Monster Bash Conference Autumn

Please note that guests, and programming, are subject to change...and that some guest will be leaving early Sunday to catch flights.

 

THURSDAY October 31, 2024 

 

Pre-Bash: For people coming in early for Monster Bash, Ron Adams will run rare films in the afternoon and then projectionist Geoffrey Curtis will be doing his un-announced MYSTERY MOVIES! Screening various 16mm films through the evening at various times. 

 

FRIDAY November 1, 2024 

DEALER & GUEST OF HONOR SIGNING HOURS 3 PM - 9 PM

MOVIE & EVENT ROOM HOURS 9:00 AM - 2:30 AM

 

9:00 AM - 16mm FILM: MONSTERS WE'VE KNOWN AND LOVED. It's our traditional opening short film. A documentary produced back in 1964. A look at the classics from the early days through the eyes of 1964. Narrated by Joseph Cotten. Introduced with a welcome to the Monster Bash by Ron Adams. 

 

10:00 AM - MOVIE: WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH (1970) Stars Monster Bash Guest of Honor Victoria Vetri, plus Robin Hawdon, Patrick Allen and a bunch of cool dinosaurs.  See Jim Danforth's great special effects!  See the moon formed!  See stone-age woman in fur bikins!  Hammer studios made this follow-up to ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. that features great dinosaur stop-motion effects. 

 

12:00 NOON - TV SHOW: LIZARD'S LEG AND OWLET'S WING (1962). Classic Halloween 1962 TV episode that features Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr. and Peter Lorre reprising their classic horror roles.  They play aging horror actors who debate on whether the old monsters can still scare 'em or not.  See Karloff don the Frankenstein monster make-up one last time and Chaney appears as The Mummy and his "baby" The Wolf Man as well as re-creating his father's Quasimodo character.

 

1:00 PM - SPECIAL PRESENTATION: TV and Radio icon MAD DADDY with authors Mike & Jan Olszewski.   "Mad Daddy" was a 1960s legend. A radio DJ in the same school as Alan Freed and a TV horror host too. Dig deep into this legend with the biographers of the definitive book on Mad Daddy. Rare photos and insight in this wild Power Point presentation.

 

2:00PM FILM SHORT: MIDNIGHT BLUNDERS (1936) Stars Tom Kennedy.  A scientist, a mad monster, and bumbling bank detectives. A rarely seen comedy-horror with some of the Three Stooges production team behind this film short.

 

2:30 PM - MOVIE: THE WOLF MAN (1941) Star Lon Chaney, Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Claude Rains, and Ralph Bellamy. The perfect Hoween season film, bathed in the light of the autumn moon as the wolfsbane blooms.

 

3:00 PM - DEALER BALLROOM OPENS! Get the creepy cool collectibles you want before some other Monster Kid gets them!

 

4:00 PM - Q&A: SON OF GHOUL moderated by Ron Adams. Everyone's seen him on TV, or at MONSTER BASH. This Ohio TV legend has more to tell. His crazy TV persona goes much deeper with wonderful crazy stories and a life growing up, just like us, as a Monster Kid through and through.

 

4:30 PM - MOVIE: CAPTAIN KRONOS, VAMPIRE HUNTER (1974). Stars Horst Janson, John Carson, Shane Briant and Caroline Munro.  This has to be one of the top Hammer's of all time.  A terrific blend of vampires and swashbuckling fun.  A quiet-thoughful young man and his Dr. Van Helsing-type assistant travel the countryside trying to put an end to the outbreak of vampires in old Europe.  The bautiful Caroline Munroe tags along, creating a dynamic trio up against the hordes of the netherworld.  Really great.

 

6:30 PM - Q&A: CAROLINE MUNRO moderated by Bob Pellegrino. MONSTER BASH Guest of Honor, Caroline Munro speaks about her history as a model and actress. A wealth of wonderful projects from magazine modeling, to Hammer Horror, to James Bond, and even very popular music videos! Don't scare miss it!

 

7:00 PM - CLASSIC TV: THE ADDAMS FAMILY, HALLOWEEN - ADDAMS STYLE. All the Halloween traditions we love from pumpkin carving, apple bobbing...to, ah, salamander sandwiches! Little Wednesday Addams is told by a neighbor that witch's aren't real. Sad, she relates that to her parents...who proceed to prove that vicious rumor, false!

 

7:30 PM - THREE STOOGES THEATER with TV Horror Host SON OF GHOUL. Kicking off Friday evening at MONSTER BASH it's TV Horror Host Legend "Son of Ghoul." Not only does he host horror movies on TV, he is quite The Three Stooges expert. He will present three spooky, fun Stooge shorts to get you laughing your way into Friday evening at Bash! Please check your pies at the door. 

 

8:30 PM - LIVE THEATER: Zach Zito. If you have not seen this one-man dynamo of the theater...don't dare miss it. From Edgar Allan Poe to Bram Stoker, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Zach creates a spell-binding weave of on stage presence!

 

8:30PM - LAST CALL FOR THE DEALER BALLROOM TODAY. Get your groovy, ghoulish goodies before the dealer room closes. Quick! Only a half hour left for shopping in the Dealer Ballroom today. If you don't get it now, you might never see that item again! The Dealer Ballroom closes at 9PM today. 

 

9:30 PM - MONSTER KID MUSIC at MONSTER BASH: Mark Statler. Kick back and get thrown back in a time we were all kids and songs like "Monster Mash" was on the radio and THE OUTER LIMITS was on all our TVs. A rockin' good time to be had by all ages of Monster Kids. Mark has put out a series of music CDs, including one that has Caroline Munro, Veronica Carlson, Martin Beswick, Suzanna Leigh, and Yvonne Monlaur called THE HAMMER GIRLS with songs written by his brother Theron Statler.

 

UPDATE: Caroline Munro and Martine Beswick will be on stage singing classic songs with Mark!

 

10:30 PM - MEXICAN MONSTER NIGHT: SANTA CLAUS (1959). Since we're approaching the holiday seaon later this month...it's time to get in the mood, Mexican style! This is it!  The Christmas movie that warped the minds of a generation!  Released in the United States to the children's matinee market during the holiday season through the 1960s.  It features Santa Claus fighting a devil from Hades named "Pitch."  Pitch has tried to teach the children of earth evil, but Santa Claus won't have it and is risking everything on Christmas eve to save the holiday from the demons of the dark!  A wizard, Santa's sci-fi lab, robot reindeer, a creepy dream sequence of giant dolls taunting a little girl....total weirdness.  You'll find yourself simply shaking your head in disbelief.  Imported from Mexico and dubbed in English.  A holiday must for every fan of strange cinema.  An alternate title could be SANTA CLAUS VS. THE DEVIL!

 

12:00 MIDNIGHT - CLASSIC TV: THE MUNSTERS - A VISIT FROM JOHANN. A long lost cousin of Herman's is called Johann. He wears a fur coat like the monster from SON OF FRANKENSTEIN. He's more like the classic monster than the ever-likeable Herman Munster. Dr. Frankenstein brigs Johann to the United States to meet Herman.

 

12:30 AM - MOVIE, PRESENTATION, TALK? We're not sure: David "The Rock" Nelson! David will introduce his movie SON OF PUMPKIN MAN. David is beloved by the MONSTER BASH crowd, a serious Monster Kid that has lived and breathed classic monsters his whole life. Don't miss David. This is where reality ends.

 

SATURDAY November 2, 2024

DEALER HOURS & GUEST OF HONOR SIGNING HOURS 10AM-6PM

MOVIE ROOM HOURS 8:00 AM-2:00 AM

 

8:00 AM - SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS & CEREAL. Cartoons for kids of all ages. Plus, FREE cereal is passed out to the audience...just the way Saturday morning used to be growing up...cartoons and cereal. Presented by TV horror host SON OF GHOUL!

 

9:00 AM - MAD MONSTER PARTY? (1967) The puppetmation feature length film about a monster party at Frankenstein's island. The nephew of Dr. Frankenstein receives a request for the get-together. Other guests include Dracula, The Wolf Man, The Hunchback, Mr. Hyde, The Creature, The Frankenstein Monster and his mate. Loads of fun and a cornerstone in the minds of Monster Boomer kids from the 60's. Dr. Frankenstein's voice is Boris Karloff and the monster's mate is the voice of Phyllis Diller. From the people who made the Christmas puppetmation feature RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER.

 

10:00 AM - DEALER BALLROOM OPENS! Get the creepy cool collectibles you want before some other Monster Kid gets them!

 

10:30AM - FRANKENSTEIN (1931). It's Halloween weekend 1971. You turn on your TV Saturday morning...and there's FRANKENSTEIN with Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke, Dwight Frye, and Edward Van Sloan. Fritz is climbing a scaffold to cut down a body for Henry Frankenstein. The thrill is back.

 

12:00 NOON - TALK: UFO RESEARCHER STAN GORDON. Stan is the go-to guy nationally for UFO consultation and research. You've seen him on TV and he began his studies beginning with the notorious "Kecksburg Incident."  Get all the latest news and theories on the strange happenings in our skies, waters, and deep woods on this planet. An amazing Power Point presentation from Stan, don;t miss it! See all about Stan on his popular web site "Stan Gordon's UFO Anomalies Zone." Keep watching the skies!

 

1:00 PM - RARE HIDDEN HORROR MOVIE: THE ROGUE'S TAVERN (1936). Special introduction by fellow Monster Kid, Michael Adams. Wallace Ford as a detective on a honeymoon gets caught up in a murder mystery at a roadside hotel. A wolf-like killer is tearing the throats out of people in the hotel on an unlucky night. 

 

2:30 PM - MOVIE: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944). Set during Halloween in the 1940s. Wonderful horror-comedy with Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster who is at odds with his brother Jonathan who looks like Boris Karloff (played by Raymond Massey). Jonathan and his accomplice, Peter Lorre, are fugitives from the law. Wanted for murder and other heinous crimes. The only thing is when they take refuge in the house where their two aunts live......they find the aunt's are more prolific murderers then they are! Hysterical, spooky and endearing. Directed by Frank Capra. Music by Max Steiner. Classic cinema at its finest.

 

4:30 PM - Q&A: PAULINE PEART. Monster Bash guest Pauline Peart, actress and model. Pauline was in the last Hammer film to star Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, THE SANTANIC RITES OF DRACULA (1973). She was also in CARRY ON GIRLS (1973), one of the films i the very popular British film series. Moderator: John Bishop. ***Pauline's appearance is courtesy of Anthony Taylor of MONSTERAMA, Atlanta's classic horror confeence!

 

5:00PM - MOVIE: IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE (1958). It's that Halloween spirit in outer space! A spaceship crew isolated in space with an alien aboard. A huge lizard man (Ray "Crash" Corrigan) rips through metal hatches and stalks the crew. Horrifying and claustrophobic with Marshall Thompson. Watch out! Watch Out...in the air ducts...there IT is! 

 

6:00PM - THE DEALER BALLROOM CLOSING FOR TODAY. Get your groovy, ghoulish goodies before the dealer room closes. Quick! If you don't get it now, you might never see that item again! Dealer ballroom closes at 6PM. 

 

6:30 PM - MOVIE: ISLE OF THE DEAD (1945). Stars Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer, Jason Robards Sr., Katherine Emery and Skeleton Knaggs.  A group of travelers are quarantined on an island during warfare.  Overseeing the quarantine is hard-edged military man Karloff.  Even Karloff begins to crack-up as it seems the undead are rising in the form of vampires.  Fear and suspicion turn amongst the isolated group of people.  Some tremendously terrifying scenes.  My favorite is the scene of a mausoleum....you hear just the dripping of water on stone, scraping and breaking of wood (from within a coffin) and a scream.

 

8:00 PM - LET THEM EAT CAKE! The famous MONSTER BASH cake feeding frenzy. Giant, monster sized sheet cakes are served up by the MONSTER BASH staff to fans for as long as it lasts. Think ahead...chocolate or yellow cake...some hard decisions! A a nice break and the kick-off for Saturday night MONSTER BASH madness. Head for the front of the lobby!

 

8:30 PM - MOVIE: DEVIL DOG, HOUND OF HELL (1978). Stars Richard Crenna, Kim Richards, Ike Eienmann, with MONSTER BASH Guest of Honor Martine Beswick. The two kids in the film a;lso starred together in Disney's ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN.  The family's puppy dies and is replaced by a new pup...that is possessed by a demon. The dog steals the souls of the wife and kids....Dad must got to the tool box and fix the situation! Made-for-TV horror!

 

10:30 PM - Q&A: MARTINE BESWICK moderated by John Bishop. Martine has a lot of Hammer Studios on her resume! From ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. to PREHISTORIC WOMEN to DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE (she was Hyde!). Plus, she brushed with James Bond and in Rod Serling's NIGHT GALLERY. Then, just a few short years ago, she joined forces with Caroline Munro, Veronica Carlson, and Christopher Neame in a Hammer star reunion for Joshua Kennedy's HOUSE OF THE GORGON! This is time to ask your questions.

 

11:00 PM - LIVE QUIZ SHOW: WHAT'S MY MONSTER with host Leonard Hayhurst.  The interactive game show that YOU, the audience gets to drive.See if you can stump the panel of experts with your knowlege of monsters in monster movies! Hosted by Leonard Hayhurst, panel of expeerts with team captain Thom Shubilla, and the show's own "Vanna White," Paisley Jaynes. Stump the panel and you could win great prizes like books, monster magazines, Blu-Rays, DVDs and model kits.

 

12:00 MIDNIGHT BIG EVENT - THE MONSTER BASH "FESTIVAL OF THE NEW WINE Song." A Monster Bash tradition. Bob Pellegrino sings the "Festival of the New Wine" from FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN. Plus, the great free prize toss, this year featuring magazines, blu-rays, DVDs, and just plain cool Monster Kid stuff. WARNING: If you do not wish to get hit by flying free stuff, do not stay in the room for this event. Enter and stay at your own risk. We'll kick off the midnight fun with the Monster Bash Lifetime Achievement Awards too!

 

(Note: the clocks go back an hour for daylight savings time at 2AM! We'll gain an hour.)

 

12:15 AM - MOVIE: THE CITY OF THE DEAD (Extended, original version of HORROR HOTEL) (1960). Perfect for the extended Halloween holiday, a late night creeper! A real winner in terror and fright. A top-flight horror with a low budget. Effective chills with Christopher Lee in the cast. A hitchhiker scene that you won't forget. A young woman researches witchcraft in a small New England town full of fog.... and witches.

 

1:45 AM - BONUS LATE SHOW MOVIE: MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (1935) The re-telling of LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT about a vampire and his daughter sucking a village dry. A murder mystery twist and lots of fun and great thirties atmosphere. Stars Bela Lugosi, Carol Borland, Lionel Atwill and Lionel Barrymore. A scene of the female vampire (Luna) flying within the high ceilinged castle/mansion is brief, but haunting. Directed by Tod Browning.

 

SUNDAY November 3, 2024 

DEALER HOURS, GUEST SIGNING HOURS 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. 

SOME GUESTS WILLBE LEAVING EARLY TO CATCH FLIGHTS. 

PLEASE BE AWARE, SOME DEALER MIGHT PACK-UP EARLY, SO GET INTO THE DEALER ROOM FOR THE STUFF YOU WANT NOW! 

MOVIE ROOM HOURS 9:00AM-5:00PM

 

8:00 AM - MONSTER BASH CHURCH SERVICE . Pastor Mark Statler will give the service at Monster Bash. All denominations are welcome. Attendees don't have to go out looking for a church. We do it here with all your friends and Monster Bash family. Music by Steven Thornton, John Sargent and Ursula Adams.

 

9:00 AM - SUNDAY MORNING FILM SHORTS. Three short films of the Little Rascals (Our Gang) canon. Presented by -- Ohio TV Horror Host and fellow Monster Kid brother -- Son of Ghoul. 

 

10:00 AM - LIVE GAME SHOW: MONSTER MATCH GAME (1945). Remember the old MATCH GAME TV show? Well now it's done with classic monster movies! Your hosts are Leonard Hayhurst and Thom Shubilla. You could participate and win prizes! Don't miss the fun! This show is back inside the event room.

 

11:00 AM - MOVIE: HORROR ISLAND (1941)  Stars Dick Foran, Leo Carillo and Peggy Moran.  Enterprising young man inherits a castle that he tries to exploit with haunted cruises to it.  Or....is it already haunted?  A creepy looking cloaked phantom roams the halls as guests mysteriously disappear!  Adventure, comedy, horror & mystery...matinee magic! 

 

12:00 NOON - MOVIE: HOLD THAT GHOST (1941)! Probably the second best A&C movie for horror fans. A spooky house with the comedy team in their heyday. Universal scream queen Evelyn Ankers is great (same year she appeared in THE WOLF MAN) and Richard Carlson is cool as a professor-type (I think Gilligan's Island patterned their professor after this portrayal). 

 

1:30 PM - MOVIE: HOUSE OF THE GORGON (2019). Director Joshua Kennedy's love letter  to Hammer Films. It stars Hammer and MONSTER BASH vets Caroline Munro, Martine Beswick, Veronica Carlson, and Christopher Neame. Plus Director, writer, and actor Joshua Kennedy in this Gothic horror from beyond. Introced with background information by Joshua Kennedy.

 

3:00 PM  - FILM COMPILATION: UNIVERSAL CASTLE SHORT FILMS. Before Blu-Rays, before DVDs, before video tapes...there was small reels of abridged movies on 8mm film. Was it possible? We could hardy believe it back then, to have your own monster movies to watch at home. But, only f we were lucky enough to have access to a 8mm projector. If not, we could dream. 

 

4:00 PM - CLASSIC TV: IT's THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN (1966).  As we say goodbye to Halloween this year, let's take one last trip to the pumpkin patch with Linus and Sally. Soon, Thanksgiving and Christmas will be upon us. And, all of us at MONSTER BASH wish you a hearfelt happy and joyous holiday season.

 

4:30 PM - LAST CALL FOR THE DEALER BALLROOM TODAY. Get your groovy, ghoulish goodies before the dealer room closes. Quick!

Please note that guests, and programming, are subject to change.