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Thursday, February 19, 1987 Daily Nebraskan Page 7 The I f" Glassy By v Fp Dave A L'y p Meile l: vVb- xsn A First, the Bela Lugosi Network (Ch. 36) was axed and replaced by around-the-clock guys selling zircon fondue forks for $85. Then the Big Eight Chan nel was vaporized. NowWOWT in Omaha has canceled Saturday night's "Thea tre of the Macabre." Here's thelowdown. Ijustgotoff the horn after a big GE teleconference with a bunch of Brooks Brothers executive type guys. "We canceled "Theatre of the Maca bre' and replaced it with Laurel and Hardy," they said. "Oh God, no!" I said. "Laurel and Hardy are humorous fellas but I need monstuhs! Gimme smog monsters, glowing guys, crusty-faced humanoids!" I cried and carried on for hours. "This is film history. If you guys don't show these films nobody will. Bela Lugosi is God!" Desperate and hoarse, I resorted to payola (a case of Billy Beer and a stack of Famous Monsters of Filmland maga zines). With a good bribe staring them in the face, they compromised a bit. I've been promised by the supervising clerk of the assistant vice president of the all-night horror-movie projection ists ofWOWT that they will continue to show the flicks, but usually only at the ungodly hour of 4 or 5 a.m. This means only lonely psychotics, insomniacs and overanxious churchgoers will ever get to see these flicks. I want all of you to have VCRs by next weekend. Saturday, 11 p.m. KETV, Ch. 7 "The Shining" (1980) Jack Nicholson, Shelly Duvall Most of your snobby, literate fans of Stephen King novels scoff and say this flick isn't nearly as good as the book. All I can say is this: I watch TV, so I don't need to know how to read. Besides, this is directed by Stanley Kubrick, who made some great movies like "Dr. Strangelove," "2001," "Paths of Glory" and "A Clockwork Orange." The mas sive Colorado hotel that is the setting for the film wasn't good enough for Stanley, so he spent millions building some hotel sets. Jack Nicholson's performance is a bit much, but who cares I'd proba bly watch the guy sand woodwork for 90 minutes. Some scary stuff and nasty words will be chopped, but the advan tage here is that it's on good old fashioned free TV. Friday, 11 p.m. WGN, Ch. 2 "Seven Days in May" (1964). Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas A compelling story about a megalo maniac general (Burt Lancaster) who conspires to have the military take over the government. Great cast includes Frederic March as the president, Kirk Douglas as an officer who discovers the plot and Edmond O'Brien (nominated for an Oscar) as a Southern congressman. Saturday, 4:50 a.m. WOWT, Ch. 6 "Island of Lost Souls" (1933) Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi Most folks, when considering classic horror films of the '30s and '40s, opt for "Dracula," "Frankenstein" or "The Wolfman," while an incredible film like "Island of Lost Souls" is rarely brought up. It's grim. It's sleazy. It was so offen sive that it was banned in England for years. Michael Weldon, author of "The Phychotronic Encyclopedia of Film," says it's probably the scariest movie ever made. Based on H.G. Wells' "Isle of Dr. Moreau," this flick shows the crazed, sadistic Moreau turning animals into humans with disastrous results. He creates hundreds of repulsive Lou Fer-rigno-type guys. To keep the subhu mans in line, the godlike psycho-doc lays down a set of laws, and if the manimals get out of line, he tortures them in the House of Pain (not to be confused with the House of Pancakes). In one of the more disgusting develop ments, Moreau tries to mate a ship wrecked sailor with a woman who is part panther. The brilliant Charles Laughton hams it up a bit as Moreau, and Bela Lugosi (obscured by gobs of yak hair) is great as the manimal known as the Sayer of the Law. Look for the apeman with a Hungarian accent.-The makeup alone is amazing. Set the timer on the old VCR or take a nap 'til 4 a.m. Sunday, 1 p.m. WGN, Ch. 2 "Charlie Chan and the Chi nese Ring" (1947) Roland Winters Roland Winters (born in Boston) stars as Charlie Chan, making him the third white guy in 12 years to squint his eyes and pretend he's Chinese. Mono gram Pictures stole the plot from one of its own films, "Mr. Wong in Chinatown" ( 1 939), in which Boris Karloff (a British guy with a lisp) pretends to be Chinese. The real reason to watch "The Chi nese Ring" is to see Mantan Moreland, a black comedian who worked in scores of films. 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