New Book
Hi gang,Just wanted to let you know the book I've been working on about Republic's mysteries is out. Some of the films I was really on the fence about are in here, including Strangers in the Night....
View ArticleThe Dawn Of Technicolor by by James Layton and David Pierce
Everything you *never* knew about Technicolor. Drawn from original documents, corp files, diaries, and original research. A must-have for fans of film...
View ArticleThe "Lost" CASTLE OF FRANKENSTEIN...
When I first met Calvin T. Beck in the hospitality suite of a science fiction convention in 1977--A meeting rather nicely chronicled by Tom Weaver in his intriguing look at Cal's...
View ArticleLugosi Biography
Is the Rhodes/Sheffield book the best available for someone who hasn't read any Lugosi biogs before?
View ArticleTOME OF TERROR: HORROR FILMS OF THE 1930s ships the week of February 16
With Universal’s release of Dracula on Valentine’s Day 1931, the horror film as we know it was born. The following decade saw first a horror boom and then a horror ban. And while fans of classic...
View ArticleForgotten Horrors Vol. 7 Has Landed
The newest volume in the FORGOTTEN HORRORS series of film-history books is now in print -- FORGOTTEN HORRORS VOL. 7: FAMISHED MONSTERS OF FILMLAND. This one brings our survey of the low-budget...
View ArticleSPLINTERED VISIONS: LUCIO FULCI AND HIS FILMS Special Limited Hardbound...
Author Troy Howarth (with special collaboration from Mike Baronas) will see the publication of his epic workon Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci by early fall. However, Howarth is working with Midnight...
View ArticleMondo Heinlein
Mondo Cult is proud to present MONDO HEINLEIN - a 3 Ring Circus of Heinlein goodies for the rabid fan. Don't miss it.
View ArticleInfo needed for new book on 70s Monster Memories
Work is progressing steadily on We Belong Dead's first venture into the world of books. There will be over 50 chapters covering all aspects of being a monsterkid in the 70s. If you could help with any...
View ArticlePinocchio Fan Needed for Interview
This may be a bit of a stretch given that this is a horror board, but I'm looking for a knowledgeable Pinocchio fan to email some questions to for an article about the 75th anniversary of the film.If...
View ArticlePatton Oswalt's Movie Memoirs
I was listening to a podcast and Patton mentioned that for a period of his life he was addicted to films, that he made checklists based on Danny Peary's Cult Movies and Michael Wheldon Psychotronic...
View ArticleUse of images for book publication
Some of you might know that I am working on a book for McFarland on 1930s musicals. The manuscript is pretty much written, and I am looking for images to accompany the text.A promising potential...
View ArticleFamous Monsters of Filmland "Judex" film question
Hello everyone, I'm hoping someone out there with an encyolpedia-type knowledge of Famous Monsters magazine might know the answer to my question. I believe the photo I'm asking about was featured in...
View ArticleRue Morgue #153 video preview!
Rue Morgue has done a VIDEO preview for the next issue, #153. I love the way they did this video - I must say it makes me want to rush out and buy a copy as soon it's on the stands! here's a link to...
View ArticleMAD SCIENTIST #30!
At long last, issue 30 of MAD SCIENTIST is ready to go! This issue is chock full of goodies, wrapped in a Mark Maddox cover! This issue's contents include:I Bid You Welcome... (Editorial)...
View ArticleTHE MONSTER TIMES' Unexpected "Sequel" (In 1976!), MEDIA SPOTLIGHT, (And THE...
Steve Swires and myself, arguably two of the better writers in the STARLOG/FANGORIA realm of the very early 1980s (and Steve stayed with genre history and coverage far longer than I did, and in quite...
View ArticleLITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS #34- The Making of Hammer's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA -...
Mock up cover for Little Shoppeof Horrors #34 - for Diamond Comics solicitation. Front cover being painted by Dean Ormston.
View ArticleSHOCK CREATURES #2
The first preview....Having seen a 35mm IB Technicolor print of HORROR OF DRACULA through an arranged screening courtesy 3D Film Archive, I am zeroing in on answering that hot debate we had about the...
View ArticleLITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS - still up and going for the future.
After some of my doom-and-gloom predictions for our future, it iscool that we seem to be remaining on our two issue a year schedule. Helpedin many ways by our printer, Garner Publishing of Des...
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