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articles are archived. Just look down the list our use the
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Aurora’s Monster Models
by John P. Stevenson"Anyone who was a
regular reader of Famous Monsters in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s will remember
the ads for these kits . . . Dracula and Frankenstein, the Wolf-Man
and the Mummy, the skeletal Prisoner of Castle Mare chained to the
section of dungeon wall, even a scraggly-toothed, wart-nosed witch,
hard at work stirring a bubbling cauldron."
Read more
here.
When Science Attacks—The Sci-Fi Horror
of the 1950’s
by John P. Stevenson
Whether the threat was an invading alien, a mutated insect, or an evil
scientist, the threat struck at the American way of life, embodied in
a variety of forms. The location might be in an arctic research
station, the New Mexico desert, or a Coney Island amusement park, but
it was Americana under attack, and the indomitable American spirit was
always equal to the challenge. read more
here.
Universal’s Unsung Monster:
The Mummy Kharis
by John P. Stevenson "The Kharis films
have a quality common to all of the Universal horror films of the
1940’s… they are incredibly fun movies." Read more
here.
2006 in
Review--The Best and Worst of 2006 in Horror, Sci-fi and Fantasy
by John Stevenson
It was a year of ups and downs in the genre, but generally, we leave
2006 in better shape than we entered it, which is always a good thing.
Join John
as he dissects the year that was, and get us ready for the year
that will be.
