From Zombos' Closet

Realart Pressbook: Flesh and Fantasy 1943

Realart printed 4-page pressbooks for re-releases of movies. Here's the one for Flesh and Fantasy with Edward G. Robinson and Barbara Stanwyck. It's a very good anthology movie with three supernatural tales that twist toward  their endings. Wikipedia mentions Universal shelved the original opening sequence, which was more violent and dramatic, and replaced it with a humorous one, even though preview audiences "raved about this scene." Intriguing to note, the second story involves a murder that brings to mind 1945's Dead of Night's bewildered architect and his, well, that would be telling, wouldn't it?. 

Quasimodo's Monster Magazine Issue 3, July 1975 Part 2

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Ron Weiss contributes more articles to this issue with The Great Ghoul of Great Britain...Christopher Lee, The Monster Explosion, and Earthquake, while Don Wiegel (sounds like a pseudonym to me!) adds What's Flash Gordon Doing in Monster Magazine? and a Two New Monster Books review. The Monster Explosion is a wonderful nostalgic trip for those who attended the comic conventions in the 1970s, and the Flash Gordon serials went through a revival in the 1970s, as did much of classic fantasy movie fare, as horror fans matured into exploring other realms of the fantastic. 

Quasimodo's Monster Magazine Issue 3, July 1975 Part 1

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Issue 3 of Quasimodo's Monster Magazine was cheaply printed, with a poor layout to boot, but filled with articles on new and old horrors. Notable here is Lugosi, The Man and the Vampyre by Ron Weiss, which references Arthur Lennig's The Count: The Life and Films of Bela (Dracula) Lugosi. The sci-fi horror Phase IV is also reviewed. 

Shock: Chilling Tales of Horror and Suspense Vol.1 No.1, May 1969

Here's the entire first issue of Shock: Chilling Tales of Horror and Suspense from Stanley Publications. If you can shed any light on the artists and writers of these stories, please do so. Unlike Eerie Publications, or Skywald, Stanley doesn't get as much love.  And with such a nice assortment of death and mayhem in this issue, too: The Gossips wag their tongues a little too often; Voodoo Dolls needle people the wrong way; a professor puts his mind to a gruesome end in Eternal Death; a dinner guest splatters all over the room in Last Supper; and a small town gets ripped apart in the Premonition.

Boris and Bela Look Sinister

With the snows still falling, I think I'll perk up the doldrums by planning for the tricks and treats this October.

 

"I'm not sure what to wear for the Halloween Ball this year. How about you?"

Karloff and Lugosi in The Black Cat

An interesting publicity shot for The Black Cat with Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff glaring at each other.

 

More for MonsterKids

Cracked's For Monsters Only Issue 7, April 1969

Cracked Collectors' Edition Those Cracked Monsters July 1980

Cracked's For Monsters Only Issue 1, November 1965

Mexican Lobby Card: Misterios De La Magia Negra

The Mexican lobby card for Mysteries of Black Magic (1958).

Double Bill Pressbook: IT! The Terror From Beyond Space and Curse of the Faceless Man

Two of my favorite horror movies with all the 1950s matinee flair you could muster. I would love to see this on a midnight double bill with a Three Stooges short.

Mexican Lobby Card: El Triunfo De Los Campeones Justicieros

Mexican Lobby Card: El Robo De Las Momias De Guanajuato

Mexican Lobby Card: El Hijo De Alma Grande

Helen Chandler (Mina in Dracula)