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The Mad Ghoul (1943) Pressbook

George Zucco is especially delightful in this grim tale of evil doings. The Mad Ghoul was part of the Shock! package of movies released to television in 1957. Jack Pierce did the makeup.

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Before I Hang (1940) Herald

Here's the colorful herald for Boris Karloff's Before I Hang (1940).

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Castle of Frankenstein Issue 24, 1974

An interview with Boris Karloff, part two of an interview with Roger Corman, The Evil of Frankenstein, and an interview with monster maker Roy Ashton keep this issue of CoF humming. And, of course, there's the Frankenstein TV Guide to help monsterkids plan ahead if they should stay up or not to catch the latest creature-feature on the boob tube. CoF jumps to 85 cents this issue, due to increasing printing costs. Yikes!

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The Monster Times Issue 46, 1976

Issue 46 of The Monster Times is infused with the vampire count's lineage. With Dracula coverage in movies, television, comics, and a Christopher Lee interview, you can't go wrong for the then price of 75 cents. A pleasant tour of Transylvania and a primer on Vlad the Impaler puts the blush in your cheeks, too. For a dead guy, he sure gets a lot of lively coverage.

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Jungle Raiders (1945) Mexican Lobby Card

Here are four Mexican lobby cards for Jungle Raiders, a Columbia 15 episode serial movie. 

The Castle of the Mummies of Guanajuato (1973) Mexican Lobby Card

Midget minions, mad doctor, mummies, masked wrestlers? Must be a Mexican lucha libre movie!

The Time Machine (1960) Mexican Lobby Card

Here's the Mexican lobby card for The Time Machine. One of my favorite episodes of the Big Bang Theory, The Nerdvana Annihilation, shows the wonderful prop (not the Bob Burns one but a replica). The Precious Fragmentation, where the boys find a movie-used Lord of the Rings ring, is another nerdy classic.

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The Monster Times Issue 45 (1976)

Issue 45 of The Monster Times has Horror Themes for the Taping, an interview with John Carradine, the Teletype and Trek Talk, and coverage on Bug! and Jaws mania. For horror comics fans, Atlas' Monsters and Heroes gives a good rundown on their horrific comics. Enjoy.

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Horror Hotel (1960) Pressbook

The City of the Dead (although I prefer the more sensational U.S. title, Horror Hotel) was a staple for horror television back in the black and white days. Milton Subotsky rewrote the script and produced it, so this pretty much makes it the first Amicus production. And a good one it is, too. The poster art is killer.

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Castle of Frankenstein No. 20, 1973

Fellow Zombos' Closet denizen Matthew Banks was super enough to send over some PDFs from the Internet Archive for Castle of Frankenstein. (Thanks!) They are posting a lot of monster mags for posterity (you'll see quite a few from ZC, too, with due credit of course; unlike some bloggers who simply grab my scans). But the Internet Archive doesn't capture the magazines in stunning horrific color like ZC does :) Anyhow, the PDF quality is poor (though there are other formats you can download), so here's the Comic reader version instead:   Download Castle of Frankenstein Issue 20

In this issue of CoF, the Ray Harryhausen interview concludes, Vault of Horror gets buried in coverage, and The Frankenstein TV Movie Guide gives the lowdown on what horrors you could see on the small screen...maybe...depending on when it was aired. Of course, we just stream everything and binge watch now. We are so spoiled. There's also lots of letters coverage and book reviews. (And for more magazines to read late at night, under the bedsheets, go to the magazine morgue.) Special thanks to Matthew Banks for reminding me to get the rest of the CoF and The Monster Times magazines posted. Your wish is my command!)

The Ghost (1963) and Dead Eyes of London (1961) Double Bill Pressbook

How can you go wrong with an Italian horror starring Barbara Steele and a German one with Klaus Kinski? A solid double bill of terror.

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Degollador de Mujeres (?) Mexican Lobby Card

I don't know which movie (or television series) this lobby card is for but it packs a wallop with just two illustrations that let your mind's eye sum to a terror-sell for seeing it.