‘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 [...]
‘Dracula’ (1897 novel) January 15, 2022 // 0 Comments It only took 56 years By Mark Voger, author “Holly Jolly: Celebrating Christmas Past in Pop Culture” Spoilers follow. I [...]
The Beatles meet Dracula September 28, 2021 // 0 Comments … in Saturday-morning cartoons, that is Lately, I began a dive into the Saturday-morning cartoon series titled, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Boris and Basil February 2, 2019 // 0 Comments When Messrs. Karloff and Rathbone met on screen Today — Feb. 2, 2019 — is the 50th anniversary of the death of [...]
Lugosi, Chaney, Vampira on TV July 20, 2018 // 0 Comments Titans of terror in blurry grays Imagine my surprise upon discovering, after all these years, that Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney [...]
Lost in 2017 January 2, 2018 // 0 Comments Farewell, Chuck Berry, Laura Petrie, Batman … By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop [...]
‘Monstrkyd Manor’ July 30, 2017 // 0 Comments Home for aging monster kids By Mark Voger, author, “Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America 1957-1972″ [...]
‘The Devil Bat’ (1940) July 28, 2016 // 0 Comments PRC’s prequel to ‘Bride of the Monster’ By Mark Voger, author, “Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky [...]
‘The Black Cat’ (1934) April 19, 2015 // 0 Comments Proto-noir horrors in first (and best) Karloff-Lugosi teaming By Mark Voger, author, “Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky [...]