The following is a collection of print media from the initial runs of 1958's "The Haunted Strangler" in the Pacific Northwest. "Fiend Without a Face" (1958) was the second feature in both Seattle and Portland.
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The Haunted Strangler (1958)
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long-dead strangler.
Director: Robert Day
Writers: Jan Read (screenplay), John Croydon (screenplay)
Stars: Boris Karloff, Anthony Dawson, Jean Kent
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Fiend Without a Face (1958)
A scientist's thoughts materialize as an army of invisible brain-shaped monsters (complete with spinal-cord tails!) who terrorize an American military base in this nightmarish chiller.
Director: Arthur Crabtree
Writers: Herbert J. Leder (screenplay), Amelia Reynolds Long (original story)
Stars: Marshall Thompson, Terry Kilburn, Michael Balfour
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June 25, 1958 ad (Seattle)
June 15, 1958 ad (Portland)
June 18, 1958 ad (Portland)
June 19, 1958 photo (Portland)
June 20, 1958 ad (Portland)
June 20, 1958 article (Portland)
June 20, 1958 ad (Portland)
June 21, 1958 article (Portland)
June 21, 1958 ad (Portland)
June 26, 1958 ad (Seattle)
June 27, 1958 ad (Seattle)
June 28, 1958 ad (Seattle)
The Haunted Strangler (1958) trailer
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Fiend Without a Face (1958) trailer
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