Count Yorga and Blacula, while successfully bringing to (then) modern times a very traditional image of the undead, were kind of the last sputter of the Lugosi-esque Dracula type. After this caped… Read Article →

While Dracula was being made safe for kiddies–this is pretty natural, good at Godzilla’s trajectory in Japan–others tried to update the concept to make it relevant for the modern, groovy age. Oddly,… Read Article →

With vampires featured on Sesame Street, they had officially been established as kid-friendly. Saturday morning cartoon/kid shows were replete with Draculas, on shows like Drac Pack, Monster Squad and Groovie Goolies. So… Read Article →

Lugosi’s Dracula was so iconic–despite appearing on screen only twice–that until recently every other screen interpretation was set against his. Only Christopher Lee came close to stealing his crown. By the ’70s,… Read Article →

Surely the first really great, utterly iconic film monster was Lugosi’s Dracula. So to kick off the year, let’s take a week to review alternate takes on the Bela’s Count. The first… Read Article →

Well, Monsters of the Day. You can fight them! Coooool. In case I oversleep tomorrow (since I won’t be at work), and don’t get a MotD up, Happy New Year everyone!

I’m pretty sure I bought a collection of Universal Monster plushies many years ago and handed them out to my old library friends at our annual Halloween party. Sadly, there were none… Read Article →