MR. LOBO'S CINEMA INSOMNIA PRESENTS THE MAD MONSTER/MONSTERPALOOZA BLU-RAY

 

Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia's Monsterpalooza Con Crud Special: The Mad Monster (set in Pasadena, Ca & OSI 74, Pa) is now available on blazing Blu-ray. 

Released by PRC, The Mad Monster is a neato, 1942, werewolf flick, which stars two horror titans, George Zucco (at the time in full swing with his Mummy/Kharis efforts) and Glenn Strange (just two years before playing Frankenstein's Monster), wherein the former (a mad scientist) transforms the latter (a child-like handyman) into a lycanthrope (with a little, ferocious help from makeup artist Harry Ross). The werewolf emergence is comparable to Whit Bissell's transformation of Michael Landon in I Was a Teenage Werewolf, though that one struck a good fifteen years after the fuzzy fact. 

In addition to Zucco and Strange, Mad Monster stars Johnny (Our Gang) Downs and Anne (Black Friday) Nagel, and was directed and produced by Sam Newfield (the uncredited director of the Gojira II redux, Gigantis: the Fire Monster) and scripted by Fred (Nabonga) Myton. The results create a wolf-soldier-serum experience that triggers top-tier tension throughout its tight running time. 

For extra enjoyment, Mr. Lobo intersects the melodrama by bringing his bushy-tailed cheer to the big convention, meeting fascinating venders, avant-garde artists and even G. Larry (Frankenstein Versus the Monster from Blood Cove/Skate to Hell) Butler. Such is accompanied by a jubilant, studio visit by the hyper Yellow Fever, who nurses a sickly Mr. Lobo back to health with bananas.

Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia, Monsterpalooza Con Crud Special: The Mad Monster is an ideal submission for any "misunderstood," physical-media library, and one can procure it at 

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MR. LOBO'S CINEMA INSOMNIA: MONSTERPALOOZA & THE MAD MONSTER

Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia's Monsterpalooza Con Crud Special: The Mad Monster (constructed in Pasadena, Ca & OSI 74, Pa) is set to premiere on Twitch this Saturday night (March 1), commencing at 10 pm, Eastern Time.  

Released by the legendary PRC, The Mad Monster is a neato, 1942, werewolf flick, which stars two horror titans, George Zucco (at the time in full swing with his Kharis efforts) and Glenn Strange (just two years before playing Frankenstein's Monster), wherein the former (a mad scientist) transforms the latter (a child-like handyman) into a lycanthrope (with a little, ferocious help from makeup artist Harry Ross). The erudite, werewolf emergence is comparable to Whit Bissell's transformation of Michael Landon in I Was a Teenage Werewolf, though that one struck a good fifteen years after the fuzzy fact. 

In addition to Zucco and Strange, Mad Monster stars Johnny (Our Gang) Downs and Anne (Black Friday) Nagel, and was directed and produced by Sam Newfield (the uncredited director of the Gojira revamp, Gigantis: the Fire Monster) and penned by Fred (Nabonga) Myton. The results create a wolf-soldier-serum experience that triggers top-tier tension throughout its tight running time. 

For extra enjoyment, Mr. Lobo intersects the melodrama by bringing his bushy-tailed cheer to the big convention, meeting fascinating venders, avant-garde artists and even G. Larry (Frankenstein Versus the Monster from Blood Cove/Skate to Hell) Butler. Such is accompanied by a jubilant, studio visit by the hyper Yellow Fever, who dares to nurse a sickly Mr. Lobo back to health with bananas.

BTW: Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia, Monsterpalooza Con Crud: The Mad Monster is an ideal submission for any "misunderstood," physical-media library, and therefore, one can preorder the Blu-ray edition (and in the process, obtain some screen and IMBd credit) at 

https://osi74.square.site/product/blu-ray-backer-pre-order-cinema-insomnia-monsterpalooza-con-crud-special-mad-monster-with-credit/186?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=true

CLASSIC MONSTERS OF THE MOVIES #29: CHANEY JR, LUGOSI ... STRANGE

"Even a man who is pure in heart, and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright." 

Classic Monsters of the Movies #29 is one mighty, ferocious issue, with articles from reliable editors/researchers, Nige Burton and Jamie Jones, abetted by thorough contributors, Alex Hopkins, Marcus Turner and David Huckvale.

George Waggner/Curt Siodmak's The Wolf Man is, as Daniel Horne's atmospheric cover conveys, the issue's headliner, with fondness bestowed to its star, Lon Chaney Jr., who plays the cursed Lawrence Talbot. Acknowledgement is also given to his prime costars, Claude Rains, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya and Evelyn Ankers. Beyond any debate, the assessment is exquisite, as are its complementing photos.

To dip further into the Universal flavor, there's an adoring article on Glenn Strange, Frankenstein's Monster in House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, as well as other fantastic entries, such as The Black Raven, Master Minds, The Mad Monster and The Monster Maker, in addition to his westerns roles. 

For additional seasoning, Issue #29 is accented by Lugosi's B-flick favorite, The Ape Man; the Hughes Brothers' Jack the Ripper exploration, From Hell; the vindictive yet humorous Theatre of Blood, with Vincent Price and Diana Rigg;  animal-attacking terror that salutes Jaws, The Birds, Them, Frogs, Razorback, The Devil Bat, The Alligator People, King Kong 1933, The Fly 1958, Pet Sematary 1998, Cujo, Kingdom of the Spiders ... Arachnophobia; and Tai Ortiz's stylish, modern-macabre short, Positively Do Not Open. 

Classic Monsters of the Movies is a rich and satisfying periodical. Issue #29 proves it once again. 

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