Creepy Classics & Monster Bash News
It's our latest offerings, and a look ahead at cool classic monster, horror, & science fiction releases & MONSTER BASH events!
Friday March 28 - Monday March 31, 2025
32 Creepy Years in Business!
TODAY'S MONSTER BASH PHAN FOTO: One of my favorite photos of the Creature! A publicity photo of Ricou Browning as the Gill Man in REVENGE OF THE CREATURE (1955).
New! Vintage Paperback on Purported Alien Abduction From 1955
The story of a man abducted aboard a flying saucer back in 1955, and flown through space! Believe it....or not:
INSIDE THE FLYING SAUCERS (1967 First Paperback Edition) - Used Paperback Book
By George Adamski. One man's startling account of his amazing encounters with creatures from beyond our Earth. Abducted aboard a UFO and taken beyond Earth. Now, you can know what it is like to be inside flying saucers. Written account from 1955 by George Adamski. Used book, no pen marks.
Locate this in the stacks of our Creepy Bookstore on-line at Creepy Classics.
Back In Stock! It's JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN on DVD
Travel with Roy Thinnes (THE INVADERS) to the other side of the sun...for an amazing twist on reality:
JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN (1969) - DVD
Stars Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, Lynn Loring, Herbert Lom and Patrick Wymark. An alternate earth is discovered in the exact opposite rotation as our earth. It's been hidden on the other side of the sun. Two astronaut head that way to see what it's like. They crash land earlier than expected. Are they back on earth...or on the alternate earth where everything (including people) could be an exact replica...or are they?!
Get this mind-blowing film in our DVD Department at Creepy Classics.
More, More, More! Back Issues of TWILIGHT ZONE Magazine
In the 1980s, TWILIGHT ZONE magazine enthralled imaginative minds with stories, illustrations, and movie reviews of the fantastic! Get this one, and more here now:
TWILIGHT ZONE (September 1981) - Magazine
In the tradition of Rod Serling's classic tales of mystery, horror, science fiction, and twist endings...it's TWILIGHT ZONE MAGAZINE! In this issue, stories and articles by: Theodore Sturgeon, Gahan Wilson, Christopher Fahy, Rod Serling, and others. Plus, coverage on the films of Richard Matheson. Illustrated. Like new.
Get that one, or see many more selections now in our TWILIGHT ZONE Magazine Department here at Creepy Classics!
New! Deluxe CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON Mask
Great for wearing or for displaying on a shelf with your Universal Monster collection:
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON - Deluxe Full Head Mask
A full head mask rubber mask that can be tucked under a shirt for full effect. Highly detailed with life-like eyes. Become the Creature from your own Black Lagoon. For Halloween use...or, anytime of the year for sincere classic Universal Monster fans.
Dive in and get this in our Creepy Collectibles Department at Creepy Classics today!
New! The 1979 DRACULA Movie Soundtrack Vinyl Album
Drop the needle on your turntable for this John Williams score:
DRACULA (1979 Original Soundtrack) - Vinyl Record Album
The original motion picture soundtrack to the 1979 version of DRACULA starring Frank Langella. The music is composed, conducted, and produced by John Williams. The record album cover shows shelf wear...but the record itself looks unplayed and new! Original inner MCA sleeve inside.
Grab this by the bat wings from our Vinyl Record Department at Creepy Classics.
Don't Miss Out! Get Your VIP Admission Memberships For MONSTER BASH June 2025 Available In Advance, Now...
Get you discounted 3-Day VIP Membership admission now for next summer's blast! Discounted $5 off each for a limited time now.
The Universal Monsters Tribute with original Monster Kids, plus, DARK SHADOWS casts it's shadow on this fun-filled event. Get your admission now:
MONSTER BASH JUNE 20-22, 2025 - 3-Day VIP Membership Admission
All three days! June 20-22, 2025 at the Pittsburgh Marriott North, (Cranberry Township-Mars, PA). The classic monster movie conference and festival! Three days of monster fan fun. Movie and TV stars appearing, wall-to-wall monster merchandise, special events, special screenings. The multi-Rondo award winning best convention. Discounted for a limited time. Admission is non-refundable, non-transferable.
Secure your on-site hotel room with the Pittsburgh Marriott North, or the sister hotel, just a 400 foot walk across the parking lot at The Courtyard Pittsburgh North...CLICK HERE now!
Hop on board the Bash. See the details HERE. From your horror home, MONSTER BASH and CREEPY CLASSICS.
We will have a packed, packed ballroom of vendors for our June 2025 show!
SEE THE PREVIEW TRAILER, CLICK HERE!
New! Go Back In Time with Vintage TV GUIDES
Page through the 1970s with these TV Guides, get one now:
TV GUIDE (Jan. 17-23, 1976) - Used Digest Magazine
The memories of 1976 come rushing back as you leaf through this old TV GUIDE! Remember looking through it for your favorite monster movies that may appear on the home screen? In this issue you can find listings for: THEM, THE FLESH EATERS, 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH, TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD, and more. Plus, TV shows like BOB NEWHART, COLOMBO, POLICE WOMAN, SPACE 1999, STAR TREK.. And, who can forget the ads for the Columbia 8-Track Club or True Cigarettes? Used magazine, but no cit-outs or pen marks.
TV GUIDE (Jan. 3-9, 1975) - Digest Magazine
Head back to 1975 and what was on! From KOJAK to BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE on Saturday night,HOGAN'S HEROES was now in syndication, THE PEANUTS 25th Anniversary was highlighted. Movies that we looked forward to seeing are listed like: UFO: TARGET EARTH, I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF, and DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN. Ads for an 8-Track music club?! Yep. It's a pop culture throwback. No pen marks, or cut-outs...just typical age tanning.
TV GUIDE (August 21-27, 1976) - Magazine
Head back to 1976 and what was on! From THE WALTONS to HORROR HOTEL on Saturday night, STAR TREK was now in syndication, championship tennis was highlighted, CREEPY CRAWLY THEATER was airing on Channel 9. Plus, color photo article on Koko, the gorilla. And...an article on Frankie Avalon. Ads for cigarettes?! Yep. It's a pop culture throwback. No pen marks, or cut-outs...just typical age tanning.
Swing in the seventies and our TV GUIDE Department at Creepy Classics.
New! Vintage, Old School Disney DVDs
As Disney Studios are getting away from physical media and pushing aside many of their vintage classics...the ones that are still out there are becoming quite collectible! These ones are available now:
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1951/2 disc special edition) - Used DVD
Like new! ALICE IN WONDERLAND is a 1951 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass.
SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959) - Used DVD
Like new! SLEEPING BEAUTY is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Film Distribution. Based on Charles Perrault's 1697 fairy tale, the film follows Princess Aurora, who was cursed by the evil fairy Maleficent to die from pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel on her 16th birthday. She is saved by three good fairies, who alter Aurora's curse so that she falls into a deep sleep and will be awakened by true love's kiss.
Like new! MELODY TIME is a 1948 American live-action and animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney. It was released to theaters by RKO Radio Pictures on May 27, 1948. Made up of seven segments set to popular music and folk music. Stars Disney cartoon characters and...Roy Rogers, Dennis Day, The Andrews Sisters, Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians. Sons of the Pioneers, The Dinning Sisters, and Bobby Driscoll!
LADY AND THE TRAMP (1955) - Used DVD
Like new! LADY AND THE TRAMP is a 1955 American animated musical romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Film Distribution.
Classic TV. DVD is new and still factory sealed. Dumbo is a 1941 American animated fantasy drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.
Like new! Cinderella is a 1950 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on Charles Perrault's 1697 fairy tale.
See these and much more in our Classic Disney Collectibles Department here in the lighted section of Creepy Classics.
SIGN-UP NOW! MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE Autumn 2025...It's October 10-12
MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW, DON'T MISS OUT ON THE AUTUMN GATHERING OF CLASSIC MONSTER FANS FROM ACROSS THE NATION!
The MONSTER BASH for this Autumn 2025 is now in place. Vendors are coming in, guest stars are being announced...we're building another big BASH for classic monster movie fans.
Guest stars that will be appearing are Gary Clarke (the teenage werewolf from HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER), Barbara Wilson (TERROR IN THE MIDNIGHT SUN, THE FLESH EATERS, BLOOD OF DRACULA, THE MAN WHO TURNED TO STONE, and more!), Jo Morrow (the original 13 GHOSTS, Ray Harryhausen's THE 3 WORLDS OF GULLIVER, and more)...plus, our BASH FAMILY regulars like legendary TV horror host SON OF GHOUL, Mark Statler, Zach Zito, and more.
That's how we get started! Stay tuned for more updates!
And, for a limited time...deep discounts on both 3-Day VIP membership admission (CLICK HERE), and vendor tables (CLICK HERE, they will go fast).
On-sight hotel rooms are selling now, jump on board! The host hotel is the Pittsburgh Marriott North and it's sister hotel (right next door), The Courtyard Pittsburgh North. Get a discounted room reserved, CLICK HERE.
Let's BASH when the autumn moon is full and bright.
All the growing details are HERE!
Back In Stock! Hard-To-Find Factory Sealed Blu-Rays
Limited supply, great titles on Blu-Ray with extra special features:
ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS (1957) - Blu-Ray
Stars Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson, Ed Nelson, Mel Welles.The Sci-Fi Roger Corman classic! Giant alien crab monsters inhabit caves on the Pacific coast. Terror and telepathy. A drive-in monster memory! Extras: New restored scan, commentary by Tom Weaver and the Brunas brothers, A Salute to Roger Corman, interview with Roger Corman, plus trailer!
DAY THE WORLD ENDED (1956) - Blu-Ray
Nuclear Holocaust turns men into hideous reptile-parrot-like monsters. A small group of survivors hole-up in a mountain house and try to make the best...of a very bad situation.Special features: New 2K restored scan, interview with producer/director Roger Corman.
...and, look out, the Easter Bunnies are coming:
NIGHT OF THE LEPUS (1972) - Blu-Ray
Stars Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, DeForest Kelley and Paul Fix. A ranch is becoming over-populated with wild rabbits. An ecologist and science teacher are called in to help with the problem. A few rabbits are injected with hormones that will stop reproduction in their genetics. Instead it makes them as big as bears and carnivorous. Oh well, some help those science guys were! Special features: New restored scan, audio commentary by author Lee Gambin, TV spot, theatrical trailer, still gallery.
Get these before the disappear...in our Blu-Ray Department here at Creepy Classics.
New! The 1994 Yearbook From SCARY MONSTERS Magazine
If you don;t have this issue in your SCARY MONSTERS magazine collection...you need it! A truly great issue:
SCARY MONSTERS YEARBOOK 1994 - Magazine
Vintage SCARY MONSTERS! In this retro rockin' issue: A history of AIP Pictures, SON OF GHOUL - TV Horror Host, THE CRAWLING EYE, Rare SVENGOOLIE, WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH, Monster Hot Rods, THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE, GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA...this big issue is packed!
Locate this here at Creepy Classics in our SCARY MONSTERS Magazine Vault!
New and Shocking! It's MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #56
Shocking and electrifying:
MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #56 - Magazine
The magazine of creepy classic movies for fans of all ages! The pages of this issue are filled with fearsome photos! An in-depth short circuit with MAN MADE MONSTER, the Lon Chaney Jr. shockbuster. Plus, a stroll down the Rue Morgue: A look at the Bela Lugosi film MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE and its side streets. The fangs all here with the history of fanged vampires of filmland. Monster fan letters, great actors that have gone but not forgotten, "Reel Reviews" of the latest physical media that features classic monsters on Blu-Ray and DVD. An all glossy, retro rockin' monster magazine!
Writers include Frank Dello Stritto, Bob Pellegrino, Thom Shubilla, Ron Adams, Leonard Hayhurst! Cover art by Kerry Gammill.
Don't miss out! Get the latest issue now, it's here and in stock at Creepy Classics in our MONSTER BASH Magazine Department.
Here are some peeks inside:
Get the latest, the greatest MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #56, CLICK HERE.
New! CANDID MONSTERS #25
From the bowels of the Earth comes THE MOLE PEOPLE in this latest issue featuring many of Universal's 1950s sci-fi classics:
CANDID MONSTERS #25 - Magazine Book
The magazine that is more like a book! Packed with interviews and behind-the-scenes articles and photos. Editor/publisher Ted Bohus is a film director and gets you the inside track on our favorite movies. In this issue: THE MOLE PEOPLE, THE DEADLY MANTIS, THE MONOLITH MONSTERS, interviews with John Agar, William Alland, Cynthia Patrick, and more!
Get this and see all the other issues available now in our CANDID MONSTERS Department in the stacks at Creepy Classics.
New! More Vintage Issues of SCARY MONSTERS Magazine
Here are just a couple of the vintage issues of SCARY MONSTERS magazine we now have in stock:
SCARY MONSTERS YEARBOOK 2005 - Magazine
The SCARY MONSTERS magazine collection of Monster Memories! The fans speak about their growing up with classic monster movies. Inside this oversized issue: Horror Hosts, Universal's Monsters, Comic Books, Monster Toys, Vincent Price, Zacherley, and more, more, more!
Chilling monster movie tales and photos in this vintage issue! Inside: Interview with NOT OF THIS EARTH's Jonathan Haze, Zacherley - the horror host TV legend, In Search of the Abominable Snowman, The Groovie Ghoulies cartoon show, THE MONSTER OF ZOMBOR, and more!
Get the above issues, and see many more available right now in our SCARY MONSTERS Magazine Department at Creepy Classics.
MONSTER BASH Magazine is for Monster Kids of All Ages
Make Sure You're Caught Up On Your MONSTER BASH Magazine Collection!
Everyone's talking about MONSTER BASH! The ultimate classic monster movie magazine! Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, Creature From the Black Lagoon, King Kong, The Phantom of the Opera, Mr. Hyde...they're all here, at home in MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE.
Collect them all (or, subscribe here too)....CLICK HERE to see all the issues, new glossy mags shipped bagged and boarded for protection to you!
All at Creepy Classics, right now!
Rondo Remembers: Mom Says It's Too Gruesome!
I was pretty lucky growing up liking monster movies. My dad was into 1950s sci-fi. My mom was cool with it....she saw me drawing and thought it was good in that way.
However, there was a line not to be crossed. Some things went into the "taboo" column in my mom's eyes. I think many of us Monster Kids had a few items that we wanted....but our parents just said..."no way."
The first items that come to mind were the black and white horror comic magazines. I would go for these when there was no FAMOUS MONSTERS, FOR MONSTERS ONLY, CASTLE OF FRANKENSTEIN or other movie monster mags on the rack. Mom put the nix on those black-and-white horror comic magazines like CREEPY, EERIE. Worse yet, when she saw me with one of those really garish ones like WEIRD, TALES OF VOODOO, HORROR TALES, oh, man. I would get, "you're not having these!" I guess when they pictured half naked ladies getting steel spikes hammered into them, fangs bared...while a Frankenstein Monster was cutting off the head of Dracula and there was blood everywhere....Well, maybe that was a little much for Mom.
I think I hid a copy of CREEPY #28 for years, buried in between my FAMOUS MONSTERS. It had a giant bat with a skull head on the cover. That wasn't too bad...but, inside a Marie Antoinette decapitation story.
Then, there was stuff on TV....movies like THE TORTURE CHAMBER OF DR. SADISM. Well, with a title like that, I didn't have much hope, even though it had Christopher Lee in it. So I never announced that movie I was staying up for one Saturday night in around 1971. I knew better. So I kept the sound low while Mom and Dad were sleeping. I headed that one off at the pass.
There were the deluxe Don Post rubber masks advertised in FAMOUS MONSTERS magazine. No, I COULD NOT have one of those. This time it wasn't because they were gross or unsavory. It was because they were over thirty dollars...a fortune for a monster item back in the late sixties!
Then there were the movies in the theater. I had to hit just the right time, the right mood on Mom. A delicate operation. I succeeded with EQUINOX (that's a whole story in itself), THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD, DESTROY ALL MONSTERS and other lighter fare. I got shut down on TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA...the title blew it right away. Then....there was TALES FROM THE CRYPT. Myself and a group of friends from junior high...we were all going to go and meet there. Mom was okay with it, till she saw the ad in the newspaper. I had to pull out, embarrassed to tell my friends that I couldn't go.
But, these cases were few and far between. For the most part I got to see and collect the stuff I loved. But, you never forget those exceptions....
-Ron Adams
Ligonier, PA
CREEPY CLASSICS On the Road - Upcoming Conventions
Here a listing of shows that Creepy Classics will be setting up at, we hope to see you down that dusty trail:
DRIVE-IN SUPER MONSTER RAMA - April 25-26, 2025: Riverside Drive-In, Vandergrift, PA.
All the details: CLICK HERE.
MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE, Marriott Pittsburgh, North, Cranberry Township (Mars), PA. June 20-21, 2025.
More details: CLICK HERE.
MONSTER BASH FILM FESTIVAL The Canton Palace Theatre, Canton, Ohio.
August 15-16, 2025.
More details: CLICK HERE.
THE MID-ATLANTIC NOSTALGIA CONVENTION, Sheraton Baltimore North, MD. September 18-20, 2025.
More details: CLICK HERE.
DRIVE-IN SUPER MONSTER RAMA - September, 2025: Riverside Drive-In, Vandergrift, PA.
All the details: CLICK HERE.
MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE, Marriott Pittsburgh, North, Cranberry Township (Mars), PA. October 10-12, 2025.
More details! CLICK HERE.
Sign-Up Now! The 2025 MONSTER BASH FILM FEST at Canton's grand Palace Theatre
The movies, the vendor tables, the beautiful historic, restored theatre!
It will be a ghostly time for all! The beautiful theatre, itself, is said to be haunted.
See the details and schedule of events, CLICK HERE.
Reserve your complete film fest VIP admission, CLICK HERE.
If you're a vendor, tables are 50% off for a limited time, reserve yours, CLICK HERE.
A ghostly good time to be had! The spirits are waiting...for you. And, meet John Russo there, the co-writer for the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD.
Looking for a place to stay during the festival? The Canton Double Tree is five blocks away. CLICK HERE to secure a room.
Ron Does Remember! The FLASHBACK Hardback Book from MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE
Still a bestseller at Creepy Classics! A 250 page book, packed with the images that take up back to childhood and growing up with monster movies, music, comic books and just loving this life. Get yours now:
FLASHBACK: MONSTERS, MUSIC & COMIC BOOKS - Large Illustrated Hardback Book
By Ron Adams, editor of MONSTER BASH magazine This is the first edition, special hardback! Growing up with pop culture in the 20th century. One kid's journey of imagination and pop culture that touched the lives of thousands. Relatable, touching, and memory jogging tales of life, family, and insight into the journey of kids. Monster movies, comic books, music, and the adventures of childhood.
Packed with historical images of toys, models, candy, movies, records, and everything we all grew up with in the 1960s through the 1980s.
250 pages that are a time machine for all of us that never let go, and never really grew up. Welcome home.
Get your very own copy of this hardback now in our Creepy Bookstore...at Creepy Classics.
Outside the USA?, order yours on Amazon (just search for FLASHBACK by Ron Adams).
Here are some peeks inside:
Get your very own book now, CLICK HERE!
Outside the USA?, order yours on Amazon (just search for FLASHBACK by Ron Adams)