Friday, October 31, 2008

MEET FRANKENSTEIN JACK


I’m not much of a pumpkin carver as I usually go all traditional with my Jack O’Lanterns with the triangle eyes and toothy grin. For tonight I decided to do something different. I played mad scientist and carved a Frankenstein Jack O’Lantern. So with my trusty steak knife and a sharp bottle opener I created this.



Also, I just wanted to thank all you creeps and ghouls for stopping by all this month. More weird stuff is planned, so the fun doesn’t stop on Halloween. Be sure to check back.

Thanks to everyone who entered the Monster Head Race contest and congrats to Jim for winning!

VLAD WILL BE BACK


I’m happy to announce that Vlad has decided to stay in Weird Hollow a little longer. He’s having so much fun doing his new TV show that he’s signed on for some more episodes. The nice thing, he’s only impaled three of our crew members and that’s not bad.

So keep watching for new episodes!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM VLAD


Happy Halloween From Vlad from Todd Franklin on Vimeo.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

THE MYSTERIOUS DOLL EYE FROM SAINT BLOODWORTH'S MUSEUM OF THE ODD


This strange item was not found by Saint, but instead was mailed to the museum back in the early 1940's. It was sent in a package without a return address and without any note. The only items included were a glass eyewash cup and an unmarked photograph of a mother and her young daughter holding a doll.


What makes this doll eye so mysterious is that it glows red at the strike of midnight. For more than fifty years this eye glows red for one minute starting at midnight and no one knows why?


Tuesday, October 28, 2008

THE CREATURE VS. MOLE MAN: FINAL MONSTER HEAD RACE



Amazing! That was a fight to the finish!! Now watch Vlad pick a winner for the original 1955 Revenge of the Creature Faint Check.


Vlad Picks a Winner from Todd Franklin on Vimeo.


Big congrats to Jim who won the Faint Check!

Thanks goes out to all of you Monster Head Race fans and who knows maybe we'll do it again next year.

Friday, October 24, 2008

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND OF THE MONSTER HEAD RACES - TUESDAY


We're down to the final race of the Monster Head Races. The underwater monster vs. the underground monster will air this Tuesday. One of these monsters will be the champion of all the monster head racers. Also, someone will win the original Revenge of the Creature Faint Check.

Congrats to all the race fans that picked the Creature or the Mole Man. We have an even match since four people picked each monster head. For the Creature we have Bulldoggrrl, Stephen, Shawn and Dr. Squid. Rooting for the Mole Man is Dex1138, Jim, Shotgun_Mario and greenbeanbaby. Unfortunately we can only have one winner for the Faint Check. So, I've hired Vlad to choose a winner or as he likes to say vinner after the race. Good luck and again thanks for playing!

HAND OF KING NEBKAHARMOSS FROM SAINT BLOODWORTH'S MUSEUM OF THE ODD


This shriveled hand once belonged to a living mummy. In 1923 Saint and his crew traveled to Egypt to help with a recently discovered tomb. The tomb belonged to King Nebkharmoss, an Egyptian king who was mummified almost three thousand years ago. The tomb had countless artifacts and priceless treasures that were perfectly preserved. It was a find to rival the discovery of Carter’s Tutankhamun. The tomb only had one problem. It was cursed. Of course curses never stopped Saint before and most turned out to be false.

Unfortunately, the tomb was truly cursed and the dead King decided he didn’t like people tromping around in his eternal resting place. Saint described the experience as if he dipped his foot down into Hades.

Saint and his men were in the main chamber when a gust of wind ripped thru the tomb and blew out the torches. They were in total darkness. Saint clicked on a flashlight just in time to see one of his men ripped in two by the hands of the mummified King. Unlike movie mummies this monster moved fast. Before Saint could get a couple shots from his pistol, the mummy had killed three more men. The curse was in full force as tunnels started to cave in and walls began to break. Saint and the rest of the men scrambled to make it back to the surface. But before they escaped the mummy grabbed hold of Saint and started to crush him. Saint used his saber and cut off the hand of the mummy. Just a moment before the tomb completely caved in, Saint reached down and picked up the mummy's hand and jumped out to safety.

As Saint used to say, “I had the largest find of the century slip away from me. I sure wasn’t going to leave that cursed tomb empty handed.”

Thursday, October 23, 2008

MONSTER MAKER

Go play mad scientist with this Monster Maker from the San Antonio Express-News and created by Mike Fisher.

Here's my monster -


Hey Richie. Thanks for sending this my way!

THE CREATURE VS. THE WOLFMAN: MONSTER HEAD RACE #6

Sunday, October 19, 2008

WAX MONSTERS


Early this year I found the Laclede's Landing Wax Museum in St. Louis open and snapped a few photos of some classic monsters in the Chamber of Horrors.





Saturday, October 18, 2008

ROUND 2 - MONSTER HEAD RACES - THIS TUESDAY


This Tuesday starts round two of the Monster Head Races with Mole Man vs. The Mummy! The folks still alive in the contest - Widgett, Sherrie, greenbeanbaby, Sailormom, Chris, Shotgun_Mario, Jim, Dr. Squid, Dex1138, Halloween Spirit, Bulldoggrrl, Stephen, sock monkey, Dan, Erick and Shawn.

Congrats to all of you for surviving and sorry for everyone that's out of the race.

Since Frankenstein is my favorite monster, I was rooting for him, but he stumbled at the start of the race and that cost him. As to why it looks like some monsters have a head start? These little devils start as soon as I set them down. So the video begins right after I take my hands out of the frame.

1978 DRACULA'S DOG BOXOFFICE COVER


Hmm. . . I didn't know that Dracula even owned a dog.

Watch the great horror host Sammy Terry introduce this movie.



Dracula's Dog is also known as Zoltan, Hound of Dracula.



Click here to see another video of Dracula's Dog!

Friday, October 17, 2008

HEADLESS MAN PHOTO FROM THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE COLLECTION


This trick photo is from the 1870's and comes from the collection of the George Eastman House. They've been sharing some rare and early photos from their collection on flickr.

1979 WOLFMAN BOXOFFICE CLIPPINGS



Both of these clippings are from Boxoffice magazine. I've never seen this movie and I hear it's a bad film, but I do like that they went with the classic Universal Wolfman look.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

MOLE MAN VS. ZOMBIE: MONSTER HEAD RACE #4

THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN AT THE RITZ


Wow, would you look at that! The Evil of Frankenstein is playing over at the Ritz in Montgomery City tonight. Shame that we're 44 years too late! Someone hurry up and build a time machine so we can catch this fright flick tomorrow on the 17th in 1964.

Monday, October 13, 2008

1960's HEADLESS BIKINI GIRL POSTCARD


I guess you could say that this bathing beauty can hold her head above water.

By the way Happy Headless Day!

Sunday, October 12, 2008

GHOST PHOTOS FROM SAINT BLOODWORTH'S MUSEUM OF THE ODD

For seventy-five years Saint Bloodworth’s Museum of the Odd has been captivating the curious with its massive collection of unusual and strange exhibits. Located on the corner of Main Street and Weird Hollow in Neato Coolville.

The museum was founded by the legendary philanthropist, inventor and occasional monster hunter Saint Bloodworth. He was seventy-seven years old when he built the museum. The photo below shows Saint at the age of twenty-five.


The majority of the artifacts on exhibit in the museum were collected during Saint’s numerous travels throughout the world.

For the fist time, a few selected artifacts have been chosen to be shared on this blog.

We will take a look at the famed Benedict Ghost photos. Taken by Benjamin Benedict in 1931 inside an unknown estate with his Ghost Camera. These four ghost photos were used to excite people about the soon to be open museum. They were published in many newspapers across the country and helped the museum get off to a roaring start. Saint purchased the five photos for $800. He tried to buy Mr. Benedict’s Ghost Camera, but Mr. Benedict refused his offer of $3,000. The first photo is of the unknown estate.






Unfortunately, Mr. Benedict died a horrible death when he tried to take a photo inside a supposed haunted cave. The creature that was haunting the cave turned out to be a ferocious bobcat that tore poor Mr. Benedict’s throat out. The camera disappeared.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

THE CREATURE VS. THE MUTANT: MONSTER HEAD RACE #1

Here we go, the first ever Monster Head Race! Thanks to all the monster fans who entered this crazy contest. Let’s race!!!

Sunday, October 5, 2008

MACFADDEN PUBLICATIONS WANTS YOU TO BUY THE NEXT ISSUE OF GHOST STORIES


A rare ad for the seldom seen pulp magazine Ghost Stories. Pictured in the ad is the very first issue of Ghost Stories from July 1926. Is that the ghost of Uncle Sam on the cover? The series ended with the December 1931 issue.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

ARE YOU A PHANTASAM PHAN?


This movie has everything - a creepy cool mortician, zombie dwarfs, fake blood, shag hair, ice cream and those scary recycled silver spheres from the movie Rollerball. As the tag line says, “If this one doesn’t scare you, you’re already dead!”

Here's some video proof found on YouTube that the Tall Man is really a swell guy.