Here’s another Throwback Thursday post that is a relatively obscure, but might be a treat for my fellow HNAM’s (Horror Nerds Approaching Midlife). Who remembers the nationwide syndicated broadcast of 1955’s “Revenge of the Creature” in 3-D in early July 1982?
Your parents had to pick up the 3-D glasses for you from a local Pizza Hut or 7-Eleven, I think … This was a pretty big deal, especially if you were a nine-year-old boy, as I was. My good old Dad got the glasses for me, and he patiently explained to me how depth perception the 3-D technology worked. Good Lord, how I looked forward to this.
And I wasn’t disappointed. I remember the effects being actually pretty damned good. I was thrilled. It was my first 3-D movie. (In fact, it might actually have been the only 3-D movie I’ve ever seen …)
The Neato Coolville website has a far better account of the event than I could write — check it out right here:
http://neatocoolville.blogspot.com/2007/10/1982-television-event-revenge-of.html
The movie itself, in 3-D format, is also on Youtube. I’d love to view it on my laptop, but I don’t have any 3-D glasses handy. I might have to rectify that with my next Amazon purchase.
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 
I don’t remember the Creature movie done, but our locale played the original King Kong in 3-D. Maybe they had different old movies they showed in different regions.
Also, I had just turned 17, and the alcohol and pot helped the effect a lot. The half hit of acid someone offered me might have affected the effect, too. (Glad that never made it to a habit.)
By the way, I have a pair of 3-D glasses I can spare… Came with a DVD I bought a couple of years ago.
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