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Iris Bristol

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Happy birthday, Bela Lugosi!

1.- Very rare color still of Lugosi while filming “DRACULA” 

2.- Promotional photos of the actor for a stage play.

3.- Goofing around with John Carradine and Tor Johnson

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Ninja Zombie | 1992

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Atari Force by Howard Chaykin

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Scary Scary Monsters-Promo Photo

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Monsters of The Movies

That I'm Watching On The Weekends

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Sharon Tate in her London apartment, 1965

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Pops Record Collection: John Zacherle – Monster Mash

If you don’t know anything about me, something to learn, and every ex can confirm, I have impeccable timing. For instance, we are 162 days since the last Halloween and 202 days until the next one and here we are talking about “Monster Mash”.

“It’s the same song, but not the same guy who had the hit.”

Oh, really?

“Yeah. We used that for our high school Halloween party. I dressed up like this guy on the cover, green face, hair parted down the middle.”

So you only used this for Halloween.

“Yeah. Your mom and I used it at a Halloween party when we lived in California at our apartment complex out there. I don’t think we’ve used it since.”

I like that my dad says the word “used” instead of “listened” for a novelty record like this. I took note of the interview on the back as I’ve seen a couple of his other records, so far, that have something similar. The real interviews are every bit as cheesy and ridiculous as this one conducted with a horror caricature. I think there should be more artist interviews placed on an album’s back cover or insert.

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Many Other Items In The Tchotchke Market

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John Agar- HAND OF DEATH (1962)

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It's easy to crack on now, but we really did love all this back then. It was such a big deal to see your favorite toys speak and move about. That's why the Saturday Morning 'Toons were so effective and are still watched today. Everything wasn't typed in the pall of irony as "campy," and "unintentionally creepy." In terms of live-action movies, the big toy and animation phenomena were considered unfilmable/unrealizable. I still can't quite convince myself that the upcoming "Masters of The Universe" feature film -- which has been in development in various fits and starts since I was in junior high -- will actually happen.

ThunderCats Live (1987)

Okay, ThunderCats fan, did you know that there was once a “ThunderCats Live!” touring stage show? That’s right, this senses-shattering spectacle featured a costumed menagerie of (probably desperate) young actors playing the roles of the show’s eponymous felines, as well as characters from other programs then under the Rankin/Bass & Lorimar production banner, like Silverhawks, Gumby & Pokey, Tigersharks, the Street Frogs and Karate Kat.

The 90-minute show toured major cities across America, entertaining ThunderCats fans of all ages along the way. The production itself was set to play out like a guided tour led by the roller-skating duo of Gumby & Pokey. Somehow the show’s writers and producers managed to merge these wholly unrelated animation properties into a seemingly cohesive narrative. If up to this point in your life you never heard anyone talk about it, then it’s probably safe to assume that “ThunderCats Live!” wasn’t all that memorable.

Source: Comic Book Resources

(images via Twitter)

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Elvira

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