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The ’80s really were the last heyday for practical effects monsters. As noted yesterday, I haven’t seen TerrorVision, but this thing was apparently huge and required several people to operate it. Although… Read Article →

Ugh, Monday. Well, for me anyway, it’s off to work. Although again there are only a couple of us in a big space now, so the distancing thing isn’t that difficult. I… Read Article →

Stuart Gordon has passed away. I’m getting up there, so I remember when filmmakers from the ’40s and ’50s started dying, now it’s people remembered from the ’80s. I never really felt… Read Article →

Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster, Werewolf by Night, and now the most horrifying monster of all…a clown. You know, when I was a kid clowns were considered fun. I don’t know when that… Read Article →

I hope everyone is well! Did Warren takes adds for these, considering they were highlighting a competitors products? Power Records went pretty heavy on the monster thing, including the super-hero issues they… Read Article →

OK, that’s got to be Mike Ploog. I checked (after Cullen Waters noted the same thing yesterday, credit to him), and unsurprisingly several (all?) of the Power Records performances can be found… Read Article →

Doughty FoJ Michael C suggested monster-related covers from this fun series. I’m sure my demographic will remember Power Records, which at one point dramatized like radio plays Marvel comics stories, including issues… Read Article →

Talk about rip-offs! (Actually, Jones came before Carter, who Marvel also had the license for. Jones was before his time, I guess.) Have a great and more important safe weekend, everyone. Related… Read Article →

Again, meh. I guess the lizard guys are pretty decent, though. Related PostsMonster of the Day #3493 (Sep 16, 2024) Monster of the Day #3492 (Sep 13, 2024) Monster of the Day… Read Article →

So here, apparently, was the introduction of Thongor. Again, you can tell they did not have their best people working on this. Generic skeleton guy, generic demons, generic beautiful woman in peril,… Read Article →