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Guest contributor John Skillin writes:

As a kid growing up in the 1950s, I went to the movies almost every Saturday.  In those pre-video, pre-cable days, neighborhood theaters offered "kiddie matinees," consisting of double- and triple-features of monsters and cheap science fiction.  Admission was 35 cents.  Most of the movies were pretty lame.  I remember seeing "Frankenstein's Daughter," "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein," and "Teenage Caveman" at about the same time, but never felt cheated.  As long as there was a monster (no matter how poorly conceived), we were satisfied.