In the midst of all the April 1st tomfoolery, the birthday of Lon Chaney should not go unnoticed. Born on April 1st, 1883, Lon Chaney entered the nascent cinema industry and created horrific make-up designs and monstrous imagery that still resonate today.
Fire Water Flask
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Vintage novelty booze flasks could be found in pretty much every kitsch
loaded gift shop back in the day. This particular one that I came across
(and bef...
Corruption – review
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Director: Robert Hartford-Davis
Release date: 1968
* Contains spoilers *
This is another film where medical processes are used in a vampiric way –
th...
Haircut!
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Got myself a terrifying trim the other day, which reminded me of this
hair-raising little story from the July 1953 issue of *Chamber of Chills
#18*. Supe...
Leaving Las Vegas
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I like to run. Well, "like" and "run" are very loose verbs in this
scenario. I enjoy exercise and the outdoors, and adulthood with schedule
restricti...
Shock Stock is Coming!
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May 1 to 5 in London Ontario. I would love to go for all five days but I am
probably only attending Saturday. I would like to have Lynn Lowry sign my
Blu-r...
LORNA... THE EXORCIST (1974)
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THE JESS FRANCO REEVALUATION: The Mariol family vacations at a French
resort town to celebrate the 18th birthday of their daughter, Linda (Lina
Romay), on...
The Dark Shadows Daybook: April 2
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*Aired on this day in 1971: Episode 1245*
By PATRICK McCRAY
When Brutus makes the mistake of chuckling, Bramwell and Catherine find
salvation in a c...
The Soul Eater (2024)
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Adapted from Alexis Laipsker’s novel, and written by Annelyse Batrel and
Ludovic Lefebvre, *The Soul Eater* is the latest offering from Alexandre
Bustill...
New Movies Round Up # 2:Horror.
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*Sea Fever *
(Neasa Hardiman, 2019)
As far as niche sub-genres go, sea-bound eco/survival horror is generally a
good bet, and this modest, primarily Irish...
The Viking Queen (1967)
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*[image: The Viking Queen, Hammer, Carita, poster]Part of The Hammer-Amicus
Blogathon *
* During the Roman Invasion of Britain, a dying tribal King (Wilf...
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Happy Halloween everyone. It's 2023 and still... FULCI LIVES! My
tribute to HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY is here from the BLACK MARKET BRAINS
project. Play...
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 ...
À la prochaine
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Greetings. I have decided to close down Fascination: The Jean Rollin
Experience for good. All of the posts have been transferred over to my
main bl...
Highlights of Warren Publishing (Part 4)
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Today I cover three separate stories from Jose Bea. Bea provided among the
most bizarre stories and artwork that Warren would feature in its
magazines, a...
"New" Nichelle Nichols photo discovered!
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Stop the presses! Here's a photo of Nichelle, taken either during the
filming of Trek or just before, that has come to light... one that I have
never seen ...
CARLOTTA HAVOC is coming!
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New webcomic beginning in April 2020 ~
*CARLOTTA HAVOC VERSUS EVERYONE *
~ watch for info on Facebook, Instagram,
Twitter and Tumblr
I'll Be Honest...
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It's been almost a year, which is ridiculous. I'm sorry if I've let anyone
down. I think it's time for me to declare Dust & Corruption closed, for
now. If ...
Frankenstein Event of 2019
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As a new year rushes in, full of promise, we glance back at the year just
spent and note that Frankenstein truly is forever. Two centuries into its
care...
Dead Birds (2004)
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I love historical horror. Set me down with the collected works of M.R.
James and I won’t notice a ten-car pile-up outside my window. I am here for
basicall...
Ode To CRWM
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I'm back! At least for this review anyway. I'm not ready to come back full
time since I still find it annoying to do even a short review on Letterboxd
so...
The Monster Times Issue #5
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From March 29, 1972, comes this complete issue #5 of The Monster Times,
with the cover article on The Creature From the Black Lagoon!
*(To view full-size, ...
How To Replace a Riding Mower Battery
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Riding mower batteries ought to be maintained when fully charged and
replaced when dead and you need all the right materials when you are about
to replac...
Shadows Style!
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Fashions by Ohrbach's! Bat by Bil Baird! Bring some offbeat Dark Shadows
flavour to your wardrobe with our new range of t-shirts, each inspired by
the show...
This is the End...Probably...Who Knows...
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As you can clearly see, the blog hasn't been active for a while. It won't
be. Let me explain why I've decided to stop.
Late last year, Eric came to me and t...
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...
Presenting the TOP 25 HORROR TV SERIES OF ALL TIME!
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As promised some weeks ago, at long last I bring to you my ultimate
endeavor to determine the greatest horror-themed television shows of all
time. Long-tim...
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...
We Don’t Need No Alien Invasion: The Faculty
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Next to Disturbing Behavior, The Faculty has been one of my favorite movies
on the horrors of high school conformity. Set in rural Ohio, a band of
teenag...
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!...