American slasher film directed by Tobe Hooper and co-written by Hooper and Kim Henkel, starring Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen. The film follows a group of friends who encounter a family of cannibals while traveling to an old homestead. The independent film was marketed as based on true events, though while the character Leatherface and some details were inspired by murderer Ed Gein's crimes, the plot is largely fictional.
  5. 4:38 Flash Gordon (TV spot, 1980) — Flash Gordon is a 1980 space opera film directed by Mike Hodges based on the King Features comic strip created by Alex Raymond. The film stars Sam J. Jones as Flash Gordon, alongside Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti, Max von Sydow and Topol, with supporting roles by Timothy Dalton, Mariangela Melato, Brian Blessed and Peter Wyngarde. The plot follows Flash Gordon, a star football quarterback, and his allies Dale Arden and Hans Zarkov as they unite the warring factions of the planet Mongo against Ming the Merciless, who threatens to destroy Earth.
  6. 5:10 Coming Attractions on Stupid Potato
  7. 5:22 The Tingler (spot) — The Tingler is a 1959 American horror film that was produced and directed by William Castle and stars Vincent Price. It was the third of five films that Castle and writer Robb White worked on together.
  8. 5:42 Avalanche (trailer, 1978) — Avalanche is a 1978 American disaster film directed by Corey Allen and stars Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster, and Jeanette Nolan. The movie follows a disaster scenario involving an avalanche. It was made during the peak era of disaster films in Hollywood.
  9. 7:39 Dawn of the Dead (radio spot) — Dawn of the Dead is a 1978 horror film written, directed, and edited by George A. Romero and produced by Richard P. Rubinstein. It is the second film in Romero's zombie series and follows survivors David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, and Gaylen Ross as they barricade themselves in a suburban shopping mall after an unexplained phenomenon causes the dead to reanimate and attack humans. The film depicts the widespread effects of a zombie apocalypse on society during mass hysteria.
  10. 8:09 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (trailer) — Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is a 1978 American independent parody film directed by John DeBello and produced by J. Stephen Peace and John DeBello, based on an original idea by Costa Dillon. The film features David Miller, George Wilson, Sharon Taylor and Jack Riley in the cast.
  11. 9:06 Coming Attractions on Stupid Potato
  12. 9:18 Creature from the Black Lagoon (trailer, 1954) — Creature from the Black Lagoon is a 1954 American black-and-white 3D monster horror film directed by Jack Arnold and produced by William Alland, featuring Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, and Richard Denning among others. The film follows a group of scientists who encounter a fish-like amphibious creature in the Amazon waters, with the Creature played by Ben Chapman on land and Ricou Browning underwater. The film premiered in Detroit on February 12, 1954, and was distributed by Universal-International.
  13. 10:08 John Carpenter - Theatrical trailer — John Carpenter's 1976 action thriller about a police precinct under siege by a street gang in Los Angeles. The film is a loose remake of Rio Bravo, relocating the story to a modern urban setting with escalating violence and tension.
  14. 12:09 The Haunting (trailer) — The Haunting is a 1963 supernatural horror film directed and produced by Robert Wise, based on Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House and adapted by Nelson Gidding. The movie features Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, and Russ Tamblyn as members of a small group who are invited by a paranormal investigator to look into a house believed to be haunted.
  15. 14:32 Lost Boys (trailer) — The Lost Boys is a 1987 comedy horror film directed by Joel Schumacher about two teenage brothers who move with their divorced mother to the fictional California town of Santa Carla and discover it is a haven for vampires. The film was written by Jeffrey Boam, Janice Fischer, and James Jeremias, based on a story by Fischer and Jeremias. It stars Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Corey Haim, Edward Herrmann, Barnard Hughes, Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, and Dianne Wiest.
  16. 15:53 Ray Starling signs off