I was flipping channels yesterday and came across a replay of a horror movie on one of the Universal HD cable channel. The movie was laceType w:st="on">ISLANDlaceType> OF laceName w:st="on">TERRORlaceName> which was an old British Peter Cushing film from the short lived competitor to Hammer Films called Planet Productions. The film has a very simple plot: a bunch of amoeba like monsters who look like the space ships from the 1950's version of WAR OF THE WORLDS. These nasty little creatures suck out the blood and BONES (!) of its human prey. This is a creepy little forgotten 1967 horror film that was a Saturday afternoon staple back in the day. This was a film that I watched over and over again as it appeared as part of the old syndicated television package back in the day when horror films were UHF staples. Then, something happened….the UHF landscape changed and after 30 years horror movies stopped being a staple of UHF weekends. (They would be replaced by a number of weekly syndicated programs many of which, honestly, were pretty good) It is kind of funny that I stumbled across this old film because it was a favorite of mine as a kid thanks to the creepy monsters (although it is not a particularly great film) and upon watching it yesterday I said to myself…I haven't seen this film in over 20 years! I guess if I had a point this post it would be that the great, expansive cable universe is quickly becoming a dumping ground for pretty much any type of old film…and this is a good thing. Why should I have to wait 20 years to see a B-movie I dug? If a cable channel got its act together – even a small cable channel – and brought back the old gimmick of a horror movie host they would do really well.