Creepy Classics & Monster Bash News
Tuesday September 16 - Wednesday September 17, 2025
It's our latest offerings, a look at the newest cool classic monster, horror, & science fiction releases & MONSTER BASH events!
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TODAY'S MONSTER BASH PHAN FOTO: There's nothing like the movie magic of special effects genius Ray Harryhausen. Here's a scene from SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER (1977).
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Creepy Classics & Monster Bash Heads Under the Stars This Weekend!
We will be on location this Friday and Saturday for the Super Monster-Rama Drive-In show! It's brought to you by George Reis's DVD Drive-In web site and our family friends...the team at The Riverside Drive-In. Where? It's at the Riverside Drive-In, Vandergrift, PA...about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh in the beautiful foothills of western, Pennsylvania.
The photo above is from a previous show at The Riverside Drive-In. Creepy Classics will be in the concession building with all kinds of Creepy Collectibles...Blu-Rays, DVDs, monster models, monster magazines, monster t-shirts, monster posters...you get the idea, monster stuff!
Browse that cool stuff while getting pizza, hot dogs, chicken, hamburgers, nachos, ice cream, all kinds of candy...then get ready to enjoy some horror movies on the big, big outdoor screen. You can camp there too!
Creepy Classics will be open in the concession building beginning Friday afternoon and then through the movies on intermissions.
Details at The Riverside Drive-In web site, CLICK HERE.
New! More Books In Stock, Like This One on Lon Chaney, Jr.
If you're a fan of Chaney Jr., like me, this a cool book. Not exactly a biography, but a look at his movies and interesting back stories in chapters by different noted film historians:
LON CHANEY, JR. - Soft Cover Book
The Midnight Actors Series delves into pivotal films made throughout Lon Chaney's career (not only the mainstream Universal and horror classics, but his stunning performance in OF MICE AND MEN, his B western career, his low-budget horror/exploitation movie career, his prestigious character performances in "A" productions, his television work, etc.), by having different authors offer distinct reflections and individual insights, and by including several firsthand interviews from people who worked with Chaney, Jr. Includes loads of great photos. Chapters by noted historians like: David Hogan, Mark A. Miller, Gary Rhodes, Bryan Senn, Leonard Kohl, and many more!
Select this one from the many books in our on-line Creepy Bookstore here at Creepy Classics.
New! SHUDDER #25 Magazine
Ah, it's that time of year, the breeze is getting cooler and autumn is in the air. And, it's time for the Halloween Horror Issue of SHUDDER:
Here it is, the Halloween Horror Issue! It's SHUDDER #25...and it will give you the shudders. This is a black and white, illustrated horror magazine just like the ones we grew up with back in the 1960s-1980s! Great comic horror stories inside: The Witches, Home's Ghouling, Unholy War, and more all presented by Aunt Shudder. Excellent art including the cover painting by Santos Zaballos.
Get your claws on this issue and see all the back issues available now too in our SHUDDER Magazine Department at Creepy Classics.
New! Monster Hall of Fame "Phantom" Card
From 45 years ago, a trading card/sticker from the Monster Hall of Fame Series in perfect condition:
MONSTER HALL OF FAME (THE PHANTOM) - Vintage Trading Card Sticker
Official Universal City Studios trading card from 1980. In absolutely excellent condition. Card stock/sticker unused and in "like new" shape. Depicts The Phantom of the Opera on the front and part of a Creature from the Black Lagoon puzzle. The Monster Hall of Fame series!
You'll come across this in our Trading Card Department at Creepy Classics.
One Ghoulish Team!
Three cheers for the terror team of Bashers this past weekend. We addressed and stamped hundreds and hundreds of postcards advertising the October MONSTER BASH at the Marriott Pittsburgh North on October 10-12, 2025.
A great cast is worth repeating: John Sargent, Scott Ross, Heather Ross, Abby Ross, Ted Lewczyk, and Ursula Adams (who even hand wrote many addresses!).
While we couldn't do our entire mailing list (which is over 11,000 now), we did a lot....a lot.
In the meantime, if you don't get a card...check out all the details by CLICKING HERE. You are invited!
New! MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #57
It's here now! In shock stock! The latest issue of MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE that has King Kong, The Wolf Man, The Frankenstein Monster, zombies...all waiting to crawl out of the pages in your home:
MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE #57 - Magazine
The all glossy classic monster movie magazine! A retro celebration of classic horror and science fiction films, packed with stunning, rare photos. In this issue, Lon Chaney, Jr.'s Wolf Man stalks the woods with film and actor insights. Zombies of the golden age of film, like I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, and more. James Whale on FRANKENSTEIN in 1931. Vintage interview uncovered: Fay Wray talks KING KONG (1933). The World of Zanol, Creature (From the Black Lagoon) Feature, and more...Readers reminisce! Cover by Micah Carey.
Subscriber copies have just been mailed. Get your very own copy now by ordering it from our MONSTER BASH Magazine Department at Creepy Classics.
New! Costume and Props Book
A full color glossy book with great images of props, costumes, and autographed photos from classic films and TV:
HOLLYWOOD: A COLLECTOR'S RANSOM - Glossy Softcover Book
150 page glossy book featuring props and costumes from classic movies and TV shows. Items were on auction in year 2000. Page after page of striking photos of high end collectibles from film and TV. A beautiful book with hundreds of items. Costumes worn by Joan Crawford, Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Ava Gardner, Frederic March, John Wayne and many, many others. Props like an original KING KONG shield from the 1933 film. The make-up appliances for Fred Gwynne in THE MUNSTERS. Items from Jonathan Harris in LOST IN SPACE. A packed book of rare Hollywood items.
Find this book in our Creepy Bookstore...at Creepy Classics!
New! The Mego Black-And-White Boxed Creature
From Mego Toys....limited supply:
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (Black & White in Box Version) - Action Figure
Black-and-White Silver Screen version of this classic monster, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON! Produced by Mego Toys. 14 point articulation. New, in box, licensed by Universal Studios. Issued in 2021. 8 inch figure.
Dive into our Models, Toys & Action Figure Department for this Creature figure from Creepy Classics.
Who Let the Dogs Out!
Above is an attendee that everyone loved...canine convention goer, Noir! Noir got into the spirit of things at this past June's MONSTER BASH!
Rondo Remembers: First Frankenstein!
Where did you first see the image of the Frankenstein Monster? Wow, I have to wind back through the years and think about how I became fascinated with this monster that became a pop culture icon.
I can piece together snatches of profound "Frankenstein Monster" encounters and somewhat time stamp them...it's difficult though. It seems as though I always knew what the Frankenstein Monster looked like. I may refer to him as just "Frankenstein" through this essay. After all, that's what pop culture adapted. Even as far back as the BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) and SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939) they make reference to the villagers calling the monster just after his maker's name.
Here are the notable early brushes with the monster. I distinctly remember seeing the Aurora model kit (as I've mentioned in past essays) on a table during a street fair in Grove City, Pennsylvania. This is where many of the downtown stores on Broadstreet put sale items out on the sidewalks. On one table at a drugstore that also sold a few model kits, there it was. The Frankenstein Aurora model kit. The box had the green visage of Frankenstein. I would, decades later, find that this box cover was wonderfully painted for Aurora by artist James Bama. I, for some reason, was totally mesmerized by it. I pleaded with my parents to buy it for me. No luck at the time. However, it would turn out being a gift (hidden under my parent's bed) that would be given a few weeks later. I had done some chore for my parents and Mom said "Go look under our bed and you can have what's there." Wowza!
That model kit experience was probably in 1964 or 1965. I'm not really sure. My dad and I built it together in the basement of our house on Pine Street. Of course, the gluing and assembly was almost entirely done by my dad as I helped find the different parts. He let me assist a bit in the painting of the monster.
Then, there's the Jerry Lewis comic book. There was an issue of the DC Jerry Lewis comic book that featured the monsters. On the cover there was a werewolf, Dracula, and my eyes zoomed right in on the green Frankenstein. I encountered this comic book at the barber shop when I was five or six. Again, the whole barber shop story has been detailed in a former essay. So this was an early meeting of me and Frankenstein, but it still was in that 1964-1965 era.
Now, it wasn't Frankenstein exactly....but there is another early encounter that I can nail down. I was there, cross-legged on the floor watching the MILTON THE MONSTER television cartoon show. This was new, which puts it at 1965. I would have been five or six. Same time period as the Aurora model exposure. But, somehow, someway I already knew what the culture's Frankenstein Monster was suppose to look like.
Then there were some exciting Frankenstein moments thanks to Warner Brothers cartoons. Bugs Bunny encountered a robotic Frankenstein Monster. Another Warner cartoon features Frankenstein and other literary monsters coming to life from the pages of books. These would have been on broadcast TV around the same early 1960s period.
I discovered, only a few years ago, a children's book of stories and fables. It's a big hardback book. On the inside was an inscription by my mom. It read something like, "For Ronnie, 1964." There on the inside front cover I had drawn an image (almost the full page) of Frankenstein in crayon. He had a green face, red scars, neck bolts, a black suit, and big boots. That would have put me at about four years old. I already knew all the signature trademarks of the iconic monster. The actual drawing appears above.
Putting on my detective hat...both the Aurora model box, and the Jerry Lewis comic book (from 1964) featured the monster without the red scars. So how could I have known to draw the red scars in the crayon depiction. My only thoughts were, maybe when I was building the model kit with my dad, he said those scars have to be red...? Even though the box art didn't show red scars, on the model itself, there they were. But the instructions didn't say that the scars were to be red.
So, alas, I'm not really sure where I first became enamored with the Frankenstein Monster. One of the mysteries of childhood. But, those were my early brushes with Frankenstein that have stomped along with me through the years.
Ron Adams
Ligonier, PA
September 2025
Ron,
Loved the Frankenstein memory story! It got me thinking about when I first discovered the big fella. I used to watch a Friday night spook show called Dimension 13. It aired at 10:30 on Channel 13 out of Rockford, Illinois. I vividly remember watching - and being scared by - Bride of Frankenstein. When the monster first appeared in the water, I was frozen. And then, when his hand reached up and the lady grabbed it - thinking it was her husband - that sent me over the moon. I’m thinking I was about 5 or 6, although I’m not sure if my mom would’ve allowed me to stay up that late at that age. I know I was very young, though, and didn’t fully understand what was happening.
Sometime in the early 70s my brother and I saw the ad in the back of a comic book (while at the barber) for a “life size Frankenstein”! Again, this was probably 1970 or ‘71, and I was either 5 or 6. We ended up buying it and waited the usual 4 to 6 weeks for delivery. It was a thin (cheap) plastic sheet with Frankenstein on it, one hand outstretched. We ended up hanging ours on the inside of our bedroom door. Oh, and we spent a few extra pesos for the “glowing eyes”. They turned out to be small, round stickers you’d put on Frankenstein’s eyes, about where the pupil would be. They did glow in the dark, so that was kinda cool.
Brian Nichols, Bryan, TX
MONSTER BASH Back On Facebook
MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE was deleted off of Facebook about 10 days ago. I have no reason why. I tried to reach them, and just got a runaround on links, no direct contact. We had over 10k followers. Hurumph.
So, I started a new page for MONSTER BASH and CREEPY CLASSICS. It's MONSTER BASH CONVENTION (Note "Convention," not Conference now).
To stay up-to-date, please rejoin the new Facebook page if you'd like. Here's the direct URL:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1488335199272480
New! The World of Movie Posters Book
You'll love paging through these glorious vintage poster images:
WORLD OF MOVIE POSTERS (October 2000) - Softcover Book
A collectible catalog book, all-glossy, color, and in new condition. Packed with beautiful movie poster images that were up for auction back in 2000. Wonderfully reproduced...gorgeous poster art! All genres are represented, with an emphasis on horror and science fiction...the cover is a detail from a METROPOLIS (1927) poster. A fold out of KING KONG (1933), a rare FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN poster (not the usual one!), THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, and more horror and science fiction. Plus, westerns, pirate films, Tarzan film posters, and much more. Eye-popping movie art!
What a great book to add to your bookcase! Get it now in our Creepy Bookstore here at Creepy Classics.
New! Vintage Horror Fantasy Fiction in THE MOON POOL
South seas horror and a rescue adventure from the pen of A. Merritt back in 1919:
THE MOON POOL (A. Merritt) - Softcover Book
By Abraham Merritt. Originally published in 1919. A novel involving a lost world adventure, inspired by the monumental ruins of Nan Madol in the South Pacific, which also inspired Lovecraft’s lost city of Ryloth. Merritt’s description of the South Pacific is evocative. Merritt accurately describes the vast numbers of unusual people who populated the tramp steamers of the day. The narrator, assembles a band of adventurers as he seeks to rescue his friend Throckmartin from the Dweller in the Moon Pool. Cosmic horror and adventure with shades of H.P. Lovecraft.
Climb the stairs into our Creepy Bookstore, here on-line at Creepy Classics and pull this from from the stacks!
MONSTER BASH Retro Summer 2026
Boiling on the back burner, it's next summer's MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE! Updated details are here now.
The growing guest list includes Gary Conway (I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN), Jack Hill (Director of the last four Boris Karloff movies, and SPIDER BABY), Butch Patrick (THE MUNSTERS), Daniel Roebuck (THE MUNSTERS movie), Beverly Washburn (SPIDER BABY), Tom Savini (CREEPSHOW), John Russo (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD), and more! Plus, Marian McKnight (Miss America 1957), film historians and writers Frank Dello Stritto, Tom Weaver, Greg Mank, Lucy Chase Williams, Stan Gordon (UAP-UFO researcher), and the magic and monster movie making of the one-and-only David "The Rock" Nelson.
Wall-to-wall collectible vendor tables: vintage monster magazines, monster toys, comic books, Blu-Rays, rare DVDs, original movie poster room, t-shirts, monster gear...your head will spin seeing all the creepy cool ghoulish goodies.
Plus, all the fun monster bash events: the free prize toss at midnight on Saturday, Friday night Mexican Monster Night, Thursday Night Mystery Movies for the pre-Bash fun with Geoffrey Curtis (film collector), Zach Zito's live theater, a weekend film fest, Tom Weaver's Forgotten Horror rare films, Leonard Hayhurst with game shows and prizes...it's an almost non-stop three days of classic monster celebration and fun.
Discounted hotel rooms, get your reservations now before they sell out, CLICK HERE.
Check it out, CLICK HERE!
Get your advance, discounted VIP full 3-Day Membership Admission: CLICK HERE.
Important October MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE News
All hotel rooms at the host hotel, the Marriott Pittsburgh North, are sold out for the October MONSTER BASH. You can still get discounted rooms at the hotel right next to the Marriott. It's The Courtyard, only about 400 feet awa...just a walk across the parking lot. So, if you don't have a room yet, book one at The Courtyard ASAP...here's the link for discount rooms:
New to Creepy Classics! The BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Soundtrack Vinyl LP
Drop the needle on this awesome soundtrack record album:
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ORIGINAL SOUNTRACK - Vinyl Record Album
The original soundtrack LP for the 1978 initial film BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Music performed by The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Composed and conducted by Stu Phillips. Record is used but cover is in good condition and the record looks hardly played (if at all). Includes original MCA inner sleeve.
Pick this up for your vinyl LP collection in our Vinyl Department at Creepy Classics.
Just Added! Vintage Dinosaur Postcard
For the dinosaur fans, a cool collectible:
STEGOSAURUS VINTAGE POSTCARD - Collectible
An unused postcard issued by the Dover Company in 1985. It depicts the dinosaur Stegosaurus from an original painting by Matthew Kalmenoff. In excellent, like new condition.
See this and all the creepy cool stuff in our Collectibles Department at Creepy Classics.
Above: Scott Wilson, Vendor at MONSTER BASH June 2025
Scott Wilson is a favorite, and long time vendor at the MONSTER BASH shows. He has a huge collection of various collectibles, used DVDs, Blu-Rays, monster magazines, original posters and lobby cards...he's got it all for MONSTER BASH attendees. Photo by Phil Smoot.
Don't miss the next big MONSTER BASH! It's shaping up to be the biggest October MONSTER BASH on record. CLICK HERE to see details and sign-up for advance discount admission (only for a couple more weeks).
SIGN-UP NOW! MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE Autumn 2025...It's October 10-12...It's Speeding Our Way Fast
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), Kathryn Leigh Scott (DARK SHADOWS), Barbara Wilson (TERROR IN THE MIDNIGHT SUN, THE FLESH EATERS, BLOOD OF DRACULA, THE MAN WHO TURNED TO STONE, and more!), Sharon Smyth (the original DARK SHADOWS ghost, Sarah)...plus, our BASH FAMILY regulars like legendary TV horror host SON OF GHOUL, Mark Statler, Zach Zito, and more.
Stay tuned for more updates!
Hurry, get a discount on 3-Day VIP membership admission (CLICK HERE). dvance membership admission price increases in October. Vendor tables are sold out...there will be wall-to-wall cool monster movie collectibles everywhere!
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, only about 400 feet away), The Courtyard Pittsburgh North. Get a discounted room reserved, CLICK HERE.
Let's BASH when the autumn moon is full and bright.
All the creepy cool details are HERE!
Announced! The 2026 MONSTER BASH FILM FEST - BRITISH HALLOWEEN HORROR INVASION
Our film festival at the grand Palace Theatre in Canton, Ohio next year will be in late October instead of August. This is due to renovations that will be going on in August and September of next year. It will be a horrific time just before Halloween with great British horror films, prize toss and vendors. Get your seats reserved now:
Full Festival Membership Admission...it's the BRITISH Horror Movie INVASION! Two days, Eight feature films. Plus, vendors with collectible monster movie merchandise. It's all October 23-24, 2026 at the grand Palace Theatre in Canton, Ohio. A restored 1920s movie palace! Get your full festival admission membership now. Full membership also includes a free prize toss at the end of the night on Saturday! Single feature admissions will be available at the door as well. Films and events subject to change. Admission is NON-REFUNDABLE, non-transferable.
See the schedule and more details by CLICKING HERE.
New! Creature Original Art on Stretched Canvas
Time to dip your toes into the Lagoon and collect original artwork:
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON - 4x4 inch Original Painting on Canvas
A 4 inch by 4 inch mini original art piece, a painting on canvas of the CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON. Artist unknown (Daniel Horne perhaps?). Oil of acrylic on stretched canvas.
Availble right now in our Creepy Collectibles Department at Creepy Classics.
New! Vintage TV GUIDE
Re-live the excitement of seeing if a cool monster movie you've been waiting to see is listed this week:
TV GUIDE (March 28-April 3, 1981) - Used Magazine
The memories of 1981 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: KING KONG ESCAPES, CORRIDORS OF BLOOD, SON OF GODZILLA, THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, TERROR IN THE WAX MUSEUM, THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, and more. Plus, TV shows like THE OUTER LIMITS, THE JEFFERSONS, THE BUGS BUNNY EASTER SPECIAL, MORK & MINDY, and more. And, who can forget the ads for the Columbia Record & Tape Club or Winston Cigarettes? Used magazine, but no cut-outs or pen marks. Subscription sticker on cover, but like new. Johnny Carson on cover.
Snag this one in our TV GUIDE Department at Creepy Classics.
MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE Is For Monster Kids of All Ages!
If you love classic monster movies...you'll love MONSTER BASH MAGAZINE!
Make Sure You're Caught Up On Your MONSTER BASH Magazine Collection!
The ultimate classic monster movie magazine! 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!
New! SHUDDER #24 Magazine
Nothing like a bunch or warrior-skeletons to usher in the new SHUDDER MAGAZINE:
The world's #1 illustrated horror magazine. Black and white horror comic magazine just like you remember reading and hiding from your mom as a kid. In this horrific issue: The Ghost of Castle Klegman, The Terror in the Museum, Christopher Comes Back, The Secret of the Golden Mask, and more. Cover painting by Jeff Easley.
Add this to your chopping cart from our SHUDDER MAGAZINE Department at Creepy Classics.
Back In Stock! The Creature Walks Among Us Figure
Part of the ReAction series of mini-action figures:
REACTION: CREATURE WALKS AMONG US - Action Figure
9" x 6" blister pack, 4" figure. Fully posable. Licensed by Universal Studios. From beneath the swampy waters, it's the Creature back to attack your collection!
Scoop this one up from our Models, Toys & Action Figures Department at Creepy Classics.
Triple Play! Bundle Deal on Three Monster Magazines
Get these three at once and save:
TRIPLE PLAY MAGAZINE DEAL (SHUDDER/MONSTER BASH/VAMPIRESS) - Magazine Bundle
Bundle deal! Get SHUDDER MAGAZINE #23, MONSTER BASH #57, and VAMPIRESS CARMILLA #29 all together for one low price. A triple play of monster magazines.
Get this special deal in our Miscellanous Magazine Department here at Creepy Classics.
Next Month's MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE Update
MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE OCTOBER 2025 double bed rooms are sold out at the Marriott (host hotel), but there are still Kings and Kings with a pull out sofa bed. Plus, there are rooms at The Courtyard (the sister hotel only about 400 feet away from the host Marriott hotel).
Need a room?, CLICK HERE now (there is a Monster Bash discount too FOR A LIMITED TIME).
And, note that there will be one more increase in price for in advance discounted 3-Day full admission memberships. Get yours now, CLICK HERE.
All the details on the show, CLICK HERE.
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, The Riverside Drive-In, Vandergrift, PA. September 19-20, 2025.
More details: CLICK HERE.
MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE, Marriott Pittsburgh, North, Cranberry Township (Mars), PA. October 10-12, 2025.
More details! CLICK HERE.
DRIVE-IN SUPER MONSTER-RAMA, The Riverside Drive-In, Vandergrift, PA. April, 2026.
More details: CLICK HERE.
MONSTER BASH CONFERENCE, Marriott Pittsburgh, North, Cranberry Township (Mars), PA. June 12-14, 2026.
More details: CLICK HERE.
MONSTERAMA, Atlanta, GA. Check for updates, CLICK HERE.
MONSTER BASH FILM FESTIVAL: A BRITISH INVASION HALLOWEEN, The Canton Palace Theatre, Canton, Ohio.
October 23-24, 2026. Check for updates, CLICK HERE.