R.I.P. Dick Smith

One of the greatest men of his craft has passed away.  Dick Smith who created so many incredible characters with his phenomenal make-ups passed away today at the age of 92.
Rest in Peace.
All of us monster fans will always remember you.

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Monsters In Comic Form!

To publicize the release of "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man".

Forry and His Magazines

Forrest J Ackerman lays out some of his issues of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Quality Time with the Mummy

Here are stars Tom Tyler and Peggy Moran on the set of "The Mummy's Hand".

Monday, July 28, 2014

Underwater Creature

The Creature in his own fish tank from "Creature From the Black Lagoon".

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Monster Art: Rolf Armstrong

Here are some studies of the Monster from famed artist Rolf Armstrong.

Friday, July 25, 2014

How To Make a Werewolf Transformation

A great behind the scenes photo from "The Howling".

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Milicent and Her Creature

Here's Milicent Patrick with her most famous creation!

Monster Art: Rolf Armstrong

Here's another Armstrong sketch of the Monster!

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

The Son of Dracula Lurks

Lon Chaney, Jr. is about to put the bite on in "Son of Dracula".

Monday, July 21, 2014

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Monster Art: Rolf Armstrong

We all know the famous Rolf Armstrong painting of the Monster, but here is another sketch which was on display at the Norman Rockwell Museum.

Halloween: Nightdance

I love the artwork on this cover of the "Halloween" comic series.

Saturday, July 19, 2014

Better Think Twice About Robbing the Talbot Crypt!

These two grave robbers are stopped by Larry Talbot who has just risen from the dead.
From "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man".

Friday, July 18, 2014

Combing Two of My Favorite Things

E.T. and Jurassic Park.  What could be better!

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Shh...

Don't tell anyone that this man has arms!
Lon Chaney from "The Unknown".

Stooges and a Gorilla

It's Larry Fine, Curly Howard, and Moe Howard with a gorilla!

Monday, July 14, 2014

The Director and the Inventor

Here's a behind the scenes shot of Tim Burton and Vincent Price from "Edward Scissorhands".

Inside the Old Dark House

Gloria Stuart from James Whale's "The Old Dark House".

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Back Cover of Gargantuas

This is the back of the Japanese laserdisc of "War of the Gargantuas".

Monster Art: The Class of Universal

This classic painting by Bob Larkin is one of my favorites!

Monster Art: Oliver Reed and the Werewolf

Daniel Horne painted this terrific piece showcasing Oliver Reed and his werewolf alter ego from "Curse of the Werewolf".

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Lon of 1000 Faces!: The Back Cover

A beautiful painting of Lon Chaney from "Laugh, Clown, Laugh".

Monday, July 7, 2014

Lon of 1000 Faces!

Forrest J Ackerman put out this book all about the life and career of Lon Chaney.

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Monster Art: Pale Man

Here is artist Nicole Sloan's rendition of one of the best creatures of recent cinema: The Pale Man from "Pan's Labyrinth".
Visit her site here: "Drawings By Nicole"

Universal Weekly

Here's the cover of Universal's in house magazine from 1935!

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Bud Westmore's Creature Shop

Notice the Creature from "Revenge of the Creature" and the Mutant from "This Island Earth"!

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Behind the Scenes on "The Lost World: Jurassic Park"

The Stan Winston Studio created these life-size figures of history's fiercest predator, the Tyrannosaurus Rex!