It's Dark in Here

Maybe that's why they called it Night Gallery, mmmm?

I cut this from the November 27, 1971 TV Guide.  And saved it all these years, just for YOU!

According to this article, the demonlike monster is from an episode to be broadcast December 1, 1971.

As you can see from the screengrab, it's from the adaptation of Lovecraft's "Pickman's Model."

PS Look closely at the critter's arms and legs.  I heard a rumor that this costume re-used elements from Creature from the Black Lagoon's Gill Man.

Comparing the two, it sure looks like it!

See you on Monday for the last week of this year's BLOG-O-WEEN!

  

Zounds, the Hounds!

A Two-fer of

Scary Books, Kiddies!

The Hounds of Tindalos.  By Frank Belknap Long.  Belmont Books, 1963.  No cover credit.  “This book contains the complete text of nine stories from the famous hardcover edition, and is reprinted by permission of the author.”  Copyright 1946, Arkham House.

            Boy, the cover art is silly, huh?

             The stories in the Belmont collection are:

"Dark Vision" (Unknown, 1939)

"The Black Druid" (Weird Tales, 1930)

"The Space-Eaters" (Weird Tales, 1928)

"Grab Bags Are Dangerous" (Unknown, 1942)

"Fisherman's Luck" (Unknown, 1940)

"The Elemental" (Unknown, 1939)

"Golden Child" (Thrilling Wonder Stories, 1945)

"The Peeper" (Weird Tales, 1944)

"The Hounds of Tindalos" (Weird Tales, 1929)

            And our second feature ...

The Hounds of Tindalos.  By Frank Belknap Long.  Jove Books, 1978.  Cover art by Rowena.

 

            The Jove version contains these tales:

Introduction

Death Waters • (1924)

The Ocean Leech • (1925)  

The Space-Eaters • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1928)

The Hounds of Tindalos • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1929)  

A Visitor from Egypt • (1930)  

Second Night Out • (1933)

The Dark Beasts • (1934)  

The Flame Midget • (1936)  

Dark Vision • (1939)  

The Elemental • (1939)  

Fisherman's Luck • (1940)  

The Refugees • (1942)  

Grab Bags Are Dangerous • (1942)  

The Census Taker • (1942)

Step Into My Garden • (1942)  

It Will Come to You • (1942)  

The Peeper • (1944)

           I bought this critter on December 12, 1978, at a now-defunct Target store.

Ya know, IMO this Long guy is one of those writers for which you can hardly ever go wrong -- kinda like Fredric Brown or Asimov in that regard.

            See ya Friday!

  

It's a Goal!

When a couple of monsters meet, it doesn't ALWAYS go bad!

It's from MAD #281, its September 1988 issue.

See you Wednesday ... don't kick any cars bigger than YOU are!

  

Reverse the Charges!

Yup, that's what this article advises!

Of course, IT'S A JOKE!  This is from a 1983 spoof paper called Irrational Inquirer.

Almost tricked ya!  See you Monday.

  

The Countess Is Counting on You!

 Scary Books, Kiddies!

Countess Dracula. By Michel Parry. Beagle Books, 1971. “Based on the screenplay of the film.”

As you can tell, this paperback’s covers had a lot of flexing. I bought it at a thrift store on August 24, 1984, and subsequently used black magic marker to try and cover up all the cracks.

This restrained, aloof tome is the novelization of a sensationalistic 1971 film of the same name.

Of course, what everybody remembers from this movie is not the poster, but a certain image from elsewhere in the film, as reproduced below:

Obligatory "fangs for the mammaries" joke here ....

See you on Friday, fellow nibblers!

  

There's No Age Like a Morgue-Age!

Yup, the second of three new Halloween-music comps for this year.

01 - Gonna Go Down (To See My Baby) - The Rainbows - 1962  (1:59)

02 - Blood - Zro4 - 1980  (3:25)

03 - Brecon Beacons - Supergrass - 2023  (2:53)

04 - Frankensteiner Polka - Eddie Lawrence - 1958  (2:20)

05 - Nightmares - Art August and the Dorian-Aires - 1965  (2:09)

06 - Supernature - Cerrone - 1977  (3:52)

07 - Barnabas - The Merrymen of Barbados - 1968  (3:47)

08 - My Girlfriend's Ghost - The Oil Tasters - 1982  (3:11)

09 - The Birds Is Coming - Louis Jones with the Bobby Scott Orchestra - 1963  (2:04)

10 - The Hearse - Paul Chaplain - 1967  (1:26)

11 - Boo! Boo! Boo! Here Comes the Loch Ness Monster - The Connecticut Collegians - 1934  (2:23)

12 - Zombies Dance in the Night - Alberta Jordan - 1956  (2:27)

13 - The Invisible Thing - The Casual Three - 1958  (2:45)

14 - Do the Standing Still (Classics Illustrated) - Table - 1977  (2:59)

15 - Demon Lover - Lyn Cornell - 1960  (2:58)

16 - Nightmare - Billy Sills - 1958  (2:31)

17 - Zombie Stomp - Billy Gholston - 1963  (2:22)

18 - Haunted House - The Other Side - 1985  (2:54)

19 - Tombstone - Johnny Darcy - 1958  (2:49)

20 - Life After Death - Funboy Five - 2009  (3:12)

21 - Cannibal Dolls - Land of Giants - 1982  (3:29)

22 - Did You Ever See My Ghoul - Rod Derrett - 1965  (1:53)

23 - Graveyard Paradise - 126 - 1967  (2:59)

24 - Graveyard - Leroy Bowman and the Arrows - 1958  (2:07)

25 - Year Without a Halloween - Lugosi's Morphine - 2006  (2:48)

26 - Halloween Is All Around Us - Golden Records - 2012  (1:22)

27 - The Wind and More - Roky Erickson - 1979  (4:07)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

Like they say, you might check in, but you won't walk out under your own power!

PERMANENT LINK.

See ya next time, fellow pumpkinheads!