Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 7

THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Abilene Texas Friday Eveline Jum 11 1971 REDUCED THRU SATURDAY 3 best selling towels "Sde I4 rag la i fi'i Had towel Sole 80 reg 95c Supermonsters The still-thriving horror movie industry dates back to the l920s and '30s and the work of from left Lon Chaney Sr (in of the here) Bela Lugosi (whose per-formance in made him the ulti mate in screen vampires) Lon Chaney Jr (working one of the hairy fits he made famous as "The Wolf and Boris Karloff (who started a long horror career with his role as the pathetic monster in Horror Movies Score Up Profits 46 Not just ordinary towels but our most popular printed and woven patterns: "Infatuation" Mediterranean style jacquard All Cotton Terry depressed Hollywood (Secnd twe puts) By DICK KLEINER HOLLYWOOD (NEA) Making horror movies appeals to would-be producers because -they can be turned out ineocpen- Hi sivdy and they are almost sure 1 to make money in also Morrow and Merry Anders are electrocuted in bed- Somebody else is bashed in the head with an ax' And so it a total loss for purist horror fans there is one glorious moment' when the bloody ax-bashed head is seen on splatter THE CAST pitched in to help these unusual deaths look Smith permitted stingless i actors are available John Carradine headed the cast with John Smith Faith Do-mergue Merry Anders Jeff orrow and Richard Davalos involved Norden had carefully written he script so there was only one ocation and no extras (For one funeral scene they assembled he families of themselves and the cast and crew and wound up with a fair-sized group of 80 For the one location they were able to use a big old mansion in Pasadena The shooting schedule was 12 days- By carefully controlling all tills a brief shooting schedule one location miniscule crew and cast they did the movie for $50000 They figure the sale to TV alone will give them $150000 to crawl on his face Davalosf cheerfully put warms in hisf mouth and nose before he entered the fish tank so the fishf could be seen nibbling at him Rombouts Monson and Nor- den are thinking bigger now Their next probably a Weston win be a $75000 epic and after that they may even try something for $125000 When you realize that a major Hollywood! studio considers $500000 to be a very cheap movie you under- stand what these independent! operators can do Their films may not rival and The Wolfman" among the horror classics but make! money worst we can possibly I says Monson break even But I think the picture is good enough so make a lot of And scare a lot of people ln the process' SPECIAL MEN'S Special! Roman-styled sandsis for woman and girls All vinyl in high-fashion color ITS EASIER to make a horror movie than a Western you have to hire horses just people and you need a location just a creepy did house somewhere A perfect example of this is a film just finished here the product id a new company called Studio West This is made up of three men prodncercamera-man Ben Rombouts directored itor Carl Monson and writer Eric Norden They had made films before low low low budget Norden says They even put their names on them They were sexploitation movies which cost $5000 or so These returned enough so the decided to try something: bigger and turned to the old reliable horror movie Monson had the basic idea and did an outline in four hours! It took Norden Usee days to write the Pencil-Chewing Hazard Listed NE YORK (AP) People who chew pencils because they are nervous should be nervous about chewing pencils the Health Department says Test results disclosed Wednesday showed that more Quin one-third of a sampling of wooden pencils sold here were coated with lead paint Lead content in the paint ranged as high as 30 per cent Dr Vincent Guinee director of the Bureau of Lead Poisoning Control urged manufacturers to use nonhaded paints REG' LONGS a tvu MS i FREE ALTERATIONS ORIGINALLY they planned to call their film "Legacy id the word is the key word in horror film titles but they think the picture turned out too well to be odd as just a horror movie Tentatively it is now "The Legacy" cafflngit a dramatic mystery with touches of horror and a shaggy dog ending" says Norden --tMonson sayg the ody hofror ln it are the unusual deaths John Smith is Stung to death lyr bees Richard Davalos Is eaten alive by man-eating fish Jeff WE REFUSE TO BE UNDERSOLD i BY ANYONE ON QUALITY CARPET FREEZE lCARPETS i 4034 North 1st 473-4114 FOR BETTER HEARING see call or warrant TINKLE SONOTONI HEARING AIDS' Id CYPRUS BMM r- THEY ASSEMBLED a technical crew of nine people and cast of 12- They -were actually surprised considering1 tin Jftw salaries they offered at the quality of actor they got but a if- a I Thick rubber tire tread jole sandals Uppers of nigged vinyl with- studs and buckles Men's and boys' sizes Key Stamps With Every Purchase 'j ff 'A City Within Itself9 Sneakers for the entire family With l-white expanded vinyl' upper and black' Heat sealed stripes Cushion insole arid rubber sole Men's boys' and youths' sizes i A Cotton duck sneakers with cushion insole and correct balance arch for all the gals-Crepe design rubber outsole In white for girls' and ladies' sizes Ladles crinkle patent vinyl sandals with cork heel Styles and colors galoreu Sizes 5 to 10 Many styles to choose from Cottons plus your favorite blends Missy Sizes Many colors in stripes checks prints and solids Ready to wear 200 Special Value It still means something at Penneys River Oaks 0 Brownwood Thun Wesfgato Shopping Capitol op JO-fCO 1W PH WM Mm Timv WW In 4th Oak Merchant Park Moib-Sat Downtown Showcase Square Arm Then UpCII fJUJt Mm Tun Wri iA CATALOG PHONE 677-6231 CATALOG PHONE 6924770.