Unreal:)

Farout man:)

I still have two stories to fill and a cover artist to find for issue #5 of Nix Comics Quarterly.  Give me a yell if you're interested.

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My favorite "thrillomedy" monster...created a theater of screaming girls at my 12 year old birthday party.

There's so many . SOME of my favorites are

Silent era : Nosferatu , Phantom of The Opera , London After Midnight (Yes, my neighbor's dog even knows it's a lost film.It still qualifies as one of the scariest monsters , ever.) , The Golem , Jekyll and Hyde (Barrymore). I don't consider Quasimodo (Or even Erik , The Phantom of The Opera) to be a monster , but , I know most people disagree. Of course , The Hunchback is one of Chaney's two or three greatest.....

Classic sound era: Karloff as The Frankenstein monster (Well , DUHH...) , LUGOSI AS DRACULA (NEED i SAY IT?), KARLOFF'S MUMMY , CHANEY , JR. AS tHE WOLFMAN , FREDERICK MARCH AS Jekyll and Hyde , Henry Hull as the Werewolf of London, Dwight Frye as ANYTHING (Not monsters , but pretty damned creepy.), Bride of Frankenstein (Elsa Lanchester), The"Manimals" in "Island of The Lost Souls", the traditional , non - radioactive , not - cannibalistic Zombies in "White Zombie ", "I Walked With a Zombie". King Kong (THE ONE, THE ONLY.).

50'S/60'S classic Trash era : Creature(s) With The Atom Brain (Maybe the FIRST ATOMIC ZOMBIE FILM. JUST AS UNDERRATED AS "I Married a Monster From Outer Space". The Colossus of New York, Teenage Frankenstein and Werewolf , CURSE OF THE DEMON (Scary as fuck !!!), Gojira/Godzilla, Furankenshutain (Frankenstein Conquers The World.) , Gargantuas (SUPPOSED to be giant Frankenstein monsters ,like "ConquersThe World" ,Rodan, King Ghidorah ,  Day The World Ended , Spider Baby , zillions more.

Classy pics in the Trash era : Any Hammer Horror . Toho"Adult" Sci Fi (Atragon , Mysterians , Dogora , etc.). VINCENT PRICE , PRINCE AMONG MEN. HE SELDOM PLAYED "MONSTERS", but , he loved his work , and we love him. Hammer competitors (e.g. Amicus , Tigon , "Frankenstein's Bloody Terror". Seriously. Watch it. Naschy captured the look and feel of Hammer better than almost anybody.)

Uber Trash , later years. Paul Naschy as anything , JESS FRANCO , PAUL MORRISSEY (AKA "Andy Warhol's'" Frankenstein and Dracula.) , Al Adamson (The real sick horror was his brutal murder.) .  

Undisputed later greats : Night of The Living Dead , Texas Chainsaw Massacre , The Wicker Man , etc.

Hmmmm.....allow me to recalculate. I shall administer the Calcinator Death Ray which will emerge prehistoric reptiles , destroying what remains of the earth.....I cannot , yet I MUST! (Hmmmm. Maybe I should try to make a date with girl !.). Not kidding , friends , just saw a little girl with a Robot Monster helmet in a TV commercial.
 
Jay Ryder said:

the scariest monster ever is RRRRROBOT MONSTERRRRR

I've been letting this go through my brain the last few weeks:a revamped Fantastic Four cast and I guess others do the same.  Don't know this website too well, but one of their members was on the same wavelength when it came to Mr. Fantastic, Josh Brolin http://www.comicbookmovie.com/news/?a=55202  The guy got critics for his choice but I feel that's how old and mature he's supposed to be.  Picture of Mr. Fantastic is kind of off but if you ever come across a 70s picture of the hero, you'd think it was a good choice.

No, can't say I have, but it sounds intriguing enough!

John Battles said:

Oh , no. It was obviously made in the last 15 years , TOPS . But , I  FOUND IT PRETTY AMUSING. ANYONE SEEN "EL FRENETICO AND GO GIRL" , A PRETTY COOL NO - BUDGET PARODY OF LUCHA LIBRE MOVIES ? .

Oh , no. It was obviously made in the last 15 years , TOPS . But , I  FOUND IT PRETTY AMUSING. ANYONE SEEN "EL FRENETICO AND GO GIRL" , A PRETTY COOL NO - BUDGET PARODY OF LUCHA LIBRE MOVIES ? .

Yeah, without a doubt, it's definately NOT an early '60's production. What I read about this project seems to have a fictional "bio" behind it all, but why, who knows? Just kind of silly to throw around false info...

Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

I didn't look it up but it's more likely 1982 judging by the film "quality" and the woman at the beginning.  The guys make it a little less obvious on what year it might be, but this is Italy we're talking about.
 
Joey Fuckup said:

I always get a chuckle off Italy's "Spiderman" spoof, although I don't think I've ever gotten to the full, true story behind it. I read that this was filmed back in '62, though that doesn't seem likely. I've also read that the actor that played the title character died shortly after filming it. Here is the trailer for this goofy project, and you should be able to view the entire film (in sections) on You Tube:

John Battles said:

I'm partial to the Turkish moviews , taking great liberties with licensed characters (Because Turkey is immune to copyright laws.). The best known is "3 Dev Adam" or "Three Mighty Men", in which Captain America and Santo meet up in Istanbul to fight the evil , brutally sadistic druglord , SPIDERMAN. Some of their superheroes look like ours , in collage form. There's one who looks like a cross between Superman and The Phantom. I have one , it's a serial based on the Italian super-villain , Kriminal/Killing. It's actually well made , lots of action. I don't have a lot of their comic book films , but there were several , as well as a Star Trek , Star Wars , Exorcist and even The Wizard of Oz.....all of which must be seen to be believed. They even did a remake of "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein".

That's pretty funny. I saw this trailer , once , years ago. The villain on the motorcycle , that's the same mask worn by the famous Mexican Wrestler , Mascara Sagrada , and his much cooler dwarf counterpart , Mascarita Sagrada (Who can be seen in "Nacho Libre".). There's another unauthorized Spiderman film , I think , from Japan.

I didn't look it up but it's more likely 1982 judging by the film "quality" and the woman at the beginning.  The guys make it a little less obvious on what year it might be, but this is Italy we're talking about.
 
Joey Fuckup said:

I always get a chuckle off Italy's "Spiderman" spoof, although I don't think I've ever gotten to the full, true story behind it. I read that this was filmed back in '62, though that doesn't seem likely. I've also read that the actor that played the title character died shortly after filming it. Here is the trailer for this goofy project, and you should be able to view the entire film (in sections) on You Tube:

John Battles said:

I'm partial to the Turkish moviews , taking great liberties with licensed characters (Because Turkey is immune to copyright laws.). The best known is "3 Dev Adam" or "Three Mighty Men", in which Captain America and Santo meet up in Istanbul to fight the evil , brutally sadistic druglord , SPIDERMAN. Some of their superheroes look like ours , in collage form. There's one who looks like a cross between Superman and The Phantom. I have one , it's a serial based on the Italian super-villain , Kriminal/Killing. It's actually well made , lots of action. I don't have a lot of their comic book films , but there were several , as well as a Star Trek , Star Wars , Exorcist and even The Wizard of Oz.....all of which must be seen to be believed. They even did a remake of "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein".

The craziest triple bill I ever saw (In a real movie theatre.) was "Eating Raoul" , "Polyester" and "Plan 9 From Outer Space". I met Mary Woronov once , and she thought that was crazy , too !
 
hips like cinderella said:

i just watched Eating Raoul recently and thoroughly enjoyed it. i'm a big fan of the 80's black comedy, haha

John Battles said:

I love "Parents" . The 80's were alive with black comedies , "Neighbors" , "Eating Raoul" ,  etc.

I started watching "The Veil" , a (Criminally) never - aired TV series produced by Hal Roach , Jr. in 1959. Hosted by Boris Karloff , who also starred in every episode , making it more appealing to me than "Thriller" (Though it was a great show.), it reads like a cross between  " The Twilite Zone" , 50's Noir , and , yes , "Thriller" , to some extent. Guest stars include Patrick McGee , and , would you believe , George Hamilton , and many lesser - known but distinctive TV Actors , American and British( One played a G-man on "The Andy Griffith Show".).

Something Weird put this two DVD set out in 2001 , It also contains two episodes of "13 Demon Street " , starring Lon Chaney , Jr.

I'm a lifelong garage nut and lifelong advocate against smoking. I don't know off-hand of any on-smoking garage icons, but that's probably because that's never the type of info I read about them. I'm sure there are plenty. In punk its easy, but in garage specifically there have to be some... I mean, since it's all about rebellion and not giving a shit about what others think and what-not to some degree, and in corporate rock smoking is the norm, there just has to have been some.

As a teenager, I made the decision for myself but then found The Modern Lovers & Minor Threat who helped validate my feelings on the whole thing. There was a lot of smoking on my Dad's side of the family, but luckily he never did and is still here and healthy.

I'm only 31 but have already watched too many friends and family get sick from and die from cancer and other smoking related damage & diseases. What a waste of money, too!

Kudos to you!

I just started reading James Howard Kunstler's Too Much Magic, which deals with building a nicer world after a whammy of global warming/finite oil/end of the electric grid. He actually doesn't come off as gloom-and-doom, but doesn't avoid tough questions.

Here's a Kirkus review of it.

Nice list. As a dish-dog, I loved Down And Out. Let me know what ya think of the graphic novels, I'm a big comics fan as well. 

Cheers, Dave

hips like cinderella said:

• Watch Your Mouth by Daniel Handler
• Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
• Hunger by Knut Hamsun
• The Ice Storm by Rick Moody
• Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
• A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

As for poetry, Theodore Roethke is probably my favorite.

Also, I'm currently reading Black Hole by Charles Burns in graphic novel form. I'm very new to comics/graphic novels, though.

Right now it's these books.....

• Watch Your Mouth by Daniel Handler
• Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
• Hunger by Knut Hamsun
• The Ice Storm by Rick Moody
• Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
• A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

As for poetry, Theodore Roethke is probably my favorite.

Also, I'm currently reading Black Hole by Charles Burns in graphic novel form. I'm very new to comics/graphic novels, though.

Ahahaha !!! Can't stop watching this !!!

That stupid smiling robot up there reminds me of a certain Preacher I know, always pourin'n'spillin' beer & other booze on his knees before falling into pieces, dead drunk...

My favorite was the tinted version of the 1919 untouchable classic. I guess a lot of people don't know , I did'nt for many years  , that , in the Silent era , they did have the technology to "Colorize" films , but , with only one or two colors at a time....."The Lost World" and "Phantom of The Opera" , e.g.  , were beautifully colorized , each scene in a different hue. They showed a very rare colorized "Caligari" in Chicago , once , with the original , splendid , handwritten German text (English subtitles transcribed below.). I think the print was on loan from Kino , the Kings of restoring and re- releasing great Silent films. I don't think this version has been released , commercially. The first full color feature film was a Douglas Fairbanks adventure , "The Black Pirate " , if I'm not mistaken. I saw it once , and it was largely comprised of greens and reds.

...Never seen the remakes but i love the original......