‘Doctor of Doom’ (1963) June 1, 2022 // 0 Comments A neat little monster movie By Mark Voger, author ‘Britmania: The British Invasion of the Sixties in Pop Culture’ [...]
‘Aztec Mummy’ trilogy May 27, 2022 // 0 Comments Popoca returns (three times) By Mark Voger, author ‘Britmania: The British Invasion of the Sixties in Pop Culture’ [...]
‘The Vampire’s Coffin’ (1958) May 26, 2022 // 0 Comments a.k.a. ‘El Ataud del Vampiro’ By Mark Voger, author ‘Britmania: The British Invasion of the Sixties in Pop [...]
‘El Vampiro’ (1957) May 25, 2022 // 0 Comments Mexico’s horror noir By Mark Voger, author ‘Britmania: The British Invasion of the Sixties in Pop Culture’ [...]
The last spook show May 24, 2022 // 0 Comments Mexi-monsters, Hypnoscope & sullen teens In 1971, when I was in the seventh grade, I attended an afternoon [...]
‘Girl on a Chain Gang’ (1966) April 20, 2022 // 0 Comments That’s exploitation! ‘Girl on a Chain Gang’ The Film Detective and Something Weird Video $24.95 (Blu-ray), [...]
‘Frankenstein’s Daughter’ (1958) November 4, 2021 // 0 Comments Monsters on Main Street ‘Frankenstein’s Daughter: Special Edition’ The Film Detective $24.95 (Blu-ray), [...]
Monster Mash cereal October 6, 2021 // 0 Comments A pop-culture food moment Thanks to an eagle-eyed friend, I scored a box of limited-edition, 50th-anniversary Monster Mash [...]
Franken Berry and friends September 21, 2021 // 0 Comments Seasonal sweetness Whenever Halloween season rolled around, and I would see Franken Berry, Count Chocula and Boo Berry in [...]
‘Monster Mash’ in Burbank June 16, 2021 // 0 Comments Brick-and-mortar sightings Ya got me why “Monster Mash,” the book, ain’t for sale in Cracker Barrel gift [...]
John Facenda (1913-84) March 25, 2021 // 0 Comments Philly icon’s movie-star turn I recently did a deep dive into Paul Wendkos’ riveting 1957 noir “The [...]
Planters Peanuts store March 22, 2021 // 0 Comments This place was nuts I recently wrote about an engrossing noir from 1957, Paul Wendkos‘ “The Burglar” [...]
Belmar Restaurant Tour 2021 March 15, 2021 // 0 Comments 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) December 19, 2020 // 0 Comments Nice scenery, lame monster ‘Giant From the Unknown: Deluxe Edition’ The Film Detective General release: $24.95 [...]
‘The Man Who Laughs’ (1928) November 16, 2020 // 0 Comments Move over, Quasimodo Though Universal’s “Phantom of the Opera” (1925) and “Dracula” (1931) are separated by a [...]
Weird (Feb. 1969), Part 2 July 21, 2020 // 0 Comments 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 May 9, 2020 // 0 Comments Monsters to the rescue By Mark Voger, author “Holly Jolly: Celebrating Christmas Past in Pop Culture” Me and my [...]
Sid Haig (1939-2019) October 1, 2019 // 0 Comments 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 September 21, 2019 // 0 Comments My own ‘Gasoline Alley’ in Berlin, NJ One of the most salient memories of my childhood is the odor of clams [...]
Two trailers July 30, 2019 // 0 Comments I guess I value directors over stars, because two films — one just out, another due in the fall — got me [...]