Monster Mash cereal
A pop-culture food moment Thanks to an eagle-eyed friend, I scored a box of limited-edition, 50th-anniversary Monster Mash [...]
‘Monster Mash’ book
Franken Berry and friends
Seasonal sweetness Whenever Halloween season rolled around, and I would see Franken Berry, Count Chocula and Boo Berry in [...]
‘Monster Mash’ in Burbank
Brick-and-mortar sightings Ya got me why “Monster Mash,” the book, ain’t for sale in Cracker Barrel gift [...]
John Facenda (1913-84)
Philly icon’s movie-star turn I recently did a deep dive into Paul Wendkos’ riveting 1957 noir “The [...]
Planters Peanuts store
This place was nuts I recently wrote about an engrossing noir from 1957, Paul Wendkos‘ “The Burglar” [...]
Belmar Restaurant Tour 2021
The tour that never was Why would you spend five hours of a cold winter’s day walking? To eat! The Belmar Restaurant [...]
‘Giant From the Unknown’ (1958)
Nice scenery, lame monster ‘Giant From the Unknown: Deluxe Edition’ The Film Detective General release: $24.95 [...]
‘The Man Who Laughs’ (1928)
Move over, Quasimodo Though Universal’s “Phantom of the Opera” (1925) and “Dracula” (1931) are separated by a [...]
Weird (Feb. 1969), Part 2
It’s finally in my hands As I write this (on July 21, 2020 at 7:57 AM EST), the Feb. 1969 edition of the horror comic [...]
Coronavirus memes
Monsters to the rescue By Mark Voger, author “Holly Jolly: Celebrating Christmas Past in Pop Culture” Me and my [...]
Sid Haig (1939-2019)
Remembering a gentle genre giant Let’s face it, 80 is up there. But it was still a shock to learn that we lost [...]
The corner of Clams and Tires
My own ‘Gasoline Alley’ in Berlin, NJ One of the most salient memories of my childhood is the odor of clams [...]
Two trailers
I guess I value directors over stars, because two films — one just out, another due in the fall — got me [...]
Super Shock Show II (Feb. 9, 2019)
Begone, winter doldrums Cool peeps. And a refuge from cabin fever. The second edition of the Super Shock Show held at Groovy [...]
Singing for presidents
U.S. (and family) history When reading about a storied or legendary performer, typically in his or her obituary, we [...]
‘The Kinetophone: A Fact! A Reality!’
This guy invented everything By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” Talking pictures [...]
Lugosi, Chaney, Vampira on TV
Titans of terror in blurry grays Imagine my surprise upon discovering, after all these years, that Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney [...]
Video vixens
Bad instrument aping (but nobody cared) Drivin’ home late one night a coupla weeks ago after getting’ the s*** beat out [...]
Howard Bender ’66
My old buddy, artist Howard Bender (Action Comics, “Spider-Man Seek and Find,” Mr. Fixitt) recently shared some [...]
More ‘Dark Shadows’ memes
Thank God it’s Frid Day Yep, I’m still sending those “Happy Frid Day” messages to my buddy at the [...]
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