Monster! #25: January 2016

Monster! #25: January 2016

Itâ€™s our first number of 2106, and we wanted to start the year off with a bang, so weâ€™ve put together another close-to-120-pager loaded to the gills (or whatever else you happen to breathe through) with goodies. First off, our Grand Poobah Brian Harris gives us a New Year pep-talk thatâ€™s bound to keep us stoked until at least 2020. Then weâ€™ve got our cover artist and regular writing/art contributor Andy Rossâ€™ heartfelt take on Tobe Hooperâ€™s SALEMâ€™S LOT (1979). Not only does Andyâ€™s stylinâ€™ â€œMr. Barlowâ€ cover art reflect his fondness for the movie adaptation of Stephen Kingâ€™s book, but heâ€™s also got a couple of cool B&W illos pertaining to SL elsewhere in the mag, too. In his lengthy essay â€œTuckered Out!â€ the ever-studious-to-a-fault Steve Bissette goes into great depth and waxes affectionately about one of the 1960sâ€™ lowliest and most-maligned creepy cheapies: Phil Tuckerâ€™s bitchy-zombies-from-outer-spacer THE CAPE CANAVERAL MONSTERS (1960), also taking in the same directorâ€™s prime psychotronic trash classique ROBOT MONSTER (1953) in passing. From a uniquely Australian perspective, Daniel Best contributes a fascinating scholarly piece about Lon Chaneyâ€™s much-sought-after lost film LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT (1927), and is of the optimistic opinionâ€”despite what naysayers may believeâ€”that a copy of said film might conceivably one day surface Down Under. Not only does Danielâ€™s article alight on other aspects of Chaneyâ€™s career, but he also discusses lost films in Australia in general (etc). In â€œMonsters, Vampires & The Erotic Undead: Remembering the â€™70s British Horror Hardcovers,â€ the ever-knowledgeable and enthusiastic John Harrison takes a fond look back at some seminal books which influenced many a Monster Kid the world over, discussing some key works by English authors/pop culture scholars Denis Gifford, Alan Frank and David Pirie. Rounding out this jam-packed issue, Matthew E. Banks reviews Gary D. Rhodesâ€™ recently published book TOD BROWNINGâ€™S DRACULA (2014). Movie review-wise, weâ€™ve also got not just one but two highly personal appraisals of Amando de Ossorioâ€™s Spanish sexy shocker THE LORELEYâ€™S GRASP (1973), as well as reviews of such other diverse monster fare as RAW FORCE (1982), GORY GORY HALLELUJAH (2003), KING OF THE ZOMBIES (1941), LIVING HELL (2008), CHILDREN SHOULDNâ€™T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS (1972), LAVALANTULA (2015), JELLYFISH EYES (2013), and even SON OF INGAGI (1940); as well as the Indonesian spook-spoof KEPERGOK POCONG (2011), the Japanese art-house horror/fantasy UNDER THE BLOSSOMING CHERRY TREES (1975), the Indian pseudo-Frankenstein flick KHATRA (1991), plus still more besides. In addition to those already mentioned, MONSTER! #25 also features writings by John L. Vellutini, Richard Glenn Schmidt, Mike T. Lyddon, Eric Messina, Michael Hauss, Greg Goodsell, Christos Mouroukis, Les Moore, Tony Strauss, Steve Fenton, and Tim Paxton. Guest artist Vince Bonavoglia did the snazzy contents page art this time out. As always, our back pages give readers the skinny on where titles covered in the issue can be acquired.
Country USA
Manufacturer CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding Paperback
EANs 9781523315383
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding	Paperback
EANs	9781523315383
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Monster! #25: January 2016

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