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
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1pm |
Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet (1965) |
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2:30pm |
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1966) |
Saturday, September 13th, 1975
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1pm |
Revenge of the Zombies (1943) |
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2:30pm |
King of the Zombies (1941) |
Saturday, September 20th, 1975
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1pm |
Magnetic Monster (1953) |
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2:30pm |
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957) |
Saturday, September 27th, 1975
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1pm |
War of the Gargantuas (1966) |
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2:30pm |
War of the Monsters (1968) |
Saturday, October 4th, 1975
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1pm |
Rodan (1957) |
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2:30pm |
Monster Zero (1969) |
Saturday, October 11th, 1975
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1pm |
Majin, Monster of Terror (1964) |
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2:30pm |
Return of Giant Majin (1966) |
Saturday, October 18th, 1975
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1pm |
Reptilicus (1962) |
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2:30pm |
Yongary (1964) |
Saturday, October 25th, 1975
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1pm |
Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962) |
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2:30pm |
Planet of Blood (1966) |
Saturday, November 1st, 1975
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1pm |
Voyage Into Space (1970) |
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2:30pm |
Battle Beyond the Sun (1963) |
Saturday, November 8th, 1975
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1pm |
Dracula Vs. Frankenstein (1971) |
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2:30pm |
Frankenstein Conquers the World (1964) |
Saturday, November 15th, 1975
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1pm |
Godzilla (1956) |
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2:30pm |
Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster (1972) |
Saturday, November 22nd, 1975
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1pm |
Destroy All Monsters (1969) |
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2:30PM |
Destroy All Planets (1970) |
Saturday, November 29th, 1975
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1pm |
Terror in the Crypt (Christopher Lee – 1958) |
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2:30pm |
Terror From The Year 5,000 (1960) |
Saturday, December 6th, 1975
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1pm |
Curse of Dracula (1958) |
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2:30pm |
Blood of Dracula (1957) |
Saturday, December 13th, 1975
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1pm |
Beast with Five Fingers (1946) |
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2:30pm |
Beast with a Million Eyes (1956) |
Saturday, December 20th, 1975
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1pm |
Die, Monster, Die (1965) |
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2:30pm |
Killer Shrews (1959) |
Saturday, December 27th, 1975
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1pm |
Angry Red Planet (1960) |
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2:30pm |
Dagora, the Space Monster (1960) |
Saturday, January 3rd, 1976
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1pm |
The Brain Eaters (1958) |
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2:30pm |
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1963) |
Saturday, January 10th, 1976
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1pm |
The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) |
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2:30pm |
War of the Colossal Beast (1958) |
Saturday, January 17th, 1976
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1pm |
The Astounding She-Monster (1957) |
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2:30pm |
The She-Creature (1956) |
Saturday, January 24th, 1976
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1pm |
Attack of the Monsters (1969) |
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2:30pm |
Return of the Giant Monsters (1964) |
Saturday, January 31st, 1976
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1pm |
Zontar, The Thing from Venus (1966) |
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2:30pm |
The Magic Serpent (1966) |
Saturday, February 7th, 1976
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1pm |
Gamera Vs. Monster X (1969) |
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2:30pm |
Yog, Monster From Space (1971) |
Saturday, February 14th, 1976
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1pm |
The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) |
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2:30pm |
Night of the Blood Beast (1958) |
Saturday, February 21st, 1976
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1pm |
I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957) |
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2:30pm |
I Was A Teenage Frankenstein (1957) |
Saturday, February 28th, 1976
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1pm |
Attack of the Puppet People |
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2:30pm |
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) |
Saturday, March 6th, 1976
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1pm |
The Screaming Skull (1958) |
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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!!