A QUOTE FROM BORIS KARLOFF #7

Always the humble gentleman, Boris Karloff downplays his amazing talents in this last quote. Respectfully, his fans will disagree with his quote as he is without a doubt one of the greatest actors of his generation and all the generations of actors to come.

Thanks to Pierre Fournier for creating the Boris Karloff Blogathon! Be sure to visit his blog, Frankensteinia: The Frankenstein Blog.

Sources for the photos and quotes this week - Heritage Auctions, quotelucy.com and Famous Monsters of Filmland.

A QUOTE FROM BORIS KARLOFF #6

A QUOTE FROM BORIS KARLOFF #5

A QUOTE FROM BORIS KARLOFF #4

A QUOTE FROM BORIS KARLOFF #3

A QUOTE FROM BORIS KARLOFF #2

A QUOTE FROM BORIS KARLOFF #1

SESAME STREET FRANKENSTEIN

In honor of the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

ASK VLAD: LOVE IS. . .

PHANTOM DER OPER

SCARY LARRY SHARES HIS 1972 8MM DRACULA FILM

Again, Scary Larry presents us with another treat from his vault of goodies. First we visited the late 1980's with his Real Ghostbusters home video and now he takes us back to the early 1970's with his 8mm home movie, The Night of the Blood of the Revenge When Dracula Struck Back Scary Larry Strikes Back.


Click the video below and watch Scary Larry introduce his first film from 1972 and then watch the 8mm film that follows after.



The film was made in the summer of 1972 and these “monster kids” ended up on Page 7 of their high school paper. Click on the vintage article below for a closer look.




Originally they recorded dialogue, but unfortunately the audio tape is long lost. Below is the original five page script. Again, click each image for a closer look.






Yes, this proves that once you’re a “monster kid” you’re always a “monster kid.”

DON'T THEY KNOW THAT INSECT REPELLANT ATTRACTS SAUCER MEN

From Talking Pictures Magazine, 1966.

KING KONG VS. SAUCER MAN: CHAMPIONSHIP MONSTER HEAD RACE

Hello race fans! The championship race is finally here and boy do we have an exciting race for you. King Kong and Saucer Man destroyed the competition to qualify for this final race. I guarantee these monsters gave every ounce of their monster blood to insure this race goes into the MHR history book.



Now watch Vlad pick the winner for the Famous Monsters Magazine signed by Uncle Forry.




Big congrats to K0dama for winning the signed Forry Famous Monsters mag!

Thanks for watching this year’s Monster Head Races and big thanks to everyone that entered the contest. Be sure to meet back here next year when you’ll see this year's winner race a new group of monsters heads!

CHAMPIONSHIP MONSTER HEAD RACE WILL AIR LATER TODAY

Oh no, we have a delay with today’s Championship Monster Head Race. I just uploaded the video and of course the still YouTube picked was the last frame showing the winner. I’ve picked a new frame, but it will take hours for it to change. Look for the race sometime later today.

Meanwhile, I want to say congrats to the six people who are still alive in the Monster Head Races contest. Monster Firefly, Erick and Sean Aaberg picked the 8th wonder of the world, King Kong. Kodama, Max the Drunken Severed Head and Paul Conrad picked the creeping horror with the biggest cranium in the galaxy, Saucer Man. One of you six will walk away with a Forry Ackerman signed copy of Famous Monsters and our pal Vlad will pick the winner!

Be sure to check back here later today for the final race and sorry for the delay.

I'M SURE MOST MILWAUKEE MONSTERS ARE NICE MONSTERS

From Talking Pictures Magazine, 1966.

DIABOLICAL DR. OLDSMOBILE

Meet Dr. Oldsmobile. He hasn’t been seen since the early 1970's when he was bringing life to his automobile creations in his mad lab for the now extinct Oldsmobile line of cars. His claim to fame was the W-Machines, those 4-4-2 monster muscle cars. A cast of misfit monsters known as Elephant Engine Ernie, Shifty Sidney, Wind Tunnel Waldo and Hy Spy helped the good doc create these powerful four wheeled monsters.

Below is an advertising folder that features Dr. Oldsmobile and his monsters.





Close-ups of two of his monster assistants.




There's not much out there on Dr. Oldsmobile. Click here to see some 1969 magazine ads. At the bottom of those ads it says you could send off for a set of four posters and a booklet. Those would be nice to see. Here's some ads from 1970 - here, here, here and here. Also the GM Photo Store is selling some Dr. Oldsmobile 8 X 10 photo prints here, here and here.

ZOMBIE WALKIN'

ASK VLAD: ANGER ISSUES

SAUCER MAN VS. THE BLOB: MONSTER HEAD RACES #6

Ooh, this one is really a fight to the finish! Also, you get to see the little robotic wizards behind the monster heads.

SEE THE UNANIMATED VERSION OF THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS STARRING A 5-YEAR OLD KID

Click here to view a grainy VHS homemade Real Ghostbusters video.

THIS SURE BEATS A TOUPEE

From Talking Pictures Magazine, 1966.

KING KONG VS. MOLE MAN MONSTER HEAD RACES #5

Round two of the 2009 Monster Head Races starts today with the returning champ Mole Man trying to defend his title from that overgrown ape, King Kong. May the best monster win!

VLAD DIGS THE MONSTER CEREALS

Ah, from the depths of Vlad's cold dark heart he gives you five pages to color from the bloody rare How To Be A Good Monster Coloring Book from 1973. Just click on the image and print it out. You can use crayons, markers or the blood from infidels to color your pages. Have fun!







Be sure to check out this 1974 Famous Monsters article that mentions the intro of Boo Berry and features How To Be A Good Monster coloring book.

When you're done here go visit the Monsters Cereal blog. It's a treasure trove of all things Monster Cereals!

HEY KIDS, IT'S A BIG FRANK TABLET

My monster-ly spoof of the classic Big Chief Tablet.

GUMMI VAMPIRE FANGS

Hmm... they kind of look more like grandpa's dentures than vampire fangs.

ASK VLAD: SOUNDPROOF

RO-MAN VS. SAUCER MAN MONSTER HEAD RACES #4

Here's the race everyone has been waiting for and remember don't blame me if your monster was a slow-poke.

CREEPY SKELETON WITH HIS PET BAT

THE BLOB VS. THE FLY: MONSTER HEAD RACES #3

GUMMI FRANKENSTEIN BRAINS

You never know what you'll find at your local dollar store!

DR FRANKENSTEIN, I PRESUME

From Talking Pictures Magazine, 1966.

WHAT'S IN THE GORGO NEWS?

I forgot I had this great promo paper that was used to promote the movie Gorgo. Sorry for the poor photos, but it's too big for my scanner.