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SYNDICATION INFORMATION
"Cinema Insomnia with Mr. Lobo" is a nationally syndicated series available to all media outlets for non-exclusive broadcast rights, 50/50 barter split or neg. price per episode. Please contact Mr. Lobo at misterl0b0@yahoo.com (MISTER-L-Zero-B-Zero).
The show is carried by AMGTV, various independant and network affiliates, including KTEH in the San Francisco Bay Area.
"CINEMA INSOMNIA... has created positive viewer response, brought up ratings, and attracted advertisers in every market it's been aired. Ask any station manager and they too will recommend CINEMA INSOMNIA to anyone looking for good off-prime programming."
Terri Egloff, Program Manager, KEJB-TV UPN 43
Starting October 2007 you can view full episodes of Cinema Insomnia for free--anytime, 24 hours a day, seven days a week!
We launch with...
Gigantis: The Fire Monster
Bucket of Blood
Prince Of Space
And Our Brand New Halloween Episode
A lower quality version of Prince Of Space can also be seen on Google Video.
We present Mr. Lobo's interview with the legendary horror host Cassandra Peterson ( Elvira) with some highlights from the syndication pilot episode (the Season 3 kickoff) featuring George A. Romero's classic: Night Of The Living Dead on youtube. Free.
Mister Lobo's Knights has also posted many clips of Cinema Insomnia shows for your enjoyment including this gem from The Brain that Wouldn't Dieepisode featuring an interview with horror star Bruce Campbell.
EPISODE LISTING
Season 5 -Click on titles for more info or to purchase.
We have 13 new episodes in the works for broadcast. Here are films we have shot material for...
PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE - HARDWARE WARS
THE VISITOR
and more...
"Cinema Insomnia is more than just the last true late night horror movie showcase. Many of us grew up watching Zacharley, Ghoulardi, Bob Wilkins, Elvira, Mystery Science Theatre and other wonderfully unique programs back in the days before DVD, VCR - and yes, even Cable TV. Late night programs like these were the only outlet for viewing classic 'B' films, monster films, sci-fi and horror classics. Cinema Insomnia recaptures the nostalgia of those times perfectly, but in its own brand new and highly entertaining package. Cinema Insomnia is hosted by the multi-talented Mr. Lobo who adds comedic pieces before, during and after the features to add perspective and prove his motto, 'They're not bad movies - just misunderstood.' Thrown into the mix is an eclectic stream-of-conciousness archive of rare films, retro commercials, monster movie trailers, and cutting-edge indies. The editing and the writing are extremely clever, making Cinema Insomnia a gem in a world of copy-cat reality driven programs that now dominate the present-day TV wasteland. Mr. Lobo may be a throwback to another era of television, but he is attracting the eyeballs of young and old in broadcast markets across the country on over 100 cable systems. Not only is Mr. Lobo is the perfect 'Horror Host,' hands down - but possibly also the future late-night king... period."
Kensforce.com, Sci-Fi Newswire
A friendly explanation of the Cinema Insomnia ratings system
-- This superior film will lose interest in YOU, take your TV and leave.
-- It's good or bad enough to stay up to the very bitter end.
-- You'll fall alseep halfway through.
-- you'll lose interest 10 minutes in.
NO EYES -- You'd sooner gouge out your own eyes and don a hair shirt than watch.
Season 4- Click on titles for more info or to purchase.
The fourth season
To serve new media, DVD and non commercial television stations like KTEH, a full two hour versionof Cinema Insomnia was developed paralell to the commercial 90 minute version. Though the films are the same, many shows from season 2 and 3 were re-edited, remastered, and updated, for season 4 and contain as much as 30 minutes of original material. This slowed down production of completely new shows in both formats but gave us 30 additional shows that could be repurposed and mixed with the new.
SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS 
Mr. Lobo learns the true meaning of Misunderstood Movies with this infamous horror host holiday staple and features some great toy commercials.
William Castle has whipped out his gimmick again and Vincent Price isnot afraid to use it! Great halloween special featuring the debut of the Cinema Insomnia anthem "Watching TV"sung by Ron Dante of "The Archies"!
DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS(performed live on KTEH)
First Ever Live show! Mr. Lobo's houseplant, Miss Mittens, has a slumber party and the girls decide to "go green" on Mr. Lobo! Featuring John Wyndam's Sci-Fi Classic!
FRANKENSEIN VS THE CREATURE FROM BLOOD COVE
The director of the "Double D Avenger", William Winckler gets a few more boobs together to make a camp black and white homage to "So-Bad-they're-Good" films!
Mr. Lobo find himself stranded alone on an unkind planet with only this italian made film adaption of Matheson's "I am Legend" to keep him company.
and 30 re-edited shows from prior seasons.
(See this press release or the Cult Films section of this website for more information about Season 3 movies.)
Season 3 episodes - Click on titles for more info or to purchase.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD(1968) 1 Hour 30 Minutes
No, it's not about Mr. Lobo's honeymoon - this is the original low-budget Halloween classic about rampaging brain-eaters from beyond the grave. Part Of Mr. Lobo's Shloktober Slumberfest! Special appearance by Bob Wilkins scheduled for this show.
THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE (1963) 1 Hour 32 Minutes
An arrogant young surgeon scours strip clubs to find the perfect body for his wife's severed head - kept alive in a roasting pan! Bitter and telepathic, she communicates with the medical mistake behind the laboratory door and plots revenge. The drive-in cult classic presented in Blood-O-Vision (you can get your special Blood-O-Vision Glasses from us).
GIGANTIS: THE FIRE MONSTER (1955) 1 Hour 18 Minutes
Second "Godzilla" feature has the big guy with a name change and his first giant angry enemy - Angolis. Japanese, brillantly dubbed in English by George Takei (Mr. Sulu), Daws Butler (Yogi Bear) and others. At times they can't keep the names of the monsters strqight, or the sounds they make. Osaka fight scene was under-cranked so the behemoths fight in fast- instead of slow-motion. Campy fun good time.
INVASION OF THE NEPTUNE MEN1 Hour 14 Minutes
Japanese kids in short pants and Sonny Chiba, as prancing superhero Space Chief, battle with bullet headed arch welders from the water planet. See Starman and Prince Of Space for nearly identical adventures!
MONSTER FROM A PREHISTORIC PLANET(1967)
An expedition in the South Pacific funded by Playmate magazine lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives of the island suffer from Kiwinoma an unfortunate skin disorder that makes them appear as if they are just Japanese people smeared with shoe polish.
VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET(1965)
Cannibalized footage from Russian classic "Planeta Burg" (1962 ?) cut together with new scenes featuring Faith Domergue and Basil Rathbone on sets leftover from Queen of Blood. Great robot and super flying car.
The Great Vorelli is a ventriloquist & hypnotist, with an ultra creepy dummy named Hugo who he can control and make kill. An american journalist Mark investigates. This would be a great half our Twilight Zone episode, too bad it's a feature length film.
In the genius satire, Walter Paisley, a milktoast busboy at a The Yellow Door is obsessed with of the various beat poets and artists and picks up sculpting to fit in. After accidentally killing his landlady's cat and covering the body in plaster, he is acclaimed by in-crowd as a brilliant sculptor. His fans want to see more of his work. Walter resorts to hiding larger corpses in a similar fashion since he lacks any talent or common sense whatsooever...
SUPER ARGO(1968)
Paolo Bianchini directs this Italian adventure that Mr. Lobo calls a Spagetti Wrestern. A masked wrestler/superhero in red tights and his hindu sidekick use their telekinis and muscle against Guy Madison as mad Scientist and his army of half-robots who aim to steal the worlds athletes to make an amy on more cyborgs. He also has a great battle-station-wagon!
GAMERA SUPER MONSTER (1980)
A train wreck of Gamara footage edited together with a thin premise of Space Women defending the earth and a desire to rip off Close Encounters, Star Wars, Superman and Charlies Angels.
IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS
An edited TV version of the 1970 German documentary "Chariots of the Gods", that examines the theory that aliens have landed on Earth in ancient times and were responsible for many of mankind's oldest mysteries. This pilot for the TV series "In Search Of" was hosted by "Twilight Zone" creator, Rod Serling.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Scrooge)
The timeworn Dickens' story about the old merchant Scrooge who displays no charity to mankind generally, and in particular, to his employee Bob Cratchett and his unfortunate son, Tiny Tim. He is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future and in Mr. Lobo's segments he is visted by horror hosts past present and future..
Chester Morris stars as a hypnotist, who awakens a prehistoric monster that lives in the repressed past life memories of a beautiful girl. Paul Blysdale's super low budget monster design steals the show. Was done on Cinema Insomnia when it was thought to be in the public domain. He is the legitamate release.
FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS (1959) 1 Hour 18 Minutes
American cut of Eastern bloc sci-fi space epic. A cryptic spool contains a garbled message that inspires a team of international scientists to put on really ugly space suits and head to the verboten 2nd planet from the sun. George Lucas clearly ripped off the opening titles and dome-headed robot who plays chess with the crew. Dubbed.
Mr. Lobo hosts this Knock off of ridley Scott's with special effects by the Skotek brothers who whon acadamy awards for thier work in James Cameron's Film TITANTIC. The film was orginally called Titan Find.
CARNIVAL OF SOULS(1962) 1 Hour 20 Minutes
Part of Mr. Lobo's Shloktober Slumberfest! Herk Harvey directs the dear-caught-in-the-headlights Candace Hilligoss, who can't escape from the "man". An inspiration for Tim Burton and M. Night Shyamalan (among too many others). You'll gasp, you'll cringe, you'll wonder why it wasn't condensed into a half-hour episode of The Twilight Zone.
GODZILLA VS. THE SMOG MONSTER (1971)
"Big G" stands up against pollution. Was presented as "Gigantis Vs. the Smog Monster". Every time a character said "Godzilla" the editor dubbed in "Gigantis" with hilarous results. Taken out of circlulation in fear of legal harrasment.
THE DAY TIME ENDED (1979) NO EYES-
Charles Band produces this yarn about a ranch family who is plagued by warps in time and space. Nearly incomprensible. Stars Jim Davis of Dallas fame and a bunch of nobody's. Some great 1970's stop motion animation but that's about it. Really. Please buy it, anyway.
DEMONS(1985)
Lamberto Bava, son of the Italian horror legend and giallo godfather Mario Bava, teamed up with modern master Dario Argento (cowriter and producer) for this slick gorefest, a triumph of style and special effects over movie logic. Set in a refurbished German movie palace, our hapless soon-to-be victims arrive for a sneak preview of a horror movie only to see the gore unfold in the audience, as well as onscreen.
Cormans classic about a cometics mogul who wants to be eternally young and transforms herself inro a bug eyed monster!
SUPERWHEELS
West Germany's answer to Herbie:The Love Bug. From the Wack superwheels series of childrens films.
Masked mexican wrestler and sexy vapire girls. Need we say more? Mr. Lobo is confonted by rival horror host Dr. Loco.
Also Known as Dick Tracy meets Boris Karloff. Chester Goulds classic character from the Sunday comics becomes even more 2-D! Trailers from Crime Genre films, 1930's to present and rival host Lady Skankenstein steals the second half of the movie! A "must see" for CI fans!
Newspaper men suffer the climate changing effects of simultanious arctic nuclear tests by Russia and USA. The cold war version of "Front Page". Mr. Lobo hides in a bomb shelter with Miss Mittens.
PRINCE OF SPACE(1959) 1 Hour 18 Minutes
Also known as "Yusei oji", "Invaders From Space", "Invaders From The Spaceship" and "The Star Prince". Japanese kids in short pants and a prancing superhero, Prince Of Space, battle with the chicken nosed, Ambassador Phantom of the planet Krankor. See Starman and Invasion Of The Neptune Men for nearly identical adventures! Heh-Heh-Heh...
BIGFOOT: THE MYSTERIOUS MONSTER
As Peter graves putters around the woods in this Sun Shick Classic Crockumentary, Mr. Lobo goes from Loch Ness to Area 51 and scores exclusive interviews with Bigfoot's hair stylist, Bigfoot's prom date and Bigfoot's 5th grade teacher.
STAR CRASH (1979)
Mr. Lobo has a showdown with Louisiana Klingons and travels to distant worlds with Europes Sci-Fi hostess Astonaughty to save the last remaining print of this Star Wars/ Barbarella rip off, starring David Hasslehoff and Caroline Munroe.
THE HORROR OF PARTY BEACH (1963)
Mr. Lobo invents a hotdog steamer that looks like the ridiculous monster from Del Tenney's horror musical. It can cook an entire pack of hot dogs in it's mouth! Episode Includes trailer for The Incredibly Stange Creatures That Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies and other retro dance party madness.
Season 2 - Click on titles for more info or to purchase.
THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL (1939)
Fugitive drama with humor. Director: Busby Berkley. Starring John Garfield, Claude Rains, The Dead-End Kids.
1 hour, 32 min.
THE TERROR (1963)
Director: Roger Corman. Starring Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight. See if you can make sense of this plot. Shot with leftover actors and props from Cormans The Raven...clean up crew included Frances Ford Copella and Jack Hill.
THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957)
FilmSkoolhaus Rock! Director: Ingmar Bergman. Starring Gunnar Bjornstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Max von Sydow.
1 hour, 36 minutes (edited-for-TV version)
VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET (1965)
Cannibalized footage from Russian classic "Planeta Burg" (1962 ?) cut together with new scenes featuring Faith Domergue and Basil Rathbone on sets leftover from Queen of Blood. Great robot and super flying car.
MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE (1947)
Detective parody. Director: Elliot Nugent (no relation). Starring Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre.
1 hour, 25 minutes
FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS (1960)
CAPTAIN KIDD (1945)
Pirate adventure. Director: Rowland V. Lee. Starring Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, John Carradine.
1 hour, 23 minutes
THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN’T DIE (1963)
An arrogant young surgeon scours strip clubs to find the perfect body for his wife's severed head - kept alive in a roasting pan! Bitter and telepathic, she communicates with the medical mistake behind the laboratory door and plots revenge. The drive-in cult classic presented in Blood-O-Vision (you can get your special Blood-O-Vision Glasses from us).
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1933)
Classic Fancy-pants adventure. Available on DVD. Director: Harold Young. Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey.
GIGANTIS: THE FIRE MONSTER (1973)
Second "Godzilla" feature has the big guy with a name change and his first giant angry enemy - Angolis. Japanese, brillantly dubbed in English by George Takei (Mr. Sulu), Daws Butler (Yogi Bear) and others. At times they can't keep the names of the monsters strqight, or the sounds they make. Osaka fight scene was under-cranked so the behemoths fight in fast- instead of slow-motion. Campy fun good time.
CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962)
Part of Mr. Lobo's Shloktober Slumberfest! Herk Harvey directs the dear-caught-in-the-headlights Candace Hilligoss, who can't escape from the "man". An inspiration for Tim Burton and M. Night Shyamalan (among too many others). You'll gasp, you'll cringe, you'll wonder why it wasn't condensed into a half-hour episode of The Twilight Zone.
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL WITH BOB WILKINS
Support your local horror hosts! Mr. Lobo is proud to present the lost Cinema Insomnia Halloween Special from 2002, with special guest Bob Wilkins, the legendary host of Creature Features.
No, it's not about Mr. Lobo's honeymoon - this is the original low-budget Halloween classic about rampaging brain-eaters from beyond the grave. Part Of Mr. Lobo's Shloktober Slumberfest!
ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES (1959)
Cormans Swamp Camp Classic wrapped with generic Lobo segments and wetlands educational films.
PRINCE OF SPACE (1959)
See Neptune Men.
INVASION OF THE NEPTUNE MEN (1961)
See Prince Of Space.
SHE-CREATURE (1945)
Chester Morris stars as a hypnotist, who awakens a prehistoric monster that lives in the repressed past life memories of a beautiful girl. Paul Blysdale's super low budget monster design steals the show. Was done on Cinema Insomnia when it was thought to be in the public domain. He is the legitamate release.
Season 1 - Click on titles for more info or to purchase.
THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL (1939)
Fugitive drama with humor. Director: Busby Berkley. Starring John Garfield, Claude Rains, The Dead-End Kids.
1 hour, 32 min.
SCARLET STREET (1945)
Psycho crime drama. Director: Fritz Lang. Starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea.
1 hour, 35 minutes
DEADLY HEROES (1994)
Direct-to-video violence. Director: Menachem Golan. Starring Jan-Michael Vincent, Michael Paré, Billy Drago.
11 hrs, 43 minutes (est.)
LINDA (1988)
Made-for-TV femme fatale attraction. Director: David Michael Frank. Starring Virginia Madsen, Richard Thomas, Ted McGinley.
1 hour, 28 minutes
CAPTAIN KIDD (1945)
Pirate adventure. Director: Rowland V. Lee. Starring Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, John Carradine.
1 hour, 23 minutes
SUNDOWN (1941)
Culturally insensitive war epic. Director: Henry Hathaway. Starring Bruce Cabot, George Sanders, Gene Tierney
1 hour, 31 minutes
THE SOUTHERNER (1945)
Agricultural tear-jerker. Director: Jean Renoir. Starring Zachary Scott, Betty Field, Beulah Bondi.
1 Hour, 31 minutes
MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE (1947)
Detective parody. Director: Elliot Nugent (no relation). Starring Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre.
1 hour, 25 minutes
DARK SIDE OF THE SUN (1988)
Medical travelogue/romance... with frickin' Brad Pitt. Director: Bozidar 'Bota' Nikolic. Also starring Guy Boyd, Milena Dravic.
1 Hour, 41 minutes
THE FEAR INSIDE (1992)
Besides being cable-ready, Dylan McDermott stars as a bad, bad boy. Director: Leon Ichaso. Also starring Christine Lahti, Jennifer Rubin.
1 hour, 28 minutes
THE WRAITH (1986)
Like "Knight Rider", if it had been written by Stephen King. Director: Mike Marvin. Starring Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn, Randy Quaid, Clint Howard.
1 Hour, 33 minutes
ROYAL WEDDING (1951)
The "King of Pomp" dances on the ceiling! Director: Stanley Dohen. Starring Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford.
1 hour, 13 minutes
THE TERROR (1963)
Borror. Director: Roger Corman. Starring Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight.
51 minutes
MADE FOR EACH OTHER (1939)
Heart-throttling drama. Director: John Cromwell. Starring Carole Lombard, James Stewart, Charles Coburn.
1 hour, 33 minutes
THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957)
FilmSkoolhaus Rock! Director: Ingmar Bergman. Starring Gunnar Bjornstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Max von Sydow.
1 hour, 36 minutes (edited-for-TV version)
CAPTURED (1998)
Direct-to-foreign-video revenge fantasy. Director: Peter Liapis. Starring Nick Mancuso, Andrew Divoff, Linda Hoffman.
1 hour, 30 minutes
CASABLANCA EXPRESS (1988)
World War II train flick, Italian style. Available on DVD. Starring Jason Connery (related), Francesco Quinn (related).
1 Hour 25 Minutes
SANTA FE (1997)
Holy crap. Director: Andrew Shea (II). Starring Gary Cole (I), Lollita Davidovich, Jeffrey Jones.
1 hour, 37 minutes
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