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THE CREEPY CLASSICS & In business since 1993 - On the web since 1996 28 Creepy Years
Friday September 25 - Monday September 28, 2020
TODAY'S MONSTER BASH PHAN FOTO: A very unusual character for Bela Lugosi....the strange gardener in the 1941 film THE BLACK CAT from Universal. Not to be confused with the 1934 version that Lugosi is also in. Get THE BLACK CAT (1941) on DVD or on the UNIVERSAL HORROR COLLECTION Volume 3 Blu-Ray here 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: 
All the Noose That's Fit To Post Creepy Classics/Monster Bash is in operation, shipping daily!
Creepy Phone Down Temporarily Please not that our phone system crashed this morning. We hope to be back up this afternoon at (724) 238-4317. In the meantime, you can still reach us by emailing creepyclassics@creepyclassics.com.
Here's some very early issues of FAMOUS MONSTES OF FILMLAND, availble now (they won't last long) at Creepy Classic: FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND #2 - Magazine FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND #9 - Magazine FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND #12 - Magazine FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND #13 - Magazine Turn the corner and head back to the Monster Boom beginning....the late 1950s and early 1960s with FAMOUS MONSTERS back issues in our FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND Department at Creepy Classics.
Sizes Men's SMALL-3X In Stock Now Take a break and head for the snack bar wearing your Drive-In Intermission T-Shirt! Get yours: DRIVE-IN INTERMISSION TIME! - T-Shirt Slp into yours for the late summer, early autumn....from out T-Shirt Department at Creepy Classics.
Convention Show Schedule Revised Make sure to keep checking out Convention Page to stay updated on the shows that Creepy Classics/Monster Bash will be at. With this year's turmoil, dates have changed and shows cancelled, then re-scheduled. Quite a few changes. CLICK HERE to go to our Convention Listing Page and bookmark it. Check it frequently for changes.
Now here, in shock, at Creepy Classics, this vintage monster mag: WEREWOLVES AND VAMPIRES #1 (1962) - Original Magazine Grab this monster museum piece from Creepy Classics in our on-line Creepy Magazine Newsstand in the WEREWOLVES AND VAMPIRES Department!
New! Now Delivering 11X17 Poster Reproductions
Duck your head, brush away the cobwebs and head into the crypt at Creepy Classics and follow the lantern light to our Creepy Poster Reproduction Department. Get yours today!
Best Seller! MONSTER BASH SPECIAL #5...The All Creature Issue is Here
The classic monster magazine that takes us all back to a simpler time and our love of classic monster movies. The smell of fresh ink is everywhere here at Creepy Classics, as thousands of magazines have just arrived. Subscribers are mailing out today. Get your copy of this latest issue, bagged and boarded for you...and shipped right to your crypt: MONSTER BASH SPECIAL #5 - Magazine Get it in our Monster Bash Magazine Department here at Creepy Classics! Here are some sample peeks at the interior:
New! Three Great Title Releases From Kino-Lorber Three great releases are now IN STOCK and ready to ship right out to you. A special note is that CURSE OF THE UNDEAD only ever had an official VHS release...it has never had a release on DVD or Blu-Ray...until now. It's on both formats thanks to Universal Studios and Kino teaming up on that one. Here they are, get the ones you want, they'll be on your doorstep in just a couple days:
CURSE OF THE UNDEAD (1959) - Blu-Ray or DVD
THE FACE AT THE WINDOW (1939) - Blu-Ray or DVD
OUTSIDE THE LAW (1920/Lon Chaney) - Blu-Ray You can see them in our New DVD and Blu-Ray Department right now at Creepy Classics...yep, they are here and ready to ship out.
Here's a little known, great monster movie mag from 1965-1966...SHRIEK! Get these issues right now from Creepy Classics: SHRIEK! #1 - Magazine SHRIEK! #2 - Magazine SHRIEK! #3 - Magazine SHRIEK! #4 - Magazine Get these issue in our Creepy Magazine Newsstand here at Creepy Classics, just peek (if you dare!) in our SHRIEK! Magazine Department.
Update: In Production Now We are proud to present the cover for our next MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #40! It's 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 will feature writers Frank Dello Stritto, Dennis Druktenis, Thom Shubilla, Leonard Hayhurst, Ron Adams, publicity for FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN from the vaults of 1943 and your Fan Flashbacks! Vendors, now's is the time to get your ad in this super special issue...CLICK HERE for details. Want to get yours immediately upon publishing...get a subscription now, CLICK HERE! Go-Go Gogos, MONSTER BASH!
Yet, Another Thank You in Order! At the Drive-In Super Monster-Rama show this past weekend, I was surprised by my wife, Ursula and the Bash staff....it was my birthday on Thursday and they hit me with this on Friday at the show. Cup cakes with orange Monster Bash icing. Ha! Plus, The wonderful staffers John & Mary Bishop passed out sunglasses and noise makers to staffers and attendees. The Riverside Drive-In Concession stand got quite noisy. That really was super nice of the great Bash staffers and thanks to all the attendees for singing. Gosh.
In shock stock now at Creepy Classics: THE VINCENT PRICE COLLECTION Vol. 1 - Blu-Ray Get it in our Creepy Blu-Ray Department at Creepy Classics in the "V" section for....Vincent, what else?
Let's crank back those hands of time to 1966 for our Way-Back Machine. Here's a new magazine for 1966, packed full of photos and rare interviews. A really great, though short-lived magazine...in great shape: MODERN MONSTERS #1 - Magazine Quick, grab the ones you want in our Creepy Magazine Newsstand...you'll see them in the MODERN MONSTERS Department there...from Creepy Classics.
Factory sealed and new...Atlantis Models has brought back the classic Aurora square box edition of this great model kit. Get yours and build a monster at home....on a stormy day: FORGOTTEN PRISONER GLOWS-IN-THE-DARK (Square Box) - Model Kit Hop on your bike and head down to the Creepy Classics store on the corner of this Internet web site and go to our Model & Toy Department to get yours, and pick up other ghoulish goodies too.
The new issue of SCARY MONSTERS magazine has a great Scott Jackson cover that glows-in-the-dark. Way cool. Grab yours and watch it glow when you turn the lights off: SCARY MONSTERS #118 - Magazine You need this one for your collection today! Find it in our SCARY MONSTERS DEPARTMENT in the Creepy Magazine Newsstand at Creepy Classics!
When Charlie Chan Met Dracula Back in stock, the movie that featured Warner Oland as Charlie Chan and DRACULA stars Bela Lugosi and Dwight Frye. Made during the same year as DRACULA, it's a classic murder mystery....THE BLACK CAMEL. Re-stocked on DVD at Creepy Classics...factory sealed from Fox Studios:
CHARLIE CHAN in THE BLACK CAMEL (1931) - DVD
Get it in our Complete DVD Catalog in the "B" section for "Black Camel" here at Creepy Classics.
A Sign of Autumn Indeed, it's a sign, just like pumpkins, candy corn, kids costumes in the department stores and Indian Corn on porches...this above photo and these words from Monster Basher, Nick Pocengal: "Hooray, fall has arrived and with it.. MONSTER cereals."
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!
The Drive-In Super Monster-Rama WAS Super! What a weekend at The Riverside Drive-In in Vandergrift, PA September 18-19. Wow! An incredible crowd and incredible friends and serious Monster Bashers on board! We'll do it again April. Check out the above (and below) pics from The Riverside Drive-In. A huge, sincere thanks to the people that made it happen: George Reis - promoter, Crystal, plus Todd and Emma of The Riverside...and the Riverside staff! A massive thank you to MONSTER BASH staffers who rocked the concession building with me at Creepy Classics: Ursula, Dan Weber, Joe Russell, Thom Shubilla, Bob Pellegrino, Ted Lewczyk, John & Mary Bishop, Bob Kennedy, Ed Watson, Wolf, Geoffrey Curtis and Brenda. Plus, the greatest Bash attendees on he planet: Nick Pocengal, Suzanne, Brandon, Bob (Time Bomb Toys), Jared, Jason...and I'm sorry if I'm forgetting you, so many friendly familiar faces. ...and more pictures from The Drive-In Super Monster-Rama 2020:
Between movies fun....The Stooges on the giant screen (photo from Ted Lewczyk):
Bigfoot heads for a "BigFoot long hot dog" from the drive-in concession offerings:
New! Blu-Rays from Kino-Lorber Now here, shocked at Creepy Classics:
IN SEARCH OF DRACULA (1975) - Blu-Ray
MURDER BY DECREE (1979) - Blu-Ray Get these titles and more in our New Blu-Ray Department here at Creepy Classics!
The classic magazine MONSTER MANIA from creator Russ Jones...issue from 1966 in stock now: MONSTER MANIA #3 - Magazine Get them now in our Creepy Magazine Newsstand here on-line at Creepy Classics..shipped bagged and boarded for protection. They're in the MONSTER MANIA Department.
Back To the Drive-In
My dad was washing and waxing the car. I helped him rub off the foggy gray-green wax to leave a clean, shiny finish on the Dodge station wagon. It was metallic gray and the interior was Twizzler red. My mom was inside getting blankets and pillows for the back of the car. Off we went to the drive-in. We pulled up to the booth and my dad shelled out for the admission. As the family car pulled past the booth, there was the crunching of gravel under the wheels.
There was a second feature, I can't quite remember which it was...maybe a Disney film with Dean Jones or Kurt Russell. In between films, my dad and I ventured out, the gravel sounding under the soles of our shoes now. A beeline for the snack bar. Ice cold Pepsi-Cola, pizza pie, hot dogs and all kinds of candy. Those were days of magic, days of the drive-in theater. Ron Adams
Ah, great times at the drive-ins as a kid, then a teen and (finally) as an adult. For a while, Universal put MUNSTER GO HOME out on a double bill with THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN. (Which, sadly, I didn't get to see.) -Bob Stazer, Richmond, IN
Re-Scheduled MONSTER BASH BELA LUGOSI FILM FEST Coming August 13-14, 2021! It will be another wild adventure...a Bela Lugosi film marathon at the grand Palace Theatre in Canton, Ohio. It's August 13 and 14, 2021. A Lugosi extravaganza with some of his best and most fun films ever, plus a bonus film to wrap-out Saturday night...Tim Burton's ED WOOD. Get your advance VIP admission, CLICK HERE. All the details on the show, CLICK HERE! Preview trailer:
All the show details, click here: https://www.monsterbashnews.com/bash-August.html
View your Lugosi favorites in a real grand movie palace. We'll also feature the popular prize-toss late Saturday night! Free Blu-Rays, DVDs, Monster Magazines and Monster Toys will be pitched into the audience.
If you haven't been to one of our summer marathons at The Palace yet....you really need to do it. A gorgeous restored grand theatre from the 1920s. A real pipe organ with music between showings.
Above: Frank and his wife Linda. And author/film historian Frank Dello Stritto will give two power-point presentations on Bela Lugosi...on the giant screen. One of the biggest screens in the state of Ohio.
Who let the bats out??? Why, MONSTER BASH! Sign-up for this August 2021 fear fest now...it will be a once in a lifetime event. Secure your VIP admission membership for all films, talks, prize toss, CLICK HERE!
Above: Jay Spencer, organist at Canton's Palace Theatre, prepares another MONSTER BASH!
Snag these collectible magazines now from our Creepy Magazine Newsstand: MONSTERLAND #1 - Magazine Get yours now in our Creepy Magazine Newsstand...on the shelves next to the spinaround rack, on-line at Creepy Classics. In our MONSTERLAND Department.
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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Back in stock, it's 11X17 full color poster reproductions. All on heavy stock paper and come in a protective heavy crystal clear protective slip sleeve. Beautiful to decorate your home movie room or monster collection. In stock, FORBIDDEN PLANET, THE FOUR SKULLS OF JONATHAN DRAKE, FRANKENSTEIN (The Original Horror Show!), FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN and more.
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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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It was the late afternoon on a hot September day. It was the day of the drive-in. I think everybody that grew up in the 1950s-1980s had the experience....and some lucky ones might still have the experience today.
And you could hear the other vehicles snapping the rocks as everyone vied for that ideal parking spot. Pulling up on the hump with the front wheels to hopefully see over the vehicle in front of you. Close to the poles that had detachable speakers on them. You hung it on your driver's window.
My family didn't go to many horror movies...it was a family outing. BUT this night, it was MUNSTER GO HOME! The monster-comedy that was a spin off of the TV show. Kids played at the small playground to the right of the big screen. The announcements echoing through the parking area. My sister and I had blankets and pillows in the back. The back seat folded down so we could stretch out. We were ready for the previews and the movie!
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