You Know You’re a Film Fanatic When–This is Your Gym Tee!

Spellbound by Movie's Beth Ann Gallagher in Rock Rebel's Universal Monsters Collage Tee

I can’t resist showing my movie love when at my new gym. Since I’m only a beginner, its circuit training sessions are grueling, but I keep myself peppy by wearing film-related tees. Today’s reflected my lifelong enjoyment of the Universal Monsters series.

Starting as a tot, I’d tune in to local station WLVI for The Creature Double Feature every Saturday. The show didn’t have the typical costumed horror host, but the announcer was enthusiastic, and he never talked down about the material. The program’s introductory sequences built anticipation of what was to come by containing horror clips, sometimes altered in psychedelic ways, accompanied by electronic music and vocal effects.

I credit The Creature Double Feature as one of the influences that turned me into a film fanatic. It was pure cinema of entertainment until commercials temporarily interrupted whatever was onscreen. Besides Universal, the program showcased Toho Studio‘s giant monster movies, American International Pictures‘ fifties films, Hammer Studios, and Roger Corman‘s sixties horror flicks.

Mention The Creature Double feature to anyone who grew up watching it, and you’ll get a smile from someone eager to chat. The name acts like a secret handshake. If you search the web, you’ll find fan pages and a message board run by people nostalgic for the show. I even found a list of every movie it ever played. That’s a great help because I know I’ve watched Hammer movies, but sometimes I can’t remember which ones. I enjoyed them, but the melancholy monsters of Universal Studios stuck with me.

Beth Ann Gallagher

2 Comments

  1. Reply

    Patricia Nolan-Hall (@CaftanWoman)

    March 15, 2017

    The right introduction to movies can make all the difference in the world as to whether you will grow up to be “one of us” or one of them (dah-dah).

    I am crazy about your shirt!

    • Reply

      msbethg

      March 22, 2017

      It truly does make a difference. My family loved watching movies. Sometimes I got away with watching films I shouldn’t see yet, that I was too young for. I wasn’t “patrolled” on what movies I watched. They weren’t anything bad; they were just mature.

      Thanks about the shirt! It’s designed by Rock Rebel. They have official approval from Universal to make monster wear!

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