From Zombos Closet

April 11, 2016

Photon Issue 26, 1975

It's in the trees! This issue of Photon, number 26, is chock full of Curse of the Demon goodness, courtesy of Ron Borst and Scot Mac Queen. (Download the comic book reader file for Photon Issue 26 if you're so inclined–43MB.) This fantastique- movie fanzine of the 1970s went short on graphics and long on the written word. An impressive array of talent contributed informative articles every issue. Also in this issue, Bill Warren heaps praise on Phantom of the Paradise (and boy, he doesn't heap praise often), and Mario Bava's Illusion of Reality is explored by Alain Silver and Jame Ursini. Unlike many monster magazines of the day that would provide a quick read, Mark Franks' Photon required you set aside a week or so. So put the coffee on and enjoy.

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Monster From Green Hell
And Half Human
Double Bill Pressbook

You can see the movie theater herald for this double bill here. And if you have a comic reader, here's the cbz file of this Monster From Green Hell and Half Human pressbook. MFGH also appeared with The Brain From Planet Arous (one of my favorites!). According to the DCA Wikipedia entry, "among the last films DCA distributed were Half Human (1958), The Strange World of Planet X (1958), The Crawling Eye (1958), and Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959).

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Monster From Green Hell
And Half Human
Double Bill Herald

Here's the movie/theater herald for the double bill of Monster From Green Hell and Half Human. With tags lines like "Half-Man, Half-Beast but All Monster!" and "Nightmare Thrills Beyond Belief!" audiences today may not be enticed into seeing these. Heck, the 2016 presidential race is more nightmare thrills beyond belief than these movies could ever be. I'll leave it up to you to choose who fits the "all monster tag," though.

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