SCARY MONSTERS #135: MONOLITH MONSTERS, LARA PARKER, INANIMATES & MORE

Scary Monsters #135 pays special tribute to John Sherwood's The Monolith Monsters, and man, Scott Jackson's exciting cover sure does knock it outta the stratosphere!

Accompanying #135's Monolith feature, there's an endearing, front-and-center article on the late Lara Parker, the bewitching Angelique Bouchard of Dark Shadows. 

Additional features spotlight Godzilla Minus One, Donovan's Brain, The Brain 1962, The Man Without a Body, Night of the Ghouls, Maniac 1934, Mesa of Lost Women, The Twonky, Gog, Kronos, The Giant Claw, The Magnetic Monster, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Creature Walks Among Us, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, Lost Horizon 1935, Puppet Master, The Ring, The Stuff, Chopping Mall, Blades, Dial: Help (Love Threat), Christine, Maximum Overdrive, Duel and Killdozer.

And to sweeten the imagi-jackpot even further, there's an arousing essay on Buck Rogers' alluring Princess Ardala (per Pamela Hensley) and her seductive wardrobe (or lack thereof). Oh, yeah! Plus, one will get ample chuckles from the cartoon craziness of Roomies from the Tomb.

As one can discern, this latest Scary Monsters overflows with the eclectic best of the best. Don't miss out. 

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FAREWELL, LARA PARKER

I've always had a thing for Angelique Bouchard, and that's because you made her so impassioned. It was hard not to think of Dark Shadows' witch as anything but genuine, though she was an inordinately pretty one, at that.

You shared the character in the second Dark Shadows movie, Night of ... , as well reprising the role for audio dramas and even penning several novels that propelled Dan Curtis' mythology even further. 

In writer/director Ansel Faraj's "The Job Interview," you joined your Dark Shadows' costars Kathryn Leigh Scott, Christopher Pennock and John Karlen to create a funny, gothic tale, as well as making a strong impression in Faraj's revived, Mabuse saga and the equally expressionistic, Theatre Fantastique, both of which feature Dark Shadows' Jerry Lacy.

You were also Laura Banner in the moving prelude of The Incredible Hulk pilot, in addition to making appearances for Kolchak: The Night Stalker (as the witch, Madelaine); The Six Million Dollar Man; Galactica 1980; Manimal; Highway to Heaven; The Highwayman; Kung Fu; Emergency; Remington Steele; The Rockford Files; Hawaii Five-O; Kojak; Police Woman; Quincy; Baretta; Switch; Rooster; Race with the Devil; Hi, Mom!; Airport 1975; Save the Tiger; Stranded; The China Lake Murders; and Washington: Behind Closed Doors; plus affluent stretches on Jessica Novak, Capitol and One Live to Live. 

You meant a lot to me ... to a lot of people. In fact, for most of us, Ms. Parker, you were like family. Your departure breaks our hearts, but within our hearts, you'll be eternally kept.