As far as we can tell, CDF began in September of 1975 on Channel 56 WLVI in Boston. Below are the listings of what played (based on TV Listing scans from the Providence Journal) through March of 1976.
Saturday, September 6th, 1975
1pm |
Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet (1965) |
2:30pm |
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1966) |
Saturday, September 13th, 1975
1pm |
Revenge of the Zombies (1943) |
2:30pm |
King of the Zombies (1941) |
Saturday, September 20th, 1975
1pm |
Magnetic Monster (1953) |
2:30pm |
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957) |
Saturday, September 27th, 1975
1pm |
War of the Gargantuas (1966) |
2:30pm |
War of the Monsters (1968) |
Saturday, October 4th, 1975
1pm |
Rodan (1957) |
2:30pm |
Monster Zero (1969) |
Saturday, October 11th, 1975
1pm |
Majin, Monster of Terror (1964) |
2:30pm |
Return of Giant Majin (1966) |
Saturday, October 18th, 1975
1pm |
Reptilicus (1962) |
2:30pm |
Yongary (1964) |
Saturday, October 25th, 1975
1pm |
Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962) |
2:30pm |
Planet of Blood (1966) |
Saturday, November 1st, 1975
1pm |
Voyage Into Space (1970) |
2:30pm |
Battle Beyond the Sun (1963) |
Saturday, November 8th, 1975
1pm |
Dracula Vs. Frankenstein (1971) |
2:30pm |
Frankenstein Conquers the World (1964) |
Saturday, November 15th, 1975
1pm |
Godzilla (1956) |
2:30pm |
Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster (1972) |
Saturday, November 22nd, 1975
1pm |
Destroy All Monsters (1969) |
2:30PM |
Destroy All Planets (1970) |
Saturday, November 29th, 1975
1pm |
Terror in the Crypt (Christopher Lee - 1958) |
2:30pm |
Terror From The Year 5,000 (1960) |
Saturday, December 6th, 1975
1pm |
Curse of Dracula (1958) |
2:30pm |
Blood of Dracula (1957) |
Saturday, December 13th, 1975
1pm |
Beast with Five Fingers (1946) |
2:30pm |
Beast with a Million Eyes (1956) |
Saturday, December 20th, 1975
1pm |
Die, Monster, Die (1965) |
2:30pm |
Killer Shrews (1959) |
Saturday, December 27th, 1975
1pm |
Angry Red Planet (1960) |
2:30pm |
Dagora, the Space Monster (1960) |
Saturday, January 3rd, 1976
1pm |
The Brain Eaters (1958) |
2:30pm |
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1963) |
Saturday, January 10th, 1976
1pm |
The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) |
2:30pm |
War of the Colossal Beast (1958) |
Saturday, January 17th, 1976
1pm |
The Astounding She-Monster (1957) |
2:30pm |
The She-Creature (1956) |
Saturday, January 24th, 1976
1pm |
Attack of the Monsters (1969) |
2:30pm |
Return of the Giant Monsters (1964) |
Saturday, January 31st, 1976
1pm |
Zontar, The Thing from Venus (1966) |
2:30pm |
The Magic Serpent (1966) |
Saturday, February 7th, 1976
1pm |
Gamera Vs. Monster X (1969) |
2:30pm |
Yog, Monster From Space (1971) |
Saturday, February 14th, 1976
1pm |
The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) |
2:30pm |
Night of the Blood Beast (1958) |
Saturday, February 21st, 1976
1pm |
I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957) |
2:30pm |
I Was A Teenage Frankenstein (1957) |
Saturday, February 28th, 1976
1pm |
Attack of the Puppet People |
2:30pm |
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) |
Saturday, March 6th, 1976
1pm |
The Screaming Skull (1958) |
2:30pm |
Donovan's Brain (1953) |
Pretty cool stuff!!! If anyone has any audio or video clips of the CDF intro and/or bumpers, please CONTACT US and we’ll post them here!!
