‘Not of This Earth’ (1957)
The eyes have it Half the fun in watching Roger Corman‘s series of shoestring-budget sci-fi films of the 1950s is to spot the ways Corman […]
Horror
‘Svengali’ (1931)
Hamlet, schmamlet By 1931, all that boozing and fornicating were beginning to catch up with John Barrymore, but they had yet to vanquish him. Barrymore […]
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 “Dark Shadows” buddy at the Orange […]
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 exploitation-film icon […]
Two trailers
I guess I value directors over stars, because two films — one just out, another due in the fall — got me thinkin’ about goin’ […]
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 Graveyard in Asbury […]
Boris and Basil
When Messrs. Karloff and Rathbone met on screen Today — Feb. 2, 2019 — is the 50th anniversary of the death of Boris Karloff. Not […]
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 Jr. and Maila “Vampira” Nurmi […]
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 Orange County Register every Friday … […]
Weird (Feb. 1969)
A cover I can’t forget In the summer of 1969 when I was 11, I bought an issue of Eerie Publications’ Weird magazine with a […]
‘Dark Shadows’ memes
Happy Frid Day to all By Mark Voger, author, “Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America 1957-1972″ A young friend, much younger and […]
Bender meets Savini
Caricaturist’s surprise customer By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” My old buddy, artist Howard Bender, has quite the resume. […]
‘Monstrkyd Manor’
Home for aging monster kids By Mark Voger, author, “Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America 1957-1972″ Yep, the 1960s monster kids are […]
Strange’s fourth Frankenstein
When I was a kid reading Famous Monsters some time in the 1960s, I came across an article about movies that mentioned one titled “The […]
Mexico’s ‘Invisible Man’ (1958)
by Mark Voger, author, “Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America 1957-1972″ I love, love, love the Mexi-horror flicks made by Azteca Films in […]
In search of ‘Invasion Siniestra’
Some day, my dream will come true: To again watch “Invasion Siniestra,” the (very) last film of Boris Karloff, filmed in 1968 and released in […]
John Zacherle (1918-2016)
Zach made monster-movie-lovin’ fun By Mark Voger, author, “Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America 1957-1972″ I’m still reeling with grief over the […]
All-Star Super Shock Show
The daymare before Halloween By Mark Voger, author, “Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America 1957-1972″ Sometimes I get wiped out at huge, […]
‘Frankie in Newark’
Here come old flat-top, he come groovin’ up slowly By Mark Voger, author, “Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America 1957-1972″ I won’t bore […]