SCARY MONSTERS #128: HAIL THE HORROR HOSTS OF YORE

Scary Monsters #128 arrives just in time for Halloween with horror hosts galore, and cover artist, Scott Jackson performs an exemplary job compiling them. 

Also in tune with the nostalgic strand, there's an article by the ever durable Rich Koz, aka (Son of) Svengoolie, on how he came to host the cream of the creepy crop in spooky flicks. 

  

In addition, #128 features reflections on Jerry G. Bishop's Svengoolie, Vampira, Elvira, Stella, Tarantula Ghoul, Ghouleena, Penny Dreadful, Marlena Midnite, Zacharle (aka Roland), Baron Daemon, Morgus the Magnificent, Marvin, Selwin, Terence, Seymour, Ghouldardi, The Count, Count Gregore, Sammy Terry, Sir Graves Ghastly, Old Nancy, Superhost, Dr. Gangrene, Joe Bob Briggs, Bob Wilkins, Chilly Billy Cardille; plus a countdown of otherworldly television hosts, including John Newland, Rod Serling, Frank Gallop and Boris Karloff. 

And as an extra-special bonus, #128 contains Halloween fiction, seasoned by a heap of monster-memory photos and illustrations. 

Beyond any doubt, Scary Monsters #128 is a spine-tingling treat that's certain to haunt one's Halloween season with chilling cheer. Purchase a copy at  

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TERRIFIC TEAM-UP IMAGE: MAILA & JAMES (VAMPIRA & DEAN)

 

TERRIFIC TEAM-UP IMAGE: MAILA & TOR (VAMPIRA & INSPECTOR CLAY)

TERRIFIC TEAM-UP IMAGE: MAILA & EDDIE (VAMPIRA & WOOD)

 

TERRIFIC TEAM-UP IMAGE: ELVIS & MAILA (VAMPIRA & THE KING)

HAPPY WORLD GOTH DAY 2020!!!

HAPPY 60TH, PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE!!!

On July 22, 1959, Edward D. Wood Jr.'s "Plan 9 From Outer Space" began its run on a state-by-state basis. Though labeled "Grave Robbers from Outer Space" when filmed in '56 (and having premiered as such to a private party in '57), the rise of "Plan 9" was gradual, having gained cult status more through television (and offbeat time slots) than the big screen. Still, it has become a quirky classic that only its eccentric writer/director could have conceived. 

Its plot is simple, unfurling like a Halloween play that kids have staged in their backyard: Invading aliens resurrect the dead to attack the living.  

Its cast is impressive: Bela Lugosi; Lyle Tablot; Mailia Nurmi (Vampira); Criswell; Tor Johnson; Gregory Walcott; Tom Keene, Mona McKinnon; Dudley Manlove; Bunny Breckinridge; Duke Moore; Joanna Lee; Paul Marco; Conrad Brooks; and as Lugosi's bountiful stand-in, Tom Mason.

The atmosphere is rich and pulpy. Its science-fiction seasoning pervasive, but the movie invokes more so Universal's monster classics and perhaps to a greater degree, their low-budget competitors, like "The Devil Bat" "The Corpse Vanishes" and "Return of the Vampire". It also acts as a forerunner to "Invisible Invaders", "Night of the Living Dead" and a 2015 homage starring "Cinema Insomnia" host, Mister Lobo. 

"Plan 9" is the stuff of mad, giddy nightmares, too often dismissed as uneven and substandard by those whose "stupid minds" can't grasp its grandeur. However, to those of us of superior intellect, it's a childhood favorite that always has and always will command. 

Pay your respects with a view at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln7WF78PolA.  You know you want to...