Escape from Hell!
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The January 1954 issue of *Fantastic Fears #5* features a couple of really
hot numbers, including (as some of you may be old enough to remember) the
earl...
Welcome to Clifton Hill!
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Back in a mid-August *AEET* post *HERE,* I mentioned having visited *Clifton
Hill* in *Niagra Falls, Canada* this summer, and only just now have I
sudden...
Spaghetti Western Trivia - Dan Savio
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The western score for 1963’s “Duello nel Texas” (Gunfight at Red Sands) was
done by an Italian composer using the name Dan Savio. This was the
compose...
Paranormal Activity: A New Story Live on Stage
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When it was released into cinemas back in 2007, Oren Peli’s minimalist
creeper, *Paranormal Activity*, absolutely terrified audiences and garnered
critic...
Short Film: Vampire’s Crown
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Vampire’s Crown is a 3-minute animated short produced at the University of
Hertfordshire by Hiren Solanki, Henry Mountain and Nick Hughes in 2011.
The f...
QUEEN OF THE TABARIN (1960)
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EL FRANCONOMICON / I'M IN A JESS FRANCO STATE OF MIND Robert Monell & Alex
Mendíbil Blog Alliance QUEEN OF THE TABARIN (1960)
Soledad Miranda, left, in he...
Regrets Only
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A movie you've never heard of starring Lance Henriksen doesn't come with
high expectations. Especially when it's streaming on Amazon Prime.
*Quick Plot:...
Invisible Aliens
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I read this book before I started doing reviews here again. Jonathan Janz
is one of my favorite authors, so I'm always happy to add a book of his
here. Th...
NEW ZINES LAUNCH.
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Dear friends, followers and anyone else who is still reading this blog
after many months of inactivity -
I am writing today to let you know that, after a...
Shock Stock Today!
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Going to Shock Stock today! Meeting Michelle Bauer and Patty Mullen.
Watching some short films. Picking up some new physical media. Having
cocktails!
Film Review: SKINAMARINK
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So I did a little free trial on YouTube for Shudder, and as I was browsing
the titles they had available I saw a film titled Skinamarink. I thought
the ...
Press Conference with the Vampire, 1968
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*Sometime *during the fall of 1968, *Jonathan Frid* conducted a press
conference with dozens college and high school newspaper writers. He did
this fro...
NIghtmare #20
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Sebastian Boada provides the cover for this issue of Nightmare, cover dated
August 1974.
We start with the one page "Horror Fragments: The Demon Whale" by ...
The Ugly Duckling (1959)
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*THE UGLY DUCKLING* used to be one of the Holy Grails for Hammer
aficionados.
Directed by prolific British B-Picture Director Lance Comfort and long
co...
Whew...a few recent reads
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Sorry to be dragging this month. I've been mentally and physically drained
by various goings-on. I decided to skip the monthly musical interlude and
go str...
DRACULA'S FIANCEE and LOST IN NEW YORK on Blu-ray
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It's been a few years since we've had an addition to Kino Lorber/Redemption's
*The Cinema Of Jean Rollin* series, so it's great on a number of counts to
...
The Monster Times Star Trek Special #2: Part One
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In 1974, while perusing the latest issue of The Monster Times I had just
picked up, I saw an advertisement for both the Sci-Fi Special (in
magazine format)...
200
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Mary Shelley’s *Frankenstein; or, the Modern **Prometheus* was first
published on January 1, 1818.
200 years ago.
On, now, to Frankenstein’s third cent...
The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
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Because come on. Come on. No one is going to give The Eyes of My Mother
less than five stars. I don’t care how contrarian you are; I don’t care
how much...
Macbeth Unhinged
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Watching a film adaptation of *Macbeth*, or any similar canonical work of
theatre or literature, is an intrinsically different viewing experience
from the ...
News In Brief
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We were sad to learn of the recent death of legendary make-up artist Dick
Smith, who passed away this week at the age of 92. His Oscar-winning career
encom...
HAPPY ZOMBIE JESUS DAY CHICKPEAS
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Well, it's that time of year again, and if you're anything like me then
this a day of marathoning zombie movies and eating candy until I damn near
puke....
Steampunk Pin-Up (Not Porn!)
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The lovely *Kato* of *Steampunk Couture* has gone hardcore. For those who
prefer to exercise their imaginations a bit more, Voila! *Veronique
Chevalier* in...
Bringing Bedlam to the Bijou!
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It's no secret that I love movies. Especially horror movies. And like
anyone who loves something, my greatest joy comes from sharing that love
with othe...
The Last Werewolf
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Title: The Last Werewolf
Author: Glen Duncan
Genre: Horror/Dark Humor
Types of Werewolves: Bipedal hybrid
How Lycanthropy is Caused: Bite, forced change ever...
Many Happy Returns: Our Final Post
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[image: Tales from the Crypt poster]
As announced back in March, today will be the last day that
Classic-Horror.com updates. After today, the site will rem...
I think today is 'G'
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We've established I'm bad at this, but today is G and here I am with...
Granola bars.
I'm something of a nerd about granola/breakfast bars because I take t...
Editorial April 2012 and e-issue #34
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Guest Editorial By Bill Lindblad
There's an established principle of polite conversation that suggests three
topics should be carefully avoided: politic...
Son of Dracula Still!
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[image: sonofdrac_still]
And with this photo of Lon Chaney Jr. portraying the Count, it's my sad
duty to tell you that this will be the last posting for thi...
Gallery 133
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A new creature has come in from Dean Judd in Whitehaven, United Kingdom.
Created using Vista Paint. Nice job Dean, been a long while since we've had
a new ...
Bela Lugosi´s 129th
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● Artwork by *Gor Mandra* for Bela's 129th.
*Bela Lugosi* was born *129* years ago today. Lugosi,
born October 20, 1882 as Béla Ferenc Dezcö Blasko
in Lu...
Monster of the Month: The Invisible Man
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Ever since his film debut in 1933, The Invisible Man has been an important
though under appreciated member of the Universal monster pantheon. While
his f...
Good bye, 2010. Get goin', now.
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I told myself I wasn't going to do this. I said to myself (and others -
i.e: WagTheFox) that I wouldn't do a 'year end retrospective', or a 'best
of' list,...
Ingrid and Michael and you and me
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*The British horror film.*
A bit like the American horror film, except for the fact that a) it had a
different Golden Age (roughly 1956-1975), and b) it ha...
Jinx Speaketh
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One of (if not the) most evilly influential women in music is now on
Blogspot!
Jinx Dawson, "irreverent, erotic, fiendish Left Hand Path Ceremonial
Magi...
I offer this Book of Truths
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In 1848, Poe published the book that he thought would serve as his major
posthumous legacy. He was ultimately wrong, but Eureka still interests both
schola...
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The links will stay up until the files have been deleted by the host sites.
After that you'll have to wait until next year. Hope you had a great
Halloween!...