Mark Voger

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‘Monster Mash’ excerpts

Click on icons for excerpts from “Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America 1957-1972” by Mark Voger (TwoMorrows Publishing).

Addams Family

Munsters

Dark Shadows

Vampirella

Aurora monster models

Monster masks Don Post

Monster Mash Bobby Boris Pickett

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  • ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ (1955)
  • ‘I Was a Teenage Werewolf’ (1957)
  • Nostradamus: An overview
  • ‘Curse of Nostradamus’ (1960)
  • ‘The Monsters Demolisher’ (1961)
  • ‘Genie of Darkness’ (1962)
  • ‘Blood of Nostradamus’ (1962)
  • ‘Brain From Planet Arous’ (1957)
  • Joyce Meadows: Sci-fi heroine
  • Classic literature in film
  • ‘Doctor of Doom’ (1963)
  • ‘Aztec Mummy’ trilogy
  • ‘The Vampire’s Coffin’ (1958)
  • ‘El Vampiro’ (1957)
  • The last spook show
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  • ‘Girl on a Chain Gang’ (1966)
  • The Fleischer influence
  • (Remco) John in NYC
  • Mayfield meets Marvel
  • ‘Frankenstein’ (1818 novel)
  • ‘Monster From Green Hell’ (1958)
  • T-shirts these days
  • ‘la Marca del Muerto’ (1961)
  • ‘The Capture’ (1950)
  • ‘The White Birch’ (1968)
  • Party Mix meatloaf
  • ‘Dracula’ (1897 novel)
  • Femme fatales
  • ‘Sherlock Holmes Vault Collection’
  • Steel Pluckers (model kit)
  • ‘The Amazing Mr. X’ (1948)
  • ‘Frankenstein’s Daughter’ (1958)
  • Nova Twins
  • Monster Mash cereal
  • Lakehouse Recording in Asbury
  • The Beatles meet Dracula
  • ‘A Life at Stake’ (1955)
  • Franken Berry and friends
  • ‘New York Ninja’ trailer
  • Sam Sherman remembers
  • ‘Flight to Mars’ (1951)
  • ‘Blow-Up’ (1966)
  • Beach movies
  • ‘Monster Mash’ in Burbank
  • ‘Gidget’ (1959)
  • Foodie movies
  • ‘The Mole People’ (1956)
  • ‘Hercules and the Captive Women’
  • Thank you, A-Yeon
  • John Facenda (1913-84)
  • Planters Peanuts store
  • ‘The Burglar’ (1957)
  • ‘Beach Girls and the Monster’ (1965)
  • Belmar Restaurant Tour 2021
  • Alex Harvey (1935-82)
  • ‘Vambo’ (1974)
  • Women’s History Month
  • ‘The Crimson Ghost’ (1946)
  • ‘Blood of the Vampire’ (1958)
  • ‘Spider Baby’ (1967)
  • ‘It Conquered the World’ (1956)
  • ‘Invisible Invaders’ (1959)
  • ‘Electric Ballroom’ (Dec. 20, 2020)
  • Film noir
  • ‘M’ (1931)
  • ‘Holly Jolly’ photo gallery
  • ‘Vampyr’ (1932)
  • ‘Giant From the Unknown’ (1958)
  • Le Temps
  • Stephanie Stuckey
  • South of the Border
  • Stuckey’s then and now
  • Barreling down Interstate 95
  • Home for the holidays, not
  • ‘The Other Side of Madness’ (1971)
  • ‘War of the Satellites’ (1958)
  • ‘Day the World Ended’ (1956)
  • ‘Invasion of the Saucer Men’ (1957)
  • ‘The Man Who Laughs’ (1928)
  • ‘The Brain Eaters’ (1958)
  • ‘Attack of the Crab Monsters’ (1957)
  • Halloween movie picks
  • ‘Not of This Earth’ (1957)
  • My Lucy ‘Mame’ story
  • ‘Svengali’ (1931)
  • Zita Johann (1904-1993)
  • ‘The Sin of Nora Moran’ (1933)
  • Stones to the rescue
  • Weird (Feb. 1969), Part 2
  • ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ (1955)
  • Baseball movies
  • Taking flight (on film)
  • The 500
  • ‘Holly Jolly’ book trailer
  • Defective Comics Trading Cards
  • Origin of the Sketch Card
  • Pop Tarts meet Good Humor
  • ‘Fist of Fear, Touch of Death’ (1980)
  • Coronavirus memes
  • Easter movie picks
  • ‘Radio Golf’ at Two River
  • ‘The Photograph’ (2020)
  • Pat’s King of Steaks
  • “The Irishman” (2019)
  • 2019 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
  • ‘Eegah: Special Edition’
  • ‘Deadline’ on DVD
  • Ginger Baker (1939-2019)
  • Sid Haig (1939-2019)
  • The Fro/Gaga T-shirt
  • The corner of Clams and Tires
  • Labor Day movie picks
  • Peter Fonda (1940-2019)
  • The Brett Michaels threat
  • Two trailers
  • Summer movies
  • Father’s Day movie picks
  • ‘Stan and Ollie’ (2018)
  • Mott the Hoople ’74 banner
  • Mott at the Keswick (April 8, 2019)
  • Mott the Hoople ’74 T-shirt
  • St. Pat’s movie picks
  • Peter Tork (1942-2019)
  • Mott the Hoople ’74 tour
  • Valentine’s Day movie picks
  • Super Shock Show II (Feb. 9, 2019)
  • Boris and Basil
  • Dick Miller (1928-2019)
  • Boris Karloff in ‘The Lark’
  • Singing for presidents
  • ‘Robin Hood’ poster
  • 2018 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
  • Stan Lee (1922-2018)
  • ‘What Is Rock and Roll?’
  • Rabbi Benjamin Sendrow
  • Mark Voglesong | Designer
  • In defense of ‘Godfather III’
  • Schaffenberger’s ‘Archie’ period
  • ‘The Kinetophone: A Fact! A Reality!’
  • Lugosi, Chaney, Vampira on TV
  • Video vixens
  • Howard Bender ’66
  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  • ‘Groovy’ trailer
  • More ‘Dark Shadows’ memes
  • Weird (Feb. 1969)
  • Beverly Owen: Still alive
  • Ron Tortu
  • ‘Imitation of Life’ (1959)
  • ‘Passage to Marseille’ (1944)
  • ‘Red State’ (2011)
  • Jack Kirby Collector #73
  • Lost in 2017
  • Holiday on Cookman
  • ‘Let Me Down Hard’ soundtrack
  • ‘Groovy Trailer Theme’
  • Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (2017)
  • Old comic books 2
  • Old comic books 1
  • Chance encounters
  • Cosplay-palooza!
  • New York Comic Con: Oct. 8, 2017
  • New York Comic Con: Oct. 7, 2017
  • New York Comic Con: Oct. 6, 2017
  • ‘Dark Shadows’ memes
  • Bender meets Savini
  • Chris Farlowe
  • Happy Together 2017
  • ‘Monstrkyd Manor’
  • Army band & choir (June 29, 2017)
  • ‘Lookwell’ (1991)
  • Adam West
  • ‘G.L.O.W.’
  • Michael Parks R.I.P.
  • Newark
  • Strange’s fourth Frankenstein
  • David Bowie’s ‘Lazarus’
  • David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’
  • Chuck Berry (1926-2017)
  • Mexico’s ‘Invisible Man’ (1958)
  • ‘L.S. Bumblebee’
  • Overend Watts R.I.P.
  • Posters from my past
  • In search of ‘Invasion Siniestra’
  • Lost in 2016
  • Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (2016)
  • Toy exhibit in Union
  • John Zacherle (1918-2016)
  • All-Star Super Shock Show
  • ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
  • ‘Frankie in Newark’
  • Why I sat out ‘Batman v Superman’
  • ‘The Devil Bat’ (1940)
  • Asbury Park
  • Muhammad Ali’s hometown
  • The Rondos
  • How I met Karch
  • The Keith Roth interview
  • Keith Roth, movie star
  • Farewell, Comics Plus (1989-2015)
  • NJArts.net benefit March 13
  • Rondo Award nomination
  • Planet Earth is blue
  • Tiny Tim memories
  • Buffin Griffin R.I.P.
  • Sketch cards
  • Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (2015)
  • A Very Monster Soaky Christmas
  • Fangoria #200 comic (2001)
  • ‘Phantoms of Philadelphia’ excerpts
  • ‘Beast of Blood’ (1971)
  • Independence Branch in Philadelphia
  • Chiller Theatre (Oct. 24, 2015)
  • Groovy Graveyard in Asbury Park
  • ‘Mad Doctor of Blood Island’ (1969)
  • ‘Two Trains Running’ (2007 production)
  • ‘Brides of Blood’ (1968)
  • ‘Seven Guitars’ in Red Bank
  • John Ashley
  • ‘Monster Mash’ book trailer
  • ‘Tall in the Saddle’ (1944)
  • ‘The Shootist’ (1976)
  • John Wayne comedies
  • ‘Dick Foran Western Collection’ review
  • DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis
  • ‘McQ’ novelization (1974)
  • ‘The Vampire Lovers’ (1970)
  • ‘McQ’ (1974)
  • ‘La nave de los monstruos’ (1960)
  • ‘Jackie Brown’ (1997)
  • ‘Foxy Brown’ (1974)
  • ‘Coffy’ (1973)
  • ‘Thunderbirds’ (1965-66)
  • ‘Little Red Riding Hood and the Monsters’ (1962)
  • Players in the ‘Mexican Karloffs’
  • The ‘Mexican Karloffs’ examined
  • Boris Karloff’s Mexican excursion
  • Thank you, Dr. Shock
  • ‘The Sorcerers’ (1967)
  • ‘Creation of the Humanoids’ (1962)
  • ‘The Black Cat’ (1934)

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BLOG

  • 2022 monster cereals
  • America the beautiful
  • America the ugly
  • Black Panther landmark
  • San Francisco Bay Area
  • Westward
  • De Bart debunked
  • ‘Maverix and Lunatix: Icons of Underground Comics’
  • Scary Stories Book Festival (Oct. 8, 2022)
  • From stage to screen
  • Elvis movies
  • ‘Joker’ cover restoration
  • ‘Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster’
  • ‘Battle of the Worlds’ (1961)
  • ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ (1955)
  • ‘I Was a Teenage Werewolf’ (1957)
  • Nostradamus: An overview
  • ‘Curse of Nostradamus’ (1960)
  • ‘The Monsters Demolisher’ (1961)
  • ‘Genie of Darkness’ (1962)
  • ‘Blood of Nostradamus’ (1962)
  • ‘Brain From Planet Arous’ (1957)
  • Joyce Meadows: Sci-fi heroine
  • Classic literature in film
  • ‘Doctor of Doom’ (1963)
  • ‘Aztec Mummy’ trilogy
  • ‘The Vampire’s Coffin’ (1958)
  • ‘El Vampiro’ (1957)
  • The last spook show
  • ‘Britmania’ book trailer
  • ‘Britmania Trailer Theme’
  • ‘Bertie the Bunyip’
  • ‘Girl on a Chain Gang’ (1966)
  • The Fleischer influence
  • (Remco) John in NYC
  • Mayfield meets Marvel
  • ‘Frankenstein’ (1818 novel)
  • ‘Monster From Green Hell’ (1958)
  • T-shirts these days
  • ‘la Marca del Muerto’ (1961)
  • ‘The Capture’ (1950)
  • ‘The White Birch’ (1968)
  • Party Mix meatloaf
  • ‘Dracula’ (1897 novel)
  • Femme fatales
  • ‘Sherlock Holmes Vault Collection’
  • Steel Pluckers (model kit)
  • ‘The Amazing Mr. X’ (1948)
  • ‘Frankenstein’s Daughter’ (1958)
  • Nova Twins
  • Monster Mash cereal
  • Lakehouse Recording in Asbury
  • The Beatles meet Dracula
  • ‘A Life at Stake’ (1955)
  • Franken Berry and friends
  • ‘New York Ninja’ trailer
  • Sam Sherman remembers
  • ‘Flight to Mars’ (1951)
  • ‘Blow-Up’ (1966)
  • Beach movies
  • ‘Monster Mash’ in Burbank
  • ‘Gidget’ (1959)
  • Foodie movies
  • ‘The Mole People’ (1956)
  • ‘Hercules and the Captive Women’
  • Thank you, A-Yeon
  • John Facenda (1913-84)
  • Planters Peanuts store
  • ‘The Burglar’ (1957)
  • ‘Beach Girls and the Monster’ (1965)
  • Belmar Restaurant Tour 2021
  • Alex Harvey (1935-82)
  • ‘Vambo’ (1974)
  • Women’s History Month
  • ‘The Crimson Ghost’ (1946)
  • ‘Blood of the Vampire’ (1958)
  • ‘Spider Baby’ (1967)
  • ‘It Conquered the World’ (1956)
  • ‘Invisible Invaders’ (1959)
  • ‘Electric Ballroom’ (Dec. 20, 2020)
  • Film noir
  • ‘M’ (1931)
  • ‘Holly Jolly’ photo gallery
  • ‘Vampyr’ (1932)
  • ‘Giant From the Unknown’ (1958)
  • Le Temps
  • Stephanie Stuckey
  • South of the Border
  • Stuckey’s then and now
  • Barreling down Interstate 95
  • Home for the holidays, not
  • ‘The Other Side of Madness’ (1971)
  • ‘War of the Satellites’ (1958)
  • ‘Day the World Ended’ (1956)
  • ‘Invasion of the Saucer Men’ (1957)
  • ‘The Man Who Laughs’ (1928)
  • ‘The Brain Eaters’ (1958)
  • ‘Attack of the Crab Monsters’ (1957)
  • Halloween movie picks
  • ‘Not of This Earth’ (1957)
  • My Lucy ‘Mame’ story
  • ‘Svengali’ (1931)
  • Zita Johann (1904-1993)
  • ‘The Sin of Nora Moran’ (1933)
  • Stones to the rescue
  • Weird (Feb. 1969), Part 2
  • ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ (1955)
  • Baseball movies
  • Taking flight (on film)
  • The 500
  • ‘Holly Jolly’ book trailer
  • Defective Comics Trading Cards
  • Origin of the Sketch Card
  • Pop Tarts meet Good Humor
  • ‘Fist of Fear, Touch of Death’ (1980)
  • Coronavirus memes
  • Easter movie picks
  • ‘Radio Golf’ at Two River
  • ‘The Photograph’ (2020)
  • Pat’s King of Steaks
  • “The Irishman” (2019)
  • 2019 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
  • ‘Eegah: Special Edition’
  • ‘Deadline’ on DVD
  • Ginger Baker (1939-2019)
  • Sid Haig (1939-2019)
  • The Fro/Gaga T-shirt
  • The corner of Clams and Tires
  • Labor Day movie picks
  • Peter Fonda (1940-2019)
  • The Brett Michaels threat
  • Two trailers
  • Summer movies
  • Father’s Day movie picks
  • ‘Stan and Ollie’ (2018)
  • Mott the Hoople ’74 banner
  • Mott at the Keswick (April 8, 2019)
  • Mott the Hoople ’74 T-shirt
  • St. Pat’s movie picks
  • Peter Tork (1942-2019)
  • Mott the Hoople ’74 tour
  • Valentine’s Day movie picks
  • Super Shock Show II (Feb. 9, 2019)
  • Boris and Basil
  • Dick Miller (1928-2019)
  • Boris Karloff in ‘The Lark’
  • Singing for presidents
  • ‘Robin Hood’ poster
  • 2018 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
  • Stan Lee (1922-2018)
  • ‘What Is Rock and Roll?’
  • Rabbi Benjamin Sendrow
  • Mark Voglesong | Designer
  • In defense of ‘Godfather III’
  • Schaffenberger’s ‘Archie’ period
  • ‘The Kinetophone: A Fact! A Reality!’
  • Lugosi, Chaney, Vampira on TV
  • Video vixens
  • Howard Bender ’66
  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  • ‘Groovy’ trailer
  • More ‘Dark Shadows’ memes
  • Weird (Feb. 1969)
  • Beverly Owen: Still alive
  • Ron Tortu
  • ‘Imitation of Life’ (1959)
  • ‘Passage to Marseille’ (1944)
  • ‘Red State’ (2011)
  • Jack Kirby Collector #73
  • Lost in 2017
  • Holiday on Cookman
  • ‘Let Me Down Hard’ soundtrack
  • ‘Groovy Trailer Theme’
  • Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (2017)
  • Old comic books 2
  • Old comic books 1
  • Chance encounters
  • Cosplay-palooza!
  • New York Comic Con: Oct. 8, 2017
  • New York Comic Con: Oct. 7, 2017
  • New York Comic Con: Oct. 6, 2017
  • ‘Dark Shadows’ memes
  • Bender meets Savini
  • Chris Farlowe
  • Happy Together 2017
  • ‘Monstrkyd Manor’
  • Army band & choir (June 29, 2017)
  • ‘Lookwell’ (1991)
  • Adam West
  • ‘G.L.O.W.’
  • Michael Parks R.I.P.
  • Newark
  • Strange’s fourth Frankenstein
  • David Bowie’s ‘Lazarus’
  • David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’
  • Chuck Berry (1926-2017)
  • Mexico’s ‘Invisible Man’ (1958)
  • ‘L.S. Bumblebee’
  • Overend Watts R.I.P.
  • Posters from my past
  • In search of ‘Invasion Siniestra’
  • Lost in 2016
  • Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (2016)
  • Toy exhibit in Union
  • John Zacherle (1918-2016)
  • All-Star Super Shock Show
  • ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
  • ‘Frankie in Newark’
  • Why I sat out ‘Batman v Superman’
  • ‘The Devil Bat’ (1940)
  • Asbury Park
  • Muhammad Ali’s hometown
  • The Rondos
  • How I met Karch
  • The Keith Roth interview
  • Keith Roth, movie star
  • Farewell, Comics Plus (1989-2015)
  • NJArts.net benefit March 13
  • Rondo Award nomination
  • Planet Earth is blue
  • Tiny Tim memories
  • Buffin Griffin R.I.P.
  • Sketch cards
  • Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (2015)
  • A Very Monster Soaky Christmas
  • Fangoria #200 comic (2001)
  • ‘Phantoms of Philadelphia’ excerpts
  • ‘Beast of Blood’ (1971)
  • Independence Branch in Philadelphia
  • Chiller Theatre (Oct. 24, 2015)
  • Groovy Graveyard in Asbury Park
  • ‘Mad Doctor of Blood Island’ (1969)
  • ‘Two Trains Running’ (2007 production)
  • ‘Brides of Blood’ (1968)
  • ‘Seven Guitars’ in Red Bank
  • John Ashley
  • ‘Monster Mash’ book trailer
  • ‘Tall in the Saddle’ (1944)
  • ‘The Shootist’ (1976)
  • John Wayne comedies
  • ‘Dick Foran Western Collection’ review
  • DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis
  • ‘McQ’ novelization (1974)
  • ‘The Vampire Lovers’ (1970)
  • ‘McQ’ (1974)
  • ‘La nave de los monstruos’ (1960)
  • ‘Jackie Brown’ (1997)
  • ‘Foxy Brown’ (1974)
  • ‘Coffy’ (1973)
  • ‘Thunderbirds’ (1965-66)
  • ‘Little Red Riding Hood and the Monsters’ (1962)
  • Players in the ‘Mexican Karloffs’
  • The ‘Mexican Karloffs’ examined
  • Boris Karloff’s Mexican excursion
  • Thank you, Dr. Shock
  • ‘The Sorcerers’ (1967)
  • ‘Creation of the Humanoids’ (1962)
  • ‘The Black Cat’ (1934)

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