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Friday January 22 - Monday January 25, 2021
TODAY'S MONSTER BASH PHAN FOTO: Ol' Sach (Huntz Hall) has become a viscous werewolf and attacks buddy Slip (Leo Gorcey) in THE BOWERY BOYS MEET THE MONSTERS (1954). Get it on THE BOWERY BOYS COLLECTION Vol. 2 DVD Set at Creepy Classics. Get all your favorite monster movies on Blu-Ray or DVD here at Creepy Classics. Come in a shop around for all the classic horror and science fiction collectibles here at Creepy Classics. Click HERE and start browsing the greatest store for classic horror and classic science fiction. Creepy Connections: 
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Can you believe it? 1975 was 46 years ago? How can that be? I remember 1975 like it was yesterday. Here's a convention collectible from that year. It's from the show in Philadelphia: STAR TREK CONVENTION 1975 PHILADELPHIA - 12" X 12" Bag Get this STAR TREK rarity in our Creepy Collectibles Department, here at Creepy Classics!
Wait, wait stop...don't do it! Don't try to cut that coupon out on your computer monitor screen or cell phone! There's an easier way...just read on and click instead of cut. It's the most exciting news of this new year: MONSTER BASH CREEPY CLUB - Membership & Cool Stuff And, guess what...?! Become a member and you'll see your name in a future MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE too. Click HERE right now, don't miss out on becoming a member (I was even allowed to join!) and get a pack of creepy cool stuff. It's listed in our MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE Department too...at, where else Monster Basher? Why at Creepy Classics.
Valentines Day is Coming From years ago, the Universal Monsters Valentines cards, still sealed in box....we got 'em. Perfect for Valentines giving this year: UNIVERSAL MONSTERS VALENTINES (Box of 30) - Collectible Get them in our Collectibles Department for your Valentines from Creepy Classics.
We just got a fresh case of this frightening power-packed giant volume of monster movie fun from Dennis Druktenis (founding editor of SCARY MONSTERS): FRIGHT MONSTERS #1 - Magazine Book Get it inside the creaky door of our Creepy Magazine Newsstand (and, hey, don't let that door slam behind you, it wakes up the vampires). It's here at Creepy Classics.
Re-Issued! KING KONG with SON OF KONG on DVD
SON OF KONG has been getting hard-to-find as the solo DVD went out of print....but now you can find it on DVD double featured with its dad, KING KONG. Both were released in 1933: KING KONG (1933)/SON OF KONG (1933) - DVD Get your machete out and cut through our jungle to find it in our Complete DVD Catalog here on-line at Creepy Classics.
New! More Fantastic Classic Scholastics...
Ah, I remember the days well....the books were in. The box sitting there on the teacher's desk. She's call out student names to come up to the desk. She would hand you your books, rubberbanded (or gumbanded!) with the newsprint order form. They were your fresh Scholastic Books! If you were like me, I would scour the Scholastic Readers, circling all the mysteries, weird cryptozoology books, scary story collections, adventures, science experiment books, and the occasional one on movies! These were cherished and a totally exciting experience that broke up those school days. We have a Scholastic Books Department and we just added a bunch of new, vintage ones: THE PHANTOM BRAKEMAN - Classic Scholastic Book "T" FOR TROUBLE - Classic Scholastic Book AFRAID TO RIDE - Classic Scholastic Book BY SECRET RAILWAY - Classic Scholastic Book CAPTURE AT SEA - Classic Scholastic Book CASE OF THE FUGITIVE FIREBUG - Classic Scholastic Book FIRESTORM - Classic Scholastic Book GINNIE AND THE NEW GIRL - Classic Scholastic Book HEROES & MONSTERS OF GREEK MYTH - Classic Scholastic Book MYSTERY OF THE OLD VIOLIN - Classic Scholastic Book SECRET AGENTS FOUR - Classic Scholastic Book SNOW TREASURE - Classic Scholasic Book SQUANTO - Classic Scholastic Book STRANGE, BUT TRUE BASEBALL STORIES - Classic Scholastic Book TROUBLE AFTER SCHOOL - Classic Scholastic Book TUNNEL THROUGH TIME (Lester Del Rey) - Classic Scholastic Book THE MONSTER FISH - Classic Scholastic Paperback Book STORIES OF GHOSTS, WITCHES & DEMONS - Classic Scholastic Book SHADOW OF ROBBER'S ROOST - Classic Scholastic Paperback Book THE LADY WITH THE LAMP - Classic Scholastic Book FUN WITH PUZZLES - Classic Scholastic Paperback Book JOCK'S ISLAND - Classic Scholastic Paperback Book ...and even more....in our Scholastic Books Department...flashback to that simpler time with these great books at Creepy Classics.
New! A Boatload of Classic Horror & Science Fiction DVDs, Used, But "Like New"
FRANKENSTEIN (1931) - Used DVD FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN/HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN - Used DVD THE GHOST JESTERS (1965/In Spanish) - Used DVD HOMICIDAL (1961/Sony Blue Cover) - Used DVD HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND (1960) - Used DVD HOUSE OF WAX (1953/Vincent Price) - Used DVD THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1939) - Used DVD JUNGLE QUEEN (1945/Complete Serial) - Used DVD THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK (1973) - Used DVD THE LOST WORLD (1925/Image Restoration) - Used DVD MAGIC (1978) - Used DVD THE MAN FROM PLANET X (1951) - Used DVD THE MARX BROTHERS SILVER SCREEN COLLECTION - Huge DVD Set Get the above and many, many more in our Used DVD Graveyard at Creepy Classics! Wow!
New! Theater Movie Collectibles Here are two unrelated, but each pretty darn cool, collectibles that were offered to theaters by the studios. See if these rare items interest you: GREYSTOKE - LEGEND OF TARZAN - Pressbook Pack AFTER THE FOX (1966) Complete Original Lobby Card Set Get these in our Collectibles or Original Poster Department at Creepy Classics. Get creepy today!
Now stocked at Creepy Classics....a marathon of classic horror trailers on DVD: CLASSIC HORROR TRAILERS (1930-1970) - DVD Get it in our New DVD Department, just a click around the corner here at Creepy Classics.
New! More 11X17 Poster Reproduction In Shock Stock
Get any of the above pictured 11X17 Poster Reproductions...all in stock right now! Not only are they colorful and nostalgic, but they come in a sturdy, protective, crystal clear slip sleeve. Get the ones you want for your movie watching area...or get some for a friend: THE RAVEN (1935) - 11X17 Poster Reproduction ROCKET SHIP (1936) - 11X17 Poster Reproduction REVENGE OF THE CREATURE (1955) - 11X17 Poster Reproduction RETURN OF DR. X (1939) - 11X17 Poster Reproduction THE RAVEN (1963) - 11X17 Poster Reproduction RETURN OF CHANDU (1934/Evil Eye) - 11X17 Poster Reproduction ROBINSON CRUSOE OF CLIPPER ISLAND (1936) - 11X17 Poster Repro See these newly entered titles and many, many more in our 11X17 Poster Reproduction Department at Creepy Classics.
Let's go back....way back. Before we started collecting Blu-Rays, DVDs, VHS, monster magazines...back further. Model kits, little action figures, monster rings from bubble gum machines, watching science fiction movies on TV with Dad...ah, we getting close. Just our imagination! Maybe you can relate. We might have seen monster toys in stores, monster games, TV commercials that featured...well, what were those spooky things? Monsters! We played monsters when we were young. I did from probably beginning around age four. Some of my earliest memories of playing monsters included a simple, big cardboard box. One of my parents, probably my dad, cut window holes in it. It was my haunted house and I was one of those ghosts or monsters that lived in it. It totally covered me as I peered through the cut-out windows. Scaring imaginary villagers. I did the same thing with a card table that my mom put a blanket over. Peering out from the corners. I can remember doing that in my Pine Street childhood house. Soon it was Halloween and trick-or-treating with my plastic Frankenstein mask, banded to the front of my face. That silky one piece with the monster's outfit printed on the bright colored costume.
Then, after I had seen GORGO and GODZILLA on television...there was the crushing of buildings with my feet. It was winter and large clumps of hardened snow would be piled along the roadside. I wouldn't walk on the cleared road or sidewalks. I crushed those clumps of snow. They were buildings and my feet were Godzilla-feet! At least in my seven year old mind's eye.
No games on any cell phones. This was hands-on imagination at full throttle. The life of a Monster Kid. Ron Adams
Maybe a year or so later, I first saw MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS with Arthur Franz. The prehistoric Monster, huge shoulders tearing through his flannel shirt, and guttural grunting and roaring...all with hatchet slipped into his belt...was all I could take. Like any fine "actor" I carefully studied and memorized all the Monster moves on my television screen. At the end of the movie, dressed in one of my "disposable" old flannel shirts, shoulder torn and hidden under my windbreaker, I grabbed my Dad's hammer and headed to the woods behind my house. Once there the Neanderthal/Cro-Magnon Monster was cut loose!! Growling, grunting, ape-like in stooped staggering loping walk, and swinging the hammer to and fro...I was ready to terrorize! These theatrics continued until the transformation to regular kid was complete...I remember it being very close to dinner time...hey, even Monsters get hungry right? My warmest regards to all our Monster Kids of that truly Golden Age of pure imagination. Let's all agree to never grow up, eh? What do you say, gang? Chris Moniz, Cortlandt Manor, NY
Looking at you FM collection? See some holes? Some issues you need to help fill it out? Here are two, of the many back issues of FAMOUS MONSTERS in stock now. They go fast, so don't hesitate: FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND #179 - Magazine Get them and many, many more in our FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND Department, in the Creepy On-Line Newsstand at Creepy Classics. It's time for a visit!
New! Museum Piece - Original Souvenir Book from 1925 A few of the 18 pages:
Details on this EXTREMELY rare piece: THE LOST WORLD (1925) Souvenir Program Book - Museum Collectible This is listed right now in our Press Books section of the Original Movie Posters Department here at Creepy Classics.
This "Half Sheet" original theatrical poster (22 X 28 inch) is now available for you collection from Creepy Classics. It has storage curl which can be flattened out. It will be mailed, rolled in a tube. This is an original, not reproduction: EXPERIMENT IN TERROR (1962) - Original Movie Poster Get this in the "Half Sheet Original Movie Poster Department" right here at Creepy Classics!
Above left: Hazel Court and Peter Mark Richman in THE TWILIGHT ZONE episode "The Fear." Familiar Face Peter Mark Richmond Passes Away From MONSTER BASH magazine writer Leonard Hayhurst: Actor Peter Mark Richman died of natural causes on Jan. 14, 2021, at his home in Woodland Hills, California, according to the Hollywood Reporter. He was 93. Richman was born April 16, 1927, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Richman was a longtime character actor know for his guest spots on television shows and supporting parts in B-movies. One of his most memorable parts was that of a state trooper in “The Fear” episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE, battling what is believed to be giant aliens. Guest starring roles were on SUSPENSE, RAWHIDE, ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, THE OUTER LIMITS, THE WILD WILD WEST, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, THE INVADERS, LAND OF THE GIANTS, THE WIDE WORLD OF MYSTERY, ELECTRA WOMAN AND DYNA GIRL, THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN, THE BIONIC WOMAN, WONDER WOMAN, GALACTICA 1980, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, DALLAS and FANTASY ISLAND. He also had recurring roles as Chrissy Snow’s father on THREE’S COMPANY, a lawyer on DYNASTY and the voice of the Phantom on the DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH animated series. His movies included FRIENDLY PERSUASION with Gary Cooper in 1956, THE STRANGE ONE in 1957, GIRLS ON THE LOOSE and THE BLACK ORCHID in 1958, THE MURDER MEN in 1961, DARK INTRUDER in 1965, AGENT FOR H.A.R.M. in 1966, JUDGEMENT DAY in 1988, FRIDAY THE THIRD PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN in 1989 and NAKED GUN 2 ½: THE SMELL OF FEAR in 1991.
We are proud to present MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #40! The cover is a masterpiece of monsterdom....Karloff as the Monster from the hand of legendary artist Basil Gogos through the Gogos estate. Keeping the legacy of Basil Gogos and Forrest J Ackerman alive and well in the 21st century...MONSTER BASH: This 40th issue anniversary special features writers Frank Dello Stritto, Tom Weaver, Dennis Druktenis, Thom Shubilla, Leonard Hayhurst, Ron Adams, publicity for FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN from the vaults of 1943 and your Fan Flashbacks! Click and order yours now, it's ready to ship to your doorstep: MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #40 - Magazine See all the issues, CLICK HERE! Here are some peeks inside this current issue:
Re-Stocked Now! Great Magic Image Filmbook Guides For Your Favorite Classic Horror Films
DRACULA (1931) - Magic Image Filmbook THE WOLF MAN (1941) - Magic Image Filmbook ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN - Magic Image Filmbook THE MAN WHO LAUGHS (1928/Script Book) - Magic Image Filmbook THE BLACK CAT (1934) - Magic Image Filmbook COUNTESS DRACULA (Carroll Borland) - Magic Image Filmbook FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN (1943) - Magic Image Filmbook
HORROR OF DRACULA (1958) - Magic Image Filmbook HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1944) - Magic Image Filmbook THE RETURN OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) - Magic Image Filmbook THIS ISLAND EARTH (1955) - Magic Image Filmbook WOLF MAN VS. DRACULA - Magic Image Filmbook These are always selling fast, grab the ones you want right now in our Magic Image Filmbooks Department. Each edition is packed with great information and photos. They are here now at Creepy Classics.
New! Collectible Promotional Cups This set of collectible cups was from the early 1980s. This set was to promote the new release of RETURN OF THE JEDI. Here are the details: RETURN OF THE JEDI PLASTIC CUPS (1983) - Collectibles Get these and loads more of collectible items that would look, well, just great on your shelves! Find them in our Collectibles Department located right here, inside the creaking doors of Creepy Classics.
Dark Shadows' Diana Millay RIP This is from MONSTER BASH writer Leonard Hayhurst: Actress Diana Millay died on January 8, 2021, according to the Dark Shadows News Page. She was 85. She was born June 7, 1935, in Rye, New York. Millay was the first supernatural character on the gothic soap opera DARK SHADOWS. She appeared in 62 episodes from 1966 to 1969 as Laura Collins, a phoenix-woman who is burned in a fire and then reborn. She also appeared in the related 1971 film, NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS. She mostly worked in television, but did appear in 1967’s TARZAN AND THE GREAT RIVER with Mike Henry in the title role. Television shows she guest starred on included THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., PERRY MASON, RAWHIDE, MY THREE SONS, 77 SUNSET STRIP, WAGON TRAIN, LARAMIE, ROUTE 66, GUNSMOKE, BONANZA, THE RIFLEMAN, MAVERICK, THRILLER, THE AQUANAUTS and FATHER KNOWS BEST. She also played Kitty Styles on the daytime soap opera THE SECRET STORM. Millay became an author in later years, penning I’D RATHER EAT THAN ACT, THE POWER OF HALLOWEEN and HOW TO CREATE GOOD LUCK.
Hi Ron, Prior to "Dark Shadows", Diana appeared in scores of other vintage TV shows familiar to baby boomers, such as "Perry Mason", "Rawhide", "Father Knows Best", "The Rifleman", "My 3 Sons ", "Man From UNCLE", and appeared opposite comedians Bob and Ray on the "Ed Sullivan Show", as well as 'Dobie Gillis". Her film credits also included 'Tarzan And The Great River", and "Street Of Sinners". Working on stage enabled her to perform opposite Alan Alda, David Janssen, and Peter Graves. Her passion for travel took her to Egypt and Romania , in which some "Dark Shadows" fans were also on board for these trips. Besides acting and traveling, Diana was also an author , having written several books on Halloween, cooking , and improving opportunities in your life. RIP Diana Millay
New! Lost Film INGAGI Found & Released on Blu-Ray
Well, this one is for the true film historians. A movie with a sorted past, not seen for 50 years. It was thought lost but Something Weird Video along with Kino-Lorber have come up with an 82 minute print located at the Library of Congress. Be warned, this one has something offensive for almost everyone...an oddity that has resurfaced: INGAGI (1930/Lost Film Found) - Blu-Ray A fake safari into the Congo. Get it in the New Blu-Ray Department, ready for immediate shipping, in shock stock at Creepy Classics.
We've just added more "like new" used Blu-Rays for your collection. Only one of each available. Get the ones you want, they get snapped up quick. Just added: THE RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE (1943) - Used Blu-Ray ATTACK OF THE ROBOTS (1966) - Used Blu-Ray Get these and others in our Creepy Used Blu-Ray Department, here at your home of monsters....Creepy Classics!
MONSTER BASH is for MONSTER KIDS everywhere of every age! Make Sure You're Caught Up On Your MONSTER BASH Magazine Collection! Do you have all of these?
Collect them all....Click Here to get them right from the publisher (us!), new glossy mags shipped bagged and boarded for protection to you! All at Creepy Classics, right now!
Just dug-out from the cob-webbed recesses of the Creepy Classics vault...two golden age of FAMOUS MONSTERS magazines: FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND 1968 YEARBOOK - Magazine Get them in the FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND Department in our On-Line Creepy Newsstand...at...where else? -- Creepy Classics!
A Virtual Visit to Creepy Classics:
Above, a recent visit to Creepy Classics!
Two videos shot by Kevin Slick from Louisville, Colorado on a visit. |
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Time to slingshot back, way back to the days of elementary school, jr. high and Scholastic Readers day! The new reader is in now, here in 2021, and you can pick the ones you want.
For the DVD Collector, some great titles, some out-of-print and getting hard to find. Get the ones you need now:
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Rondo Remembers:
When I was eight, nine, ten...it was the "Monster Gang." All the neighborhood kids that weren't as into monster movies as me...but they could get into a monster mash-up. The tall kid, Dennis, was Frankenstein's Monster, Chris was The Mummy, Scott was Dracula, Billy was The Creature and because I had a dark shirt, I was happy to be tormented Larry Talbot who changed into The Wolf Man! We pretended to be those monsters. What did we do? Well, we fought in a neighbor's yard. Looking back I can't believe the neighbor didn't chase us away. Maybe they weren't home. We'd be knocking each other over, pushing, shoving, fighting. It was an all-our monster battle.
Around 1975 I was 11 years old...Monster Kid Life in full swing. My best friend in the whole wide world was Joseph Dewey Stinson, AKA JosaDewey. Well, JosaDewey's favorite Monster was Dracula...the Jack Palance Count, to boot...repleat with fangs, courtesy of JosaDewey's upper teeth thrust forward over his lower lip! Although the Wolfman, Larry Talbot is still my favorite Monster, I had a Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde fixation for some time, as well. So there we were in my bedroom, bedsheets for capes, ready to do battle...Count Dracula vs. Mr. Hyde!! But first, Dr. Jekyll must transform into Mr. Hyde. Now at that time I had only seen Boris Karloff's take on Jekyll/Hyde...terrorizing Abbott and Costello as he did. My poor best friend, forced to wait while I theatrically performed my transformation...a combination of Karloff's sitting-still lap-dissolve and any cinematic "painful throes" transformation...what fun with the groans of agony and the facial contortions. Finally, Mr. Hyde was ready to do battle! The battle was safe, but eventually our tumble onto my bed would knock loose the support boards under my mattress, bringing my Mom down the hall to ensure we hadn't completely destroyed my room. After she departed safe in the knowledge that the boys were just playing, the battle resumed! What Monster Kid imaginary fun!!
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New! Just Added Original Movie Poster
Each one of these books the ultimate, packed guide to the movies we love...from the vaults of Universal original scripts are reproduced, rare behind-the-scene photos, advertising art, poster images and background by the most notable historians in the business. These are all re-stocked now:
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The NEW classic monster movie magazine! Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, Creature From the Black Lagoon, King Kong, The Phantom of the Opera, Mr. Hyde...they're all here, at home in MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE. 
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