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Re: Famous Monsters 266 Great cover (reply) Outstanding cover! I'm a little surprised it has taken this long to put Margaret Hamilton's Wicked Witch on a monster magazine cover. I reckon her performance has frightened more children than all the other classic movie monsters... |
Horror Film Books and Magazines | 12/23/12 8:23 PM |
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"Bella" or "Bay-la"? (topic) I am wondering how Mr. Lugosi's first name is really pronounced. I have always said "Bella" myself, but have heard both. Anyone know how Lugosi said it?Follow up question: If you learned your favored pronunciation was wrong, would... |
Horror Film Stars | 10/19/12 6:26 PM |
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Re: FM/FJA TIME TRAVEL MYSTERY PHOTO (reply) This thread encapsulates so many of my own thoughts and experiences re FM and Forry. The Monster newsstand photo posted by Severed Head @51 arouses strong feelings of childhood longing. I've even had dreams over the years of stumbling... |
Horror Film Books and Magazines | 08/04/12 6:56 PM |
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J.P. Patches, beloved Seattle clown (topic) Julius Pierpont Patches, mayor of the City Dump, was a baby boomer icon in Seattle. His children's show ran for more than 20 years on KIRO-TV. In his heyday, J.P. was on the air both mornings and afternoons, so kids could... |
Final Farewells | 07/23/12 2:51 AM |
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Re: G-rated adventure films live action (reply) Planet of the Apes (1968)Star Trek The Motion Picture (1979) |
Off Topic Discussions | 06/28/12 12:14 AM |
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Re: Uni Monsters at NYC's Film Forum - July (reply) JamesD wrote: Joe Karlosi wrote: I'm glad the Film Forum has returned to "summer horrors". I have to say though that it's a roll of the dice when you go there. It can be a great experience with the right crowd, but if you get... |
Classic Horror News and Events | 06/15/12 6:49 PM |
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Surprising gore shown on TV (topic) When I was a kid in the late '60s-early '70s, horror movies shown on TV were usually devoid of blood. They were either older films, or newer stuff that had been edited for TV. So it was always a surprise when a gory scene turned up... |
General Horror and Sci-Fi | 06/10/12 5:14 PM |
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Re: King Kong Died For Our Sins (reply) I'd delete it from CHFB if I were the King of Portugal*- Jay* obscure reference to my favorite singer/songwriterHey, Jay, I love Al Stewart, too. I wish he would tour with a band again someday, instead of the duo act he has... |
Kong - 8th Wonder of the World | 05/27/12 3:42 PM |
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Re: Science Fiction Film Festival at the Seattle Cinerama April 19-May 12 (reply) Billionaire Paul Allen, who owns the Cinerama, is an acknowleged sci-fi geek. He also owns the nearby Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame. I understand he paid to have the new 70mm print of 2001 struck. The print will belong... |
Classic Horror News and Events | 04/16/12 9:40 PM |
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Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries (reply) Victor Frankenstein wrote: Woooow. Corloff! Though I agree, you opened a Costco sized can of worms! LOLI hope they're gummi worms, 'cause I love 'em! I do want to make it clear that I'm not necessarily dissing collectors.... |
Classic Horror News and Events | 04/10/12 10:35 PM |
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Re: Georgia man gets 6.5 years for horror poster forgeries (reply) I have nothing but contempt for the fraud. But for me the story calls into question the value of collecting pop artifacts like movie posters. I gather from the story there's a company out there selling movie poster... |
Classic Horror News and Events | 04/10/12 7:17 PM |
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Re: McFarland versus Amazon (reply) Yes, but if Amazon gets its way, it will pay McFarland far less per unit for the right to sell your book at full price. McFarland, whose policy apparently is to offer its books to every retailer at the same price, says that's not... |
Horror Film Books and Magazines | 04/02/12 12:02 PM |
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McFarland versus Amazon (topic) The retail colossus has tried to force deeper discounts from McFarland and, presumably, other niche publishers as well, according to this Seattle Times piece, part of a week-long series about Amazon. According to the McFarland... |
Horror Film Books and Magazines | 04/02/12 10:54 AM |
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Re: Why No Coverage On Certain Horror Movies In The Original Famous Monsters? (reply) WANTED! More threads like this! |
Horror Film Books and Magazines | 03/29/12 12:21 AM |
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Restaurant: Impossible (reply) My wife has got me hooked on the Food Network's "Restaurant: Impossible," in which a tough, musclebound "master chef" with a Cockney accent tries to save a different failing restaurant each week. It's usually a family restaurant where... |
Off Topic Discussions | 03/03/12 5:35 PM |
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Re: Forry Ackerman - New McFarland book by Christopher O'Brien (reply) I'm sure this will be a fine and worthy book, but it's not the Forry Ackerman book I want to read. I hope that, someday, someone very talented can muster the resources to tell a complete warts-and-all life story, including the... |
Horror Film Books and Magazines | 12/23/11 9:21 PM |
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Re: Ok...Who is it that is copying my Monster Cafe? (reply) I would gladly visit a Monster Cafe in London and get hammered. |
Universal Horrors | 12/14/11 6:56 PM |
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Re: Hammer's KING KONG. A new screenplay by CHFB member IzzyVanHalen. (reply) Nice work, sir! I appreciate how faithful your version is to the original, although I wonder if an actual Hammer remake would follow the template that closely. My guess is that a primative, buxom island girl would become a major part of... |
Kong - 8th Wonder of the World | 12/11/11 4:17 PM |
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Re: Classic TV Shows that Jumped The Shark (reply) telegonus wrote: Batman did go downhill when it went from being a cult favorite to a smash hit. It's like its producers got so smug about the show, its guest guest star villains especially, that they thought they could get away with... |
Off Topic Discussions | 11/30/11 6:52 PM |
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Re: Are we really just hoarders? (reply) I get the same warm fuzzy feeling as Joe when I see Ackermansion photos like the above. But I like pictures of other people's collections, too! Anyone feel like snapping a pic of a well-arranged (or even chaotic) corner of their... |
Off Topic Discussions | 11/29/11 8:05 PM |
