Classic Monsters of the Movies #31 is a smorgasbord of dark delights, helmed by a tasty retrospective on Terence Fisher and Jimmy Sangster's vivid, 1958, Hammer Studio's adaptation of Bram Stoker's world-renowned Dracula (known as Horror of ... in the States). Ah, just feast your eyes on Daniel Horne's impassioned, cover artwork of Christopher Lee's titular Count and Melissa Stribling's nibbled Mina. Exquisite! (And for those who were wise enough to preorder the issue, the 9" x 12" image comes as a separate insert, printed on cardboard without lettering, suitable for framing.)
Along with this perennial, Hammer staple, there are articles on Val Lewton/Robert Wise's Boris Karloff-led take on Robert Lewis Stevenson's Burke-and-Hare variant, The Body Snatcher, costarring Bela Lugosi and Henry Daniell, and William Nigh/Curt Siodmak's rural thriller, The Ape, where stately Boris dares to invest scientific good in a bad situation.
For further, frightful affairs, #31 includes essays on museums and other assorted, artistic venues that have inspired various weird tales (in particular those promoting wax figures and opera-house "ghosts"); and an adoring tribute to prolific, fan favorite, Whit Bissell of The Time Machine 1960/1978, The Time Tunnel, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Lost Continent 1951, City Beneath the Sea, Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, Soylent Green, Psychic Killer & more; joined by a respectful look at Gary Sherman's creepy, cult classic, Death Line (aka Raw Meat), starring Lee and Donald Pleasance.
Authors Jonathan Rigby, Nige Burton, Jamie Jones, Dave Huckvale, Marcus Turner and Alex Hopkins are responsible for this issue's well researched contents, which are complemented by stimulating stills, posters and lobby cards, positioning #31 as a top-shelf, ghoulish treat.
Don't miss this essential edition; order at:
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