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Home Reviews Features Contests Editorials Top 10 Lists Retrospectives B-Sides Inside Horror Tip of the Scalpel Cold Spots Last Toys on the Left Hard-Boiled Horror Tales Motion Picture Purgatory Forums Podcasts Video EVILShop Close Home Motion Picture Purgatory: The Twonky Hans Conried Rick Trembles' Motion Picture Purgatory The Twonky Tweet By The Woman In Black April 22nd, 2009 This week Trembles takes us back ... way back to 1953 for The Twonky written and directed by Arch Oboler and starring Hans Conried, the much beloved character actor from the 60's and 70's. Pie-in-the-face McCarthyism meets Videodrome! Discuss Motion Picture Purgatory in the Dread Central forums! Submitted by The Woman In Black on Wed, 04/22/2009 - 3:07pm Login or register to post comments Recent Headlines Frankenstein's Amry Finds Distro Overseas Preview of and a Clip from The Vampire Diaries Episode 3.15 - All My Children Summit's Warm Bodies Put in Storage Until 2013 The Mask of Red Death Proves to be Infectious in Berlin Arc Entertainment Goes to Hell with Roland Emmerich Epic to Distribute V/H/S Abroad Have a Close Encounter with the Aliens: Colonial Marines Box Art Legion Headed to the TV Screen Three New Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Clips Get All Fired Up New Details Explain What Will Happen to The Last of Us <!-- 300x250 ros --> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-2421632652865552"; /* MediumRectangle */ google_ad_slot = "7522132661"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <!-- END AD TAG --> NEXT STORY New Stills: Blood: The Last Vampire Five new stills from Chris Nahon's live action adaptation of Blood: The Last Vampire found their way online today courtesy of Live Journal, and we have them for you hot, fresh, and with a dash of wasabi! Apr 22 Funny The Twonky is Funny The Twonky is mentioned here because it just aired on Turner Classic Movies last week. I taped it. Perhaps a From Here to Obscurity is in order. Hmmm... Login or register to post comments Submitted by Foywonder on Wed, 04/22/2009 - 6:10pm. Apr 22 I have to see this before I I have to see this before I die. Login or register to post comments Submitted by DavidFullam on Wed, 04/22/2009 - 4:10pm. Apr 22 moderator I did see it listed on eBay I did see it listed on eBay and a few other places. Login or register to post comments Submitted by The Woman In Black on Wed, 04/22/2009 - 5:13pm. Comment viewing options Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Aliens: Colonial Marines American Horror Story Anarchy Reigns Battleship Bedlam Breaking Dawn Cabin in the Woods Chillerama Chronicle Clash of the Titans 2 Dark Shadows Dark Souls Dead Rising 2 Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark Final Destination 5 Hostel Part III Dexter Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengance Gone Grimm Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters House Of The Dead: Overkill Jurassic Park: The Game Neverdead Once Upon A Time Paranormal Activity 3 Piranha 3DD Prometheus Prototype 2 Rise of Nightmares Rise of the Planet of the Apes Saint Nick Silent Hill Stephen King’s Bag of Bones Sundance 2012 Supernatural Terra Nova The Darkest Hour The Devil Inside The Divide The Grey The Hunger Games The Innkeepers The Raven The River The Secret Circle The Vampire Diaries The Walking Dead The Wolf Gift The Woman In Black Tucker And Dale Vs Evil	<!-- 300x250 ros --> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-2421632652865552"; /* MediumRectangle / google_ad_slot = "7522132661"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script> <!-- END AD TAG --> User login Username: Password: * Create new account Request new password You might also like: Recent Reviews Gotham City Imposters (Video Game) End Night (Video Game) Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) Resident Evil Revelations (Video Game) Darkness II, The (Video Game) Pink Sock (Short, 2011) What Fears Become: An Anthology from The Horror Zine (Book) Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God (Book) Super Shark (2011) Chronicle (2012) Recent comments Perhaps I should have gone 35 sec ago You sure about that? I'm 19 min 34 sec ago True. But Romero redefined 22 min 54 sec ago Or parents could save their 1 hour 22 min ago Brilliant! bring it on :) 2 hours 19 min ago this could be Sooper cool! 2 hours 26 min ago Some really good stuff here. 2 hours 32 min ago A-fucking Men! LOL ;) 2 hours 33 min ago I do love George and don't 2 hours 52 min ago Of all the projects Gans has 5 hours 19 sec ago