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TODAY'S PHAN FOTO: Coming soon - the next issue of MONSTER BASH #16 magazine will have a huge article on the history, the myths, and the legacy of this movie.
Creepy Classics and Monster Bash News Thursday May 17 - Friday May 18, 2012 All the Noose That's Fit To Post
Above: Kevin Slick with Caroline Munro at MONSTER BASH 2011. A Word From Bash Music Director Kevin Slick: Can You Help? Hi everybody,
More 12" Shelf Sidshows In Gatefold Boxes!
Sideshow 12" Figures In Shock Stock These are the cool classic horror 12" action figures that come in a large gatefold box. Out of production for a few years now. We just recieved a limited supply of them from private collections. All in their original boxes. Get the one you want before it's gone! See them in our Models, Toys and Action Figures Department here at Creepy Classics!
Collecting Birthday Cards Hi Ron,
Cheers!
Castle of Frankenstein 50th Anniversary!
Get yours now from our Creepy Bookstore or the Creepy Classics Magzine Newsstand right now. It's in stock! You wouldn;t want that red-headed kid withthe freckles and the bad attitude to get it before you, would you?!
MEXICAN MONSTER PARTY MAY 2012 Hola, amigos, and welcome to the May edition of the Mexican Monster Party. This month, we look at the final installment of one of our favorite sub-sets of MexiMonster/Wrestler Movies, the Champions of Justice. The Champions have often been referrred to, even by myself, as the "Mexican Justice League", and while that certainly is true to an extent, a closer comic-book analogy could probably be made to Marvel's Avengers - the big difference is that the Justice League of America retained its core group of heroes for years, while Marvel blew up the Avengers just a couple of issues in when the Hulk left, followed by Iron Man, Thor, etc, until only Captain America was left to head up a brand new group (Issue 16). And so it is with EL TRIUNFO DE LOS CAMPEONES JUSTICIEROS ("The Triumph of the Champions of Justice"), the third and last (but not least) film featuring the Champions. Of the original lineup of superstars and wrestling legends, only Captain Blue Demon is left. The place of Mil Mascaras has been taken by Superzan, which is not at all a fair trade-off (sort of like Hawkeye for Thor); although his costumes are almost as glittery, he really didn't have the wrestling ability or screen presence to replace Mil. And the only other wrestler on hand (perhaps the others were busy with solo missions) is Fantasmo Blanco, who had been seen in the previous film, but now posesses the previously-unseen ability to turn into a puff of smoke when entering or leaving a room! (Sort of like the X-Man Nightcrawler, although as a rule, the Masked Wrestlers' powers were pretty down to earth.) Beautiful Elsa Cardenas returns; she had been in the first film, but as a villain - here, she plays a completely different character, and a heroine to boot, a full-fledged member of the team, who goes under the very appropriate name of "Venus".
In the previous two films, midgets had been employed as weapons of mass destruction by the Main Villain (super-powered midgets in the first, and the surreal Rat-Midgets of the second) - in TRIUMPH, they graduate to the, er, Big Cheese position themselves, and once again, these are no normal midgets, but Midgets From Outer Space! The want a formaula from a scientist who's gone into deep cover - as the owner of a circus! So instead of the usual musical interludes, there's a plethora of big-top action; even the climax takes place in the three rings. The setting makes the poster art especially colorful and festive, and at first glance, it's hard to tell whether the poster is advertising a movie or a circus. The film is decidely a family affair; it is written and directed by Rafael Lanuza, and stars his son and daughter Carlos and Carol, and even with an abbreviated Aven... er, Champions team, it's way fun; how could it not be with Midgets from Outer Space? We'll see you soon at the Bash, and please remember to click at the Animal Rescue Site. Adios and Vaya con Dios; Uncle Roberto, Cousin Lucky and Cher.
Debuts At Monster Bash Hi Ron, - Dennis Thanks Dennis....another Scary great cover! Love Gorgo!
Early Reservations For Next Year Now Being Taken Getting Close To Selling Out The Big BASH News is that MONSTER BASH will be moving closer to the Pittsburgh Airport in 2013, right at two major intersections....I-79 (North-South) and I-76 (PA Turnpike, East-West). It will be much easier to get to and from the Pittsburgh Airport. With A taxi service located in the lobby of the new hotel. The conference space will be bigger and better than ever as we take over the whole hotel. A bigger vendor ballroom, bigger movie room, larger halls...plus, it's still has that small town feel. Where? It's the FOUR POINTS PITTSBURGH NORTH, Cranberry Township in Mars, PA! That's right, in 2013 MONSTER BASH GOES TO MARS! The guest list will include a Universal Studio players reunion, Actors from Outer Space movies, the Greatest Hits of all our past guests and newcomers! The dates in 2013 will be July 19, 20, 21. Why July next year? We couldn't get our nomal third weekend in June due to other function conflicts at the hotel. However, we've already reserved the third weekend in June for 2014...to get back on track. Now, if your reading this...you're getting an early jump on getting an on-site room for MONSTER BASH 2013. We want to thank our loyal readers here on the Creepy Classics/Monster Bash News Page with an early shot at an on-site room for MONSTER BASH 2013. It will sell out....maybe even before this June's Bash. Reservations are being accepted right now. (724) 776-6900. Address: 910 Sheraton Drive Mars, PA 16046 If you have any problem with making reservations, please let me know at (724) 238-4317. But MONSTER BASH July 19-21, 2013 should be in their system now. Bash rate should be $99 a night (discounted about $50 a night from their normal rate). Make sure you say MONSTER BASH and 2013! Here are some pictures of the new location for 2013:
This Year's Line-Up At the Drive-In George Reiss and the DVD Drive-In site are once again co-producing the SUPER MONSTER-RAMA with The Riverside Drive-In in Vandergrift, PA this September. Creepy Classics will be on hand in the concession stand with all kinds of monster movie goodies to check out on the intermissions. This past year we lost a drive-in in Latrobe, PA. We sincerely hope you'll join us in supporting this great American tradition of the "Drive-In" this September.
Here's George's line-up for this years RAMA!: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 THEATRE OF BLOOD (1973) HORROR HOUSE (aka THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF HORROR) (1970) EQUINOX (1970) SON OF BLOB (aka BEWARE! THE BLOB) (1972) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 TWINS OF EVIL (1971) COUNTESS DRACULA (1971) DEATH LINE (1972) PSYCHOMANIA (aka THE DEATH WHEELERS) (1972) They'll be tradtional drive-in food and fun, fun, fun! For details, visit the Super Monster-Rama Site now!
The Phantom Lives Again!
Details from Bill: Hi Ron Once the figure is complete I will send photos of him next to all his classic wax buddies. Thanks Again, To the right is in Bill's collection...a full-scale Glenn Strange Frankenstein's monster!
Monster Fun With Kong & Evel Knievel Monster Bash regular Brian Nichols is bringing his Monster Family Fun to a new short Monster Kid Movie for Monster Bash this June. It's back to the domain of King Kong on Skull Island. On the trail of the big monkey is Evel Knievel, on a mission to rescue the beautiful blond Ann Darrow. It's EVEL KNIEVEL ON SKULL ISLAND: THE RESCUE OF ANN DARROW. See it on Saturday at 6:30PM only at the MONSTER BASH!
Prehistoric Monsters Come To Bash! Above is another fun Monster Kid film that will make it's way to Bash. A stop-motion animated short by Ryan Lengyel. It's a short 6 minute piece of monster fun magic. -Ron
THE GROUP VIEWING FROM:Saturday May 12, 2012 - MOVIE - Thriller "THEY SAVED HITLER'S BRAIN " (1963) Stars Walter Stocker. Oh, man...this one will hurt you. Camp to the nth degree. The bulk of it filmed in 1963, but, it sure seems like some of it was shot years later (the cheap wall paneling and fashions seem to scream that). Hitler's head was kept alive on a remote island ad it's still giving orders to Nazi followers. Weird and twisted sci-fi. Suggested by Kirk Smith, Manito, IL. I was watching 'They SAVED HITLER's BRAIN" today (Fri. 5-11-12) at 4 pm. Here's video of me watching it with "Free" computer use in "Park Ridge Library" in my ol' home-town of Park Ridge, IL., across street from the Historic over 150-years-"young" "PICKWICK theatre", where I saw The Hammer version of "The MUMMY"(starring Christopher Lee) in Spring of 1962, at age 5, for 5-cents! My Dad paid, after I begged him to see it! "Heeh"! Ok, here I am watching"They Saved HITLER's BRAIN" today! The only actor I recognised was Nestor Paiva, the skipper in the 1st 2 "CREATURE From The Black LaGoon" movies in the mid-1950s! This was my 2nd time seeing it in 15 years (the 1st time I fell asleep, heeh)! - David ROCK Nelson, Des Plaines, IL
I popped in my DVD of They Saved Hitler's Brain this past Saturday night. The very animated menu featuring a disembodied Adolf Hitler's noggin kicked on, and I opted to watch that for the next hour and a half, instead of the movie. Somehow I think I made the wiser choice. The cgi Hitler gave a much better performance than the actor who played him in the film. Later I cleansed my brain by watching the 7 Faces of Dr. Lao. Thanks whoever recommended this movie. I have 6 rolls of toilet paper waiting for your front yard trees. -Mike Adams, NJ
This from Kirk, who suggested THEY SAVED HITLER'S BRAIN..... Ron,
2. The new scenes do not sync up at all with the original film. No attempt at all was even made. The scenes took place in the fifties. Styles of clothing, hairstyles, and cars remained in the '70's. 3. C.I.D. Headquarters: The main character of the new scenes looked like Bobby Goldsboro with a mutton chop mustache. There's a picture of Eisenhower. I couldn't tell, but I'm sure he looked confused. The man behind the desk answers a phone that doesn't ring. 4. Toni Gordon: An agent with a very strange outfit. The top half was a suit complete with a tie. The bottom half was a skirt. Very fashionable in the '50's, I'm sure. 5. Original film: A film is being shown about the effects of a toxic gas. Four men are watching it. The one on the far left is kept in the shadows, for no reason whatsoever. They kept showing it like he was going to say something ominous. He just sat there and was never in the movie again.
6. Back to new scenes: Toni Gordon is chasing a couple of guys who like a cheap stock company version of "The Blues Brothers." 7. Original film: There is a car chase that begins in the afternoon(I think)and within minutes, the car that's being pursued, crashes at night. 8. Day for night and night for day: There were a lot of cheap films that, whenever a scene called for it to take place at night, would darken the print. It never looked convincing. This film used that idea so much that by the end of the film I had no idea whether it was morning, night, mid-afternoon, mid-morning, mid-evening, sun up, or sunrise. At one point a character asks if anyone hears a plane. It was supposed to be night, but it was clearly daylight.The plane was clearly visible. Also, someone says it's 11:30. I yelled at the screen, "AM or PM!". With day and night changing instantly, everybody should have been more worried about the earth spinning off it's axis then by the threats of a Hitler in a box. 9. The wife of Phil Day, the main character of the film, has a sister who acts like she's in a different movie. When she appears, the whole tone of the film changes and the film suddenly becomes "Gidget Gets Kidnapped." 10. The actor playing Hitler reminds me of Moe Howard's imitation of Hitler. At one point in the film he is referred to as "Mr. H." Why call him that when you've already established that it's Hitler you're talking about? 12. Interesting facts: The man who did photography in the film was Stanley Cortez. He did the photography for my favorite film "The Night Of The Hunter". He also did photography for "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "The Three Faces of Eve". Nestor Paiva, who plays the sheriff, is a familiar face for Universal science fiction fans. He had a great role in "The Creature From The Black Lagoon". He was in the sequel as well as "Tarantula" and "The Mole People". The music cues at the end of "They Saved Hitler's Brain" were directly lifted from "The Creature From The Black Lagoon".
Hey Bash Synchers, Was able to join you once again for this turkey, what a hoot! All that preliminary stuff from another era, they say 60s, I say late 70s, what was the point? When they got to Latin America, a few laughs interspersed between the yawns, My favorite moments were the flashback where Hitler was doing his Nuremburg speech in front of a handful of doctors, and the bar scene where the girl comes out like Carmen Miranda. Talk about a nostalgia trip! I wonder what happened to the guy who played Hitler with all the evil wincing in a jar. Next week we get 4 for the price of one...another disembodied head movie? OK, but it is worth it to be watching it with fellow bashers! See you next week Quieny "Santitito"
-M. Oleman, Bowels of the Earth near Pittsburgh Add your comments here!
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Look Forward to These On DVD & Blu-Ray The following totles are coming out this year on DVD & Blu-Ray. Creepy Classics will stock them! Stay tuned.... 8/14 Les Vampires
Another of the retro ramblings from a mysterious character that e-mails me and calls himself M. Oleman. I think I have actually caught a glimpse of this guy, but only in my peripheral vision, at night. -Ron E-mailed from M. Oleman:
After a while I found a Buick Roadmaster half parked on the sidewalk with a copy of "Magnus, Robot Fighter" on the front seat and a bumper sticker that said "YoYoDyne Propulsion Systems, The Future Begins Tomorrow. Or Possibly the Day After". This could only be my car. The registration card read "Adelhard Krause" which was the name that I used when I worked as a pastry chef at a little cafe near Checkpoint Charlie in West Berlin back in the 80s. That and the .50 caliber ammo can full of Kong-tastic banana flavored Twinkies on the passenger side floor settled it. I really needed a personal assistant or a sidekick or a robot buddy or something to help me stay more organized.
Then since it was close to Monster Bash I thought I'd do Ron a favor by creating a buzz so I stood up on a chair and did my best Criswell speech about everyone being interested in the future because that's where we all spend the rest of our lives, ending with "Monster Bash in 45 days." When I was done a few people stared and a few turned their backs. Someone at the bar laughed nervously and a little kid in a high chair stuck his tongue out.
MONSTER BASH MOVIE MARATHON October 20, 2012 9am-Midnight!
Announcing This October's MONSTER BASH MOVIE MARATHON! This is somethig new and different....it will be a six movie marathon of classic horror on the screen with Vincent Price, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff....and here's the creepy new twist....we'll finish up the night with actual live theater by The Valley Players with WAIT UNTIL DARK....a live theater chiller by seasoned actors and a super stage set. It really be thrilling in many ways! I'm so happy to announce this new spin for our October show. Seating will be limited, so get your memebeship foor October now! CLICK HERE! We're proud as well, to have Jim Clatterbaugh, publisher of MONSTERS FROMTHE VAULT involved as well. He's the man behind the premier classic horror movie mag. He'll be part of the Creeepy Classics Open House on the second floor of the theater It's therethat we'll have Creepy Classics set-up, Monsters FRom the Vault, Zanol's Zombie Hut, Bob's Bin of Bargains, and Hollywood Hounds Movie Posters. Loads of classic monster collectibles, DVDs, Blu-Ray, Models, Toys, Magazines, Books, Tee Shirts and much more! The Creepy Classics Open House will be open through the event, so on intermissions you can check that out, or catch a bite to eat. The Marathon of Movies:
Vincent Price, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff & The Living Dead! Zombie Fest: Six Scare Features That Have Risen From the Grave...to the big scream. Then.....
The Valley Players present WAIT UNTIL DARK....a chiller! Seasoned actors present the tale of a young blind woman and a true night of terror!
The inside of the Ligonier Theatre:
The Projection Room:
The Walls:
Dealers on the Second Floor:
Membership Admission in advance $25. At the door $35. More details, including lodging - CLICK HERE. Order Memberships now - CLICK HERE.
Used VHS Added To Our Video Graveyard! It's Friday mornig as I type this. I just got through scanning a box of used VHS video tapes. I really have grown a fondness for these things and am still hanging on to a VHS library of my own. Some cool ones are going up for sale today here at Creepy Classics. These are the ones that caught my eye and interest (pictured above). THE INVISIBLE RAY (1937), great movie with Boris and Bela and this box art I had never seen before. An earlier design for the VHS from MCA-Universal. Also, DELUGE, a film that was thought lost for decades. Now the video has gotten really scarce. WRESTING WOMEN VS. THE AZTEC MUMMY. A hoot of a movie. Mexican, dubbed in English. 1950s-60s styled rock soundtrack was added. A real fun one from the heyday of Rhino VHS. FOG ISLAND (1945)...is this the only time that Lionel Atwill and George Zucco (the two maddest doctors of the movies) were paired? Or, is Lionel in HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (Zucco's definitely in it as Lampini). THE HAUNTING is the classic, spooky haunted house film. One of my top favorite ghost movies, along with THE UNIVITED (1944), THE INNOCENTS (1960) and THE GHOST OF RASHMON HALL (1947). FANTASTIC-FANTASY FRIGHT-O-RAMA. Like trailers from the1950s-1960s? This VHS is packed. DARK SHADOWS - COLLECTOR'S SERIES volume 16. With DARK SHADOWS all-a-buzz with the new movie, I'm going to pop this one in as I work. It's early pre-Barnabas shows. ....and THE MASK OF FU MANCHU (1932). I've read where Karloff hated this role. But, if he did, he still did a great, great job in the role. Wow! An eye-popper for 1932. Pre-code and both Karloff and Myrna Loy are unbeliebably evil. Lots of adventure and sheer 1930s fun. You can find these and more, now in our Used Video Graveyard here at Creepy Classics!
Our buddy, Bob Tinnell (FRANKENSTEIN & ME) is in the middle of working on a documentary about us folks that grew up with monster movies....or should I say "never grew up, and are still watching monster movies." He shot some footage at last year's Bash and has been traveling all over the country seeking out pockets of monster kidom! Watch his trailer/preview by clicking the image link above...it will be fun. He's also initiated a kick-starter funding program. Give a helping claw if you want to see this great project come to fruition. Bob hopes to be shooting more at this Summer's Monster Bash. Next month! -Ron
Still Warm Off the Presses! MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #15 Find out about actor Robert Dix's involvement in Universal's THE MOLE PEOPLE, working with Al Adamson and hanging with Robby the Robot in FORBIDDEN PLANET. FRANKENSTEIN as part of 77 HORROR, the syndicated TV package. Julie Adams speaks from the Lagoon. Music rocks the monsters of the 1960s, the greatest photos and much more. Writers include Tom Weaver, Thom Shubilla, Ron Adams and Barb Heiss. Lorraine Bush's cover painting depicts Mr. Hyde from ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. Get the new magazine now in our Creepy Classics Newsstand or the Monster Bash Store....where else, monster kid?....than right here at Creepy Classics! It's a Monster Boom Generation!
Blood Beast Terror Coming on DVD & Blu-Ray in July Coming from Kinp-Lorber in July 2012, it's the Peter Cushing shocker THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR on both crystal clear DVD and ultra sharp Blu-Ray. Creepy Classics will have it on, or before the street date. We'll have the street date soon....but it's to be sometime in July. Here's a little bit about THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR: THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR (1967)
And from a fan:
MORE! Sideshow 8" Action Figures The classics are back! Articulated 8" Universal Monsters from Sideshow. These were all display figures that come in their original blister pack (though opened) and include accessories. Only a few are mossing an accessory and it is listed in the description of the item. But most have all accessories. Details and your chance to get one right now...in our Models, Toys & Action Figures Department here at Creepy Classics.
Above: Mark's nostalgic, wonderful CD with The Creepy Classic Chiller Band and Mark meeting Veronica Carlson at MONSTER BASH 2011. Mark Statler Happy Birthday! A few days belated, but a solid shout-out to our dear buddy Mark Statler for his birthday. If you've attended any of the Monster Bash Conferences, no doubt you've run across a smiling guy, full of good will and love of the classic monsters, the actors and actresses, and everybody around. Mark's enthusiasm makes so many others happy. Maybe you saw him in make-up as Lionel Atwill at one Bash, or the Teenage Werewolf at another. Maybe you saw him sing at Monster Bash, maybe you heard his song "Monster Bash" or any of the great songs on his CD. He's been on stage with Barbara Mandrell and many classic country and gospel artists. Multi-talented and you can help walking away from a conversation with him - with a good feeling and smile on your face. Mark, you're one special Monster Kid! Tell Mark Statler Happy Birthday by e-mailing him here: markstatler@aol.com.
Monster Laff This was submitted by Bruce Tinkel of Edison, NJ. He caught our old buddies appearing in a newspaper cartoon. Thanks for sharing Bruce.
JerseyFest, August 3 & 4, 2012 We're happy to announce that Creepy Classics will be appearing at JerseyFest 2012, the premiere model kit show in New Jersey this upcoming August. If you love monster models and resin kits...this will be a must on your convention calendar! It's at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ. Here are more details: Come join hobby enthusiasts and collectors from across the USA and abroad at a premier hobby show located in New Jersey! The Jerseyfest Model Kit & Statue Fair will offer an amazing selection of old and new resin, vinyl and plastic model kits, statues, fine art and hobby supplies for sale and display! Come experience a terrific class, seminars and demos on painting, building and sculpting kits from many of the most talented artists in the hobby. Jerseyfest is a celebration of movies, television, and comic books, with the focus on horror, science fiction and fantasy. Their web site for details: http://jerseyfestfair.com/ "The vendor show is on Saturday August 4th, and the Friday before will consist of all day kit painting classes that you must pre-register for before the day of the event." See you in August at Rider University! BTW - Next year's show will be September 13-15 a the CrownPlaza Fairfield Hotel in NJ! Here's the JerseyFest Promotion Art (very cool!):
Happy Hour At Monster Bash! The above photo sent in by Joey Vento of THE HAUNTED BARN MOVIE MUSEUM. Joey will be attending Monster Bash and bringing a full-size gorilla-like creature (chained, of course). See it for yourself as it's walked around Monster Bash handing out free treats. Is it a gorilla, living neanerthal, bigfoot, sideshow freak or something supernatural....and hairy.... Just one of the enigma's coming to Monster Bash June 2012!
Visit Creepy Classics: Kevin Slick from Louisville, Colorado visited the Creepy Classics crypt, Ligonier, PA in 2012. Here's the video footage he shot:
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THIS SATURDAY'S MOVIE:
I am an old friend of William Schallert's and wish to propose the following: Most of you know WILLIAM SCHALLERT as Patty Duke's father (Martin Lane), or Nilz Baris in the original Star Trek episode, "The Trouble With Tribbles" or the gas attendant in "Mighty Joe Young" (1949); a Union soldier in Audie Murphy's "Red Badge of Courage," or Dr. Mears in "The Man From Planet X" (1951); Dr. Grabow in "Matinee" (1993) or more recently as Mayor Norris in the TV series, "True Blood"; but did you know Mr. Schallert will be turning the big NINETY on July 6th, 2012? A veteran of hundreds of TV shows and movies and still working. I thought it would be fun to send your birthday greetings and/or well wishes to William Schallert c/o Ron at Creepy Classics either by snail mail (real card - P.O. Box 23, Ligonier, PA 15658) or a virtual e-mail card (to creepyclassics@creepyclassics.com) or e-mail greeting & we will have all your kind sentiments sent directly to Mr. Schallert just in time for his 90th! Let's not forget this humble, multi-talented character actor who has brought us many, many years of entertainment and show him how we really feel. Here's your chance!
Dennis Druktenis has done it again, he has revived a monster...and now we're in for it! It's the CASTLE OF FRANKENSTEIN 50th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1. A perfect bound magazine-stlyed book. A very limited edition. Reprints classic CASTLE OF FRANKENSTEIN and there are reprints of letters to Calvin Beck with some behind-the-scenes information of the making of the monster....magazine. 
By Roberto "Bobb" Cotter, authour of THE MEXICAN MASKED WRESTLER AND MONSTER FILMOGRAPHY 
A classic Phantom figure by legendary monster-maker Henry Alvarez. This rare Phantom piece was rescued and is being restored by super collector Bill Luciani! Look for a big spread on Bill's latest full-scale monsters in a forthcoming issue of Monster Bash magazine! Updates on Erik and other classic pieces from Bill will appear here, monster fans! 
1. There was a movie made in 1963 called "Madmen Of Mandoras". Several years later new scenes were tacked on and the film became "They Saved Hitler's Brain". IMDB says it was released in 1968, but the new scenes clearly shows it's the early to mid '70's.
11. The reason I enjoy the film: When Hitler's head is removed from the machine, it's obvious from afar how goofy it looks. His head is in something that resembles a cake dome. Two men carry the dome and walk straight into the camera daring the audience to be frightened. The closer it came to the camera, the more I laughed. The funniest point in the entire film is when Hitler's head is in the back seat of a car. Just seeing the guy driving with Hitler's head in the backseat made me laugh. The up close shots of the head are hilarious. Hitler has developed some facial tics which makes hime look like Charlie Callas. The only interesting scene involving the head is when it starts to melt. It predates Indiana Jones by quite a few years.
I did not watch the movie but instead drove out to Park Ridge IL and watched David "the Rock" Nelson watching the movie in the library. I don't think he saw me but I really enjoyed watching him watch the movie. I did not like the movie. I am a much bigger fan of "They Saved Mao's Brain" which starred Cesar Romero, Warner Oland, Hugh Beaumont and a cast of millions. I have a copy of this on many reels of 8mm that I filmed with my old Bell & Howell with the sound recorded on a Radio Shack tape recorder. I will lend it to anyone who wants to borrow it but be forewarned that about halfway through the audio there is an altercation between me and the usher who is demanding I stop filming and wants me to show him my ticket stub.
I woke up flat on my back. Which was a nice change from the way I usually woke up which was face down. Earth was rotating lazily underneath me like the Ferris Wheel at Kennywood. Or a fat guy circling the buffet at Eat N Park. I really had nothing to do today except wait for the impending burnout of the sun and the obliteration of all life on earth, so I was in no hurry to go anywhere. As I lay there looking at the ceiling the cat came and crawled up beside me and snuggled in comfortably. That was nice but it got me thinking that I didn't own a cat and possibly I had fallen asleep in someone else's kitchen again. I tried to think but I didn't know where I was and the cat wasn't forthcoming with any information. I just hoped it wasn't Prague. I hated waking up in Prague.
I stood up and looked around then poured the kitty a saucer of milk as I surveyed my surroundings. The dearth of 50's kitchen decor told me that it was definitely not my house. Not a boomerang pattern countertop in sight. But when you stay up all night engorging yourself on Funions washed down with Sapporo Gabunimi Melon Cream Soda whilst playing game after game of Stratego with a hobo you met at the comic book store this is the kind of thing that can happen.
I roared down the road more or less taking the lights as they came. Sunlight glinted off the chrome side strips and beamed down through the Vista-View roof. My thoughts drifted to the 
I slowed down at the intersection where I used to get a ham and cheese on rye at the old Woolworth's lunch counter to check messages on my EMP Proof Etch-A-Sketch. Nothing. I was having my doubts about whether this had been a wise purchase or not. Never buy something like this off of a guy in an alley late at night who claimed to have connections to the "Saucer People."
As I sat there with the car idling I took a long pull from a canteen of grape Kool-Aid that I kept in the glove box and thought about things. I briefly considered pulling over to find a pay phone so I could call a buddy of mine who knew the guy that trained the monkey who played "Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp" but then it occured to me that he probably didn't want to be bothered. The chimp, not my buddy.
Creepy Classics 
Then, the big day of entertainment finishes with 
MONSTER KID Documentary 
OK, not one of the better offerings of British horror, that's true. But it does have Peter Cushing who is always fun to watch and I have to give credit for the writers to try to bring a somewhat more original monster to the screen than just another rehash in the Vampire or Frankenstein vein. Well, come to think of it aside from making the monster a moth ,this really is just another rehashed Vampire story with a few elements from the Frankenstein storyline thrown in for good measure. 
